# 1979–80 Hibernian F.C. season

The 1979–80 season was the 104th season of football for Hibernian F.C. The club finished in 10th place, relegating them to the First Division, 15 points from safety. Hibernian made it to the semi finals of the Scottish Cup before being defeated by Celtic 5-0.

## Scottish Premier Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 August | Rangers | H | 1–3 | Rae | 17,331 |
| 2 | 18 August | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 11,147 |
| 3 | 25 August | Dundee | H | 5–2 | Hutchinson (2), Callachan, Rae, McLeod | 7,344 |
| 4 | 8 September | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | | 4,654 |
| 5 | 15 September | Celtic | H | 1–3 | Higgins | 19,086 |
| 6 | 22 September | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | | 6,525 |
| 7 | 29 September | Partick Thistle | A | 1–2 | O.G. | 4,327 |
| 8 | 6 October | Morton | H | 1–1 | McLeod | 6,461 |
| 9 | 13 October | Dundee United | A | 0–2 | | 7,487 |
| 10 | 20 October | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 19,710 |
| 11 | 27 October | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Hutchinson | 7,830 |
| 12 | 3 November | Dundee | A | 1–2 | McLeod (pen.) | 6,979 |
| 13 | 10 November | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | McLeod | 5,269 |
| 14 | 17 November | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 23,511 |
| 15 | 24 November | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Best | 13,798 |
| 16 | 1 December | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | McLeod (pen.), O.G. | 22,622 |
| 17 | 15 December | Morton | A | 0–2 | | 6,834 |
| 18 | 22 December | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Higgins, Campbell | 18,740 |
| 19 | 5 January | Kilmarnock | A | 1–3 | Campbell | 6,092 |
| 20 | 12 January | Celtic | H | 1–1 | Best | 21,932 |
| 21 | 9 February | Morton | H | 3–2 | McLeod (2), Murray | 5,401 |
| 22 | 23 February | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 7,822 |
| 23 | 1 March | Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 26,092 |
| 24 | 15 March | Dundee | A | 0–3 | | 8,065 |
| 25 | 25 March | Dundee | H | 2–0 | Murray, Best | 5,018 |
| 26 | 29 March | Celtic | A | 0–4 | | 20,926 |
| 27 | 2 April | Dundee United | A | 0–2 | | 5,919 |
| 28 | 5 April | St Mirren | A | 0–2 | | 8,156 |
| 29 | 16 April | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | Rae | 15,127 |
| 30 | 19 April | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | | 4,921 |
| 31 | 21 April | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | McLeod (pen.) | 2,659 |
| 32 | 23 April | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | 1,894 |
| 33 | 26 April | Morton | A | 1–1 | Callachan | 3,504 |
| 34 | 29 April | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Rae, Torrance | 2,590 |
| 35 | 3 May | Aberdeen | H | 0–5 | | 12,921 |
| 36 | 5 May | Partick Thistle | H | 0–1 | | 1,191 |

### Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Morton | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 36 | |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 36 | |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 33 | |
| 9 | Dundee (R) | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 26 | Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Hibernian (R) | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 67 | −38 | 18 | Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division |

### Scottish League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| R2 L1 | 29 August | Montrose | A | 2–1 | 3,613 |
| R2 L2 | 1 September | Montrose | H | 1–1 | 2.028 |
| R3 L1 | 26 September | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | 4,241 |
| R3 L2 | 10 October | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | 5,353 |

### Anglo-Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 L1 | 28 July | St Mirren | H | 3–3 | Stewart, Brown, Higgins | |
| R1 L2 | 1 August | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | | |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| R3 | 26 January | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 1–0 | 8,415 |
| R4 | 17 February | Ayr United | H | 2–0 | 15,000 |
| R5 | 8 March | Berwick Rangers | A | 0–0 | 7,228 |
| R5 R | 12 March | Berwick Rangers | H | 1–0 | 9,587 |
| SF | 12 April | Celtic | N | 0–5 | 33,445 |