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Full name | Hibernian Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Hibs,[1] The Hibees,[1] The Cabbage[2] | ||
Founded | 6 August 1875 | ||
Ground | Easter Road, Edinburgh | ||
Capacity | 20,421[3] | ||
Owner | Bydand Sports[4] | ||
Chairman | Malcolm McPherson | ||
Head coach | David Gray | ||
League | Scottish Premiership | ||
2023–24 | Scottish Premiership, 8th of 12 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Hibernian Football Club (/hɪˈbɜːrniən/), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and the name is derived from the Latin for Ireland.[5] The Irish heritage of Hibernian is reflected in the name, colours and badge of the club.[5][6][7][8] The green main shirt colour is usually accompanied by white sleeves and shorts. Their local rivals are Heart of Midlothian, with whom they contest the Edinburgh derby.
Home matches are played at Easter Road, which has been in use since 1893,[9] when the club joined the Scottish Football League.[10] The name of the club is regularly shortened to Hibs,[1] with the team also being known as The Hibees[1] (pronounced /ˈhaɪbiːz/) and supporters known as Hibbies. Another nickname is The Cabbage,[2][unreliable source?] derived from the shortened rhyming slang for Hibs ("Cabbage and Ribs").
Hibernian have won the Scottish league championship four times, most recently in 1952. Three of those four championships were won between 1948 and 1952, when the club had the services of The Famous Five, a notable forward line.[11] The club have won the Scottish Cup three times, in 1887, 1902 and 2016, with the latter victory ending a notorious drought. Hibs have also won the Scottish League Cup three times, in 1972, 1991 and 2007. Hibernian reached the semi-final of the first ever European Cup in 1955–56, becoming the first British side to participate in European competition. They reached the same stage of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960–61.[12]
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