2015–16 Celtic F.C. season
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2015–16 season | ||||
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Chairman | Ian Bankier | |||
Manager | Ronny Deila | |||
Ground | Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 60,411) | |||
Champions League | Play-off round | |||
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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 |
4 July 2015 Friendly | Celtic | 3 – 5 | Dukla Prague | Paisley, Scotland |
Griffiths 28' (pen.) Mackay-Steven 43' van Dijk 83' |
Celtic Report | Hanousek 13', 36', 50' (pen.) Mareš 60' Přikryl 85' |
Stadium: St. Mirren Park Referee: John Beaton |
10 July 2015 Friendly | Celtic | 1 – 0 | Real Sociedad | Paisley, Scotland |
Mackay-Steven 68' | Celtic Report | Stadium: St. Mirren Park Referee: Bobby Madden |
18 July 2015 Friendly | Eibar | 1 – 4 | Celtic | Eibar, Spain |
Arruabarrena 68' (pen.) | Celtic Report | Ambrose 49' Griffiths 59' (pen.), 74', 89' |
Stadium: Ipurua |
25 July 2015 Friendly | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Rennes | Glasgow, Scotland |
Griffiths 12' Mackay-Steven 22' |
Celtic Report | Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Steve McLean |
Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 Matchday 1 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Ross County | Glasgow, Scotland |
Griffiths 4' (pen.) Gordon 22' Johansen 34' Armstrong 60' |
BBC Sport Celtic Report |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,197 Referee: Willie Collum |
9 August 2015 Matchday 2 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 2 | Celtic | Glasgow, Scotland |
Osman 45+1' Miller 69' |
BBC Sport Celtic Report |
Rogić 28' Commons 63' |
Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,088 Referee: John Beaton |
12 August 2015 Matchday 3 | Kilmarnock | 2 – 2 | Celtic | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Magennis 44' Higginbotham 88' (pen.) |
BBC Sport Celtic Report |
Griffiths 3' Bitton 55' |
Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 6,090 Referee: Crawford Allan |
15 August 2015 Matchday 4 | Celtic | 4 – 2 | Inverness CT | Glasgow, Scotland |
Lustig 8' Griffiths 12' Brown 46' Armstrong 55', 67' Griffiths 71' Biton 78' Mackay-Steven 84' |
BBC Sport Celtic Report |
Tremarco 25' Draper 14' Christie 70' Lopez 77' |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,727 Referee: Craig Thomson |
22 August 2015 Matchday 5 | Dundee United | 1 – 3 | Celtic | Dundee, Scotland |
Erskine 45' (pen.) | BBC Sport Celtic Report |
Griffiths 17' Durnan 44' (o.g.) McGregor 74' |
Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 10,605 Referee: Willie Collum |
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 |
12 September 2015 Matchday 7 | Aberdeen | – | Celtic | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium |
19 September 2015 Matchday 8 | Celtic | – | Dundee | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
26 September 2015 Matchday 9 | Celtic | – | Heart of Midlothian | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
3 October 2015 Matchday 10 | Hamilton Academical | – | Celtic | Hamilton, Scotland |
Stadium: New Douglas Park |
17 October 2015 Matchday 11 | Motherwell | – | Celtic | Motherwell, Scotland |
Stadium: Fir Park |
24 October 2015 Matchday 12 | Celtic | – | Dundee United | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
31 October 2015 Matchday 13 | Celtic | – | Aberdeen | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
7 November 2015 Matchday 14 | Ross County | – | Celtic | Dingwall, Scotland |
Stadium: Global Energy Stadium |
21 November 2015 Matchday 15 | Celtic | – | Kilmarnock | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
28 November 2015 Matchday 16 | Inverness CT | – | Celtic | Inverness, Scotland |
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium |
5 December 2015 Matchday 17 | Celtic | – | Hamilton Academical | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
12 December 2015 Matchday 18 | St. Johnstone | – | Celtic | Perth, Scotland |
Stadium: McDiarmid Park |
19 December 2015 Matchday 19 | Celtic | – | Motherwell | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
26 December 2015 Matchday 20 | Heart of Midlothian | – | Celtic | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium |
2 January 2016 Matchday 21 | Celtic | – | Partick Thistle | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
16 January 2016 Matchday 22 | Dundee United | – | Celtic | Dundee, Scotland |
Stadium: Tannadice Park |
23 January 2016 Matchday 23 | Celtic | – | St. Johnstone | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
30 January 2016 Matchday 24 | Aberdeen | – | Celtic | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium |
13 February 2016 Matchday 25 | Celtic | – | Ross County | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
20 February 2016 Matchday 26 | Celtic | – | Inverness CT | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
27 February 2016 Matchday 27 | Hamilton Academical | – | Celtic | Hamilton, Scotland |
Stadium: New Douglas Park |
2 March 2016 Matchday 28 | Celtic | – | Dundee | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
12 March 2016 Matchday 29 | Partick Thistle | – | Celtic | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Firhill Stadium |
19 March 2016 Matchday 30 | Kilmarnock | – | Celtic | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Stadium: Rugby Park |
2 April 2016 Matchday 31 | Celtic | – | Heart of Midlothian | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
9 April 2016 Matchday 32 | Motherwell | – | Celtic | Motherwell, Scotland |
Stadium: Fir Park |
UEFA Champions League
Second Qualifying Round
15 July 2015 Second Qualifying | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Stjarnan | Glasgow, Scotland |
Boyata 44' Johansen 56' Ambrose 87' |
BBC Sport Celtic Report UEFA Report |
61' Nielsen | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,185 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
22 July 2015 Second Qualifying | Stjarnan | 1 – 4 (1 – 6 agg.) | Celtic | Garðabær, Iceland |
Finsen 7' Gudjónsson 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 | 1 – 0 | Qarabağ | Glasgow, Scotland |
Izaguirre 35' van Dijk 44' Boyata 82' Forrest 90+1' |
BBC Sport Celtic Sport |
Agolli 61' | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 43,011 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer |
5 August 2015 Third Qualifying | Qarabağ | 0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.) | Celtic | Baku, Azerbaijan |
BBC Sport Celtic Sport |
Johansen 62' Izaguirre 87' |
Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Referee: Martin Strömbergsson |
Play-Off Round
19 August 2015 Play-Off Round | Celtic | 3 – 2 | 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 | 2 – 0 (4 – 3 agg.) | 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
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17 September 2015 Group A | Ajax | – | Celtic | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena |
1 October 2015 Group A | Celtic | – | Fenerbahçe | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
10 December 2015 Group A | Fenerbahçe | – | Celtic | Istanbul, Turkey |
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium |
Scottish League Cup
22/23 September 2015 Third Round | Celtic | – | Raith Rovers | Glasgow, Scotland |
Stadium: Celtic Park |
Scottish Cup
Player statistics
Squad, appearances and goals
No. | Nat | Player | Total | League | Europe | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||||||
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Starts | Apps | Goals | Mins | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | Craig Gordon | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | GK | Logan Bailly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
38 | GK | Leonardo Fasan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
2 | DF | Tyler Blackett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | Emilio Izaguirre | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | Efe Ambrose | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | Jozo Šimunović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | DF | Dedryck Boyata | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | DF | Charlie Mulgrew | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | DF | Saidy Janko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | Mikael Lustig | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
34 | DF | Eoghan O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
41 | DF | Darnell Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
48 | DF | Jack Breslin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
63 | DF | Kieran Tierney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
6 | MF | Nir Bitton | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Scott Brown | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | MF | Derk Boerrigter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | MF | Kris Commons | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
16 | MF | Gary Mackay-Steven | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | MF | Ryan Christie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | Tom Rogić | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | Scott Allan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | MF | Stefan Johansen | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | MF | Michael Duffy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | MF | Callum McGregor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | MF | James Forrest | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
52 | MF | Joe Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
53 | MF | Liam Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
7 | FW | Nadir Çiftçi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | Leigh Griffiths | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | Anthony Stokes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | 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 |
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1 | 9 | FW | Leigh Griffiths | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
2 | 25 | MF | Stefan Johansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
6 | MF | Nir Bitton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
3 | 20 | DF | Dedryck Boyata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
18 | MF | Tom Rogić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
21 | DF | Charlie Mulgrew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
4 | 15 | MF | Kris Commons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | DF | Mikael Lustig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
42 | MF | 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 |
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1 | 25 | MF | Stefan Johansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
2 | 16 | MF | Gary Mackay-Steven | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | 15 | MF | Kris Commons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | MF | Nir Bitton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
9 | FW | Leigh Griffiths | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
4 | 14 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
8 | MF | Scott Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
21 | DF | Charlie Mulgrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
3 | DF | Emilio Izaguirre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
5 | DF | 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 | ||||||||||
3 | DF | Emilio Izaguirre | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
25 | MF | Stefan Johansen | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
8 | MF | Scott Brown | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
4 | DF | Efe Ambrose | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
5 | DF | Virgil van Dijk | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
49 | MF | James Forrest | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | Craig Gordon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
14 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
6 | MF | Nir Bitton | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
16 | MF | Gary Mackay-Steven | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
9 | FW | Leigh Griffiths | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
7 | FW | Nadir Çiftçi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
34 | DF | Eoghan O'Connell | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
21 | DF | Charlie Mulgrew | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
19 | MF | Scott Allan | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 22 August 2015
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow 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] |
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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 |
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:
- ^ 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 |
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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 | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Scottish Premiership | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 83.33 |
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 | 66.67 |
Total | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 75.00 |
Last updated: 29 August 2015
Source: Competitions
Results Summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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