2012–13 Celtic F.C. season

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Celtic
2012–13 season
Chairman Ian Bankier
Manager Neil Lennon
Ground Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League 1st
Scottish Cup Winners
Scottish League Cup Semi-Finals
Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Gary Hooper (19)
All:
Gary Hooper (31)
Highest home attendance 59,168 vs Spartak Moscow (5 December 2012)
Lowest home attendance 14,399 vs St Johnstone (30 October 2012)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season is the 124th season of competitive football by Celtic.

Review

Celtic went about their 2012-13 league campaign in a steady if not always inspiring manner.[1] Motherwell, Inverness Caley Thistle and briefly Hibernian all either had spells at the top of the table, or thereabouts, but by Christmas Celtic had found a steady run of form to pull themselves comfortably clear of the pack.[1] Celtic eventually clinched their 44th League title on 21 April 2013 with a 4–1 win over Inverness CT at Parkhead.[2] Celtic's run in the League Cup saw them comfortably dispose of Raith Rovers (4–1)[3] and St Johnstone (5–0)[4] in the earlier rounds. However, St Mirren pulled off an unexpected but deserved 3–2 win over Celtic in the semi-final.[5]

Celtic's 2013 Scottish Cup campaign began inauspiciously with a home 1–1 draw against Second Division side, Arbroath. Celtic won the replay 1–0 with an Adam Matthews goal, but were again unconvincing. Celtic played Raith Rovers at Starks Park in the next round and eventually overcame a defensive performance by Raith to win 3–0, with Kris Commons, Charlie Mulgrew and James Forrest scoring the goals.[6] In the quarter-finals, Celtic were drawn away to St Mirren, who had eliminated Celtic from the 2012–13 Scottish League Cup a month beforehand.[7] Early goals by Joe Ledley and Anthony Stokes, either side of an equaliser by St Mirren, gave Celtic a 2–1 victory at St Mirren Park.[7] In the semi-final at Hampden Park, Celtic won a thrilling match by 4–3 after extra time against Dundee United.[8] A Kris Commons goal gave Celtic an early lead, but United scored twice midway through the first half to lead 2–1.[8] Victor Wanyama scored an equaliser almost immediately and Commons scored another goal after 60 minutes to give Celtic a 3–2 lead.[8] Jon Daly scored his second goal of the game to equalise and force extra time.[8] Soon after Daly had hit the post, Anthony Stokes scored the winning goal.[8]

Celtic met Hibernian in the Scottish Cup Final on 26 May 2013. For the first time in its history, the Cup Final was played on a Sunday.[9] This was done to comply with UEFA regulations which prohibit televised matches being played on the same day as the UEFA Champions League Final. Celtic won the cup and clinched a League and Cup double with a 3–0 win; two first-half goals from Gary Hooper putting Celtic into a comfortable position before Joe Ledley added a third late on in the second half to put the matter beyond doubt.[10]

As Scottish Champions from the previous season, Celtic had the opportunity to take part in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League. However, two qualifying rounds had first to be negotiated, which Celtic managed to do with 4–1 and 4–0 aggregate wins over HJK Helsinki and Helsingborg. Celtic, as fourth-ranked seeds, found themselves drawn in Group G with Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow.[11]

On 2 October 2012, Celtic achieved their first ever away win in the group stages of the Champions League with a 3–2 win in Russia over Spartak Moscow, Georgios Samaras scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute.[12] Celtic's home match with Barcelona in November 2012 coincided with the week of Celtic's 125th Anniversary.[13] As such, an 'Ultras' styled section of the Celtic support called the Green Brigade organised a full stadium pre-match card display (a 'tifo') to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary.[14] The display featured a Celtic cross, green and white hoops and 125 Celtic in written form, with supporters earning the praise of club chairman Peter Lawwell.[15] A memorable night was completed when goals from Victor Wanyama and 18-year-old striker Tony Watt gave Celtic a shock 2–1 win over Barcelona.[16] Goalkeeper Fraser Forster produced an outstanding performance in the game, winning the praise of the Spanish media who nicknamed him "La Gran Muralla" (The Great Wall).[17]

Celtic secured their progress to the knock-out stages of the Champions League on 5 December 2012 with a 2–1 home win over Spartak Moscow, Kris Commons scoring the winning goal in 82 minutes with a penalty.[18] Celtic were drawn against Juventus but succumbed to 5–0 aggregate defeat in the Spring of 2013 to go out of the tournament. Despite the emphatic scoreline over the two legs, Celtic were not outclassed by their Italian opponents in terms of general play but whilst Juventus defended with a ruthless defiance, Celtic in contrast shipped their goals all far too easily.[19] Despite the result against Juventus, Celtic and Neil Lennon won praise for their Champions League campaign.[20][21][22]

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Scottish Premier League

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UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League
Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
Scotland Celtic 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
Russia Spartak Moscow 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 26 May 2013[28]

Key: 14px = Appearances, Goal = Goals, Booked = Yellow card, Red card = Red card

Number Nation Position Name Total League Champions League League Cup Scottish Cup
14px Goal Booked Red card 14px Goal Booked Red card 14px Goal Booked Red card 14px Goal Booked Red card 14px Goal Booked Red card
1 England GK Fraser Forster 51 0 5 0 34 0 4 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
2 Wales DF Adam Matthews 38 3 2 0 22 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
3 Honduras DF Emilio Izaguirre 50 0 4 0 33 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
4 Nigeria DF Efe Ambrose 41 3 4 0 27 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
5 Israel DF Rami Gershon 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 England DF Kelvin Wilson 50 0 5 0 32 0 4 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
7 Venezuela FW Miku 14 2 3 0 11 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Scotland MF Scott Brown (C) 32 3 8 0 17 3 4 0 10 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
9 Greece FW Georgios Samaras 40 14 7 0 25 9 4 0 10 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
10 Republic of Ireland FW Anthony Stokes 23 7 0 0 17 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
11 Tunisia FW Lassad 19 3 0 0 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
14 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Bangura 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Scotland MF Kris Commons 46 19 2 0 27 11 1 0 12 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 4 3 0 0
16 Wales MF Joe Ledley 41 10 2 0 25 7 0 0 9 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 4 2 0 0
18 Australia MF Tom Rogić 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Northern Ireland MF Paddy McCourt 20 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 Scotland DF Charlie Mulgrew 49 9 9 0 30 5 4 0 12 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0
23 Sweden DF Mikael Lustig 38 3 3 0 23 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
24 Poland GK Łukasz Załuska 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
25 Norway DF Thomas Rogne 19 0 2 0 13 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
26 Sweden GK Viktor Noring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Republic of Ireland FW Daryl Murphy 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Scotland FW James Keatings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Scotland MF John Herron 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Scotland FW Tony Watt 29 6 2 0 20 5 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
33 Israel MF Beram Kayal 40 0 8 0 26 0 4 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
35 Scotland GK Robbie Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Australia DF Jackson Irvine 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Bahrudin Atajić 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Scotland MF Callum McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Scotland DF Joe Chalmers 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Scotland DF Lewis Toshney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Scotland MF Dylan McGeouch 15 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
49 Scotland MF James Forrest 29 4 3 0 15 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
50 Republic of Ireland MF Paul George 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 Czech Republic MF Filip Twardzik 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 Czech Republic FW Patrik Twardzik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67 Kenya MF Victor Wanyama 49 9 15 2 32 6 9 1 10 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 0
88 England FW Gary Hooper 51 31 2 0 31 19 1 0 11 4 1 0 3 6 0 0 5 2 0 0
Players who no longer play for Celtic
30 Scotland MF Paul Slane 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 England DF Andre Blackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nigeria MF Rabiu Ibrahim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Last updated 28 April 2013

R Player Scottish
Premier
League
 Scottish
Cup		 Scottish
League
Cup		 UEFA
Champions
League		 Total
1 England Gary Hooper 19 2 6 4 31
2 Scotland Kris Commons 11 3 3 2 19
3 Greece Georgios Samaras 9 0 0 5 14
4 Wales Joe Ledley 7 2 0 1 10
5 Kenya Victor Wanyama 6 1 0 2 9
Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 5 1 2 1 9
7 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 5 2 0 0 7
8 Scotland Tony Watt 5 0 0 1 6
9 Scotland James Forrest 3 1 0 0 4
10 Tunisia Lassad 3 0 0 0 3
Nigeria Efe Ambrose 3 0 0 0 3
Scotland Scott Brown 3 0 0 0 3
Wales Adam Matthews 2 1 0 0 3
Sweden Mikael Lustig 3 0 0 0 3
15 Venezuela Miku 2 0 0 0 2
16 Israel Rami Gershon 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Dylan McGeouch 1 0 0 0 1
Total 88 13 11 16 128

Celtic personnel awards

Last updated 22 September 2012

Player Award Month
Scotland Tony Watt SPL Young Player of the Month August[29]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month December
Wales Adam Matthews SPL Young Player of the Month January
England Gary Hooper SPL Player of the Month January

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 51 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 −2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 −1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 −9 44
11 St Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 −13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 −38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A A H H H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A
Result W D W D L W W W W L D D W L W W W W W L W W W W W W D W L L W D W W L D W W
Position 2 4 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 21 April 2013.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

See also

References

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