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Hibernian
1988–89 season
Manager	Alex Miller
Scottish Premier Division	5th
Scottish Cup	SF
Scottish League Cup	R4
Highest home attendance	27,219 (v Hearts, 4 January)
Lowest home attendance	5670 (v Dundee, 13 May)
Average home league attendance	13,896 (up 2231)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 season saw Hibernian compete in the Scottish Premier Division, in which they finished 5th. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they reached the semi-finals, and the Scottish League Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round.

Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Motherwell	H	1–0	McIntyre	10,944
2	20 August	Rangers	A	0–0		41,955
3	27 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		23,760
4	3 September	Aberdeen	A	0–0		13,583
5	17 September	Dundee United	A	1–1	Rae	11,017
6	24 September	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0	Evans	7,910
7	28 September	St Mirren	A	1–0	Evans	5,380
8	1 October	Celtic	H	3–1	Archibald (2), Evans	22,808
9	8 October	Dundee	A	1–2	Archibald	8,103
10	12 October	Rangers	H	0–1		25,692
11	22 October	Motherwell	A	1–1	McIntyre	5,904
12	29 October	Hamilton Academical	A	3–0	McCluskey, Collins, Archibald	4,569
13	2 November	Dundee United	H	1–1	McCluskey	9,492
14	5 November	Aberdeen	H	1–2	Archibald	11,576
15	12 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	Kane, Archibald	23,062
16	19 November	Celtic	A	0–1		39,926
17	26 November	Dundee	H	1–1	Archibald	8,461
18	3 December	St Mirren	H	2–0	Hunter, Archibald	8,612^[3]
19	10 December	Dundee United	A	1–4	Archibald	9,963
20	17 December	Rangers	A	0–1		36,672
21	31 December	Motherwell	H	2–0	Kane, May	9,902
22	4 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	May	27,219
23	7 January	Aberdeen	A	0–2		13,741
24	14 January	Dundee	A	2–1	Evans, Archibald	7,263
25	21 January	Celtic	H	1–3		23,106
26	21 February	St Mirren	A	1–3	Kane	4,960
27	1 March	Hamilton Academical	H	2–1	Collins, Evans	6,147
28	11 March	Motherwell	A	0–0		5,027
29	25 March	Rangers	H	0–1		23,321
30	1 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	Houchen	22,090
31	8 April	Aberdeen	H	1–2	Houchen	10,450
32	19 April	St Mirren	H	1–0	Archibald	7,379
33	22 April	Hamilton Academical	A	3–0	Archibald (2), Kane	2,975
34	29 April	Dundee United	H	1–2	McCluskey	7,683
35	6 May	Celtic	A	0–1		15,316
36	13 May	Dundee	H	1–1	Findlay	5,670

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Celtic	36	21	4	11	66	44	+22	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	16	12	8	44	26	+18	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Hibernian	36	13	9	14	37	36	+1	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	9	13	14	35	42	−7	31
7	St Mirren	36	11	7	18	39	55	−16	29

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	17 August	Stranraer	H	4–0	Archibald (2), Kane, Evans	8,170
R3	23 August	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Kane	9,623
R4	31 August	Aberdeen	H	1–2	Kane	15,211

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	28 January	Brechin City	H	1–0	Collins	7,746
R4	18 February	Motherwell	H	2–1	Collins, May	12,000
R5	18 March	Alloa Athletic	H	1–0	Kane	10,500
SF	16 April	Celtic	N	1–3	Archibald	42,188