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Celtic
2013–14 season
ChairmanIan Bankier
ManagerNeil Lennon
GroundCeltic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premiership1st
Scottish League CupThird round
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Scottish CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kris Commons (27 goals)
All: Kris Commons (32 goals)

The 2013–14 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic had a new shirt sponsor for the season with Irish Cider brand Magners taking over from Tennent's Lager for the next three years.[1]

Celtic began the season with further Champions League success in their sights. They were faced with the burden of replacing three main pieces of their squad in; Gary Hooper and Kelvin Wilson were sold to Norwich City and Nottingham Forest respectively, whilst the highly rated Victor Wanyama was sold to Southampton for a Scottish record fee of £12.5 million.[2] Neil Lennon rebuilt his squad by signing Virgil van Dijk and Amido Balde in the summer, and Teemu Pukki from Schalke 04 on transfer deadline day.[3] Celtic were drawn with Cliftonville in their first qualifying round and easily disposed of the Northern Irish champions 5–0 on aggregate.[4] They were next drawn with IF Elfsborg and squeezed by with a 1–0 aggregate win, with Kris Commons scoring the only goal in the first leg at Celtic Park.[5] Although favoured to qualify for the group stages with minimal challenge after being drawn with Kazakh champions Shakhter Karagandy, Celtic found themselves losing the first leg in Karagandy 2–0.[6] Celtic returned to Scotland to an electric atmosphere at Celtic Park in the home leg, in proved to be the high point of their 2013-14 Champions League campaign. They overcame the 2–0 deficit to level the aggregate thanks to goals by Kris Commons and Georgios Samaras. James Forrest completed the comeback for Celtic with a 90th-minute strike, sending Celtic Park into a frenzy.[7]

Thereafter, Celtic found themselves drawn with AC Milan, Ajax and Barcelona (again) in the group stages.[8] The campaign was dismal; winning only once with a 2–1 home win over Ajax,[9] and slumping to a 6–1 rout away against Barcelona in the final group match.[10] That game saw Celtic concede the most goals they had ever done in a single European tie, and equalled their previous heaviest defeat in Europe (5–0 against FC Artmedia Bratislava).[10]

Celtic's 2014 domestic campaign was filled with ups and downs. Towards the end of February, Celtic had not lost a single game in the league,[11] and drew just twice against Dundee United and Hibernian. Their league success did not translate to cup competition however; they bowed out of both the Scottish League Cup (0–1 to Morton),[12] and the Scottish Cup(1–2 to Aberdeen),[13] both at Celtic Park. Celtic also struggled to find a suitable strike partner for Anthony Stokes, forcing Kris Commons into a striking role. Neil Lennon signed former Hibs striker Leigh Griffiths on transfer deadline day in January 2014,[14] as well as Stefan Johansen earlier in the month.[15] After being unable to reach an agreement on a new contract, Joe Ledley left Celtic for Crystal Palace.[16]

On 2 February 2014 goalkeeper Fraser Forster set a new a club-record of 11 league clean sheets in a row,[17] surpassing a record of 10 clean sheets set by Charlie Shaw in the 1921–22 season.[18] On 22 February, he broke Bobby Clark's Scottish League record of 1155 minutes without conceding a goal in a league match. Celtic won 2–0 away at Hearts, and Forster racked up his 13th consecutive clean sheet in the league.[19][20] Forster's clean sheet run finally ended on 1,256 minutes against Aberdeen on 25 February 2014, as Aberdeen defeated Celtic 2–1 to end their unbeaten run in the league.[21]

Celtic finished the season as league champions again, their third consecutive Scottish League title,[22] scoring 102 goals in the process.[23] Celtic clinched the title after a 5–1 away win against Partick Thistle on 26 March 2014.[24][25] It is the earliest that the title has been won since the 1928–29 season, when Old Firm Rivals Rangers won it on 16 March.[26][27]

Kris Commons was the top scorer in Scotland, netting 32 goals, and won both the PFA Scotland and Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year awards.[28][29]

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

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3 July 2013 Friendly Sevastopol Ukraine 1 – 0 Scotland Celtic TechnoMarkt-Stadion
Iaroshenko 66' Celtic Report Attendance: 9,200
6 July 2013 Friendly CFR Cluj Romania 2 – 1 Scotland Celtic Kufstein Arena
Costea 9'
Kapetanos 65'
Celtic Report Samaras 81' Attendance: 7,000
9 July 2013 Friendly Greuther Fürth Germany 6 – 2 Scotland Celtic Trolli Arena
Djurdjic 10', 44' (pen.)
Kraus 34'
Drexler 74'
Fall 84' (pen.), 88'
Celtic Report Samaras 3'
Lustig 42'
Attendance: 12,000
20 July 2013 Friendly Brentford England 1 – 2 Scotland Celtic Griffin Park
Forshaw 10' Celtic Report Baldé 23'
McGregor 57'
Attendance: 9,024
10 August 2013 Friendly Liverpool England 0 – 1 Scotland Celtic Aviva Stadium
Celtic Report Baldé 12' Attendance: 51,000

*Celtic lose the match 5–4 on penalties

Scottish Premiership

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3 August 2013 Premiership Celtic 2 – 1 Ross County Celtic Park
Stokes 28', 87' BBC Sport Maatsen 3' Attendance: 45,705
Referee: Willie Collum
17 August 2013 Premiership Aberdeen 0 – 2 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
BBC Sport Commons 45+1' (pen.)
Forrest 87'
Attendance: 20,017
Referee: Calum Murray
24 August 2013 Premiership Celtic 2 – 2 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Mulgrew 42'
Matthews 82'
BBC Sport Doran 14'
Foran 35'
Attendance: 45,160
Referee: Craig Thomson
31 August 2013 Premiership Dundee United 0 – 1 Celtic Tannadice Park
BBC Sport Stokes 87' Attendance: 10,586
Referee: Crawford Allan
14 September 2013 Premiership Hearts 1 – 3 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Holt 58' BBC Sport Commons 19' (pen.)
Stokes 65'
Pukki 86'
Attendance: 15,928
Referee: Willie Collum
21 September 2013 Premiership Celtic 2 – 1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Pukki 11'
Mulgrew 26'
BBC Sport Caddis 81' Attendance: 45,220
Referee: Alan Muir
28 September 2013 Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 5 Celtic Rugby Park
Clingan 35'
Clohessy 42'
BBC Sport Commons 20'
Samaras 24', 27', 88'
Baldé 90+1'
Attendance: 6,149
Referee: John Beaton
5 October 2013 Premiership Celtic 2 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Stokes 21'
Commons 49'
BBC Sport Attendance: 46,608
Referee: Iain Brines
19 October 2013 Premiership Hibernian 1 – 1 Celtic Easter Road
Heffernan 18' BBC Sport Forrest 77' Attendance: 14,220
Referee: Calum Murray
27 October 2013 Premiership Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Celtic Firhill Stadium
Doolan 67' BBC Sport Samaras 34'
Baldé 75'
Attendance: 7,978
Referee: Willie Collum
2 November 2013 Premiership Celtic 1 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Mulgrew 90+1' BBC Sport Armstrong 38' Attendance: 47,386
Referee: Alan Muir
9 November 2013 Premiership Ross County 1 – 4 Celtic Global Energy Stadium
Sproule 68' BBC Sport van Dijk 41', 53'
Ledley 70', 73'
Attendance: 5,982
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 November 2013 Premiership Celtic 3 – 1 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Commons 36', 90+3'
Boerrigter 90+1'
BBC Sport McGinn 45' Attendance: 49,683
Referee: Craig Thomson
6 December 2013 Premiership Motherwell 0 – 5 Celtic Fir Park
BBC Sport Commons 44', 76'
Ambrose 54'
Stokes 78'
Atajić 90'
Attendance: 9,117
Referee: Steven McLean
14 December 2013 Premiership Celtic 1 – 0 Hibernian Celtic Park
Pukki 29' BBC Sport Attendance: 46,065
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 December 2013 Premiership Celtic 2 – 0 Hearts Celtic Park
Commons 64'
Forrest 90+3'
BBC Sport Attendance: 46,058
Referee: Euan Norris
26 December 2013 Premiership St Johnstone 0 – 1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport van Dijk 4' Attendance: 7,052
Referee: Craig Thomson
29 December 2013 Premiership Inverness CT 0 – 1 Celtic Caledonian Stadium
BBC Sport Commons 3' Attendance: 6,384
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 January 2014 Premiership Celtic 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Celtic Park
Ledley 39' BBC Sport Attendance: 52,670
Referee: Kevin Clancy
5 January 2014 Premiership St Mirren 0 – 4 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Mulgrew 53'
Stokes 58'
Commons 70', 72'
Attendance: 5,778
Referee: John Beaton
18 January 2014 Premiership Celtic 3 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Commons 5', 39' (pen.)
McManus 68' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Attendance: 47,489
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 January 2014 Premiership Hibernian 0 – 4 Celtic Easter Road
BBC Sport Commons 9', 90' (pen.)
van Dijk 77'
Pukki 83'
Attendance: 12,542
Referee: Craig Thomson
29 January 2014 Premiership Celtic 4 – 0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
Ledley 11'
Ashcroft 21' (o.g.)
Mulgrew 68'
Baldé 90+1'
BBC Sport Attendance: 44,271
Referee: Brian Colvin
2 February 2014 Premiership Celtic 1 – 0 St Mirren Celtic Park
Commons 6' BBC Sport Attendance: 45,014
Referee: Alan Muir
16 February 2014 Premiership Celtic 3 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Stokes 16', 64', 66' BBC Sport Attendance: 45,239
Referee: Steven McLean
22 February 2014 Premiership Hearts 0 – 2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
BBC Sport Griffiths 58'
Pukki 90+3'
Attendance: 15,801
Referee: Kevin Clancy
25 February 2014 Premiership Aberdeen 2 – 1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
Hayes 41'
Rooney 45'
BBC Sport Forrest 62' Attendance: 16,634
Referee: Craig Thomson
1 March 2014 Premiership Celtic 5 – 0 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Griffiths 12', 57', 85'
Mulgrew 22'
Commons 78'
BBC Sport Attendance: 46,552
Referee: Brian Colvin
14 March 2014 Premiership Kilmarnock 0 – 3 Celtic Rugby Park
BBC Sport Commons 57', 59', 86' Attendance: 7,495
Referee: Willie Collum
22 March 2014 Premiership Celtic 3 – 0 St Mirren Celtic Park
Johansen 44'
Griffiths 61'
Stokes 90+2'
BBC Sport Attendance: 46,536
Referee: Stephen Finnie
26 March 2014 Premiership Partick Thistle 1 – 5 Celtic Firhill Stadium
Elliott 85' BBC Sport Stokes 4', 90+2'
Henderson 49'
Johansen 53'
Commons 90+3'
Attendance: 7,549
Referee: Steven McLean
29 March 2014 Premiership Celtic 1 – 1 Ross County Celtic Park
Commons 35' BBC Sport de Leeuw 16' Attendance: 49,270
Referee: John Beaton
19 April 2014 Premiership Motherwell 3 – 3 Celtic Fir Park
Sutton 5', 90+2'
Francis-Angol 44'
BBC Sport Stokes 45+1'
Samaras 56'
Griffiths 86'
Attendance: 7,493
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 April 2014 Premiership Celtic 6 – 0 Inverness CT Celtic Park
Stokes 34', 45+1', 53' (pen.)
Griffiths 68'
Ambrose 78'
Pukki 79'
BBC Sport Attendance: 45,712
Referee: Craig Charleston
3 May 2014 Premiership Celtic 5 – 2 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Brown 25', 44'
Stokes 53'
Commons 69', 87'
BBC Sport McGinn 28'
Logan 56'
Attendance: 47,468
Referee: Iain Brines
11 May 2014 Premiership Celtic 3 – 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Stokes 64'
Samaras 75' (pen.)
Commons 82'
BBC Sport F.Twardzik 79' (o.g.) Attendance: 52,400
Referee: Willie Collum

UEFA Champions League

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17 July 2013 Second Qualifying Cliftonville Northern Ireland 0 – 3 Scotland Celtic Solitude
BBC Sport Lustig 25'
Samaras 31'
Forrest 84'
Attendance: 5,442
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
23 July 2013 Second Qualifying Celtic Scotland 2 – 0
(5 – 0 agg.)
Northern Ireland Cliftonville Celtic Park
Ambrose 16'
Samaras 70'
BBC Sport Attendance: 44,758
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
31 July 2013 Third Qualifying Celtic Scotland 1 – 0 Sweden Elfsborg Celtic Park
Commons 76' BBC Sport Attendance: 42,153
Referee: Manuel De Sousa
7 August 2013 Third Qualifying Elfsborg Sweden 0 – 0
(0 – 1 agg.)
Scotland Celtic Borås Arena
BBC Sport Attendance: 9,040
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
18 September 2013 Group stage Milan Italy 2 – 0 Scotland Celtic San Siro
Izaguirre 82' (o.g.)
Muntari 86'
BBC Sport Attendance: 54,623
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
1 October 2013 Group stage Celtic Scotland 0 – 1 Spain Barcelona Celtic Park
BBC Sport Fàbregas 76' Attendance: 58,128
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
22 October 2013 Group stage Celtic Scotland 2 – 1 Netherlands Ajax Celtic Park
Forrest 43' (pen.)
Kayal 54'
BBC Sport Schöne 90+4' Attendance: 58,719
Referee: Ivan Bebek
6 November 2013 Group stage Ajax Netherlands 1 – 0 Scotland Celtic Amsterdam Arena
Schöne 51' BBC Sport Attendance: 59,908
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
26 November 2013 Group stage Celtic Scotland 0 – 3 Italy Milan Celtic Park
BBC Report Kaká 13'
Zapata 49'
Balotelli 60'
Attendance: 58,619
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır
11 December 2013 Group stage Barcelona Spain 6 – 1 Scotland Celtic Camp Nou
Piqué 8'
Pedro 39'
Neymar 44', 48', 58'
Tello 72'
BBC Sport Samaras 88' Attendance: 54,342
Referee: Sergei Karasev

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR MIL AJX CEL
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 4–0 6–1
2 Italy Milan 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 1–1 0–0 2–0
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 8 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 1–1 1–0
4 Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3 0–1 0–3 2–1
Source: UEFA

Scottish League Cup

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24 September 2013 Third round Celtic 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Celtic Park
BBC Sport Imrie 97' (pen.) Attendance: 16,998
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish Cup

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1 December 2013 Fourth round Hearts 0 – 7 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
BBC Sport Commons 3', 21', 59' (pen.)
Brown 33', 74'
Ledley 42'
Lustig 44'
Attendance: 10,636
Referee: Willie Collum
8 February 2014 Fifth round Celtic 1 – 2 Aberdeen Celtic Park
Stokes 9' BBC Sport Anderson 38'
Pawlett 50'
Attendance: 30,413
Referee: Willie Collum

Team record

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Competition First match Last match Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Premiership 3 August 2013[30] 11 May 2014[30] Winner[31] 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 081.58 [31]
Scottish Cup 1 December 2013[30] 8 February 2014[30] Round of 16[30] 2 1 0 1 8 2 +6 050.00 [30]
League Cup 24 September 2013[30] 24 September 2013[30] Round of 16[30] 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 [30]
Champions League 17 July 2013[30] 11 December 2013[30] Group Stage 12 5 1 6 12 16 −4 041.67 [30]
Total 53 37 7 9 122 44 +78 069.81

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 11 May 2014[32]

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

Number Nation Position Name Total League Champions League League Cup Scottish Cup
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 England GK Fraser Forster 51 0 1 0 37 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2 Wales DF Adam Matthews 31 1 3 0 23 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
3 Honduras DF Emilio Izaguirre 46 0 8 0 34 0 4 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 Nigeria DF Efe Ambrose 51 3 5 0 38 2 4 0 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
5 Netherlands DF Virgil van Dijk 46 5 4 1 36 5 2 1 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
6 Israel MF Nir Biton 20 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Scotland MF Scott Brown 50 4 8 1 38 2 3 0 9 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
9 Greece FW Georgios Samaras 33 11 5 0 20 7 3 0 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 Republic of Ireland FW Anthony Stokes 46 21 3 1 32 20 2 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
11 Netherlands MF Derk Boerrigter 23 1 0 0 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
15 Scotland MF Kris Commons 48 32 4 0 34 27 1 0 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0
17 Guinea-Bissau FW Amido Baldé 24 3 3 0 20 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 Australia MF Tom Rogić 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Iceland FW Hólmbert Friðjónsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Finland FW Teemu Pukki 32 7 2 0 25 7 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 Scotland DF Charlie Mulgrew 40 6 8 0 28 6 5 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
22 France DF Steven Mouyokolo 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Sweden DF Mikael Lustig 28 2 2 0 15 0 1 0 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
24 Poland GK Łukasz Załuska 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Norway MF Stefan Johansen 17 2 4 0 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 Scotland FW Leigh Griffiths 14 7 3 0 13 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 Scotland MF John Herron 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Scotland FW Tony Watt 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Israel MF Beram Kayal 20 1 3 0 13 0 2 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Republic of Ireland DF Eoghan O'Connell 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Australia DF Jackson Irvine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Bahrudin Atajić 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Italy GK Leo Fasan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Scotland FW Denny Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 England DF Darnell Fisher 13 0 2 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
42 Scotland MF Callum McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Scotland DF Joe Chalmers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Scotland DF Lewis Toshney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Scotland MF Dylan McGeouch 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Scotland MF James Forrest 27 7 1 0 16 4 1 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
50 Republic of Ireland MF Paul George 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 Scotland MF Liam Henderson 8 1 1 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 Czech Republic MF Filip Twardzik 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who no longer play for Celtic
6 England DF Kelvin Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wales MF Joe Ledley 28 5 1 0 20 4 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
88 England FW Gary Hooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Last updated 11 May 2014

R Player Scottish
Premiership

Scottish
Cup
Scottish
League
Cup
UEFA
Champions
League
Total
1 Scotland Kris Commons 27 3 0 2 32
2 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 20 1 0 0 21
3 Greece Georgios Samaras 7 0 0 4 11
4 Scotland James Forrest 4 0 0 3 7
Scotland Leigh Griffiths 7 0 0 0 7
Finland Teemu Pukki 7 0 0 0 7
5 Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 6 0 0 0 6
6 Wales Joe Ledley 4 1 0 0 5
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 5 0 0 0 5
7 Scotland Scott Brown 2 2 0 0 4
8 Guinea-Bissau Amido Baldé 3 0 0 0 3
Nigeria Efe Ambrose 2 0 0 1 3
9 Sweden Mikael Lustig 0 1 0 1 2
Norway Stefan Johansen 2 0 0 0 2
10 Wales Adam Matthews 1 0 0 0 1
Israel Beram Kayal 0 0 0 1 1
Netherlands Derk Boerrigter 1 0 0 0 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bahrudin Atajić 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland Liam Henderson 1 0 0 0 1

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[b] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. ^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration


Technical staff

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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 Bill Styles
Academy Welfare & Operations Manager Brian Meehan
Under 20s Coach John Kennedy
U17's Manager Tommy McIntyre

Last updated: 12 June 2017
Source: [citation needed]

Transfers

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See also

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