1963–64 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1963–64 season
Manager	Walter Galbraith
Scottish First Division	10th
Scottish Cup	SF
Scottish League Cup	GS
Summer Cup 1964	Winners
Highest home attendance	31,439 (v Heart of Midlothian, 1 January)
Lowest home attendance	4922 (v St Mirren, 21 March)
Average home league attendance	11,704 (up 2618)

During the 1963–64 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came tenth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1963–64 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	21 August	Third Lanark	H	3–0		9,646
2	7 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–4		29,173
3	14 September	Falkirk	H	2–2		9,762
4	21 September	Rangers	A	0–5		49,024
5	28 September	Kilmarnock	H	0–2		11,030
6	5 October	Motherwell	A	3–4		6,449
7	12 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–3		9,549
8	19 October	Dundee	H	0–4		11,071
9	26 October	St Johnstone	H	4–1		9,674
10	2 November	Partick Thistle	A	1–2		9,112
11	9 November	Queen of the South	A	3–2		4,619
12	16 November	Celtic	H	1–1		22,306
13	23 November	St Mirren	A	1–1		5,976
14	30 November	Aberdeen	H	2–0		9,951
14	7 December	Airdrieonians	A	5–3		2,852
15	14 December	East Stirlingshire	A	1–3		3,374
17	21 December	Dundee United	H	2–3		7,498
18	28 December	Third Lanark	A	0–1		3,122
19	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1		31,439
19	2 January	Falkirk	A	4–1		9,135
20	4 January	Rangers	H	0–1		17,463
21	18 January	Kilmarnock	A	1–2		9,554
23	1 February	Motherwell	H	3–1		9,916
24	8 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0		10,535
25	19 February	Dundee	A	0–3		10,591
26	22 February	St Johnstone	A	4–0		5,693
27	29 February	Partick Thistle	H	2–1		10,171
28	7 March	Queen of the South	H	5–2		8,632
29	14 March	Celtic	A	0–5		9,800
30	21 March	St Mirren	H	1–0		4,922
31	28 March	Aberdeen	A	1–3		6,269
32	4 April	Airdrieonians	H	2–1		7,094
33	18 April	East Stirlingshire	H	5–2		6,587
34	24 April	Dundee United	A	1–1		3,278

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Aberdeen	34	12	8	14	53	53	0	32
10	Hibernian	34	12	6	16	59	66	–7	30
11	Motherwell	34	9	11	14	51	62	–11	29

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1963–64 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	10 August	St Mirren	A	1–1		5,973
G2	14 August	Dundee United	H	3–2		9,759
G2	17 August	Aberdeen	H	2–2		9,907
G2	24 August	St Mirren	H	3–0		9,646
G2	28 August	Dundee United	A	4–2		11,250
G2	31 August	Aberdeen	A	2–0		19,362

Group 2 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	4	2	0	15	7	8	10
2	Aberdeen	6	2	3	1	10	7	3	7
3	Dundee United	6	2	1	3	11	14	–3	5
4	St Mirren	6	0	2	4	7	15	–8	2

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	11 September	Dundee	A	3–3		23,225
QF L2	18 September	Dundee	H	2–0		24,375
SF	7 October	Morton	N	1–1		46,894
SF R	14 October	Morton	N	0–1		36,092

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1963–64 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	11 January	Aberdeen	A	2–5		15,503

1964 Summer Cup

Main article: 1964 Summer Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	2 May	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–3		?????
G4	6 May	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1		?????
G4	9 May	Falkirk	A	2–4		?????
G4	13 May	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0		?????
G4	16 May	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1		?????
G4	19 May	Falkirk	H	4–0		?????

Group 4 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Heart of Midlothian	6	3	1	2	10	7	3	7
2	Hibernian	6	2	2	2	11	9	2	6
3	Dunfermline Athletic	6	1	4	1	11	9	2	6
4	Falkirk	6	2	1	3	12	19	–7	5

Knockout stage

After Hearts pulled out due to tour of USA, second-place Hibernian and third-place Dunfermline played each other for a place in the semi-final.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
Play off	23 May	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1		?????
SF L1	27 May	Kilmarnock	A	3–4		????
SF L2	30 May	Kilmarnock	H	3–0		?????

Continued into August

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1963/1964 results and fixtures, Soccerbase