2020–21 Celtic F.C. season
The 2020–21 season will be Celtic's 132nd season of competitive football. Celtic will compete in the Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup and UEFA Champions League.
2020–21 season | |||
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Chairman | Ian Bankier | ||
Manager | Neil Lennon | ||
Stadium | Celtic Park | ||
Scottish Premiership | 6th | ||
Champions League | First qualifying round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Odsonne Édouard (3) All: Odsonne Édouard (3) | ||
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Pre-season and friendlies
Celtic held a pre-season training camp in Loughborough (England), before continuing their preparations in France with friendlies against Nice, Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain.[1][2] They rounded off pre-season with friendlies against Ross County and Hibernian at Celtic Park.[3]
16 July 2020 Friendly | Nice | 1–1 | Celtic | Décines-Charpieu, France |
17:15 BST | Dolberg ![]() |
Report | Klimala ![]() |
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais |
18 July 2020 Friendly | Lyon | 2–1 | Celtic | Décines-Charpieu, France |
19:45 BST | Dembélé ![]() Depay ![]() |
Report | Elyounoussi ![]() |
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais |
21 July 2020 Friendly | Paris Saint-Germain | 4–0 | Celtic | Paris, France |
18:00 BST | Mbappé ![]() Neymar ![]() Herrera ![]() Sarabia ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes |
26 July 2020 Friendly | Celtic | 2–0 | Ross County | Glasgow |
13:00 BST | Donaldson ![]() Elyounoussi ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Celtic Park |
Scottish Premiership
The Scottish Premiership fixture list was announced on 6 July 2020. Celtic began their title defence against Hamilton Academical at Celtic Park.[4]
2 August 2020 | Celtic | 5–1 | Hamilton Academical | Glasgow |
16:30 BST | Édouard ![]() Frimpong ![]() Klimala ![]() |
BBC Sport Celtic Report |
Martin ![]() |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum |
9 August 2020 | Kilmarnock | 1–1 | Celtic | Kilmarnock |
16:30 BST | Burke ![]() |
BBC Sport Celtic Report |
Christie ![]() |
Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Muir |
22 August 2020 | Dundee United | v | Celtic | Dundee |
17:30 BST | Stadium: Tannadice Park |
Scottish League Cup
Celtic will enter the Scottish League Cup at the second round.
Scottish Cup
Celtic will enter the Scottish Cup at the fourth round.
UEFA Champions League
Celtic will enter the Champions League at the first qualifying round. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all qualifiers will be played as one-legged ties, with the exception of the Champions League play-off round, which will be played over two legs.[5]
First qualifying round
On 9 August, Celtic were drawn to face KR Reykjavík (Iceland) in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.[6]
18 August 2020 1Q | Celtic ![]() | v | ![]() | Glasgow |
19:45 BST | Report | Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria) |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Champions League | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Vasilis Barkas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | GK | ![]() |
Scott Bain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
65 | GK | ![]() |
Conor Hazard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
2 | DF | ![]() |
Christopher Jullien | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | ![]() |
Greg Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | ![]() |
Boli Bolingoli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | DF | ![]() |
Jeremie Frimpong | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
35 | DF | ![]() |
Kristoffer Ajer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
44 | DF | ![]() |
Hatem Abd Elhamed | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
56 | DF | ![]() |
Anthony Ralston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
6 | MF | ![]() |
Nir Bitton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | ![]() |
Scott Brown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | MF | ![]() |
Ismaila Soro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | MF | ![]() |
Ryan Christie | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | ![]() |
Tom Rogic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | ![]() |
Mikey Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | MF | ![]() |
Olivier Ntcham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | MF | ![]() |
Mohamed Elyounoussi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
28 | MF | ![]() |
Luca Connell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | MF | ![]() |
Callum McGregor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | MF | ![]() |
James Forrest | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
52 | MF | ![]() |
Ewan Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
77 | MF | ![]() |
Karamoko Dembélé | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
9 | FW | ![]() |
Leigh Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | ![]() |
Albian Ajeti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | FW | ![]() |
Patryk Klimala | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | FW | ![]() |
Odsonne Édouard | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Departures |
Last updated: 9 August 2020
Source: Competitions
- Notes
Goalscorers
R | No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Champions League | Total |
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1 | 22 | FW | ![]() |
Odsonne Édouard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | 11 | FW | ![]() |
Patryk Klimala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | MF | ![]() |
Ryan Christie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
30 | DF | ![]() |
Jeremie Frimpong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 9 August 2020
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Celtic first squad during the season.
N | P | Nat. | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Champions League | Total | Notes | ||||||||||
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3 | DF | ![]() |
Taylor | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
8 | MF | ![]() |
Brown | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 9 August 2020
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by
Hat-tricks
Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
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5–1 (H) | 2 August 2020 | Premiership |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral
Clean sheets
As of 9 August 2020.
Rank | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Champions League | Total | Played Games |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Attendances
- As of match played 2 August 2020
Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low | |
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Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
League Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scottish Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Champions League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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4 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
5 | St Mirren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | |
6 | Celtic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
7 | St Johnstone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
8 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[9]
Notes:
- Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
Competition overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Premiership | 2 August 2020 | – | Matchday 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 50.00 |
Champions League | 18 August 2020 | – | 1st Round | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
League Cup | – | – | 2nd Round | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Scottish Cup | – | – | 4th Round | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 50.00 |
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Club
Technical staff
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Neil Lennon[10] |
Assistant Manager | John Kennedy[11] |
First Team Coach | Gavin Strachan[12] |
Goalkeeping Coach | Stevie Woods[13] |
Head of Football Operations | Nick Hammond[14] |
Head Physiotherapist | Tim Williamson[15] |
Head of Fitness and Conditioning | John Currie[16] |
Head of Sports Science | Jack Nayler[16] |
First Team Nutritionist | Rob Naughton[17] |
Last updated: 1 July 2020
Source: celticfc.net
Transfers
In
Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
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MF | ![]() |
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Loan | Summer | 2021 | Loan[22][23] |
GK | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | 2024 | £4,500,000[24][25] |
FW | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | 2024 | £4,500,000[26][27] |
Out
Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
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MF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed[28] |
DF | ![]() |
Unattached | End of contract | Summer | Free[29] |
DF | ![]() |
Unattached | End of contract | Summer | Free[30] |
MF | ![]() |
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End of contract | Summer | Free[30][31] |
FW | ![]() |
Unattached | End of contract | Summer | Free[32] |
GK | ![]() |
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End of contract | Summer | Free[33][34] |
FW | ![]() |
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Loan | Summer | Loan[35] |
MF | ![]() |
Unattached | End of contract | Summer | Free[36] |
DF | ![]() |
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Loan | Summer | Loan[37] |
GK | ![]() |
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Loan | Summer | Loan[38] |
DF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | Free[39] |
FW | ![]() |
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Loan | Summer | Loan[40] |
MF | ![]() |
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Loan | Summer | Loan[41] |
MF | ![]() |
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End of contract | Summer | Free[42] |
DF | ![]() |
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Loan | Summer | Loan[43] |
See also
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