Heart of Midlothian F.C.
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Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. Hearts, the oldest football club in the Scottish capital, was formed in 1874, its name influenced by Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian. The club crest is based on the Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the city's Royal Mile; the team's colours are maroon and white. Their local rivals are Hibernian, with whom they contest the Edinburgh Derby. Hearts have played home matches at Tynecastle Park since 1886. After the ground was converted into an all-seater stadium in 1990, it now has a capacity of 19,852 following the completion of a rebuilt main stand in 2017. They have training facilities at the Oriam, Scotland's national performance centre for sport, where they also run their youth academy. Hearts have won the Scottish league championship four times, most recently in 1959–60, when they also retained the Scottish League Cup to complete a League and League Cup double – the only club outside of the Old Firm to achieve such a feat. The club's most successful period was under former player turned manager Tommy Walker from the early 1950s to mid 1960s, during which they won two league titles and five major cups and finished inside the league's top four positions for 11 consecutive seasons and 1954 and 1962. Jimmy Wardhaugh, Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn Sr., known as the Terrible Trio, were forwards at the start of this period with wing half linchpins Dave Mackay and John Cumming. Wardhaugh was part of another notable Hearts attacking trinity in the 1957–58 league winning side: along with Jimmy Murray and Alex Young, they set the record for the number of goals scored in a Scottish top-flight winning campaign (132) and also became the only side to finish a season in the Scottish top tier with a goal difference exceeding 100 (+103). Hearts have won the Scottish Cup eight times, most recently in 2012 after a 5–1 victory over Hibernian. They have since been beaten finalists in 2019, 2020 and 2022. All four of Hearts' Scottish League Cup triumphs came under Walker, most recently a 1–0 victory against Kilmarnock in 1962. Their most recent League Cup Final appearance was in 2013, where they lost 3–2 to St Mirren. In 1958, Heart of Midlothian became the third Scottish and fifth British team to compete in European competition. The club reached the quarter-finals of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, losing to Bayern Munich 2–1 on aggregate.
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| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) |
| 1975–1982 | Umbro | No sponsor | No sponsor |
| 1982–1984 | Alexander's | ||
| 1984–1985 | Renault | ||
| 1985–1986 | Mita | ||
| 1986–1987 | Bukta | ||
| 1987–1988 | Mita Copiers | ||
| 1988 | No sponsor | ||
| 1988–1989 | Novaphone | ||
| 1989–1990 | Thorn Security | ||
| 1990–1991 | Miller Homes | ||
| 1991–1992 | Admiral | ||
| 1992–1993 | Strongbow | ||
| 1993–1995 | Asics | ||
| 1995–1997 | Pony | ||
| 1997–2000 | Olympic Sports | ||
| 2000–2002 | Erreà | ||
| 2002–2005 | Reebok | all:sports | |
| 2005–2007 | Hummel | Ūkio bankas | |
| 2007–2011 | Umbro | ||
| 2011–2012 | Wonga.com | ||
| 2012–2014 | Adidas | ||
| 2014–2015 | No sponsor (Home) / Foundation of Hearts (Away) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Puma | Save the Children | |
| 2017–2021 | Umbro | ||
| 2021–2022 | MND Scotland | ||
| 2022–2024 | MND Scotland (Home) / Stellar Omada (Away and Third) | ||
| 2024 | FanHub | ||
| 2024–2025 | Stellar Omada | ASC Edinburgh Ltd | |
| 2025– | Hummel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Craig Gordon (club-captain) |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Frankie Kent |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Craig Halkett (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jamie McCart |
| 6 | MF | COD | Beni Baningime |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Elton Kabangu |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Calem Nieuwenhof |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Lawrence Shankland (team-captain) |
| 10 | FW | POR | Cláudio Braga |
| 11 | FW | BFA | Pierre Landry Kaboré |
| 12 | DF | NOR | Christian Borchgrevink |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Cameron Devlin |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Michael Steinwender |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Blair Spittal |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Alan Forrest |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Harry Milne |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Stuart Findlay (on loan from Oxford United) |
| 21 | FW | SCO | James Wilson |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Tómas Bent Magnússon |
| 23 | GK | SCO | Harry Stone |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Finlay Pollock |
| 25 | GK | GER | Alexander Schwolow |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Sander Kartum |
| 28 | GK | SCO | Zander Clark |
| 29 | MF | ALB | Sabah Kerjota |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Ryan Fulton |
| 31 | DF | IRL | Oisin McEntee |
| 40 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Ageu |
| 89 | FW | GRE | Alexandros Kyziridis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Yan Dhanda (on loan at Dundee) |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Adam Forrester (co-operation loan with St Johnstone) |
| 33 | GK | SCO | Liam McFarlane (on loan at Alloa Athletic) |
| 36 | FW | SCO | Callum Sandilands (on loan at Montrose) |
| 41 | DF | SCO | Kenzi Nair (co-operation loan with The Spartans) |
| 43 | MF | SCO | Bobby McLuckie (on loan at Hamilton Academical) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 48 | MF | SCO | Gus Stevenson (co-operation loan with Montrose) |
| 49 | DF | SCO | Matthew Gillies (on loan at Stranraer) |
| 77 | FW | CRC | Kenneth Vargas (on loan at Herediano) |
| — | MF | ENG | Dom Plank (on loan at Stranraer) |
| — | DF | SCO | Lewis Neilson (on loan at Falkirk) |
| — | MF | SCO | Macaulay Tait (on loan at Livingston) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | LTU | Marius Žaliūkas (posthumous) |
| Position | Name |
| Honorary president | Ann Budge |
| Chairman | Calum Paterson |
| Chief executive | Andrew McKinlay |
| Non executive director | James Anderson |
| Non executive director | Ralph Findlay |
| Non executive director | James Franks |
| Non executive director | Claire Hammond |
| Finance director | Euan Forbes |
| Sporting director | Graeme Jones |
| Head of recruitment | William Lancefield |
| Club ambassador | Gary Locke |
| Foundation of Hearts chairman | Gerry Mallon |
| Central services director | Lesley Blair |
| Marketing & commercial director | Catriona McCallum |
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Derek McInnes |
| Assistant head coach | Paul Sheerin |
| First team coach | Alan Archibald |
| Goalkeeping coach | Paul Gallacher |
| Technical development manager | Shelley Kerr |
| Academy director | Andy Webster |
| Head of academy coaching | Laurie Ellis |
| B team head coach | Angus Beith |
| Set piece coach | Ross Grant |
| Head of performance | Bob McCunn |
| Performance analysts | Euan BlondinTom White |
| Physiotherapists | Craig MaitlandClaire Rankin |
| Sports scientist | Mike Williams |
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