2011–12 Celtic F.C. season

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Celtic
2011–12 season
ChairmanJohn Reid (until 14 October)
Ian Bankier (from 14 October)
ManagerNeil Lennon
GroundCeltic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupSemi-finals
Scottish League CupFinalists
Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Hooper (24)
All: Gary Hooper (29)

The 2011–12 season was the 118th season of competitive football by Celtic. They finished top of the Scottish Premier League on 93 points.

Background[edit]

Main article: 2010–11 Celtic F.C. season

In the 2010–11 season Celtic finished second in the league having gained 92 points, one less than Rangers. They also lost to their Old Firm rivals in the 2011 League Cup Final, as Rangers won 2–1 after extra time. Celtic's only trophy came after they beat Motherwell 3–0 in the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Celtic were knocked out of both European competitions at the first stage. Europa League final runners-up Braga knocked Celtic out of the Champions League third round after a 4–2 aggregate victory. Utrecht knocked Celtic out of the Europa League play-off round by the same score.

Review[edit]

June[edit]

Several former youth academy players left during the month of June. The most notable being Paul McGowan who went to fellow Scottish Premier League side St Mirren after his contract expired.[1] Ryan Conroy was released by the club and joined Scottish First Division side Dundee.[2] Sean Fitzharris also went to the First Division as he joined Morton[3]

July[edit]

On 1 July, Celtic confirmed the signings of Adam Matthews from Cardiff City,[4] Kelvin Wilson from Nottingham Forest[5] and Dylan McGeouch from Rangers.[6] All three had already signed on pre-contract agreements and joined Celtic after their contracts expired. Three players also left the club after the expiry of their contracts. Former Germany and Sweden internationals Andreas Hinkel[7] and Freddie Ljungberg[8] left along with Ben Hutchinson.[9]

Celtic's pre-season started off with a three-match tour of Australia.[10] The first match was on 2 July and Celtic lost 1–0 against Central Coast Mariners.[11]

On 7 July Niall McGinn joined English League One side Brentford on a season-long loan.[12] The next day Graham Carey signed for St Mirren after Celtic agreed to cancel his contract.[13]

On 9 July Celtic played the second match of their Australian tour and beat Perth Glory 2–0.[14] On the same day Celtic officially signed Victor Wanyama from Belgian Pro League club K. Beerschot AC on a four-year deal.[15][16] He had signed for Celtic nine days earlier but had to wait to get a work permit.[17]

On 13 July Celtic won the final match of their Australian tour as they beat Melbourne Victory 1–0.[18]

Celtic's last friendly before the start of the league campaign was a 1–0 away win over Championship side Cardiff.[19]

Due to the fact that the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League started several weeks earlier than usual, Celtic's first competitive match came on 24 July. Goals from Ki Sung-yueng and Anthony Stokes secured victory over Hibernian, although Gary Hooper also missed a penalty in the match played at Easter Road.[20] Two days later Efraín Juárez moved to La Liga side Real Zaragoza on loan.[21]

Celtic's next game was another friendly against Premier League team Wolverhampton Wanderers which they lost 2–0.[22]

Celtic then finished second in the 2011 Dublin Super Cup after losing 2–0 to Inter Milan on 30 July and beating a League of Ireland XI 5–0, the next day. The other team competing was Manchester City who won the competition.[23]

August[edit]

On 3 August, Celtic lost 2–0 against English Premier League side Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.[24] The next day Darren O'Dea signed for English Championship side Leeds United on a season long loan.[25] Celtic were then drawn against Swiss Cup winners FC Sion in the play-off round of the Europa League.[26] On 7 August Celtic resumed their SPL campaign with a 1–0 win over Aberdeen, Anthony Stokes scored the winner. However, the match was overshadowed by Emilio Izaguirre suffering a broken ankle which was expected to keep him out till the new year.[27] Josh Thompson then went to Championship side Peterborough on loan.[28]

On 17 August, Fraser Forster joined on a loan deal from Newcastle United, having spent the previous season as first choice goalkeeper at Celtic.[29]

On 21 August, Celtic suffered their first home defeat to St Johnstone since 1998 when Dave Mackay scored to give the away side a 1–0 victory.[30]

Richie Towell went to Hibs for a second loan spell.[31] Daryl Murphy went on loan to Ipswich Town.[32]

Greig Spence went on loan to First Division club Hamilton.[33]

Mohamed Bangura also joined the club in a £2.2 million deal from AIK Stockholm.[34]

Badr El Kaddouri joined on a six-month loan from Dynamo Kyiv.[35] Jos Hooiveld went to Southampton on a six-month loan.[36] Shaun Maloney moved to English Premier League side Wigan Athletic for £1 million.[37]

September[edit]

Sion won 3–1 on aggregate, however were found guilty of fielding ineligible players by UEFA and were excluded from the competition. As a result of this Celtic were awarded both matches as 3–0 wins[38] and took Sion's place in the group stage along with Atlético Madrid, Udinese and Stade Rennais.[39]

On 5 September, Morten Rasmussen joined Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor, on a short-term loan, until December.[40]

Celtic drew Ross County in the third round of the League Cup[41] and beat the home side 2–0 at Victoria Park.[42] Celtic were then drawn to play Hibs in the quarter-final.[43]

October[edit]

On 2 October, Celtic lost 2–0 to Hearts at Tynecastle with winger Kris Commons getting sent off. This defeat left Celtic in third place, 10 points behind leaders Rangers.[44] In the following match, Celtic drew 3–3 with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Kilmarnock had been leading 3–0 at half-time but two goals from Anthony Stokes and a Charlie Mulgrew header brought Celtic back into it.[45] Following the Kilmarnock game, Celtic travelled to France to play Rennes in UEFA Europa League action. Rennes led 1–0 at half-time after a mix-up between Cha Du-ri and Fraser Forster, but Joe Ledley scored in the second half with a header to secure a draw.[46] The Bhoys returned to Scottish Premier League action defeating Aberdeen 2–1 at Celtic Park on 23 October 2011.[47] Hibernian were the opponents for the final two games of October. Celtic won 4–1 in the Scottish League Cup[48] before the Edinburgh team secured a 0–0 draw in the Scottish Premier League tie at Celtic Park on 29 October 2011.[49]

November[edit]

Stade Rennais were Celtic's first opponents of November in the Europa League. Celtic won the match 3-1 thanks to an Anthony Stokes double and a third from Gary Hooper.[50] On 5 November 2011, Celtic were third in the Scottish Premier League behind leaders Rangers, who were 15 points clear of their rivals, and Motherwell.[51] Celtic then won four Scottish Premier League ties in November, defeating Motherwell 2–1,[52] Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0,[53] Dunfermline 2-1[54] and St Mirren 5–0.[55] November ended poorly for Celtic after Atlético Madrid won 1–0 in a UEFA Europa League tie at Celtic Park, thanks to a goal from Arda Turan in the second half.[56] However, the excellent league form during November ensured Celtic won a clean-sweep of monthly awards with Neil Lennon winning SPL Manager of the Month, Gary Hooper winning SPL Player of the Month and James Forrest winning SPL Young Player of the Month.[57]

December[edit]

Celtic continued their excellent league form throughout December, winning all five of their Scottish Premier League games. A solitary goal from Gary Hooper in the first half was enough to defeat Dundee Utd[58] whilst a Victor Wanyama strike from 25 yards saw off the challenge of Hearts at Celtic Park the following week.[59] Celtic travelled to Italy to face Udinese in the UEFA Europa League and claimed a 1–1 draw, a result which meant they would exit the tournament at the group stages.[60] Gary Hooper added to his seasonal goal tally in a 2–0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.[61] Georgios Samaras scored both in a 2–1 home win versus Kilmarnock.[62] Celtic's last league game of 2011 was a home game against arch-rivals Rangers. Joe Ledley scored the only goal of the game as Celtic won 1–0.[63] The result meant that Celtic had overturned a 15-point deficit in the Scottish Premier League and moved top of the league, two points clear of Rangers in the title race.

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

2 July 2011 Friendly Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 – 0 Scotland Celtic ANZ Stadium
Hearfield 86' Celtic FC Attendance: 19,482
9 July 2011 Friendly Perth Glory Australia 0 – 2 Scotland Celtic NIB Stadium
Celtic FC Hooper 16'
Mulgrew 51'		 Attendance: 15,350
13 July 2011 Friendly Melbourne Victory Australia 0 – 1 Scotland Celtic AAMI Park
Celtic FC Brown 77' Attendance: 20,294
20 July 2011 Friendly Cardiff City Wales 0 – 1 Scotland Celtic Cardiff City Stadium
Celtic FC Stokes 34' Attendance: 10,276
27 July 2011 Friendly Celtic Scotland 0 – 2 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Celtic Park
Celtic FC O'Hara 23'
Twardzik 73' (o.g.)		 Referee: Muir
30 July 2011 Dublin Super Cup Celtic Scotland 0 – 2 Italy Internazionale Aviva Stadium
Celtic FC Castaignos 7'
Pazzini 45'		 Referee: Hancock
31 July 2011 Dublin Super Cup League of Ireland XI Republic of Ireland 0 – 5 Scotland Celtic Aviva Stadium
Celtic FC Stokes 40', 88'
Murphy 70' (pen.)
Hooper 84', 85'		 Referee: Kelly
3 August 2011 Friendly Swansea City Wales 2 – 0 Scotland Celtic Liberty Stadium
Àngel Rangel 64'
Dobbie 85'		 Celtic FC Referee: Whitby

Scottish Premier League[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League
24 July 2011 SPL Hibernian 0 – 2 Celtic Easter Road
BBC Sport Stokes 14'
Ki 63'		 Attendance: 12,523
Referee: Iain Brines
7 August 2011 SPL Aberdeen 0 – 1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
BBC Sport Stokes 74' Attendance: 12,497
Referee: Calum Murray
13 August 2011 SPL Celtic 5 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Stokes 4'
Hooper 33'
Ki 58'
Ledley 71'
Forrest 90+1'		 BBC Sport Russell 31' Attendance: 50,589
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 August 2011 SPL Celtic 0 – 1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
BBC Sport Mackay 60' Attendance: 52,067
Referee: Brian Winter
28 August 2011 SPL St Mirren 0 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Hooper 6', 12' Attendance: 6,223
Referee: Willie Collum
10 September 2011 SPL Celtic 4 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Forrest 9', 74'
Ledley 33'
Ki 67'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 48,793
Referee: Alan Muir
18 September 2011 SPL Rangers 4 – 2 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
Naismith 23', 90+3'
Jelavić 55'
Lafferty 67'		 BBC Sport Hooper 34'
El Kaddouri 41'		 Attendance: 50,221
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 September 2011 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Ledley 28'
Forrest 33'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 47,382
Referee: Willie Collum
2 October 2011 SPL Hearts 2 – 0 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Skácel 58'
Stevenson 81'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 14,749
Referee: Craig Thomson
15 October 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 3 – 3 Celtic Rugby Park
Shiels 26'
Heffernan 40'
Fowler 45'		 BBC Sport Stokes 73', 76'
Mulgrew 80'		 Attendance: 8,011
Referee: Steve Conroy
23 October 2011 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Ki 17'
Mulgrew 72'		 BBC Sport Jack 59' Attendance: 49,037
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
29 October 2011 SPL Celtic 0 – 0 Hibernian Celtic Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 48,670
Referee: Calum Murray
6 November 2011 SPL Motherwell 1 – 2 Celtic Fir Park
Higdon 11' BBC Sport Stokes 14'
Hooper 80'		 Attendance: 10,440
Referee: Charlie Richmond
19 November 2011 SPL Inverness CT 0 – 2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
BBC Sport Stokes 61', 72' Attendance: 6,435
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
23 November 2011 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Celtic Park
Hooper 6'
Forrest 13'		 BBC Sport Barrowman 86' Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 November 2011 SPL Celtic 5 – 0 St Mirren Celtic Park
Samaras 4'
Hooper 8', 53', 57'
McGeouch 72'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 48,406
Referee: Steven McLean
4 December 2011 SPL Dundee United 0 – 1 Celtic Tannadice Park
BBC Sport Hooper 12' Attendance: 10,980
Referee: Craig Thomson
10 December 2011 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Hearts Celtic Park
Wanyama 72' BBC Sport Attendance: 49,023
Referee: Calum Murray
18 December 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0 – 2 Celtic McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Hooper 60'
Ki 64'		 Attendance: 6,759
Referee: Euan Norris
24 December 2011 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Samaras 45+2', 53' BBC Sport Racchi 87' Attendance: 49,352
Referee: George Salmond
28 December 2011 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Rangers Celtic Park
Ledley 52' BBC Sport Attendance: 58,658
Referee: Willie Collum
2 January 2012 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Celtic East End Park
BBC Sport Stokes 18'
Wanyama 40'
Mulgrew 69'		 Attendance: 10,140
Referee: Iain Brines
14 January 2012 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Hooper 12'
Wanyama 17'		 BBC Sport Rankin 50' Attendance: 50,139
Referee: Brian Winter
21 January 2012 SPL St Mirren 0 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Forrest 71'
Brown 88'		 Attendance: 6,129
Referee: Crawford Allan
8 February 2012 SPL Hearts 0 – 4 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
BBC Sport Brown 3'
Wanyama 20'
Ledley 31'
Hooper 60'		 Attendance: 14,787
Referee: Willie Collum
11 February 2012 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Ledley 16' BBC Sport Attendance: 50,014
Referee: Steven McLean
18 February 2012 SPL Hibernian 0 – 5 Celtic Easter Road
BBC Sport Stokes 14'
Hooper 20', 52'
Mulgrew 47'
Ki 77'		 Attendance: 12,161
Referee: Craig Thomson
22 February 2012 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Celtic Park
Mulgrew 32'
Forrest 75'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
25 February 2012 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Hooper 59' BBC Sport Attendance: 53,486
Referee: Crawford Allan
3 March 2012 SPL Aberdeen 1 – 1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
Blackman 44' (o.g.) BBC Sport Stokes 28' Attendance: 13,127
Referee: Craig Thomson
25 March 2012 SPL Rangers 3 – 2 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
Aluko 11'
Little 72'
Wallace 77'		 BBC Sport Brown 89' (pen.)
Rogne 90+2'		 Attendance: 50,191
Referee: Calum Murray
1 April 2012 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Samaras 66'
Millar 70' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Attendance: 57,848
Referee: George Salmond
7 April 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 6 Celtic Rugby Park
BBC Sport Mulgrew 8', 35'
Loovens 17'
Hooper 45', 90'
Ledley 88'		 Attendance: 15,926
Referee: Alan Muir
22 April 2012 SPL Motherwell 0 – 3 Celtic Fir Park
BBC Sport Watt 63', 66'
Cha 83'		 Attendance: 8,760
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
29 April 2012 SPL Celtic 3 – 0 Rangers Celtic Park
Mulgrew 17'
Commons 31'
Hooper 54'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 58,546
Referee: Calum Murray
3 May 2012 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Stokes 28' BBC Sport Attendance: 50,297
Referee: Crawford Allan
6 May 2012 SPL Dundee United 1 – 0 Celtic Tannadice Park
Robertson 21' BBC Sport Attendance: 9,144
Referee: Iain Brines
13 May 2012 SPL Celtic 5 – 0 Hearts Celtic Park
Hooper 5', 8', 39' (pen.), 66', 87' BBC Sport Attendance: 58,875
Referee: Alan Muir

Europa League[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
18 August 2011 Euro League *Match forfeited Celtic Scotland 0 – 0* Switzerland Sion Celtic Park
UEFA Attendance: 51,525
Referee: Marijo Strahonja
25 August 2011 Euro League *Match forfeited Sion Switzerland 3 – 1* Scotland Celtic Stade Tourbillon
Feindouno 3' (pen.), 63'
Sio 82'		 UEFA Mulgrew 78' Attendance: 10,145
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
15 September 2011 Group stage Atlético Madrid Spain 2 – 0 Scotland Celtic Vicente Calderón Stadium
Falcao 3'
Diego 68'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Peter Rasmussen
29 September 2011 Group stage Celtic Scotland 1 – 1 Italy Udinese Celtic Park
Ki 3' (pen.) BBC Sport Abdi 88' (pen.) Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım
20 October 2011 Group stage Rennes France 1 – 1 Scotland Celtic Route de Lorient
Cha 30' (o.g.) BBC Sport Ledley 70' Attendance: 21,825
Referee: Robert Malek
3 November 2011 Group stage Celtic Scotland 3 – 1 France Rennes Celtic Park
Stokes 30', 43'
Hooper 70'		 BBC Sport Mangane 2' Attendance: 28,578
Referee: Duarte Paixão
30 November 2011 Group stage Celtic Scotland 0 – 1 Spain Atlético Madrid Celtic Park
BBC Sport Turan 30' Attendance: 33,257
Referee: Eric Braamhar
15 December 2011 Group stage Udinese Italy 1 – 1 Scotland Celtic Stadio Friuli
Di Natale 45+1' BBC Sport Hooper 29' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Michail Koukoulakis

*Celtic were awarded the match after Sion had fielded ineligible players and were disqualified from the Europa League by UEFA.

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
21 September 2011 Third round Ross County 0 – 2 Celtic Victoria Park
BBC Sport Hooper 13'
Boyd 51' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 5,367
Referee: Calum Murray
26 October 2011 Quarter-final Hibernian 1 – 4 Celtic Easter Road
Majstorović 4' (o.g.) BBC Sport Forrest 46', 58'
Stokes 64'
Hooper 69'		 Attendance: 10,569
Referee: Willie Collum
29 January 2012 Semi-final Falkirk 1 – 3 Celtic Hampden Park
Fulton 40' BBC Sport Brown 27' (pen.)
Stokes 56', 86'		 Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Euan Norris
18 March 2012 Final Celtic 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Hampden Park
BBC Sport van Tornhout 84' Attendance: 49,572
Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup
8 January 2012 Fourth round Peterhead 0 – 3 Celtic Balmoor Stadium
BBC Sport Stokes 36', 57', 82' Attendance: 4,505
Referee: Alan Muir
4 February 2012 Fifth round Inverness CT 0 – 2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
BBC Sport Samaras 33'
Brown 68' (pen.)		 Attendance: 5,743
Referee: Calum Murray
11 March 2012 Quarter-final Dundee United 0 – 4 Celtic Tannadice Park
BBC Sport Ledley 53'
Samaras 70'
Stokes 86'
Brown 90' (pen.)		 Attendance: 12,270
Referee: Iain Brines
15 April 2012 Semi-final Celtic 1 – 2 Hearts Hampden Park
Hooper 87' BBC Sport Skácel 47'
Beattie 90' (pen.)		 Attendance: 36,609
Referee: Euan Norris

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

Last updated 8 May 2012[64]

Key: = Appearances, = Goals, Yellow card = Yellow card, Red card = Red card

Number Nation Position Name Total League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 England GK Fraser Forster 47 0 1 0 33 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
2 Wales DF Adam Matthews 37 0 1 0 27 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
3 Honduras DF Emilio Izaguirre 14 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Mexico MF Efraín Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Morocco DF Badr El Kaddouri 7 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Sweden DF Daniel Majstorović 25 0 3 2 17 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 England DF Kelvin Wilson 22 0 2 0 15 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
8 Scotland MF Scott Brown (C) 32 6 3 0 21 3 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 0
9 Greece MF Georgios Samaras 38 6 2 0 26 4 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
10 Republic of Ireland FW Anthony Stokes 47 21 3 0 34 12 2 0 5 2 1 0 4 3 0 0 4 4 0 0
11 South Korea DF Cha Du-Ri 23 1 2 1 14 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 Scotland DF Mark Wilson 11 0 2 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Scotland FW Shaun Maloney 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Bangura 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Scotland MF Kris Commons 33 1 0 1 24 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
16 Wales MF Joe Ledley 46 9 0 0 32 7 0 0 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
17 Poland FW Paweł Brożek 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 South Korea MF Ki Sung-yueng 41 7 4 0 29 6 3 0 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
19 Denmark FW Morten Rasmussen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Northern Ireland MF Paddy McCourt 18 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
21 Scotland DF Charlie Mulgrew 44 9 1 1 30 8 2 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
22 Netherlands DF Glenn Loovens 16 1 2 0 11 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 Sweden DF Mikael Lustig 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 Poland GK Łukasz Załuska 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
25 Norway DF Thomas Rogne 17 1 1 0 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 Scotland FW Tony Watt 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Israel MF Beram Kayal 28 0 7 0 19 0 4 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
39 England DF Andre Blackman 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nigeria MF Rabiu Ibrahim 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Scotland MF Dylan McGeouch 8 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
47 United States GK Dominic Cervi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Republic of Ireland DF Darren O'Dea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Scotland FW James Forrest 43 9 1 0 29 7 1 0 8 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
50 Republic of Ireland MF Paul George 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 Czech Republic DF Filip Twardzik 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
67 Kenya MF Victor Wanyama 42 4 3 1 29 4 2 1 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
88 England FW Gary Hooper 50 29 4 0 37 24 1 0 6 2 3 0 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 0

Goalscorers[edit]

Last updated 21 January 2012

R Player Scottish
Premier
League
 Scottish
Cup 		Scottish
League
Cup 		Europa
League 		Total
1 England Gary Hooper 24 1 2 2 29
2 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 12 4 3 2 21
3 Scotland James Forrest 7 0 2 0 9
Wales Joe Ledley 7 1 0 1 9
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 8 0 0 1 9
4 South Korea Ki Sung-yueng 6 0 0 1 7
5 Greece Georgios Samaras 4 2 0 0 6
Scotland Scott Brown 3 2 1 0 6
6 Kenya Victor Wanyama 4 0 0 0 4
7 Scotland Tony Watt 2 0 0 0 2
8 Morocco Badr El Kaddouri 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Dylan McGeouch 1 0 0 0 1
Norway Thomas Rogne 1 0 0 0 1
Netherlands Glenn Loovens 1 0 0 0 1
South Korea Cha Du-Ri 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Kris Commons 1 0 0 0 1

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21 +63 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers (D, R) 38 26 5 7 77 28 +49 73 [a]
3 Motherwell 38 18 8 12 49 44 +5 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 11 11 62 50 +12 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43 +2 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[65] As Rangers did not exit administration by 31 March, they were ineligible to compete in Europe in the 2012–13 season. Rangers were unable to agree a CVA with their creditors and the club entered proceedings to be liquidated.[66] After being reformed in a new corporate structure, Rangers were admitted into the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division in time for the start of the season.[67]
  2. ^ Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

Technical staff[edit]

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 John Park
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[edit]

Player Award Month
Scotland James Forrest SPL Young Player of the Month September[68]
Scotland James Forrest SPL Young Player of the Month November[57]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month November[57]
England Gary Hooper SPL Player of the Month November[57]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month December[69]
Kenya Victor Wanyama SPL Young Player of the Month December[69]
Scotland Scott Brown SPL Player of the Month January[70]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month February[71]
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew SPL Player of the Month February[72]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month April[73]
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew SPL Player of the Month April[74]

Transfers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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