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CELTIC FC 2009/2010
CELTIC FIXTURES, RESULTS and PROGRAMMES 2009/2010
Scottish Premier
League: |
Second |
Scottish FA Cup: |
Semi-final |
Scottish League Cup: |
Quarter-final |
UEFA Champions League: |
Play-off round |
Europa League: |
Group Stage |
Manager: Tony Mowbray | Assistants: Peter Grant, Mark Venus

CELTIC
COMPETITIVE FIXTURES AND RESULTS 2009/2010 |
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| Opponents | Date |
Venue |
KO |
Comp |
Score |
Scorers and Comments |
| FC DINAMO MOSKVA | 29/07/2009 | Celtic Park | 20.00 | CL | 0-1 | Champions
League Third Qualifying round, 1st leg. Landry N'Guemo, Marc Antoine Fortuné and Danny Fox competative debut. |
| FC Dinamo Moskva | 05/08/2009 | Dynamo Stadium | 17.00 | CL | 2-0 | McDonald, Samaras. Champions League Third Qualifying round, 2nd leg. |
| Aberdeen | 15/08/2009 | Pittodrie Stadium | 12:45 | SPL1 | 3-1 | McGeady (2),
McDonald. Aiden McGeady 150th league appearance. |
| ARSENAL | 18/08/09 | Celtic Park | 19.45 | CL | 0-2 | First ever competitive match against Arsenal. |
| ST JOHNSTONE | 22/08/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL2 | 5-2 | Fortune (2), Maloney (2), McDonald. |
| Arsenal | 26/08/09 | Emirates Stadium | 19.45 | CL | 1-3 | Donati (last game for Celtic). |
| Hibernian | 30/08/2009 | Easter Road | 12:30 | SPL3 | 1-0 | Samaras. |
| Scotland v Macedonia | 05/09/2009 | Hampden Park | 15.00 | World Cup |
2-0 | Stephen McManus, Scott Brown (off 73
mins) and Shaun Maloney (on 68 mins) played in this match. Scott Brown
scored the 1st goal. Artur Boruc played in Poland's 1-1 draw with N.Ireland. Aiden McGeady (on 67) played in Ireland's 2-1 victory over Cyprus. Glen Loovens made his international debut for the Netherlands v Japan. |
| Scotland v Holland |
09/09/2009 | Hampden Park | 19.30 | World Cup |
0-1 | Stephen McManus, Scott Brown and Shaun
Maloney (off 81 mins) played in this match. Niall McGinn (on 70) played for N.Ireland in a 2-0 defeat against Slovakia. Artur Boruc played in Poland's 3-0 defeat by Slovenia. |
| DUNDEE UNITED | 12/09/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL4 | 1-1 | McDonald. Naill McGinn debut. |
| Hapoel Tel-Aviv | 17/09/2009 | Bloomfield Stadia, Jaffa | 20:00 | UEL | 1-2 | Samaras. First ever Europa League match for Celtic. First Scottish team to play in the group stage. |
| HEARTS | 20/09/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL5 | 2-1 | Killen, Loovens. |
| Falkirk | 23/09/09 | Falkirk Stadium | 19.45 | LC | 4-0 | McDonald (2),
McCourt, Killen. Zaluska competative debut. |
| St. Mirren | 26/09/2009 | St Mirren Park | 12:30 | SPL6 | 2-0 | McCourt, Maloney. Georgios Samaras 50th league appearance. |
| SK RAPID WIEN | 01/10/2009 | Celtic Park | 20.05 | UEL | 1-1 | McDonald. Artur Boruc's 30th European appearance for Celtic. |
| Rangers | 04/10/2009 | Ibrox Park | 12:30 | SPL7 | 1-2 | McGeady. Zheng Zhi debut. |
| World Cup and International Friendly matches played on Saturday 10/10/09 - Caldwell and McManus played for Scotland in a 2-0 friendly defeat in Japan. Aiden McGeady (off 78) played in the Republic's 2-2 World Cup draw with Italy. Georgios Samaras scored for Greece in a 5-2 win against Latvia.Wednesday 14/10/09 - Niall McGinn played in N.Ireland's 0-0 World Cup draw with the Czech Republic (Pat McCourt was an unused sub). Future Celt Ki Sung-Yong scored for South Korea in a 2-0 friendly win over Senegal. South Korea have already qualified for South Africa. | ||||||
| MOTHERWELL | 17/10/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL8 | 0-0 | |
| HAMBURGER SV | 22/10/2009 | Celtic Park | 20.05 | UEL | 0-1 | |
| Hamilton Academical | 25/10/2009 | New Douglas Park | 12:30 | SPL9 | 2-1 | Maloney, McDonald. |
| HEARTS | 28/10/2009 | Celtic Park | 19:35 | LC | 0-1 | |
| KILMARNOCK | 31/10/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL10 | 3-0 | McGeady, Samaras, McGinn (first goal for Celtic). Fortune returns from injury. Paddy McCourt first start at Celtic Park. |
| Hamburger SV | 05/11/2009 | HSH Nordbank Arena | 18.00 | UEL | 0-0 | |
| Falkirk | 08/11/2009 | Falkirk Stadium | 12:45 | SPL11 | 3-3 | Caldwell, McDonald (2). |
| Dundee United | 22/11/2009 | Tannadice | 12:30 | SPL12 | 1-2 | Robson (pen). |
| ST MIRREN | 28/11/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL13 | 3-1 | Innes (o.g.), Samaras, McDonald. |
| HAPOEL TEL-AVIV FC | 02/12/2009 | Celtic Park | 20:05 | UEL | 2-0 | Samaras, Robson. |
| ABERDEEN | 05/12/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL14 | 3-0 | McDonald, Samaras (2). |
| Motherwell | 12/12/2009 | Fir Park | 12:45 | SPL15 | 3-2 | Samaras, McGeady, Fortune. Aiden McGeady scores Celtic's 1000th goal in the SPL. |
| SK Rapid Wien | 17/12/2009 | Gerhard-Hanappi Stadium | 18.00 | UEL | 3-3 | Fortune 2, McGowan. |
| Heart of Midlothian | 20/12/2009 | Tynecastle | 12:30 | SPL16 | 1-2 | Samaras. |
| HAMILTON | 26/12/2009 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL17 | 2-0 | Loovens, McGinn. This was Scott McDonald's last game for Celtic. Scott played 127 times for Celtic and scored 64 goals. He was tranferred to Middlesbrough on 1 February 2010 for a fee of around £3.5M. He was signed by Gordon Strachan from Motherwell for £700,000 in 2007. |
| Kilmarnock | 30/12/2009 | Rugby Park | 19:30 | SPL18 | p-p | Match postponed. Programme issued. |
| RANGERS | 03/01/2010 | Celtic Park | 12:30 | SPL19 | 1-1 | McDonald. |
| Morton | 09/01/2010 | Cappielow Park | 15:00 | SC | p-p | Scottish Cup Round 4. Postponed due to
bad weather and a frozen pitch. No programme. |
| Morton | 12/01/2010 | Cappielow Park | 19:45 | SC | p-p | Rearranged match. Postponed, frozen pitch. No programme. |
| FALKIRK | 16/01/2010 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL20 | 1-1 | Samaras. Ki Sung-Yong debut. Josh Thomson debut. Darren O'Dea first game since he returned from his onloan period at Reading. |
| Morton | 19/01/2010 | Cappielow Park | 19:45 | SC | 1-0 | McGinn. |
| Kilmarnock | 20/01/2010 | Rugby Park | 19:30 | SPL18 | p-p | Rearranged match postponed on 30/12. Postponed. Rescheduled date to be confirmed. |
| St. Johnstone | 24/01/2010 | McDiarmid Park | 15:30 | SPL21 | 4-1 | Fortune (2), Samaras, McCourt. Starting debut for Josh Thompson. |
| HIBERNIAN | 27/01/2010 | Celtic Park | 19:45 | SPL22 | 1-2 | Fortune. |
| Hamilton Academical | 30/01/2010 | New Douglas Park | 12:30 | SPL23 | 1-0 | Rasmussen. Morten Rasmussen's first goal for Celtic. Jos Hooiveld debut. |
| Kilmarnock | 02/02/2010 | Rugby Park | 19:30 | SPL18 | 0-1 | Rearranged fixture. Robbie Keane debut. Diomansy Kamara debut. |
| Dunfermline | 07/02/2010 | East End Park |
12.15 | SC | 4-2 | Kamara,
Rasmussen, Woods (o.g.), Keane. |
| HEARTS | 10/02/2010 | Celtic Park | 19:45 | SPL24 | 2-0 | Loovens, Fortune. |
| Aberdeen | 13/02/2010 | Pittodrie | 12:30 | SPL25 | 4-4 | Kamara, Fortune, Keane, McGeady. Robbie Keane's first league goal. |
| DUNDEE UNITED | 20/02/2010 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL26 | 1-0 | Keane. Robbie Keane's first goal at Celtic Park. |
| Rangers | 28/02/2010 | Ibrox Park | 12:30 | SPL27 | 0-1 | |
| Falkirk | 07/03/2010 | Falkirk Stadium | 13:15 | SPL28 | 2-0 | Keane (2). |
| Kilmarnock | 13/03/2010 | Rugby Park | 12.15 | SC | 3-0 | Scottish Cup Round 6. |
| ST JOHNSTONE | 20/03/2010 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL29 | ||
| St. Mirren | 24/03/2010 | St Mirren Park | 19:45 | SPL30 | ||
| KILMARNOCK | 27/03/2010 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL31 | ||
| Hibernian | 04/04/2010 | Easter Road | 13:15 | SPL32 | ||
| MOTHERWELL | 10/04/2010 | Celtic Park | 15:00 | SPL33 | Scottish Cup Semi-finals this weekend. Will be moved to midweek, if Celtic in the semi and still involved in later stages of a UEFA club competition. | |
| LEAGUE SPLIT | ||||||
| Match 1 | tbc | tbc | tbc | SPL | ||
| Match 2 | tbc | tbc | tbc | SPL | ||
| Match 3 | tbc | tbc | tbc | SPL | ||
| Match 4 | tbc | tbc | tbc | SPL | ||
| Match 5 | tbc | tbc | tbc | SPL | ||
| tbc | 15/05/2010 | Hampden Park | 15.00 | SCF | Scottish Cup Final. | |


CELTIC
FRIENDLIES 2009/2010 |
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Opponents |
Date |
Venue |
KO |
Score |
Scorers and Comments |
| Brisbaine Roar | 12/07/2009 | Suncorp
Stadium, Queensland, Australia |
06.00 | 3-0 | Killen (2), Mizuno. Lukasz Zaluska debut. Marc-Antoine Fortune debut. |
| FC UNIREA URZICENI | 18/07/2009 | Lennoxtown | 12.00 | 1-1 | McGowan. Celtic reserves. New signing Landry N'Guemo played. Played behind closed doors at Lennoxtown. No programme. |
| Albion Rovers | 22/07/2009 | Cliftonhill Stadium | 15.00 | 0-0 | Celtic reserves. Celtic won 5-4 after a penalty shoot-out. The 4th Jock Stein Friendship Cup. |
| Cardiff City | 22/07/2009 | Cardiff City Stadium | 19.45 | 0-0 | Official opening of the new Cardiff City Stadium. Joel Landry Tsafack N'Guemo debut. |
| Al Ahly | 24/07/2009 | Wembley Stadium | 17.15 | 5-0 | Donati,
McDonald (2), Maloney9, Killen. Danny Fox debut. The inaugural Wembley Cup. |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 26/07/2009 | Wembley Stadium | 16.00 | 2-0 | Killen, Samaras. The inaugural Wembley Cup. Celtic winners of the first Wembley Cup. |
| SUNDERLAND FC | 01/08/2009 | Celtic Park | 15.00 | 1-2 | Crosas. |
| Athletico Madrid B | 03/08/2009 | Oriel Park | cancelled | c-c | Celtic reserves. At Oriel Park, Dundalk. |
| Manchester City FC | 08/08/2009 | City of Manchester Stadium | 15.00 | 1-2 | Killen. |
| S.L. Benfica | 02/09/2009 | BMO Field, Toronto | 19.30 local time | 1-3 | McGowan. Friendly match arranged as part of the annual Canadian National Exhibition. No programme issued |
| Cork City FC | 09/09/2009 | Turner's Cross | 19.45 | 1-0 | McCourt. |
| Barrow A.F.C. | 06/10/2009 | Holker St Stadium | 19.45 | 1-0 | McGinn. Celtic XI. |
| Derry City FC | 11/10/2009 | Brandywell Staium | postponed | p-p | Postponed because Celtic could not field first team players and Derry City did not want this to count as the match promised as part of the Paddy McCourt transfer. Ticket sales were low. |
| Cliftonville FAC | 13/10/2009 | Solitude | 19.30 | 0-3 | Cliftonville 130th Anniversary Exhibition match. Cliftonville are Ireland's oldest football club. |
| Drogheda Utd | 03/02/2010 | United Park | 19.45 | 3-1 | Brown, Forrest, McGowan. |
| Shamrock Rovers | 23/02/2010 | Tallaght Stadium | 20:00 | 1-1 | Caddis. |

CELTIC
YOUTH PROGRAMMES 2009/2010 |
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Opponents |
Date |
Venue |
Score |
Comments |
| Cumbernauld Soccer Festival | June 2009 | Ravenswood Parks | n/a | The 5th International Cumbernauld Soccer Festival 2009. Hosted by Carbrain Boys Club. |
| Foyle Cup | July 2009 | Derry | n/a | The Derry and District Foyle Cup 2009. Celtic Under 14's won the cup for their age group. |
| Eurofoot | July 2009 | 8th from 12 | Eurofoot international under 19's youth tournament. | |
| Glasgow City Cup | August 2009 | Glasgow | n/a | The 8th international youth tournament for the Glasgow City Cup. |
| Threave Rovers | 08/11/2009 | Meadow Park | 4-0 | Scottish Youth Cup. |
| Inverness Clachnacuddin | 10/11/2009 | Grant Street Park | 5-0 | Celtic XI. Charity fund raiser match. No programme. |
| CHELSEA | 21/12/2009 | Celtic Park | 5-3 | No programme. Closed-doors match. First of two friendly matches arranged with Chelsea. Return match at Stamford Bridge in January 2010. |
| Blackburn Rovers | 21/01/2009 | Celtic Park | 2-1 | No programme. Closed-doors match. New signings Jos Hooiveld and Thomas Rogne played in this match. James Forrest and Paul McGowan scored for the Celts XI. |
| Kilmarnock | 27/02/2010 | Kilwinning | 2-1 | Unofficial programme for the SPL Youth League match. |
| Falkirk | 02/03/2010 | Lennoxtown | 6-0 | No Programme. Closed-doors friendly match. |


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OTHER
CELTIC RELATED ISSUES 2009/2010 |
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Publication |
Date |
Comments |
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| NAFCSC Event Programme and ticket | June 2009 | North American Federation of Celtic Supporters Clubs AGM and Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |||||
| The Celt | July 2009 | The Celt fanzine. Issue 116. | |||||
| alternative VIEW | July 2009 | The alternative VIEW Issue 94. | |||||
| Masters Cup 2009 | 04/07/2009 | The Scottish Masters Cup. Over 35's football tournament held at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow. Various ex_Celts played and won the tournament. | |||||
| The Celtic View | 15/07/2009 | The first issue of volume 45 of the Celtic View. | |||||
| More than 90 Mins | 15/08/2009 | The first Mt90M of the season. | |||||
| Not The Wee Green Book | 22/08/2009 | Unofficial Celtic handbook published by Not The View Fanzine. | |||||
| Not The View | 22/08/2009 | The first Not The View Celtic fanzine of the season. | |||||
| Welcome To Paradise | 22/08/2009 | The first Welcome To Paradise Celtic fanzine of the season. | |||||
| Celtic View Europa League pull-out | 02/09/2009 | 10 page pull-out covering Celtic's opponents in Group D of the Europa League. | |||||
| Masters Grand FInal 2009 | 06/09/2009 | Programme for the Master Grand FInal 2009 held in the Echo Arena Liverpool. | |||||
| Celtic Catalogue Special Edition | 2009/2010 | Official Season Preview Catalogue 2009/2010. | |||||
| On Our Way To Lisbon | 10/09/2009 | A play by Patrick Prior. | |||||
| Celtic PLC Annual Report | 20/06/2009 | Celtic PLC Annual Report year ended 30 June 2009. | |||||
| Celtic Catalogue | 2009/2010 | Official Celtic Fc Catalogue 09/10. | |||||
| CELTIC F.C. FIRST TEAM PLAYER POOL 2009/2010 |
| Goal |
| Artur Boruc, Lukasz Zaluska, Cervi, Mark Brown (transferred to Hibs). |
| Defence |
| Paul Caddis, Gary Caldwell (sold to Millwall January 2010), Danny Fox (transerred to Burnley 29 January 2010), Andreas Hinkel, John Kennedy (Retired), Glenn Loovens, Stephen McManus (on loan to Middlesbrough from Jan 2010), Lee Naylor, Darren O'Dea (out on loan to Reading, returned in January), Mark Wilson, Jos Hooiveld (signed from AIK Stockholm, £2m - 11 Jan 2010), Thomas Rogne (signed from Stabaek January 2010), Edson Braafheid signed on loan from Bayern Munich (1 Feb 2010). |
| Midfield |
| Scott Brown, Marc Crosas, Massimo Donati (transferred to Bari - Aug 2009), Simon Ferry, Willo Flood (free transfer to Middlebrough January 2010), Paddy McCourt, Koki Mizuno, Landry N'Guémo, Barry Robson (sold to Middlesbrough January 2009), Zheng Zhi, Ki Sung-Yong (FC Seoul, £2m - Jan 2010), Graham Carey on loan to St Mirren until the end of season. |
| Offence |
| Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Ben Hutchinson, Chris Killen (free transfer to Middlebrough January 2010), Shaun Maloney, Scott McDonald (transferred to Middlebrough for £3.5M 1 Feb 2010), Aiden McGeady, Paul McGowan, Nicholas Riley, James Forrest, Georgios Samaras, Cillian Sheridan (out on loan to St Johnstone), Niall McGinn, Morten Rasmussen (signed form Bronby 26 Jan 2010), Robbie Keane signed on loan (1 Feb 2010, Diomansy Kamara signed on loan (1 Feb 2010). |
Lukasz Zaluska signed from Dundee United on a free transfer
Marc Antoine Fortune signed from AS Nancy July 2009.
23-year-old Cameroon internationalist Landry N'Guemo signed from AS Nancy on a season-long loan deal on 17 July 2009.
23-year-old left- back Danny Fox signed from Coventry City in a four-year deal on 24 July 2009.
18-year-old central defender Josh Thompson signed from Stockport County on 8 August 2009.
Massimo Donati scored against Arsenal in his last match for Celtic before signing for Bari on 31 August 2009.
Darren O’Dea signed a new three-year deal on 1 September 2009 and then went on loan until January 2010
John Kennedy retired through injury.
29 year old Chinese internationalist Zheng (ZZ) Zhi was officially unveiled as a Celtic player on 25/09/2009.
20 year old South Korean internationalist midfielder Ki Sung Yong was officially unveiled as a Celtic player in Seoul on 21 December 2009.
26 year old Jos Hooiveld signed from AIK Stockholm for around £2m on 11 January 2010.
19 year old Norwegian defender Thomas Rogne signed from Stabaek January 2010.
Gary Caldwell transferred to Wigan Athletic January 2010 for an undisclosed fee.
Barry Robson transferred to Middlesbrough 13 January 2010 for an undisclosed fee.
Free transfers for Willo Flood and Chris Killen to Middlesbrough 13 January 2010.
Danish striker Morten Rasmussen signed form Bronby 26 Jan 2010.
Stephen McManus out on loan to Middlesbrough on 29 Janary 2010.
Dany Fox transferred to Burnley on 29 Janary 2010.
29 year old Senagalese striker Diomansy Kamara signed (1 Feb 2010) from Fulham on loan until the end of the season.
26 year old Dutch full-back Edson Braafheid signed (1 Feb 2010) from Bayern Munich on loan until the end of the season
18 year old Paul Slane signed (1 Feb 2010) from Motherwell.
Robbie Keane signed (1 Feb 2010) from Tottenham Hotspur on loan until the end of the season
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