2013–14 season | |||
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Chairman | Rod Petrie | ||
Manager |
Pat Fenlon (until 1 November) Terry Butcher (from 12 November) |
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Stadium | Easter Road | ||
Scottish Premiership | Eleventh place (Relegated) | ||
League Cup | Quarter Finals | ||
Scottish Cup | R5 | ||
Europa League | QR2 | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Collins & Craig, 6 All: Craig, 9 |
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Highest home attendance | 20,106 (v Hearts, 2 January | ||
Lowest home attendance | 8,277 (v Motherwell, 8 March) | ||
Average home league attendance | 11017 (up 526) | ||
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The 2013–14 season was Hibernian's fifteenth consecutive season in the top flight of the Scottish football league system, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1998–99 season. Having lost the 2013 Scottish Cup Final to league champions Celtic, Hibs entered the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, but suffered a Scottish record aggregate defeat against Swedish club Malmö in the second qualifying round. Hibs also competed in the 2013–14 Scottish League Cup but lost to Heart of Midlothian in the quarter final at Easter Road. Days after that defeat, manager Pat Fenlon resigned and was replaced with Terry Butcher. Hibs were knocked out of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup in the fifth round by Raith Rovers. A long winless run to finish the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership season meant that Hibs finished in 11th place, and they were relegated after a playoff against Hamilton Academical.
With qualifying matches in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League due to be played in July, Hibs started pre-season training just a few weeks after playing in the 2013 Scottish Cup Final. The club set up a week-long training camp in southern Spain, including two matches.