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)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

29 July 2006 SPL	Celtic	4 – 1	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
	Żurawski 25', 90+3' Jarošík 38' Nakamura 75'	BBC Sport	Naismith 87'	Attendance: 54,620 Referee: Iain Brines

6 August 2006 SPL	Hearts	2 – 1	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
	Bednář 49', 87'	BBC Sport	Petrov 65'	Attendance: 16,822 Referee: Stuart Dougal

12 August 2006 SPL	Celtic	2 – 0	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	McManus 49' Petrov 65'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 56,579 Referee: Brian Winter

20 August 2006 SPL	Inverness CT	1 – 1	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Munro 80'	BBC Sport	Pearson 26'	Attendance: 7,332 Referee: Craig Thomson

26 August 2006 SPL	Celtic	2 – 1	Hibernian	Celtic Park
	Żurawski 62' Vennegoor of Hesselink 66'	BBC Sport	Brown 8'	Attendance: 58,078 Referee: Charlie Richmond

9 September 2006 SPL	Aberdeen	0 – 1	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport	Vennegoor of Hesselink 79'	Attendance: 15,304 Referee: Mike McCurry

16 September 2006 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Celtic Park
	McManus 31'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 55,894 Referee: Eddie Smith

23 September 2006 SPL	Celtic	2 – 0	Rangers	Celtic Park
	Gravesen 35' Miller 74'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 59,341 Referee: Dougie McDonald

1 October 2006 SPL	Falkirk	0 – 1	Celtic	Falkirk Stadium
		BBC Sport	McGeady 84'	Attendance: 7,139 Referee: Iain Brines

14 October 2006 SPL	Dundee United	1 – 4	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Hunt 5'	BBC Sport	Nakamura 44', 48', 58' Vennegoor of Hesselink 52'	Attendance: 10,504 Referee: Mike McCurry

21 October 2006 SPL	Celtic	2 – 1	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Craigan 16' (o.g.) Żurawski 66'	BBC Sport	McDonald 77'	Attendance: 57,742 Referee: Alan Freeland

28 October 2006 SPL	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Nish 49'	BBC Sport	Nakamura 55' Miller 75'	Attendance: 10,083 Referee: John Underhill

4 November 2006 SPL	Celtic	2 – 1	Hearts	Celtic Park
	Jarošík 86' Gordon 90+1' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Velička 72'	Attendance: 58,971 Referee: Craig Thomson

12 November 2006 SPL	St Mirren	1 – 3	Celtic	Love Street
	Sutton 56'	BBC Sport	Gravesen 2', 21', 69'	Attendance: 8,445 Referee: Stuart Dougal

18 November 2006 SPL	Celtic	3 – 0	Inverness CT	Celtic Park
	Dods 43' (o.g.) Vennegoor of Hesselink 72' Jarošík 85'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 56,637 Referee: Kenny Clark

26 November 2006 SPL	Hibernian	2 – 2	Celtic	Easter Road
	Sproule 12' Thomson 63'	BBC Sport	Sno 70' McGeady 74'	Attendance: 16,747 Referee: Mike McCurry

2 December 2006 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
	Żurawski 72'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,911 Referee: Dougie McDonald

10 December 2006 SPL	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Celtic	East End Park
	Simmons 90+2'	BBC Sport	McGeady 49' Żurawski 68'	Attendance: 7,080 Referee: Craig Thomson

17 December 2006 SPL	Rangers	1 – 1	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium
	Hemdani 88'	BBC Sport	Gravesen 38'	Attendance: 50,418 Referee: Kenny Clark

23 December 2006 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Falkirk	Celtic Park
	Gravesen 24'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Iain Brines

26 December 2006 SPL	Celtic	2 – 2	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	O'Dea 78' Nakamura 80'	BBC Sport	Robertson 17' Samuel 58'	Attendance: 57,343 Referee: Brian Winter

30 December 2006 SPL	Motherwell	1 – 1	Celtic	Fir Park
	Smith 90+1'	BBC Sport	Riordan 37'	Attendance: 9,769 Referee: Charlie Richmond

2 January 2007 SPL	Celtic	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
	O'Dea 39' McGeady 90+1'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 57,236 Referee: Steve Conroy

14 January 2007 SPL	Hearts	1 – 2	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
	Mikoliūnas 28'	BBC Sport	Vennegoor of Hesselink 59' Jarošík 81'	Attendance: 17,129 Referee: Kenny Clark

20 January 2007 SPL	Celtic	5 – 1	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	Vennegoor of Hesselink 16', 61' (pen.), 75' McGeady 69' Miller 82'	BBC Sport	McGinn 47'	Attendance: 58,382 Referee: Craig Thomson

28 January 2007 SPL	Inverness CT	1 – 2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Bayne 57'	BBC Sport	Riordan 37' Vennegoor of Hesselink 90+3'	Attendance: 7,484 Referee: Iain Brines

10 February 2007 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Hibernian	Celtic Park
	Beattie 54'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 59,659 Referee: Stuart Dougal

17 February 2007 SPL	Aberdeen	1 – 2	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
	Mackie 90+2'	BBC Sport	Beattie 9' Nakamura 20'	Attendance: 16,711 Referee: Craig Thomson

3 March 2007 SPL	Celtic	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Celtic Park
	Miller 4' Vennegoor of Hesselink 76'	BBC Sport	Hammill 87'	Attendance: 59,131 Referee: Steve Conroy

10 March 2007 SPL	Celtic	0 – 1	Rangers	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport	Ehiogu 50'	Attendance: 59,425 Referee: Stuart Dougal

18 March 2007 SPL	Falkirk	1 – 0	Celtic	Falkirk Stadium
	Thomson 16'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 6,438 Referee: John Underhill

31 March 2007 SPL	Dundee United	1 – 1	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Daly 90+2'	BBC Sport	Nakamura 48'	Attendance: 11,363 Referee: Iain Brines

7 April 2007 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Riordan 52'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,654 Referee: Eddie Smith

22 April 2007 SPL	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Nish 50'	BBC Sport	Vennegoor of Hesselink 24' Nakamura 90+1'	Attendance: 12,654 Referee: Craig Thomson

29 April 2007 SPL	Celtic	1 – 3	Hearts	Celtic Park
	Pressley 63'	BBC Sport	Ivaškevičius 57' Driver 61' Pospíšil 71' (pen.)	Attendance: 59,510 Referee: Stuart Dougal

5 May 2007 SPL	Rangers	2 – 0	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium
	Boyd 34' Adam 55'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 50,384 Referee: Craig Thomson

12 May 2007 SPL	Celtic	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
	Vennegoor of Hesselink 33', 49'	BBC Sport	Mackie 41'	Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Charlie Richmond

20 May 2007 SPL	Hibernian	2 – 1	Celtic	Easter Road
	Brown 60' Sproule 90+1'	BBC Sport	Riordan 56'	Attendance: 13,885 Referee: Iain Brines

UEFA Champions League

13 September 2006 Group stage	Manchester United	3 – 2	Celtic	Old Trafford
	Saha 30' (pen.), 40' Solskjær 47'	BBC Sport	Vennegoor of Hesselink 21' Nakamura 43'	Attendance: 74,031 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ

26 September 2006 Group stage	Celtic	1 – 0	F.C. København	Celtic Park
	Miller 30' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 57,598 Referee: Florian Meyer

17 October 2006 Group stage	Celtic	3 – 0	Benfica	Celtic Park
	Miller 56', 66' Pearson 90+1'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,313 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

1 November 2006 Group stage	Benfica	3 – 0	Celtic	Estádio da Luz
	Caldwell 10' (o.g.) Nuno Gomes 22' Karyaka 76'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

21 November 2006 Group stage	Celtic	1 – 0	Manchester United	Celtic Park
	Nakamura 81'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 60,632 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

6 December 2006 Group stage	F.C. København	3 – 1	Celtic	Parken Stadium
	Hutchinson 2' Grønkjær 27' Allbäck 57'	BBC Sport	Jarošík 75'	Attendance: 38,647 Referee: Bertrand Layec

20 February 2007 Knockout Round	Celtic	0 – 0	A.C. Milan	Celtic Park
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,785 Referee: Terje Hauge

7 March 2007 Knockout Round	A.C. Milan	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 agg.)	Celtic	San Siro
	Kaká 93'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz

Scottish League Cup

19 September 2006 Third round	Celtic	2 – 0	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	Beattie 76' Żurawski 87'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 32,587 Referee: Kenny Clark

7 November 2006 Quarter Final	Celtic	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Falkirk	Celtic Park
	Żurawski 98'	BBC Sport	Stokes 99'	Attendance: 18,684 Referee: Charlie Richmond

Scottish Cup

6 January 2007 Third round	Celtic	4 – 0	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	Żurawski 3', 9' Vennegoor of Hesselink 43' Riordan 69'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 18,685 Referee: Willie Collum

3 February 2007 Fourth round	Livingston	1 – 4	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
	Mackay 18'	BBC Sport	O'Dea 30' Riordan 45+1', 59' Vennegoor of Hesselink 61'	Attendance: 7,281 Referee: Charlie Richmond

25 February 2007 Quarter Final	Inverness CT	1 – 2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Bayne 18'	BBC Sport	Pressley 89' Miller 90+1'	Attendance: 7,119 Referee: Dougie McDonald

14 April 2007 Semi Final	St Johnstone	1 – 2	Celtic	Hampden Park
	Hardie 19'	BBC Sport	Vennegoor of Hesselink 13' (pen.), 54'	Attendance: 28,339 Referee: Charlie Richmond

26 May 2007 Final	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 1	Celtic	Hampden Park
		BBC Sport	Perrier-Doumbé 84'	Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Kenny Clark

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Champions League
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	Mohammed 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	Stiliyan 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	IRL	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	IRL	Jim O'Brien^[5]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF	IRL	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	IRL	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	Stiliyan 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

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	6	6	65	34	+31	84	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	21	9	8	61	32	+29	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Aberdeen	38	19	8	11	55	38	+17	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	47	35	+12	61
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	7	15	47	54	−7	55

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Gordon Strachan
Assistant Manager	Garry Pendrey
First Team Coach	Tommy Burns
Goalkeeping Coach	Jim Blyth
Head of Youth Academy	Tommy Burns
Head of Recruitment	John Park
Physiotherapist	Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist	Gavin McCarthy
Doctor	Gerry McCann
Head of Sports Science	Jim Henry

Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	£4,000,000
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
Stiliyan 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

References

^ "Paddy Power pays out on Scottish Premier League title". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
^ 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.

[7] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[1] "Paddy Power pays out on Scottish Premier League title". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.

[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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