2006–07 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic started season 2006–07 looking to retain the Scottish Premier League trophy and the Scottish League Cup. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, and entered the Champions League at the group stage. Such was the good form of Celtic and the lack of a clear rival in the early stages of the 2006–07 season, that bookmakers Paddy Power paid out on Celtic as the winners of the SPL on 6 November 2006, only 13 games into the season.[1] By mid-November Celtic were 11 points clear of their nearest challengers.

Celtic
2006–07 season
ChairmanBrian Quinn
ManagerGordon Strachan
GroundCeltic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupWinners
Scottish League CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (13)

All:
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (18)

Having qualified automatically for the group stage of the Champions League, Celtic were drawn with Benfica, Copenhagen, and Manchester United. Although Celtic lost their 3 away games, a 100% record at home earned them qualification to the knockout stage for the first time since the group format was introduced in 1992–93. Their opponents in the last 16 were Milan. After both legs of the tie ended 0–0, Celtic's Champions League run was ended by a solitary Milan goal in extra-time by Kaká.

During the January 2007 transfer window Celtic signed Scotland internationals and former Hearts players Steven Pressley and Paul Hartley, full-back Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé from Rennes on loan and goalkeeper Mark Brown from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

On 22 April 2007 Celtic won their second consecutive league championship, and 40th overall. The title was secured by an injury-time free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura in a 2–1 victory against Kilmarnock.[2] The result left Celtic 13 points clear of Rangers with four matches remaining. They finished the season 12 points above Rangers.

On 26 May 2007 Celtic won the Scottish Cup for a record 34th time after beating Dunfermline 1–0. The winner was scored by Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé in the 84th minute.

Results edit

Scottish Premier League edit

29 July 2006 SPL Celtic 4–1 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Żurawski   25', 90+3'
Jarošík   38'
Nakamura   75'
BBC Sport Naismith   87' Attendance: 54,620
Referee: Iain Brines
6 August 2006 SPL Hearts 2–1 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Bednář   49', 87' BBC Sport Petrov   65' Attendance: 16,822
Referee: Stuart Dougal
12 August 2006 SPL Celtic 2–0 St Mirren Celtic Park
McManus   49'
Petrov   65'
BBC Sport Attendance: 56,579
Referee: Brian Winter
20 August 2006 SPL Inverness CT 1–1 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Munro   80' BBC Sport Pearson   26' Attendance: 7,332
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 August 2006 SPL Celtic 2–1 Hibernian Celtic Park
Żurawski   62'
Vennegoor of Hesselink   66'
BBC Sport Brown   8' Attendance: 58,078
Referee: Charlie Richmond
9 September 2006 SPL Aberdeen 0–1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
BBC Sport Vennegoor of Hesselink   79' Attendance: 15,304
Referee: Mike McCurry
16 September 2006 SPL Celtic 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Celtic Park
McManus   31' BBC Sport Attendance: 55,894
Referee: Eddie Smith
23 September 2006 SPL Celtic 2–0 Rangers Celtic Park
Gravesen   35'
Miller   74'
BBC Sport Attendance: 59,341
Referee: Dougie McDonald
1 October 2006 SPL Falkirk 0–1 Celtic Falkirk Stadium
BBC Sport McGeady   84' Attendance: 7,139
Referee: Iain Brines
14 October 2006 SPL Dundee United 1–4 Celtic Tannadice Park
Hunt   5' BBC Sport Nakamura   44', 48', 58'
Vennegoor of Hesselink   52'
Attendance: 10,504
Referee: Mike McCurry
21 October 2006 SPL Celtic 2–1 Motherwell Celtic Park
Craigan   16' (o.g.)
Żurawski   66'
BBC Sport McDonald   77' Attendance: 57,742
Referee: Alan Freeland
28 October 2006 SPL Kilmarnock 1–2 Celtic Rugby Park
Nish   49' BBC Sport Nakamura   55'
Miller   75'
Attendance: 10,083
Referee: John Underhill
4 November 2006 SPL Celtic 2–1 Hearts Celtic Park
Jarošík   86'
Gordon   90+1' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Velička   72' Attendance: 58,971
Referee: Craig Thomson
12 November 2006 SPL St Mirren 1–3 Celtic Love Street
Sutton   56' BBC Sport Gravesen   2', 21', 69' Attendance: 8,445
Referee: Stuart Dougal
18 November 2006 SPL Celtic 3–0 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Dods   43' (o.g.)
Vennegoor of Hesselink   72'
Jarošík   85'
BBC Sport Attendance: 56,637
Referee: Kenny Clark
26 November 2006 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Celtic Easter Road
Sproule   12'
Thomson   63'
BBC Sport Sno   70'
McGeady   74'
Attendance: 16,747
Referee: Mike McCurry
2 December 2006 SPL Celtic 1–0 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Żurawski   72' BBC Sport Attendance: 58,911
Referee: Dougie McDonald
10 December 2006 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Celtic East End Park
Simmons   90+2' BBC Sport McGeady   49'
Żurawski   68'
Attendance: 7,080
Referee: Craig Thomson
17 December 2006 SPL Rangers 1–1 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
Hemdani   88' BBC Sport Gravesen   38' Attendance: 50,418
Referee: Kenny Clark
23 December 2006 SPL Celtic 1–0 Falkirk Celtic Park
Gravesen   24' BBC Sport Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Iain Brines
26 December 2006 SPL Celtic 2–2 Dundee United Celtic Park
O'Dea   78'
Nakamura   80'
BBC Sport Robertson   17'
Samuel   58'
Attendance: 57,343
Referee: Brian Winter
30 December 2006 SPL Motherwell 1–1 Celtic Fir Park
Smith   90+1' BBC Sport Riordan   37' Attendance: 9,769
Referee: Charlie Richmond
2 January 2007 SPL Celtic 2–0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
O'Dea   39'
McGeady   90+1'
BBC Sport Attendance: 57,236
Referee: Steve Conroy
14 January 2007 SPL Hearts 1–2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Mikoliūnas   28' BBC Sport Vennegoor of Hesselink   59'
Jarošík   81'
Attendance: 17,129
Referee: Kenny Clark
20 January 2007 SPL Celtic 5–1 St Mirren Celtic Park
Vennegoor of Hesselink   16', 61' (pen.), 75'
McGeady   69'
Miller   82'
BBC Sport McGinn   47' Attendance: 58,382
Referee: Craig Thomson
28 January 2007 SPL Inverness CT 1–2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Bayne   57' BBC Sport Riordan   37'
Vennegoor of Hesselink   90+3'
Attendance: 7,484
Referee: Iain Brines
10 February 2007 SPL Celtic 1–0 Hibernian Celtic Park
Beattie   54' BBC Sport Attendance: 59,659
Referee: Stuart Dougal
17 February 2007 SPL Aberdeen 1–2 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
Mackie   90+2' BBC Sport Beattie   9'
Nakamura   20'
Attendance: 16,711
Referee: Craig Thomson
10 March 2007 SPL Celtic 0–1 Rangers Celtic Park
BBC Sport Ehiogu   50' Attendance: 59,425
Referee: Stuart Dougal
18 March 2007 SPL Falkirk 1–0 Celtic Falkirk Stadium
Thomson   16' BBC Sport Attendance: 6,438
Referee: John Underhill
31 March 2007 SPL Dundee United 1–1 Celtic Tannadice Park
Daly   90+2' BBC Sport Nakamura   48' Attendance: 11,363
Referee: Iain Brines
7 April 2007 SPL Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Riordan   52' BBC Sport Attendance: 58,654
Referee: Eddie Smith
22 April 2007 SPL Kilmarnock 1–2 Celtic Rugby Park
Nish   50' BBC Sport Vennegoor of Hesselink   24'
Nakamura   90+1'
Attendance: 12,654
Referee: Craig Thomson
29 April 2007 SPL Celtic 1–3 Hearts Celtic Park
Pressley   63' BBC Sport Ivaškevičius   57'
Driver   61'
Pospíšil   71' (pen.)
Attendance: 59,510
Referee: Stuart Dougal
5 May 2007 SPL Rangers 2–0 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
Boyd   34'
Adam   55'
BBC Sport Attendance: 50,384
Referee: Craig Thomson
12 May 2007 SPL Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Vennegoor of Hesselink   33', 49' BBC Sport Mackie   41' Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Charlie Richmond
20 May 2007 SPL Hibernian 2–1 Celtic Easter Road
Brown   60'
Sproule   90+1'
BBC Sport Riordan   56' Attendance: 13,885
Referee: Iain Brines

UEFA Champions League edit

13 September 2006 Group stage Manchester United   3–2   Celtic Old Trafford
Saha   30' (pen.), 40'
Solskjær   47'
BBC Sport Vennegoor of Hesselink   21'
Nakamura   43'
Attendance: 74,031
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ
26 September 2006 Group stage Celtic   1–0   F.C. København Celtic Park
Miller   30' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 57,598
Referee: Florian Meyer
17 October 2006 Group stage Celtic   3–0   Benfica Celtic Park
Miller   56', 66'
Pearson   90+1'
BBC Sport Attendance: 58,313
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
1 November 2006 Group stage Benfica   3–0   Celtic Estádio da Luz
Caldwell   10' (o.g.)
Nuno Gomes   22'
Karyaka   76'
BBC Sport Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
6 December 2006 Group stage F.C. København   3–1   Celtic Parken Stadium
Hutchinson   2'
Grønkjær   27'
Allbäck   57'
BBC Sport Jarošík   75' Attendance: 38,647
Referee: Bertrand Layec
20 February 2007 Knockout Round Celtic   0–0   A.C. Milan Celtic Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 58,785
Referee: Terje Hauge
7 March 2007 Knockout Round A.C. Milan   1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 agg.)
  Celtic San Siro
Kaká   93' BBC Sport Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Konrad Plautz

Scottish League Cup edit

19 September 2006 Third round Celtic 2–0 St Mirren Celtic Park
Beattie   76'
Żurawski   87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 32,587
Referee: Kenny Clark
7 November 2006 Quarter Final Celtic 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Falkirk Celtic Park
Żurawski   98' BBC Sport Stokes   99' Attendance: 18,684
Referee: Charlie Richmond

Scottish Cup edit

6 January 2007 Third round Celtic 4–0 Dumbarton Celtic Park
Żurawski   3', 9'
Vennegoor of Hesselink   43'
Riordan   69'
BBC Sport Attendance: 18,685
Referee: Willie Collum
3 February 2007 Fourth round Livingston 1–4 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
Mackay   18' BBC Sport O'Dea   30'
Riordan   45+1', 59'
Vennegoor of Hesselink   61'
Attendance: 7,281
Referee: Charlie Richmond
25 February 2007 Quarter Final Inverness CT 1–2 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Bayne   18' BBC Sport Pressley   89'
Miller   90+1'
Attendance: 7,119
Referee: Dougie McDonald
14 April 2007 Semi Final St Johnstone 1–2 Celtic Hampden Park
Hardie   19' BBC Sport Vennegoor of Hesselink   13' (pen.), 54' Attendance: 28,339
Referee: Charlie Richmond

Player statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   POL Artur Boruc 51 0 36 0 5 0 2 0 8 0
2 DF   SCO Paul Telfer 31 0 20+1 0 2 0 2 0 5+1 0
3 DF   GUI Mo Camara 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   ENG Lee Naylor 46 0 32 0 5 0 1 0 8 0
5 DF   SCO Gary Caldwell 28 0 20+1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0
6 DF   GUI Bobo Baldé[3] 10 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
7 FW   POL Maciej Żurawski 34 10 19+7 6 1 2 2 2 4+1 0
8 MF   ENG Alan Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   SCO Kenny Miller 44 8 20+11 4 4 1 1 0 5+3 3
10 FW   NED Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 30 18 17+4 13 4 4 1 0 4 1
11 MF   SCO Stephen Pearson 19 2 3+10 1 0 0 2 0 1+3 1
11 MF   SCO Paul Hartley 14 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF   SCO Mark Wilson 16 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
14 MF   SCO Derek Riordan 21 7 6+10 4 3 3 2 0 0 0
15 MF   NED Evander Sno 28 1 7+11 1 3 0 2 0 5 0
16 MF   DEN Thomas Gravesen 33 6 18+4 6 4 0 1 0 4+2 0
17 DF   SCO Steven Pressley 18 2 14 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
18 MF   NIR Neil Lennon 44 0 30+1 0 5 0 0 0 8 0
19 MF   BUL Stiliyan Petrov 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   CZE Jiří Jarošík 34 5 18+7 4 2 0 1 0 3+3 1
21 GK   SCO Mark Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK   SCO David Marshall 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   SVK Stanislav Varga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   CMR Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé[4] 5 1 3+1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
25 MF   JPN Shunsuke Nakamura 50 11 37 9 5 0 0 0 7+1 2
26 FW   IRL Cillian Sheridan 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   SCO Shaun Maloney 15 0 7+2 0 0 0 1 0 2+3 0
33 MF   SCO Ross Wallace 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF   SCO Paul Lawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   SCO Craig Beattie 20 3 9+7 2 1 0 1 1 0+2 0
41 DF   SCO John Kennedy 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF   SCO Stephen McManus 44 2 31 2 4 0 1 0 8 0
45 MF   IRL Jim O'Brien[5] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF   IRL Aiden McGeady[6] 46 5 22+12 5 4 0 2 0 5+1 0
47 GK   NIR Michael McGovern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 DF   IRL Darren O'Dea 21 3 9+5 2 3 1 1 0 2+1 0
49 DF   SCO Scott Cuthbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 DF   SCO Gary Irvine 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 MF   SCO Ryan Conroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 MF   ISL Teddy Bjarnason 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Goal scorers edit

R Player Scottish
Premier
League

Scottish
League
Cup
Scottish
Cup
UEFA
Champions
League
Total
1   Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 13 0 4 1 18
2   Shunsuke Nakamura 9 0 0 2 11
3   Maciej Żurawski 6 2 2 0 10
4   Kenny Miller 4 0 1 3 8
5   Derek Riordan 4 0 3 0 7
6   Thomas Gravesen 6 0 0 0 6
7   Jiří Jarošík 4 0 0 1 5
8   Darren O'Dea 2 0 1 0 3
  Craig Beattie 2 1 0 0 3
8   Stiliyan Petrov 2 0 0 0 2
  Stephen McManus 2 0 0 0 2
  Stephen Pearson 1 0 0 1 2
  Steven Pressley 1 0 1 0 2
9   Evander Sno 1 0 0 0 1
  Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé 0 0 1 0 1

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 6 6 65 34 +31 84 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 21 9 8 61 32 +29 72 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 19 8 11 55 38 +17 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 47 35 +12 61
5 Kilmarnock 38 16 7 15 47 54 −7 55
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Technical staff edit

Position Staff
Manager Gordon Strachan
Assistant Manager Gary Pendrey
First Team Coach Tommy Burns
Goalkeeping Coach Jim Blyth
Head of Youth Academy Tommy Burns
Head of Recruitment John Park
Physiotherapist Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy
Doctor Gerry McCann
Head of Sports Science Jim Henry

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

Transfers edit

Player From Fee
  Kenny Miller   Wolverhampton Wanderers Free
  Gary Caldwell   Hibernian Free
  Jiří Jarošík   Chelsea £1,100,000
  Evander Sno   Feyenoord £80,000
  Derek Riordan   Hibernian £150,000
  Lee Naylor   Wolverhampton Wanderers £600,000
  Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink   PSV Eindhoven £4,000,000
  Thomas Gravesen   Real Madrid £2,000,000
  Steven Pressley   Hearts Free
  Mark Brown   Inverness Caledonian Thistle £300,000
  Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé   Rennes Loan
  Paul Hartley   Hearts £1,100,000

Out: 2006–07 Season

Player To Fee
  Dion Dublin   Norwich City Free
  Sandy Wood   Forfar Free
  Roy Keane Retired
  John Hartson   West Brom £500,000
  Ross Harris   Dundee Free
  Mark Staunton   Charlton Athletic Undisclosed
  Mohammed Camara   Derby County Free
  Charlie Mulgrew   Wolverhampton Wanderers Swap
  Stiliyan Petrov   Aston Villa £6,500,000
  Stanislav Varga   Sunderland £400,000
  Ross Wallace   Sunderland £400,000
  Jacob Lensky   Feyenoord Undisclosed
  Stephen Pearson   Derby County £750,000
  Shaun Maloney   Aston Villa £1,100,000
Total income:   £7,830,000
Total spending:   £9,650,000

Loans edit

Loaned out:

Player To Length
  David Marshall   Norwich City January to end of season
  Paul McGowan   Morton January to end of season
  Paul Lawson   St Johnstone January to end of season
  Adam Virgo   Coventry City Season long
  Rocco Quinn   Kilmarnock Season long
  Michael Gardyne   Ross County Season long
  Gary Irvine   Ross County Season long
  Alan Thompson   Leeds United Season loan
  Diarmuid O'Carroll   Ross County Season loan
  James O'Brien   Dunfermline Athletic Season loan

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Paddy Power pays out on Scottish Premier League title". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  2. ^ Colin Moffat, Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic, BBC Sport, 22 April 2007
  3. ^ Baldé was born in Marseille, France.
  4. ^ Perrier-Doumbé was born in Paris, France.
  5. ^ O'Brien was born in Alexandria, Scotland.
  6. ^ McGeady was born in Glasgow, Scotland.