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Heart of Midlothian
2024–25 season
Chairman Ann Budge
Head Coach Steven Naismith
Stadium Tynecastle Park

The 2023–24 season is the 144th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the club's fourth season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2020, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season, [1] having played just one season in the Scottish Championship. The club had been relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2019–20 season.

They will also compete in the Europa League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season / Friendlies

13 July 2024 Friendly Heart of Midlothian v Leyton Orient Tynecastle Park
15:00
17 July 2024 Friendly Heart of Midlothian v Tottenham Hotspur Tynecastle Park
19:00
27 July 2024 Friendly Fleetwood Town v Heart of Midlothian Highbury Stadium
15:00

Scottish Premiership

3 August 2024 1 Heart of Midlothian v Rangers Tynecastle Park
12:30

Squad information

Number Position Nation Name Totals Premiership Europe League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland  SCO Craig Gordon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England  ENG Frankie Kent 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland  SCO Stephen Kingsley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland  SCO Craig Halkett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England  ENG Daniel Oyegoke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo  COD Beni Baningime 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England  ENG Jorge Grant 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Australia  AUS Calem Nieuwenhof 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland  SCO Lawrence Shankland 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Northern Ireland  NIR Liam Boyce 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Japan  JPN Yutaro Oda 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland  SCO Ryan Fulton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF Australia  AUS Nathaniel Atkinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Australia  AUS Cameron Devlin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Australia  AUS Kye Rowles 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland  SCO Blair Spittal 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland  SCO Alan Forrest 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland  SCO Barrie McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF England  ENG Alex Cochrane 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF England  ENG Yan Dhanda 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF Uganda  UGA Toby Sibbick 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland  SCO Aidan Denholm 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Scotland  SCO Lewis Neilson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF Scotland  SCO Finlay Pollock 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF Scotland  SCO Macaulay Tait 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK Scotland  SCO Zander Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF Scotland  SCO James Penrice 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Japan  JPN Kyosuke Tagawa 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW The Gambia  GAM Musa Drammeh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
54 FW Scotland  SCO James Wilson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
77 FW Costa Rica  CRC Kenneth Vargas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
  • Last updated: May 2024
  • Source: Match Reports [2] [3]
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

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

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation [a]
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [b]
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 3 August 2024. Source: [4] [5]
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). [6]
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 2024–25 Scottish Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If the cup winners qualify for the Champions League via league position, the berth reserved for the cup winners ( Europa League play-off round) passes to the third-placed team, and the berths for the Europa League second qualifying round and the Conference League second qualifying round are passed down to the fourth- and fifth-placed teams.

Club

Playing kit

Hearts kits are manufactured by Umbro for the 2024–25 season, [7] entering the final year of their contract with the club. [8] Stellar Omada, became the clubs main sponsor on a three year deal, replacing MND Scotland. [9] Omada previously sponsored the club's away kit. [10]

International Selection

Over the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. Craig Gordon, [11] Zander Clark [11] and Lawrence Shankland was called up to represent Scotland, [12] whilst Cameron Devlin [13] and Kye Rowles were selected to represent Australia. [14]

Kenneth Vargas would also be included in Costa Rica's provisional squad ahead of the 2024 Copa AmΓ©rica. [15]

Toby Sibbick would continue to feature for Uganda after receiving his first call up to the senior squad in March 2024. [16]

Transfers

See also

Notes

References

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  2. ^ "Soccerbase Hearts Squad Stats 2020/21". Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ "First Team". heartsfc.co.uk/. Heart of Midlothian F.C. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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  8. ^ "Inside Hearts new kits: JD Sports deal and colour debate". heartsstandard.co.uk. Hearts Standard. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Hearts secure mega-money sponsorship deal as new kit deal makes Tynecastle history". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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  11. ^ a b "Trio Make Euro 2024 Provisional Squad". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Scotland call up Doak, McCrorie & Forrest for Euros". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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  19. ^ a b "Heart of Midlothian recruit Blair Spittal & James Penrice for next season". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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  23. ^ "Spittal Signs". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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  26. ^ "Musa becomes fifth summer signing". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  27. ^ "Why Drammeh chose Hearts over 'a lot of offers' from elsewhere". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  28. ^ "Heart of Midlothian: Yan Dhanda agrees pre-contract deal when Ross County spell ends". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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