2019–20 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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Heart of Midlothian 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) with the team participating in the Scottish Premiership. Hearts played their fifth consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2014–15 season.[5] They reached the Semi-final of the Scottish League Cup and reached the Final of the Scottish Cup.

On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] This led to league games being postponed until at least 30 April, and later the season being ended early, resulting in 12th placed Hearts being relegated to Scottish Championship.[7] Both Semi-finals of the Scottish Cup were postponed until later in the year — Hearts finished as runners up, losing to Celtic in the Final.[8]

Results and fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies[edit]

Premiership[edit]

League Cup[edit]

Scottish Cup[edit]

First team player statistics[edit]

Captains[edit]

Christophe Berra continued as captain for season 2019–20, having been re-appointed as captain two seasons earlier.[14][15] In January 2020, following Daniel Stendel’s appointment as manager Berra was advised he was free to find a new club and was dropped from the team, later being loaned out to Dundee.[16]Steven Naismith was then appointed as club captain, with John Souttar named as vice-captain.[17]


Last updated: 11 March
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad information[edit]

During the 2019–20 season, Hearts have used thirty-six players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. The player statistics for the two delayed 2019–20 Scottish Cup matches have been included in the 2020–21 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season article.

Last Updated 11 March 2020[18]

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Disciplinary record[edit]

During the 2019–20 season, Hearts players have been issued with seventy-six yellow cards and five reds. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player. The player statistics for the two delayed 2019–20 Scottish Cup matches have been included in the 2020–21 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season article.

Last updated 11 March 2020

Goal scorers[edit]

The player statistics for the two delayed 2019–20 Scottish Cup matches have been included in the 2020–21 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season article.

Last updated 11 March 2020

Clean sheets[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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).[20]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

League Cup table[edit]

Source: [21]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[22]

Division summary[edit]

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground A H A H H A A H H A A H A A H A H H A H H A H A H A H A A
Result L D L D L W D L D D L W L L D L L L L L D D W D L L D W L
Position 8 8 11 11 12 8 9 9 10 9 11 9 9 10 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 11 12
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: [23]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics[edit]

Last updated on 11 March 2020

Staff[edit]

Transfers[edit]

See also[edit]

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ^ Loan deal initially until January 2020,[61] with extension signed until the end of season.[62]
  3. ^ Loan deal initially until end of season 2019–20,[63] however was recalled in January 2020.[64]
  4. ^ Loan deal initially until end of season 2019–20,[63] however was recalled in January 2020.[64]
  5. ^ Loan deal initially until January 2020,[67] with extension signed until the end of season.[71]
  6. ^ Loan deal initially until January 2020,[72] with extension signed until the end of season.[71]

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