Executive chairwoman Ann Budge Stadium Tynecastle Stadium | Head coach Robbie Neilson Championship First place (Promoted) | |
Challenge Cup Second round, lost to Livingston League Cup Third round, lost to Celtic | ||
The 2014–15 season was the 118th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian and the first under new ownership following the club's exit from administration on 11 June 2014. It was the club's first season of play in the second tier of Scottish football since 1983 and their first season in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the previous season. Hearts also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
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Hearts returned for pre-season training on 26 June, before heading to England for a four-day training camp in Chester, with games against Ludogorets Razgrad and Dinamo București. On return to Scotland the club travelled to Hamilton Academical and East Fife, before hosting Manchester City in a glamour friendly at Tynecastle to celebrate the centenary of the main stand. The remainder of the pre-season fixtures were spent on the road, with games against Dundee, a Testimonial for Steven Anderson at St Johnstone and lastly against Cowdenbeath.