2012–13 Celtic F.C. season

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

Celtic

2012–13 season
Chairman	Ian Bankier
Manager	Neil Lennon
Ground	Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Semi-Finals
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Hooper (19) All: Gary Hooper (31)
Highest home attendance	59,168 vs Spartak Moscow (5 December 2012)
Lowest home attendance	14,399 vs St Johnstone (30 October 2012)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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, but succumbed to 5–0 aggregate defeat in the Spring 2013 to go out of the tournament. Despite the emphatic scoreline over the two legs, Celtic were not outclassed by their Italian opponents in terms of general play, but while Juventus defended with a ruthless defiance, Celtic in contrast shipped their goals all far too easily.[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

FC Augsburg v Celtic

10 July 2012 Friendly	FC Augsburg	0 – 0	Celtic	Stauferpark Stadion
		Celtic Report		Attendance: 4,200

Stuttgarter Kickers v Celtic

15 July 2012 Friendly	Stuttgarter Kickers	1 – 0	Celtic	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
	Jatta  41'	Celtic Report		Attendance: 6,800

VfR Aalen v Celtic

17 July 2012 Friendly	VfR Aalen	1 – 2	Celtic	Scholz-Arena
	Hübner  4'	Celtic Report	Hooper  64' Stokes  77'	Attendance: 3,144

Ajax v Celtic

21 July 2012 Friendly	Ajax	4 – 0	Celtic	Amsterdam Arena
	De Jong  13' Sigþórsson  21' Serero  27' Blind  66' (pen.)	Celtic Report

Celtic v Norwich City

25 July 2012 Friendly	Celtic	0 – 1	Norwich City	Celtic Park
		Celtic Report	Holt  89'

Celtic v Internazionale

28 July 2012 Friendly	Celtic	1 – 1	Internazionale	Celtic Park
	Commons  41'	Celtic Report	Palacio  88'

Real Madrid v Celtic

11 August 2012 Friendly	Real Madrid	2 – 0	Celtic	Lincoln Financial Field
	Callejón  22' Benzema  67'	Celtic Report

Celtic v Steaua București

15 January 2013 Friendly	Celtic	2 – 1	Steaua București	Marbella Football Center, Marbella
	Samaras  50' Bangura  53'		Nikolić  13'

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League

Celtic v Aberdeen

4 August 2012 SP	Celtic	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
	Commons  79'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 48,251 Referee: Calum Murray

Ross County v Celtic

18 August 2012 SPL	Ross County	1 – 1	Celtic	Global Energy Stadium
	Brittain  49'	BBC Sport	Commons  90+3'	Attendance: 6,110 Referee: Craig Thomson

Inverness CT v Celtic

25 August 2012 SPL	Inverness CT	2 – 4	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Draper  82', 87'	BBC Sport	Wanyama  4' Watt  25', 64' Mulgrew  48'	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: William Collum

Celtic v Hibernian

1 September 2012 SPL	Celtic	2 – 2	Hibernian	Celtic Park
	Lustig  10', 69'	BBC Sport	Clancy  53' Cairney  73'	Attendance: 45,867 Referee: Iain Brines

St Johnstone v Celtic

15 September 2012 SPL	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
	Tadé  18' Vine  80'	BBC Sport	Commons  4'	Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Euan Norris

Celtic v Dundee

22 September 2012 SPL	Celtic	2 – 0	Dundee	Celtic Park
	Hooper  43' Wanyama  49'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 41,073 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v Celtic

29 September 2012 SPL	Motherwell	0 – 2	Celtic	Fir Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper  32' Cummins  35' (o.g.)	Attendance: 10,496 Referee: Iain Brines

Celtic v Hearts

7 October 2012 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Hearts	Celtic Park
	Samaras  34'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 46,204 Referee: Craig Thomson

St Mirren v Celtic

20 October 2012 SPL	St Mirren	0 – 5	Celtic	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper  15' Ambrose  18' Wanyama  32', 38' Watt  86'	Attendance: 6,008 Referee: Calum Murray

Celtic v Kilmarnock

27 October 2012 SPL	Celtic	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport	Sheridan  43' Kelly  62' (pen.)	Attendance: 47,971 Referee: Crawford Allan

Dundee United v Celtic

4 November 2012 SPL	Dundee United	2 – 2	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Mackay-Steven  88' Ambrose  90+2' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Miku  69' Watt  80'	Attendance: 10,521 Referee: William Collum

Celtic v St Johnstone

11 November 2012 SPL	Celtic	1 – 1	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Watt  51'	BBC Sport	Hasselbaink  77'	Attendance: 42,345 Referee: Iain Brines

Aberdeen v Celtic

17 November 2012 SPL	Aberdeen	0 – 2	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport	Lassad  73' Mulgrew  77'	Attendance: 18,083 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Inverness CT

24 November 2012 SPL	Celtic	0 – 1	Inverness CT	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport	McKay  64'	Attendance: 44,379 Referee: Calum Murray

Hearts v Celtic

28 November 2012 SPL	Hearts	0 – 4	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
		BBC Sport	Lassad  10' Lustig  22' Stevenson  30' (o.g.) Hooper  83'	Attendance: 15,264 Referee: William Collum

Kilmarnock v Celtic

8 December 2012 SPL	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Sheridan  90+1'	BBC Sport	Brown  27' Ledley  65' Samaras  74'	Attendance: 6,501 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v St Mirren

15 December 2012 SPL	Celtic	2 – 0	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	Wanyama  15' Hooper  83'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 47,790 Referee: Calum Murray

Celtic v Ross County

22 December 2012 SPL	Celtic	4 – 0	Ross County	Celtic Park
	Brown  46' Hooper  53', 64' Forrest  70'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,428 Referee: Euan Norris

Dundee v Celtic

26 December 2012 SPL	Dundee	0 – 2	Celtic	Dens Park
		BBC Sport	Samaras  16' Hooper  71'	Attendance: 9,276 Referee: Iain Brines

Hibernian v Celtic

29 December 2012 SPL	Hibernian	1 – 0	Celtic	Easter Road
	Griffiths  9'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 16,805 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Motherwell

2 January 2013 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Hooper  79'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 48,002 Referee: Steven McLean

Celtic v Hearts

19 January 2013 SPL	Celtic	4 – 1	Hearts	Celtic Park
	Hooper  2', 85' Samaras  12' Lassad  90+1'	BBC Sport	Holt  69'	Attendance: 48,374 Referee: Iain Brines

Celtic v Dundee United

22 January 2013 SPL	Celtic	4 – 0	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Hooper  19', 80' Wanyama  33' Brown  84'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 42,596 Referee: Euan Norris

Celtic v Kilmarnock

30 January 2013 SPL	Celtic	4 – 1	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
	Ledley  41' Matthews  50', 83' Stokes  78'	BBC Sport	Sheridan  48'	Attendance: 43,652 Referee: Calum Murray

Inverness CT v Celtic

9 February 2013 SPL	Inverness CT	1 – 3	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Ross  9'	BBC Sport	Commons  20' Gershon  48' Miku  82'	Attendance: 6,175 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Dundee United

16 February 2013 SPL	Celtic	6 – 2	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Ambrose  11' Commons  22', 55' (pen.) Ledley  37' Stokes  70', 82'	BBC Sport	Armstrong  10' Russell  90'	Attendance: 46,496 Referee: Bobby Madden

St Johnstone v Celtic

19 February 2013 SPL	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
	Hasselbaink  82'	BBC Sport	Ambrose  36'	Attendance: 5,352 Referee: Euan Norris

Celtic v Dundee

24 February 2013 SPL	Celtic	5 – 0	Dundee	Celtic Park
	Ledley  13', 72' Forrest  50' (pen.) McGeouch  57' Hooper  83'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 39,959 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Motherwell v Celtic

27 February 2013 SPL	Motherwell	2 – 1	Celtic	Fir Park
	Humphrey  31' Higdon  73'	BBC Sport	Samaras  63'	Attendance: 8,641 Referee: Iain Brines

Ross County v Celtic

9 March 2013 SPL	Ross County	3 – 2	Celtic	Global Energy Stadium
	Munro  30' Morrow  36' Wohlfarth  90'	BBC Sport	Mulgrew  15' Hooper  21'	Attendance: 6,031 Referee: William Collum

Celtic v Aberdeen

16 March 2013 SPL	Celtic	4 – 3	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
	Commons  1' Mulgrew  68' Hooper  87' Samaras  90+4'	BBC Sport	Vernon  45' Magennis  53', 60'	Attendance: 46,395 Referee: Steven McLean

St Mirren v Celtic

31 March 2013 SPL	St Mirren	1 – 1	Celtic	St Mirren Park
	McGowan  81' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Commons  6'	Attendance: 6,066 Referee: Bobby Madden

Celtic v Hibernian

6 April 2013 SPL	Celtic	3 – 0	Hibernian	Celtic Park
	Commons  16', 52' Lustig  61'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,174 Referee: John Beaton

Celtic v Inverness CT

21 April 2013 SPL	Celtic	4 – 1	Inverness CT	Celtic Park
	Hooper  61', 73' Ledley  66' Samaras  89'	BBC Sport	Doran  90+2'	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Motherwell v Celtic

28 April 2013 SPL	Motherwell	3 – 1	Celtic	Fir Park
	Ojamaa  45' Higdon  50' (pen.) Forster  54' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Hooper  39'	Attendance: 7,503 Referee: Euan Norris

Ross County v Celtic

5 May 2013 SPL	Ross County	1 – 1	Celtic	Global Energy Stadium
	Vigurs  41'	BBC Sport	Stokes  4'	Attendance: 5,873 Referee: Steven McLean

Celtic v St Johnstone

11 May 2013 SPL	Celtic	4 – 0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Ledley  2' Mulgrew  36' Forrest  51' Wright  90+1' (o.g.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Alan Muir

Dundee United v Celtic

19 May 2013 SPL	Dundee United	0 – 4	Celtic	Tannadice Park
		BBC Sport	Commons  12' Samaras  17', 27' Stokes  85'	Attendance: 8,717 Referee: John Beaton

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League

Celtic v HJK Helsinki

1 August 2012 Third Qualifying	Celtic	2 – 1	HJK Helsinki	Celtic Park
	Hooper  55' Mulgrew  61'	BBC Sport	Schüller  47'	Attendance: 51,202 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

HJK Helsinki v Celtic

8 August 2012 Third Qualifying	HJK Helsinki	0 – 2	Celtic	Sonera Stadium
		BBC Sport	Ledley  67' Samaras  86'	Attendance: 10,269 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Helsingborgs IF v Celtic

21 August 2012 Play-Off Round	Helsingborgs IF	0 – 2	Celtic	Olympia
		BBC Sport	Commons  2' Samaras  75'	Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Celtic v Helsingborgs IF

29 August 2012 Play-Off Round	Celtic	2 – 0	Helsingborgs IF	Celtic Park
	Hooper  30' Wanyama  88'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 51,566 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Celtic v Benfica

19 September 2012 Group Stage	Celtic	0 – 0	Benfica	Celtic Park
		UEFA Report		Attendance: 57,759 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Spartak Moscow v Celtic

2 October 2012 Group Stage	Spartak Moscow	2 – 3	Celtic	Luzhniki Stadium
	Emenike  41', 48'	UEFA Report	Hooper  12' D. Kombarov  71' (o.g.) Samaras  90'	Attendance: 43,351 Referee: Tony Chapron

Barcelona v Celtic

23 October 2012 Group Stage	Barcelona	2 – 1	Celtic	Camp Nou
	Iniesta  45' Alba  90+4'	UEFA Report	Samaras  18'	Attendance: 77,781 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Celtic v Barcelona

7 November 2012 Group Stage	Celtic	2 – 1	Barcelona	Celtic Park
	Wanyama  21' Watt  83'	BBC Sport	Messi  90+1'	Attendance: 58,841[23][24][25] Referee: Björn Kuipers

Benfica v Celtic

20 November 2012 Group Stage	Benfica	2 – 1	Celtic	Estádio da Luz
	John  7' Garay  71'	UEFA Report	Samaras  32'	Attendance: 47,065 Referee: Viktor Kassai

Celtic v Spartak Moscow

5 December 2012 Group Stage	Celtic	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Celtic Park
	Hooper  21' Commons  82' (pen.)	UEFA Report	Ari  39'	Attendance: 59,168 Referee: Felix Brych

Celtic v Juventus

12 February 2013 Knockout Round	Celtic	0 – 3	Juventus	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport	Matri  3' Marchisio  77' Vučinić  83'	Attendance: 57,917 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Juventus v Celtic

6 March 2013 Knockout Round	Juventus	2 – 0	Celtic	Juventus Stadium
	Matri  24' Quagliarella  65'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
Celtic	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10
Benfica	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Spartak Moscow	6	1	0	5	7	14	−7	3

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish League Cup

Celtic v Raith Rovers

25 September 2012 Third Round	Celtic	4 – 1	Raith Rovers	Celtic Park
	Hooper  12', 37', 58', 60'	BBC Sport	Walker  28'	Attendance: 14,737 Referee: Alan Muir

Celtic v St Johnstone

30 October 2012 Quarter Final	Celtic	5 – 0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Commons  28', 32', 57' (pen.) Hooper  38' Mulgrew  61'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 14,399 Referee: Bobby Madden

St Mirren v Celtic

27 January 2013 Semi Final	St Mirren	3 – 2	Celtic	Hampden Park
	Esmaël  8' McGowan  64' (pen.) Thompson  69'	BBC Sport	Hooper  44' Mulgrew  90+1'	Attendance: 24,417 Referee: William Collum

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Cup

Celtic v Arbroath

1 December 2012 Fourth Round	Celtic	1 – 1	Arbroath	Celtic Park
	Keddie  36' (o.g.)	Celtic Report	Doris  87'	Attendance: 15,000[26] Referee: Craig Charleston

Arbroath v Celtic

12 December 2012 Fourth Round RP	Arbroath	0 – 1	Celtic	Gayfield Park
		BBC Sport	Matthews  18'	Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Craig Charleston

Raith Rovers v Celtic

3 February 2013 Fifth Round	Raith Rovers	0 – 3	Celtic	Stark's Park
		BBC Sport	Commons  56' (pen.) Forrest  83' Mulgrew  86'	Attendance: 7,775[27] Referee: Steven McLean

St Mirren v Celtic

2 March 2013 Quarter Final	St Mirren	1 – 2	Celtic	St Mirren Park
	Esmaël  13'	BBC Sport	Ledley  5' Stokes  21'	Attendance: 5,572 Referee: Alan Muir

Dundee United v Celtic

14 April 2013 Semi Final	Dundee United	3 – 4	Celtic	Hampden Park
	Mackay-Steven  24' Daly  30', 71'	BBC Sport	Commons  2', 60' Wanyama  31' Stokes  104'	Attendance: 27,799 Referee: Craig Thomson

Hibernian v Celtic

26 May 2013 Final	Hibernian	0 – 3	Celtic	Hampden Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper  8', 31' Ledley  80'	Attendance: 51,254 Referee: William Collum

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 26 May 2013[28]

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

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total				League				Champions League				League Cup				Scottish Cup
1		GK	Fraser Forster	51	0	5	0	34	0	4	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2		DF	Adam Matthews	38	3	2	0	22	2	1	0	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
3		DF	Emilio Izaguirre	50	0	4	0	33	0	2	0	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
4		DF	Efe Ambrose	41	3	4	0	27	3	3	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
5		DF	Rami Gershon	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		DF	Kelvin Wilson	50	0	5	0	32	0	4	0	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
7		FW	Miku	14	2	3	0	11	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8		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		FW	Georgios Samaras	40	14	7	0	25	9	4	0	10	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
10		FW	Anthony Stokes	23	7	0	0	17	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
11		FW	Lassad	19	3	0	0	14	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14		FW	Mohamed Bangura	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		MF	Kris Commons	46	19	2	0	27	11	1	0	12	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	4	3	0	0
16		MF	Joe Ledley	41	10	2	0	25	7	0	0	9	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	4	2	0	0
18		MF	Tom Rogic	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Paddy McCourt	20	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21		DF	Charlie Mulgrew	49	9	9	0	30	5	4	0	12	1	3	0	3	2	1	0	4	1	1	0
23		DF	Mikael Lustig	38	3	3	0	23	3	1	0	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
24		GK	Łukasz Załuska	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
25		DF	Thomas Rogne	19	0	2	0	13	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
26		GK	Viktor Noring	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		FW	Daryl Murphy	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		FW	James Keatings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31		MF	John Herron	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		FW	Tony Watt	29	6	2	0	20	5	1	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
33		MF	Beram Kayal	40	0	8	0	26	0	4	0	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
35		GK	Robbie Thomson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		DF	Jackson Irvine	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37		FW	Bahrudin Atajić	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42		MF	Callum McGregor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43		DF	Joe Chalmers	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44		DF	Marcus Fraser	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45		DF	Lewis Toshney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		MF	Dylan McGeouch	15	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
49		MF	James Forrest	29	4	3	0	15	3	1	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
50		MF	Paul George	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56		MF	Filip Twardzik	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58		FW	Patrik Twardzik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67		MF	Victor Wanyama	49	9	15	2	32	6	9	1	10	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	5	1	2	0
88		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		MF	Paul Slane	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39		DF	Andre Blackman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		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	Gary Hooper	19	2	6	4	31
2	Kris Commons	11	3	3	2	19
3	Georgios Samaras	9	0	0	5	14
4	Joe Ledley	7	2	0	1	10
5	Victor Wanyama	6	1	0	2	9
	Charlie Mulgrew	5	1	2	1	9
7	Anthony Stokes	5	2	0	0	7
8	Tony Watt	5	0	0	1	6
9	James Forrest	3	1	0	0	4
10	Lassad	3	0	0	0	3
	Efe Ambrose	3	0	0	0	3
	Scott Brown	3	0	0	0	3
	Adam Matthews	2	1	0	0	3
	Mikael Lustig	3	0	0	0	3
15	Miku	2	0	0	0	2
16	Rami Gershon	1	0	0	0	1
	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	John Park
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:

Celtic personnel awards

Last updated 22 September 2012

Player	Award	Month
Tony Watt	SPL Young Player of the Month	August[29]
Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	December
Adam Matthews	SPL Young Player of the Month	January
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
Position	2	4	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Transfers

Players in Dates Player From Fee 5 July 2012 Fraser Forster Newcastle United £2 million[30] 31 August 2012 Efe Ambrose Ashdod £1.5 million[31] 31 August 2012 Miku Getafe Loan[32] 31 August 2012 Ľuboš Kamenár Nantes Loan[33] 2 September 2012 Lassad Nouioui Deportivo La Coruña Free[34] 9 January 2013 Rami Gershon Standard Liège Loan[35] 17 January 2013 Tom Rogic Central Coast Mariners £400,000[36] 31 January 2013 Viktor Noring Trelleborgs FF Loan 31 January 2013 Colin McCade Cavan Shamrocks Free Total spend: £3.9 million

Players out Dates Player To Fee 5 June 2012 Efraín Juárez América £1.9 million[37] 8 June 2012 Cha Du-Ri Fortuna Düsseldorf Free[38] 8 June 2012 Richie Towell Out of Contract Released[39] 8 June 2012 Dominic Cervi Out of Contract Released[39] 4 July 2012 Niall McGinn Aberdeen[40] Free[39] 5 July 2012 Mo Yaqub St Mirren Free[41] 18 July 2012 Greig Spence Raith Rovers Free[42] 19 July 2012 Glenn Loovens Real Zaragoza[43] Free[44] 31 July 2012 Morten Rasmussen Midtjylland £250,000[45][46] 1 August 2012 Daniel Majstorović AIK Free[47] 3 August 2012 Darren O'Dea Toronto FC Free[48] 17 August 2012 Mark Wilson Bristol City Free[49] 20 August 2012 Josh Thompson Portsmouth Loan[50] 24 August 2012 Ki Sung-yueng Swansea City £6 million[51] 24 August 2012 Lewis Toshney Dundee Loan[52] 24 August 2012 James Keatings Hamilton Loan[53] 28 August 2012 Mohamed Bangura AIK Loan[54] 31 August 2012 Josh Thompson Portsmouth Free[55] 31 August 2012 Andre Blackman Inverness CT Loan[56] 31 August 2012 Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town Loan[57] 25 September 2012 Robbie Thomson Stenhousemuir Loan[58] 2 October 2012 Paul Slane Partick Thistle Loan[59] 14 November 2012 Andre Blackman Out Of Contract Released 2 January 2013 Rabiu Ibrahim Kilmarnock Free[60] 11 January 2013 Glenn Daniels Partick Thistle Loan[61] 22 January 2013 Paul Slane Out Of Contract Released 24 January 2013 Mohamed Bangura Elfsborg Loan[62] Total sales: £8.5 million

See also

• List of Celtic F.C. seasons

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External links

• Official website