2012–13 Celtic F.C. season


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The 2012–13 season was the 119th season of competitive football by Celtic.

Celtic
2012–13 season
ChairmanIan Bankier
ManagerNeil Lennon
GroundCeltic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupWinners
Scottish League CupSemi-finals
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gary Hooper (19)
All:
Gary Hooper (31)
Highest home attendance59,168 vs Spartak Moscow (5 December 2012)
Lowest home attendance14,399 vs St Johnstone (30 October 2012)

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. St Mirren, however, 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 Helsingborgs IF. 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 knockout 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, where they succumbed to a 5–0 aggregate defeat in the spring 2013 to go out of the tournament.[19] Despite the result against Juventus, Celtic and Neil Lennon won praise for their Champions League campaign.[20][21][22]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

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Scottish Premier League

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UEFA Champions League

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Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
  Celtic 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
  Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
  Spartak Moscow 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3

Last updated 26 May 2013[28]

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

Number Nation Position Name Total League Champions League League Cup Scottish Cup
                                       
1   GK Fraser Forster 51 0 5 0 34 0 4 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
2   DF Adam Matthews 38 3 2 0 22 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
3   DF Emilio Izaguirre 50 0 4 0 33 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
4   DF Efe Ambrose 41 3 4 0 27 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
5   DF Rami Gershon 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   DF Kelvin Wilson 50 0 5 0 32 0 4 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
7   FW Miku 14 2 3 0 11 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8   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   FW Georgios Samaras 40 14 7 0 25 9 4 0 10 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
10   FW Anthony Stokes 23 7 0 0 17 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
11   FW Lassad 19 3 0 0 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
14   FW Mohamed Bangura 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15   MF Kris Commons 46 19 2 0 27 11 1 0 12 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 4 3 0 0
16   MF Joe Ledley 41 10 2 0 25 7 0 0 9 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 4 2 0 0
18   MF Tom Rogic 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20   MF Paddy McCourt 20 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21   DF Charlie Mulgrew 49 9 9 0 30 5 4 0 12 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0
23   DF Mikael Lustig 38 3 3 0 23 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
24   GK Łukasz Załuska 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
25   DF Thomas Rogne 19 0 2 0 13 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
26   GK Viktor Noring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27   FW Daryl Murphy 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28   FW James Keatings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31   MF John Herron 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32   FW Tony Watt 29 6 2 0 20 5 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
33   MF Beram Kayal 40 0 8 0 26 0 4 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
35   GK Robbie Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36   DF Jackson Irvine 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37   FW Bahrudin Atajić 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42   MF Callum McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43   DF Joe Chalmers 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
44   DF Marcus Fraser 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45   DF Lewis Toshney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46   MF Dylan McGeouch 15 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
49   MF James Forrest 29 4 3 0 15 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
50   MF Paul George 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56   MF Filip Twardzik 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58   FW Patrik Twardzik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67   MF Victor Wanyama 49 9 15 2 32 6 9 1 10 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 0
88   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   MF Paul Slane 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39   DF Andre Blackman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40   MF Rabiu Ibrahim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated 28 April 2013

R Player Scottish
Premier
League
 Scottish
Cup 		Scottish
League
Cup 		UEFA
Champions
League 		Total
1   Gary Hooper 19 2 6 4 31
2   Kris Commons 11 3 3 2 19
3   Georgios Samaras 9 0 0 5 14
4   Joe Ledley 7 2 0 1 10
5   Victor Wanyama 6 1 0 2 9
  Charlie Mulgrew 5 1 2 1 9
7   Anthony Stokes 5 2 0 0 7
8   Tony Watt 5 0 0 1 6
9   James Forrest 3 1 0 0 4
10   Lassad 3 0 0 0 3
  Efe Ambrose 3 0 0 0 3
  Scott Brown 3 0 0 0 3
  Adam Matthews 2 1 0 0 3
  Mikael Lustig 3 0 0 0 3
15   Miku 2 0 0 0 2
16   Rami Gershon 1 0 0 0 1
  Dylan McGeouch 1 0 0 0 1
Total 88 13 11 16 128
Position Staff
Manager Neil Lennon
Assistant Manager Johan Mjallby
First Team Coach Garry Parker
Goalkeeping Coach Stevie Woods
Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart
Head of Recruitment John Park
Head Physiotherapist Tim Williamson
Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy
Doctor Ian Sharpe
Head of Sports Science Kenny McMillan
Sports Scientists Bill Styles

Celtic personnel awards

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Last updated 22 September 2012

Player Award Month
  Tony Watt SPL Young Player of the Month August[29]
  Neil Lennon SPL Manager of the Month December
  Adam Matthews SPL Young Player of the Month January
  Gary Hooper SPL Player of the Month January
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the 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

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

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GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHA
ResultWDWDLWWWWLDDWLWWWWWLWWWWWWDWLLWDWWLDWW
Position24115311111211111111111111111111111111

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2013. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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