2022–23 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
2022–23 season | ||||
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Chairman | Ann Budge | |||
Manager | Robbie Neilson (until 9 April) Steven Naismith (Interim from 10 April) | |||
Stadium | Tynecastle Park | |||
Premiership | 4th | |||
Scottish Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
League Cup | Second round | |||
Europa League | Play-off round | |||
Europa Conference League | Group stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Lawrence Shankland (24) All: Lawrence Shankland (28) | |||
Highest home attendance | 18,980 v. Hibernian Premiership 2 January 2023 | |||
Lowest home attendance | 11,071 v. Kilmarnock League Cup 31 August 2022 | |||
Average home league attendance | 18,471 | |||
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The 2022–23 season was the 142nd season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It was the club's second season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football.
They competed in the Europa League,[1] Europa Conference League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Results and fixtures
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season / Friendlies
[edit]30 June 2022 Friendly | Heart of Midlothian | 4–0 | Europa | La Cala Resort |
16:00 | Mackay-Steven 8' Forrest 50', 76' Henderson 72' |
Match Report |
5 July 2022 Friendly | East Fife | 0–7 | Heart of Midlothian | Bayview Stadium |
19:00 | Match Report | Cochrane 14' Pollock 20' Trialist 33' Kingsley 50', 55', 62' (pen.) Forrest 64' |
6 July 2022 Friendly | The Spartans | 0–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Ainslie Park |
19:45 | Match Report | Henderson 10' | Attendance: 1,021 |
9 July 2022 Friendly | Heart of Midlothian | 5–0 | Bonnyrigg Rose | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Grant 41' Haring 65' (pen.) Boyce 78' McEneff 82' Henderson 89' |
Match Report |
13 July 2022 Friendly | Tranmere Rovers | 1–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Prenton Park |
19:30 | Hemmings 10' | Match Report | McKay 70' Boyce 74' |
16 July 2022 Friendly | Heart of Midlothian | 2–2 | Crawley Town | Tynecastle Park |
13:00 | Kingsley 8', 17' | Match Report | Telford 49, 51' |
20 July 2022 Friendly | Preston North End | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Deepdale |
19:45 | Woodburn 34' Browne 75' |
Match Report | Haring 65' (pen.) |
23 July 2022 Friendly | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | Stoke City | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Shankland 43', 87' | Match Report | Campbell 89' | |
Note: Testimonial for Gary Locke.[2] |
Scottish Premiership
[edit]30 July 2022 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | Ross County | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Forrest 59' McKay 77' |
BBC Report | White 79' | Attendance: 18,202 Referee: Dickinson |
7 August 2022 2 | Hibernian | 1–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Easter Road |
12:00 | Boyle 90 5' | BBC Report | Shankland 22' | Attendance: 20,179 Referee: Beaton |
14 August 2022 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 4–1 | Dundee United | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Shankland 1' McKay 48' Grant 62' Ginnelly 90 5' |
BBC Report | Fletcher 71' (pen.) | Attendance: 18,856 Referee: Steven |
21 August 2022 4 | Celtic | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
15:00 | Kyogo 13' Giakoumakis 90 4' |
BBC Report | Cochrane 62' 89' Sibbick 55' 90 1' |
Attendance: 58,776 Referee: Clancy |
28 August 2022 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–2 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Rowles 25' Boyce 31' Shankland 81' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Carey 6' Considine 54' |
Attendance: 18,353 Referee: Beaton |
3 September 2022 6 | Livingston | 1–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Tony Macaroni Arena |
15:00 | Montaño | BBC Report | Attendance: 4,678 Referee: Collum |
18 September 2022 8 | Motherwell | 0–3 | Heart of Midlothian | Fir Park Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Shankland 17' Forrest 50', 90' |
Attendance: 6,546 Referee: Walsh |
1 October 2022 9 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–4 | Rangers | Tynecastle Park |
12:30 | Devlin 39' | Report | Čolak 6', 30' Morelos 76' Kent 90 1' |
Attendance: 18,433 Referee: Steven McLean |
8 October 2022 10 | Kilmarnock | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Rugby Park |
15:00 | Stokes 47' Lafferty 59' |
Report | Humphrys 62' Atkinson 90 4' |
Attendance: 6,651 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
15 October 2022 11 | Aberdeen | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Pittodrie |
15:00 | Duk 74' Besuijen 79' |
Report | Attendance: 14,711 Referee: Don Robertson |
22 October 2022 12 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–4 | Celtic | Tynecastle Park |
12:30 | Shankland 45 3 pen.', 47', 65 pen.' | Report | Forrest 14' Giakoumakis 55' Maeda 59' Taylor 76' |
Attendance: 18,081 Referee: Nick Walsh |
29 October 2022 13 | Ross County | 1–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Victoria Park |
15:00 | White 11' | Report | Shankland 15' Halliday 20' |
Attendance: 4,438 Referee: David Dickinson |
5 November 2022 14 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–2 | Motherwell | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Grant 38' Halliday 45', 47' Shankland 89' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Moult 61' (pen.) Spittal 79' |
Attendance: 18,806 Referee: Clancy |
9 November 2022 15 | Rangers | 1–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Ibrox Stadium |
19:45 | Tillman 66' | BBC Report | Attendance: 48,376 Referee: Beaton |
12 November 2022 16 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | Livingston | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Rowles 75' Ginnelly 90 7' |
BBC Report | Kelly 55' | Attendance: 18,448 Referee: Craig Napier |
17 December 2022 17 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–1 | Kilmarnock | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Ginnelly 19' Shankland 29', 88 pen.' |
BBC Report | Taylor 73' | Attendance: 18,645 Referee: William Collum |
24 December 2022 18 | Dundee United | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Tannadice |
15:00 | Fletcher 20' Levitt 47' |
BBC Report | Smith 41' Shankland 90 4' |
Attendance: 10,224 Referee: Colin Steven |
28 December 2022 19 | St Johnstone | 2–3 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 | May 55 pen.' Murphy 79' |
BBC Report | Shankland 14 pen.' Forrest 33' McKay 64' |
Attendance: 7,058 Referee: William Collum |
2 January 2023 20 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | Hibernian | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Shankland 8', 38' (Penalty Kick) Humphrys 90 4' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 18,980 Referee: Clancy |
7 January 2023 21 | St Mirren | 1–1 | Heart of Midlothian | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | Strain 4' Fraser 90 5' |
BBC Report | Snodgrass 49' | Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Chris Graham |
13 January 2023 7 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | St Mirren | Tynecastle Park |
19:45 | McKay 29' | BBC Report | Attendance: 18,721 Referee: David Munro |
18 January 2023 22 | Heart of Midlothian | 5–0 | Aberdeen | Tynecastle Park |
19:45 | Shinnie 15 o.g.' Smith 28' Shankland 40 pen.' Ginnelly 45 1' Devlin 61' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 18,497 Referee: William Collum |
29 January 2023 24 | Livingston | 0–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Tony Macaroni Arena |
13:30 | BBC Report | Attendance: 6,393 Referee: Alan Muir |
1 February 2023 24 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–3 | Rangers | Tynecastle Park |
19:45 | BBC Report | Morelos 9', 67' Tillman 34' |
Attendance: 18,330 Referee: John Beaton |
4 February 2023 25 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–1 | Dundee United | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Shankland 71' Cochrane 77' Ginnelly 90 6' Humphrys 90 8' |
BBC Report | Fletcher 9' Edwards 29' |
Attendance: 18,279 Referee: Nick Walsh |
19 February 2023 26 | Motherwell | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Fir Park Stadium |
15:00 | Obika 40' Spittal 46' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Don Robertson |
4 March 2023 28 | Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Ginnelly 21', 63' Grant 73' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 18,596 Referee: Steven McLean |
8 March 2023 27 | Celtic | 3–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
19:45 | Maeda 25' Furuhashi 60' Hakšabanović 84' |
BBC Report | Ginnelly 6' | Attendance: 58,951 Referee: Alan Muir |
18 March 2023 29 | Aberdeen | 3–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Pittodrie |
15:00 | Duk 5', 21' Pollock 28' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 16,278 Referee: David Dickinson |
1 April 2023 30 | Kilmarnock | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Rugby Park |
15:00 | Armstrong 22 pen.' Doidge 45' McKenzie 60' |
BBC Report | Shankland 7' | Attendance: 7,237 Referee: Euan Anderson |
8 April 2023 31 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–2 | St Mirren | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Snodgrass 62' | BBC Report | Main 52' Gogić 57' |
Attendance: 18,660 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
15 April 2023 32 | Hibernian | 1–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Easter Road |
12:30 | Nisbet 67' | BBC Report | Attendance: 20,132 Referee: John Beaton |
22 April 2023 33 | Heart of Midlothian | 6–1 | Ross County | Tynecastle Park |
12:30 | Cochrane 17' Ginnelly 22', 56' Shankland 28', 45 7 pen.', 59' |
BBC Report | Edwards 85 pen.' | Attendance: 18,316 Referee: Don Robertson |
7 May 2023 34 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–2 | Celtic | Tynecastle Park |
14:15 | Cochrane 45' | BBC Report | Furuhashi 67' Oh 80' |
Attendance: 18,143 Referee: Nick Walsh |
13 May 2023 35 | St Mirren | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | Shaughnessy 36' Strain 45 4' |
BBC Report | Ginnelly 73' Haring 77' Shankland 90 6 pen.' |
Attendance: 7,238 Referee: David Dickinson |
20 May 2023 36 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | Aberdeen | Tynecastle Park |
12:30 | Ginnelly 43' Shankland 56' |
BBC Report | Pollock 31' | Attendance: 18,661 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
24 May 2023 37 | Rangers | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Ibrox Stadium |
19:45 | Cantwell 45 4' Sakala 47' |
BBC Report | Shankland 1' Kuol 90 4' |
Attendance: 48,428 Referee: John Beaton |
27 May 2023 38 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | Hibernian | Tynecastle Park |
12:30 | Oda 8' Cochrane 29' |
BBC Report | Nisbet 31' | Referee: Robertson |
Scottish League Cup
[edit]31 August 2022 Second round | Heart of Midlothian | 0–1 | Kilmarnock | Tynecastle Park |
19:45 | BBC Report | Cameron 21' | Attendance: 11,071 Referee: Robertson |
Scottish Cup
[edit]22 January 2023 Fourth round | Hibernian | 0–3 | Heart of Midlothian | Easter Road |
14:00 | BBC Report | Ginnelly 10' Shankland 72' Shankland 90 1' Sibbick 90 6' |
Attendance: 18,622 Referee: Robertson |
10 February 2023 Fifth round | Hamilton Academical | 0–2 | Heart of Midlothian | New Douglas Park |
19:45 | BBC Report | Humphrys 29' Devlin 79' |
Attendance: 4,731 Referee: Clancy |
11 March 2023 Quarter-final | Heart of Midlothian | 0–3 | Celtic | Tynecastle Park |
12:15 | Report | Mooy 2' Furuhashi 45' Carter-Vickers 80' |
Attendance: 16,287 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
UEFA Europa League
[edit]Play-off round
[edit]18 August 2022 First leg | Zürich | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Kybunpark[note 1] |
18:00 BST (UTC 1) | Guerrero 32' Džemaili 34' |
BBC Report | Shankland 22' (pen.) | Attendance: 7,958 Referee: Frankowski (Poland) |
25 August 2022 Second leg | Heart of Midlothian | 0–1 | Zürich | Tynecastle Park |
20:00 BST (UTC 1) | Grant 18' 54' | BBC Report | Rohner 80' | Attendance: 17,225 Referee: Visser (Belgium) |
UEFA Europa Conference League
[edit]Group stage
[edit]8 September 2022 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | Tynecastle Park |
17:45 BST (UTC 1) | BBC Report | Kaldırım 26' Ndayishimiye 67' Okaka 75' Özcan 82' |
Attendance: 15,131 Referee: Jakubik (Poland) |
15 September 2022 2 | RFS | 0–2 | Heart of Midlothian | Skonto Stadium[note 2] |
20:00 BST (UTC 1) | BBC Report | Shankland 43' (pen.) Forrest 90 3' |
Attendance: 6,747 Referee: Stavrev (Macedonia) |
6 October 2022 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–3 | Fiorentina | Tynecastle Park |
20:00 BST (UTC 1) | Neilson 48' | BBC Report | Mandragora 4' Kouamé 42' Jović 79' |
Attendance: 17,243 Referee: Lambrechts (Belgium) |
13 October 2022 4 | Fiorentina | 5–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Stadio Artemio Franchi |
17:45 BST (UTC 1) | Jović 5' Biraghi 22' González 31', 79' (pen.) Barák 38' |
BBC Report | Humphrys 47' | Attendance: 18,576 Referee: Bebek (Croatia) |
27 October 2022 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | RFS | Tynecastle Park |
20:00 BST (UTC 1) | Shankland 3' Halliday 12' |
BBC Report | Friesenbichler 39' Jagodinskis 90 3' |
Attendance: 15,863 Referee: van Driessche (Belgium) |
3 November 2022 6 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 3–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Fatih Terim Stadium |
15:30 GMT (UTC 0) | Ndayishimiye 4' Gürler 33' Özcan 64' |
BBC Report | Atkinson 90' | Attendance: 4,824 Referee: Kikacheishvili (Georgia) |
First team player statistics
[edit]Squad information
[edit]During the 2022–23 campaign, Hearts have used thirty players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
Number | Position | Nation | Name | Totals | Premiership | Europe | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | SCO | Craig Gordon | 23 | 0 | 14 0 | 0 | 8 0 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | NIR | Michael Smith | 38 | 2 | 21 5 | 2 | 6 2 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 3 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley | 31 | 0 | 16 5 | 0 | 7 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 2 1 | 0 |
4 | DF | SCO | Craig Halkett | 8 | 0 | 5 1 | 0 | 2 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | AUT | Peter Haring | 21 | 0 | 10 6 | 0 | 3 1 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
6 | MF | COD | Beni Baningime | 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ENG | Jorge Grant | 36 | 2 | 9 17 | 2 | 7 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 2 1 | 0 |
8 | MF | GER | Orestis Kiomourtzoglou | 26 | 0 | 11 11 | 0 | 2 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland | 45 | 28 | 31 4 | 24 | 6 2 | 3 | 1 0 | 0 | 1 0 | 1 |
10 | FW | NIR | Liam Boyce | 7 | 1 | 4 1 | 1 | 1 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | SCO | Gary Mackay-Steven | 6 | 0 | 3 1 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
12 | DF | AUS | Nathaniel Atkinson | 23 | 2 | 10 6 | 1 | 3 1 | 1 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 3 | 0 |
13 | GK | SCO | Ross Stewart | 3 | 0 | 2 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | AUS | Cameron Devlin | 39 | 2 | 24 4 | 1 | 6 1 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 1 2 | 1 |
15 | DF | AUS | Kye Rowles | 31 | 1 | 26 1 | 1 | 2 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 2 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 34 | 4 | 17 9 | 3 | 5 1 | 1 | 1 0 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | SCO | Alan Forrest | 46 | 5 | 17 18 | 4 | 4 4 | 1 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 3 | 0 |
18 | MF | SCO | Barrie McKay | 47 | 4 | 28 7 | 4 | 7 1 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 3 0 | 0 |
19 | DF | ENG | Alex Cochrane | 44 | 2 | 28 4 | 2 | 8 0 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 2 1 | 0 |
20 | DF | SCO | Lewis Neilson | 15 | 0 | 4 5 | 0 | 2 3 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
21 | DF | ENG | Toby Sibbick | 38 | 1 | 25 5 | 0 | 2 2 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 3 0 | 1 |
22 | FW | SCO | Euan Henderson | 7 | 0 | 0 2 | 0 | 1 3 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
23 | GK | SCO | Harry Stone | 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | SCO | Scott McGill | 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | SCO | Cammy Logan | 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | SCO | Connor Smith | 11 | 0 | 1 6 | 0 | 1 2 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
28 | GK | SCO | Zander Clark | 24 | 0 | 20 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 3 0 | 0 |
29 | FW | ENG | Stephen Humphrys | 25 | 5 | 7 12 | 3 | 1 3 | 1 | 0 0 | 0 | 1 1 | 1 |
30 | MF | ENG | Josh Ginnelly | 38 | 12 | 24 4 | 11 | 3 3 | 0 | 1 0 | 0 | 3 0 | 1 |
38 | MF | SCO | Finlay Pollock | 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 |
61 | FW | AUS | Garang Kuol | 9 | 1 | 1 7 | 1 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 |
72 | DF | ENG | James Hill | 17 | 0 | 13 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 3 0 | 0 |
77 | MF | SCO | Robert Snodgrass | 22 | 1 | 18 2 | 1 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 2 0 | 0 |
88 | FW | JPN | Yutaro Oda | 13 | 1 | 7 5 | 1 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 |
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premiership, European Competitions, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Disciplinary record
[edit]During the 2022–23 season, Hearts players have so far been issued fifty-five yellow cards and seven red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.
- Last updated 27 May 2023
Number | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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1 | GK | Craig Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Michael Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Stephen Kingsley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Peter Haring | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
7 | MF | Jorge Grant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
8 | MF | Orestis Kiomourtzoglou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Lawrence Shankland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
10 | FW | Liam Boyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Gary Mackay-Steven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | DF | Nathaniel Atkinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Cameron Devlin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
15 | DF | Kye Rowles | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
17 | MF | Alan Forrest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
18 | MF | Barrie McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
19 | DF | Alex Cochrane | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
20 | DF | Lewis Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | DF | Toby Sibbick | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
27 | MF | Connor Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
29 | FW | Stephen Humphrys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
30 | MF | Josh Ginnelly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
61 | FW | Garang Kuol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
72 | DF | James Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
77 | MF | Robert Snodgrass | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Total | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 89 | 9 |
Goal scorers
[edit]Last updated 27 May 2023
Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | Lawrence Shankland | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28 | |
2 | MF | Josh Ginnelly | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
3 | MF | Alan Forrest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
FW | Stephen Humphrys | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
4 | MF | Andy Halliday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
MF | Barrie McKay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
5 | DF | Nathaniel Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
DF | Alex Cochrane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
DF | Cameron Devlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
MF | Jorge Grant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
DF | Michael Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
6 | FW | Liam Boyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
FW | Garang Kuol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | Yutaro Oda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | Kye Rowles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | Robert Snodgrass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | Toby Sibbick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 62 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 74 |
Assists
[edit]Last updated 27 May 2023
Place | Position | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MF | Barrie McKay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
2 | DF | Alex Cochrane | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
MF | Cameron Devlin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
MF | Josh Ginnelly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
3 | MF | Andy Halliday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
FW | Lawrence Shankland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
4 | MF | Jorge Grant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
MF | Robert Snodgrass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
5 | DF | Nathaniel Atkinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | MF | Gary Mackay-Steven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | Kye Rowles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | Toby Sibbick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 39 |
Clean sheets
[edit]R | Pos | Nat | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total |
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1 | GK | Zander Clark | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
2 | GK | Craig Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | GK | Ross Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Team statistics
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Rangers | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 93 | 37 | 56 | 92 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
5 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
6 | St Mirren | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 46 |
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 competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[8]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
Division summary
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Conference League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IBS | FIO | HEA | RFS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 13[a] | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 13[a] | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 6 | 0–4 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | RFS | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
Management statistics
[edit]- Last updated 27 May 2023
Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[nb 1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robbie Neilson | 30 July 2022 | 9 April 2023[9] | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 38.10 |
Steven Naismith | 10 April 2023 | 28 May 2023[10] | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28.57 |
Club
[edit]Management
[edit]Hearts began the season under the stewardship of Manager Robbie Neilson, who had been appointed following the clubs relegation to the Scottish Championship following the incompletion of the 2019–20 season.[11][12] At the start of the 2022–23 season Neilson was awarded a new three-year contract.[13]
Following a decline in form[14] on 9 April 2023,[15] Neilson parted ways with the club.[16] His assistant Lee McCulloch also departed the club.[17] Steven Naismith was appointed interim manager until the end of the season, assisted by Gordon Forrest and Frankie McAvoy.[18]
International Selection
[edit]Over the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. Craig Gordon, Zander Clark and Lawrence Shankland was called up to represent Scotland,[19] whilst Nathaniel Atkinson, Cameron Devlin and Kye Rowles were selected to represent Australia[20] both in friendlies and at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[21]
Deaths
[edit]The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former player and member of Hearts Hall of Fame Drew Busby,[22][23] former player John Mackintosh,[24] former chairman and chief executive Chris Robinson,[25] former chairman Leslie Deans[26] and former captain Chris Shevlane.[27]
Transfers
[edit]Contract extensions
[edit]The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season
Date | Player | Length | Previous Expiry | Expiry |
---|---|---|---|---|
21 October 2022 | Finlay Pollock | 3 years | Summer 2022 | Summer 2025[84] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Zürich will play their play-off round home match at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium, Letzigrund, in Zürich, which is hosting a concert.[3]
- ^ RFS play their home matches in European competition at Skonto Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, LNK Sporta Parks, which does not meet UEFA requirements
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