2011–12 Celtic F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was the 118th season of competitive football by Celtic. They finished top of the Scottish Premier League on 93 points.

ChairmanJohn Reid
(until 14 October)
Ian Bankier
(from 14 October)

ManagerNeil Lennon

Scottish Premier League1st

Scottish CupSemi-finals

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Celtic

2011–12 season

Chairman

John Reid
(until 14 October)
Ian Bankier
(from 14 October)

Manager

Neil Lennon

Scottish Premier League

1st

Scottish Cup

Semi-finals

Scottish League Cup

Runners-up

Europa League

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League: Gary Hooper (24)
All: Gary Hooper (29)

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Background

In the 2010–11 season Celtic finished second in the league having gained 92 points, one less than Rangers. They also lost to their Old Firm rivals in the 2011 League Cup Final, as Rangers won 2–1 after extra time. Celtic's only trophy came after they beat Motherwell 3–0 in the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Celtic were knocked out of both European competitions at the first stage. Europa League final runners-up Braga knocked Celtic out of the Champions League third round after a 4–2 aggregate victory. Utrecht knocked Celtic out of the Europa League play-off round by the same score.

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June

Several former youth academy players left during the month of June. The most notable being Paul McGowan who went to fellow Scottish Premier League side St Mirren after his contract expired.^[1] Ryan Conroy was released by the club and joined Scottish First Division side Dundee.^[2] Sean Fitzharris also went to the First Division as he joined Morton^[3]

July

On 1 July, Celtic confirmed the signings of Adam Matthews from Cardiff City,^[4] Kelvin Wilson from Nottingham Forest^[5] and Dylan McGeouch from Rangers.^[6] All three had already signed on pre-contract agreements and joined Celtic after their contracts expired. Three players also left the club after the expiry of their contracts. Former Germany and Sweden internationals Andreas Hinkel^[7] and Freddie Ljungberg^[8] left along with Ben Hutchinson.^[9]

Celtic's pre-season started off with a three-match tour of Australia.^[10] The first match was on 2 July and Celtic lost 1–0 against Central Coast Mariners.^[11]

On 7 July Niall McGinn joined English League One side Brentford on a season-long loan.^[12] The next day Graham Carey signed for St Mirren after Celtic agreed to cancel his contract.^[13]

On 9 July Celtic played the second match of their Australian tour and beat Perth Glory 2–0.^[14] On the same day Celtic officially signed Victor Wanyama from Belgian Pro League club K. Beerschot AC on a four-year deal.^[15]^[16] He had signed for Celtic nine days earlier but had to wait to get a work permit.^[17]

On 13 July Celtic won the final match of their Australian tour as they beat Melbourne Victory 1–0.^[18]

Celtic's last friendly before the start of the league campaign was a 1–0 away win over Championship side Cardiff.^[19]

Due to the fact that the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League started several weeks earlier than usual, Celtic's first competitive match came on 24 July. Goals from Ki Sung-yueng and Anthony Stokes secured victory over Hibernian, although Gary Hooper also missed a penalty in the match played at Easter Road.^[20] Two days later Efraín Juárez moved to La Liga side Real Zaragoza on loan.^[21]

Celtic's next game was another friendly against Premier League team Wolverhampton Wanderers which they lost 2–0.^[22]

Celtic then finished second in the 2011 Dublin Super Cup after losing 2–0 to Inter Milan on 30 July and beating a League of Ireland XI 5–0, the next day. The other team competing was Manchester City who won the competition.^[23]

August

On 3 August, Celtic lost 2–0 against English Premier League side Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.^[24] The next day Darren O'Dea signed for English Championship side Leeds United on a season long loan.^[25] Celtic were then drawn against Swiss Cup winners FC Sion in the play-off round of the Europa League.^[26] On 7 August Celtic resumed their SPL campaign with a 1–0 win over Aberdeen, Anthony Stokes scored the winner. However, the match was overshadowed by Emilio Izaguirre suffering a broken ankle which was expected to keep him out till the new year.^[27] Josh Thompson then went to Championship side Peterborough on loan.^[28]

On 17 August, Fraser Forster joined on a loan deal from Newcastle United, having spent the previous season as first choice goalkeeper at Celtic.^[29]

On 21 August, Celtic suffered their first home defeat to St Johnstone since 1998 when Dave Mackay scored to give the away side a 1–0 victory.^[30]

Richie Towell went to Hibs for a second loan spell.^[31] Daryl Murphy went on loan to Ipswich Town.^[32]

Greig Spence went on loan to First Division club Hamilton.^[33]

Mohamed Bangura also joined the club in a £2.2 million deal from AIK Stockholm.^[34]

Badr El Kaddouri joined on a six-month loan from Dynamo Kyiv.^[35] Jos Hooiveld went to Southampton on a six-month loan.^[36] Shaun Maloney moved to English Premier League side Wigan Athletic for £1 million.^[37]

September

Sion won 3–1 on aggregate, however were found guilty of fielding ineligible players by UEFA and were excluded from the competition. As a result of this Celtic were awarded both matches as 3–0 wins^[38] and took Sion's place in the group stage along with Atlético Madrid, Udinese and Stade Rennais.^[39]

On 5 September, Morten Rasmussen joined Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor, on a short-term loan, until December.^[40]

Celtic drew Ross County in the third round of the League Cup^[41] and beat the home side 2–0 at Victoria Park.^[42] Celtic were then drawn to play Hibs in the quarter-final.^[43]

October

On 2 October, Celtic lost 2–0 to Hearts at Tynecastle with winger Kris Commons getting sent off. This defeat left Celtic in third place, 10 points behind leaders Rangers.^[44] In the following match, Celtic drew 3–3 with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Kilmarnock had been leading 3–0 at half-time but two goals from Anthony Stokes and a Charlie Mulgrew header brought Celtic back into it.^[45] Following the Kilmarnock game, Celtic travelled to France to play Rennes in UEFA Europa League action. Rennes led 1–0 at half-time after a mix-up between Cha Du-ri and Fraser Forster, but Joe Ledley scored in the second half with a header to secure a draw.^[46] The Bhoys returned to Scottish Premier League action defeating Aberdeen 2–1 at Celtic Park on 23 October 2011.^[47] Hibernian were the opponents for the final two games of October. Celtic won 4–1 in the Scottish League Cup^[48] before the Edinburgh team secured a 0–0 draw in the Scottish Premier League tie at Celtic Park on 29 October 2011.^[49]

November

Stade Rennais were Celtic's first opponents of November in the Europa League. Celtic won the match 3-1 thanks to an Anthony Stokes double and a third from Gary Hooper.^[50] On 5 November 2011, Celtic were third in the Scottish Premier League behind leaders Rangers, who were 15 points clear of their rivals, and Motherwell.^[51] Celtic then won four Scottish Premier League ties in November, defeating Motherwell 2–1,^[52] Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0,^[53] Dunfermline 2-1^[54] and St Mirren 5–0.^[55] November ended poorly for Celtic after Atlético Madrid won 1–0 in a UEFA Europa League tie at Celtic Park, thanks to a goal from Arda Turan in the second half.^[56] However, the excellent league form during November ensured Celtic won a clean-sweep of monthly awards with Neil Lennon winning SPL Manager of the Month, Gary Hooper winning SPL Player of the Month and James Forrest winning SPL Young Player of the Month.^[57]

December

Celtic continued their excellent league form throughout December, winning all five of their Scottish Premier League games. A solitary goal from Gary Hooper in the first half was enough to defeat Dundee Utd^[58] whilst a Victor Wanyama strike from 25 yards saw off the challenge of Hearts at Celtic Park the following week.^[59] Celtic travelled to Italy to face Udinese in the UEFA Europa League and claimed a 1–1 draw, a result which meant they would exit the tournament at the group stages.^[60] Gary Hooper added to his seasonal goal tally in a 2–0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.^[61] Georgios Samaras scored both in a 2–1 home win versus Kilmarnock.^[62] Celtic's last league game of 2011 was a home game against arch-rivals Rangers. Joe Ledley scored the only goal of the game as Celtic won 1–0.^[63] The result meant that Celtic had overturned a 15-point deficit in the Scottish Premier League and moved top of the league, two points clear of Rangers in the title race.

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Pre-season and friendlies

2 July 2011 Friendly	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Celtic	ANZ Stadium
	Hearfield 86'	Celtic FC		Attendance: 19,482

9 July 2011 Friendly	Perth Glory	0–2	Celtic	NIB Stadium
		Celtic FC	Hooper 16' Mulgrew 51'	Attendance: 15,350

13 July 2011 Friendly	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Celtic	AAMI Park
		Celtic FC	Brown 77'	Attendance: 20,294

20 July 2011 Friendly	Cardiff City	0–1	Celtic	Cardiff City Stadium
		Celtic FC	Stokes 34'	Attendance: 10,276

27 July 2011 Friendly	Celtic	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Celtic Park
		Celtic FC	O'Hara 23' Twardzik 73' (o.g.)	Referee: Muir

30 July 2011 Dublin Super Cup	Celtic	0–2	Internazionale	Aviva Stadium
		Celtic FC	Castaignos 7' Pazzini 45'	Referee: Hancock

31 July 2011 Dublin Super Cup	League of Ireland XI	0–5	Celtic	Aviva Stadium
		Celtic FC	Stokes 40', 88' Murphy 70' (pen.) Hooper 84', 85'	Referee: Kelly

3 August 2011 Friendly	Swansea City	2–0	Celtic	Liberty Stadium
	Àngel Rangel 64' Dobbie 85'	Celtic FC		Referee: Whitby

Scottish Premier League

24 July 2011 SPL	Hibernian	0–2	Celtic	Easter Road
		BBC Sport	Stokes 14' Ki 63'	Attendance: 12,523 Referee: Iain Brines

7 August 2011 SPL	Aberdeen	0–1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport	Stokes 74'	Attendance: 12,497 Referee: Calum Murray

13 August 2011 SPL	Celtic	5–1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Stokes 4' Hooper 33' Ki 58' Ledley 71' Forrest 90+1'	BBC Sport	Russell 31'	Attendance: 50,589 Referee: Craig Thomson

21 August 2011 SPL	Celtic	0–1	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport	Mackay 60'	Attendance: 52,067 Referee: Brian Winter

28 August 2011 SPL	St Mirren	0–2	Celtic	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper 6', 12'	Attendance: 6,223 Referee: Willie Collum

10 September 2011 SPL	Celtic	4–0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Forrest 9', 74' Ledley 33' Ki 67'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 48,793 Referee: Alan Muir

18 September 2011 SPL	Rangers	4–2	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium
	Naismith 23', 90+3' Jelavić 55' Lafferty 67'	BBC Sport	Hooper 34' El Kaddouri 41'	Attendance: 50,221 Referee: Craig Thomson

24 September 2011 SPL	Celtic	2–0	Inverness CT	Celtic Park
	Ledley 28' Forrest 33'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 47,382 Referee: Willie Collum

2 October 2011 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
	Skácel 58' Stevenson 81'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 14,749 Referee: Craig Thomson

15 October 2011 SPL	Kilmarnock	3–3	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Shiels 26' Heffernan 40' Fowler 45'	BBC Sport	Stokes 73', 76' Mulgrew 80'	Attendance: 8,011 Referee: Steve Conroy

23 October 2011 SPL	Celtic	2–1	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
	Ki 17' Mulgrew 72'	BBC Sport	Jack 59'	Attendance: 49,037 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

29 October 2011 SPL	Celtic	0–0	Hibernian	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 48,670 Referee: Calum Murray

6 November 2011 SPL	Motherwell	1–2	Celtic	Fir Park
	Higdon 11'	BBC Sport	Stokes 14' Hooper 80'	Attendance: 10,440 Referee: Charlie Richmond

19 November 2011 SPL	Inverness CT	0–2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC Sport	Stokes 61', 72'	Attendance: 6,435 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

23 November 2011 SPL	Celtic	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Celtic Park
	Hooper 6' Forrest 13'	BBC Sport	Barrowman 86'	Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Bobby Madden

26 November 2011 SPL	Celtic	5–0	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	Samaras 4' Hooper 8', 53', 57' McGeouch 72'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 48,406 Referee: Steven McLean

4 December 2011 SPL	Dundee United	0–1	Celtic	Tannadice Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper 12'	Attendance: 10,980 Referee: Craig Thomson

10 December 2011 SPL	Celtic	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
	Wanyama 72'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,023 Referee: Calum Murray

18 December 2011 SPL	St Johnstone	0–2	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper 60' Ki 64'	Attendance: 6,759 Referee: Euan Norris

24 December 2011 SPL	Celtic	2–1	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
	Samaras 45+2', 53'	BBC Sport	Racchi 87'	Attendance: 49,352 Referee: George Salmond

28 December 2011 SPL	Celtic	1–0	Rangers	Celtic Park
	Ledley 52'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,658 Referee: Willie Collum

2 January 2012 SPL	Dunfermline Athletic	0–3	Celtic	East End Park
		BBC Sport	Stokes 18' Wanyama 40' Mulgrew 69'	Attendance: 10,140 Referee: Iain Brines

14 January 2012 SPL	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Hooper 12' Wanyama 17'	BBC Sport	Rankin 50'	Attendance: 50,139 Referee: Brian Winter

21 January 2012 SPL	St Mirren	0–2	Celtic	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Forrest 71' Brown 88'	Attendance: 6,129 Referee: Crawford Allan

8 February 2012 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	0–4	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
		BBC Sport	Brown 3' Wanyama 20' Ledley 31' Hooper 60'	Attendance: 14,787 Referee: Willie Collum

11 February 2012 SPL	Celtic	1–0	Inverness CT	Celtic Park
	Ledley 16'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 50,014 Referee: Steven McLean

18 February 2012 SPL	Hibernian	0–5	Celtic	Easter Road
		BBC Sport	Stokes 14' Hooper 20', 52' Mulgrew 47' Ki 77'	Attendance: 12,161 Referee: Craig Thomson

22 February 2012 SPL	Celtic	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Celtic Park
	Mulgrew 32' Forrest 75'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

25 February 2012 SPL	Celtic	1–0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Hooper 59'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 53,486 Referee: Crawford Allan

3 March 2012 SPL	Aberdeen	1–1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
	Blackman 44' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Stokes 28'	Attendance: 13,127 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 March 2012 SPL	Rangers	3–2	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium
	Aluko 11' Little 72' Wallace 77'	BBC Sport	Brown 89' (pen.) Rogne 90+2'	Attendance: 50,191 Referee: Calum Murray

1 April 2012 SPL	Celtic	2–0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Samaras 66' Millar 70' (o.g.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 57,848 Referee: George Salmond

7 April 2012 SPL	Kilmarnock	0–6	Celtic	Rugby Park
		BBC Sport	Mulgrew 8', 35' Loovens 17' Hooper 45', 90' Ledley 88'	Attendance: 15,926 Referee: Alan Muir

22 April 2012 SPL	Motherwell	0–3	Celtic	Fir Park
		BBC Sport	Watt 63', 66' Cha 83'	Attendance: 8,760 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

29 April 2012 SPL	Celtic	3–0	Rangers	Celtic Park
	Mulgrew 17' Commons 31' Hooper 54'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,546 Referee: Calum Murray

3 May 2012 SPL	Celtic	1–0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Stokes 28'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 50,297 Referee: Crawford Allan

6 May 2012 SPL	Dundee United	1–0	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Robertson 21'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 9,144 Referee: Iain Brines

13 May 2012 SPL	Celtic	5–0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
	Hooper 5', 8', 39' (pen.), 66', 87'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,875 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup

21 September 2011 Third round	Ross County	0–2	Celtic	Victoria Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper 13' Boyd 51' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,367 Referee: Calum Murray

26 October 2011 Quarter-final	Hibernian	1–4	Celtic	Easter Road
	Majstorović 4' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Forrest 46', 58' Stokes 64' Hooper 69'	Attendance: 10,569 Referee: Willie Collum

29 January 2012 Semi-final	Falkirk	1–3	Celtic	Hampden Park
	Fulton 40'	BBC Sport	Brown 27' (pen.) Stokes 56', 86'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Euan Norris

18 March 2012 Final	Celtic	0–1	Kilmarnock	Hampden Park
		BBC Sport	van Tornhout 84'	Attendance: 49,572 Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Cup

8 January 2012 Fourth round	Peterhead	0–3	Celtic	Balmoor Stadium
		BBC Sport	Stokes 36', 57', 82'	Attendance: 4,505 Referee: Alan Muir

4 February 2012 Fifth round	Inverness CT	0–2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC Sport	Samaras 33' Brown 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,743 Referee: Calum Murray

11 March 2012 Quarter-final	Dundee United	0–4	Celtic	Tannadice Park
		BBC Sport	Ledley 53' Samaras 70' Stokes 86' Brown 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 12,270 Referee: Iain Brines

15 April 2012 Semi-final	Celtic	1 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Hampden Park
	Hooper 87'	BBC Sport	Skácel 47' Beattie 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 36,609 Referee: Euan Norris

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

18 August 2011 PO	Celtic	3–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Sion	Celtic Park
		UEFA		Attendance: 51,525 Referee: Marijo Strahonja

25 August 2011 PO	Sion	0–3 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Celtic	Stade Tourbillon
	Feindouno 3' (pen.), 63' Sio 82'	UEFA	Mulgrew 78'	Attendance: 10,145 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

[1]
Celtic lodged protests over the eligibility of a number of the Sion players who participated in the two legs of the play-off round, which Sion won 3–1 aggregate (first leg: 0–0; second leg: 3–1). The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body accepted the protests and decided to award both matches to Celtic by forfeit (3–0). As a consequence, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage.^[64]

Group stage

15 September 2011 Group stage	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Celtic	Vicente Calderón Stadium
	Falcao 3' Diego 68'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Peter Rasmussen

29 September 2011 Group stage	Celtic	1–1	Udinese	Celtic Park
	Ki 3' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Abdi 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

20 October 2011 Group stage	Rennes	1–1	Celtic	Route de Lorient
	Cha 30' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Ledley 70'	Attendance: 21,825 Referee: Robert Malek

3 November 2011 Group stage	Celtic	3–1	Rennes	Celtic Park
	Stokes 30', 43' Hooper 70'	BBC Sport	Mangane 2'	Attendance: 28,578 Referee: Duarte Paixão

30 November 2011 Group stage	Celtic	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport	Turan 30'	Attendance: 33,257 Referee: Eric Braamhar

15 December 2011 Group stage	Udinese	1–1	Celtic	Stadio Friuli
	Di Natale 45+1'	BBC Sport	Hooper 29'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michail Koukoulakis

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 8 May 2012^[65]

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

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Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total				League				Europa League				League Cup				Scottish Cup
Number	Nation	Position	Name
1		GK	Fraser Forster	47	0	1	0	33	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
2		DF	Adam Matthews	37	0	1	0	27	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
3		DF	Emilio Izaguirre	14	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4		MF	Efraín Juárez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		DF	Badr El Kaddouri	7	1	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		DF	Daniel Majstorović	25	0	3	2	17	0	1	1	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6		DF	Kelvin Wilson	22	0	2	0	15	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
8		MF	Scott Brown (C)	32	6	3	0	21	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0
9		MF	Georgios Samaras	38	6	2	0	26	4	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
10		FW	Anthony Stokes	47	21	3	0	34	12	2	0	5	2	1	0	4	3	0	0	4	4	0	0
11		DF	Cha Du-Ri	23	1	2	1	14	1	1	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12		DF	Mark Wilson	11	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		FW	Shaun Maloney	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		FW	Mohamed Bangura	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		MF	Kris Commons	33	1	0	1	24	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
16		MF	Joe Ledley	46	9	0	0	32	7	0	0	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
17		FW	Paweł Brożek	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		MF	Ki Sung-yueng	41	7	4	0	29	6	3	0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
19		FW	Morten Rasmussen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Paddy McCourt	18	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21		DF	Charlie Mulgrew	44	9	1	1	30	8	2	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
22		DF	Glenn Loovens	16	1	2	0	11	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23		DF	Mikael Lustig	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24		GK	Łukasz Załuska	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
25		DF	Thomas Rogne	17	1	1	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32		FW	Tony Watt	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Beram Kayal	28	0	7	0	19	0	4	0	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
39		DF	Andre Blackman	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		MF	Rabiu Ibrahim	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44		DF	Marcus Fraser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		MF	Dylan McGeouch	8	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
47		GK	Dominic Cervi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48		DF	Darren O'Dea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49		FW	James Forrest	43	9	1	0	29	7	1	0	8	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
50		MF	Paul George	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56		DF	Filip Twardzik	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
67		MF	Victor Wanyama	42	4	3	1	29	4	2	1	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
88		FW	Gary Hooper	50	29	4	0	37	24	1	0	6	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	0

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Goalscorers

Last updated 21 January 2012

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R	Player	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Europa League	Total
1	Gary Hooper	24	1	2	2	29
2	Anthony Stokes	12	4	3	2	21
3	James Forrest	7	0	2	0	9
	Joe Ledley	7	1	0	1	9
	Charlie Mulgrew	8	0	0	1	9
4	Ki Sung-yueng	6	0	0	1	7
5	Georgios Samaras	4	2	0	0	6
5	Scott Brown	3	2	1	0	6
6	Victor Wanyama	4	0	0	0	4
7	Tony Watt	2	0	0	0	2
8	Badr El Kaddouri	1	0	0	0	1
	Dylan McGeouch	1	0	0	0	1
	Thomas Rogne	1	0	0	0	1
	Glenn Loovens	1	0	0	0	1
	Cha Du-Ri	1	0	0	0	1
	Kris Commons	1	0	0	0	1

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Team statistics

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	38	30	3	5	84	21	+63	93	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers (D, R)	38	26	5	7	77	28	+49	73	Refused SPL admission, accepted into the Third Division and disqualified from the Champions League third qualifying round^[a]
3	Motherwell	38	18	8	12	49	44	+5	62	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Dundee United	38	16	11	11	62	50	+12	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	7	16	45	43	+2	52	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[b]

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Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.^[66] As Rangers did not exit administration by 31 March, they were ineligible to compete in Europe in the 2012–13 season. Rangers were unable to agree a CVA with their creditors and the company entered proceedings to be liquidated.^[67] After a new company took over, Rangers were denied continued SPL membership and ended up in the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division in time for the start of the season.^[68]
[b]
Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

Europa League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AM	UDI	CEL	REN
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	2–0	3–1
2	Udinese	6	2	3	1	6	7	−1	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	1–1	2–1
3	Celtic	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6		0–1	1–1	—	3–1
4	Rennes	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3		1–1	0–0	1–1	—

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Source: Soccerway

Celtic personnel awards

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Player	Award	Month
James Forrest	SPL Young Player of the Month	September^[69]
James Forrest	SPL Young Player of the Month	November^[57]
Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	November^[57]
Gary Hooper	SPL Player of the Month	November^[57]
Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	December^[70]
Victor Wanyama	SPL Young Player of the Month	December^[70]
Scott Brown	SPL Player of the Month	January^[71]
Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	February^[72]
Charlie Mulgrew	SPL Player of the Month	February^[73]
Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	April^[74]
Charlie Mulgrew	SPL Player of the Month	April^[75]

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Transfers

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Players in

Dates	Player	From	Fee
1 July 2011	Kelvin Wilson	Nottingham Forest	Free^[5]
1 July 2011	Adam Matthews	Cardiff City	Free^[4]
1 July 2011	Dylan McGeouch	Rangers	Free^[6]
9 July 2011	Victor Wanyama	Beerschot A.C.	£900,000^[15]
17 August 2011	Fraser Forster	Newcastle United	Loan^[29]
30 August 2011	Mohamed Bangura	AIK	£2,200,000^[34]
31 August 2011	Badr El Kaddouri	Dynamo Kyiv	Loan^[35]
19 November 2011	Andre Blackman	AFC Wimbledon	Free^[76]
1 January 2012	Mikael Lustig	Rosenborg BK	Free^[77]
18 January 2012	Rabiu Ibrahim	PSV Eindhoven	Free^[78]
30 January 2012	Paweł Brożek	Trabzonspor	Loan^[79]

Total spend: £3.1 million

Players out

Dates	Player	From	Fee
1 June 2011	Matty Hughes	Fleetwood Town	Free^[80]
1 June 2011	James Wightman	Partick Thistle	Free^[81]
4 June 2011	Sean Fitzharris	Greenock Morton	Free^[3]
7 June 2011	Paul McGowan	St Mirren	Free^[1]
20 June 2011	Ryan Conroy	Dundee	Free^[2]
20 June 2011	Jordan Moffat	Partick Thistle	Free^[82]
20 June 2011	Dale Keenan	Partick Thistle	Free^[82]
1 July 2011	Freddie Ljungberg	Shimizu S-Pulse	Free^[8]
1 July 2011	Andreas Hinkel	SC Freiburg	Free^[7]
1 July 2011	Ben Hutchinson	Kilmarnock	Free^[9]
7 July 2011	Niall McGinn	Brentford	Loan^[12]
8 July 2011	Graham Carey	St Mirren	Free^[13]
26 July 2011	Efraín Juárez	Real Zaragoza	Loan^[21]
4 August 2011	Darren O'Dea	Leeds United	Loan^[25]
9 August 2011	Josh Thompson	Peterborough United	Loan^[28]
9 August 2011	Declan Gallagher	Clyde	Free^[83]
23 August 2011	Stephen O'Donnell	Partick Thistle	Free^[84]
25 August 2011	Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	Loan^[32]
25 August 2011	Richie Towell	Hibernian	Loan^[31]
26 August 2011	Greig Spence	Hamilton Academical	Loan^[33]
31 August 2011	Shaun Maloney	Wigan Athletic	£850,000^[37]
31 August 2011	Jos Hooiveld	Southampton	Loan^[36]
5 September 2011	Morten Rasmussen	Sivasspor	Loan^[40]
12 September 2011	Islam Feruz	Chelsea	£300,000^[85]
4 November 2011	Dominic Cervi	Greenock Morton	Loan^[86]
1 December 2011	Jos Hooiveld	Southampton	£1,500,000^[87]
17 January 2012	Josh Thompson	Chesterfield	Loan^[88]
30 January 2012	Lewis Toshney	Kilmarnock	Loan^[89]
30 January 2012	James Keatings	St Johnstone	Loan^[90]
31 January 2012	Paul Slane	MK Dons	Loan^[91]
24 February 2012	Nick Feely	Clyde	Loan^[92]

Total sales: £2,65 million

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2011–12 Celtic F.C. season

Background

Review

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group stage

Player statistics

Squad

Goalscorers

Team statistics

League table

Europa League table

Celtic personnel awards

Transfers

Players in

Players out

See also

References

External links

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