1995–96 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1995–96 season
Manager	Tommy Burns
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Premier Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Pierre van Hooijdonk (26)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier Division.

Season summary

Celtic lost only once in the league all season, but also drew eleven games and so they finished in second, four points off champions Rangers. As a result, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Celtic had poor form in the cup competitions, being knocked out by Rangers in both domestic cups and being knocked out by eventual cup winners Paris Saint-Germain in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SCO	Stewart Kerr
—	GK	SCO	Gordon Marshall
—	DF	SCO	Tom Boyd
—	DF	SCO	Stuart Gray
—	DF	SCO	John Hughes
—	DF	SCO	Malky Mackay
—	DF	SCO	Tosh McKinlay
—	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara
—	DF	ALB	Rudi Vata
—	MF	SCO	Simon Donnelly
—	MF	SCO	Peter Grant


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	Brian McLaughlin
—	MF	SCO	Paul McStay
—	MF	SCO	Phil O'Donnell
—	MF	SCO	Brian O'Neil
—	MF	DEN	Morten Wieghorst
—	FW	SCO	John Collins
—	FW	SCO	Willie Falconer
—	FW	SCO	Chris Hay
—	FW	SCO	Andy Walker
—	FW	GER	Andreas Thom
—	FW	NED	Pierre van Hooijdonk

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SCO	Jamie McQuilken (to Dundee United)

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Date	Fee
Andreas Thom	Bayer Leverkusen	4 August 1995	£2.2 million
John Hughes	Falkirk	7 August 1995	£380,000 (tribunal)
Jackie McNamara	Dunfermline Athletic	4 October 1995	£650,000
Morten Wieghorst	Dundee	8 December 1995	£600,000 (£500,000 plus Barry Smith)
Jorge Cadete	Sporting Lisbon	30 March 1996	Free

Players out

Player	To	Date	Fee
Charlie Nicholas	Clyde	11 August 1995	Free
Paul Byrne	Southend United	25 August 1995	£60,000^[1]
Tony Mowbray	Ipswich Town	5 October 1995	£300,000^[2]
Jamie McQuilken	Dundee United	4 November 1995	£150,000^[3]
Barry Smith	Dundee	8 December 1995	Exchange^[4]
Mark McNally	Southend United	8 December 1995	£60,000^[5]
Willie Falconer	Motherwell	16 January 1996	£200,000
Andy Walker	Sheffield United	23 February 1996	£500,000^[6]
Jim Slavin	Partick Thistle	15 March 1996	£30,000^[7]
John O'Neill	Bournemouth	29 March 1996	Free
Mike Galloway		31 May 1996	Retired
Lee Martin		31 May 1996	Free
Rudi Vata		31 May 1996	Free

Competitions

Scottish Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	27	6	3	85	25	+60	87	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2	Celtic	36	24	11	1	74	25	+49	83	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
3	Aberdeen	36	16	7	13	52	45	+7	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
4	Heart of Midlothian	36	16	7	13	55	53	+2	55	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Hibernian	36	11	10	15	43	57	−14	43

Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the League Cup.
^ As Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the Cup Winners' Cup was passed to the cup runner-up, Heart of Midlothian.

Matches

26 August 1995 Premier League	Raith Rovers	0–1	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00			Pierre van Hooijdonk	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 9,300

10 September 1995 Premier League	Aberdeen	2–3	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 16,489

16 September 1995 Premier League	Celtic	1–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 31,365

23 September 1995 Premier League	Hearts	0–4	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 13,696

30 September 1995 Premier League	Celtic	0–2	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,296

4 October 1995 Premier League	Falkirk	0–1	Celtic	Falkirk
19:45 GMT		Match Report		Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 9,053

7 October 1995 Premier League	Celtic	2–1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow, Scotland
15:00 GMT		Match Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 29,952

14 October 1995 Premier League	Celtic	2–2	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 31,738

21 October 1995 Premier League	Kilmarnock	0–0	Celtic	Kilmarnock, Scotland
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 14,011

28 October 1995 Premier League	Celtic	2–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,275

4 November 1995 Premier League	Motherwell	0–2	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,077

8 November 1995 Premier League	Celtic	0–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,382

11 November 1995 Premier League	Partick Thistle	1–2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 12,223

19 November 1995 Premier League	Rangers	3–3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 46,440

25 November 1995 Premier League	Celtic	3–1	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 34,032

2 December 1995 Premier League	Celtic	4–2	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,660

9 December 1995 Premier League	Hibernian	0–4	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 13,626

16 December 1995 Premier League	Celtic	1–0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,466

3 January 1996 Premier League	Celtic	0–0	Rangers	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,719

6 January 1996 Premier League	Celtic	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 34,629

9 January 1996 Premier League	Raith Rovers	1–3	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 9,300

14 January 1996 Premier League	Aberdeen	1–2	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittordie Stadium Attendance: 16,760

17 January 1996 Premier League	Hearts	1–2	Celtic	Edinburgh
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 15,871

20 January 1996 Premier League	Kilmarnock	0–0	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 16,101

3 February 1996 Premier League	Celtic	2–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,976

10 February 1996 Premier League	Falkirk	0–0	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 10,366

24 February 1996 Premier League	Celtic	4–0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,421

2 March 1996 Premier League	Celtic	4–0	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,034

17 March 1996 Premier League	Rangers	1–1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 47,312

23 March 1996 Premier League	Motherwell	0–0	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,394

1 April 1996 Premier League	Celtic	5–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,284

10 April 1996 Premier League	Celtic	1–1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,476

14 April 1996 Premier League	Hibernian	1–2	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 10,742

20 April 1996 Premier League	Celtic	4–0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,692

27 April 1996 Premier League	Partick Thistle	2–4	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 14,693

4 May 1996 Premier League	Celtic	4–1	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,318

Scottish Cup

28 January 1996 Third round	Whitehill Welfare	0–3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 13,313

17 February 1996 Fourth round	Celtic	2–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,415

10 March 1996 Quarter-finals	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Pierre Van Hooijdonk Andreas Thom		Owen Coyle	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,750

7 April 1996 Semi-finals	Celtic	1–2	Rangers	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Pierre Van Hooijdonk		Brian Laudrup Ally McCoist	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 36,333

Scottish League Cup

19 August 1995 Second round	Ayr United	0–3	Celtic	Ayr
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 9,128

31 August 1995 Third round	Celtic	2–1	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,546

19 September 1995 Quarter Finals	Celtic	0–1	Rangers	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,803

Cup Winners' Cup

14 September 1995 1st round 1st leg	Dinamo Batumi	2–3	Celtic	Batumi
18:00	Machutadze 8' Tugushi 62'	Report	Thom 21', 86' Boyd 40'	Stadium: Tsentral Stadium Attendance: 15,200^[8] Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)

28 September 1995 1st round 2nd leg	Celtic	4–0 (7 – 2 agg.)	Dinamo Batumi	Glasgow
19:45 GMT	Thom 18', 21' Donnelly 47' Walker 89'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 31,969^[9] Referee: Gylfi Thór Orrason (Iceland)

19 October 1995 2nd round 1st leg	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Celtic	Paris
20:30	Djorkaeff 76'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 30,010^[10] Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

2 November 1995 2nd round 2nd leg	Celtic	0–3 (0–4 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Glasgow
19:45 GMT		Report	Loko 36', 42' Nouma 68'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 34,822^[11] Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

References

^ "Murdo still hopes to get his man". The Herald. 29 November 1995.
^ "Mowbray moves". The Herald. 6 October 1995.
^ "Battling Stenhousemuir snuff out United's big guns: Christie's Warriors finally step out of the long shadows". The Herald. 6 November 1995.
^ "Old Firm new boys are set to make their debuts: Wieghorst and McInnes now major league players". The Herald. 9 December 1995.
^ "Aberdeen put their £700,000 striker on the map: Aitken quick to strengthen his cup winners". The Herald. 2 December 1995.
^ "Walker's move to Sheffield will give money to Burns". The Herald. 22 February 1996.
^ "Hearts are looking to go Dutch". The Herald. 16 March 1996.
^ "Dinamo Batumi vs Celtic FC". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "Celtic FC vs Dinamo Batumi". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ "Paris Saint-Germain vs Celtic FC". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ "Celtic FC vs Paris Saint-Germain". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

[table_note_res_UC0.77362339560577-8] Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the League Cup.

[table_note_res_CWC0.77362339560577-9] As Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the Cup Winners' Cup was passed to the cup runner-up, Heart of Midlothian.

[1] "Murdo still hopes to get his man". The Herald. 29 November 1995.

[2] "Mowbray moves". The Herald. 6 October 1995.

[3] "Battling Stenhousemuir snuff out United's big guns: Christie's Warriors finally step out of the long shadows". The Herald. 6 November 1995.

[4] "Old Firm new boys are set to make their debuts: Wieghorst and McInnes now major league players". The Herald. 9 December 1995.

[5] "Aberdeen put their £700,000 striker on the map: Aitken quick to strengthen his cup winners". The Herald. 2 December 1995.

[6] "Walker's move to Sheffield will give money to Burns". The Herald. 22 February 1996.

[7] "Hearts are looking to go Dutch". The Herald. 16 March 1996.

[10] "Dinamo Batumi vs Celtic FC". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[11] "Celtic FC vs Dinamo Batumi". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[12] "Paris Saint-Germain vs Celtic FC". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

[13] "Celtic FC vs Paris Saint-Germain". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

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