The 2025–26 season was the 149th season of football played by Hibernian, a professional football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club competed in the top tier of Scottish football, the Scottish Premiership, for the ninth consecutive season. They lost in the second qualifying round of the Europa League to Midtjylland and the play-off round of the Conference League to Legia Warsaw, in the quarter-finals of the League Cup to Rangers, and Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup.
Results and fixtures Pre-season friendlies
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Cup
Scottish League Cup Having finished in the European qualification places, Hibs entered the League Cup in the second round (last 16).
UEFA Europa League Having finished third in the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership, Hibernian entered the Europa League in the second qualifying round. They were drawn against Danish club Midtjylland, who had finished second in the 2024–25 Danish Superliga. Hibs fell to a 3–2 aggregate defeat, with the Danes scoring the winning goal in the last minutes of extra time.
UEFA Conference League After their defeat to Midtjylland in Europa League qualifying, Hibernian entered the Conference League in the third qualifying round. They were drawn against Serbian club Partizan Belgrade, and progressed to the play-off round by winning 4–3 after extra time. Hibs came back from 2–0 and 3–1 down in the play-off round against Polish side Legia Warsaw, but a stoppage-time equaliser and an extra-time winning goal won the tie for Legia. Hibs manager David Gray said he was "immensely proud" of the team, which he believed had produced the best performance of a Hibs side in European competition during his lifetime.
Player statistics
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! colspan=13 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
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! colspan=13 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Club statistics League table
Management statistics
NameFromToPWDLWin% David GrayPresent Day
Transfers
Players in PlayerFromFee Jamie McGrath AberdeenFree Raphael Sallinger TSV HartbergUndisclosed Josh Mulligan DundeeCompensation Thibault Klidjé LuzernUndisclosed Grant Hanley Birmingham CityFree Miguel Chaiwa Young BoysUndisclosed Owen Elding Sligo RoversUndisclosed Felix Passlack Vfl BochumUndisclosed Ante Šuto Slaven BelupoUndisclosed
Players out PlayerToFee Dwight GayleRetired Max Boruc HelsingørFree Nohan Kenneh Tranmere RoversFree Reuben McAllisterFree agentFree Murray AikenFree agentFree Kyle McClelland GlenavonFree Malik Zaid Edinburgh CityFree Dylan Vente HeerenveenUndisclosed Nathan Moriah-Welsh Mansfield TownUndisclosed Jair Tavares Kauno ŽalgirisFree Allan DelferrièreFree agentFree Oscar MacIntyre Inverness CTUndisclosed Lewis Miller Blackburn RoversUndisclosed Marvin Ekpiteta MK DonsUndisclosed Rory Whittaker SouthamptonUndisclosed Ben Vickery Manchester City£200,000 Kieron Bowie Hellas Verona£6,000,000 Dylan Levitt Leyton OrientUndisclosed Junior Hoilett Swindon TownUndisclosed
Loans in PlayerFrom Daniel Barlaser Middlesbrough Zach Mitchell Charlton Athletic Kai Andrews Coventry City Dane Scarlett Tottenham Hotspur Munashe Garananga Copenhagen
Loans out PlayerTo Freddie Owens East Kilbride Dean Cleland Jacob MacIntyre Arbroath Thibault Klidjé Randers
See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons
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