2006–07 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2006–07 season
Chairman	Brian Quinn
Manager	Gordon Strachan
Ground	Celtic Park; Glasgow, Scotland; (Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (13); All: ; Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (18)
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Celtic started season 2006-07 looking to retain the Scottish Premier League trophy and the Scottish League Cup. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, and entered the Champions League at the group stage. Such was the good form of Celtic and the lack of a clear rival in the early stages of the 2006–07 season, that bookmakers Paddy Power paid out on Celtic as the winners of the SPL on 6 November 2006, only 13 games into the season.^[1] By mid-November Celtic were 11 points clear of their nearest challengers.

Having qualified automatically for the group stage of the Champions League, Celtic were drawn with Benfica, Copenhagen, and Manchester United. Although Celtic lost their 3 away games, a 100% record at home earned them qualification to the knockout stage for the first time since the group format was introduced in 1992–93. Their opponents in the last 16 were Milan. After both legs of the tie ended 0–0, Celtic's Champions League run was ended by a solitary Milan goal in extra-time by Kaká.

During the January 2007 transfer window Celtic signed Scotland internationals and former Hearts players Steven Pressley and Paul Hartley, full-back Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé from Rennes on loan and goalkeeper Mark Brown from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

On 22 April 2007 Celtic won their second consecutive league championship, and 40th overall. The title was secured by an injury-time free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura in a 2–1 victory against Kilmarnock.^[2] The result left Celtic 13 points clear of Rangers with four matches remaining. They finished the season 12 points above Rangers.

On 26 May 2007 Celtic won the Scottish Cup for a record 34th time after beating Dunfermline 1–0. The winner was scored by Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé in the 84th minute.

Results

Scottish Premier League

UEFA Champions League

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Scottish League Cup

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*Celtic Lose the match 5-4 on penalties

Scottish Cup

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Players

Transfers

Player	From	Fee
Kenny Miller	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free
Gary Caldwell	Hibernian	Free
Jiří Jarošík	Chelsea	£1,100,000
Evander Sno	Feyenoord	£80,000
Derek Riordan	Hibernian	£150,000
Lee Naylor	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£600,000
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	PSV Eindhoven	£3,400,000
Thomas Gravesen	Real Madrid	£2,000,000
Steven Pressley	Hearts	Free
Mark Brown	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	£300,000
Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé	Rennes	Loan
Paul Hartley	Hearts	£1,100,000

Out: 2006-07 Season

Player	To	Fee
Dion Dublin	Norwich City	Free
Sandy Wood	Forfar	Free
Roy Keane		Retired
John Hartson	West Brom	£500,000
Ross Harris	Dundee	Free
Mark Staunton	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed
Mohammed Camara	Derby County	Free
Charlie Mulgrew	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Swap
Stilian Petrov	Aston Villa	£6,500,000
Stanislav Varga	Sunderland	£400,000
Ross Wallace	Sunderland	£400,000
Jacob Lensky	Feyenoord	Undisclosed
Stephen Pearson	Derby County	£750,000
Shaun Maloney	Aston Villa	£1,100,000

Total income:

£7,830,000

Total spending:

£9,650,000

Loans

Loaned out:

Player	To	Length
David Marshall	Norwich City	January to end of season
Paul McGowan	Morton	January to end of season
Paul Lawson	St Johnstone	January to end of season
Adam Virgo	Coventry City	Season long
Rocco Quinn	Kilmarnock	Season long
Michael Gardyne	Ross County	Season long
Gary Irvine	Ross County	Season long
Alan Thompson	Leeds United	Season loan
Diarmuid O'Carroll	Ross County	Season loan
James O'Brien	Dunfermline Athletic	Season loan

Statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POL	Artur Boruc	51	0	36	0	5	0	2	0	8	0
2	DF	SCO	Paul Telfer	31	0	20+1	0	2	0	2	0	5+1	0
3	DF	GUI	Mo Camara	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Lee Naylor	46	0	32	0	5	0	1	0	8	0
5	DF	SCO	Gary Caldwell	28	0	20+1	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
6	DF	GUI	Bobo Baldé^[3]	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
7	FW	POL	Maciej Żurawski	34	10	19+7	6	1	2	2	2	4+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Kenny Miller	44	8	20+11	4	4	1	1	0	5+3	3
10	FW	NED	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	30	18	17+4	13	4	4	1	0	4	1
11	MF	SCO	Stephen Pearson	19	2	3+10	1	0	0	2	0	1+3	1
11	MF	SCO	Paul Hartley	14	0	10	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	SCO	Mark Wilson	16	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	SCO	Derek Riordan	21	7	6+10	4	3	3	2	0	0	0
15	MF	NED	Evander Sno	28	1	7+11	1	3	0	2	0	5	0
16	MF	DEN	Thomas Gravesen	33	6	18+4	6	4	0	1	0	4+2	0
17	DF	SCO	Steven Pressley	18	2	14	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon	44	0	30+1	0	5	0	0	0	8	0
19	MF	BUL	Stilian Petrov	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	CZE	Jiří Jarošík	34	5	18+7	4	2	0	1	0	3+3	1
21	GK	SCO	Mark Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	SCO	David Marshall	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	CMR	Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé^[4]	5	1	3+1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
25	MF	JPN	Shunsuke Nakamura	50	11	37	9	5	0	0	0	7+1	2
26	FW	EIR	Cillian Sheridan	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney	15	0	7+2	0	0	0	1	0	2+3	0
33	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	SCO	Paul Lawson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	SCO	Craig Beattie	20	3	9+7	2	1	0	1	1	0+2	0
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	SCO	Stephen McManus	44	2	31	2	4	0	1	0	8	0
45	MF	EIR	Jim O'Brien^[5]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF	EIR	Aiden McGeady^[6]	46	5	22+12	5	4	0	2	0	5+1	0
47	GK	NIR	Michael McGovern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	DF	EIR	Darren O'Dea	21	3	9+5	2	3	1	1	0	2+1	0
49	DF	SCO	Scott Cuthbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF	SCO	Gary Irvine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	SCO	Nicky Riley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	DF	SCO	Paul Caddis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF	SCO	Ryan Conroy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	ISL	Teddy Bjarnason	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Goal scorers

R	Player	Scottish Premier League	Scottish League Cup	Scottish Cup	UEFA Champions League	Total
1	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	13	0	4	1	18
2	Shunsuke Nakamura	9	0	0	2	11
3	Maciej Żurawski	6	2	2	0	10
4	Kenny Miller	4	0	1	3	8
5	Derek Riordan	4	0	3	0	7
6	Thomas Gravesen	6	0	0	0	6
7	Jiří Jarošík	4	0	0	1	5
8	Darren O'Dea	2	0	1	0	3
8	Craig Beattie	2	1	0	0	3
8	Stilian Petrov	2	0	0	0	2
	Stephen McManus	2	0	0	0	2
	Stephen Pearson	1	0	0	1	2
	Steven Pressley	1	0	1	0	2
9	Evander Sno	1	0	0	0	1
9	Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé	0	0	1	0	1

References

^ Paddy Power pays out on Scottish Premier League title
^ Colin Moffat, Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic, BBC Sport, 22 April 2007
^ Baldé was born in Marseille, France.
^ Perrier-Doumbé was born in Paris, France.
^ O'Brien was born in Alexandria, Scotland.
^ McGeady was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

[1] Paddy Power pays out on Scottish Premier League title

[2] Colin Moffat, Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic, BBC Sport, 22 April 2007

[3] Baldé was born in Marseille, France.

[4] Perrier-Doumbé was born in Paris, France.

[5] O'Brien was born in Alexandria, Scotland.

[6] McGeady was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

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