2010–11 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2010–11 season
Chairman John Reid
Manager Neil Lennon
Ground Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League 2nd
Scottish Cup Winners
Scottish League Cup Runners-up
Champions League Third qualifying round
Europa League Play-off round
Top goalscorer League:
Gary Hooper (20)
All:
Gary Hooper (22)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2010–11 season was the 122nd season of competitive football by Celtic. New manager Neil Lennon made considerable changes to the Celtic team for the 2010-11 season. He sold Aiden McGeady for a then Scottish record £9.5 million[1] along with captain Stephen McManus[2] and fan favourite Artur Boruc.[3][4] 13 other players also left the club, this gave Lennon enough funds to re-build for the new season. He looked to sign talented, young, cheap, relatively unknown players, from smaller leagues around the world.[5] This paid off with players such as Gary Hooper,[6][7] Beram Kayal[8][9] and Emilio Izaguirre[10][11][12] all having excellent seasons and earning many plaudits.[5] Lennon also signed several experienced players on free transfers. Charlie Mulgrew,[13][14] Joe Ledley,[15][16][17] and Daniel Majstorović[18][19] all went into the first team. In addition to these Lennon also signed five other players, including Fraser Forster[20][21][22] on loan from Newcastle who became first choice goalkeeper and helped set a new SPL record for most clean sheets.[23]

In July Celtic were drawn in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Portuguese side Braga.[24] Celtic lost the first leg of the tie 3–0 away from home.[25] Celtic won the return leg 2–1, but went out of the Champions League 4–2 on aggregate.[26] Celtic were knocked out of European football altogether in August, after they lost their Europa League qualifying match against FC Utrecht 4–2 on aggregate.[27]

Celtic won their first eight league games of the SPL season,[28] before losing to Rangers, who also had a 100% record, 3–1.[28] Celtic started November beating Aberdeen 9–0 in an SPL record victory.[29] They then lost to Hearts[30] and drew at home against Dundee United[31] and Inverness Caledonian Thistle,[32] with a victory over St Mirren the only consolation.[33] The Inverness match was notable because it was officiated by Luxembourg referee Alain Hamer,[32] who had stepped in because of the Scottish football referee strike.[34] Celtic began 2011 by beating Rangers 2–0 at Ibrox,[35] and beat their rivals again 3–0 on 20 February.[36] Celtic finished the season in second place in the SPL table, a point behind Rangers.[37]

In the League Cup, Celtic beat Inverness 6–0[38] and St Johnstone 3–2[39] before beating Aberdeen in the semi-final.[40] In the final, they lost 2–1 to Rangers after extra time.[41] In the Scottish Cup, Celtic entered in the fourth round, beating Third Division team Berwick Rangers 2–0,[42] and drawing 2–2 with Rangers in the fifth round.[43] They beat Rangers 1–0 in the replay[44] and booked their place in the final beating Aberdeen 4–0 at Hampden Park.[45] In the final Celtic beat Motherwell 3-0, with goals scored by Ki Sung-Yeung, Charlie Mulgrew and an own goal from Stephen Craigan.[46]

Celtic played in an unprecedented seven Old Firm matches in 2010-11.[47] This was due to being drawn against Rangers in both cups, and the fact that they required a replay to beat them in the Scottish Cup. Celtic won three of these matches, two in the league and the Scottish Cup fifth round replay. There were two draws, one in the final league match and one in the Scottish Cup fifth round. Rangers won twice, both the first league match and the League Cup final. Celtic also enjoyed an incredible run of results against Aberdeen. The two teams played each other five times, due to being drawn in both Cup semi-finals and Celtic scored 21 times against them only conceding one.[48]

Transfers

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 29 5 4 85 22  +63 92 15 3 1 51 11  +40 14 2 3 34 11  +23

Last updated: 15 May 2011.
Source: [70]

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupOther
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Germany Andreas Hinkel 0000000000
3 DF Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 421331504000
4 DF Mexico Efraín Juárez 1925+80101+1032
5 DF Sweden Daniel Majstorović 4023214+112010
6 DF Netherlands Jos Hooiveld 704+10000020
7 MF Sweden Fredrik Ljungberg 801+60100000
8 MF Scotland Scott Brown 39426+224+122040
9 FW Greece Georgios Samaras 33716+634+103331
10 FW France Marc-Antoine Fortuné 402000001+10
10 FW Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes (from 31 August) 351922+7141+203500
11 DF South Korea Cha Du-Ri 20114+21001030
12 DF Scotland Mark Wilson 333252513000
13 FW Scotland Shaun Maloney 26615+650+110+1030
14 MF Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 1236+52001100
15 MF Scotland Kris Commons 211411+311522100
16 MF Wales Joe Ledley 40626+32434130
17 MF Spain Marc Crosas 300+100+100+1000
18 MF South Korea Ki Sung-Yueng 34418+83412+1010
19 FW Denmark Morten Rasmussen 0000000000
20 MF Northern Ireland Paddy McCourt 3178+1771+200+200+10
21 DF Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 35320+30622+2120
22 DF Netherlands Glenn Loovens 211131202+1030
23 FW England Ben Hutchinson 0000000000
24 GK Poland Łukasz Załuska 90202+100040
25 DF Norway Thomas Rogne 20214+21202100
26 GK England Fraser Forster 440360404000
27 FW Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy 2139+93000+100+20
28 FW Scotland James Keatings 0000000000
30 MF Scotland Paul Slane 0000000000
31 DF Republic of Ireland Richie Towell 100+10000000
33 MF Israel Beram Kayal 30218+32502020
36 MF Republic of Ireland Graham Carey 0000000000
38 DF England Josh Thompson 0000000000
45 DF Scotland Lewis Toshney 100+10000000
47 GK United States Dominic Cervi 0000000000
48 DF Republic of Ireland Darren O'Dea 0000000000
49 FW Scotland James Forrest 24315+431+20000+20
54 MF Scotland Ryan Conroy 0000000000
55 MF Scotland Paul McGowan 0000000000
56 MF Czech Republic Filip Twardzik 0000000000
77 MF France Olivier Kapo 201+10000000
88 FW England Gary Hooper 36222620504111

Disciplinary record

Player Yellow Second Yellow Red
Israel Beram Kayal 11
Sweden Daniel Majstorović 11
Scotland Scott Brown 11 1
Scotland Mark Wilson 8
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 6
Greece Georgios Samaras 6
Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 6
South Korea Ki Sung-Yueng 6
Netherlands Glenn Loovens 3
England Gary Hooper 3
Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 3 1
Netherlands Jos Hooiveld 2
Wales Joe Ledley 2 1
Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 2
Scotland Kris Commons 2 1
England Fraser Forster 1 1
Scotland Shaun Maloney 1
Poland Łukasz Załuska 1
South Korea Cha Du-Ri 1
Scotland James Forrest 1 1
Norway Thomas Rogne 1

Top scorers

R Player Scottish
Premier
League
 Scottish Cup Scottish
League
Cup		 Champions
League
(Qualifying)
 Europa League
(Play-off)
 Total
1 England Gary Hooper 20 0 1 1 0 22
2 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 14 0 5 0 0 19
3 Scotland Kris Commons 11 2 1 0 0 14
5 Greece Georgios Samaras 3 0 3 0 1 7
Northern Ireland Paddy McCourt 7 0 0 0 0 7
7 Wales Joe Ledley 2 3 1 0 0 6
Scotland Shaun Maloney 5 1 0 0 0 6
9 Scotland Scott Brown 2 2 0 0 0 4
South Korea Ki Sung-Yueng 3 1 0 0 0 4
14 Northern Ireland Niall McGinn 2 0 1 0 0 3
Scotland James Forrest 3 0 0 0 0 3
Scotland Mark Wilson 2 1 0 0 0 3
Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy 3 0 0 0 0 3
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 0 2 1 0 0 3
18 Mexico Efraín Juárez 0 0 0 1 1 2
Norway Thomas Rogne 1 0 1 0 0 2
Sweden Daniel Majstorović 1 1 0 0 0 2
Israel Beram Kayal 2 0 0 0 0 2
21 Netherlands Glenn Loovens 1 0 0 0 0 1
Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 1 0 0 0 0 1
South Korea Cha Du-Ri 1 0 0 0 0 1

Technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Neil Lennon
Assistant Manager Johan Mjallby
First Team Coach Garry Parker
Alan Thompson
Goalkeeping Coach Stevie Woods
Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart
Head of Recruitment John Park
Head Physiotherapist Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy
Doctor Roddy MacDonald
Head of Sports Science Kenny McMillan

Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source:

Celtic personnel awards

Player Award Date
Scotland James Forrest SPL Young Player of the Month August
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month September
South Korea Ki Sung-Yueng SPL Young Player of the Month October
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month January
Israel Beram Kayal SPL Player of the Month January
Norway Thomas Rogne Scottish League Cup Young Player of the Semi-finals February
Scotland Scott Brown Scottish Cup Player of the Round February
Honduras Emilio Izaguirre SPFA Players' Player of the Year May
Honduras Emilio Izaguirre SPL Player of the Year May
Honduras Emilio Izaguirre Celtic Player of the Year May
Scotland James Forrest Celtic Young Player of the Year May
Scotland Scott Brown Celtic Goal of the Season May
England Gary Hooper Celtic Top Goalscorer of the Year Award (19 goals) May
Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes Celtic Top Goalscorer of the Year Award (19 goals) May

See also

References

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