Editing Edinburgh (section)

===Football===
====Men's====
Edinburgh has four [[association football|football]] clubs that play in the [[Scottish Professional Football League]] (SPFL): [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]], founded in 1874, [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], founded in 1875, [[Edinburgh City F.C.]], founded in 1966 and [[Spartans F.C.|Spartans]], founded in 1951.

Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian are known locally as "Hearts" and "Hibs", respectively. Both play in the [[Scottish Premiership]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edinburgh: Heart of Midlothian Football Club |url=http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel-g186525-c171464/Edinburgh:United-Kingdom:Heart.Of.Midlothian.Football.Club.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109192436/http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel-g186525-c171464/Edinburgh:United-Kingdom:Heart.Of.Midlothian.Football.Club.html |archive-date=9 November 2012 |access-date=10 February 2013 |publisher=tripadvisor.co.uk}}</ref> They are the oldest city rivals in Scotland and the [[Edinburgh derby]] is one of the oldest derby matches in world football. Both clubs have won the [[list of Scottish football champions|Scottish league championship]] four times. Hearts have won the [[Scottish Cup]] eight times and the [[Scottish League Cup]] four times. Hibs have won the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup three times each. [[Edinburgh City F.C.|Edinburgh City]] were promoted to [[Scottish League Two]] in the 2015–16 season, becoming the first club to win promotion to the SPFL via the pyramid system playoffs.

Edinburgh was also home to four other [[List of former Scottish Football League clubs|former Scottish Football League clubs]]: the original [[Edinburgh City F.C. (1928)|Edinburgh City]] (founded in 1928), [[Leith Athletic F.C.|Leith Athletic]], [[Meadowbank Thistle F.C.|Meadowbank Thistle]] and [[St Bernard's F.C.|St Bernard's]]. Meadowbank Thistle played at [[Meadowbank Stadium]] until 1995, when the club moved to [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]] and became [[Livingston F.C.|Livingston F.C]]. The [[Scotland men's national football team|Scottish national team]] has very occasionally played at [[Easter Road]] and [[Tynecastle Park|Tynecastle]], although its normal [[Scotland national football team home stadium|home stadium]] is [[Hampden Park]] in Glasgow. St Bernard's [[New Logie Green]] was used to host the [[1896 Scottish Cup Final]], the only time the match has been played outside Glasgow.<ref name="UD">Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p202 {{ISBN|0954783042}}</ref>

The city also plays host to [[Lowland Football League]] clubs [[Civil Service Strollers F.C.|Civil Service Strollers]], [[Edinburgh University A.F.C.|Edinburgh University]] and [[Spartans F.C.|Spartans]], as well as [[East of Scotland Football League|East of Scotland League]] clubs [[Craigroyston F.C.|Craigroyston]], [[Edinburgh United F.C.|Edinburgh United]], [[Heriot-Watt University F.C.|Heriot-Watt University]], [[Leith Athletic F.C.|Leith Athletic]], [[Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C.|Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale]], and [[Tynecastle F.C.|Tynecastle]].

====Women's====
In women's football, [[Hearts Ladies F.C.|Hearts]], [[Hibernian L.F.C.|Hibs]] and [[Spartans W.F.C.|Spartans]] play in the [[Scottish Women's Premier League|SWPL 1]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottish Building Society SWPL 1 |url=https://scotwomensfootball.com/league-competitions/swpl-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401105222/http://scotwomensfootball.com/league-competitions/swpl-1/ |archive-date=1 April 2019 |access-date=23 January 2020 |website=Scottish Women's Football}}</ref> [[Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C.#Women|Hutchison Vale]] and [[Boroughmuir Thistle F.C.|Boroughmuir Thistle]] play in the [[Scottish Women's Premier League|SWPL 2]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottish Building Society SWPL 1 |url=https://scotwomensfootball.com/league-competitions/swpl-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195851/http://scotwomensfootball.com/league-competitions/swpl-2/ |archive-date=4 April 2019 |access-date=23 January 2020 |website=Scottish Women's Football}}</ref>