2009–10 Celtic F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Celtic.

Celtic
2009–10 season
Chairman John Reid
Manager Tony Mowbray (July–March)
Neil Lennon (March–May) caretaker
Ground Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League 2nd
Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Scottish League Cup Quarter-finals
Champions League Play-off round
Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Robbie Keane (12)

All:
Robbie Keane (16)

Celtic started their 2009–10 campaign by playing in the pre-season Wembley Cup. Their first competitive game of the season was at Celtic Park on 29 July where they were beaten 1–0 by Dynamo Moscow in the 1st leg of the Champions League third-qualifying round for best placed teams. However, in the return leg at Dynamo Stadium on 5 August, Celtic won 2–0 (2–1 on aggregate) thanks to a 44th-minute goal by Scott McDonald and a late injury-time strike from Georgios Samaras, giving Celtic a first away win in Europe since their 1–0 win over MTK Hungaria at Stadium Puskás Ferenc in 2003. The win took Celtic through to the Champions League play-off round, where they lost to Arsenal.

Celtic kicked off their Scottish Premier League campaign with a 3–1 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie Stadium. After 30 games of the season, Tony Mowbray was sacked following Celtic's 4–0 loss to St Mirren, with Celtic 10 points behind league leaders Rangers. Neil Lennon was then appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season; his first match in charge was a 3–1 victory over Kilmarnock on 27 March. Lennon won all the remaining league games, but was unable to prevent Rangers from winning the league title.

Celtic lost their Scottish Cup semi-final against Ross County 2–0. This was Lennon's only defeat during his tenure as interim manager. After the end of the season, Lennon succeeded Tony Mowbray as the next Celtic manager on a permanent basis.

Results and fixtures

Fixtures and results for Celtic FC Season 2009/10.

Scottish Premier League

15 August 2009 SPL Aberdeen 1 – 3 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
Aluko 61' BBC Sport McGeady 29', 42'
McDonald 44'
Attendance: 16,803
Referee: Craig Thomson
22 August 2009 SPL Celtic 5 – 2 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Fortuné 21', 54'
Maloney 28', 53'
McDonald 74'
BBC Sport Samuel 36'
Morris 76'
Attendance: 58,500
Referee: William Collum
30 August 2009 SPL Hibernian 0 – 1 Celtic Easter Road
BBC Sport Samaras 44' Attendance: 14,221
Referee: Dougie McDonald
12 September 2009 SPL Celtic 1 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
McDonald 11' BBC Sport Goodwillie 6' Attendance: 58,500
Referee: Steve Conroy
20 September 2009 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Hearts Celtic Park
Killen 56'
Loovens 90'
BBC Sport Suso 5' Attendance: 58,024
Referee: Dougie McDonald
26 September 2009 SPL St Mirren 0 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport McCourt 27'
Maloney 78'
Attendance: 6,164
Referee: Charlie Richmond
4 October 2009 SPL Rangers 2 – 1 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
Miller 8', 16' BBC Sport McGeady 25' (pen.) Attendance: 50,276
Referee: Craig Thomson
17 October 2009 SPL Celtic 0 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Chris Boyle
25 October 2009 SPL Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Celtic New Douglas Park
Antoine-Curier 83' BBC Sport Maloney 15'
McDonald 29'
Attendance: 4,689
Referee: Iain Brines
31 October 2009 SPL Celtic 3 – 0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
McGeady 13'
Samaras 32'
McGinn 78'
BBC Sport Attendance: 46,000
Referee: William Collum
8 November 2009 SPL Falkirk 3 – 3 Celtic Falkirk Stadium
Arfield 61' (pen.)
Moutinho 64'
Stewart 83'
BBC Sport Caldwell 55'
McDonald 72', 79'
Attendance: 6,795
Referee: Brian Winter
22 November 2009 SPL Dundee United 2 – 1 Celtic Tannadice Park
Daly 83'
Dods 90+1'
BBC Sport Robson 72' (pen.) Attendance: 11,098
Referee: Dougie McDonald
28 November 2009 SPL Celtic 3 – 1 St Mirren Celtic Park
Innes 13' (o.g.)
Samaras 42'
McDonald 61'
BBC Sport Higdon 45' Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Steve Conroy
5 December 2009 SPL Celtic 3 – 0 Aberdeen Celtic Park
McDonald 39'
Samaras 52', 76'
BBC Sport Attendance: 56,010
Referee: Mike Tumilty
12 December 2009 SPL Motherwell 2 – 3 Celtic Fir Park
Jutkiewicz 26'
Reynolds 45+1'
BBC Sport Samaras 14'
McGeady 52'
Fortuné 79'
Attendance: 7,807
Referee: Charlie Richmond
20 December 2009 SPL Hearts 2 – 1 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Stewart 32' (pen.)
Bouzid 76'
BBC Sport Samaras 21' Attendance: 16,223
Referee: William Collum
26 December 2009 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park
Loovens 13'
McGinn 90+1'
BBC Sport Attendance: 36,827
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
3 January 2010 SPL Celtic 1 – 1 Rangers Celtic Park
McDonald 79' BBC Sport McCulloch 81' Attendance: 58,300
Referee: Steve Conroy
16 January 2010 SPL Celtic 1 – 1 Falkirk Celtic Park
Samaras 40' BBC Sport Finnigan 19' Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alan Muir
24 January 2010 SPL St Johnstone 1 – 4 Celtic McDiarmid Park
Craig 12' (pen.) BBC Sport Fortuné 64', 81'
Samaras 77'
McCourt 86'
Attendance: 7,743
Referee: William Collum
27 January 2010 SPL Celtic 1 – 2 Hibernian Celtic Park
Fortuné 5' BBC Sport Stokes 26'
Galbraith 90+2'
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Iain Brines
30 January 2010 SPL Hamilton Academical 0 – 1 Celtic New Douglas Park
BBC Sport Rasmussen 67' Attendance: 4,922
Referee: Calum Murray
2 February 2010 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Celtic Rugby Park
Maguire 53' BBC Sport Attendance: 9,308
Referee: Mike Tumilty
10 February 2010 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Hearts Celtic Park
Loovens 49'
Fortuné 50'
BBC Sport Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Brian Winter
13 February 2010 SPL Aberdeen 4 – 4 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
Paton 9'
Mackie 37'
MacLean 75' (pen.), 88'
BBC Sport Kamara 3'
Fortuné 36'
Keane 65'
McGeady 72'
Attendance: 14,898
Referee: Iain Brines
20 February 2010 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Dundee United Celtic Park
Keane 20' BBC Sport Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Craig Thomson
28 February 2010 SPL Rangers 1 – 0 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
Edu 90+3' BBC Sport Attendance: 50,320
Referee: Dougie McDonald
7 March 2010 SPL Falkirk 0 – 2 Celtic Falkirk Stadium
BBC Sport Keane 34', 79' Attendance: 6,792
Referee: Brian Winter
20 March 2010 SPL Celtic 3 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Thompson 16'
Keane 67' (pen.)
Samaras 87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Calum Murray
24 March 2010 SPL St Mirren 4 – 0 Celtic St Mirren Park
Dorman 38', 84'
Thomson 58', 87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,018
Referee: Charlie Richmond
27 March 2010 SPL Celtic 3 – 1 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Keane 37', 62'
Brown 66'
BBC Sport Bryson 73' Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Dougie McDonald
4 April 2010 SPL Hibernian 0 – 1 Celtic Easter Road
BBC Sport Keane 62' (pen.) Attendance: 10,523
Referee: Charlie Richmond
13 April 2010 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Motherwell Celtic Park
Thompson 50', 78' BBC Sport Reynolds 49' Attendance: 27,750
Referee: Iain Brines
17 April 2010 SPL Celtic 3 – 2 Hibernian Celtic Park
Keane 4'
Fortuné 80'
Rasmussen 87'
BBC Sport Riordan 6'
Stokes 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 29,650
Referee: Stephen Finnie
25 April 2010 SPL Dundee United 0 – 2 Celtic Tannadice Park
BBC Sport Kamara 30'
Keane 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,638
Referee: Iain Brines
1 May 2010 SPL Celtic 4 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
McGeady 48'
O'Dea 78'
Forrest 87'
Keane 90+2'
BBC Sport Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Alan Muir
4 May 2010 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Rangers Celtic Park
Naylor 8'
Fortuné 45'
BBC Sport Miller 43' Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Calum Murray
9 May 2010 SPL Hearts 1 – 2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Žaliūkas 36' BBC Sport Keane 23'
Zheng 61'
Attendance: 14,389
Referee: Craig Thomson

UEFA Champions League

29 July 2009 Qualifying round Celtic 0 – 1 Dynamo Moscow Celtic Park
BBC Sport Kokorin 7' Attendance: 54,184
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
5 August 2009 Qualifying round Dynamo Moscow 0 – 2 Celtic Arena Khimki
BBC Sport McDonald 44'
Samaras 90+1'
Attendance: 13,753
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
18 August 2009 Play Off Round Celtic 0 – 2 Arsenal Celtic Park
BBC Sport Gallas 43'
Caldwell 71' (o.g.)
Attendance: 58,165
Referee: Massimo Busacca
26 August 2009 Play Off Round Arsenal 3 – 1 Celtic Emirates Stadium
Eduardo 28' (pen.)
Eboué 53'
Arshavin 74'
BBC Sport Donati 90+2' Attendance: 59,962
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

UEFA Europa League

17 September 2009 Group stage Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 – 1 Celtic Bloomfield Stadium
Vučićević 75'
Lala 88'
BBC Sport Samaras 25' Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts
1 October 2009 Group stage Celtic 1 – 1 SK Rapid Wien Celtic Park
McDonald 21' BBC Sport Jelavić 4' Attendance: 42,013
Referee: Bruno Paixão
22 October 2009 Group stage Celtic 0 – 1 Hamburg Celtic Park
BBC Sport Berg 63' Attendance: 38,821
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
5 November 2009 Group stage Hamburg 0 – 0 Celtic HSH Nordbank Arena
BBC Sport Attendance: 45,037
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo
2 December 2009 Group stage Celtic 2 – 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Celtic Park
Samaras 22'
Robson 68'
BBC Sport Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Tony Asumaa
17 December 2009 Group stage SK Rapid Wien 3 – 3 Celtic Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Jelavić 1', 8'
Salihi 19'
BBC Sport Fortuné 24', 67'
McGowan 90+1'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Robert Małek

Scottish League Cup

23 September 2009 Third round Falkirk 0 – 4 Celtic Falkirk Stadium
BBC Sport McDonald 28', 53'
McCourt 64'
Killen 73'
Attendance: 5,669
Referee: Mike Tumilty
28 October 2009 Quarter-final Celtic 0 – 1 Hearts Celtic Park
BBC Sport Stewart 58' (pen.) Attendance: 18,675
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

19 January 2010 Fourth round Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Celtic Cappielow Park
BBC Sport McGinn 35' Attendance: 10,191
Referee: Craig Thomson
7 February 2010 Fourth round Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 4 Celtic East End Park
Graham 21'
Kirk 28' (pen.)
BBC Sport Kamara 20'
Rasmussen 43'
Woods 59' (o.g.)
Keane 68' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,933
Referee: Charlie Richmond
13 March 2010 Quarter-finals Kilmarnock 0 – 3 Celtic Rugby Park
BBC Sport Keane 64', 81', 82' Attendance: 7,351
Referee: Iain Brines
10 April 2010 Semi-finals Celtic 0 – 2 Ross County Hampden Park
BBC Sport Craig 55'
Scott 88'
Attendance: 24,535
Referee: William Collum

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK POL Artur Boruc 37 0 28 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
2 DF GER Andreas Hinkel 41 0 30+1 0 3 0 1 0 6 0
3 DF ENG Lee Naylor 19 1 11+1 1 2 0 0 0 2+3 0
4 DF SCO Stephen McManus 14 0 6+2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
5 DF SCO Gary Caldwell 24 1 14 1 0 0 2 0 8 0
6 MF CMR Landry N'Guémo 43 0 30 0 3 0 1 0 9 0
7 FW AUS Scott McDonald 29 14 16+2 10 0 0 1+1 2 7+2 2
7 FW IRL Robbie Keane (from February) 19 16 15+1 12 2+1 4 0 0 0 0
8 MF SCO Scott Brown 29 1 19+2 1 3 0 0 0 5 0
9 FW GRE Georgios Samaras 45 13 20+12 10 3+1 0 0+1 0 6+2 3
10 FW FRA Marc-Antoine Fortuné 39 12 22+8 10 2+1 0 0 0 3+3 2
11 DF SCO Danny Fox 23 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 6+1 0
12 DF SCO Mark Wilson 15 0 8+2 0 0+1 0 1 0 3 0
13 FW SCO Shaun Maloney 16 4 8+1 4 0 0 1 0 6 0
14 MF NIR Niall McGinn 24 3 6+11 2 1 1 0+1 0 1+4 0
15 FW SEN Diomansy Kamara 10 3 8+1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
16 MF IRL Willo Flood 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
16 DF NED Jos Hooiveld (from January) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF ESP Marc Crosas 26 0 14+3 0 3+1 0 2 0 3 0
18 MF ITA Massimo Donati 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
18 MF KOR Ki Sung-Yueng (from January) 10 0 5+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF SCO Barry Robson 15 2 9+1 1 0 0 1 0 3+1 1
19 FW DEN Morten Rasmussen (from January) 13 3 2+8 2 2+1 1 0 0 0 0
20 MF NIR Paddy McCourt 14 3 3+6 2 0+1 0 1+1 1 0+2 0
21 GK SCO Mark Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF NED Edson Braafheid (from January) 12 0 9+1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF NED Glenn Loovens 29 3 20 3 2 0 0 0 7 0
23 FW ENG Ben Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK POL Łukasz Załuska 17 0 10+1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
25 DF NOR Thomas Rogne 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW IRL Cillian Sheridan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF CHN Zheng Zhi 19 1 9+7 1 1+1 0 1 0 0 0
29 MF JPN Koki Mizuno 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 MF SCO Paul Slane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW NZL Chris Killen 11 2 2+3 1 0 0 2 1 0+4 0
34 DF NIR Daniel Lafferty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF IRL Graham Carey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
38 DF ENG Josh Thompson 21 3 16+2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF IRL Aiden McGeady 49 7 35 7 3+1 0 1+1 0 8 0
47 GK USA Dominic Cervi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 DF IRL Darren O'Dea 23 1 16+3 1 3 0 0 0 0+1 0
49 MF SCO James Forrest 2 1 0+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 MF ITA Luca Santonocito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF SCO Nicky Riley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 DF SCO Paul Caddis 13 0 3+7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
54 MF SCO Ryan Conroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF SCO Paul McGowan 6 1 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Top scorers

R
Player
Scottish
Premier
League
Scottish Cup
Scottish
League
Cup
Champions
League
(qualifying)
Europa League
Total
1 Robbie Keane 12 4 0 0 0 16
2 Scott McDonald 10 0 2 1 1 14
3 Georgios Samaras 10 0 0 1 2 13
4 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 10 0 0 0 2 12
5 Aiden McGeady 7 0 0 0 0 7
6 Shaun Maloney 4 0 0 0 0 4
12 Paddy McCourt 2 0 1 0 0 3
Niall McGinn 2 1 0 0 0 3
Glenn Loovens 3 0 0 0 0 3
Josh Thompson 3 0 0 0 0 3
Morten Rasmussen 2 1 0 0 0 3
Diomansy Kamara 2 1 0 0 0 3
14 Chris Killen 1 0 1 0 0 2
Barry Robson 1 0 0 0 1 2
22 Massimo Donati 0 0 0 1 0 1
Gary Caldwell 1 0 0 0 0 1
Paul McGowan 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scott Brown 1 0 0 0 0 1
Darren O'Dea 1 0 0 0 0 1
James Forrest 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Naylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zheng Zhi 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 26 9 3 82 28 +54 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Celtic 38 25 6 7 75 39 +36 81 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Dundee United 38 17 12 9 55 47 +8 63 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Hibernian 38 15 9 14 58 55 +3 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Motherwell 38 13 14 11 52 54 −2 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. by winning the Scottish Cup.

UEFA Europa League squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK POL Artur Boruc
2 DF GER Andreas Hinkel
3 DF ENG Lee Naylor
4 DF SCO Stephen McManus
5 DF SCO Gary Caldwell
6 MF CMR Landry N'Guemo
7 FW AUS Scott McDonald
8 MF SCO Scott Brown
9 FW GRE Georgios Samaras
10 FW FRA Marc-Antoine Fortuné
11 DF SCO Danny Fox
12 DF SCO Mark Wilson
13 MF SCO Shaun Maloney
14 MF NIR Niall McGinn
15 DF CZE Milan Misun
16 MF IRL Willo Flood
17 MF ESP Marc Crosas
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF ITA Massimo Donati
19 MF SCO Barry Robson
20 MF NIR Paddy McCourt
22 DF NED Glenn Loovens
24 GK POL Łukasz Załuska
29 MF JPN Koki Mizuno
33 FW NZL Chris Killen
34 DF NIR Daniel Lafferty
36 MF IRL Graham Carey
46 MF IRL Aiden McGeady
47 GK USA Dominic Cervi
49 MF SCO James Forrest
52 DF SCO Paul Caddis
55 FW SCO Paul McGowan
59 MF SCO Charlie Grant
61 GK ITA Daniele Giordano

Technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Tony Mowbray
Assistant Manager Mark Venus
First team Coach Peter Grant
Goalkeeping Coach Stevie Woods
Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart
Head of Recruitment John Park
Head Physiotherapist Graeme Parsons
Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy
Doctor David Pugh
Head of Sports Science Dan Harris

Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source:

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee Source
1 June 2009 Łukasz Załuska Dundee United Bosman
8 July 2009 Marc-Antoine Fortuné AS Nancy £3.8 million
16 July 2009 Landry N'Guémo AS Nancy Loan
24 July 2009 Danny Fox Coventry City £1.5 million
8 August 2009 Josh Thompson Stockport County £200,000
15 August 2009 Greig Spence Alloa Athletic £100,000
25 September 2009 Zheng Zhi Charlton Athletic Bosman
1 January 2010 Ki Sung-Yueng FC Seoul £2.1 million
11 January 2010 Jos Hooiveld AIK £2 million
20 January 2010 Thomas Rogne Stabæk IF Bosman
26 January 2010 Morten Rasmussen Brøndby £1.3 million
1 February 2010 Diomansy Kamara Fulham Loan
1 February 2010 Paul Slane Motherwell £400,000
1 February 2010 Edson Braafheid Bayern Munich Loan
1 February 2010 Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur Loan

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
1 July 2009 Shunsuke Nakamura RCD Espanyol Bosman
2 July 2009 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Hull City Bosman
2 July 2009 Bobo Baldé Valenciennes Bosman
25 June 2009 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé Toulouse Bosman
7 July 2009 Paul Hartley Bristol City Bosman
13 July 2009 Scott Cuthbert Swindon Town £300,000
13 August 2009 Cillian Sheridan Plymouth Argyle Loan
27 August 2009 Ben Hutchinson Swindon Town Loan
27 August 2009 Simon Ferry Swindon Town Loan
30 August 2009 Massimo Donati Bari £1.3 million
1 September 2009 Darren O'Dea Reading Loan
1 September 2009 Mark Brown Kilmarnock Loan
13 November 2009 John Kennedy Retired
13 January 2010 Gary Caldwell Wigan Athletic £1.8 million
13 January 2010 Barry Robson Middlesbrough £900,000
13 January 2010 Willo Flood Middlesbrough Bosman
13 January 2010 Chris Killen Middlesbrough Bosman
14 January 2010 Ryan Conroy Partick Thistle Loan
14 January 2010 Cillian Sheridan St Johnstone Loan
29 January 2010 Stephen McManus Middlesbrough Loan
29 January 2010 Danny Fox Burnley £1.8 million
29 January 2010 Scott Fox Queen of the South Loan
30 January 2010 Mark Brown Hibernian Bosman
1 February 2010 Graham Carey St Mirren Loan
1 February 2010 Scott McDonald Middlesbrough £3.5 million
1 February 2010 Ben Hutchinson Dundee Loan
18 February 2010 Nicky Riley Hamilton Academical Bosman

See also