| 2005–06 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Brian Quinn | |||
| Manager | Gordon Strachan | |||
| Ground | Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 60,355) | |||
| Scottish Premier League | 1st | |||
| Scottish Cup | Third Round | |||
| Scottish League Cup | Winners | |||
| Champions League | Second qualifying round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: John Hartson (18) All: Maciej Żurawski John Hartson (20 each) | |||
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Celtic started the season 2005–06 looking to win the Scottish Premier League trophy and retain the Scottish Cup. They competed in the Scottish League Cup, and entered the Champions League at the qualification stage.
Celtic were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the third round by Clyde, losing 2–1. They won the Scottish League Cup with a comfortable 3–0 victory over Dunfermline on 19 March 2006, while the league was regained after a 1–0 win over Hearts. Rival managers were quick to praise the manner in which Celtic had regained the SPL title.[1]
Results
Scottish Premier League
| 30 July 2005 SPL | Motherwell | 4 – 4 | Celtic | Fir Park | 
| Kerr  20' Hamilton  58' McDonald  60' Kinniburgh  84' | BBC Sport | Hartson  14', 32', 44' (pen.) Beattie  90+1' | Attendance: 9,903 Referee: Mike McCurry | 
| 6 August 2005 SPL | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Dundee United | Celtic Park | 
| Hartson  37' Beattie  88' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 56,532 Referee: Iain Brines | 
| 13 August 2005 SPL | Celtic | 3 – 1 | Falkirk | Celtic Park | 
| Hartson  49' Thompson  75', 90+1' | BBC Sport | Duffy  39' (pen.) | Attendance: 57,782 Referee: Alan Freeland | 
| 20 August 2005 SPL | Rangers | 3 – 1 | Celtic | Ibrox Stadium | 
| Pršo  34' Buffel  51' Novo  88' (pen.) | BBC Sport | Maloney  86' (pen.) | Attendance: 49,699 Referee: Stuart Dougal | 
| 28 August 2005 SPL | Dunfermline Athletic | 0 – 4 | Celtic | East End Park | 
| BBC Sport | Żurawski  5', 74' Hartson  10' Nakamura  58' | Attendance: 9,244 Referee: Kenny Clark | 
| 10 September 2005 SPL | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Aberdeen | Celtic Park | 
| Żurawski  13' Petrov  61' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 59,607 Referee: Charlie Richmond | 
| 18 September 2005 SPL | Hibernian | 0 – 1 | Celtic | Easter Road | 
| BBC Sport | Petrov  5' | Attendance: 15,649 Referee: Craig Thomson | 
| 24 September 2005 SPL | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Inverness CT | Celtic Park | 
| Beattie  57', 67' | BBC Sport | Wyness  51' | Attendance: 57,247 Referee: Steve Conroy | 
| 1 October 2005 SPL | Livingston | 0 – 5 | Celtic | Almondvale Stadium | 
| BBC Sport | McManus  36' Maloney  45' Żurawski  51' Sutton  62' Beattie  72' | Attendance: 9,115 Referee: Mike McCurry | 
| 15 October 2005 SPL | Celtic | 1 – 1 | Hearts | Celtic Park | 
| Beattie  13' | BBC Sport | Skácel  16' | Attendance: 60,100 Referee: Dougie McDonald | 
| 22 October 2005 SPL | Kilmarnock | 0 – 1 | Celtic | Rugby Park | 
| BBC Sport | Petrov  24' | Attendance: 10,544 Referee: Iain Brines | 
| 26 October 2005 SPL | Celtic | 5 – 0 | Motherwell | Celtic Park | 
| Petrov  14', 23', 79' Maloney  17' Nakamura  67' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 57,388 Referee: Charlie Richmond | 
| 29 October 2005 SPL | Dundee United | 2 – 4 | Celtic | Tannadice Park | 
| Sutton  4' (o.g.) Samuel  30' | BBC Sport | Hartson  17' Sutton  28' Archibald  32' (o.g.) Pearson  88' | Attendance: 11,942 Referee: Alan Freeland | 
| 5 November 2005 SPL | Falkirk | 0 – 3 | Celtic | Falkirk Stadium | 
| BBC Sport | Maloney  41' McGeady  42' Hartson  69' | Attendance: 6,459 Referee: Calum Murray | 
| 19 November 2005 SPL | Celtic | 3 – 0 | Rangers | Celtic Park | 
| Hartson  12' Baldé  56' McGeady  61' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 58,997 Referee: Dougie McDonald | 
| 26 November 2005 SPL | Celtic | 0 – 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Celtic Park | 
| BBC Sport | Ross  17' | Attendance: 58,203 Referee: Craig Mackay | 
| 3 December 2005 SPL | Aberdeen | 1 – 3 | Celtic | Pittodrie Stadium | 
| Winter  53' | BBC Sport | McGeady  56' Petrov  58' Telfer  64' | Attendance: 17,031 Referee: Charlie Richmond | 
| 10 December 2005 SPL | Celtic | 3 – 2 | Hibernian | Celtic Park | 
| Hartson  40', 65' Maloney  57' | BBC Sport | Beuzelin  47' Fletcher  53' | Attendance: 59,895 Referee: Kenny Clark | 
| 17 December 2005 SPL | Inverness CT | 1 – 1 | Celtic | Caledonian Stadium | 
| Dargo  1' | BBC Sport | Hartson  21' | Attendance: 7,382 Referee: Stuart Dougal | 
| 26 December 2005 SPL | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Celtic Park | 
| Maloney  39' (pen.) Nakamura  87' | BBC Sport | Dalglish  58' | Attendance: 57,000 Referee: John Underhill | 
| 1 January 2006 SPL | Hearts | 2 – 3 | Celtic | Tynecastle Stadium | 
| Jankauskas  6' Pressley  8' | BBC Sport | Pearson  55' McManus  87', 90+3' | Attendance: 17,358 Referee: Iain Brines | 
| 14 January 2006 SPL | Celtic | 4 – 2 | Kilmarnock | Celtic Park | 
| Nakamura  3' Maloney  16' (pen.) McManus  53' Żurawski  67' | BBC Sport | Naismith  24' (pen.) Invincibile  51' | Attendance: 59,995 Referee: Calum Murray | 
| 22 January 2006 SPL | Motherwell | 1 – 3 | Celtic | Fir Park | 
| Hamilton  41' | BBC Sport | Żurawski  17' McGeady  71' Hartson  85' | Attendance: 11,503 Referee: Charlie Richmond | 
| 28 January 2006 SPL | Celtic | 3 – 3 | Dundee United | Celtic Park | 
| Hartson  9' Żurawski  49' Petrov  67' | BBC Sport | Fernández  40', 86' Miller  82' | Attendance: 59,875 Referee: M Ritchie | 
| 8 February 2006 SPL | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Falkirk | Celtic Park | 
| Keane  34' McManus  44' | BBC Sport | Milne  83' | Attendance: 56,672 Referee: Iain Brines | 
| 12 February 2006 SPL | Rangers | 0 – 1 | Celtic | Ibrox Stadium | 
| BBC Sport | Żurawski  12' | Attendance: 49,788 Referee: Mike McCurry | 
| 18 February 2006 SPL | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 – 8 | Celtic | East End Park | 
| Tod  14' | BBC Sport | Petrov  3' Hartson  24' Żurawski  32', 40', 56', 88' Maloney  74' Lennon  82' | Attendance: 9,015 Referee: Dougie McDonald | 
| 4 March 2006 SPL | Celtic | 3 – 0 | Aberdeen | Celtic Park | 
| Petrov  66' Maloney  75' Żurawski  89' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 60,018 Referee: Mike McCurry | 
| 11 March 2006 SPL | Hibernian | 1 – 2 | Celtic | Easter Road | 
| Riordan  24' | BBC Sport | Maloney  36' (pen.) McManus  60' | Attendance: 16,985 Referee: Alan Freeland | 
| 22 March 2006 SPL | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Inverness CT | Celtic Park | 
| McManus  35' Maloney  79' | BBC Sport | Hart  90+1' | Attendance: 57,451 Referee: Charlie Richmond | 
| 26 March 2006 SPL | Livingston | 0 – 2 | Celtic | Almondvale Stadium | 
| BBC Sport | Żurawski  46' Maloney  52' (pen.) | Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Kenny Clark | 
| 5 April 2006 SPL | Celtic | 1 – 0 | Hearts | Celtic Park | 
| Hartson  4' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 59,699 Referee: Dougie McDonald | 
| 9 April 2006 SPL | Kilmarnock | 1 – 4 | Celtic | Rugby Park | 
| Nish  89' | BBC Sport | Nakamura  8', 82' Hartson  64' Dublin  84' | Attendance: 10,978 Referee: Craig Thomson | 
| 16 April 2006 SPL | Celtic | 1 – 1 | Hibernian | Celtic Park | 
| Żurawski  76' | BBC Sport | Fletcher  35' | Attendance: 60,047 Referee: K Toner | 
| 23 April 2006 SPL | Celtic | 0 – 0 | Rangers | Celtic Park | 
| BBC Sport | Attendance: 59,684 Referee: Craig Thomson | 
| 30 April 2006 SPL | Hearts | 3 – 0 | Celtic | Tynecastle Stadium | 
| McManus  7' (o.g.) Hartley  9' Bednář  63' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 16,795 Referee: Alan Freeland | 
| 3 May 2006 SPL | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Kilmarnock | Celtic Park | 
| Żurawski  55' Varga  63' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 48,649 Referee: Steve Conroy | 
| 7 May 2006 SPL | Aberdeen | 2 – 2 | Celtic | Pittodrie Stadium | 
| Stewart  69', 72' | BBC Sport | Hartson  5' Maloney  61' | Attendance: 14,597 Referee: Calum Murray | 
UEFA Champions League
| 27 July 2005 Second Qualifying | Artmedia Bratislava   | 5 – 0 |  Celtic | Bratislava, Slovakia | 
| Halenár  43', 76', 89' Vaščák  57' Mikulič  78' | BBC Sport | Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 17,262 Referee: Selçuk Dereli | 
| 2 August 2005 Second Qualifying | Celtic   | 4 – 0 (4 – 5 agg.) |  Artmedia Bratislava | Glasgow, Scotland | 
| Thompson  21' (pen.) Hartson  44' McManus  54' Beattie  82' | BBC Sport | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,063 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco | 
Scottish League Cup
| 21 September 2005 Third round | Celtic | 2 – 1 | Falkirk | Celtic Park | 
| Żurawski  62' Hartson  94' | BBC Sport | Gow  54' | Attendance: 24,953 Referee: Kenny Clark | 
| 9 November 2005 Quarter Final | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Rangers | Celtic Park | 
| Maloney  26' Klos  82' (o.g.) | BBC Sport | Attendance: 57,183 Referee: Kenny Clark | 
| 1 February 2006 Semi Final | Motherwell | 1 – 2 | Celtic | Hampden Park | 
| Foran  11' | BBC Sport | Żurawski  29' Maloney  88' | Attendance: 32,595 Referee: Craig Thomson | 
| 19 March 2006 Final | Dunfermline Athletic | 0 – 3 | Celtic | Hampden Park | 
| BBC Sport | Żurawski  43' Maloney  76' Dublin  90+2' | Attendance: 50,090 Referee: Stuart Dougal | 
Scottish Cup
| 7 January 2006 Third round | Clyde | 2 – 1 | Celtic | Broadwood Stadium | 
| Bryson  32' Malone  36' | BBC Sport | Żurawski  82' | Attendance: 8,000 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 | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK |  POL | Artur Boruc | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2 | DF |  SCO | Paul Telfer | 42 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 3 | DF |  GUI | Mo Camara | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 4 | DF |  SCO | Adam Virgo | 12 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 5 | DF |  CHN | Du Wei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | DF |  GUI | Dianbobo Balde | 33 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 7 | FW |  POL | Maciej Żurawski | 30 | 20 | 22+2 | 16 | 0+1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 
| 8 | MF |  ENG | Alan Thompson | 19 | 3 | 11+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 
| 9 | FW |  ENG | Chris Sutton | 10 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 9 | FW |  ENG | Dion Dublin (from January) | 12 | 2 | 3+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | FW |  WAL | John Hartson | 41 | 20 | 29+6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 11 | MF |  SCO | Stephen Pearson | 20 | 2 | 2+16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 12 | DF |  SCO | Mark Wilson | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 14 | FW |  FRA | Jérémie Aliadière | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 
| 16 | MF |  IRL | Roy Keane | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | DF |  FRA | Didier Agathe | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 18 | MF | .svg.png.webp) NIR | Neil Lennon | 38 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 19 | MF |  BUL | Stiliyan Petrov | 43 | 10 | 36+1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| 22 | GK |  SCO | David Marshall | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 23 | DF |  SVK | Stanislav Varga | 13 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 25 | MF |  JPN | Shunsuke Nakamura | 38 | 6 | 30+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 29 | FW |  SCO | Shaun Maloney | 43 | 16 | 27+9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 
| 33 | MF |  SCO | Ross Wallace | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 35 | MF |  SCO | Paul Lawson | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 37 | FW |  SCO | Craig Beattie | 15 | 7 | 7+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 
| 42 | FW |  SCO | Michael McGlinchey | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 44 | DF |  SCO | Stephen McManus | 42 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 46 | MF |  IRL | Aiden McGeady | 24 | 4 | 11+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 
Goal scorers
| R | Player | Scottish Premier League | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Maciej Żurawski | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 
|  John Hartson | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| 2 |  Shaun Maloney | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 
| 3 |  Stiliyan Petrov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 
| 4 |  Stephen McManus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 
| 5 |  Craig Beattie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 
| 6 |  Shunsuke Nakamura | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 
| 7 |  Aiden McGeady | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 
| 8 |  Alan Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 
| 9 |  Chris Sutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
|  Stephen Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
|  Dion Dublin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Bobo Balde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
|  Paul Telfer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
|  Roy Keane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .svg.png.webp) Neil Lennon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
|  Stanislav Varga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
Team statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | 
| 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 
| 3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round | 
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[lower-alpha 2] | 
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 55 | 
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.
- ↑ Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.
Technical staff
| Position | Staff | 
|---|---|
| Manager | Gordon Strachan | 
| Assistant Manager | Gary Pendrey | 
| First Team Coach | Tommy Burns | 
| Goalkeeping Coach | Jim Blyth | 
| Head of Youth Academy | Tommy Burns | 
| Head of Recruitment | Tom O'Neil | 
| Head Physiotherapist | Tim Williamson | 
| Physiotherapist | Gavin McCarthy | 
| Doctor | Roddy MacDonald | 
| Head of Sports Science | Kenny McMillan | 
| Performance Coach | Jim Henry | 
Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source: 
Transfers
| Player | From | Fee | 
|---|---|---|
|  Mark Wilson |  Dundee United | £500,000 | 
|  Roy Keane |  Manchester United | Free | 
|  Du Wei |  Shanghai Shenhua | Loan | 
|  Paul Telfer |  Southampton | £200,000 | 
|  Adam Virgo |  Brighton & Hove Albion | £1.5 million | 
|  Shunsuke Nakamura |  Reggina | £2.5 million | 
|  Maciej Żurawski |  Wisła Kraków | £2.5 million | 
|  Artur Boruc |  Legia Warsaw | £900,000 | 
|  Mohammed Camara |  Burnley | Free | 
| Player | From | Fee | 
|---|---|---|
|  Du Wei |  Shanghai Shenhua | End of loan | 
|  Chris Sutton |  Birmingham City | Free | 
|  David Fernández |  Dundee United | Free | 
|  Jackie McNamara |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free | 
| .svg.png.webp) Stéphane Henchoz |  Wigan Athletic | Free | 
|  Robert Douglas |  Leicester City | Free | 
|  Mohammed Sylla |  Leicester City | Free | 
|  Paul Lambert |  Livingston | Free | 
| .svg.png.webp) Joos Valgaeren | .svg.png.webp) Club Brugge | Free | 
|  Ulrik Laursen |  Odense BK | Free | 
|  Magnus Hedman |  Chelsea | Free | 
- Total spending:  £7.6 million £7.6 million
- Total income:  £0 £0
See also
References
- ↑ "McLeish: "Celtic deserved title"". BBC News. 6 April 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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