2018–19 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the 138th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership. Hearts were playing their fourth consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014–15 season.^[2] They reached the Semi-final of the Scottish League Cup and reached the Final of the Scottish Cup.

Heart of Midlothian

2018–19 season
Chairman	Ann Budge[1]
Manager	Craig Levein
Stadium	Tynecastle Park
Premiership	6th
Scottish Cup	Runners-up (lost to Celtic)
League Cup	Semi-final (lost to Celtic)
Top goalscorer	League: Steven Naismith (10) All: Steven Naismith (14)
Highest home attendance	19,667 (v. Hibernian, Premiership, 6 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	7,486 (v. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 24 July 2018)
Average home league attendance	18,441
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Hearts returned for pre-season training on 21 June,^[3] with the first preseason friendly scheduled to take place against Arbroath at the start of July.^[4] Further preseason friendlies were played against Dumbarton,^[5] Partick Thistle,^[6] Queen of the South^[7] and Forfar Athletic.^[8] A scheduled trip to Germany for a training camp^[9] was cancelled.^[3]

During the winter break Hearts travelled to Murcia for a five-day training camp, playing a bounce game against Lokeren.^[10][11]

Arbroath v Heart of Midlothian

3 July 2018[4] Friendly	Arbroath	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Gayfield Park
19:30	Hester 90'	Hearts Report Evening News Report	Keena 43' Callachan 85'	Attendance: 664 Referee: Newlands

Dumbarton v Heart of Midlothian

7 July 2018[5] Friendly	Dumbarton	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45		Hearts Report	Ikpeazu 13', 86'	Referee: McLean

Heart of Midlothian v Partick Thistle

8 July 2018[6] Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	3–1	Partick Thistle	Central Park[nb 1]
14:00	Garuccio 2' Lee 55', 76'	Hearts Report Evening News Report	O'Ware 39'	Attendance: 811 Referee: Robertson

Queen of the South v Heart of Midlothian

11 July 2018[7] Friendly	Queen of the South	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Palmerston Park
19:45	Smith 35' (Own goal)	Hearts Report Evening News Report		Attendance: 750 Referee: Dallas

Forfar Athletic v Heart of Midlothian

14 July 2018[8] Friendly	Forfar Athletic	1–5	Heart of Midlothian	Station Park
15:00	Baird 58'	Hearts Report Evening News Report	Callachan 13' Mulraney 16' Zanatta 49' Currie 73', 87'	Attendance: 718 Referee: Anderson

Sporting Lokeren v Heart of Midlothian

11 January 2019[10][11] Friendly	Sporting Lokeren	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort
15:00	Jovanović 13'	Hearts Report

Premiership

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Premiership

The Scottish Premiership fixture list was announced on 15 June 2018.^[13] Hearts began the season^[14] with a 4–1 away victory against Hamilton Academical at New Douglas Park.^[15]

Hamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian

4 August 2018 1	Hamilton Academical	1–4	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park
15:00	Miller 17'	BBC Report	Haring 20', 58' Naismith 49' (Penalty) MacLean 62'	Attendance: 3,764 Referee: Dallas

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

11 August 2018 2	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Celtic	Tynecastle Park
12:30[16]	Lafferty 56'	BBC Report		Attendance: 19,113 Referee: Beaton

Kilmarnock v Heart of Midlothian

25 August 2018 3	Kilmarnock	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park
15:00	Dicker  68'	BBC Report	Ikpeazu 81'	Attendance: 6,239 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v St Mirren

1 September 2018 4	Heart of Midlothian	4–1	St Mirren	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Naismith 4' (Penalty), 41', 43' Lee 30'	BBC Report	Dunne 19' (Own goal)	Attendance: 17,714 Referee: Clancy

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

15 September 2018 5	Motherwell	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park
15:00		BBC Report	Naismith 28'	Attendance: 7,218 Referee: Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Livingston

22 September 2018 6	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 17,798 Referee: Robertson

Heart of Midlothian v St Johnstone

29 September 2018 7	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Haring 25' Dunne 65'	BBC Report	Callachan 77'	Attendance: 17,240 Referee: Walsh

Rangers v Heart of Midlothian

7 October 2018 8	Rangers	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Kent 3' Morelos 13' Worrall  24' Arfield 32',  40'	BBC Report	Smith  15'  55' Dunne  27', 67' Mitchell  43'	Attendance: 49,865 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

20 October 2018 9	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Djoum 36' Naismith 43' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Mackay-Steven 55' (Penalty)	Attendance: 18,051 Referee: Clancy

Dundee v Heart of Midlothian

23 October 2018 10	Dundee	0–3	Heart of Midlothian	Dens Park
19:45		BBC Report	Bozanic 2' Naismith 14' MacLean 46'	Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Thomson

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

31 October 2018 11	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Hibernian	Tynecastle Park
19:45		BBC Report	Kamberi  65'	Attendance: 19,410 Referee: Dallas

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

3 November 2018 12	Celtic	5–0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
15:00	Édouard 18', 39' Benković 26' Forrest 65' Christie 89' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 58,831 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v Kilmarnock

10 November 2018 13	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Park
15:00		BBC Report	Millen 73'	Attendance: 17,417 Referee: Robertson

St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian

24 November 2018 14	St Mirren	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park
15:00	Hammill 46', 55'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Thomson

Heart of Midlothian v Rangers

2 December 2018 15	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Rangers	Tynecastle Park
12:00	McAuley 27' (Own goal)	BBC Report	Goldson 35' Morelos 41' Arfield  72'	Attendance: 19,429 Referee: Madden

St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian

5 December 2018 16	St Johnstone	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Alston 20' Kennedy 69' (pen.)	BBC Report	Djoum 6' Bozanic 41'	Attendance: 3,040 Referee: Dallas

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

8 December 2018 17	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Haring 14'	BBC Report		Attendance: 15,915 Referee: Collum

Livingston v Heart of Midlothian

14 December 2018 18	Livingston	5–0	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Menga 76' Halkett 72' (pen.) Hardie 77', 79' Byrne 86'	BBC Report	Djoum  52'  74'	Attendance: 4,201 Referee: Walsh

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

22 December 2018 19	Aberdeen	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Cosgrove 2', 69' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Mitchell  65'  86'	Attendance: 16,451 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v Hamilton Academical

26 December 2018 20	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Naismith 18' Djoum 44'	BBC Report	Want  56'  71'	Attendance: 16,475 Referee: Robertson

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

29 December 2018 21	Hibernian	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
17:30		BBC Report	Lee 28'	Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Dundee

23 January 2019 22	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Dundee	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Lee 40'	BBC Report	Kusunga 24' Nelson 62'	Attendance: 15,518 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v St Johnstone

26 January 2019 23	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Godinho 52' Morrison 90+1'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,672 Referee: Thomson

Kilmarnock v Heart of Midlothian

1 February 2019 24	Kilmarnock	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Rugby Park
19:45	Jones 45+1' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Clare 38' Naismith 43'	Attendance: 5,552 Referee: McLean

Heart of Midlothian v Livingston

6 February 2019 25	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
19:45		BBC Report		Attendance: 15,147 Referee: Muir

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

17 February 2019 26	Motherwell	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hastie 13' Turnbull 90+3'	Report	Naismith 37' Garuccio  90+2'	Attendance: 5,091 Referee: Walsh

Heart of Midlothian v St. Mirren

23 February 2019 27	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	St. Mirren	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Dikamona 56'	BBC Report	Clare 66' (Own goal)	Attendance: 16,705 Referee: Robertson

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

27 February 2019 28	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Celtic	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Bozanic 56' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Forrest 36' Édouard 90+2'	Attendance: 18,258 Referee: McLean

Dundee v Heart of Midlothian

9 March 2019 29	Dundee	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report	Clare 15'	Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Walsh

Hamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian

16 March 2019 30	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park
15:00	McGowan 36'	Report		Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

30 March 2019 31	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Clare 59' (Penalty) Ikpeazu 77'	BBC News	McLennan 16'	Attendance: 17,880 Referee: Beaton

Rangers v Heart of Midlothian

3 April 2019 32	Rangers	3–0	Heart of Midlothian	Ibrox Stadium
19:45	Defoe 16' Goldson 21' Arfield 48'	BBC Report		Attendance: 49,702 Referee: Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

6 April 2019 33	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Hibernian	Tynecastle Park
12:30	Haring 25'	BBC Report	Horgan 28', 56'	Attendance: 19,667 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Rangers

20 April 2019 34	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	Rangers	Tynecastle Park
12:00	MacLean 74'	BBC Report	Defoe 15' Jack 36' Katić 48'	Attendance: 18,212 Referee: Beaton

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

28 April 2019 35	Hibernian	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
12:15 BST	Berra 69' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Ikpeazu 84'	Attendance: 19,395 Referee: Thomson

Heart of Midlothian v Kilmarnock

4 May 2019 36	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Park
15:00		BBC Report	Findlay 86'	Attendance: 17,103 Referee: Clancy

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

10 May 2019 37	Aberdeen	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST	Ferguson 54' Stewart 77'	BBC Report	Burns 65'	Attendance: 14,371 Referee: Madden

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

19 May 2019 38	Celtic	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
15:00 BST	Johnston 2', 84'	BBC Report	Mulraney 18'	Referee: Thomson

For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official Heart of Midlothian F.C. website

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Cup

Heart of Midlothian entered the competition in the fourth round of competition as one of the sixteens teams to enter in this round of the competition.^[17] Their first opponent was at Tynecastle Park to Premiership side Livingston where a goal from Sean Clare saw the team win the match 1–0.^[18]

In the fifth round they was drawn against Junior club Auchinleck Talbot at home who had knocked out a Championship side in the previous round.^[19] The match saw four different goal scorers with Christophe Berra scoring the opener in the tenth minute of play. Two more goals from Demetri Mitchell and Steven MacLean opened the gap to three goals before the break. A goal in the second half from Aidan Keena secured the 4–0 win but not before an injury forced them down to ten men for the final twelve minutes.^[20]

The quarter final saw the team travel to Firhill Stadium for the match against Championship side Partick Thistle. After an early goal from Christophe Berra, the team dominated the game with 59% of the possession. The tie though headed into a replay after Christie Elliott scored to level the match in the 72nd minute.^[21] The replay at Tyncastle Park saw the away team getting the opening goal in the 17th minute from a Scott McDonald tap to give the championship side the early lead. But a goal from Uche Ikpeazu and the penalty conversation from Sean Clare saw Hearts qualify for the semi-final.^[22]

For Hearts, this meant a semi final with another Championship side in Inverness in the first of two matches at Hampden Park. After a lacklustre first half, Uche Ikpeazu broke deadlock for the Hearts in the 49th minute with the shot coming off a deflection. After Jamie McCart goal was deemed offside in the 61st minute, John Souttar doubled the lead only four minutes later. Sean Clarke gave Hearts a 3–0 victory after Ikpeazu was brought down by Mark Ridgers to give a penalty which was converted.^[23]

Heart of Midlothian v Livingston

20 January 2019[24] Fourth round	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
14:30	Clare 48'	BBC Report		Attendance: 11,077 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Auchinleck Talbot

10 February 2019 Fifth round	Heart of Midlothian	4–0	Auchinleck Talbot	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Berra 10' Mitchell 30' MacLean 38' Keena 86'	BBC Report		Attendance: 14,946 Referee: Clancy

Partick Thistle v Heart of Midlothian

4 March 2019 Quarter-final	Partick Thistle	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Firhill Stadium
19:05	Elliott 72'	BBC Report	Berra 12'	Attendance: 5,171 Referee: Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Partick Thistle

12 March 2019 Quarter-final replay	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Partick Thistle	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Ikpeazu 24' Clare 35' (Penalty)	BBC Report	McDonald 17'	Attendance: 10,351 Referee: Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

13 April 2019 Semi-final	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Hampden Park
12:15	Ikpeazu 49' Souttar 66' Clare 74' (Penalty)	BBC Report		Attendance: 21,011 Referee: Robertson

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

25 May 2019 Final	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Celtic	Hampden Park
15:00	Edwards 52'	BBC Report	Edouard 62' (Penalty), 82'	Referee: Collum

League Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League Cup

Having not qualified for Europe Hearts entered the League Cup at the group stages.^[25] On 25 May, Hearts were drawn in Group C, alongside Cove Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Raith Rovers.^[26] On 18 July 2018, Hearts played Cove Rangers, which marked the first competitive match at Balmoral Stadium.^[27] Olly Lee opened the scoring after 11 minutes, before fellow debutante Steven MacLean doubled the advantage in the second half.^[28] Cove pulled one back via Paul McManus with 15 minutes remaining, but were unable to equalise.^[29] During the 65th minute of the match Andrew Irving entered the field of play, replacing Olly Lee.^[30] Irving's contract extension had not been correctly lodged with the Scottish Football Association, rendering him ineligible to play as his registration expired on 9 June.^[31][32] An SPFL disciplinary hearing took place on Monday 23 July,^[33] as a result of which Hearts were deducted two points from the group stages and fined £10,000,^[34] with £8,000 of the fine suspended until the end of the next season.^[35]

Hearts next group match was against Raith Rovers. Kevin Nisbet opened the scoring early in the second half for the home side, before Michael Smith equalised from 25 yards out.^[36] In the 90th minute Christophe Berra had a goal disallowed for impeding the keeper, however replays showed the foul was committed by a fellow Raith player.^[37] With the sides level at 1–1 penalties were taken, with Hearts taking the bonus point 4–2 on penalties.^[38] The group stage was wound up with two 5 – 0 wins at Tynecastle Park against Cowdenbeath^[39] and Inverness Caledonian Thistle,^[40] with goals from Steven MacLean, Uche Ikpeazu, Peter Haring, Steven Naismith, Michael Smith and Ben Garuccio.^[40][41] The result against Inverness meant Hearts qualified to the Second round on goal difference.^[42]

Group stage

Cove Rangers v Heart of Midlothian

18 July 2018[43] 1	Cove Rangers	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Balmoral Stadium
20:00	McManus 75'	BBC Report	Lee 11' MacLean 57'	Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Walsh

Raith Rovers v Heart of Midlothian

21 July 2018[43] 2	Raith Rovers	1–1 (2–4 p)	Heart of Midlothian	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Nisbet 51'	SPFL Report	Smith 78'	Attendance: 1,452 Referee: Robertson
	Penalties
	Gillespie Benedictus Matthews Murray		Smith Keena Lee Naismith Souttar

Heart of Midlothian v Cowdenbeath

24 July 2018[43] 3	Heart of Midlothian	5–0	Cowdenbeath	Tynecastle Park
19:45	MacLean 48' Ikpeazu 64' Haring 73' Naismith 75' (Penalty) Smith 81'	[41]	Scott  32'	Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Cook

Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

29 July 2018[43] 4	Heart of Midlothian	5–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Ikpeazu 29', 33' Garuccio 32' Naismith 64', 81'	[40]		Attendance: 10,030 Referee: Collum

Knockout stage

Dunfermline Athletic v Heart of Midlothian

18 August 2018[44] Second round	Dunfermline Athletic	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	East End Park
15:00		BBC Report	Lee 79'	Attendance: 8,601 Referee: Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

26 September 2018[45] Quarter-final	Heart of Midlothian	4–2	Motherwell	Tynecastle Park
19:45	MacLean 35' Haring 64' Lee 88' Naismith 90+1'	BBC Report	Main 12' (Penalty) Bowman 80'	Attendance: 14,377 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

28 October 2018[46] Semi-final	Heart of Midlothian	0–3	Celtic	Murrayfield Stadium[nb 2]
13:30		BBC Report	Sinclair 53' (pen.) Forrest 66' Christie 72'	Attendance: 61,161 Referee: Collum

First team player statistics

Captains

Christophe Berra continued as captain for season 2018–19, having been re-appointed as captain the previous season.^[48][49] Only six games into the season Berra suffered a torn hamstring at Tynecastle against Celtic, ruling himself out for a period of around 6 months.^[50] In his absence three other players were given the opportunity to captain Hearts. Fellow defender John Souttar was initially appointed captain in his absence at the age of 21,^[51][52] however whilst on international duty with Scotland Souttar injured the lining of his hip and was ruled out for five months.^[53] With Berra and Souttar injured Steven Naismith took the captain's armband for the first time against Aberdeen on 20 October 2018.^[54] Naismith's stint as Captain lasted just three games, as he suffered a tear in the cartilage in his knee during the League Cup Semi-final and was ruled out for a period of six to eight weeks.^[55] This led to Peter Haring becoming the fourth player of the season to play as captain.^[56]

Berra returned as captain earlier than anticipated^[57] on 2 December versus Rangers.^[58]

No	Pos	Country	Name	No of games	Notes
6	DF		Berra	35	Captain
4	DF		Souttar	9	Vice Captain
5	DF		Haring	4	Vice Captain
14	FW		Naismith	3	Vice Captain

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad information

During the 2018–19 season, Hearts have used thirty-five players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Last Updated 25 May 2019^[59]

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Totals		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	TCH	Zdenek Zlamal	40	0	29+0	0	7+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	NIR	Michael Smith	38	2	28+0	0	5+1	2	4+0	0
3	DF	IRL	Conor Shaughnessy	11	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	SCO	John Souttar	35	1	23+1	0	6+0	0	5+0	1
5	DF	AUT	Peter Haring	37	7	26+0	5	7+0	2	3+1	0
6	DF	SCO	Christophe Berra	35	2	25+0	0	4+0	0	6+0	2
7	MF	AUS	Oliver Bozanic	34	3	15+10	3	3+2	0	1+3	0
8	MF	ENG	Olly Lee	41	6	23+8	3	6+0	3	4+0	0
9	MF	ENG	Sean Clare	35	6	23+5	3	0+1	0	5+1	3
10	MF	CMR	Arnaud Djoum	40	3	30+2	3	2+0	0	6+0	0
11	DF	ENG	Demetri Mitchell	23	1	14+6	0	2+0	0	1+0	1
13	GK	IRL	Colin Doyle	11	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
14	FW	SCO	Steven Naismith	27	14	19+0	10	6+0	4	2+0	0
15	FW	SCO	Craig Wighton	19	0	8+9	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
16	DF	NIR	Aaron Hughes	7	0	1+4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	AUS	Ben Garuccio	23	1	13+4	0	3+0	1	3+0	0
18	FW	SCO	Steven MacLean	35	7	17+8	3	6+0	3	3+1	1
19	FW	ENG	Uche Ikpeazu	25	8	15+2	3	2+1	3	4+1	2
20	MF	SCO	Harry Cochrane	8	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	SCO	Anthony McDonald	6	0	0+3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
22	MF	AUS	Ryan Edwards	5	1	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
23	MF	IRL	Jake Mulraney	30	1	15+6	1	3+1	0	3+2	0
25	MF	SCO	Jamie Brandon	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	CAN	Marcus Godinho	14	1	11+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
28	DF	CGO	Clévid Dikamona	23	1	12+9	1	1+1	0	0+0	0
31	DF	NIR	Bobby Burns	9	1	3+2	1	2+1	0	1+0	0
32	FW	CZE	David Vaněček	7	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
35	FW	IRL	Aidan Keena	8	1	1+4	0	0+1	0	1+1	1
38	MF	SCO	Callumn Morrison	35	1	15+10	1	4+3	0	1+2	0
40	MF	SCO	Andy Irving	3	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
45	MF	SCO	Connor Smith	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
51	MF	SCO	Aaron Hickey	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Players who left club during the season
3	DF	IRL	Jimmy Dunne	14	2	12+0	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	NIR	Kyle Lafferty	7	1	1+1	1	3+2	0	0+0	0
12	MF	DEN	Danny Amankwaa	4	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0

• Last updated: 25 May 2019
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Heart of Midlothian, Sky Sports
• Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Disciplinary record

During the 2018–19 season, Hearts players have been issued with ninety-five yellow cards and five red. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player. In addition striker Steven MacLean accepted a retrospective two match ban for violent conduct against Celtic's Eboue Kouassi in the League Cup.^[60] Having gone over the SFA disciplinary points threshold, Steven Naismith served a one-match ban.^[61]

A yellow card issued for simulation to Uche Ikpeazu during the game versus Aberdeen on 30 March 2019, was rescinded on appeal.^[62]

Last updated 25 May 2019

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1	GK		Zdenek Zlamal	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
2	DF		Michael Smith	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
3	DF		Jimmy Dunne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		John Souttar	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
5	DF		Peter Haring	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
6	DF		Christophe Berra	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF		Oliver Bozanic	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Olly Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Kyle Lafferty	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	MF		Sean Clare	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
10	MF		Arnaud Djoum	13	1	1	0	2	0	16	1
11	DF		Demetri Mitchell	3	1	1	0	1	0	5	1
14	FW		Steven Naismith	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
15	FW		Craig Wighton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF		Ben Garuccio	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
18	FW		Steven MacLean	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
19	FW		Uche Ikpeazu	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
22	MF		Ryan Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF		Jake Mulraney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF		Jamie Brandon	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
26	DF		Marcus Godinho	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
28	DF		Clévid Dikamona	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	FW		Bobby Burns	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	FW		David Vaněček	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	MF		Callumn Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
51	MF		Aaron Hickey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				84	5	6	0	3	0	95	5

Goal scorers

Last updated 25 May 2019

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	FW		Steven Naismith	10	4	0	14
2	FW		Uche Ikpeazu	3	3	2	8
3	MF		Peter Haring	5	2	0	7
	FW		Steven MacLean	3	3	1	7
4	MF		Olly Lee	3	3	0	6
	DF		Sean Clare	3	0	3	6
5	MF		Arnaud Djoum	3	0	0	3
	MF		Oliver Bozanic	3	0	0	3
6	DF		Michael Smith	0	2	0	2
	DF		Jimmy Dunne	2	0	0	2
	DF		Christophe Berra	0	0	2	2
7	FW		Kyle Lafferty	1	0	0	1
	DF		Ben Garuccio	0	1	0	1
	DF		Marcus Godinho	1	0	0	1
	MF		Callumn Morrison	1	0	0	1
	FW		Aidan Keena	0	0	1	1
	DF		Demetri Mitchell	0	0	1	1
	DF		Clévid Dikamona	1	0	0	1
	DF		John Souttar	0	0	1	1
	DF		Bobby Burns	1	0	0	1
	MF		Jake Mulraney	1	0	0	1
	MF		Ryan Edwards	0	0	1	1
Total				41	18	12	71

Clean sheets

Rank	Position	Nation	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	GK		Zdenek Zlamal	8	3	1	12
2	GK		Colin Doyle	4	0	2	6
Total				12	3	3	18

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
4	Aberdeen	38	20	7	11	57	44	+13	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
5	Hibernian	38	14	12	12	51	39	+12	54
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	6	17	42	50	−8	51
7	St Johnstone	38	15	7	16	38	48	−10	52
8	Motherwell	38	15	6	17	46	56	−10	51

Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[63]
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. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

League Cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HOM	INV	COW	COV	RAI
1	Heart of Midlothian[a] (Q)	4	3	1	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Qualification for the Second round		—	5–0	5–0	—	—
2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4	3	0	0	1	9	8	+1	9			—	—	—	2–0	2–1
3	Cowdenbeath	4	2	0	0	2	5	10	−5	6			—	2–5	—	1–0	—
4	Cove Rangers	4	1	0	0	3	3	5	−2	3			1–2	—	—	—	2–0
5	Raith Rovers	4	0	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1			1–1p	—	0–2	—	—

Source: ^[65]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[66]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Heart of Midlothian were deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player against Cove Rangers on 18 July 2018.^[64]

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: ^[67]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 25 May 2019

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%[nb 3]
Craig Levein[68]	18 July 2018	25 May 2019	50	23	8	19	046.00
Austin MacPhee	1 September 2018	1 September 2018	1	1	0	0	100.00

Home attendances

Last updated on 25 May 2019

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
League Cup	24 July 2018	5–0	Cowdenbeath	7,486[69]
League Cup	29 July 2018	5–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	10,030[70]
Premiership	11 August 2018	1–0	Celtic	19,113[71]
Premiership	1 September 2018	4–1	St Mirren	17,714[72]
Premiership	22 September 2018	0–0	Livingston	17,798[73]
League Cup	26 September 2018	4–2	Motherwell	14,377[74]
Premiership	29 September 2018	2–1	St Johnstone	17,240[75]
Premiership	20 October 2018	2–1	Aberdeen	18,051[76]
Premiership	31 October 2018	0–0	Hibernian	19,410[77]
Premiership	10 November 2018	0–1	Kilmarnock	17,417[78]
Premiership	2 December 2018	1–2	Rangers	19,429[79]
Premiership	8 December 2018	1–0	Motherwell	15,915[80]
Premiership	26 December 2018	2–0	Hamilton Academical	16,475[81]
Scottish Cup	20 January 2019	1–0	Livingston	11,077[82]
Premiership	23 January 2019	1–2	Dundee	15,518[83]
Premiership	26 January 2019	2–0	St. Johnstone	16,672[84]
Premiership	6 February 2019	0–0	Livingston	15,147[85]
Scottish Cup	10 February 2019	4–0	Auchinleck Talbot	14,946[86]
Premiership	23 February 2019	1–1	St. Mirren	16,705[87]
Premiership	27 February 2019	1–2	Celtic	18,258[87]
Scottish Cup	12 March 2019	2–1	Partick Thistle	10,351[88]
Premiership	30 March 2019	2–1	Aberdeen	17,880[89]
Premiership	6 April 2019	1–2	Hibernian	19,667[90]
Premiership	20 April 2019	1–3	Rangers	18,212[91]
Premiership	4 May 2019	0–1	Kilmarnock	17,103[92]
			Total attendance:	418,663
			Total league attendance:	350,396
			Average league attendance:	18,441[93]

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Match reports in Results

Club

Staff

Club staff Name Role Craig Levein Manager[94] Austin MacPhee Assistant manager[94][95] Jon Daly and Liam Fox First Team Coaches[94] Andy Kirk Under 20s Coach[96] Andrew Leishman Youth Coach[96] Paul Gallacher Goalkeeper Coach[94]

Boardroom Name Role[97] Ann Budge Executive chairwoman[97] Craig Levein Manager & Director of Football[97] Jacqui Duncan Finance director[97] Stuart Wallace Foundation of Hearts Chairman[97] Eric Hogg Non-Executive Director[97] Donald Cumming Non-Executive Director[97] Kevin Windram Non-Executive Director[97]

Deaths

The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former vice chairman and director Pilmar Smith,^[98] 1956 Scottish Cup club captain Freddie Glidden^[99][100] and defender Tommy Darling,^[101]

International selection

Over the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. John Souttar^[102] and Steven Naismith^[103] were called up to represent Scotland, Arnaud Djoum to represent Cameroon,^[104] Aaron Hughes, Michael Smith^[105] and Bobby Burns to represent Northern Ireland,^[106] Marcus Godinho to represent Canada,^[107] Jimmy Dunne to represent Republic of Ireland^[108] and Ben Garuccio to represent Australia.^[109]

In addition a number of the Hearts squad were called up to represent Scotland at youth level. Callumn Morrison and Jamie Brandon were called up to the under-21 squad,^[110] Morrison was also called up to the under-20 squad,^[111] Harry Cochrane^[112] and Chris Hamilton to the under-19 squad,^[113] Harry Stone, Cammy Logan, Connor Smith^[114] and Aaron Hickey to the under-17 squad^[115] and Jay Charleston-King and Leo Watson to the under-16 squad.^[114] In addition Bobby Burns was called up to represent Northern Ireland at under-21 level.^[116]

A War of Two Halves

The interactive play A War of Two Halves was presented at Tynecastle, dealing with the stories of the original 13 players who joined the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Scots. It was first shown as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 27 August 2018.^[117] It ran again in the run-up to the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918.^[118]

Awards

Craig Levein^[119] and the following players received Scottish Professional Football League awards over the course of the season. The club's annual award ceremony took place on 12 May 2019,^[120] with Steven Naismith winning both fans and players player of the year award.^[121] The full list of awards are included below.

SPFL awards Nation Name Award Craig Levein Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month August 2018[119] Steven Naismith Scottish Premiership Player of the Month September 2018[122] Dario Zanatta on loan at Alloa Athletic Scottish Championship Player of the Month December 2018[123]

Club awards Nation Name Award Aaron Hickey Youth to Pro[120] Alex Petkov Reserves Player of the Year[120] John Souttar Young Player of the Year[120] Olly Lee Goal of the Season[120] Bobby Zlamal Save of the Season[120] NA Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Hibernian 29 December 2018 Easter Road Moment of the season[120] Steven Naismith Fans Player of the Year[120] Steven Naismith Player's Player of the Year[120] Andy Kirk Special Recognition[120] Bill Smith and David Speed Doc Melvin Memorial Cup[120]

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Steven MacLean St Johnstone Free[124][125] Uche Ikpeazu Cambridge United Free[126][127] Bobby Burns Glenavon Undisclosed[128][129] Jake Mulraney Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free[130][131] Olly Lee Luton Town Free[132][133] Ben Garuccio Adelaide United Free[134][135] Zdenek Zlamal Fastav Zlín Free[136][137] Ryan Edwards Partick Thistle Free[138][139] Oliver Bozanic Melbourne City Free[140][141] Peter Haring SV Ried Free[142][143] Kevin Silva Rutgers Scarlet Knights Free[144] Colin Doyle Bradford City Free[145][146] Craig Wighton Dundee Undisclosed[147] Clévid Dikamona Bnei Sakhnin Free[148] Sean Clare Sheffield Wednesday[149][150] Training Compensation[151] David Vaněček FK Teplice Pre Contract Agreement[152][153] Jamin Nwanze St. Patrick's Athletic Free[154] Aidy White Free Agent Free[155]

Players out Player To Fee Prince Buaben Falkirk[156] Free[157][158] Nikolay Todorov Rieti[159] Free[157] Wojiech Gajda Free[157] Harry Paton Ross County[160] Free[157] Angus Beith Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free[161] Jack Hamilton Dundee[162] Undisclosed[163] Jon McLaughlin Sunderland Free[164][165] Alistair Roy Derry City Free[166][167] Don Cowie Ross County Free[168][169] Liam Smith Ayr United Free[170][171] Kyle Lafferty Rangers Undisclosed[172][173] Ross Callachan St Johnstone Free[174][175] Danny Amankwaa SønderjyskE Fodbold Free[176][177] Bartlomiej Gajda Znicz Pruszków Free[154]

Loans in Player From Fee Steven Naismith Norwich City Loan[178][179] Jimmy Dunne Burnley Loan[180][181] Demetri Mitchell Manchester United Loan[182][183] Conor Shaughnessy Leeds United Loan[184][185]

Loans out Player To Fee Conor Sammon Motherwell Loan[186] Andy Irving Falkirk Loan[187] Euan Henderson Montrose Loan[nb 4] Lewis Moore Forfar Athletic Loan[nb 5] Rory Currie East Fife Loan[nb 6] Dario Zanatta Alloa Athletic Loan[nb 7] Bobby Burns Livingston Loan[195] Aidan Keena Dunfermline Athletic Loan[nb 8] Malaury Martin Dunfermline Athletic Loan[nb 9] Ryan Edwards St Mirren Loan[198] Kevin Silva Raith Rovers Loan[199] Chris Hamilton Berwick Rangers Loan[200] Anthony McDonald Inverness Caledonian Thistle Loan[201] Kevin Silva Toronto Loan[202]

Contract extensions

The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season.

Date	Player	Length	Previous Expiry	Expiry
15 January 2019	Lewis Moore	1 year	May 2019	May 2020[194]
15 January 2019	Dario Zanatta	1 year	May 2019	May 2020[194]
18 January 2019	Michael Smith	2 year	May 2019	May 2021[203]
29 January 2019	Christophe Berra	1 year	May 2020	May 2021[204]
29 January 2019	John Souttar	2 year	May 2020	May 2022[205]
7 March 2019	Uche Ikpeazu	2 year	May 2020	May 2022[206]
14 March 2019	Clévid Dikamona	1 year	2019	2020[207]
3 May 2019	Peter Haring	1 year	2020	2022[208]

See also

• List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons

Notes

1. Played at Central Park to allow new pitch at Tynecastle to bed in.^[12]
2. Originally scheduled to take place at Hampden Park^[47]
3. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
4. Loan deal initially until January 2019,^[188] with extension signed until the end of season.^[189]
5. Loan deal initially until January 2019,^[190] with Moore returning to Forfar on 25 January.^[191]
6. Loan deal initially until January 2019,^[192] with extension signed until the end of season.^[189]
7. Loan deal initially until January 2019,^[193] but later extended until end of season.^[194]
8. Loan deal initially until end of season,^[196] however was recalled in January transfer window.^[197]
9. Loan deal initially until end of season,^[196] however was recalled in January transfer window.^[197]