2014–15_Celtic_F.C._season

2014–15 Celtic F.C. season

2014–15 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic 2014–15 football season


The 2014–15 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Celtic. They competed in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup. They also competed in the Europa League, having been eliminated in the play-off round of the Champions League.

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On 6 June 2014, Ronny Deila[1] was appointed as the club's new manager, succeeding Neil Lennon in the role.[2]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

3 July 2014 Friendly Celtic Scotland 3 – 1 Russia FC Krasnodar Bad Wimsbach, Austria
Stokes 2'
Johansen 42'
McGregor 49'
Celtic Report Ahmedov 19' Stadium: Hofmaninger Stadion
8 July 2014 Friendly LASK Linz Austria 2 – 5 Scotland Celtic Linz, Austria
Vujanović 21'
Pellegrini 46'
Celtic Report Pukki 33', 48', 64'
Baldé 76'
Griffiths 88'
Stadium: Linzer Stadion
11 July 2014 Friendly Celtic Scotland 0 – 0 Czech Republic Dukla Prague Freistadt, Austria
Celtic Report Stadium: Holzhaider Stadion
10 January 2015 Friendly PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1 – 0 Scotland Celtic Gran Canaria, Spain
Depay 32' Celtic Report Stadium: Maspalomas Stadium
13 January 2015 Friendly Sparta Prague Czech Republic 3 – 2 Scotland Celtic Gran Canaria, Spain
Matějovský 24'
Krejčí 30'
Dočkal 45'
Celtic Report Griffiths 1'
Thomson 73'
Stadium: Maspalomas Stadium

Competitions

Scottish Premiership

Results

16 August 2014 Premiership Celtic 6 – 1 Dundee United Glasgow, Scotland
Denayer 4'
Commons 27'
Johansen 34'
Stokes 54'
Berget 62', 90+1'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Rankin 71' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 44,484
Referee: Craig Thomson
31 August 2014 Premiership Dundee 1 – 1 Celtic Dundee, Scotland
McPake 1' BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Griffiths 55' Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Craig Thomson
13 September 2014 Premiership Celtic 2 – 1 Aberdeen Glasgow, Scotland
Denayer 7'
Commons 46'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Goodwillie 60' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 43,640
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 September 2014 Premiership Celtic 1 – 1 Motherwell Glasgow, Scotland
Commons 68' (pen.) BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Sutton 19' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 41,719
Referee: Brian Colvin
27 September 2014 Premiership St Mirren 1 – 2 Celtic Paisley, Scotland
McLean 49' BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Guidetti 42', 63' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 5,280
Referee: Craig Thomson
9 November 2014 Premiership Aberdeen 1 – 2 Celtic Aberdeen, Scotland
Rooney 27' BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Johansen 38'
Van Dijk 89'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 19,051
Referee: Alan Muir
22 November 2014 Premiership Celtic 2 – 1 Dundee Glasgow, Scotland
Stokes 45'
Guidetti 54'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Clarkson 58' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 43,787
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 December 2014 Premiership Motherwell 0 – 1 Celtic Motherwell, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stokes 6' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,740
Referee: Calum Murray
14 December 2014 Premiership Celtic 4 – 1 St Mirren Glasgow, Scotland
Brown 4', 18'
Forrest 15'
Stokes 67'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Kelly 10' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 44,827
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 December 2014 Premiership Celtic 0 – 0 Ross County Glasgow, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 45,798
Referee: Crawford Allan
21 January 2015 Premiership Celtic 4 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow, Scotland
Van Dijk 26'
Griffiths 42'
Lustig 76', 81'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 42,296
Referee: Bobby Madden
3 April 2015 Premiership St Mirren 0 – 2 Celtic Paisley, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Forrest 64'
Johansen 79' (pen.)
Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 5,784
Referee: Alan Muir
15 April 2015 Premiership Celtic 4 – 1 Kilmarnock Glasgow, Scotland
Commons 58'
Griffiths 66', 80', 85'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Westlake 50' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 42,464
Referee: Crawford Allan
22 April 2015 Premiership Dundee 1 – 2 Celtic Dundee, Scotland
McAlister 87' BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Mackay-Steven 32'
Van Dijk 63'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 8,908
Referee: Calum Murray
26 April 2015 Premiership Dundee United 0 – 3 Celtic Dundee, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Griffiths 47', 65', 84' (pen.) Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 8,329
Referee: Willie Collum
1 May 2015 Premiership Celtic 5 – 0 Dundee Glasgow, Scotland
Griffiths 30'
Brown 37'
Commons 71' (pen.)
Forrest 77'
Bitton 88'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 44,299
Referee: Bobby Madden

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

15 July 2014 Second Qualifying KR Reykjavík Iceland 0 – 1 Scotland Celtic Reykjavík, Iceland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
McGregor 84' Stadium: KR-völlur
Attendance: 1,520
Referee: Andreas Pappas
22 July 2014 Second Qualifying Celtic Scotland 4 – 0
(5–0 agg.)
Iceland KR Reykjavík Edinburgh, Scotland[nb 1]
Van Dijk 13', 20'
Pukki 27', 71'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium *
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Andris Treimanis

Third qualifying round

6 August 2014 Third Qualifying Celtic Scotland Awarded
3 – 0[nb 2]

(4 – 4 agg.)
Poland Legia Warsaw Edinburgh, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Play-Off Round

26 August 2014 Play-Off Round Celtic Scotland 0 – 1
(1 – 2 agg.)
Slovenia NK Maribor Glasgow, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Tavares 75' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 55,415
Referee: Viktor Kassai

UEFA Europa League

27 November 2014 Group D Celtic Scotland 1 – 3 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Glasgow, Scotland
Johansen 30' BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Alan 8', 13'
Keïta 90+3'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 32,414
Referee: Halis Özkahya

Knockout phase

19 February 2015 Round of 32 Celtic Scotland 3 – 3 Italy Internazionale Glasgow, Scotland
Armstrong 24'
Campagnaro 25' (o.g.)
Guidetti 90+3'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Shaqiri 4'
Palacio 13', 45'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,500
Referee: István Vad
26 February 2015 Round of 32 Internazionale Italy 1 – 0 Scotland Celtic Milan, Italy
Guarín 88' BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ivan Kružliak

Scottish League Cup

24 September 2014 Third round Celtic 3 – 0 Hearts Glasgow, Scotland
Guidetti 24'
Commons 57' (pen.)
Eckersley 61' (o.g.)
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 15,522
Referee: Willie Collum
29 October 2014 Quarter Final Celtic 6 – 0 Partick Thistle Glasgow, Scotland
Guidetti 31', 52', 56' (pen.)
Izaguirre 48'
Griffiths 62', 68'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 16,805
Referee: Kevin Clancy
1 February 2015 Semi Final Celtic 2 – 0 Rangers Glasgow, Scotland
Griffiths 10'
Commons 31'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 50,925
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

30 November 2014 Fourth round Hearts 0 – 4 Celtic Edinburgh, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Van Dijk 29', 61'
Guidetti 52' (pen.)
Stokes 54'
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 12,676
Referee: Willie Collum
7 February 2015 Fifth round Dundee 0 – 2 Celtic Dundee, Scotland
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Griffiths 6'
Johansen 46'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 7,525
Referee: John Beaton
18 March 2015 Quarter Final Replay Celtic 4 – 0 Dundee United Glasgow, Scotland
Denayer 17'
Griffiths 57'
Commons 79'
Van Dijk 90+1'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 28,847
Referee: Calum Murray
19 April 2015 Semi Final Inverness CT 3 – 2 Celtic Glasgow, Scotland
Tansey 58' (pen.)
Ofere 96'
Raven 117'
BBC Sport
Celtic Report
Van Dijk 18'
Guidetti 103'
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 28,643
Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

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*Includes league and cup appearances and goals for Dundee United in 2014–15 season

Goalscorers

Last updated 2 June 2015

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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
1 GK Scotland Craig Gordon 1 1 1 1
2 DF Wales Adam Matthews 1 1 1 3
3 DF Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 6 1 2 9
4 DF Nigeria Efe Ambrose 1 1 1 1 3 1
5 DF Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 3 1 5 1 8 1 1
6 MF Israel Nir Biton 3 1 4
8 MF Scotland Scott Brown 9 1 1 1 3 14 1
9 FW Sweden John Guidetti 1 1 2
10 FW Ireland Anthony Stokes 1 1 1 1 3 1
11 MF Netherlands Derk Boerrigter 1 1
12 FW Serbia Stefan Šćepović 1 1
14 MF Scotland Stuart Armstrong 2 2
15 MF Scotland Kris Commons 3 2 5
21 DF Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 1 1 2
22 DF Belgium Jason Denayer 2 1 1 4
23 DF Sweden Mikael Lustig 1 1 2
25 MF Norway Stefan Johansen 5 2 3 10
27 MF Bulgaria Aleksandar Tonev 1 1 2
28 FW Scotland Leigh Griffiths 1 1 1 3
32 MF Ghana Mubarak Wakaso 3 3
33 MF Israel Beram Kayal 2 1 3
34 DF Scotland Eoghan O'Connell 1 1
42 MF Scotland Callum McGregor 1 1
53 MF Scotland Liam Henderson 1 1

Last updated: 2 June 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.

* Includes cards from the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.


Team statistics

League table

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Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.

Division summary

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Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Europa League group stage table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Technical staff

More information Position, Staff ...

Last updated: 6 June 2015
Source: Celtic Wiki

Transfers

More information Dates, Player ...

See also

Notes

  1. Celtic played Champions League qualifying fixtures at Murrayfield Stadium due to Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony at Celtic Park.
  2. The second leg originally ended 0–2 but Legia Warsaw were later ruled to have forfeited the match after fielding suspended player Bartosz Bereszyński as a substitute, and Celtic were therefore awarded the second leg as a Walkover 3–0. Celtic won on away goals.[3]

References

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  2. "Neil Lennon ends his four-year spell as manager". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. "Celtic reinstated by UEFA due to Legia Warsaw player's ineligibility". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. "Celtic sign Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon". BBC Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. "Aleksandar Tonev delighted to join Celtic". Celtic. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. "Celtic sign Belgian defender Jason Denayer". Celtic. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  7. "Celtic: Wakaso Mubarak joins on loan from Rubin Kazan". BBC Sport. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. "Delight as Stefan Scepovic signs for Celtic". Celtic. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  9. "Stuart Armstrong & Gary Mackay-Steven join Celtic". BBC Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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  18. "Hibernian sign Celtic's Dylan McGeouch on loan". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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  29. "Brighton sign Celtic midfielder Beram Kayal". BBC Sport. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  30. "Celtic: Liam Henderson joins Rosenborg on loan". BBC Sport. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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