2005–06 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic started the season 2005–06 looking to win the Scottish Premier League trophy and retain the Scottish Cup. They competed in the Scottish League Cup, and entered the Champions League at the qualification stage.

Celtic
2005–06 season
ChairmanBrian Quinn
ManagerGordon Strachan
GroundCeltic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupWinners
Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
John Hartson (18)

All:
Maciej Żurawski
John Hartson (20 each)

Celtic were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the third round by Clyde, losing 2–1. They won the Scottish League Cup with a comfortable 3–0 victory over Dunfermline on 19 March 2006, while the league was regained after a 1–0 win over Hearts. Rival managers were quick to praise the manner in which Celtic had regained the SPL title.[1]

Results

Scottish Premier League

30 July 2005 SPL Motherwell 4 – 4 Celtic Fir Park
Kerr 20'
Hamilton 58'
McDonald 60'
Kinniburgh 84'
BBC Sport Hartson 14', 32', 44' (pen.)
Beattie 90+1'
Attendance: 9,903
Referee: Mike McCurry
6 August 2005 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Dundee United Celtic Park
Hartson 37'
Beattie 88'
BBC Sport Attendance: 56,532
Referee: Iain Brines
13 August 2005 SPL Celtic 3 – 1 Falkirk Celtic Park
Hartson 49'
Thompson 75', 90+1'
BBC Sport Duffy 39' (pen.) Attendance: 57,782
Referee: Alan Freeland
20 August 2005 SPL Rangers 3 – 1 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
Pršo 34'
Buffel 51'
Novo 88' (pen.)
BBC Sport Maloney 86' (pen.) Attendance: 49,699
Referee: Stuart Dougal
28 August 2005 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 4 Celtic East End Park
BBC Sport Żurawski 5', 74'
Hartson 10'
Nakamura 58'
Attendance: 9,244
Referee: Kenny Clark
10 September 2005 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Żurawski 13'
Petrov 61'
BBC Sport Attendance: 59,607
Referee: Charlie Richmond
18 September 2005 SPL Hibernian 0 – 1 Celtic Easter Road
BBC Sport Petrov 5' Attendance: 15,649
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 September 2005 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Beattie 57', 67' BBC Sport Wyness 51' Attendance: 57,247
Referee: Steve Conroy
1 October 2005 SPL Livingston 0 – 5 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
BBC Sport McManus 36'
Maloney 45'
Żurawski 51'
Sutton 62'
Beattie 72'
Attendance: 9,115
Referee: Mike McCurry
15 October 2005 SPL Celtic 1 – 1 Hearts Celtic Park
Beattie 13' BBC Sport Skácel 16' Attendance: 60,100
Referee: Dougie McDonald
22 October 2005 SPL Kilmarnock 0 – 1 Celtic Rugby Park
BBC Sport Petrov 24' Attendance: 10,544
Referee: Iain Brines
26 October 2005 SPL Celtic 5 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Petrov 14', 23', 79'
Maloney 17'
Nakamura 67'
BBC Sport Attendance: 57,388
Referee: Charlie Richmond
29 October 2005 SPL Dundee United 2 – 4 Celtic Tannadice Park
Sutton 4' (o.g.)
Samuel 30'
BBC Sport Hartson 17'
Sutton 28'
Archibald 32' (o.g.)
Pearson 88'
Attendance: 11,942
Referee: Alan Freeland
5 November 2005 SPL Falkirk 0 – 3 Celtic Falkirk Stadium
BBC Sport Maloney 41'
McGeady 42'
Hartson 69'
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: Calum Murray
19 November 2005 SPL Celtic 3 – 0 Rangers Celtic Park
Hartson 12'
Baldé 56'
McGeady 61'
BBC Sport Attendance: 58,997
Referee: Dougie McDonald
26 November 2005 SPL Celtic 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Celtic Park
BBC Sport Ross 17' Attendance: 58,203
Referee: Craig Mackay
3 December 2005 SPL Aberdeen 1 – 3 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
Winter 53' BBC Sport McGeady 56'
Petrov 58'
Telfer 64'
Attendance: 17,031
Referee: Charlie Richmond
10 December 2005 SPL Celtic 3 – 2 Hibernian Celtic Park
Hartson 40', 65'
Maloney 57'
BBC Sport Beuzelin 47'
Fletcher 53'
Attendance: 59,895
Referee: Kenny Clark
17 December 2005 SPL Inverness CT 1 – 1 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
Dargo 1' BBC Sport Hartson 21' Attendance: 7,382
Referee: Stuart Dougal
26 December 2005 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Livingston Celtic Park
Maloney 39' (pen.)
Nakamura 87'
BBC Sport Dalglish 58' Attendance: 57,000
Referee: John Underhill
1 January 2006 SPL Hearts 2 – 3 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Jankauskas 6'
Pressley 8'
BBC Sport Pearson 55'
McManus 87', 90+3'
Attendance: 17,358
Referee: Iain Brines
14 January 2006 SPL Celtic 4 – 2 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Nakamura 3'
Maloney 16' (pen.)
McManus 53'
Żurawski 67'
BBC Sport Naismith 24' (pen.)
Invincibile 51'
Attendance: 59,995
Referee: Calum Murray
22 January 2006 SPL Motherwell 1 – 3 Celtic Fir Park
Hamilton 41' BBC Sport Żurawski 17'
McGeady 71'
Hartson 85'
Attendance: 11,503
Referee: Charlie Richmond
28 January 2006 SPL Celtic 3 – 3 Dundee United Celtic Park
Hartson 9'
Żurawski 49'
Petrov 67'
BBC Sport Fernández 40', 86'
Miller 82'
Attendance: 59,875
Referee: M Ritchie
8 February 2006 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Falkirk Celtic Park
Keane 34'
McManus 44'
BBC Sport Milne 83' Attendance: 56,672
Referee: Iain Brines
12 February 2006 SPL Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic Ibrox Stadium
BBC Sport Żurawski 12' Attendance: 49,788
Referee: Mike McCurry
18 February 2006 SPL Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 8 Celtic East End Park
Tod 14' BBC Sport Petrov 3'
Hartson 24'
Żurawski 32', 40', 56', 88'
Maloney 74'
Lennon 82'
Attendance: 9,015
Referee: Dougie McDonald
4 March 2006 SPL Celtic 3 – 0 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Petrov 66'
Maloney 75'
Żurawski 89'
BBC Sport Attendance: 60,018
Referee: Mike McCurry
11 March 2006 SPL Hibernian 1 – 2 Celtic Easter Road
Riordan 24' BBC Sport Maloney 36' (pen.)
McManus 60'
Attendance: 16,985
Referee: Alan Freeland
22 March 2006 SPL Celtic 2 – 1 Inverness CT Celtic Park
McManus 35'
Maloney 79'
BBC Sport Hart 90+1' Attendance: 57,451
Referee: Charlie Richmond
26 March 2006 SPL Livingston 0 – 2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
BBC Sport Żurawski 46'
Maloney 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,486
Referee: Kenny Clark
5 April 2006 SPL Celtic 1 – 0 Hearts Celtic Park
Hartson 4' BBC Sport Attendance: 59,699
Referee: Dougie McDonald
9 April 2006 SPL Kilmarnock 1 – 4 Celtic Rugby Park
Nish 89' BBC Sport Nakamura 8', 82'
Hartson 64'
Dublin 84'
Attendance: 10,978
Referee: Craig Thomson
16 April 2006 SPL Celtic 1 – 1 Hibernian Celtic Park
Żurawski 76' BBC Sport Fletcher 35' Attendance: 60,047
Referee: K Toner
23 April 2006 SPL Celtic 0 – 0 Rangers Celtic Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 59,684
Referee: Craig Thomson
30 April 2006 SPL Hearts 3 – 0 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
McManus 7' (o.g.)
Hartley 9'
Bednář 63'
BBC Sport Attendance: 16,795
Referee: Alan Freeland
3 May 2006 SPL Celtic 2 – 0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Żurawski 55'
Varga 63'
BBC Sport Attendance: 48,649
Referee: Steve Conroy
7 May 2006 SPL Aberdeen 2 – 2 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
Stewart 69', 72' BBC Sport Hartson 5'
Maloney 61'
Attendance: 14,597
Referee: Calum Murray

UEFA Champions League

Scottish League Cup

21 September 2005 Third round Celtic 2 – 1 Falkirk Celtic Park
Żurawski 62'
Hartson 94'
BBC Sport Gow 54' Attendance: 24,953
Referee: Kenny Clark
9 November 2005 Quarter Final Celtic 2 – 0 Rangers Celtic Park
Maloney 26'
Klos 82' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Attendance: 57,183
Referee: Kenny Clark
1 February 2006 Semi Final Motherwell 1 – 2 Celtic Hampden Park
Foran 11' BBC Sport Żurawski 29'
Maloney 88'
Attendance: 32,595
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

7 January 2006 Third round Clyde 2 – 1 Celtic Broadwood Stadium
Bryson 32'
Malone 36'
BBC Sport Żurawski 82' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kenny Clark

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupOther
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Poland POL Artur Boruc 400340104010
2 DF Scotland SCO Paul Telfer 421361103020
3 DF Guinea GUI Mo Camara 230180003020
4 DF Scotland SCO Adam Virgo 1203+700+101000
5 DF China CHN Du Wei 1000100000
6 DF Guinea GUI Dianbobo Balde 331281003020
7 FW Poland POL Maciej Żurawski 302022+2160+113320
8 MF England ENG Alan Thompson 19311+52000+1021
9 FW England ENG Chris Sutton 1027+12001010
9 FW England ENG Dion Dublin (from January) 1223+81000+1100
10 FW Wales WAL John Hartson 412029+618102+1121
11 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Pearson 2022+162100+1000
12 DF Scotland SCO Mark Wilson 15014+10000000
14 FW France FRA Jérémie Aliadière 200000000+20
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Roy Keane 131101101+1000
17 DF France FRA Didier Agathe 400+40000000
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Neil Lennon 381321103020
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Stiliyan Petrov 431036+110004020
22 GK Scotland SCO David Marshall 5040000010
23 DF Slovakia SVK Stanislav Varga 1319+11001+1010
25 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Nakamura 38630+36104000
29 FW Scotland SCO Shaun Maloney 431627+91310430+20
33 MF Scotland SCO Ross Wallace 1408+30101010
35 MF Scotland SCO Paul Lawson 401+20000+1000
37 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie 1577+6600100+11
42 FW Scotland SCO Michael McGlinchey 100+10000000
44 DF Scotland SCO Stephen McManus 428367104011
46 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aiden McGeady 24411+940+101+100+10

Goal scorers

R Player Scottish
Premier
League

Scottish
League
Cup
Scottish
Cup
UEFA
Champions
League
Total
1 Poland Maciej Żurawski 16 3 1 0 20
Wales John Hartson 18 1 0 1 20
2 Scotland Shaun Maloney 13 3 0 0 16
3 Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov 10 0 0 0 10
4 Scotland Stephen McManus 7 0 0 1 8
5 Scotland Craig Beattie 6 0 0 1 7
6 Japan Shunsuke Nakamura 6 0 0 0 6
7 Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeady 4 0 0 0 4
8 England Alan Thompson 2 0 0 1 3
9 England Chris Sutton 2 0 0 0 2
Scotland Stephen Pearson 2 0 0 0 2
England Dion Dublin 1 1 0 0 2
9 Guinea Bobo Balde 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Paul Telfer 1 0 0 0 1
Republic of Ireland Roy Keane 1 0 0 0 1
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 1 0 0 0 1
Slovakia Stanislav Varga 1 0 0 0 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 38 28 7 3 93 37 +56 91 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Heart of Midlothian 38 22 8 8 71 31 +40 74 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 21 10 7 67 37 +30 73 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Hibernian 38 17 5 16 61 56 +5 56 Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Kilmarnock 38 15 10 13 63 64 1 55
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.
  2. Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.

Technical staff

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 Tom O'Neil
Head Physiotherapist Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy
Doctor Roddy MacDonald
Head of Sports Science Kenny McMillan
Performance Coach Jim Henry

Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source:

Transfers

In
Player From Fee
Scotland Mark WilsonScotland Dundee United£500,000
Republic of Ireland Roy KeaneEngland Manchester UnitedFree
China Du WeiChina Shanghai ShenhuaLoan
Scotland Paul TelferEngland Southampton£200,000
Scotland Adam VirgoEngland Brighton & Hove Albion£1.5 million
Japan Shunsuke NakamuraItaly Reggina£2.5 million
Poland Maciej ŻurawskiPoland Wisła Kraków£2.5 million
Poland Artur BorucPoland Legia Warsaw£900,000
Guinea Mohammed CamaraEngland BurnleyFree
Out
Player From Fee
China Du WeiChina Shanghai ShenhuaEnd of loan
England Chris SuttonEngland Birmingham CityFree
Spain David FernándezScotland Dundee UnitedFree
Scotland Jackie McNamaraEngland Wolverhampton WanderersFree
Switzerland Stéphane HenchozEngland Wigan AthleticFree
Scotland Robert DouglasEngland Leicester CityFree
Guinea Mohammed SyllaEngland Leicester CityFree
Scotland Paul LambertScotland LivingstonFree
Belgium Joos ValgaerenBelgium Club BruggeFree
Denmark Ulrik LaursenDenmark Odense BKFree
Sweden Magnus HedmanEngland ChelseaFree
Total spending: Decrease £7.6 million
Total income: Increase £0

See also

References

  1. "McLeish: "Celtic deserved title"". BBC News. 6 April 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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