Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club (commonly known as Hearts) is a professional football club based at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh, Scotland. They play in the Scottish Premier League along with their city rivals Hibernian. Hearts were one of the teams invited to join the Scottish Football League when it first started in 1890. Hearts have won the Scottish Cup on 8 occasions, the League title 4 times and the League Cup 4 times.

Heart of Midlothian

Full name	Heart of Midlothian Football Club
Nickname(s)	Hearts
Founded	1874
Ground	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, Scotland
Capacity	20099
Chairman	Ann Budge
Manager	Steven Naismith
League	Scottish Premiership
2023–24	Scottish Premiership, 3rd
Home colours Third colours

Heart of Midlothian

Players

Current squad

As of 7 December^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  Scotland Jamie Hamill 3 DF  England Danny Grainger 5 DF  Scotland Darren Barr 6 DF  Scotland Andy Webster 7 MF  Spain Suso Santana 8 MF  Scotland Ian Black 9 FW  Scotland Kevin Kyle 10 FW  Republic of Ireland Stephen Elliott 11 MF  Scotland Andrew Driver 12 MF  Scotland David Templeton 13 MF  Uganda David Obua 15 FW  England John Sutton

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  Scotland Ryan Stevenson 17 DF  Australia Ryan McGowan 18 MF  Lithuania Arvydas Novikovas 19 MF  Czech Republic Rudi Skácel 21 MF  Morocco Mehdi Taouil 23 FW  Scotland Gary Glen 25 GK  Slovakia Marián Kello 26 DF  Lithuania Marius Žaliūkas (captain) 27 MF  Scotland Scott Robinson 30 GK  Scotland Jamie MacDonald 31 MF  Poland Adrian Mrowiec 34 MF  Scotland Johnny Stewart

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  Australia Dylan McGowan (on loan to Gold Coast United until March 2012)[3] — DF  Scotland Jason Thomson (on loan to Dunfermline until January 2012)[4] — DF  England Conrad Balatoni (on loan to Partick Thistle until January 2012)[5] — FW  Wales Robert Ogleby (on loan to East Fife until January 2012)[6] — DF  Australia Matthew Park (on loan to East Fife until January 2012)[6] — GK  Scotland Mark Ridgers (on loan to East Fife until January 2012)[6] — FW  Lithuania Evaldas Razulis (on loan to Kaunas)[6]

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  Scotland Craig Thomson (on loan to Kaunas)[7] — MF  Ukraine Denis Prychynenko (on loan to Raith Rovers until January 2012)[8] 51 MF  Scotland Jason Holt (on loan to Raith Rovers until January 2012)[9] 52 FW  Scotland David Smith (on loan to Raith Rovers until January 2012)[9] 22 FW  Scotland Gordon Smith (on loan to Hamilton Academical until January 2012)[10] 49 DF  Scotland Kevin McHattie (on loan to Alloa Athletic until January 2012)[11]

References

1. "Meet the Squad". Heart of Midlothian F.C. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
2. "Hearts FC Squad". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
3. "Weakened Gold Coast picks up McGowan". SBS The World Game. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
4. "Par-fect move for Jason". Hearts News. Hearts fc. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
5. "Balatoni Loan Completed". Partick Thistle Fc. July 14, 2011. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
6. "Youngsters go on loan". Hearts News. Hearts FC. July 22, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
7. "Pirmą kartą Lietuvoje rungtyniaus škotas". FBK Kaunas. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.(in Lithuanian)
8. "Midfielder Signs". Raith Rovers FC. Raith Rovers FC. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
9. "Trio off on loan". Heart of Midlothian FC. Heart of Midlothian FC. 21 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
10. "Gordon joins Accies". Heart of Midlothian F.C. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
11. "Manager adds to squad". Alloa Athletic F.C. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2011.