2004–05 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic

2004–05 season

Chairman

Brian Quinn

Manager

Martin O'Neill

Ground

Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)

Scottish Premier League

2nd

Scottish Cup

Winners

Scottish League Cup

Quarter-finals

Champions League

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League:
John Hartson (25)
All:
John Hartson (30)

Home colours

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Celtic started season 2004–05 looking to win the Scottish Premier League trophy and retain the Scottish Cup. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup, and entered the Champions League at the group stage.

In the race for the SPL title, Celtic recorded a win over city rivals Rangers. However, as the season drew to a close, with Rangers closely following, the club extended their lead at the top of the SPL table to two points as they lined up for the final game of the season. A win at Motherwell was required to seal the title.

With two minutes remaining on the clock, Celtic were leading 1–0; a result which would have handed them the league. However, Motherwell's Scott McDonald (who later signed for Celtic) netted two last-minute goals. Rangers defeated Hibernian 1–0 at Easter Road, thereby winning the league championship title and leaving Celtic in second position. Celtic ended the season one week later with a 1–0 win over Dundee United in the Scottish Cup Final, which was marked by fans as Martin O'Neill's final match as manager.

On 25 May 2005, O'Neill announced he would resign as manager of Celtic at the end of 2004–05 season along with first team coach Steve Walford and assistant manager John Robertson. It was widely reported that O'Neill decided to take time out of football in order to care for his ailing wife, who was ill with lymphoma.^[1]

Competitions

NOTE: scores are written Celtic first

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorers
18 July 2004	Craven Cottage	Fulham	2–0	Friendly	Hartson, Lennon (pen.)
24 July 2004	Qwest Field	Chelsea	2–4	Champions World Soccer Series Two 2004	Beattie (2)
27 July 2004	Rentschler Field	Liverpool	1–5	Champions World Soccer Series Two 2004	Beattie (pen.)
29 July 2004	Lincoln Financial Field	Manchester United	2–1	Champions World Soccer Series Two 2004	Sutton (pen.), Beattie
1 August 2004	Skydome	Roma	0–1	Champions World Soccer Series Two 2004
4 August 2004	Celtic Park	Newcastle United	2–1	Friendly	Sylla, Camara
8 August 2004	Celtic Park	Motherwell	2–0	SPL	McNamara, Sutton
10 August 2004	Celtic Park	Tottenham	2–0	Friendly	Beattie, Camara
14 August 2004	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	4–2	SPL	Hartson (2), Thompson (2)
22 August 2004	Pittodrie Stadium	Inverness CT	3–1	SPL	Hartson (2), Petrov
29 August 2004	Celtic Park	Rangers	1–0	SPL	Thompson
11 September 2004	Celtic Park	Dundee	3–0	SPL	Camara (2), Hartson
14 September 2004	Celtic Park	Barcelona	1–3	UCL	Sutton
19 September 2004	Easter Road	Hibernian	2–2	SPL	Camara, Hartson
21 September 2004	Celtic Park	Falkirk	8–1	SLC	Sylla, Wallace (3), Lambert, McManus, McGeady
29 September 2004	San Siro	Milan	1–3	UCL	Varga
3 October 2004	Tannadice	Dundee United	3–0	SPL	Sutton (2) (pen.), Petrov
16 October 2004	Celtic Park	Hearts	3–0	SPL	Camara, Juninho, Hartson
20 October 2004	Lokomotiv Stadium (Donetsk)	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	UCL
24 October 2004	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	4–2	SPL	Petrov, Camara, Hartson, Sutton
27 October 2004	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	2–3	SPL	Hartson (2)
30 October 2004	Fir Park	Motherwell	3–2	SPL	McGeady, Thompson (pen.), Beattie
2 November 2004	Celtic Park	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	UCL	Thompson
6 November 2004	Celtic Park	Kilmarnock	2–1	SPL	McGeady, Thompson (pen.)
10 November 2004	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	1–2	SLC	Hartson
13 November 2004	Celtic Park	Inverness CT	3–0	SPL	Sutton, Hartson (2)
20 November 2004	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	0–2	SPL
24 November 2004	Nou Camp	Barcelona	1–1	UCL	Hartson
28 November 2004	Dens Park	Dundee	2–2	SPL	Camara, Hartson
4 December 2004	Celtic Park	Hibernian	2–1	SPL	Hartson (2)
7 December 2004	Celtic Park	Milan	0–0	UCL
12 December 2004	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	SPL	Sutton, Petrov
18 December 2004	Celtic Park	Dundee United	1–0	SPL	Sutton
26 December 2004	Tynecastle	Hearts	2–0	SPL	McGeady, Petrov
2 January 2005	Celtic Park	Livingston	2–1	SPL	Hartson, Sutton
9 January 2005	Celtic Park	Rangers	2–1	SC	Sutton, Hartson
16 January 2005	Pittodrie	Aberdeen	1–0	SPL	Sutton
22 January 2005	Celtic Park	Motherwell	2–0	SPL	Sutton, Petrov
30 January 2005	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	1–0	SPL	Sutton (pen.)
6 February 2005	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	SC	Hartson (2) Sutton
9 January 2005	Celtic Park	Rangers	0–2	SPL
27 February 2005	Broadwood Stadium	Clyde	5–0	SC	Varga (2), Thompson (pen.), Petrov, Bellamy
2 March 2005	Celtic Park	Dundee	3–0	SPL	Petrov, Balde (2)
6 March 2005	Easter Road	Hibernian	3–1	SPL	Petrov, Hartson, Bellamy
12 March 2005	Celtic Park	Dunfermline Athletic	6–0	SPL	Hartson (2), McGeady, Petrov (2), Beattie
16 March 2005	Caledonian Stadium	Inverness CT	2–0	SPL	Bellamy, Thompson (pen.)
19 March 2005	Tannadice	Dundee United	3–2	SPL	Bellamy (3)
2 April 2005	Celtic Park	Hearts	0–2	SPL
10 April 2005	Hampden Park	Hearts	2–1	SC	Sutton, Bellamy
13 April 2005	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	4–0	SPL	Hartson (3) (pen.), Varga
16 April 2005	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	3–2	SPL	Varga, Hartson, Bellamy
24 April 2005	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	2–1	SPL	Petrov, Bellamy
30 April 2005	Celtic Park	Hibernian	1–3	SPL	Beattie
8 May 2005	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	2–0	SPL	Hartson (2)
15 May 2005	Tynecastle	Hearts	2–1	SPL	Thompson, Beattie
22 May 2005	Fir Park	Motherwell	1–2	SPL	Sutton
28 May 2005	Hampden Park	Dundee United	1–0	SC	Thompson

Key:

SPL = Scottish Premier League
SC = Scottish Cup
SLC = Scottish League Cup
CLF - Champions League Group F
CL = Champions League Match
F = Friendly match

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Stéphane Henchoz
3	MF	Mohamed Sylla
4	DF	Jackie McNamara
5	DF	Joos Valgaeren
6	DF	Bobo Baldé
7	MF	Juninho Paulista
8	MF	Alan Thompson
9	FW	Chris Sutton
10	FW	John Hartson
11	MF	Stephen Pearson
12	MF	David Fernández
14	MF	Paul Lambert
16	DF	Ulrik Laursen
17	MF	Didier Agathe
18	MF	Neil Lennon
19	MF	Stilian Petrov

No.	Position	Player
20	GK	Rab Douglas
21	GK	Magnus Hedman
22	GK	David Marshall
23	DF	Stanislav Varga
27	FW	Henri Camara
29	MF	Shaun Maloney
33	MF	Ross Wallace
35	MF	Paul Lawson
37	FW	Craig Beattie
41	DF	John Kennedy
44	DF	Stephen McManus
46	MF	Aiden McGeady
47	FW	Craig Bellamy
	DF	Craig Reid
48	MF	James McLeod
	FW	Kjartan Finnbogason

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Stéphane Henchoz	8	0	2+4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Mohammed Sylla	9	1	1+5	0	0	0	1	1	0+2	0
4	DF		Jackie McNamara	44	1	34	1	4	0	1	0	5	0
5	DF		Joos Valgaeren	28	0	18+1	0	1+1	0	2	0	4+1	0
6	DF		Dianbobo Balde	46	3	34	2	5	0	2	1	5	0
7	MF		Juninho Paulista	22	1	9+5	1	1+1	0	2	0	2+2	0
8	MF		Alan Thompson	44	10	32	7	5	2	1+1	0	5	1
9	FW		Chris Sutton	37	16	25+2	12	5	3	0	0	4+1	1
10	FW		John Hartson	49	30	38	25	4	3	1	1	6	1
11	MF		Stephen Pearson	9	0	1+7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	FW		David Fernández	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Paul Lambert	7	1	0+4	0	0+2	0	1	1	0	0
15	MF		Bobby Petta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Ulrik Laursen	21	0	12+6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF		Didier Agathe	24	0	14+2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
18	MF		Neil Lennon	49	0	38	0	4	0	1	0	6	0
19	MF		Stilian Petrov	49	12	37	11	5	1	1	0	6	0
20	GK		Rab Douglas	19	0	14	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK		Magnus Hedman	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	GK		David Marshall	24	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
23	DF		Stanislav Varga	46	6	34	3	5	2	1	0	6	1
27	FW		Henri Camara	26	8	12+6	8	0+1	0	0+1	0	4+2	0
29	FW		Shaun Maloney	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Ross Wallace	21	3	4+12	0	0+1	0	1	3	0+3	0
35	MF		Paul Lawson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Craig Beattie	13	4	0+11	4	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
41	DF		John Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Stephen McManus	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0+1	0
46	MF		Aiden McGeady	37	5	20+7	4	2+3	0	1+1	1	2+1	0
47	FW		Craig Bellamy	15	9	12	7	3	2	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In:

Date	Player	From	Fee
29 July 2004	Jacob Lensky	Blackburn Rovers	10Bosman
5 August 2004	Henri Camara	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10Loan
25 August 2004	Juninho	Middlesbrough	10Bosman
23 December 2004	Kjartan Finnbogason	KR	10Undisclosed
23 December 2004	Teddy Bjarnason	KR	10Undisclosed
29 January 2005	Stéphane Henchoz	Liverpool	10Bosman
31 January 2005	Craig Bellamy	Newcastle United	10Loan

Out:

Date	Player	To	Fee
30 June 2004	Henrik Larsson	Barcelona	10Bosman
1 July 2004	Liam Miller	Manchester United	10Bosman
2 July 2004	Johan Mjällby	Levante	10Bosman
21 July 2004	Jamie Smith	ADO Den Haag	10Bosman
10 November 2004	Bobby Petta	Terminated contract	Released
8 January 2005	Kevin McBride	Motherwell	10Undisclosed
6 April 2005	Juninho	Palmeiras	10Bosman

References

↑ "Strachan in for O'Neill at Celtic". BBC News. 25 May 2005.
↑ "2004–2005 Glasgow Celtic F.C. Squad". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

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