Celtic 2010–11 football season
The 2010–11 season was the 122nd season of competitive football by Celtic . New manager Neil Lennon made considerable changes to the Celtic team for the 2010–11 season. He sold Aiden McGeady for a then Scottish record £9.5 million[1] along with captain Stephen McManus [2] and fan favourite Artur Boruc .[3] 13 other players also left the club, this gave Lennon enough funds to re-build for the new season. He looked to sign talented, young, cheap, relatively unknown players, from smaller leagues around the world.[4] This paid off with players such as Gary Hooper ,[5] [6] Beram Kayal [7] [8] and Emilio Izaguirre [9] [10] all having excellent seasons and earning many plaudits.[4] Lennon also signed several experienced players on free transfers. Charlie Mulgrew ,[11] [12] Joe Ledley ,[13] [14] [15] and Daniel Majstorović [16] [17] all went into the first team. In addition to these Lennon also signed five other players, including Fraser Forster [18] [19] on loan from Newcastle who became first choice goalkeeper and helped set a new SPL record for most clean sheets.[20]
In July Celtic were drawn in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Portuguese side Braga .[21] Celtic lost the first leg of the tie 3–0 away from home.[22] Celtic won the return leg 2–1, but went out of the Champions League 4–2 on aggregate.[23] Celtic were knocked out of European football altogether in August, after they lost their Europa League qualifying match against FC Utrecht 4–2 on aggregate.[24]
Celtic won their first eight league games of the SPL season ,[25] before losing to Rangers, who also had a 100% record, 3–1.[25] Celtic started November beating Aberdeen 9–0 in an SPL record victory.[26] They then lost to Hearts [27] and drew at home against Dundee United [28] and Inverness Caledonian Thistle ,[29] with a victory over St Mirren the only consolation.[30] The Inverness match was notable because it was officiated by Luxembourg referee Alain Hamer ,[29] who had stepped in because of the Scottish football referee strike .[31] Celtic began 2011 by beating Rangers 2–0 at Ibrox ,[32] and beat their rivals again 3–0 on 20 February.[33] Celtic finished the season in second place in the SPL table, a point behind Rangers.[34]
In the League Cup , Celtic beat Inverness 6–0[35] and St Johnstone 3–2[36] before beating Aberdeen in the semi-final.[37] In the final, they lost 2–1 to Rangers after extra time .[38] In the Scottish Cup , Celtic entered in the fourth round, beating Third Division team Berwick Rangers 2–0,[39] and drawing 2–2 with Rangers in the fifth round.[40] They beat Rangers 1–0 in the replay[41] and booked their place in the final beating Aberdeen 4–0 at Hampden Park .[42] In the final Celtic beat Motherwell 3–0, with goals scored by Ki Sung-Yeung , Charlie Mulgrew and an own goal from Stephen Craigan .[43]
Celtic played in an unprecedented seven Old Firm matches in 2010–11.[44] This was due to being drawn against Rangers in both cups, and the fact that they required a replay to beat them in the Scottish Cup . Celtic won three of these matches, two in the league and the Scottish Cup fifth round replay. There were two draws, one in the final league match and one in the Scottish Cup fifth round. Rangers won twice, both the first league match and the League Cup final. Celtic also enjoyed an incredible run of results against Aberdeen. The two teams played each other five times, due to being drawn in both Cup semi-finals and Celtic scored 21 times against them only conceding one.[45]
Transfers [ ]
Competitions [ ]
Scottish Premier League [ ]
Results summary [ ]
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
29
5
4
85
22
+63
92
15
3
1
51
11
+40
14
2
3
34
11
+23
Last updated: 15 May 2011.
Source: [67]
Kilmarnock v Celtic
19 September 2010 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Celtic show Rugby Park
Sammon 7'
BBC Sport
Murphy 41' (pen. ) Stokes 52'
Attendance: 8,645 Referee: Craig Thomson
Celtic v Hibernian
25 September 2010 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Hibernian show Celtic Park
Brown 10' Loovens 69'
BBC Sport
Riordan 53'
Attendance: 48,625 Referee: Calum Murray
Celtic v Hamilton Academical
Celtic v Rangers
24 October 2010 SPL Celtic 1 – 3 Rangers show Celtic Park
Hooper 45+1'
BBC Sport
Loovens 49' (o.g. ) Miller 55' , 67' (pen. )
Attendance: 58,874 Referee: William Collum
Celtic v Aberdeen
6 November 2010 SPL Celtic 9 – 0 Aberdeen show Celtic Park
Stokes 26' (pen. ) , 45+1' (pen. ) , 74' Hooper 28' , 33' , 63' Magennis 61' (o.g. ) Ledley 71' McCourt 85' (pen. )
BBC Sport
Attendance: 45,919 Referee: Alan Muir
Hearts v Celtic
10 November 2010 SPL Hearts 2 – 0 Celtic show Tynecastle Stadium
Black 29' Templeton 58'
BBC Sport
Attendance: 15,362 Referee: Craig Thomson
Celtic v Kilmarnock
21 December 2010 SPL Celtic 1 – 1 Kilmarnock show Celtic Park
Rogne 84'
BBC Sport
Sammon 53'
Attendance: 44,523 Referee: William Collum
Rangers v Celtic
2 January 2011 SPL Rangers 0 – 2 Celtic show Ibrox Stadium
BBC Sport
Samaras 62' , 70' (pen. )
Attendance: 50,222 Referee: Craig Thomson
Hamilton Academical v Celtic
12 January 2011 SPL Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 Celtic show New Douglas Park
Mensing 28'
BBC Sport
Stokes 90+2' (pen. )
Attendance: 5,163 Referee: William Collum
Hibernian v Celtic
15 January 2011 SPL Hibernian 0 – 3 Celtic show Easter Road
BBC Sport
Hooper 44' Stokes 50' (pen. ) , 65'
Attendance: 13,649 Referee: Craig Thomson
Celtic v Hamilton Academical
Celtic v Hibernian
6 April 2011 SPL Celtic 3 – 1 Hibernian show Celtic Park
Stokes 4' Hooper 20' (pen. ) , 39'
BBC Sport
Miller 67' (pen. )
Attendance: 47,809 Referee: Euan Norris
Rangers v Celtic
24 April 2011 SPL Rangers 0 – 0 Celtic show Ibrox Stadium
BBC Sport
Attendance: 50,248 Referee: Craig Thomson
Hearts v Celtic
11 May 2011 SPL Hearts 0 – 3 Celtic show Tynecastle Stadium
BBC Sport
Hooper 12' , 49' Commons 78'
Attendance: 16,681 Referee: Craig Thomson
UEFA Champions League [ ]
Braga v Celtic
Celtic v Braga
UEFA Europa League [ ]
Celtic v Utrecht
Utrecht v Celtic
Scottish League Cup [ ]
Aberdeen v Celtic
29 January 2011 Semi Final Aberdeen 1 – 4 Celtic show Hampden Park
Vernon 61'
BBC Sport
Commons 6' Mulgrew 10' Rogne 21' Stokes 34' (pen. )
Attendance: 38,085 Referee: Craig Thomson
Scottish Cup [ ]
Aberdeen v Celtic
17 April 2011 Semi Final Aberdeen 0 – 4 Celtic show Hampden Park
BBC Sport
Mulgrew 45+2' Ledley 57' Commons 63' (pen. ) Maloney 84'
Attendance: 30,381 Referee: William Collum
Player statistics [ ]
Appearances and goals [ ]
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
Total
Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Other
2
DF
Andreas Hinkel
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
DF
Emilio Izaguirre
42
1
33
1
5
0
4
0
0
0
4
DF
Efraín Juárez
19
2
5+8
0
1
0
1+1
0
3
2
5
DF
Daniel Majstorović
40
2
32
1
4+1
1
2
0
1
0
6
DF
Jos Hooiveld
7
0
4+1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
7
MF
Freddie Ljungberg
8
0
1+6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
8
MF
Scott Brown
39
4
26+2
2
4+1
2
2
0
4
0
9
FW
Georgios Samaras
33
7
16+6
3
4+1
0
3
3
3
1
10
FW
Marc-Antoine Fortuné
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1+1
0
10
FW
Anthony Stokes (from 31 August)
35
19
22+7
14
1+2
0
3
5
0
0
11
DF
Cha Du-Ri
20
1
14+2
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
12
DF
Mark Wilson
33
3
25
2
5
1
3
0
0
0
13
FW
Shaun Maloney
26
6
15+6
5
0+1
1
0+1
0
3
0
14
MF
Niall McGinn
12
3
6+5
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
15
MF
Kris Commons
21
14
11+3
11
5
2
2
1
0
0
16
MF
Joe Ledley
40
6
26+3
2
4
3
4
1
3
0
17
MF
Marc Crosas
3
0
0+1
0
0+1
0
0+1
0
0
0
18
MF
Ki Sung-Yueng
34
4
18+8
3
4
1
2+1
0
1
0
19
FW
Morten Rasmussen
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
MF
Paddy McCourt
31
7
8+17
7
1+2
0
0+2
0
0+1
0
21
DF
Charlie Mulgrew
35
3
20+3
0
6
2
2+2
1
2
0
22
DF
Glenn Loovens
21
1
13
1
2
0
2+1
0
3
0
23
FW
Ben Hutchinson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
GK
Łukasz Załuska
9
0
2
0
2+1
0
0
0
4
0
25
DF
Thomas Rogne
20
2
14+2
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
26
GK
Fraser Forster
44
0
36
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
27
FW
Daryl Murphy
21
3
9+9
3
0
0
0+1
0
0+2
0
28
FW
James Keatings
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
MF
Paul Slane
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
DF
Richie Towell
1
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
MF
Beram Kayal
30
2
18+3
2
5
0
2
0
2
0
36
MF
Graham Carey
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
DF
Josh Thompson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45
DF
Lewis Toshney
1
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
47
GK
Dominic Cervi
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
DF
Darren O'Dea
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
49
FW
James Forrest
24
3
15+4
3
1+2
0
0
0
0+2
0
54
MF
Ryan Conroy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
55
MF
Paul McGowan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
56
MF
Filip Twardzik
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
77
MF
Olivier Kapo
2
0
1+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
88
FW
Gary Hooper
36
22
26
20
5
0
4
1
1
1
Disciplinary record [ ]
Top scorers [ ]
Player
Scottish Premier League
Scottish Cup
Scottish League Cup
Champions League (Qualifying)
Europa League (Play-off)
Total
1
Gary Hooper
20
0
1
1
0
22
2
Anthony Stokes
14
0
5
0
0
19
3
Kris Commons
11
2
1
0
0
14
5
Georgios Samaras
3
0
3
0
1
7
Paddy McCourt
7
0
0
0
0
7
7
Joe Ledley
2
3
1
0
0
6
Shaun Maloney
5
1
0
0
0
6
9
Scott Brown
2
2
0
0
0
4
Ki Sung-Yueng
3
1
0
0
0
4
14
Niall McGinn
2
0
1
0
0
3
James Forrest
3
0
0
0
0
3
Mark Wilson
2
1
0
0
0
3
Daryl Murphy
3
0
0
0
0
3
Charlie Mulgrew
0
2
1
0
0
3
18
Efraín Juárez
0
0
0
1
1
2
Thomas Rogne
1
0
1
0
0
2
Daniel Majstorović
1
1
0
0
0
2
Beram Kayal
2
0
0
0
0
2
21
Glenn Loovens
1
0
0
0
0
1
Emilio Izaguirre
1
0
0
0
0
1
Cha Du-Ri
1
0
0
0
0
1
Team statistics [ ]
League table [ ]
Source:
SPFL Archive Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
^ Jump up to: a b Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final . Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.
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Position
Staff
Manager
Neil Lennon
Assistant Manager
Johan Mjallby
First Team Coach
Garry Parker Alan Thompson
Goalkeeping Coach
Stevie Woods
Head of Youth Academy
Chris McCart
Head of Recruitment
Head Physiotherapist
Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist
Gavin McCarthy
Doctor
Roddy MacDonald
Head of Sports Science
Kenny McMillan
Last updated: 12 June 2017 Source:[citation needed ]
Celtic personnel awards [ ]
See also [ ]
List of Celtic F.C. seasons
References [ ]
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^ Celtic hit nine past Aberdeen in record SPL victory guardian.co.uk, 6 November 2010
^ Hearts 2-0 Celtic BBC Sport, 10 November 2010
^ Celtic 1 - 1 Dundee Utd BBC Sport, 20 November 2010
^ Jump up to: a b Celtic 2 - 2 Inverness CT BBC Sport, 27 November 2010
^ St Mirren 0 - 1 Celtic BBC Sport, 14 November 2010
^ Scottish Football Association aim to support referees BBC Sport, 28 November 2010
^ Celtic's Neil Lennon hails unplayable Georgios Samaras BBC Sport, 2 January 2011
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^ Celtic 6 - 0 Inverness CT BBC Sport, 22 September 2010
^ St Johnstone 2 - 3 Celtic BBC Sport, 27 October 2010
^ Celtic 4 - 1 Aberdeen: Celtic book place in cup final Scotsman.com Sport, 29 January 2011
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^ First Team Results Celtic FC
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