1971–72 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1971–72 season
Manager	Jock Stein
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division One	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Finalists
European Cup	Semi-Finalists
Drybrough Cup
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

During the 1971–72 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.

Results[]

Scottish Division One[]

4 September 1971 Division One	Celtic	9 – 1	Clyde	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,998

11 September 1971 Division One	Rangers	2 – 3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 70,088

18 September 1971 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Morton	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,293

25 September 1971 Division One	Airdrieonians	0 – 5	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 17,238

2 October 1971 Division One	Celtic	0 – 1	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,573

9 October 1971 Division One	Hibernian	0 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 40,671

16 October 1971 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 31,460

27 October 1971 Division One	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,173

30 October 1971 Division One	Ayr United	0 – 1	Celtic	Ayr
15:00 BST				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 15,390

6 November 1971 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 62,236

13 November 1971 Division One	Dundee United	1 – 5	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 18,187

20 November 1971 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,733

27 November 1971 Division One	Partick Thistle	1 – 5	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 33,185

4 December 1971 Division One	Celtic	5 – 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,824

11 December 1971 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,253

18 December 1971 Division One	Motherwell	1 – 5	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 15,848

25 December 1971 Division One	Celtic	3 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,880

1 January 1972 Division One	Clyde	0 – 7	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 15,842

3 January 1972 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 66,751

8 January 1972 Division One	Morton	1 – 1	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 14,579

15 January 1972 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,016

22 January 1972 Division One	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Celtic	Perth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 14,239

29 January 1972 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,168

19 February 1972 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,384

4 March 1972 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Ayr United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,159

11 March 1972 Division One	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 33,695

25 March 1972 Division One	Falkirk	0 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 13,145

1 April 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,757

8 April 1972 Division One	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 12,620

15 April 1972 Division One	East Fife	0 – 3	Celtic	Methil
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 12,086

22 April 1972 Division One	Celtic	5 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,573

25 April 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 11,036

29 April 1972 Division One	Hearts	4 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 10,124

1 May 1972 Division One	Dundee	1 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
19:30 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 10,755

Scottish Cup[]

5 February 1972 Third Round	Celtic	5 – 0	Albion Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,212

26 February 1972 Fourth Round	Celtic	4 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,500

18 March 1972 Fifth Round	Celtic	1 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,500

27 March 1972 Fifth Round Replay	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 40,029

12 April 1972 Semi-Final	Celtic	3 – 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 48,307

6 May 1972 Final	Celtic	6 – 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 105,909

Scottish League Cup[]

14 August 1971 Group 8	Celtic	2 - 0	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 72,264

18 August 1971 Group 8	Morton	0 - 1	Celtic	Greenock
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 16,231

21 August 1971 Group 8	Ayr United	0 - 3	Celtic	Ayr
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 17,699

25 August 1971 Group 8	Celtic	0 - 1	Morton	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,947

28 August 1971 Group 8	Rangers	0 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 73,995

30 August 1971 Group 8	Celtic	4 - 1	Ayr United	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,358

8 September 1971 Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Clydebank	0 - 5	Celtic	Clydebank
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Kilbowie Park Attendance: 10,600

22 September 1971 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Celtic	6 - 2 (11 – 2 agg.)	Clydebank	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,045

6 October 1971 Semi-Final	St Mirren	0 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 29,488

23 October 1971 Final	Partick Thistle	4 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 62,736

European Cup[]

15 September 1971 1st Round 1st Leg	B1903 Copenhagen	1 - 2	Celtic	Copenhagen
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Idrætsparken Attendance: 6,600

29 September 1971 1st Round 2nd Leg	Celtic	3 - 0 (4 – 2 agg.)	B1903 Copenhagen	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 53,000

20 October 1971 2nd Round 1st Leg	Celtic	5 - 0	Sliema Wanderers	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 29,000

3 November 1971 2nd Round 2nd Leg	Sliema Wanderers	1 - 2 (1 – 7 agg.)	Celtic	Gżira
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Empire Stadium Attendance: 10,416

8 March 1972 Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Ujpesti Dozsa	1 - 2	Celtic	Budapest
16:00 GMT				Stadium: Megyeri úti stadion Attendance: 25,064

22 March 1972 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Celtic	1 - 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Ujpesti Dozsa	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 70,559

5 April 1972 Semi-Final 1st Leg	Inter Milan	0 - 0	Celtic	Milan
20:00 GMT				Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 85,000

19 April 1972 Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Celtic	0 - 0 (0 – 0 (4 – 5 pen.) agg.)	Inter Milan	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 73,724

Drybrough Cup[]

31 July 1971 First Round	Celtic	5 – 2	Dumbarton	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,000

4 August 1971 Semi-Final	Celtic	4 – 2	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 30,000

7 August 1971 Final	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 28,000

1971–72 Celtic F.C. season

Contents

Results[]

Scottish Division One[]

Scottish Cup[]

Scottish League Cup[]

European Cup[]

Drybrough Cup[]

See also[]

References[]

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Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
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