2006–07 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic

2006–07 season
Chairman	Brian Quinn
Manager	Gordon Strachan
Ground	Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (13) All: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (18)
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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.

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

Scottish Premier League

SPL	Celtic		4 – 1		Kilmarnock	Celtic Park	29 July 2006
Żurawski  25', 90+3' Jarošík  38' Nakamura  75'					Naismith  87'	Attendance: 54,620 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Hearts		2 – 1		Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium	6 August 2006
Bednář  49', 87'					Petrov  65'	Attendance: 16,822 Referee: Stuart Dougal Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 0		St. Mirren	Celtic Park	12 August 2006
McManus  49' Petrov  65'						Attendance: 56,579 Referee: Brian Winter Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Inverness CT		1 – 1		Celtic	Caledonian Stadium	20 August 2006
Munro  80'					Pearson  26'	Attendance: 7,332 Referee: Craig Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 1		Hibernian	Celtic Park	26 August 2006
Żurawski  62' Vennegoor of Hesselink  66'					Brown  8'	Attendance: 58,078 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Aberdeen		0 – 1		Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium	9 September 2006
					Vennegoor of Hesselink  79'	Attendance: 15,304 Referee: Mike McCurry Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		1 – 0		Dunfermline Athletic	Celtic Park	16 September 2006
McManus  31'						Attendance: 55,894 Referee: Eddie Smith Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 0		Rangers	Celtic Park	23 September 2006
Gravesen  35' Miller  74'						Attendance: 59,341 Referee: Dougie McDonald Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Falkirk		0 – 1		Celtic	Falkirk Stadium	1 October 2006
					McGeady  84'	Attendance: 7,139 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Dundee United		1 – 4		Celtic	Tannadice Park	14 October 2006
Hunt  5'					Nakamura  44', 48', 58' Vennegoor of Hesselink  52'	Attendance: 10,504 Referee: Mike McCurry Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 1		Motherwell	Celtic Park	21 October 2006
Craigan  16' (o.g.) Żurawski  66'					McDonald  77'	Attendance: 57,742 Referee: Alan Freeland Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 2		Celtic	Rugby Park	28 October 2006
Nish  49'					Nakamura  55' Miller  75'	Attendance: 10,083 Referee: John Underhill Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 1		Hearts	Celtic Park	4 November 2006
Jarošík  86' Gordon  90+1' (o.g.)					Velička  72'	Attendance: 58,971 Referee: Craig Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL	St. Mirren		1 – 3		Celtic	Love Street	12 November 2006
Sutton  56'					Gravesen  2', 21', 69'	Attendance: 8,445 Referee: Stuart Dougal Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		3 – 0		Inverness CT	Celtic Park	18 November 2006
Dods  43' (o.g.) Vennegoor of Hesselink  72' Jarošík  85'						Attendance: 56,637 Referee: Kenny Clark Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Hibernian		2 – 2		Celtic	Easter Road	26 November 2006
Sproule  12' Thomson  63'					Sno  70' McGeady  74'	Attendance: 16,747 Referee: Mike McCurry Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		1 – 0		Aberdeen	Celtic Park	2 December 2006
Żurawski  72'						Attendance: 58,911 Referee: Dougie McDonald Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Dunfermline Athletic		1 – 2		Celtic	East End Park	10 December 2006
Simmons  90+2'					McGeady  49' Żurawski  68'	Attendance: 7,080 Referee: Craig Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Rangers		1 – 1		Celtic	Ibrox Stadium	17 December 2006
Hemdani  88'					Gravesen  38'	Attendance: 50,418 Referee: Kenny Clark Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		1 – 0		Falkirk	Celtic Park	23 December 2006
Gravesen  24'						Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 2		Dundee United	Celtic Park	26 December 2006
O'Dea  78' Nakamura  80'					Robertson  17' Samuel  58'	Attendance: 57,343 Referee: Brian Winter Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Motherwell		1 – 1		Celtic	Fir Park	30 December 2006
Smith  90+1'					Riordan  37'	Attendance: 9,769 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 0		Kilmarnock	Celtic Park	2 January 2007
O'Dea  39' McGeady  90+1'						Attendance: 57,236 Referee: Steve Conroy Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Hearts		1 – 2		Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium	14 January 2007
Mikoliūnas  28'					Vennegoor of Hesselink  59' Jarošík  81'	Attendance: 17,129 Referee: Kenny Clark Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		5 – 1		St. Mirren	Celtic Park	20 January 2007
Vennegoor of Hesselink  16', 61' (pen.), 75' McGeady  69' Miller  82'					McGinn  47'	Attendance: 58,382 Referee: Craig Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Inverness CT		1 – 2		Celtic	Caledonian Stadium	28 January 2007
Bayne  57'					Riordan  37' Vennegoor of Hesselink  90+3'	Attendance: 7,484 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		1 – 0		Hibernian	Celtic Park	10 February 2007
Beattie  54'						Attendance: 59,659 Referee: Stuart Dougal Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Aberdeen		1 – 2		Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium	17 February 2007
Mackie  90+2'					Beattie  9' Nakamura  20'	Attendance: 16,711 Referee: Craig Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 1		Dunfermline Athletic	Celtic Park	3 March 2007
Miller  4' Vennegoor of Hesselink  76'					Hammill  87'	Attendance: 59,131 Referee: Steve Conroy Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		0 – 1		Rangers	Celtic Park	10 March 2007
					Ehiogu  50'	Attendance: 59,425 Referee: Stuart Dougal Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Falkirk		1 – 0		Celtic	Falkirk Stadium	18 March 2007
Thomson  50'						Attendance: 6,438 Referee: John Underhill Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Dundee United		1 – 1		Celtic	Tannadice Park	31 March 2007
Daly  90+2'					Nakamura  48'	Attendance: 11,363 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		1 – 0		Motherwell	Celtic Park	7 April 2007
Riordan  52'						Attendance: 58,654 Referee: Eddie Smith Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Kilmarnock		1 – 2		Celtic	Rugby Park	22 April 2007
Nish  50'					Vennegoor of Hesselink  24' Nakamura  90+1'	Attendance: 12,654 Referee: Craig Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		1 – 3		Hearts	Celtic Park	29 April 2007
Pressley  63'					Ivaškevičius  57' Driver  61' Pospíšil  71' (pen.)	Attendance: 59,510 Referee: Stuart Dougal Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Rangers		2 – 0		Celtic	Ibrox Stadium	5 May 2007
Boyd  34' Adam  55'						Attendance: 50,384 Referee: Craig Thomson Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Celtic		2 – 1		Aberdeen	Celtic Park	12 May 2007
Vennegoor of Hesselink  33', 49'					Mackie  41'	Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

SPL	Hibernian		2 – 1		Celtic	Easter Road	20 May 2007
Brown  60' Sproule  90+1'					Riordan  56'	Attendance: 13,885 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

UEFA Champions League

Group Stage	Manchester United		3 – 2		Celtic	Old Trafford	13 September 2006
Saha  30' (pen.), 40' Solskjær  47'					Vennegoor of Hesselink  21' Nakamura  43'	Attendance: 74,031 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ Report: BBC Sport

Group Stage	Celtic		1 – 0		F.C. København	Celtic Park	26 September 2006
Miller  30' (pen.)						Attendance: 57,598 Referee: Florian Meyer Report: BBC Sport

Group Stage	Celtic		3 – 0		Benfica	Celtic Park	17 October 2006
Miller  56', 66' Pearson  90+1'						Attendance: 58,313 Referee: Eric Braamhaar Report: BBC Sport

Group Stage	Benfica		3 – 0		Celtic	Estádio da Luz	1 November 2006
Caldwell  10' (o.g.) Nuno Gomes  22' Karyaka  76'						Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras Report: BBC Sport

Group Stage	Celtic		1 – 0		Manchester United	Celtic Park	21 November 2006
Nakamura  81'						Attendance: 60,632 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González Report: BBC Sport

Group Stage	F.C. København		3 – 1		Celtic	Parken Stadium	6 December 2006
Hutchinson  2' Grønkjær  27' Allbäck  57'					Jarošík  75'	Attendance: 38,647 Referee: Bertrand Layec Report: BBC Sport

Knockout Round	Celtic		0 – 0		A.C. Milan	Celtic Park	20 February 2007
						Attendance: 58,785 Referee: Terje Hauge Report: BBC Sport

Knockout Round	A.C. Milan		1 – 0		Celtic	San Siro	7 March 2007
Kaká  93'						Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz Report: BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

Third Round	Celtic		2 – 0		St. Mirren	Celtic Park	19 September 2006
Beattie  76' Żurawski  87'						Attendance: 32,587 Referee: Kenny Clark Report: BBC Sport

Quarter Final	Celtic		1 – 1*		Falkirk	Celtic Park	7 November 2006
Żurawski  98'					Stokes  99'	Attendance: 18,684 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

*Celtic Lose the match 5-4 on penalties

Scottish Cup

Third Round	Celtic		4 – 0		Dumbarton	Celtic Park	6 January 2007
Żurawski  3', 9' Vennegoor of Hesselink  43' Riordan  69'						Attendance: 18,685 Referee: Willie Collum Report: BBC Sport

Fourth Round	Livingston		1 – 4		Celtic	Almondvale Stadium	3 February 2007
Mackay  18'					O'Dea  30' Riordan  45+1', 59' Vennegoor of Hesselink  61'	Attendance: 7,281 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

Quarter Final	Inverness CT		1 – 2		Celtic	Caledonian Stadium	25 February 2007
Bayne  18'					Pressley  89' Miller  90+1'	Attendance: 7,119 Referee: Dougie McDonald Report: BBC Sport

Semi Final	St Johnstone		1 – 2		Celtic	Hampden Park	14 April 2007
Hardie  19'					Vennegoor of Hesselink  13' (pen.), 54'	Attendance: 28,339 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

Final	Dunfermline Athletic		0 – 1		Celtic	Hampden Park	26 May 2007
					Perrier-Doumbé  84'	Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Kenny Clark Report: BBC Sport

Players

Transfers

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	£3,400,000
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
Stilian 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

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

Statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

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

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	Stilian 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

See also

• List of Celtic F.C. seasons

References

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