2012–13 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2012–13 season
Chairman Ian Bankier
Manager Neil Lennon
Ground Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League 1st
Scottish Cup Winners
Scottish League Cup Semi-Finals
Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Gary Hooper (19)
All:
Gary Hooper (31)
Highest home attendance 59,168 vs Spartak Moscow (5 December 2012)
Lowest home attendance 14,399 vs St. Johnstone (30 October 2012)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2012–13 season is the 124th season of competitive football by Celtic.

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Scottish Premier League

UEFA Champions League

Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6411115+613
Scotland Celtic 631298+110
Portugal Benfica 62225508
Russia Spartak Moscow 6105714−73

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 26 May 2013[6]

Key: = Appearances, = Goals, = Yellow card, Red card = Red card

Number Nation Position Name Total League Champions League League Cup Scottish Cup
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1EnglandGKFraser Forster 51050 34040 12010 1000 4000
2WalesDFAdam Matthews 38320 22210 10010 3000 4100
3HondurasDFEmilio Izaguirre 50040 33020 10020 2000 5000
4NigeriaDFEfe Ambrose 41340 27330 7000 2010 5000
5IsraelDFRami Gershon 3100 3100 0000 0000 0000
6EnglandDFKelvin Wilson 50050 32040 10010 3000 5000
7VenezuelaFWMiku 14230 11220 2010 0000 1000
8ScotlandMFScott Brown (C) 32380 17340 10030 2000 3010
9GreeceFWGeorgios Samaras 401470 25940 10520 1000 4010
10Republic of IrelandFWAnthony Stokes 23700 17500 1000 1000 4200
11TunisiaFWLassad 19300 14300 2000 1000 2000
14Sierra LeoneFWMohamed Bangura 1000 1000 0000 0000 0000
15ScotlandMFKris Commons 461920 271110 12210 3300 4300
16WalesMFJoe Ledley 411020 25700 9110 3010 4200
18AustraliaMFTom Rogić 8000 8000 0000 0000 0000
20Northern IrelandMFPaddy McCourt 20000 15000 2000 2000 1000
21ScotlandDFCharlie Mulgrew 49990 30540 12130 3210 4110
23SwedenDFMikael Lustig 38330 23310 9010 2010 4000
24PolandGKŁukasz Załuska 8000 4000 0000 2000 2000
25NorwayDFThomas Rogne 19020 13010 3010 1000 2000
26SwedenGKViktor Noring 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
27Republic of IrelandFWDaryl Murphy 2000 1000 1000 0000 0000
28ScotlandFWJames Keatings 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
31ScotlandMFJohn Herron 1000 1000 0000 0000 0000
32ScotlandFWTony Watt 29620 20510 5100 2010 2000
33IsraelMFBeram Kayal 40080 26040 8020 1000 5020
35ScotlandGKRobbie Thomson 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
36AustraliaDFJackson Irvine 1000 1000 0000 0000 0000
37Bosnia and HerzegovinaFWBahrudin Atajić 1000 1000 0000 0000 0000
42ScotlandMFCallum McGregor 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
43ScotlandDFJoe Chalmers 3000 2000 0000 0000 1000
44ScotlandDFMarcus Fraser 1000 1000 0000 0000 0000
45ScotlandDFLewis Toshney 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
46ScotlandMFDylan McGeouch 15100 12100 0000 1000 2000
49ScotlandMFJames Forrest 29430 15310 9010 1000 4100
50Republic of IrelandMFPaul George 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
56Czech RepublicMFFilip Twardzik 2000 2000 0000 0000 0000
58Czech RepublicFWPatrik Twardzik 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
67KenyaMFVictor Wanyama 499152 32691 10241 2000 5120
88EnglandFWGary Hooper 513120 311910 11410 3600 5200
Players who no longer play for Celtic
30ScotlandMFPaul Slane 1000 1000 0000 0000 0000
39EnglandDFAndre Blackman 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
40NigeriaMFRabiu Ibrahim 1000 0000 0000 0000 1000

Goalscorers

Last updated 28 April 2013

R Player Scottish
Premier
League
 Scottish
Cup		 Scottish
League
Cup		 UEFA
Champions
League		 Total
1 England Gary Hooper 19 2 6 4 31
2 Scotland Kris Commons 11 3 3 2 19
3 Greece Georgios Samaras 9 0 0 5 14
4 Wales Joe Ledley 7 2 0 1 10
5 Kenya Victor Wanyama 6 1 0 2 9
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 5 1 2 1 9
7 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 5 2 0 0 7
8 Scotland Tony Watt 5 0 0 1 6
9 Scotland James Forrest 3 1 0 0 4
10 Tunisia Lassad 3 0 0 0 3
Nigeria Efe Ambrose 3 0 0 0 3
Scotland Scott Brown 3 0 0 0 3
Wales Adam Matthews 2 1 0 0 3
Sweden Mikael Lustig 3 0 0 0 3
15 Venezuela Miku 2 0 0 0 2
16 Israel Rami Gershon 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Dylan McGeouch 1 0 0 0 1
Total 88 13 11 16 128

Celtic personnel awards

Last updated 22 September 2012

Player Award Month
Scotland Tony Watt SPL Young Player of the Month August[7]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month December
Wales Adam Matthews SPL Young Player of the Month January
England Gary Hooper SPL Player of the Month January

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St. Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 512013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 −2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 −1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 −9 44
11 St. Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 −13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 −38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHA
Result W D W D L W W W W L D D W L W W W W W L W W W W W W D W L L W D W W L D W W
Position 2 4 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 21 April 2013.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Dates Player From Fee
5 July 2012 England Fraser Forster England Newcastle United £2 million[8]
31 August 2012 Nigeria Efe Ambrose Israel F.C. Ashdod £1.5 million[9]
31 August 2012 Venezuela Miku Spain Getafe CF Loan[10]
31 August 2012 Slovakia Ľuboš Kamenár France FC Nantes Loan[11]
2 September 2012 Tunisia Lassad Nouioui Spain Deportivo de La Coruña Free[12]
9 January 2013 Israel Rami Gershon Belgium Standard Liège Loan[13]
17 January 2013 Australia Tom Rogić Australia Central Coast Mariners £400,000[14]
31 January 2013 Sweden Viktor Noring Sweden Trelleborgs FF Loan
31 January 2013 Republic of Ireland Colin McCade Republic of Ireland Cavan Shamrocks Free

Total spend: £3.9 million

Players out

Dates Player From Fee
5 June 2012 Mexico Efraín Juárez Mexico Club América £1.9 million[15]
8 June 2012 South Korea Cha Du-Ri Germany Fortuna Dusseldorf Free[16]
8 June 2012 Republic of Ireland Richie Towell Out of Contract Released[17]
8 June 2012 United States Dominic Cervi Out of Contract Released[17]
4 July 2012 Northern Ireland Niall McGinn Scotland Aberdeen[18] Free[17]
5 July 2012 Scotland Mo Yaqub Scotland St. Mirren Free[19]
18 July 2012 Scotland Greig Spence Scotland Raith Rovers Free[20]
19 July 2012 Netherlands Glenn Loovens Spain Real Zaragoza[21] Free[22]
31 July 2012 Denmark Morten Rasmussen Denmark FC Midtjylland £250,000[23][24]
1 August 2012 Sweden Daniel Majstorović Sweden AIK Free[25]
3 August 2012 Republic of Ireland Darren O'Dea Canada Toronto FC Free[26]
17 August 2012 Scotland Mark Wilson England Bristol City Free[27]
20 August 2012 England Josh Thompson England Portsmouth Loan[28]
24 August 2012 South Korea Ki Sung-Yueng Wales Swansea City £6 million[29]
24 August 2012 Scotland Lewis Toshney Scotland Dundee Loan[30]
24 August 2012 Scotland James Keatings Scotland Hamilton Loan[31]
28 August 2012 Sierra Leone Mohamed Bangura Sweden AIK Loan[32]
31 August 2012 England Josh Thompson England Portsmouth Free[33]
31 August 2012 England Andre Blackman Scotland Inverness CT Loan[34]
31 August 2012 Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy England Ipswich Town Loan[35]
25 September 2012 Scotland Robbie Thomson Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[36]
2 October 2012 Scotland Paul Slane Scotland Partick Thistle Loan[37]
14 November 2012 England Andre Blackman Out Of Contract Released
2 January 2013 Nigeria Rabiu Ibrahim Scotland Kilmarnock Free[38]
11 January 2013 Belgium Glenn Daniels Scotland Partick Thistle Loan[39]
22 January 2013 Scotland Paul Slane Out Of Contract Released
24 January 2013 Sierra Leone Mohamed Bangura Sweden Elfsborg Loan[40]

Total sales: £8.5 million

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Celtic v Barcelona attendance Robin Buchanan on Twitter. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
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  5. ↑ "Good News Stories!". raithrovers.net (Raith Rovers Football Club). 18 February 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
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  8. ↑ "Forster completes switch from Newcastle United to Celtic". ESPN. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Celtic: Efe Ambrose completes move from Ashdod". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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  13. ↑ "SPL champions Celtic confirm Israel defender Rami Gershon has joined the Glasgow giants". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Celtic sign Tom Rogic from Central Coast Mariners". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 17 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Mexico international Efrain Juarez joins Club América". goal.com. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "Cha Du-Ri leaves Celtic". STV. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Four more Bhoys exit Paradise". Celtic. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  18. ↑ "Aberdeen sign former Celtic forward Niall McGinn". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  19. ↑ "Three is the magic number for Saints". Paisley Daily Express (Trinity Mirror). 13 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "Rover Make Important Addition". Raith Rovers F.C. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  21. ↑ "Real Zaragoza strengthens its defense with Glenn Loovens". realzaragoza.com (in Spanish) (Real Zaragoza). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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  26. ↑ "Toronto FC signs Irish center back Darren O'Dea". Yahoo (Yahoo Sports). 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "Bristol City sign former Celtic defender Mark Wilson". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  28. ↑ "Thompson set for Pompey Loan". Sky (Sky Sports). 17 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  29. ↑ "Ki Sung-Yeung completes record move to Swansea City from Celtic". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  30. ↑ "Dundee sign Celtic's Lewis Toshney on season-long loan". BBC Sport (BBC). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  31. ↑ "Hamilton sign Celtic's James Keatings on season-long loan". Hamilton Accies (Club Site). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  32. ↑ "Celtic ship out Mohamed Bangura on loan to AIK until Christmas". stv.tv (STV Group). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  33. ↑ "Pompey land defender Thompson". The News (Johnston Press). 31 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  34. ↑ "Inverness: Celtic loan Andre Blackman to Caley Thistle". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 31 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  35. ↑ "Paul Taylor and Daryl Murphy join Ipswich Town". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 31 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  36. ↑ "Stenhousemuir 1 Inverness CT 1 (AET, Inverness win 6-5 on penalties)". The Herald (Newsquest). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  37. ↑ "Celtic's Paul Slane joins Partick Thistle on three-month loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  38. ↑ "Ibrahim Rabiu moves from Celtic to Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  39. ↑ "Ryan Scully Joins Rovers On Loan". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  40. ↑ "Celtic striker Mo Bangura exits Scotland for Elfsborg loan deal". stv.tv (STV Group). 24 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

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