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Hibernian F.C.

Easter Road.jpg

Full name

Hibernian Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Hibees
The Cabbage

Founded

1875

Ground

Easter Road,
Leith, Edinburgh

Capacity

20,421

Chairman

Ron Gordon

Manager

Jack Ross

League

Scottish Premiership

2019/20

Scottish Premiership, 7th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Hibernian Football Club is a professional football club based at Easter Road in Edinburgh, Scotland. They play in the Scottish Premiership. Their city rivals are Hearts.

Current squad

As of June 15 2008.

No.		Position	Player
2		DF	Kevin McCann
4		DF	Chris Hogg (vice-captain)
5		DF	Rob Jones (captain)
6		MF	Brian Kerr
7		MF	Merouane Zemmama
8		FW	Clayton Donaldson
9		FW	Steven Fletcher
10		FW	Abdessalam Benjelloun
11		MF	Alan O'Brien
12		MF	Filipe Morais
16		MF	Lewis Stevenson
17		MF	Sean Lynch
19		DF	Thierry Gathuessi
20		MF	John Rankin

No.		Position	Player
21		GK	Andrew McNeil
22		MF	Dean Shiels
23		MF	Ross Chisholm
24		FW	Colin Nish
25		DF	Darren McCormack
26		MF	Ian Murray
28		FW	Ross Campbell
29		FW	Damon Gray
31		GK	Zbigniew Małkowski
33		DF	Paul Hanlon
34		DF	Martin Canning
41		GK	David Grof
50		GK	Yves Makabu Ma-Kalambay
––		DF	David van Zanten

Scottish Premier League

Teams	Aberdeen · Celtic · Dundee · Dundee United · Hearts · Hibernian · Inverness CT · Kilmarnock · Motherwell · Ross County · St Johnstone · St Mirren

Stadiums	Pittodrie Stadium · Celtic Park · Dens Park · Tannadice · Tynecastle · Easter Road · Caledonian Stadium · Rugby Park · Fir Park · Victoria Park · McDiarmid Park · St. Mirren Park

Images for kids

The Cowgate, where Hibs were formed in 1875.
Picture depicting the Famous Five at Easter Road stadium.
The Scottish League Cup is paraded in March 2007.
Easter Road in 2010.
Rob Jones scores a goal for Hibs against Hearts in 2006.
View of Easter Road with Leith in the distance
Hibs held both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish league championship trophy in early 1903. This team photo was taken at that time.

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