2025–26 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
2025–26 season
ChairmanIan Gordon[1]
ManagerDavid Gray
StadiumEaster Road
Premiership4th
League CupQuarter-final
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kieron Bowie (2)
All: Kieron Bowie (3)

The 2025–26 season is the 149th season of football played by Hibernian, a professional football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is competing in the top tier of Scottish football, the Scottish Premiership, for the ninth consecutive season. Hibs are also competing in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and the Conference League. They lost in the second qualifying round of the Europa League to Midtjylland.

Results and fixtures

Pre-season friendlies

Hibernian's score is shown first in each case.

Hibernian preseason results
Date Venue Opponents Score Hibernian scorers Att. Ref.
2 July 2025 Duisburg 0–0 Nil Report
5 July 2025 Sportpark De Toekomst, Duivendrecht (A) Ajax 3–6 Boyle 16', Hoilett 70', Bowie 84' Nil [2][3]
9 July 2025 Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Rot-Weiss Essen 3–2 McGrath 2', Hoilett 14', Boyle 75' 12,622 Report
15 July 2025 Canford Magna Training Ground (A) Bournemouth 1–2 Bowie Nil Report
19 July 2025 Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Report

Scottish Premiership

Hibernian's score is shown first in each case.

Hibernian in the 2025–26 Scottish Premiership
Date Venue Opponents Score Hibernian scorers Att. Ref.
3 August 2025 Dens Park, Dundee (A) Dundee 2–1 Bowie 28', 31' 7,825 Report
10 August 2025 Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Kilmarnock 2–2 Bushiri 20', Youan 27' 17,525 Report
31 August 2025 Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) St Mirren

Scottish Cup

Hibernian's score is shown first in each case.

Hibernian in the 2025–26 Scottish Cup
Date Round Venue Opponents Score Hibernian scorers Att. Ref.
January 2026 Fourth round

Scottish League Cup

Having finished in the European qualification places, Hibs entered the League Cup in the second round (last 16).[4][5]

Hibernian's score is shown first in each case.

Hibernian in the 2025–26 League Cup
Date Round Venue Opponents Score Hibernian scorers Att. Ref.
17 August 2025 Second round Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A) Livingston 2–0 Klidjé 43', Mulligan 87' 4,696 Report
September 2025 Quarter-final Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) Rangers

UEFA Europa League

Having finished third in the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership, Hibernian entered the Europa League in the second qualifying round.[6] They were drawn against Danish club Midtjylland, who had finished second in the 2024–25 Danish Superliga.[7] Hibs fell to a 3–2 aggregate defeat, with the Danes scoring the winning goal in the last minutes of extra time.[8]

Hibernian's score is shown first in each case.

Hibernian in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League
Date Round Venue Opponents Score Hibernian scorers Att. Ref.
24 July 2025 Second qualifying round MCH Arena, Herning (A) Denmark Midtjylland 1–1 McGrath 7' 8,863 Report
31 July 2025 Second qualifying round Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Denmark Midtjylland 1–2 Bushiri 105+1' 19,536 Report

UEFA Conference League

After their defeat to Midtjylland in Europa League qualifying, Hibernian entered the Conference League in the third qualifying round.[8] They were drawn against Serbian club Partizan Belgrade,[8] and progressed to the play-off round by winning 4–3 after extra time.[9][10]

Hibernian's score is shown first in each case.

Hibernian in the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League
Date Round Venue Opponents Score Hibernian scorers Att. Ref.
7 August 2025 Third qualifying round Partizan Stadium, Belgrade (A) Serbia FK Partizan 2–0 Boyle 40', 70' (pen.) 26,342 Report
14 August 2025 Third qualifying round Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Serbia FK Partizan 2–3 Bowie 59', Cadden 100' 19,377 Report
21 August 2025 Play-off round Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) Poland Legia Warsaw
28 August 2025 Play-off round Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw (A) Poland Legia Warsaw

Player statistics

As of 17 August 2025
No. Pos Player Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Austria Raphael Sallinger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 GK England Jordan Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
Defenders
4 DF Scotland Grant Hanley 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Warren O'Hora 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 0
12 DF Scotland Chris Cadden 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 1
15 DF Australia Jack Iredale 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 0
19 DF Scotland Nicky Cadden 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 3 0
21 DF England Jordan Obita 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 0
27 DF England Kanayo Megwa 0 0 0 0 1 0 0+2 0 3 0
33 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Rocky Bushiri 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 2
Midfielders
6 MF Wales Dylan Levitt 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 4 0 7 0
8 MF The Gambia Alasana Manneh 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0+3 0 5 0
14 MF Zambia Miguel Chaiwa 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Republic of Ireland Jamie McGrath 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 1
20 MF Scotland Josh Mulligan 2 0 0 0 0+1 1 4 0 7 1
32 MF Scotland Josh Campbell 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 1+3 0 7 0
Forwards
7 FW France Élie Youan 1+1 1 0 0 0+1 0 0+3 0 6 1
9 FW Scotland Kieron Bowie 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 3
10 FW Australia Martin Boyle 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 7 2
18 FW Togo Thibault Klidjé 0+1 0 0 0 1 1 0+3 0 5 1
23 FW Canada Junior Hoilett 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+4 0 7 0
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Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
2 Celtic 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Livingston 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 Hibernian 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
5 Kilmarnock 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
6 Rangers 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: [11][12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competition qualification, second stage group allocation, or relegation).[13]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The winners of the 2025–26 Scottish Cup will qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners finish in the top two, the berth reserved for the cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

Management statistics

As of 17 August 2025
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Scotland David Gray 6 June 2024 Present Day 7 3 2 2 042.86

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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