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Hibernian F.C.

This article is about the Scottish football club. For other uses, see Hibernian (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the Maltese football club Hibernians F.C..

Hibernian
Full nameHibernian Football Club
Nickname(s)Hibs,[1] The Hibees,[1] The Cabbage[2]
Founded6 August 1875 (1875-08-06)
GroundEaster Road, Edinburgh
Capacity20,421[3]
OwnerBydand Sports[4]
ChairmanMalcolm McPherson
Head coachDavid Gray
LeagueScottish Premiership
2023–24Scottish Premiership, 8th of 12
Websitehttp://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/
Current season

Hibernian Football Club (/hɪˈbɜːrniən/), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and the name is derived from the Latin for Ireland.[5] The Irish heritage of Hibernian is reflected in the name, colours and badge of the club.[5][6][7][8] The green main shirt colour is usually accompanied by white sleeves and shorts. Their local rivals are Heart of Midlothian, with whom they contest the Edinburgh derby.

Home matches are played at Easter Road, which has been in use since 1893,[9] when the club joined the Scottish Football League.[10] The name of the club is regularly shortened to Hibs,[1] with the team also being known as The Hibees[1] (pronounced /ˈhaɪbiːz/) and supporters known as Hibbies. Another nickname is The Cabbage,[2][unreliable source?] derived from the shortened rhyming slang for Hibs ("Cabbage and Ribs").

Hibernian have won the Scottish league championship four times, most recently in 1952. Three of those four championships were won between 1948 and 1952, when the club had the services of The Famous Five, a notable forward line.[11] The club have won the Scottish Cup three times, in 1887, 1902 and 2016, with the latter victory ending a notorious drought. Hibs have also won the Scottish League Cup three times, in 1972, 1991 and 2007. Hibernian reached the semi-final of the first ever European Cup in 1955–56, becoming the first British side to participate in European competition. They reached the same stage of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960–61.[12]

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  2. ^ a b "Top 10 Club Nicknames (British)". Midfield Dynamo. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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  4. ^ "THE HIBERNIAN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED". Gov.UK. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "The Origins of Hibernian – 3". Hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian F.C. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  6. ^ Hans Kristian Hognestad (1997). The Jambo Experience: An Anthropological Study of Hearts Fans. Berg. ISBN 978-1-85973-193-2. Retrieved 17 August 2010. Even though Hibs were founded by Irish–Catholic immigrants, this connection to their sectarian origins has faded significantly in the Protestant-dominated Edinburgh of the twentieth century.
  7. ^ Donald Campbell (2003). Edinburgh: a Cultural and Literary History. Signal Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-902669-73-1. Retrieved 16 August 2010. Sectarian bigotry may not be completely absent from this relationship, but it has always been less important than identification with territory. Hibs supporters tend to belong to the north and east of Edinburgh, while Hearts supporters (who outnumber their city rivals by a ratio of approximately two to one) are more usually found in the south and west.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jewel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Hibernian F.C." Scottish Football Ground Guide. Duncan Adams. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bobby Johnstone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference European Union was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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