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 and most successful 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.
Original Hearts strip
Hearts War Memorial
The Heart of Midlothian mosaic, on which the current club crest is based
Hearts midfielder Paul Hartley (No. 10) prepares to take a free kick in an Edinburgh derby match against Hibs, played on 26 December 2006.
The Scottish Premiership known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish Premiership was established in July 2013, after the SPFL was formed by a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. There are 12 teams in this division, with each team playing 38 matches per season. Sixteen clubs have played in the Scottish Premiership since its creation in the 2013–14 season. Celtic are the current league champions, having won the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership.
Leigh Griffiths, the Scottish Premiership's all-time top goalscorer
Image: Pittodrie from Block Y, May 2015
Image: Celtic Park 3
Image: Dens stand
