1972–73 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1972–73 season
Manager	Jock Stein
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division One	1st
Scottish Cup	Finalists
Scottish League Cup	Finalists
European Cup	2nd Round
Drybrough Cup
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

During the 1972–73 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.

Results[]

Scottish Division One[]

2 September 1972 Division One	Celtic	6 – 2	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:00				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 11,661

9 September 1972 Division One	Morton	0 – 2	Celtic	Greenock
15:00				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 11,723

16 September 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
12:00				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,316

23 September 1972 Division One	Dundee	2 – 0	Celtic	Dundee
15:00				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 18,226

30 September 1972 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Ayr United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,863

7 October 1972 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,262

14 October 1972 Division One	Partick Thistle	0 – 4	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 26,415

21 October 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,918

28 October 1972 Division One	Aberdeen	2 – 3	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 32,524

4 November 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,892

11 November 1972 Division One	Motherwell	0 – 5	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,439

18 November 1972 Division One	Celtic	4 – 2	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,451

25 November 1972 Division One	Falkirk	2 – 3	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 12,579

2 December 1972 Division One	Dumbarton	1 – 6	Celtic	Dumbarton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Boghead Park Attendance: 14,488

16 December 1972 Division One	Arbroath	1 – 2	Celtic	Arbroath
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 5,481

23 December 1972 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,343

6 January 1973 Division One	Rangers	2 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 67,580

13 January 1973 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,977

20 January 1973 Division One	Ayr United	1 – 3	Celtic	Ayr
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 11,382

27 January 1973 Division One	Airdrieonians	2 – 1	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 15,589

7 February 1973 Division One	Kilmarnock	0 – 4	Celtic	Kilmarnock
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 11,185

10 February 1973 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 31,415

17 February 1973 Division One	East Fife	2 – 2	Celtic	Methil
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 11,577

28 February 1973 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,403

3 March 1973 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,102

6 March 1973 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Morton	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,118

10 March 1973 Division One	Dundee United	2 – 2	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 17,761

24 March 1973 Division One	Hearts	0 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 21,630

31 March 1973 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,842

3 April 1973 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,344

14 April 1973 Division One	St Johnstone	1 – 3	Celtic	Perth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 14,278

18 April 1973 Division One	Celtic	5 – 0	Dumbarton	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,616

21 April 1973 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Arbroath	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,780

28 April 1973 Division One	Hibernian	0 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
19:30 BST				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 45,443

Scottish Cup[]

3 February 1973 Third Round	Celtic	4 - 1	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

24 February 1973 Fourth Round	Motherwell	0 - 4	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 24,764

17 March 1973 Fifth Round	Celtic	0 - 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,032

21 March 1973 Fifth Round Replay	Aberdeen	0 - 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 33,465

7 April 1973 Semi-Final	Celtic	0 - 0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 53,428

11 April 1973 Semi-Final Replay	Celtic	3 - 0 (aet)	Dundee	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 47,409

5 May 1973 Final	Celtic	2 - 3	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 122,714

Scottish League Cup[]

12 August 1972 Group 8	Stirling Albion	0 - 3	Celtic	Stirling
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 10,565

16 August 1972 Group 8	Celtic	1 - 1	East Fife	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,379

19 August 1972 Group 8	Arbroath	0 - 5	Celtic	Arbroath
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 8,834

23 August 1972 Group 8	East Fife	2 - 3	Celtic	Methil
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 9,152

26 August 1972 Group 8	Celtic	3 - 0	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,019

28 August 1972 Group 8	Celtic	3 - 3	Arbroath	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 4,914

20 September 1972 Second Round 1st Leg	Stranraer	1 - 2	Celtic	Stranraer
17:30 GMT				Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 5,260

4 October 1972 Second Round 2nd Leg	Celtic	5 - 2 (7 – 3 agg.)	Stranraer	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,483

11 October 1972 Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Dundee	1 - 0	Celtic	Dundee
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,492

1 November 1972 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Celtic	3 - 2 (3 – 3 agg.)	Dundee	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,416

20 November 1972 Quarter-Final Replay	Celtic	4 - 1	Dundee	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 21,938

27 November 1972 Semi-Final	Aberdeen	2 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 39,582

9 December 1972 Final	Hibernian	2 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 71,696

European Cup[]

13 September 1972 1st Round 1st Leg	Celtic	2 - 1	Rosenborg BK	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 18,703

27 September 1972 1st Round 2nd Leg	Rosenborg BK	1 - 3 (2 – 5 agg.)	Celtic	Trondheim
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 16,153

25 October 1972 2nd Round 1st Leg	Celtic	2 - 1	Ujpesti Dozsa	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,515

8 November 1972 2nd Round 2nd Leg	Ujpesti Dozsa	3 - 0 (4 – 2 agg.)	Celtic	Újpest
16:00 GMT				Stadium: Megyeri úti Stadium Attendance: 13,012

Drybrough Cup[]

29 July 1972 First Round	Celtic	2 - 1	Dumbarton	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

2 August 1972 Semi-Final	Celtic	3 - 2 (aet)	Aberdeen	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

5 August 1972 Final	Celtic	3 - 5 (aet)	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,462

1972–73 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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