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This is a list of seasons played by Heart of Midlothian F.C. in both Scottish and European football , from when the club first entered the Scottish Cup in 1875 to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions for each season, as well as giving the top goalscorer and average attendance by supporters.
Note: The Top Goalscorer column includes goals scored in all competitions whereas the Average Attendance column only includes the figures given for home league matches.
Season
League
Scottish Cup
League Cup
Europe
Top Goalscorer(s)
Average Attendance
Division
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Pos
Player(s)
Goals
1875–76
[ note 1]
Second Round
[ note 2]
[ note 3]
[ note 1]
1876–77
First Round
1877–78
First Round
1878–79
Fourth round
1879–80
Third Round
1880–81
Fifth round
1881–82
First Round
1882–83
Third Round
1883–84
Third Round
1884–85
Second Round
1885–86
Second Round
1886–87
Third Round
1887–88
Fourth round
1888–89
Fourth round
1889–90
Fifth round
1890–91
Scottish Football League
18
6
2
10
31
37
-6
14
6th
Winners
George Scott
13
3,388
1891–92
Scottish Football League
22
15
4
3
65
35
+30
34
3rd
Quarter-Final
James Fairbairn
17
3,681
1892–93
Scottish Football League
18
8
2
8
39
41
-2
18
5th
Quarter-Final
George Scott
8
3,611
1893–94
Scottish Division One
18
11
4
3
46
32
+14
26
2nd
First Round
Willie Michael
10
5,444
1894–95
Scottish Division One
18
15
1
2
50
18
+32
31
1st
Semi-Final
Willie Michael
13
6,166
1895–96
Scottish Division One
18
11
0
7
68
36
+32
22
4th
Winners
Davie Baird
18
7,833
1896–97
Scottish Division One
18
13
2
3
47
22
+25
28
1st
Second Round
Willie Taylor
11
5,900
1897–98
Scottish Division One
18
8
4
6
54
33
+21
20
4th
Quarter-Final
Tom Robertson James Sharp
10
5,888
1898–99
Scottish Division One
18
12
2
4
56
30
+26
26
2nd
First Round
George LivingstonWillie Michael
13
7,611
1899–1900
Scottish Division One
18
10
3
5
41
24
+17
23
4th
Semi-Final
Willie Michael
17
6,411
1900–01
Scottish Division One
20
5
4
11
22
30
-8
14
10th
Winners
Bill Porteous
9
5,300
1901–02
Scottish Division One
18
10
2
6
32
21
+11
22
3rd
Quarter-Final
Charlie Thomson
9
6,444
1902–03
Scottish Division One
22
11
6
5
46
27
+19
28
4th
Final
Bill Porteous
14
6,409
1903–04
Scottish Division One
26
18
3
5
63
35
+28
39
2nd
First Round
Bill PorteousBobby Walker
13
8,015
1904–05
Scottish Division One
26
11
3
12
46
44
+2
25
7th
Second Round
Bobby Walker
14
6,269
1905–06
Scottish Division One
30
18
7
5
64
27
+37
43
2nd
Winners
Alex Menzies
22
7,666
1906–07
Scottish Division One
34
11
13
10
46
43
+3
35
9th
Final
Bobby Walker
8
5,835
1907–08
Scottish Division One
34
11
6
17
50
62
-12
28
11th
Quarter-Final
Bobby Walker
10
8,706
1908–09
Scottish Division One
34
12
8
14
54
49
+5
32
11th
Second Round
Philip Cole
8
7,794
1909–10
Scottish Division One
34
12
7
15
59
50
+9
31
12th
Quarter-Final
George Buchanan
12
7,853
1910–11
Scottish Division One
34
8
8
18
42
59
-17
24
14th
First Round
Richard Harker
9
9,088
1911–12
Scottish Division One
34
16
8
10
54
40
+14
40
4th
Semi-Final
Percy Dawson
18
10,529
1912–13
Scottish Division One
34
17
7
10
71
43
+28
41
3rd
Semi-Final
Percy Dawson
27
10,676
1913–14
Scottish Division One
38
23
8
7
70
29
+41
54
3rd
Second Round
Percy Dawson
23
13,131
1914–15
Scottish Division One
38
27
7
4
83
32
+51
61
2nd
[ note 4]
Tom Gracie
29
11,157
1915–16
Scottish Division One
37
20
6
11
66
45
+21
46
5th
Fletcher Welsh
18
7,631
1916–17
Scottish Division One
38
14
4
20
44
59
-15
32
14th
Albert Denyer
6
6,289
1917–18
Scottish Division One
34
14
4
16
41
58
-17
32
10th
John Sharp
10
7,500
1918–19
Scottish Division One
34
14
9
11
59
52
+7
37
7th
Andy Wilson
20
9,735
1919–20
Scottish Division One
42
14
9
19
57
72
-15
37
15th
Third Round
Arthur Lochhead
13
16,223
1920–21
Scottish Division One
42
20
10
12
74
49
+25
50
3rd
Semi-Final
Freddie Forbes
23
17,928
1921–22
Scottish Division One
42
11
10
21
50
60
-10
32
19th
Third Round
Freddie Forbes
13
17,071
1922–23
Scottish Division One
38
11
15
12
51
50
+1
37
12th
Second Round
Jock White
33
17,105
1923–24
Scottish Division One
38
14
10
14
61
50
+11
38
9th
Quarter-Final
Jock White
20
16,368
1924–25
Scottish Division One
38
12
11
15
64
68
-4
35
10th
Second Round
Jock White
24
17,500
1925–26
Scottish Division One
38
21
8
9
87
56
+31
50
3rd
Third Round
Jock White
27
18,474
1926–27
Scottish Division One
38
12
11
15
65
64
+1
35
13th
First Round
Jock White
15
17,026
1927–28
Scottish Division One
38
20
7
11
89
50
+39
47
4th
Third Round
Lachlan McMillan
22
16,763
1928–29
Scottish Division One
38
19
9
10
91
57
+34
47
4th
First Round
Barney Battles, Jr.
31
18,921
1929–30
Scottish Division One
38
14
9
15
69
69
0
37
10th
Semi-Final
Barney Battles, Jr.
33
16,737
1930–31
Scottish Division One
38
19
6
13
90
63
+27
44
5th
Second Round
Barney Battles, Jr.
47
17,789
1931–32
Scottish Division One
38
17
5
16
63
61
+2
39
8th
Third Round
Barney Battles, Jr.
20
15,449
1932–33
Scottish Division One
38
21
8
9
84
51
+33
50
3rd
Semi-Final
Jock White
23
16,134
1933–34
Scottish Division One
38
17
10
11
86
59
+27
44
6th
Third Round
Jock White
18
14,400
1934–35
Scottish Division One
38
20
10
8
87
51
+36
50
3rd
Semi-Final
Dave McCulloch
39
18,655
1935–36
Scottish Division One
38
20
7
11
88
55
+33
47
5th
First Round
Tommy Walker
18
18,363
1936–37
Scottish Division One
38
24
3
11
99
60
+39
51
5th
Third Round
Andy Black
33
20,087
1937–38
Scottish Division One
38
26
6
6
90
50
+40
58
2nd
First Round
Andy Black
39
20,173
1938–39
Scottish Division One
38
20
5
13
98
70
+28
45
4th
Third Round
Archie Garrett
27
18,309
1939–40
Competitive football was suspended from 1939–40 to 1945–46 due to World War II .
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
Scottish Division One
30
16
6
8
52
43
+9
38
4th
Quarter-Final
Semi-Final
[ note 3]
Archie Kelly
15
19,570
1947–48
Scottish Division One
30
10
8
12
37
42
-5
28
9th
Second Round
Quarter-Final
Archie Kelly
11
22,694
1948–49
Scottish Division One
30
12
6
12
64
54
+10
30
8th
Quarter-Final
Group stage
Willie Bauld
24
28,195
1949–50
Scottish Division One
30
20
3
7
86
40
+46
43
3rd
Second Round
Group stage
Willie Bauld
40
27,811
1950–51
Scottish Division One
30
16
5
9
72
45
+27
37
4th
Third Round
Group stage
Alfie Conn, Sr. Jimmy Wardhaugh
24
23,917
1951–52
Scottish Division One
30
14
7
9
69
53
+16
35
4th
Semi-Final
Group stage
Willie Bauld
27
25,238
1952–53
Scottish Division One
30
12
6
12
59
50
+9
30
4th
Semi-Final
Group stage
Willie Bauld
17
22,377
1953–54
Scottish Division One
30
16
6
8
70
45
+25
38
2nd
Quarter-Final
Group stage
Jimmy Wardhaugh
34
26,248
1954–55
Scottish Division One
30
16
7
7
74
45
+29
39
4th
Quarter-Final
Winners
Willie Bauld
39
23,133
1955–56
Scottish Division One
34
19
7
8
99
47
+52
45
3rd
Winners
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
Jimmy Wardhaugh
34
23,588
1956–57
Scottish Division One
34
24
5
5
81
48
+33
53
2nd
Fifth Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Jimmy Wardhaugh
29
23,882
1957–58
Scottish Division One
34
29
4
1
132
29
+103
62
1st
Third Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Jimmy Wardhaugh
37
24,118
1958–59
Scottish Division One
34
21
6
7
92
51
+41
48
2nd
Second Round
Winners
European Cup
Preliminary Round
Willie Bauld
26
21,471
1959–60
Scottish Division One
34
23
8
3
102
51
+51
54
1st
Second Round
Winners
Did not qualify
Alex Young
28
23,059
1960–61
Scottish Division One
34
13
8
13
51
53
-2
34
7th
Quarter-Final
Group stage
European Cup
Preliminary Round
Bobby Blackwood
14
20,294
1961–62
Scottish Division One
34
16
6
12
55
49
+6
39
6th
Third Round
Final
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Second Round
Willie Wallace
12
13,592
1962–63
Scottish Division One
34
17
9
8
85
59
+26
43
5th
Second Round
Winners
Did not qualify
Willie Wallace
25
12,778
1963–64
Scottish Division One
34
19
9
6
74
40
+34
47
4th
Third Round
Group stage
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
First Round
Willie Wallace
28
14,037
1964–65
Scottish Division One
34
22
6
6
90
49
+41
50
2nd
Quarter-Final
Group stage
Did not qualify
Willie Wallace
25
16,682
1965–66
Scottish Division One
34
13
12
9
56
48
+8
38
7th
Quarter-Final
Group stage
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Third Round
Willie Wallace
28
12,120
1966–67
Scottish Division One
34
11
8
15
39
48
-9
30
11th
First Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Willie Wallace
9
10,188
1967–68
Scottish Division One
34
13
4
17
56
61
-5
30
12th
Final
Group stage
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
16
11,136
1968–69
Scottish Division One
34
14
8
12
52
54
-2
36
8th
Second Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
10
11,544
1969–70
Scottish Division One
34
13
12
9
50
36
+14
38
4th
Second Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
8
12,473
1970–71
Scottish Division One
34
13
7
14
41
40
+1
33
11th
Fourth Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
15
11,668
1971–72
Scottish Division One
34
13
13
8
53
49
+4
39
6th
Quarter-Final
Group stage
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
19
11,196
1972–73
Scottish Division One
34
12
6
16
39
50
-11
30
10th
Third Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
12
10,213
1973–74
Scottish Division One
34
14
10
10
54
43
+11
38
6th
Semi-Final
Group stage
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
29
11,733
1974–75
Scottish Division One
34
11
13
10
47
52
-5
35
8th
Quarter-Final
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
Donald Ford
18
12,225
1975–76
Scottish Premier Division
36
13
9
14
39
45
-6
35
5th
Final
Group stage
Did not qualify
Drew Busby
14
12,677
1976–77
Scottish Premier Division
36
7
13
16
49
66
-17
27
9th
Semi-Final
Semi-Final
European Cup Winners' Cup
Second Round
Willie Gibson
24
11,696
1977–78
Scottish First Division
39
24
10
5
77
42
+35
58
2nd
Fourth Round
Semi-Final
Did not qualify
Willie Gibson
22
9,863
1978–79
Scottish Premier Division
36
8
7
21
39
71
-32
23
9th
Quarter-Final
Second Round
Did not qualify
Derek O'Connor
9
10,831
1979–80
Scottish First Division
39
20
13
6
58
39
+19
53
1st
Quarter-Final
Second Round
Did not qualify
Willie Gibson
18
5,735
1980–81
Scottish Premier Division
36
6
6
24
27
71
-44
18
10th
Third Round
Third Round
Did not qualify
Alex MacDonald Chris Robertson
5
7,759
1981–82
Scottish First Division
39
21
8
10
65
37
+28
50
3rd
Fourth Round
Group stage
Did not qualify
Willie Pettigrew
16
5,157
1982–83
Scottish First Division
39
22
10
7
79
38
+41
54
2nd
Quarter-Final
Semi-Final
Did not qualify
Derek O'Connor
22
5,908
1983–84
Scottish Premier Division
36
10
16
10
38
47
-9
36
5th
Fourth Round
Third Round
Did not qualify
John Robertson
20
11,914
1984–85
Scottish Premier Division
36
13
5
18
47
64
-17
31
7th
Quarter-Final
Semi-Final
UEFA Cup
First Round
John Robertson
13
11,305
1985–86
Scottish Premier Division
36
20
10
6
59
33
+26
50
2nd
Final
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
John Robertson
25
16,198
1986–87
Scottish Premier Division
44
21
14
9
64
43
+21
56
5th
Semi-Final
Second Round
UEFA Cup
First Round
John Robertson
19
14,531
1987–88
Scottish Premier Division
44
23
16
5
74
32
+42
62
2nd
Semi-Final
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
John Robertson
31
16,633
1988–89
Scottish Premier Division
36
9
13
14
35
42
-7
31
6th
Quarter-Final
Semi-Final
UEFA Cup
Quarter-Final
Iain Ferguson
11
15,367
1989–90
Scottish Premier Division
36
16
12
8
54
35
+19
44
3rd
Quarter-Final
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
John Robertson
22
15,694
1990–91
Scottish Premier Division
36
14
7
15
48
55
-7
35
5th
Third Round
Quarter-Final
UEFA Cup
Second Round
John Robertson
16
13,232
1991–92
Scottish Premier Division
44
27
9
8
60
37
+23
63
2nd
Semi-Final
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
John Robertson
20
13,317
1992–93
Scottish Premier Division
44
15
14
15
46
51
-5
44
5th
Semi-Final
Quarter-Final
UEFA Cup
Second Round
John Robertson
15
9,829
1993–94
Scottish Premier Division
44
11
20
13
37
43
-6
42
7th
Quarter-Final
Third Round
UEFA Cup
First Round
John Robertson
12
11,010
1994–95
Scottish Premier Division
36
12
7
17
44
51
-7
43
6th
Semi-Final
Third Round
Did not qualify
John Robertson
14
10,123
1995–96
Scottish Premier Division
36
16
7
13
55
53
+2
55
4th
Final
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
John Robertson
14
12,078
1996–97
Scottish Premier Division
36
14
10
12
46
43
+3
52
4th
Fourth Round
Final
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying Round
John Robertson
19
12,349
1997–98
Scottish Premier Division
36
19
10
7
70
46
+24
67
3rd
Winners
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
Jim Hamilton
15
15,337
1998–99
Scottish Premier League
36
11
9
16
44
50
-6
42
6th
Third Round
Semi-Final
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
First Round
Stéphane Adam Jim Hamilton
10
14,233
1999–2000
Scottish Premier League
36
15
9
12
47
40
+7
54
3rd
Quarter-Final
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
Gary McSwegan
15
14,246
2000–01
Scottish Premier League
38
14
10
14
56
50
+6
52
5th
Quarter-Final
Quarter-Final
UEFA Cup
First Round
Colin Cameron
16
12,771
2001–02
Scottish Premier League
38
14
6
18
52
57
-5
48
5th
Fourth Round
Second Round
Did not qualify
Ricardo Fuller Kevin McKenna
9
12,080
2002–03
Scottish Premier League
38
18
9
11
57
51
+6
63
3rd
Third Round
Semi-Final
Did not qualify
Mark de Vries
15
12,058
2003–04
Scottish Premier League
38
19
11
8
56
40
+16
68
3rd
Fourth Round
Quarter-Final
UEFA Cup
Second Round
Mark de Vries
15
11,961
2004–05
Scottish Premier League
38
13
11
14
43
41
+2
50
5th
Semi-Final
Semi-Final
UEFA Cup
Group stage (Group A, 5th)
Paul Hartley
15
12,272
2005–06
Scottish Premier League
38
22
8
8
71
31
+40
74
2nd
Winners
Third Round
Did not qualify
Paul Hartley Rudi Skácel
17
16,767
2006–07
Scottish Premier League
38
17
10
11
47
35
+12
61
4th
Fourth Round
Quarter-Final
UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup
Third Qualifying Round First Round
Andrius Velička
12
16,937
2007–08
Scottish Premier League
38
13
9
16
47
55
-8
48
8th
Fourth Round
Semi-Final
Did not qualify
Andrius Velička
14
15,930
2008–09
Scottish Premier League
38
16
11
11
40
37
+3
59
3rd
Fifth Round
Second Round
Did not qualify
Bruno Aguiar
7
14,398
2009–10
Scottish Premier League
38
13
9
16
35
46
-11
48
6th
Fourth Round
Semi-Final
UEFA Europa League
Play-Off Round
Michael Stewart
8
14,484
2010–11
Scottish Premier League
38
18
9
11
53
45
+8
63
3rd
Fourth Round
Third Round
Did not qualify
Rudi Skácel
13
14,185
2011–12
Scottish Premier League
38
15
7
16
45
43
+2
52
5th
Winners
Third Round
UEFA Europa League
Play-Off Round
Rudi Skácel
18
13,381
2012–13
Scottish Premier League
38
11
11
16
40
49
-9
44
10th
Fourth Round
Final
UEFA Europa League
Play-Off Round
John Sutton
8
13,163
2013–14
Scottish Premiership
38
10
8
20
45
65
-20
23[ note 5]
12th
Fourth Round
Semi-Final
Did not qualify
Callum Paterson
11
14,123
2014–15
Scottish Championship
36
29
4
3
96
26
+70
91
1st
Fourth Round
Third Round
Did not qualify
Osman Sow Género Zeefuik
12
15,984
2015–16
Scottish Premiership
38
18
11
9
59
40
+19
65
3rd
Fifth Round
Quarter-Final
Did not qualify
Juanma Delgado
13
16,423
2016–17
Scottish Premiership
38
12
10
16
55
52
+3
46
5th
Fifth Round
Second Round
UEFA Europa League
Second Qualifying Round
Jamie Walker
15
16,323
2017–18
Scottish Premiership
38
12
13
13
39
39
0
49
6th
Quarter-Final
Group stage
Did not qualify
Kyle Lafferty
19
18,429
2018–19
Scottish Premiership
38
15
6
17
42
50
-8
51
6th
Final
Semi-Final
Did not qualify
Steven Naismith
14
18,441
2019–20
Scottish Premiership [ note 6] [ 1]
30
4
11
15
31
52
-21
23
12th
Final
Semi-Final
Did not qualify
Craig Halkett
7
16,229
2020–21
Scottish Championship
27[ note 7] [ 2]
17
6
4
63
24
39
57
1st
Second Round
Second Round
Did not qualify
Liam Boyce
16
None[ note 8]
2021–22
Scottish Premiership
38
17
10
11
54
44
+10
61
3rd
Final
Second Round
Did not qualify
Liam Boyce
16
16,714
2022–23
Scottish Premiership
38
15
9
14
63
57
+6
54
4th
Quarter-Final
Second Round
UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
Play-Off Round Group stage (Group A, 3rd)
Lawrence Shankland
28
18,471
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