2021–22 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was the 141st season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the club's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season.^[2]

Heart of Midlothian

2021–22 season
Chairman	Ann Budge
Manager	Robbie Neilson[1]
Stadium	Tynecastle Park
Scottish Premiership	3rd
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Liam Boyce (10) All: Liam Boyce (16)
Highest home attendance	19,041 v. Hibernian, 9 April
Lowest home attendance	5,272 v. Celtic, 31 July
Average home league attendance	16,714
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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They also competed in that season's Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season / Friendlies

Linlithgow Rose v Heart of Midlothian

26 June 2021 Friendly	Linlithgow Rose	0–6	Heart of Midlothian	Prestonfield
		Report	Pollock Boyce pen.' pen.' Smith Gnanduillet Kirk	Attendance: 500

Civil Service Strollers v Heart of Midlothian

29 June 2021 Friendly	Civil Service Strollers	0–4	Heart of Midlothian	Christie Gillies Park
		Report	Halliday 26' Walker 47' Gnanduillet Kirk

The Spartans v Heart of Midlothian

29 June 2021 Friendly	The Spartans	0–7	Heart of Midlothian	Ainslie Park
		Report	Boyce 5' Halkett Mackay-Steven 47', 56' Damour Cochrane 54'

Heart of Midlothian v Ayr United

2 July 2021 Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Ayr United	National Sports Training Centre
	Boyce 76'	Report	Moffat 75'

Heart of Midlothian v Falkirk

3 July 2021 Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	4–0	Falkirk	National Sports Training Centre
	Henderson 2' Gnanduillet 31', 69' Kingsley 89'	Report

Bonnyrigg Rose v Heart of Midlothian

8 July 2021 Friendly	Bonnyrigg Rose	0–3	Heart of Midlothian	New Dundas Park
		Report	Smith 19' Gnanduillet 30'

Heart of Midlothian v Sunderland

17 July 2021 Friendly	Heart of Midlothian	0–2	Sunderland	Tynecastle Park
15:00		Hearts Report	McGeady 14 pen.', 41'	Referee: Roncone

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

31 July 2021 1	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Celtic	Tynecastle Park
20:00	Mackay-Steven 8' Souttar 89'	BBC Report	Ralston 54'	Attendance: 5,272 Referee: Madden
Note: Crowd limited due to COVID-19 restrictions.[3]

St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian

7 August 2021 2	St Mirren	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park
15:00	Shaughnessy 85' Dennis  86'	BBC Report	Halliday 16' Boyce 73'	Attendance: 1,039 Referee: Duncan

Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

22 August 2021 3	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Boyce 56 pen.'	BBC Report	Ojo 71'	Attendance: 17,449 Referee: Madden

Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian

28 August 2021 4	Dundee United	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
15:00		BBC Report	Boyce 45+1 pen.' Gnanduillet 90'	Attendance: 9,234 Referee: Aitken

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

12 September 2021 5	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Hibernian	Tynecastle Park
12:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 18,177 Referee: Walsh

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

18 September 2021 6	Ross County	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Victoria Park
15:00	Spittal 10' 45'	BBC Report	Boyce 9' Kingsley 66'	Attendance: 3,802 Referee: Dickinson

Heart of Midlothian v Livingston

25 September 2021 7	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Smith 25' Boyce 33 pen.' Cochrane 64'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,175 Referee: Duncan

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

2 October 2021 8	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Boyce 5 pen.' Kingsley 22'	BBC Report		Attendance: 17,028 Referee: Munro

Rangers v Heart of Midlothian

16 October 2021 9	Rangers	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Lundstram 40'	BBC Report	Halkett 90'	Attendance: 49,650 Referee: Robertson

Heart of Midlothian v Dundee

23 October 2021 10	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Dundee	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Souttar 37'	BBC Report	Cummings 83'	Attendance: 17,557 Referee: Duncan

St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian

27 October 2021 11	St Johnstone	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Gordon 11'	BBC Report	Ginnelly 40'	Attendance: 6,083 Referee: McLean

Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian

30 October 2021 12	Aberdeen	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Watkins 49' Ferguson 69'	BBC Report	Souttar 45+2 pen.' Halliday  89'	Attendance: 9,736 Referee: Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Dundee United

6 November 2021 13	Heart of Midlothian	5–2	Dundee United	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Woodburn 22' 50' Cochrane 25' Kingsley 76' McEneff 86'	BBC Report	Edwards 34' Clark 62'	Attendance: 18,129 Referee: Beaton

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

20 November 2021 14	Motherwell	2–0	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park
15:00	Shields 23' Lamie 66'	BBC Report	Moore  48'  64'	Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v St Mirren

27 November 2021 15	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	St Mirren	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Mackay-Steven 61' Kingsley 75'	BBC Report	Shaughnessy  16'  90+5'	Attendance: 17,311 Referee: Muir

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

2 December 2021 16	Celtic	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
19:45	Furuhashi 33'	BBC Report		Referee: Madden

Livingston v Heart of Midlothian

5 December 2021 17	Livingston	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00		BBC Report	Boyce 49'	Attendance: 5,597 Referee: Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Rangers

12 December 2021 18	Heart of Midlothian	0–2	Rangers	Tynecastle Park
12:00	Ginnelly  35'  80'	BBC Report	Morelos 9' Aribo 13'	Attendance: 18,593 Referee: Walsh

Dundee v Heart of Midlothian

18 December 2021 19	Dundee	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report	Walker 75'	Attendance: 5,874 Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

26 December 2021 20	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Ross County	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Smith 4' Woodburn 42'	BBC Report	White 72'	Referee: Munro
Note: Behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions.[4]

Heart of Midlothian v St Johnstone

19 January 2022 21	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Ginnelly 46' 75'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,589 Referee: Walsh

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

26 January 2022 22	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Celtic	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Boyce 62'	BBC Report	Hatate 27' Giakoumakis 35'	Attendance: 17,967 Referee: Beaton

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

29 January 2022 23	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Halliday 37' Simms 58'	BBC Report		Attendance: 17,699 Referee: Napier

Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

1 February 2022 24	Hibernian	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Easter Road
19:45		BBC Report		Attendance: 20,419 Referee: Robertson

Rangers v Heart of Midlothian

6 February 2022 25	Rangers	5–0	Heart of Midlothian	Ibrox Stadium
16:00	Morelos 11' 64' Kamara 72' Arfield 75' Sakala 84'	BBC Report		Referee: Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Dundee

9 February 2022 26	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Dundee	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Simms 21'	BBC Report	Sibbick 51' (o.g.) Mullen 78'	Attendance: 15,527 Referee: Steven

St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian

19 February 2022 27	St Johnstone	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Crawford 1' McCart 56'	BBC Report	Atkinson 6'	Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Irvine

St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian

26 February 2022 28	St Mirren	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park
15:00	Ronan  22'	BBC Report	Simms 64' Devlin 67'	Attendance: 5,767 Referee: Aitken

Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen

2 March 2022 29	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Aberdeen	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Souttar 38' Kingsley 60'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,703 Referee: McLean

Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian

5 March 2022 30	Dundee United	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
15:00	Boyce 1' Halkett 81'	BBC Report	Smith 46' Clark 57 pen.'	Attendance: 7,172 Referee: Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Livingston

19 March 2022 31	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Baningime 3' McKay 58'	BBC Report		Attendance: 17,957 Referee: Anderson

Ross County v Heart of Midlothian

2 April 2022 32	Ross County	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Victoria Park
15:00	Iacovitti 31'	BBC Report	McKay 39'	Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Duncan

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

9 April 2022 33	Heart of Midlothian	3–1	Hibernian	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Halliday 45+1' 58' Kingsley 47'	BBC Report	Wright 5'	Attendance: 19,041 Referee: Walsh

Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian

24 April 2022 34	Dundee United	2–3	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
15:00	Levitt 4' Edwards 65'	BBC Report	Boyce 44' Ginnelly 59' Simms 83'	Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Steven

Heart of Midlothian v Ross County

30 April 2022 35	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Ross County	Tynecastle Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 16,699 Referee: McLean

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

7 May 2022 36	Celtic	4–1	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
12:00	Maeda 30' Furuhashi 37' O'Riley 69' Giakoumakis 90'	BBC Report	Simms 3'	Referee: Robertson

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

11 May 2022 37	Motherwell	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Fir Park
19:45	Efford 3' Lamie 56'	BBC Report	Ginnelly 9'	Attendance: 5,769 Referee: MacDermid

Heart of Midlothian v Rangers

14 May 2022 38	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	Rangers	Tynecastle Park
12:15	Haring 24'	BBC Report	Itten 33' Lowry 45+1' McKinnon 81'	Attendance: 16,969 Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup

Peterhead v Heart of Midlothian

10 July 2021 Group Stage	Peterhead	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Balmoor Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Mackay-Steven 31' Boyce 58'	Attendance: 246 Referee: Robertson

Heart of Midlothian v Cove Rangers

13 July 2021 Group Stage	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Cove Rangers	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Halliday 12' Boyce 45+1' Mackay-Steven 55'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Steven

Stirling Albion v Heart of Midlothian

20 July 2021 Group Stage	Stirling Albion	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Forthbank Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Boyce 31' Pollock 74'	Referee: Irvine

Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

25 July 2021 Group Stage	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tynecastle Park
17:15	Walker 75'	BBC Report	Gardyne  88'	Attendance: 2,989 Referee: Walsh

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

15 August 2021 Second Round	Celtic	3–2	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
15:00	Édouard 29' Welsh 34' Furuhashi 63'	BBC Report	Boyce 57 pen.' McEneff 90+2'	Attendance: TBA Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup

Auchinleck Talbot v Heart of Midlothian

22 January 2022 Fourth Round	Auchinleck Talbot	0–5	Heart of Midlothian	Beechwood Park
12:30			Halliday 14' Boyce 39 pen.' 51' Haring 80' Cochrane 83'	Attendance: 3,270 Referee: Aitken

Heart of Midlothian v Livingston

12 February 2022 Fifth Round	Heart of Midlothian	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 12,232 Referee: Walsh
	Penalties
	Souttar Haring Woodburn Simms		Shinnie Kelly Holt Montaño Obileye

Heart of Midlothian v St Mirren

12 March 2022 Quarter Final	Heart of Midlothian	4–2	St Mirren	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Baningime 16' Haring 29' McEneff 67' Simms 85'	BBC Report	Brophy 36' Ronan 62'	Attendance: 13,899 Referee: Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian

16 April 2022 Semi Final	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Hibernian	Hampden Park
12:15	Simms 16' Kingsley 21'	BBC Report	Cadden 22' Newell  11'  64'	Attendance: 37,783 Referee: Beaton

Rangers v Heart of Midlothian

21 May 2022 Final	Rangers	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Heart of Midlothian	Hampden Park
15:00	Jack 94' Wright 97'	BBC Report		Attendance: 50,319 Referee: Collum

First team player statistics

Captains

Craig Gordon was appointed captain for the 2021–22 season,^[5] taking over from Steven Naismith^[6] who retired at the end of the previous season.^[7] Naismith took on a coaching role at the club.^[8]

No	Pos	Country	Name	No of games
1	GK		Gordon	45
4	DF		Souttar	1
5	MF		Haring	1

Last updated: 14 May 2022
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 2021–22 campaign, Hearts used thirty players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Totals		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Craig Gordon	46	0	36+0	0	5+0	0	5+0	0
2	DF	NIR	Michael Smith	27	2	19+1	2	5+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Stephen Kingsley	41	7	30+2	6	5+0	0	4+0	1
4	DF	SCO	John Souttar	33	4	26+1	4	4+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	AUT	Peter Haring	41	2	20+11	0	3+2	0	4+1	2
6	MF	COD	Beni Baningime	27	2	23+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	1
7	MF	SCO	Jamie Walker	8	2	0+4	1	0+4	1	0+0	0
8	MF	IRL	Aaron McEneff	20	3	7+5	1	1+3	1	0+4	1
9	MF	WAL	Ben Woodburn	30	3	16+12	3	0+0	0	1+1	0
10	FW	NIR	Liam Boyce	40	16	29+1	10	5+0	4	4+1	2
11	MF	SCO	Gary Mackay-Steven	40	4	19+13	2	5+0	2	0+3	0
12	DF	AUS	Nathaniel Atkinson	20	1	13+2	1	0+0	0	4+1	0
13	GK	SCO	Ross Stewart	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	AUS	Cameron Devlin	29	1	23+2	1	0+0	0	3+1	0
15	DF	ENG	Taylor Moore	22	0	16+5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	SCO	Andy Halliday	36	6	15+11	4	4+1	1	4+1	1
17	DF	ENG	Alex Cochrane	40	3	25+6	2	5+0	0	4+0	1
18	MF	SCO	Barrie McKay	38	2	30+3	2	0+0	0	5+0	0
19	DF	SCO	Craig Halkett	37	2	27+1	2	5+0	0	4+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Jordan Roberts	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Ellis Simms	21	7	11+6	5	0+0	0	4+0	2
21	FW	CIV	Armand Gnanduillet	15	1	3+10	1	1+1	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Toby Sibbick	17	0	11+3	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
22	FW	SCO	Euan Henderson	5	0	0+2	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
27	DF	SCO	Connor Smith	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
30	MF	ENG	Josh Ginnelly	38	5	16+15	5	4+1	0	0+2	0
35	MF	SCO	Aidan Denholm	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
38	MF	SCO	Finlay Pollock	4	1	0+0	0	2+2	1	0+0	0
44	FW	NIR	Makenzie Kirk	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48	FW	SCO	Murray Thomas	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

• Last updated: 22 May 2022
• Source: Match Reports^[9][10]
• Ordered by Squad Number.

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

Disciplinary record

During the 2021–22 season, Hearts players have so far been issued eighty three yellow cards and three red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.

Last updated 22 May 2022

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1	GK		Craig Gordon	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
2	DF		Michael Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Stephen Kingsley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		John Souttar	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF		Peter Haring	9	0	2	0	2	0	13	0
6	MF		Beni Baningime	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
7	MF		Jamie Walker	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Ben Woodburn	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10	FW		Liam Boyce	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
12	DF		Nathaniel Atkinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF		Cameron Devlin	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
15	DF		Taylor Moore	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
16	MF		Andy Halliday	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
17	MF		Alex Cochrane	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19	DF		Craig Halkett	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
20	FW		Ellis Simms	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	FW		Armand Gnanduillet	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF		Toby Sibbick	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF		Josh Ginnelly	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
38	MF		Finlay Pollock	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total				67	3	7	0	9	0	83	3

Goal scorers

Last updated 14 May 2021

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	FW		Liam Boyce	10	4	2	16
2	DF		Stephen Kingsley	6	0	1	7
	FW		Ellis Simms	5	0	2	7
3	MF		Andy Halliday	4	1	1	6
4	MF		Josh Ginnelly	5	0	0	5
5	DF		John Souttar	4	0	0	4
	MF		Gary Mackay-Steven	2	2	0	4
6	MF		Ben Woodburn	3	0	0	3
	DF		Alex Cochrane	2	0	1	3
	MF		Aaron McEneff	1	1	1	3
	MF		Peter Haring	1	0	2	3
7	DF		Michael Smith	2	0	0	2
	MF		Barrie McKay	2	0	0	2
	DF		Craig Halkett	1	1	0	2
	MF		Jamie Walker	1	1	0	2
	MF		Beni Baningime	1	0	1	2
8	DF		Armand Gnanduillet	1	0	0	1
	DF		Nathaniel Atkinson	1	0	0	1
	MF		Cameron Devlin	1	0	0	1
	MF		Finlay Pollock	0	1	0	1
Total				53	11	11	75

Assists

Last updated 14 May 2021

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	MF		Barrie McKay	10	0	2	12
2	MF		Gary Mackay-Steven	4	1	0	5
	FW		Liam Boyce	3	1	1	5
3	DF		Alex Cochrane	2	1	0	3
	MF		Josh Ginnelly	2	1	0	3
4	MF		Cameron Devlin	2	0	0	2
	MF		Peter Haring	2	0	0	2
	DF		Michael Smith	1	1	0	2
	DF		Nathaniel Atkinson	1	0	1	2
	MF		Ben Woodburn	1	0	1	2
	MF		Andy Halliday	0	1	1	2
	MF		Aaron McEneff	0	0	2	2
5	MF		Beni Baningime	1	0	0	1
	DF		Taylor Moore	1	0	0	1
	DF		Stephen Kingsley	0	1	0	1
	FW		Ellis Simms	1	0	0	0
Total				32	7	8	47

Clean sheets

R	Pos	Nat	Name	Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	GK		Craig Gordon	14	4	2	20
Total				14	4	2	20

Last updated: 30 April
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic (C)	38	29	6	3	92	22	+70	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Rangers	38	27	8	3	80	31	+49	89	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	54	44	+10	61	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Dundee United	38	12	12	14	37	44	−7	48	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Motherwell	38	12	10	16	42	61	−19	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Source: ^[11][12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 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).^[13]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HOM	STI	INV	COV	PET
1	Heart of Midlothian	4	4	0	0	0	8	0	+8	12	Qualification for the second round		—	—	1–0	3–0	—
2	Stirling Albion	4	2	1	0	1	8	7	+1	8			0–2	—	—	—	3–1
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4	1	0	1	2	5	6	−1	4			—	2–2p	—	—	2–0
4	Cove Rangers	4	1	0	0	3	6	10	−4	3			—	2–3	3–1	—	—
5	Peterhead	4	1	0	0	3	4	8	−4	3			0–2	—	—	3–1	—

Source: ^[14]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[15]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L
Position	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2022. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated 22 May 2022

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%[nb 1]
Robbie Neilson	10 July 2021	Present	48	25	10	13	052.08

Club

International selection

Over the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. Craig Gordon, John Souttar^[16] and Craig Halkett^[17] were called up to represent Scotland, whilst Michael Smith was selected to represent Northern Ireland^[18] and Ben Woodburn to represent Wales.^[19] Nathaniel Atkinson was later called up to represent Australia.^[20]

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Ross Stewart Livingston Free[21] Josh Ginnelly Preston North End[22] Free[23] Beni Baningime Everton[24] Free[25] Cameron Devlin Newcastle Jets Undisclosed Fee[26] Barrie McKay Unattached Free[27] Nathaniel Atkinson Melbourne City Undisclosed Fee[28] Toby Sibbick Barnsley Undisclosed Fee[29]

Players out Player To Fee Craig Wighton Dunfermline Athletic[30] Free[31][32] Christophe Berra Raith Rovers[33] Free[34][32] Harry Cochrane Queen of the South[35] Training compensation[36][37] Colin Doyle Kilmarnock Free[32][37][38] Elliott Frear Bath City Free[32][37][39] Olly Lee Gillingham Free[32][37][40] Leeroy Makarova Free[32][37] Lewis Moore Queens Park[41] Free[32][37] Sean Ward Free[32][37] Aidy White Rochdale Free[32][37][42] Zdeněk Zlámal Free[32][37] Steven Naismith Retired[43] Andy Irving Türkgücü München Training compensation[44] Jordan Roberts Motherwell Free[45] Armand Gnanduillet Le Mans Free[46]

Loans in Player From Fee Alex Cochrane Brighton & Hove Albion Loan[47] Ben Woodburn Liverpool Loan[48] Taylor Moore Bristol City Loan[49] Ellis Simms Everton Loan[50]

Loans out Player From Fee Harry Stone Partick Thistle Loan[51] Sean Docherty Brechin City Loan[52] Chris Hamilton Arbroath Loan[53] Scott McGill Airdrie Loan[54] Loïc Damour Le Mans Loan[55] Ryan Schiavone Dumbarton Loan[56] Connor Smith Queens Park Loan[57] Mihai Popescu Hamilton Academical Loan[58] Jordan Roberts Motherwell Loan[59] Euan Henderson Alloa Athletic Loan[60] Leo Watson Stirling Albion Loan[61] Cammy Logan Edinburgh City Loan[62] Jamie Brandon Greenock Morton Loan[63] Jamie Walker Bradford City Loan[64] Leo Watson East Fife Loan[65] Harry Stone Albion Rovers Loan[66] Euan Henderson Alloa Athletic Loan[67] Finlay Pollock East Fife Loan[68] Liam McFarlane Montrose Emergency Loan[69]

Contract extensions

The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season.

Date	Player	Length	Previous Expiry	Expiry
31 December 2021	Craig Gordon	2.5 years	May 2022	Summer 2024[70][71]
11 January 2022	Craig Halkett	2.5 years	June 2022	Summer 2024[72][73]
13 January 2022	Stephen Kingsley	3.5 years	June 2022	Summer 2025[74][75]
14 January 2022	Michael Smith	1 year	June 2022	Summer 2023[76][77]
3 February 2022	Euan Henderson	1 year	June 2022	Summer 2023[78][79]
28 February 2022	Andy Halliday	2 years	June 2022	Summer 2024[80][81]
1 March 2022	Scott McGill	1 year	June 2022	Summer 2023[82][83]
8 April 2022	Barrie McKay	3 years	June 2022	Summer 2025[84][85]
26 April 2022	Arron Darge	1 year	June 2022	Summer 2023[86]
26 April 2022	Aidan Denholm	1 year	June 2022	Summer 2023[87]
13 May 2022	Makenzie Kirk	1 year	June 2022	Summer 2023[88]
13 May 2022	Murray Thomas	1 year	June 2022	Summer 2023[89]

See also

• List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons

Notes

1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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