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Celtic
2015–16 season
ChairmanIan Bankier
ManagerRonny Deila
GroundCeltic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,411)
Champions LeaguePlay-off round
2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season will be the 127th season of competitive football by Celtic. They will compete in the Scottish Premiership,League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Europa League, having been eliminated In the play-off round of the Champions League.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

1 July 2015 Friendly Celtic 2 – 0 FC Den Bosch Paisley, Scotland
Mackay-Steven 3'
Pantophlet 25' (o.g.)
Celtic Report Stadium: St. Mirren Park
Referee: Kevin Clancy
18 July 2015 Friendly Eibar 1 – 4 Celtic Eibar, Spain
Arruabarrena 68' (pen.) Celtic Report Ambrose 49'
Griffiths 59' (pen.), 74', 89'
Stadium: Ipurua

Scottish Premiership

9 August 2015 Matchday 2 Partick Thistle 0 – 2 Celtic Glasgow, Scotland
Osman Yellow card 45+1'
Miller Yellow card 69'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Rogić 28'
Commons 63'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,088
Referee: John Beaton
15 August 2015 Matchday 4 Celtic 4 – 2 Inverness CT Glasgow, Scotland
Lustig 8'
Griffiths 12'
Brown Yellow card 46'
Armstrong 55', 67'
Griffiths Yellow card 71'
Biton Yellow card 78'
Mackay-Steven Yellow card 84'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Tremarco Yellow card 25'
Draper Yellow card 14'
Christie 70'
Lopez 77'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 42,727
Referee: Craig Thomson
29 August 2015 Matchday 6 Celtic 3 – 1 St. Johnstone Glasgow, Scotland
Griffiths 18'
Rogić 45+1'
Mulgrew 67'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Boyata 11' (o.g.) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 42,507
Referee: John Beaton
19 September 2015 Matchday 8 Celtic Dundee Glasgow, Scotland
Stadium: Celtic Park
30 December 2015 Matchday 21 Dundee Celtic Dundee, Scotland
Stadium: Dens Park

UEFA Champions League

Second Qualifying Round

15 July 2015 Second Qualifying Celtic Scotland 2 – 0 Iceland Stjarnan Glasgow, Scotland
Boyata 44'
Johansen 56'
Ambrose Yellow card 87'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
UEFA Report
Yellow card 61' Nielsen Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 48,185
Referee: Daniel Siebert
22 July 2015 Second Qualifying Stjarnan Iceland 1 – 4
(1 – 6 agg.)
Scotland Celtic Garðabær, Iceland
Finsen 7'
Gudjónsson Yellow card 60'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
UEFA Report
Bitton 32'
Mulgrew 49'
Griffiths 88'
Johansen 90+3'
Stadium: Stjörnuvöllur
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Third Qualifying Round

29 July 2015 Third Qualifying Celtic Scotland 1 – 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Glasgow, Scotland
Izaguirre Yellow card 35'
van Dijk Yellow card 44'
Boyata 82'
Forrest Yellow card 90+1'
BBC Sport
Celtic Sport
Agolli Yellow card 61' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 43,011
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Play-Off Round

19 August 2015 Play-Off Round Celtic Scotland 3 – 2 Sweden Malmö Glasgow, Scotland
Griffiths 3', 61'
Bitton 10'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Berget 52', 90+5' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 52,412
Referee: Felix Brych
25 August 2015 Play-Off Round Malmö Sweden 2 – 0
(4 – 3 agg.)
Scotland Celtic Malmö, Sweden
Rosenberg 23'
Boyata 54' (o.g.)
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Swedbank Stadion
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Milorad Mažić

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Template:2015–16 UEFA Europa League Group A table

22 October 2015 Group A Molde Norway Scotland Celtic Molde, Norway
Stadium: Aker Stadion
5 November 2015 Group A Celtic Scotland Norway Molde Glasgow, Scotland
Stadium: Celtic Park
26 November 2015 Group A Celtic Scotland Netherlands Ajax Glasgow, Scotland
Stadium: Celtic Park

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

No. Nat Player Total League Europe League Cup Scottish Cup
Starts Apps Goals Mins Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Scotland GK Craig Gordon 11 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
26 Belgium GK Logan Bailly 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Italy GK Leonardo Fasan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 England DF Tyler Blackett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Honduras DF Emilio Izaguirre 9 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Nigeria DF Efe Ambrose 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 Croatia DF Jozo Šimunović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Belgium DF Dedryck Boyata 10 2 0 4 0 6 2 0 0 0 0
21 Scotland DF Charlie Mulgrew 7 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
22 Switzerland DF Saidy Janko 6 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Sweden DF Mikael Lustig 6 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
34 Republic of Ireland DF Eoghan O'Connell 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 England DF Darnell Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Scotland DF Jack Breslin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 Scotland DF Kieran Tierney 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Israel MF Nir Bitton 10 3 0 4 1 6 2 0 0 0 0
8 Scotland MF Scott Brown 9 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
11 Netherlands MF Derk Boerrigter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Scotland MF Stuart Armstrong 9 1 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
15 Scotland MF Kris Commons 8 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
16 Scotland MF Gary Mackay-Steven 11 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
17 Scotland MF Ryan Christie 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Australia MF Tom Rogić 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Scotland MF Scott Allan 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Norway MF Stefan Johansen 10 3 0 4 1 6 2 0 0 0 0
29 Northern Ireland MF Michael Duffy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Scotland MF Callum McGregor 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Scotland MF James Forrest 6 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
52 Scotland MF Joe Thomson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 Scotland MF Liam Henderson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 Turkey FW Nadir Çiftçi 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
9 Scotland FW Leigh Griffiths 12 8 0 6 5 6 3 0 0 0 0
10 Republic of Ireland FW Anthony Stokes 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Serbia FW Stefan Šćepović 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances = Total appearances
Last updated: 29 August 2015

Goalscorers

R No. Pos. Nation Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe Total
1 9 FW Scotland Leigh Griffiths 5 0 0 3 8
2 25 MF Norway Stefan Johansen 1 0 0 2 3
6 MF Israel Nir Bitton 1 0 0 2 3
3 20 DF Belgium Dedryck Boyata 0 0 0 2 2
14 MF Scotland Stuart Armstrong 2 0 0 0 2
18 MF Australia Tom Rogić 2 0 0 0 2
21 DF Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 1 0 0 1 2
4 15 MF Scotland Kris Commons 1 0 0 0 1
23 DF Sweden Mikael Lustig 1 0 0 0 1
42 MF Scotland Callum McGregor 1 0 0 0 1
Total 15 0 0 10 25

Last updated: 29 August 2015
Europe:[1]

Assists table

R No. Pos. Nation Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe Total
1 25 MF Norway Stefan Johansen 1 0 0 3 4
2 16 MF Scotland Gary Mackay-Steven 2 0 0 1 3
3 15 MF Scotland Kris Commons 1 0 0 1 2
6 MF Israel Nir Bitton 2 0 0 0 2
9 FW Scotland Leigh Griffiths 2 0 0 0 2
4 14 MF Scotland Stuart Armstrong 0 0 0 1 1
8 MF Scotland Scott Brown 0 0 0 1 1
21 DF Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 0 0 0 1 1
3 DF Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 1 0 0 0 1
5 DF Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 1 0 0 0 1
Total 10 0 0 8 18

Last updated: 22 August 2015
Europe:[2]

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Celtic first squad during the season.

N P Nat. Name League League Cup Scottish Cup Europe Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
3 DF Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 2 2
25 MF Norway Stefan Johansen 2 2
8 MF Scotland Scott Brown 1 1 2
4 DF Nigeria Efe Ambrose 1 1 2
5 DF Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 1 1
49 MF Scotland James Forrest 1 1
1 GK Scotland Craig Gordon 1 1
14 MF Scotland Stuart Armstrong 1 1
6 MF Israel Nir Bitton 1 1
16 MF Scotland Gary Mackay-Steven 1 1
9 FW Scotland Leigh Griffiths 1 1
7 FW Turkey Nadir Çiftçi 1 1
34 DF Ireland Eoghan O'Connell 1 1
21 DF Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 1 1
19 MF Scotland Scott Allan 1 1

Last updated: 22 August 2015
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 8 4 93 31 +62 86 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Aberdeen 38 22 5 11 62 48 +14 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division Summary

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Overall

Competition Started round Current Position Final Position First match Last match
Scottish Premiership Matchday 1 Matchday 5 1 August 2015
Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round Eliminated Play-off round 15 July 2015 25 August 2015
Scottish Cup 4th Round
League Cup 3rd Round

Last Updated: 6 June 2015

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Scottish Premiership 6 5 1 0 16 6 +10 083.33
Scottish Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Scottish League Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Champions League 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 066.67
Total 12 9 2 1 26 11 +15 075.00

Last updated: 29 August 2015
Source: Competitions

Results Summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 5 1 0 16 6  +10 16 3 0 0 9 3  +6 2 1 0 7 3  +4

Last updated: 29 August 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Ronny Deila
Assistant coach John Collins
First Team Coach John Kennedy
Goalkeeping Coach Stevie Woods
Head of Performance Bård Ove Homstøl
Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart
Football Development Manager John Park
First Team Consultant Jim McGuinness
Scouting John Park
David Moss
Sjaak van den Helder
Michael Murphy
John McGlynn
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Performance Specialist Grete Mellingen Homstøl
Head Physiotherapist Tim Williamson
Physiotherapists
Gavin McCarthy
Doctor Ian Sharpe
Head of Sports Science Ian Coll
Sports Scientists Andy Guard
John Currie
First Team Nutritionist Kenn Hallstensen
Head of Professional Academy Tommy McIntyre
Head of Youth Recruitment Willie McStay
Academy Welfare & Operations Manager Brian Meehan
Under 20s Coach Stephen Frail
U17's Manager Tommy McIntyre
U17's Coach Miodrag Krivokapić
George McCluskey

Last updated: 5 July 2015
Source: Celtic Wiki

Transfers

Transfers In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
20 DF Belgium Dedryck Boyata 24 EU England Manchester City Transfer Summer 2019 £1.5 million [4]
22 DF Switzerland Saidy Janko 19 EU England Manchester United Transfer Summer 2019 Free [5]
26 GK Belgium Logan Bailly 29 EU Belgium OH Leuven Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed Fee [6]
7 FW Turkey Nadir Çiftçi 23 EU Scotland Dundee United Transfer Summer 2019 £1.5 million [7]
19 MF Scotland Scott Allan 23 EU Scotland Hibernian Transfer Summer 2019 £275,000 [8]
2 DF England Tyler Blackett 21 EU England Manchester United Loan Summer End of the Season Loan
17 MF Scotland Ryan Christie 20 EU Scotland Inverness CT Transfer Summer 2019 £500,000
5 DF Croatia Jozo Šimunović 21 Non-EU Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Transfer Summer 2019 5 million

Transfers out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
43 DF Scotland Joe Chalmers 21 EU Scotland Motherwell End of contract Summer Free [9]
24 GK Poland Łukasz Załuska 33 EU Germany SV Darmstadt 98 End of contract Summer Free [10]
20 FW Finland Teemu Pukki 25 EU Denmark Brøndby IF Transfer Summer £500,000 [11]
31 MF Scotland John Herron 21 EU England Blackpool Transfer Summer Free [12]
19 FW Iceland Hólmbert Friðjónsson 22 EU Iceland KR Transfer Summer Free [13]
2 DF Wales Adam Matthews 23 EU England Sunderland Transfer Summer £2 million [14]
33 FW Scotland Paul McMullan 19 EU Scotland St. Mirren Loan Summer Loan [15]
29 MF Northern Ireland Michael Duffy 20 EU Scotland Alloa Loan Summer Loan
32 MF Scotland Connor McManus 19 EU Scotland Alloa Loan Summer Loan
59 DF Scotland Calum Waters 19 EU Scotland Dumbarton Loan Summer Loan [16]
35 DF Scotland Stuart Findlay 19 EU Scotland Kilmarnock Loan Summer Loan [17]
17 FW Guinea-Bissau Amido Balde 24 Non-EU France FC Metz Contract Terminated Summer Free [18]
54 DF Scotland Jamie Lindsay 19 EU Scotland Dumbarton Loan Summer Loan
36 MF Australia Jackson Irvine 22 Non-EU Scotland Ross County Transfer Summer Undisclosed [19]
46 MF Scotland Dylan McGeouch 22 EU Scotland Hibernian Transfer Summer Swap Deal
53 MF Scotland Liam Henderson 21 EU Scotland Hibernian Loan Summer Loan [20]
41 DF England Darnell Fisher 19 EU Scotland St. Johnstone Loan Summer Loan [21]
12 FW Serbia Stefan Šćepović 25 Non-EU Spain Getafe Loan Summer Loan [22]
5 DF Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 24 EU England Southampton Transfer Summer £13.5 million [23]
34 DF Republic of Ireland Eoghan O'Connell 20 EU England Oldham Athletic Loan Summer Loan
17 MF Scotland Ryan Christie 20 EU Scotland Inverness CT Loan Summer Loan

Total income: Increase £14 million

Total expenditure: Decrease £8.775 million

Total profit/loss: Increase £5.225 million

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.espnfcasia.com/uefa-champions-league/2/statistics/assists
  2. ^ http://www.espnfcasia.com/uefa-champions-league/2/statistics/assists
  3. ^ "Premiership 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Dedryck Boyata: Celtic sign Manchester City defender". BBC Sport. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Saidy Janko: Celtic to sign Man Utd defender, subject to medical". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Celtic sign Belgian goalkeeper Logan Bailly". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Nadir Ciftci: Celtic sign Dundee United striker for £1.5m". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Scott Allan signs for Celtic while Hibs get Liam Henderson on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Joe Chalmers: Motherwell sign former Celtic defender". BBC Sport. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Lilien verpflichten Torhüter Lukasz Zaluska" (in German). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Teemu Pukki makes permanent switch to Brondby". Celtic. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  12. ^ "John Herron: Blackpool sign Celtic midfielder". BBC Sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Holmbert Fridjonsson agrees move to KR Reykjavik after leaving Celtic". STV Sport. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Adam Matthews: Celtic accept Sunderland bid for right-back". BBC Sport. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Paul McMullan signs for St Mirren on loan". Celtic. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Dumbarton add Jon Routledge and Calum Waters to squad". BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Kilmarnock bring in Dale Carrick and Stuart Findlay". BBC Sport. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ^ "Celtic: Amido Balde released to join Metz". BBC Sport. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Ross County sign Daniel Bachmann and Jackson Irvine". BBC Sport. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Scott Allan signs for Celtic while Hibs get Liam Henderson on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  21. ^ "Celtic's Darnell Fisher joins St Johnstone on loan". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  22. ^ "Celtic striker Stefan Scepovic joins Getafe on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  23. ^ "Virgil van Dijk: Southampton sign Celtic defender for £11.5m". BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.