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2022–23 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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.

Heart of Midlothian
2022–23 season
ChairmanAnn Budge
ManagerRobbie Neilson
(until 9 April)
Steven Naismith
(Interim from 10 April)
StadiumTynecastle Park
Premiership4th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupSecond round
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lawrence Shankland (24)
All:
Lawrence Shankland (28)
Highest home attendance18,980 v. Hibernian
Premiership
2 January 2023
Lowest home attendance11,071 v. Kilmarnock
League Cup
31 August 2022
Average home league attendance18,471

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

Main article: 2022-23 Scottish Premiership
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

Main article: 2022-23 Scottish League Cup
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

Main article: 2022-23 Scottish Cup
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

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round edit

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
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

Main article: 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage
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
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
  • Last updated: 27 May 2023
  • Source: Match Reports[4][5]
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

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
                   
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
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
Source: [6][7]
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:
  1. ^ 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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHHAHAAAHAHHAHAA
ResultWDWLWLWLDLLWWLDWDWWDWWDLWLWLLLLLWLDWDD
Position23343433677645544433333333333344444444
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2023. Source: [citation needed]
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 IBFK 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: İstanbul Başakşehir +2, Fiorentina −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 20 038.10
Steven Naismith 10 April 2023 28 May 2023[10] 7 2 3 2 028.57

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

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ 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
  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ^ Was on Loan to Hearts during previous season.[34]

References edit

  1. ^ "Biggest European jackpot in Hearts' history". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Hearts to host Stoke in Gary Locke testimonial". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Hearts to face Zurich in the Europa League playoffs after Donis Avdijaj dumps out Linfield". Daily Record. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Soccerbase Hearts Squad Stats 2022/23". Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ^ "First Team". heartsfc.co.uk/. Heart of Midlothian F.C. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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