2013–14 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2013–14 season
Chairman Ian Bankier
Manager Neil Lennon
Ground Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premiership 1st (Champions)
Scottish League Cup Third round
Champions League Group stage
Scottish Cup Fifth round
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2013–14 season was the 125th season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic have a new shirt sponsor for the season with Irish Cider brand Magners taking over from Tennent's Lager for the next three years.[1]

Celtic began the season with further Champions League success in their sights. They were faced with the burden of replacing three main pieces of their squad in; Gary Hooper and Kelvin Wilson were sold to Norwich City and Nottingham Forest respectively, whilst the highly rated Victor Wanyama was sold to Southampton for a Scottish record fee of £12.5 million.[2] Neil Lennon rebuilt his squad by signing Virgil van Dijk and Amido Balde in the summer, and Teemu Pukki from Schalke 04 on transfer deadline day.[3] Celtic were drawn with Cliftonville in their first qualifying round and easily disposed of the Northern Irish champions 5–0 on aggregate.[4] They were next drawn with IF Elfsborg and squeezed by with a 1–0 aggregate win, with Kris Commons scoring the only goal in the first leg at Celtic Park.[5] Although favoured to qualify for the group stages with minimal challenge after being drawn with Kazakh champions Shakhter Karagandy, Celtic found themselves losing the first leg in Karagandy 2–0.[6] Celtic returned to Scotland to an electric atmosphere at Celtic Park in the home leg, in proved to be the high point of their 2013-14 Champions League campaign. They overcame the 2–0 deficit to level the aggregate thanks to goals by Kris Commons and Georgios Samaras. James Forrest completed the comeback for Celtic with a 90th-minute strike, sending Celtic Park into a frenzy.[7]

Thereafter, Celtic found themselves drawn with AC Milan, Ajax and Barcelona (again) in the group stages.[8] The campaign was dismal; winning only once with a 2–1 home win over Ajax,[9] and slumping to a 6–1 rout away against Barcelona in the final group match.[10] That game saw Celtic concede the most goals they had ever done in a single European tie, and equalled their previous heaviest defeat in Europe (5-0 against FC Artmedia Bratislava).[10]

Celtic's 2014 domestic campaign was filled with ups and downs. Towards the end of February, Celtic had not lost a single game in the league,[11] and drew just twice against Dundee United and Hibernian. Their league success did not translate to cup competition however; they bowed out of both the Scottish League Cup (0–1 to Morton),[12] and the Scottish Cup(1–2 to Aberdeen),[13] both at Celtic Park. Celtic also struggled to find a suitable strike partner for Anthony Stokes, forcing Kris Commons into a striking role. Neil Lennon signed former Hibs striker Leigh Griffiths on transfer deadline day in January 2014,[14] as well as Stefan Johansen earlier in the month.[15] After being unable to reach an agreement on a new contract, Joe Ledley left Celtic for Crystal Palace.[16]

On 2 February 2014 goalkeeper Fraser Forster set a new a club-record of 11 league clean sheets in a row,[17] surpassing a record of 10 clean sheets set by Charlie Shaw in the 1921-22 season.[18] On 22 February, he broke Bobby Clark's Scottish League record of 1155 minutes without conceding a goal in a league match. Celtic won 2–0 away at Hearts, and Forster racked up his 13th consecutive clean sheet in the league.[19][20] Forster's clean sheet run finally ended on 1,256 minutes against Aberdeen on 25 February 2014, as Aberdeen defeated Celtic 2–1 to end their unbeaten run in the league.[21]

Celtic finished the season as league champions again, their third consecutive Scottish League title,[22] scoring 102 goals in the process.[23] Celtic clinched the title after a 5-1 away win against Partick Thistle on 26 March 2014.[24][25] It is the earliest that the title has been won since the 1928-29 season, when Old Firm Rivals Rangers won it on 16 March.[26][27][28]

Kris Commons was the top scorer in Scotland, netting 32 goals, and won both the PFA Scotland and Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year awards.[29][30]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

*Celtic lose the match 5-4 on penalties

Scottish Premiership

UEFA Champions League

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13
Italy Milan 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
Netherlands Ajax 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8
Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Team record

Competition First match Last match Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Premiership 3 August 2013[31] 11 May 2014[31] Winner[32] 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 081.58 [32]
Scottish Cup 1 December 2013[31] 8 February 2014[31] Round of 16[31] 2 1 0 1 8 2 +6 050.00 [31]
League Cup 24 September 2013[31] 24 September 2013[31] Round of 16[31] 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 [31]
Champions League 17 July 2013[31] 11 December 2013[31] Group Stage 12 5 1 6 12 16 −4 041.67 [31]
Total 53 37 7 9 122 44 +78 069.81 —

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 11 May 2014[33]

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

Number Nation Position Name Total League Champions League League Cup Scottish Cup
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1EnglandGKFraser Forster 51010370101200000002000
2WalesDFAdam Matthews 3113023110601010001010
3HondurasDFEmilio Izaguirre 46080340401004000002000
4NigeriaDFEfe Ambrose 51350382401111010002000
5NetherlandsDFVirgil van Dijk 4654136521802010002000
6IsraelMFNir Biton 2000115000300110001000
8ScotlandMFScott Brown 5048138230904110002210
9GreeceFWGeorgios Samaras 331150207301242000001000
10Republic of IrelandFWAnthony Stokes 4621313220211101010002100
11NetherlandsMFDerk Boerrigter 2310015100500010002000
15ScotlandMFKris Commons 4832403427101122010002310
17Guinea-BissauFWAmido Baldé 2433020330300000001000
18AustraliaMFTom Rogić 70003000300010000000
19IcelandFWHólmbert Friðjónsson 00000000000000000000
20FinlandFWTeemu Pukki 3272025720500010001000
21ScotlandDFCharlie Mulgrew 40680286501001010101010
22FranceDFSteven Mouyokolo 30102000101000000000
23SwedenDFMikael Lustig 28220150101111010001100
24PolandGKŁukasz Załuska 20001000000010000000
25NorwayMFStefan Johansen 1724016230000000001010
28ScotlandFWLeigh Griffiths 1473013730000000001000
31ScotlandMFJohn Herron 10001000000000000000
32ScotlandFWTony Watt 30002000100000000000
33IsraelMFBeram Kayal 2013013020711000000000
34Republic of IrelandDFEoghan O'Connell 10001000000000000000
36AustraliaDFJackson Irvine 00000000000000000000
37Bosnia and HerzegovinaFWBahrudin Atajić 31003100000000000000
38ItalyGKLeo Fasan 00000000000000000000
39ScotlandFWDenny Johnstone 00000000000000000000
41EnglandDFDarnell Fisher 1302012020000000001000
42ScotlandMFCallum McGregor 00000000000000000000
43ScotlandDFJoe Chalmers 00000000000000000000
44ScotlandDFMarcus Fraser 00000000000000000000
45ScotlandDFLewis Toshney 00000000000000000000
46ScotlandMFDylan McGeouch 30001000100010000000
49ScotlandMFJames Forrest 27710164101030000001000
50Republic of IrelandMFPaul George 00000000000000000000
53ScotlandMFLiam Henderson 81108110000000000000
56Czech RepublicMFFilip Twardzik 10001000000000000000
Players who no longer play for Celtic
6EnglandDFKelvin Wilson 40000000400000000000
16WalesMFJoe Ledley 2851020400701000001100
88EnglandFWGary Hooper 10000000100000000000

Goalscorers

Last updated 11 May 2014

R Player Scottish
Premiership
 Scottish
Cup		 Scottish
League
Cup		 UEFA
Champions
League		 Total
1 Scotland Kris Commons 27 3 0 2 32
2 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 20 1 0 0 21
3 Greece Georgios Samaras 7 0 0 4 11
4 Scotland James Forrest 4 0 0 3 7
Scotland Leigh Griffiths 7 0 0 0 7
Finland Teemu Pukki 7 0 0 0 7
5 Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 6 0 0 0 6
6 Wales Joe Ledley 4 1 0 0 5
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 5 0 0 0 5
7 Scotland Scott Brown 2 2 0 0 4
8 Guinea-Bissau Amido Baldé 3 0 0 0 3
Nigeria Efe Ambrose 2 0 0 1 3
9 Sweden Mikael Lustig 0 1 0 1 2
Norway Stefan Johansen 2 0 0 0 2
10 Wales Adam Matthews 1 0 0 0 1
Israel Beram Kayal 0 0 0 1 1
Netherlands Derk Boerrigter 1 0 0 0 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bahrudin Atajić 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Liam Henderson 1 0 0 0 1

Technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Neil Lennon
Assistant Manager Johan Mjallby
First Team Coach Garry Parker
Goalkeeping Coach Stevie Woods
Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart
Head of Recruitment John Park
Head Physiotherapist Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy
Doctor Ian Sharpe
Head of Sports Science Bill Styles
Academy Welfare & Operations Manager Brian Meehan
Under 20s Coach John Kennedy
U17's Manager Tommy McIntyre

Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source:

Transfers

See also

References

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