2019–20 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2019–20 season
Chairman Ann Budge
Manager Craig Levein
(until 31 October 2019)
Austin MacPhee
(31 October – 7 December 2019)
Daniel Stendel
(10 December 2019 – 21 June 2020))
Stadium Tynecastle Park
Premiership 12th (relegated)
Scottish Cup Runners-up
League Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Steven Naismith (4)
Sean Clare (4)
All:
Craig Halkett (7)
Highest home attendance 19,313 vs Hibernian
Premiership
26 December 2019
Lowest home attendance 7,299 vs Stenhousemuir
League Cup
24 July 2019
Average home league attendance 16,229

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. 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. 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. 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.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

1 July 2019 Friendly Shelbourne 0 – 7 Heart of Midlothian Tolka Park
19:30 MacLean 23'
Mulraney 33'
Clare 46'
Wighton 55'
Zanatta 76'
Smith 79'
Berra 84'
6 July 2019 Friendly Glenavon 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Mourneview Park
14:00

Premiership

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Premiership
4 August 2019 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 3 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Cosgrove 13', 80'
Hedges 85' 		BBC Report Naismith 68'
Walker 76' 		Attendance: 16,410
Referee: Robertson
10 August 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 0 Ross County Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Morris Yellow card 45'
Kelly Yellow card 73'
Spittal Yellow card 87' 		Attendance: 15,562
Referee: Muir
25 August 2019 Scottish Premiership Celtic 3 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
15:00 Berra 29' (o.g.)
Forster Yellow card 39'
McGregor 54'
Halkett 60' (o.g.) 		BBC Report Halkett Yellow card 44'
Brandon Yellow card 59'
Washington 81'
Ikpeazu Yellow card 90+2' 		Attendance: 58,763
Referee: Collum
31 August 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Park
15:00 Clare 20'
Berra Yellow card 26', 58' 		BBC Report Oakley 50', 73'
Collar Yellow card 80'
MacKinnon Yellow card 80' 		Attendance: 15,347
Referee: Aitken
14 September 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 3 Motherwell Tynecastle Park
15:00 Ikpeazu 61'
Meshino 86' 		BBC Report Gallagher 20'
Seedorf 52'
Hylton 66' 		Attendance: 15,862
Referee: Anderson
22 September 2019 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
15:00 Mallan 47' BBC Report Ikpeazu 70'
Hickey 84' 		Attendance: 19,828
Referee: Beaton
28 September 2019 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 0 – 0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
10:00 McGinn Yellow card 41' BBC Report Hickey Yellow card 29' Attendance: 5,901
Referee: Dallas
5 October 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Park
10:00 BBC Report Mulraney 42' (o.g.)
Makrini Yellow card 68'
Brănescu Yellow card 90+1' 		Attendance: 16,711
Referee: Muir
19 October 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Rangers Tynecastle Park
12:15 Meshino 6' BBC Report Morelos 39' Attendance: 17,573
Referee: Clancy
26 October 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 0 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Souda Red card 49' BBC Report Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Aitken
30 October 2019 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Berra 58' (o.g.) BBC Report Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Munro
9 November 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 5 – 2 St. Mirren Tynecastle Park
15:00 Naismith 6'
McLoughlin 30' (o.g)
Bozanic 42'
Walker 46'
Mulraney 77' 		BBC Report Obika 21'
Mullen 33' 		Attendance: 16,165
Referee: Anderson
23 November 2019 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
19:45 Burke 9', 16'
Brophy 14' 		BBC Report Attendance: 6,278
Referee: Madden
1 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Rangers 5 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Morelos 11'
Kent 37'
Berra 64' (o.g.)
Stewart 80', 85' 		BBC Report Attendance: 49,811
Referee: Robertson
4 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Livingston Tynecastle Park
MacLean 88' BBC Report Bartley 33' Attendance: 14,681
Referee: Aitken
7 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
15:00 Long 40' BBC Report Mulraney Red card 90+2' Attendance: 4,745
Referee: Muir
14 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
15:00 BBC Report Hendry 74' Attendance: 16,347
Referee: Newlands
18 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 2 Celtic Tynecastle Park
BBC Report Christie 28'
Ntcham 40' 		Attendance: 17,297
Referee: Madden
21 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian New Douglas Park
15:00 Miller 64'
Collar 72' 		BBC Report Bozanic 82' Attendance: 2,654
Referee: Munro
26 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 2 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
12:30 GMT BBC Report Boyle 6', 31' Attendance: 19,313
Referee: Robertson
29 December 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
14:00 GMT Meshino 49'
Clare Red card 68' 		BBC Report McGinn 68' Attendance: 17,788
Referee: Muir
22 January 2020 Scottish Premiership Ross County 0 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 4,301
Referee: Gavin Duncan
26 January 2020 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Naismith 57'
Boyce 83' 		BBC Report Kent 47' Attendance: 18,539
Referee: McLean
1 February 2020 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3 – 3 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 May 17', 62' (Penalty)
McCann 52' 		BBC Report Boyce 26'
Naismith 31'
Clare 90+1' 		Attendance: 6,002
Referee: Aitken
5 February 2020 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 3 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Clare 79' (Penalty)
Halkett 89' 		BBC Report Findlay 24'
Burke 38'
Brophy 50'
Branescu Yellow card 80' Yellow-red card 		Attendance: 16,211
Referee: Munro
12 February 2020 Scottish Premiership Celtic 5 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
19:45 Nitcham 30'
Jullien 46'
McGregor 52'
Christie 67'
Simunovic 80' 		BBC Report Langer Red card 86' Attendance: 57,431
Referee: Collum
15 February 2020 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Walker 48'
Halkett 87' 		BBC Report Ogkmpoe 5', 16' (Penalty)
Hamilton Red card 21' 		Attendance: 16,437
Referee: Clancy
3 March 2020 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 – 3 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
19:45 GMT Hallberg 89' BBC Report Clare 53' (pen.)
Bozanic 65'
Washington 80' 		Attendance: 20,197
Referee: Clancy
7 March 2020 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 GMT Washington 49' Report Long 21' Referee: Don Robertson
11 March 2020 Scottish Premiership St. Mirren 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
19:45 GMT Obika 48' BBC Report Attendance: 5,662
Referee: Muir

League Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup
12 July 2019 League Cup Group A Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1
(5 – 3 p) 		Dundee United Tynecastle Park
19:45 Andy Irving 44'
Irving Red card 83' 		BBC Report Shankland 9' Attendance: 9,091
Referee: Clancy
Penalties
16 July 2019 League Cup Group A Cowdenbeath 0 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Central Park
19:45 BBC Report Halkett 8'
McDonald 22' 		Attendance: 2,311
Referee: Steven
24 July 2019 League Cup Group A Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Stenhousemuir Tynecastle Park
19:45 Halkett 82', 87' BBC Report McGuigan 77' Attendance: 7,299
Referee: Newlands
27 July 2019 League Cup Group A East Fife 1 – 1
(7 – 6 p) 		Heart of Midlothian Bayview Stadium
15:00 Duggan 54' BBC Report Walker 15' Attendance: 1,998
Referee: Munro
Penalties
16 August 2019 League Cup Second round Motherwell 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Long 60' BBC Report Clare soccer ball with red X 9
Washington 45+2' (pen.) 		Attendance: 5,597
Referee: Madden
25 September 2019 League Cup Quarter-final Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2
(3 – 0 p) 		Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
19:45 BST MacLean 22'
Halkett 90' 		BBC Report Cosgrove 12' (pen.), 31' (pen.) Attendance: 12,866
Referee: Clancy
Penalties
Whelan soccer ball with check mark
Smith soccer ball with check mark
Keena soccer ball with check mark 		soccer ball with red X Cosgrove
soccer ball with red X McGinn
soccer ball with red X Anderson
3 November 2019 League Cup Semi final Rangers 3 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park
15:00 Helander 45+1'
Morelos 47', 62' 		BBC Report Attendance: 49,310
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Cup
18 January 2020 Scottish Cup Fourth round Heart of Midlothian 5 – 0 Airdrieonians Tynecastle Park
15:00
BBC Report Attendance: 14,777
Referee: Don Robertson
8 February 2020 Scottish Cup Fifth round Falkirk 0 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium
19:21 BBC Report Clare 50' (Penalty) Attendance: 5,976
Referee: Beaton
29 February 2020 Scottish Cup Quarter-final Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Rangers Tynecastle Park
17:30 Bozanic 58' BBC Report Attendance: 11,428
Referee: McLean
31 October 2020 Scottish Cup Semi-final Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Hibernian Glasgow, Scotland
17:00 Wighton 60'
Boyce 111 pen.' 		BBC Report Doidge 67' Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum
20 December 2020 Scottish Cup Final Celtic 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p) 		Heart of Midlothian Glasgow, Scotland
14:15 Christie 19'
Edouard 29 pen.'
Griffiths 105+1' 		BBC Report Boyce 48'
Kingsley 67'
Ginnelly 111' 		Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Beaton

First team player statistics

Captains

Christophe Berra continued as captain for season 2019–20, having been re-appointed as captain two seasons earlier. 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. Steven Naismith was then appointed as club captain, with John Souttar named as vice-captain.

No Pos Country Name No of games Notes
6 DF Berra 24 Captain
14 FW Naismith 11 Captain
4 DF Souttar 1 Vice Captain
26 DF Halkett 3 Vice Captain

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

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
Number Position Nation Name Totals Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK TCH Zdenek Zlamal 12 0 7+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF NIR Michael Smith 32 1 22+0 0 7+0 1 3+0 0
3 DF IRL Aidy White 16 0 12+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
4 DF SCO John Souttar 11 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF SCO Christophe Berra 25 1 18+1 1 6+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF AUS Oliver Bozanic 25 4 12+5 3 3+3 0 1+1 1
8 MF ENG Sean Clare 35 6 23+2 4 6+1 0 3+0 2
9 FW ENG Conor Washington 21 3 6+8 2 4+0 1 3+0 0
10 MF SCO Jamie Walker 22 4 10+4 3 4+1 1 0+3 0
11 MF IRL Jake Mulraney 22 1 12+5 1 4+1 0 0+0 0
12 MF IRL Glenn Whelan 17 0 13+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK IRL Colin Doyle 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW SCO Steven Naismith 20 5 13+3 4 0+1 0 3+0 1
15 FW SCO Craig Wighton 3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF AUS Ben Garuccio 6 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
18 FW SCO Steven MacLean 17 2 8+3 1 4+2 1 0+0 0
19 FW ENG Uche Ikpeazu 29 2 15+8 2 3+3 0 0+0 0
21 FW SCO Anthony McDonald 5 1 1+0 0 2+1 1 0+1 0
22 MF FRA Loïc Damour 20 0 12+5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
23 GK POR Joel Castro Pereira 25 0 20+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
25 MF SCO Jamie Brandon 9 0 6+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF SCO Craig Halkett 31 7 23+0 2 5+0 4 3+0 1
27 MF SCO Lewis Moore 8 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
28 DF CGO Clévid Dikamona 12 0 7+3 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
29 FW CAN Dario Zanatta 3 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
29 FW NIR Liam Boyce 9 2 6+1 2 0+0 0 1+1 0
31 DF NIR Bobby Burns 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF GER Marcel Langer 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
35 FW IRL Aidan Keena 9 0 1+4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0
35 DF ENG Toby Sibbick 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF SCO Callumn Morrison 5 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
40 MF SCO Andy Irving 25 2 14+4 0 3+2 1 2+0 1
41 FW SCO Euan Henderson 13 1 5+6 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
51 MF SCO Aaron Hickey 29 1 21+0 1 6+0 0 2+0 0
77 MF JPN Ryotaro Meshino 20 3 9+9 3 2+0 0 0+0 0
99 FW KOS Donis Avdijaj 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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

Disciplinary record

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
Number Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 DF Michael Smith 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
3 DF Aidy White 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF John Souttar 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF Christophe Berra 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 MF Oliver Bozanic 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Sean Clare 3 1 1 0 2 0 6 1
10 MF Jamie Walker 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 MF Jake Mulraney 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
12 MF Glenn Whelan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 FW Steven Naismith 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
15 FW Craig Wighton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW Steven MacLean 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
19 FW Uche Ikpeazu 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
22 MF Loïc Damour 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
25 MF Jamie Brandon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 DF Craig Halkett 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
28 DF Clévid Dikamona 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 MF Bobby Burns 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF Marcel Langer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
40 MF Andy Irving 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 1
41 FW Euan Henderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
51 MF Aaron Hickey 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
77 FW Ryotaro Meshino 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 61 4 11 1 4 0 76 5

Goal scorers

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

Place Position Nation Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 DF Craig Halkett 2 4 1 7
2 MF Sean Clare 4 0 2 6
3 FW Steven Naismith 4 0 1 5
4 MF Jamie Walker 3 1 0 4
MF Oliver Bozanic 3 0 1 4
5 MF Ryotaro Meshino 3 0 0 3
MF Conor Washington 2 1 0 3
6 FW Uche Ikpeazu 2 0 0 2
MF Steven MacLean 1 1 0 2
MF Andy Irving 0 1 1 2
FW Liam Boyce 2 0 0 2
7 DF Michael Smith 0 1 0 1
DF Christophe Berra 1 0 0 1
MF Jake Mulraney 1 0 0 1
MF Aaron Hickey 1 0 0 1
MF Anthony McDonald 0 1 0 1
MF Euan Henderson 0 0 1 1
Total 28 10 7 45

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Joel Castro Pereira 3 0 2 5
2 GK Zdenek Zlamal 1 1 1 3
3 GK Colin Doyle 0 0 0 0
Total 4 1 3 8

Last updated: 11 March 2020
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 −10 33 1.10
9 St Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 −17 29 0.97
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 −31 29 0.97
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 −20 27 0.90
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 30 4 11 15 31 52 −21 23 0.77 Relegation to the Championship
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).
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM EFI DUN STE COW
1 Heart of Midlothian 4 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 9 Qualification for the Second Round — — p1–1 2–1 —
2 East Fife 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 8 p1–1 — — 2–0 —
3 Dundee United 4 2 0 1 1 6 4 +2 7 — 0–2 — — 3–0
4 Stenhousemuir 4 1 0 0 3 4 6 −2 3 — — 1–2 — 2–0
5 Cowdenbeath 4 1 0 0 3 2 7 −5 3 0–2 2–0 — — —
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.

Division summary

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:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 11 March 2020
Name From To P W D L Win%
Craig Levein 12 July 2019 31 October 2019 17 5 7 5 029.41
Austin MacPhee 31 October 2019 7 December 2019 5 1 1 3 020.00
Daniel Stendel 7 December 2019 Present 16 5 4 7 031.25

Club

Staff

Transfers


See also