2014–15 Celtic F.C. season explained

Club:	Celtic
Season:	2014–15
Manager:	Ronny Deila
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Ian Bankier
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 60,411) Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh, Scotland (Capacity: 67,144)
League:	Scottish Premiership
League Result:	1st
Cup2:	Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Play-off round
Cup4:	Europa League
Cup4 Result:	Round of 32
Cup5:	Scottish Cup
Cup5 Result:	Semi-final
League Topscorer:	Leigh Griffiths (14 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Leigh Griffiths (20 goals)
Highest Attendance:	58,500 (vs. Internazionale, 19 February 2015, UEFA Europa League)
Lowest Attendance:	15,522 (vs. Hearts, 24 September 2014, Scottish League Cup)
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Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Celtic. They competed in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup. They also competed in the Europa League, having been eliminated in the play-off round of the Champions League.

On 6 June 2014, Ronny Deila^[1] was appointed as the club's new manager, succeeding Neil Lennon in the role.^[2]

Competitions

Scottish Premiership

See main article: 2014–15 Scottish Premiership.

Results

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.

Play-Off Round

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Knockout phase

Scottish League Cup

See main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup.

Scottish Cup

See main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup.

Squad statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

		Player	Total										Scottish Cup
Goalkeepers
24		GK	Łukasz Załuska	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26		GK	Craig Gordon	52	0	0	33	0	10	0	4	0	5	0
38		GK	Leo Fasan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2		DF	Adam Matthews	42	1	0	29	1	9	0	1	0	3	0
3		DF	Emilio Izaguirre	58	2	0	35	1	14	0	4	1	5	0
4		DF	Efe Ambrose	43	0	0	27	0	11	0	2	0	1	3	0
5		DF	Virgil van Dijk	58	10	0	35	4	14	2	4	0	5	0	4
22		DF	Jason Denayer	44	6	0	29	5	7	0	4	0	4	0	1
23		DF	Mikael Lustig	15	2	0	5	2	7	0	2	0	1	0	0
34		DF	Eoghan O'Connell	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
35		DF	Stuart Findlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41		DF	Darnell Fisher	8	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
43		DF	Joe Chalmers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48		DF	Jack Breslin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59		DF	Calum Waters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6		MF	Nir Bitton	43	2	0	31	2	5	0	2	0	5	0	0
8		MF	Scott Brown	47	4	0	31	3	7	1	4	0	6	0	0
11		MF	Derk Boerrigter	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		MF	Stuart Armstrong	41	8	0	35	7	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
15		MF	Kris Commons	47	16	0	29	10	10	2	3	3	4	0	1
16		MF	Gary Mackay-Steven	40	9	0	34	9	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
18		MF	Tom Rogić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		MF	Charlie Mulgrew	20	0	0	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0
25		MF	Stefan Johansen	56	13	0	34	9	14	3	4	0	4	0	1
27		MF	Aleksandar Tonev	14	0	0	6	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0
29		MF	Michael Duffy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31		MF	John Herron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		MF	Mubarak Wakaso	11	1	0	5	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
36		MF	Jackson Irvine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42		MF	Callum McGregor	31	5	0	18	2	11	3	2	0	0	0	0
46		MF	Dylan McGeouch	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49		MF	James Forrest	28	4	0	18	3	3	0	2	1	5	0	0
52		MF	Joe Thomson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53		MF	Liam Henderson	14	1	0	9	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
54		MF	Jamie Lindsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
63		MF	Kieran Tierney	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9		FW	John Guidetti	34	15	0	24	8	2	1	4	4	4	0	2
10		FW	Anthony Stokes	38	8	0	21	7	9	0	4	0	4	0	1
12		FW	Stefan Šćepović	24	6	0	18	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0
17		FW	Amido Baldé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		FW	Hólmbert Friðjónsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		FW	Teemu Pukki	5	2	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
28		FW	Leigh Griffiths	41	20	0	24	14	9	0	3	3	5	0	3
57		FW	Paul McMullan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23! colspan="16"	Appearances = Total appearances
Last updated: 24 May 2015

• Includes league and cup appearances and goals for Dundee United in 2014–15 season

Goalscorers

Last updated 2 June 2015

	No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Europe	Total
align=center rowspan=1	1	28	FW		Leigh Griffiths	14	3	3	0	20
align=center rowspan=1	2	15	MF		Kris Commons	10	1	3	2	16
align=center rowspan=1	3	9	FW		John Guidetti	8	2	4	1	15
align=center rowspan=1	4	25	MF		Stefan Johansen	9	1	0	3	13
align=center rowspan=1	5	5	DF		Virgil van Dijk	4	4	0	2	10
align=center rowspan=1	6	10	FW		Anthony Stokes	7	1	0	0	8
align=center rowspan=2	8	22	DF		Jason Denayer	5	1	0	0	6
12	FW		Stefan Šćepović	4	0	0	2	6
align=center rowspan=2	9	42	MF		Callum McGregor	2	0	0	3	5
8	MF		Scott Brown	4	0	0	1	5
align=center rowspan=2	10	49	MF		James Forrest	3	0	1	0	4
16	MF		G.Mackay-Steven	4	0	0	0	9
align=center rowspan=6	11	20	FW		Teemu Pukki	0	0	0	2	2
16	MF		Jo Inge Berget	2	0	0	0	2
3	DF		Emilio Izaguirre	1	0	1	0	2
23	DF		Mikael Lustig	2	0	0	0	2
14	MF		Stuart Armstrong	1	0	0	1	2
6	MF		Nir Bitton	2	0	0	0	2
align=center rowspan=3	12	32	MF		Mubarak Wakaso	0	0	0	1	1
2	DF		Adam Matthews	1	0	0	0	1
53	MF		Liam Henderson	1	0	0	0	1
align=center rowspan=1					Own Goal	0 <	-- Scottish Premiership -->	0 <	-- Scottish Cup-->	1 <	-- Scottish League Cup-->	2 <	-- Europe -->	3 <	-- Total -->
Total	84	13	13	20	138

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Celtic first squad during the season.

• Includes cards from the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Team statistics

Europa League group stage table

Transfers

Transfers in

Dates	Player	From	Fee
3 July 2014	Craig Gordon	Unattached	Free^[3]
28 July 2014	Jo Inge Berget	Cardiff City	Loan^[4]
11 August 2014	Aleksandar Tonev	Aston Villa	Loan^[5]
12 August 2014	Jason Denayer	Manchester City	Loan^[6]
27 August 2014	Mubarak Wakaso	Rubin Kazan	Loan^[7]
1 September 2014	Stefan Šćepović	Sporting de Gijón	£2.3 million^[8]
4 September 2014	John Guidetti	Manchester City	Loan^[9]
2 February 2015	Michael Duffy	Derry City	Undisclosed ^[10]
2 February 2015	Gary Mackay-Steven	Dundee United	£250,000^[11]
2 February 2015	Stuart Armstrong	Dundee United	£2 million^[12]

Total spend: £4.3 million

Transfers out

Dates	Player	To	Fee
1 July 2014	Patrik Twardzik	Unattached	Free^[13]
1 July 2014	Patrick McNally	Unattached	Free^[14]
1 July 2014	Steven Mouyokolo	Unattached	Free^[15]
1 July 2014	Lewis Kidd	Queen of the South	Free^[16]
1 July 2014	Jack Kirwan	Airdrieonians	Free^[17]
28 July 2014	Tony Watt	Standard Liège	£1.2 million^[18]
30 July 2014	Denny Johnstone	Birmingham City	£300,000^[19]
9 August 2014	Fraser Forster	Southampton	£10 million^[20]
22 August 2014	Georgios Samaras	West Bromwich Albion	Free^[21]
1 September 2014	Dylan McGeouch	Hibernian	Loan^[22]
1 September 2014	Hólmbert Friðjónsson	Brøndby	Loan^[23]
1 September 2014	Teemu Pukki	Brøndby	Loan^[24]
1 September 2014	Amido Baldé	Waasland-Beveren	Loan^[25]
1 September 2014	Jackson Irvine	Ross County	Loan^[26]
1 September 2014	Bahrudin Atajić	Unattached	Free
12 September 2014	Aidan McIlduff	Clyde	Loan^[27]
12 September 2014	Marcus Fraser	Cowdenbeath	Loan^[28]
27 September 2014	Lewis Toshney	Ross County	Free^[29]
14 January 2015	Amido Baldé	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Loan^[30]
16 January 2015	Stuart Findlay	Dumbarton	Loan^[31]
22 January 2015	Marcus Fraser	Ross County	Free^[32]
23 January 2015	John Herron	Cowdenbeath	Loan
23 January 2015	Paul McMullan	Stenhousemuir	Loan
23 January 2015	Beram Kayal	Brighton & Hove Albion	£325,000^[33]
2 February 2015	Filip Twardzik	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed
10 February 2015	Paul George	Dunfermline Athletic	Free
31 March 2015	Liam Henderson	Rosenborg	Loan^[34]

Total received: £11.8 million

See also

• List of Celtic F.C. seasons
• Nine in a row

Notes and References

1. Web site: Celtic confirm Ronny Deila as new manager . . bbc.co.uk . 6 June 2014 . 28 July 2014.
2. Web site: Neil Lennon ends his four-year spell as manager. . bbc.co.uk. 22 May 2014. 28 July 2014.
3. Web site: Celtic sign Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon . . 3 July 2014 . 3 July 2014.
4. Web site: Celtic sign Cardiff striker Jo Inge Berget on loan . . 28 July 2014 . 28 July 2014.
5. Web site: Aleksandar Tonev delighted to join Celtic . . 11 August 2014 . 11 August 2014.
6. Web site: Celtic sign Belgian defender Jason Denayer . . 12 August 2014 . 12 August 2014.
7. Web site: Celtic: Wakaso Mubarak joins on loan from Rubin Kazan . . 27 August 2014 . 27 August 2014.
8. Web site: Delight as Stefan Scepovic signs for Celtic . . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014.
9. Web site: John Guidetti: Celtic sign Man City striker after Fifa allow move . . 4 September 2014 . 4 September 2014.
10. Web site: Celtic: Derry winger Michael Duffy completes Glasgow switch . . 2 February 2015 . 2 February 2015.
11. Web site: Stuart Armstrong & Gary Mackay-Steven join Celtic . . 2 February 2015 . 2 February 2015.
12. Web site: Stuart Armstrong & Gary Mackay-Steven join Celtic . . 2 February 2015 . 2 February 2015.
13. Web site: Academy confirm young players to exit Paradise . . 15 May 2014 . 15 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140625203613/http://www.celticfc.net/news/5887 . 25 June 2014 . dmy .
14. Web site: Scottish Premiership ins and outs - summer 2014 . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 26 July 2014 . 26 July 2014.
15. Web site: Scottish Premiership ins and outs - summer 2014 . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 26 July 2014 . 26 July 2014.
16. Web site: Celtic's Lewis Kidd makes Queen of the South switch permanent . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 6 June 2014 . 6 June 2014.
17. Web site: Airdrieonians boss counts down to Monklands derby duel . . dailyrecord.co.uk . 23 July 2014 . 26 July 2014.
18. Web site: Transfer news: Tony Watt has joined Standard Liege on a five year deal . . skysports.com . 28 July 2014 . 28 July 2014.
19. Web site: Birmingham City: Celtic striker Denny Johnstone signs deal . . bbc.co.uk/sport . 30 July 2014 . 30 July 2014.
20. Web site: Transfer News: Southampton confirm signing of England goalkeeper Fraser Forster from Celtic . . skysports.com . 9 August 2014 . 9 August 2014.
21. Web site: Georgios Samaras: West Brom sign striker on a free transfer. BBC Sport . 22 August 2014 . 22 August 2014.
22. Web site: Hibernian sign Celtic's Dylan McGeouch on loan . BBC Sport . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014.
23. Web site: Hibernian sign Celtic: Holmbert Fridjonsson joins Brondby on loan . BBC Sport . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014.
24. Web site: Celtic forward Teemu Pukki seals surprise move to Danish side Brondby . . sport.stv.tv . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014 . 3 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903115249/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/290470-celtic-forward-teemu-pukki-seals-surprise-move-to-danish-side-brondby/ . dead .
25. Web site: Amido Balde leaves Celtic in loan move to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren . . sport.stv.tv . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903115254/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/290436-amido-balde-to-leave-celtic-in-move-to-belgian-side-waasland-beveren/ . 3 September 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
26. Web site: Ross County: Three players sign on deadline day . BBC Sport . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014.
27. Web site: Loan move for Aidan McIlduff . . 12 September 2014 . 12 September 2014.
28. Web site: Fraser joins Blue Brazil . SPFL . 12 September 2014 . 26 September 2014 . 12 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140912203437/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/fraser-joins-blue-brazil/ . dead .
29. Web site: Ross County sign Lewis Toshney and hand him debut against Dundee . . sport.stv.tv . 27 September 2014 . 27 September 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042139/http://sport.stv.tv/football/293710-ross-county-sign-lewis-toshney-and-hand-him-debut-against-dundee/ . dead .
30. Web site: Hapoel Tel Aviv confirm loan deal for Celtic forward Amido Balde . . sport.stv.tv . 14 January 2015 . 14 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150704120523/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/306506-hapoel-tel-aviv-confirm-loan-deal-for-celtic-forward-amido-balde/ . 4 July 2015 . dead .
31. Web site: Defender joins Dumbarton on loan . . 16 January 2015 . 16 January 2015.
32. Web site: Ross County sign defender Marcus Fraser . BBC Sport . 22 January 2015 . 22 January 2015.
33. Web site: Brighton sign Celtic midfielder Beram Kayal . BBC Sport . 23 January 2015 . 23 January 2015.
34. Web site: Celtic: Liam Henderson joins Rosenborg on loan . BBC Sport . 31 March 2015 . 31 March 2015.