2012–13 Celtic F.C. season

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Celtic
2012–13 season
ChairmanIan Bankier
ManagerNeil Lennon
GroundCeltic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupWinners
Scottish League CupSemi-Finals
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gary Hooper (19)
All:
Gary Hooper (31)
Highest home attendance59,168 vs Spartak Moscow (5 December 2012)
Lowest home attendance14,399 vs St Johnstone (30 October 2012)
Away colours
Third colours

The 2012–13 season was the 124th season of competitive football by Celtic.

Review[]

Celtic went about their 2012–13 league campaign in a steady if not always inspiring manner.[1] Motherwell, Inverness Caley Thistle and briefly Hibernian all either had spells at the top of the table, or thereabouts, but by Christmas Celtic had found a steady run of form to pull themselves comfortably clear of the pack.[1] Celtic eventually clinched their 44th League title on 21 April 2013 with a 4–1 win over Inverness CT at Parkhead.[2] Celtic's run in the League Cup saw them comfortably dispose of Raith Rovers (4–1)[3] and St Johnstone (5–0)[4] in the earlier rounds. St Mirren, however, pulled off an unexpected but deserved 3–2 win over Celtic in the semi-final.[5]

Celtic's 2013 Scottish Cup campaign began inauspiciously with a home 1–1 draw against Second Division side, Arbroath. Celtic won the replay 1–0 with an Adam Matthews goal, but were again unconvincing. Celtic played Raith Rovers at Starks Park in the next round and eventually overcame a defensive performance by Raith to win 3–0, with Kris Commons, Charlie Mulgrew and James Forrest scoring the goals.[6] In the quarter-finals, Celtic were drawn away to St Mirren, who had eliminated Celtic from the 2012–13 Scottish League Cup a month beforehand.[7] Early goals by Joe Ledley and Anthony Stokes, either side of an equaliser by St Mirren, gave Celtic a 2–1 victory at St Mirren Park.[7] In the semi-final at Hampden Park, Celtic won a thrilling match by 4–3 after extra time against Dundee United.[8] A Kris Commons goal gave Celtic an early lead, but United scored twice midway through the first half to lead 2–1.[8] Victor Wanyama scored an equaliser almost immediately and Commons scored another goal after 60 minutes to give Celtic a 3–2 lead.[8] Jon Daly scored his second goal of the game to equalise and force extra time.[8] Soon after Daly had hit the post, Anthony Stokes scored the winning goal.[8]

Celtic met Hibernian in the Scottish Cup Final on 26 May 2013. For the first time in its history, the Cup Final was played on a Sunday.[9] This was done to comply with UEFA regulations which prohibit televised matches being played on the same day as the UEFA Champions League Final. Celtic won the cup and clinched a League and Cup double with a 3–0 win; two first-half goals from Gary Hooper putting Celtic into a comfortable position before Joe Ledley added a third late on in the second half to put the matter beyond doubt.[10]

As Scottish Champions from the previous season, Celtic had the opportunity to take part in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League. However, two qualifying rounds had first to be negotiated, which Celtic managed to do with 4–1 and 4–0 aggregate wins over HJK Helsinki and Helsingborgs IF. Celtic, as fourth-ranked seeds, found themselves drawn in Group G with Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow.[11]

On 2 October 2012, Celtic achieved their first ever away win in the group stages of the Champions League with a 3–2 win in Russia over Spartak Moscow, Georgios Samaras scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute.[12] Celtic's home match with Barcelona in November 2012 coincided with the week of Celtic's 125th Anniversary.[13] As such, an 'Ultras' styled section of the Celtic support called the Green Brigade organised a full stadium pre-match card display (a 'tifo') to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary.[14] The display featured a Celtic cross, green and white hoops and 125 Celtic in written form, with supporters earning the praise of club chairman Peter Lawwell.[15] A memorable night was completed when goals from Victor Wanyama and 18-year-old striker Tony Watt gave Celtic a shock 2–1 win over Barcelona.[16] Goalkeeper Fraser Forster produced an outstanding performance in the game, winning the praise of the Spanish media who nicknamed him "La Gran Muralla" ("The Great Wall").[17]

Celtic secured their progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League on 5 December 2012 with a 2–1 home win over Spartak Moscow, Kris Commons scoring the winning goal in 82 minutes with a penalty.[18] Celtic were drawn against Juventus, where they succumbed to a 5–0 aggregate defeat in the spring 2013 to go out of the tournament.[19] Despite the result against Juventus, Celtic and Neil Lennon won praise for their Champions League campaign.[20][21][22]

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies[]

10 July 2012 Friendly FC Augsburg Germany 0 – 0 Scotland Celtic
Celtic Report Attendance: 4,200
15 July 2012 Friendly Stuttgarter Kickers Germany 1 – 0 Scotland Celtic Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Jatta Goal 41' Celtic Report Attendance: 6,800
17 July 2012 Friendly VfR Aalen Germany 1 – 2 Scotland Celtic Scholz-Arena
Hübner Goal 4' Celtic Report Hooper Goal 64'
Stokes Goal 77'		 Attendance: 3,144
21 July 2012 Friendly Ajax Netherlands 4 – 0 Scotland Celtic Amsterdam Arena
De Jong Goal 13'
Sigþórsson Goal 21'
Serero Goal 27'
Blind Goal 66' (pen.)		 Celtic Report
25 July 2012 Friendly Celtic Scotland 0 – 1 England Norwich City Celtic Park
Celtic Report Holt Goal 89'
28 July 2012 Friendly Celtic Scotland 1 – 1 Italy Internazionale Celtic Park
Commons Goal 41' Celtic Report Palacio Goal 88'
11 August 2012 Friendly Real Madrid Spain 2 – 0 Scotland Celtic Lincoln Financial Field
Callejón Goal 22'
Benzema Goal 67'		 Celtic Report
15 January 2013 Friendly Celtic Scotland 2 – 1 Romania Steaua București Marbella Football Center, Marbella
Samaras Goal 50'
Bangura Goal 53'		 [1] Nikolić Goal 13'

Scottish Premier League[]

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
4 August 2012 Celtic 1 – 0 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Commons Goal 79' BBC Sport Attendance: 48,251
Referee: Calum Murray
18 August 2012 SPL Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Global Energy Stadium
Brittain Goal 49' BBC Sport Commons Goal 90+3' Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Craig Thomson
25 August 2012 SPL Inverness CT 2 – 4 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Draper Goal 82', 87' BBC Sport Wanyama Goal 4'
Watt Goal 25', 64'
Mulgrew Goal 48'		 Attendance: 6,100
Referee: William Collum
1 September 2012 SPL Celtic 2 – 2 Hibernian Celtic Park
Lustig Goal 10', 69' BBC Sport Clancy Goal 53'
Cairney Goal 73'		 Attendance: 45,867
Referee: Iain Brines
15 September 2012 SPL St Johnstone 2 – 1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
Tadé Goal 18'
Vine Goal 80'		 BBC Sport Commons Goal 4' Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Euan Norris
22 September 2012 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Dundee Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 43'
Wanyama Goal 49'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 41,073
Referee: John Beaton
29 September 2012 SPL Motherwell 0 – 2 Celtic Fir Park
BBC Sport Hooper Goal 32'
Cummins Goal 35' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 10,496
Referee: Iain Brines
7 October 2012 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Hearts Celtic Park
Samaras Goal 34' BBC Sport Attendance: 46,204
Referee: Craig Thomson
20 October 2012 SPL St Mirren 0 – 5 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Hooper Goal 15'
Ambrose Goal 18'
Wanyama Goal 32', 38'
Watt Goal 86'		 Attendance: 6,008
Referee: Calum Murray
27 October 2012 SPL Celtic 0 – 2 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
BBC Sport Sheridan Goal 43'
Kelly Goal 62' (pen.)		 Attendance: 47,971
Referee: Crawford Allan
4 November 2012 SPL Dundee United 2 – 2 Celtic Tannadice Park
Mackay-Steven Goal 88'
Ambrose Goal 90+2' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Miku Goal 69'
Watt Goal 80'		 Attendance: 10,521
Referee: William Collum
11 November 2012 SPL Celtic 1 – 1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Watt Goal 51' BBC Sport Hasselbaink Goal 77' Attendance: 42,345
Referee: Iain Brines
17 November 2012 SPL Aberdeen 0 – 2 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
BBC Sport Lassad Goal 73'
Mulgrew Goal 77'		 Attendance: 18,083
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 November 2012 SPL Celtic 0 – 1 Inverness CT Celtic Park
BBC Sport McKay Goal 64' Attendance: 44,379
Referee: Calum Murray
28 November 2012 SPL Hearts 0 – 4 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
BBC Sport Lassad Goal 10'
Lustig Goal 22'
Stevenson Goal 30' (o.g.)
Hooper Goal 83'		 Attendance: 15,264
Referee: William Collum
8 December 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 3 Celtic Rugby Park
Sheridan Goal 90+1' BBC Sport Brown Goal 27'
Ledley Goal 65'
Samaras Goal 74'		 Attendance: 6,501
Referee: Craig Thomson
15 December 2012 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 St Mirren Celtic Park
Wanyama Goal 15'
Hooper Goal 83'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 47,790
Referee: Calum Murray
22 December 2012 SPL Celtic 4 – 0 Ross County Celtic Park
Brown Goal 46'
Hooper Goal 53', 64'
Forrest Goal 70'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 49,428
Referee: Euan Norris
26 December 2012 SPL Dundee 0 – 2 Celtic Dens Park
BBC Sport Samaras Goal 16'
Hooper Goal 71'		 Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Iain Brines
29 December 2012 SPL Hibernian 1 – 0 Celtic Easter Road
Griffiths Goal 9' BBC Sport Attendance: 16,805
Referee: Craig Thomson
2 January 2013 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 79' BBC Sport Attendance: 48,002
Referee: Steven McLean
19 January 2013 SPL Celtic 4 – 1 Hearts Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 2', 85'
Samaras Goal 12'
Lassad Goal 90+1'		 BBC Sport Holt Goal 69' Attendance: 48,374
Referee: Iain Brines
22 January 2013 SPL Celtic 4 – 0 Dundee United Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 19', 80'
Wanyama Goal 33'
Brown Goal 84'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 42,596
Referee: Euan Norris
30 January 2013 SPL Celtic 4 – 1 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Ledley Goal 41'
Matthews Goal 50', 83'
Stokes Goal 78'		 BBC Sport Sheridan Goal 48' Attendance: 43,652
Referee: Calum Murray
9 February 2013 SPL Inverness CT 1 – 3 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Ross Goal 9' BBC Sport Commons Goal 20'
Gershon Goal 48'
Miku Goal 82'		 Attendance: 6,175
Referee: Craig Thomson
16 February 2013 SPL Celtic 6 – 2 Dundee United Celtic Park
Ambrose Goal 11'
Commons Goal 22', 55' (pen.)
Ledley Goal 37'
Stokes Goal 70', 82'		 BBC Sport Armstrong Goal 10'
Russell Goal 90'		 Attendance: 46,496
Referee: Bobby Madden
19 February 2013 SPL St Johnstone 1 – 1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
Hasselbaink Goal 82' BBC Sport Ambrose Goal 36' Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Euan Norris
24 February 2013 SPL Celtic 5 – 0 Dundee Celtic Park
Ledley Goal 13', 72'
Forrest Goal 50' (pen.)
McGeouch Goal 57'
Hooper Goal 83'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 39,959
Referee: Kevin Clancy
27 February 2013 SPL Motherwell 2 – 1 Celtic Fir Park
Humphrey Goal 31'
Higdon Goal 73'		 BBC Sport Samaras Goal 63' Attendance: 8,641
Referee: Iain Brines
9 March 2013 SPL Ross County 3 – 2 Celtic Global Energy Stadium
Munro Goal 30'
Morrow Goal 36'
Wohlfarth Goal 90'		 BBC Sport Mulgrew Goal 15'
Hooper Goal 21'		 Attendance: 6,031
Referee: William Collum
16 March 2013 SPL Celtic 4 – 3 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Commons Goal 1'
Mulgrew Goal 68'
Hooper Goal 87'
Samaras Goal 90+4'		 BBC Sport Vernon Goal 45'
Magennis Goal 53', 60'		 Attendance: 46,395
Referee: Steven McLean
31 March 2013 SPL St Mirren 1 – 1 Celtic St Mirren Park
McGowan Goal 81' (pen.) BBC Sport Commons Goal 6' Attendance: 6,066
Referee: Bobby Madden
6 April 2013 SPL Celtic 3 – 0 Hibernian Celtic Park
Commons Goal 16', 52'
Lustig Goal 61'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 49,174
Referee: John Beaton
21 April 2013 SPL Celtic 4 – 1 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 61', 73'
Ledley Goal 66'
Samaras Goal 89'		 BBC Sport Doran Goal 90+2' Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 April 2013 SPL Motherwell 3 – 1 Celtic Fir Park
Ojamaa Goal 45'
Higdon Goal 50' (pen.)
Forster Goal 54' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Hooper Goal 39' Attendance: 7,503
Referee: Euan Norris
5 May 2013 SPL Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Global Energy Stadium
Vigurs Goal 41' BBC Sport Stokes Goal 4' Attendance: 5,873
Referee: Steven McLean
11 May 2013 SPL Celtic 4 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Ledley Goal 2'
Mulgrew Goal 36'
Forrest Goal 51'
Wright Goal 90+1' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Alan Muir
19 May 2013 SPL Dundee United 0 – 4 Celtic Tannadice Park
BBC Sport Commons Goal 12'
Samaras Goal 17', 27'
Stokes Goal 85'		 Attendance: 8,717
Referee: John Beaton

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League
1 August 2012 Third Qualifying Celtic Scotland 2 – 1 Finland HJK Helsinki Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 55'
Mulgrew Goal 61'		 BBC Sport Schüller Goal 47' Attendance: 51,202
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka
8 August 2012 Third Qualifying HJK Helsinki Finland 0 – 2 Scotland Celtic Sonera Stadium
BBC Sport Ledley Goal 67'
Samaras Goal 86'		 Attendance: 10,269
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
21 August 2012 Play-Off Round Helsingborgs IF Sweden 0 – 2 Scotland Celtic Olympia
BBC Sport Commons Goal 2'
Samaras Goal 75'		 Attendance: 12,200
Referee: Olegário Benquerença
29 August 2012 Play-Off Round Celtic Scotland 2 – 0 Sweden Helsingborgs IF Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 30'
Wanyama Goal 88'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 51,566
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo
19 September 2012 Group Stage Celtic Scotland 0 – 0 Portugal Benfica Celtic Park
UEFA Report Attendance: 57,759
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
2 October 2012 Group Stage Spartak Moscow Russia 2 – 3 Scotland Celtic Luzhniki Stadium
Emenike Goal 41', 48' UEFA Report Hooper Goal 12'
D. Kombarov Goal 71' (o.g.)
Samaras Goal 90'		 Attendance: 43,351
Referee: Tony Chapron
23 October 2012 Group Stage Barcelona Spain 2 – 1 Scotland Celtic Camp Nou
Iniesta Goal 45'
Alba Goal 90+4'		 UEFA Report Samaras Goal 18' Attendance: 77,781
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
7 November 2012 Group Stage Celtic Scotland 2 – 1 Spain Barcelona Celtic Park
Wanyama Goal 21'
Watt Goal 83'		 BBC Sport Messi Goal 90+1' Attendance: 58,841[23][24][25]
Referee: Björn Kuipers
20 November 2012 Group Stage Benfica Portugal 2 – 1 Scotland Celtic Estádio da Luz
John Goal 7'
Garay Goal 71'		 UEFA Report Samaras Goal 32' Attendance: 47,065
Referee: Viktor Kassai
5 December 2012 Group Stage Celtic Scotland 2 – 1 Russia Spartak Moscow Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 21'
Commons Goal 82' (pen.)		 UEFA Report Ari Goal 39' Attendance: 59,168
Referee: Felix Brych
12 February 2013 Knockout Round Celtic Scotland 0 – 3 Italy Juventus Celtic Park
BBC Sport Matri Goal 3'
Marchisio Goal 77'
Vučinić Goal 83'		 Attendance: 57,917
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
6 March 2013 Knockout Round Juventus Italy 2 – 0 Scotland Celtic Juventus Stadium
Matri Goal 24'
Quagliarella Goal 65'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Fırat Aydınus
Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
Scotland Celtic 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
Russia Spartak Moscow 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish League Cup
25 September 2012 Third Round Celtic 4 – 1 Raith Rovers Celtic Park
Hooper Goal 12', 37', 58', 60' BBC Sport Walker Goal 28' Attendance: 14,737
Referee: Alan Muir
30 October 2012 Quarter Final Celtic 5 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Commons Goal 28', 32', 57' (pen.)
Hooper Goal 38'
Mulgrew Goal 61'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 14,399
Referee: Bobby Madden
27 January 2013 Semi Final St Mirren 3 – 2 Celtic Hampden Park
Esmaël Goal 8'
McGowan Goal 64' (pen.)
Thompson Goal 69'		 BBC Sport Hooper Goal 44'
Mulgrew Goal 90+1'		 Attendance: 24,417
Referee: William Collum

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Cup
1 December 2012 Fourth Round Celtic 1 – 1 Arbroath Celtic Park
Keddie Goal 36' (o.g.) Celtic Report Doris Goal 87' Attendance: 15,000[26]
Referee: Craig Charleston
12 December 2012 Fourth Round RP Arbroath 0 – 1 Celtic Gayfield Park
BBC Sport Matthews Goal 18' Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Craig Charleston
3 February 2013 Fifth Round Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Celtic Stark's Park
BBC Sport Commons Goal 56' (pen.)
Forrest Goal 83'
Mulgrew Goal 86'		 Attendance: 7,775[27]
Referee: Steven McLean
2 March 2013 Quarter Final St Mirren 1 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
Esmaël Goal 13' BBC Sport Ledley Goal 5'
Stokes Goal 21'		 Attendance: 5,572
Referee: Alan Muir
14 April 2013 Semi Final Dundee United 3 – 4 Celtic Hampden Park
Mackay-Steven Goal 24'
Daly Goal 30', 71'		 BBC Sport Commons Goal 2', 60'
Wanyama Goal 31'
Stokes Goal 104'		 Attendance: 27,799
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 May 2013 Final Hibernian 0 – 3 Celtic Hampden Park
BBC Sport Hooper Goal 8', 31'
Ledley Goal 80'		 Attendance: 51,254
Referee: William Collum

Player statistics[]

Squad[]

Last updated 26 May 2013[28]

Key: Black shirt.png = Appearances, Goal = Goals, Yellow card = Yellow card, Red card = Red card

Number Nation Position Name Total League Champions League League Cup Scottish Cup
Black shirt.png Goal Yellow card Red card Black shirt.png Goal Yellow card Red card Black shirt.png Goal Yellow card Red card Black shirt.png Goal Yellow card Red card Black shirt.png Goal Yellow card Red card
1 England GK Fraser Forster 51 0 5 0 34 0 4 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
2 Wales DF Adam Matthews 38 3 2 0 22 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
3 Honduras DF Emilio Izaguirre 50 0 4 0 33 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
4 Nigeria DF Efe Ambrose 41 3 4 0 27 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
5 Israel DF Rami Gershon 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 England DF Kelvin Wilson 50 0 5 0 32 0 4 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
7 Venezuela FW Miku 14 2 3 0 11 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Scotland MF Scott Brown (C) 32 3 8 0 17 3 4 0 10 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
9 Greece FW Georgios Samaras 40 14 7 0 25 9 4 0 10 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
10 Republic of Ireland FW Anthony Stokes 23 7 0 0 17 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
11 Tunisia FW Lassad 19 3 0 0 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
14 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Bangura 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Scotland MF Kris Commons 46 19 2 0 27 11 1 0 12 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 4 3 0 0
16 Wales MF Joe Ledley 41 10 2 0 25 7 0 0 9 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 4 2 0 0
18 Australia MF Tom Rogic 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Northern Ireland MF Paddy McCourt 20 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 Scotland DF Charlie Mulgrew 49 9 9 0 30 5 4 0 12 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0
23 Sweden DF Mikael Lustig 38 3 3 0 23 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
24 Poland GK Łukasz Załuska 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
25 Norway DF Thomas Rogne 19 0 2 0 13 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
26 Sweden GK Viktor Noring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Republic of Ireland FW Daryl Murphy 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Scotland FW James Keatings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Scotland MF John Herron 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Scotland FW Tony Watt 29 6 2 0 20 5 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
33 Israel MF Beram Kayal 40 0 8 0 26 0 4 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
35 Scotland GK Robbie Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Australia DF Jackson Irvine 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Bahrudin Atajić 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Scotland MF Callum McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Scotland DF Joe Chalmers 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Scotland DF Lewis Toshney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Scotland MF Dylan McGeouch 15 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
49 Scotland MF James Forrest 29 4 3 0 15 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
50 Republic of Ireland MF Paul George 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 Czech Republic MF Filip Twardzik 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 Czech Republic FW Patrik Twardzik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67 Kenya MF Victor Wanyama 49 9 15 2 32 6 9 1 10 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 0
88 England FW Gary Hooper 51 31 2 0 31 19 1 0 11 4 1 0 3 6 0 0 5 2 0 0
Players who no longer play for Celtic
30 Scotland MF Paul Slane 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 England DF Andre Blackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nigeria MF Rabiu Ibrahim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Goalscorers[]

Last updated 28 April 2013

R Player Scottish
Premier
League
 Scottish
Cup 		Scottish
League
Cup 		UEFA
Champions
League 		Total
1 England Gary Hooper 19 2 6 4 31
2 Scotland Kris Commons 11 3 3 2 19
3 Greece Georgios Samaras 9 0 0 5 14
4 Wales Joe Ledley 7 2 0 1 10
5 Kenya Victor Wanyama 6 1 0 2 9
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 5 1 2 1 9
7 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 5 2 0 0 7
8 Scotland Tony Watt 5 0 0 1 6
9 Scotland James Forrest 3 1 0 0 4
10 Tunisia Lassad 3 0 0 0 3
Nigeria Efe Ambrose 3 0 0 0 3
Scotland Scott Brown 3 0 0 0 3
Wales Adam Matthews 2 1 0 0 3
Sweden Mikael Lustig 3 0 0 0 3
15 Venezuela Miku 2 0 0 0 2
16 Israel Rami Gershon 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Dylan McGeouch 1 0 0 0 1
Total 88 13 11 16 128

Technical staff[]

Position Staff
Manager Neil Lennon
Assistant Manager Johan Mjallby
First Team Coach Garry Parker
Goalkeeping Coach Stevie Woods
Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart
Head of Recruitment
Head Physiotherapist Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy
Doctor Ian Sharpe
Head of Sports Science Kenny McMillan
Sports Scientists Bill Styles

Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source:[citation needed]

Celtic personnel awards[]

Last updated 22 September 2012

Player Award Month
Scotland Tony Watt SPL Young Player of the Month August[29]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month December
Wales Adam Matthews SPL Young Player of the Month January
England Gary Hooper SPL Player of the Month January

Team statistics[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHA
ResultWDWDLWWWWLDDWLWWWWWLWWWWWWDWLLWDWWLDWW
Position24115311111211111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2013. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers[]

See also[]

  • Nine in a row
  • List of Celtic F.C. seasons

References[]

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