2010–11 Celtic F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was the 117th season of competitive football by Celtic. New manager Neil Lennon made considerable changes to the Celtic team for the 2010–11 season. He sold Aiden McGeady for a then Scottish record £9.5 million^[1] along with captain Stephen McManus^[2] and fan favourite Artur Boruc.^[3] 13 other players also left the club, this gave Lennon enough funds to re-build for the new season. He looked to sign talented, young, cheap, relatively unknown players, from smaller leagues around the world.^[4] This paid off with players such as Gary Hooper,^[5][6] Beram Kayal^[7][8] and Emilio Izaguirre^[9][10] all having excellent seasons and earning many plaudits.^[4] Lennon also signed several experienced players on free transfers. Charlie Mulgrew,^[11][12] Joe Ledley,^[13][14][15] and Daniel Majstorović^[16][17] all went into the first team. In addition to these Lennon also signed five other players, including Fraser Forster^[18][19] on loan from Newcastle who became first choice goalkeeper and helped set a new SPL record for most clean sheets.^[20]

Celtic

2010–11 season
Chairman	John Reid
Manager	Neil Lennon
Scottish Premier League	2nd
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Third qualifying round
Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Hooper (20) All: Gary Hooper (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

In July Celtic were drawn in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Portuguese side Braga.^[21] Celtic lost the first leg of the tie 3–0 away from home.^[22] Celtic won the return leg 2–1, but went out of the Champions League 4–2 on aggregate.^[23] Celtic were knocked out of European football altogether in August, after they lost their Europa League qualifying match against FC Utrecht 4–2 on aggregate.^[24]

Celtic won their first eight league games of the SPL season,^[25] before losing to Rangers, who also had a 100% record, 3–1.^[25] Celtic started November beating Aberdeen 9–0 in an SPL record victory.^[26] They then lost to Heart of Midlothian^[27] and drew at home against Dundee United^[28] and Inverness Caledonian Thistle,^[29] with a victory over St Mirren the only consolation.^[30] The Inverness match was notable because it was officiated by Luxembourg referee Alain Hamer,^[29] who had stepped in because of the Scottish football referee strike.^[31] Celtic began 2011 by beating Rangers 2–0 at Ibrox,^[32] and beat their rivals again 3–0 on 20 February.^[33] Celtic finished the season in second place in the SPL table, a point behind Rangers.^[34]

In the League Cup, Celtic beat Inverness 6–0^[35] and St Johnstone 3–2^[36] before beating Aberdeen in the semi-final.^[37] In the final, they lost 2–1 to Rangers after extra time.^[38] In the Scottish Cup, Celtic entered in the fourth round, beating Third Division team Berwick Rangers 2–0,^[39] and drawing 2–2 with Rangers in the fifth round.^[40] They beat Rangers 1–0 in the replay^[41] and booked their place in the final beating Aberdeen 4–0 at Hampden Park.^[42] In the final Celtic beat Motherwell 3–0, with goals scored by Ki Sung-Yeung, Charlie Mulgrew and an own goal from Stephen Craigan.^[43]

Celtic played in an unprecedented seven Old Firm matches in 2010–11.^[44] This was due to being drawn against Rangers in both cups, and the fact that they required a replay to beat them in the Scottish Cup. Celtic won three of these matches, two in the league and the Scottish Cup fifth round replay. There were two draws, one in the final league match and one in the Scottish Cup fifth round. Rangers won twice, both the first league match and the League Cup final. Celtic also enjoyed an incredible run of results against Aberdeen. The two teams played each other five times, due to being drawn in both Cup semi-finals and Celtic scored 21 times against them only conceding one.^[45]

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Philadelphia Union v Celtic

14 July 2010 Friendly	Philadelphia Union	1 – 0	Celtic	PPL Park
	Le Toux 23'			Attendance: 18,659 Referee: Jorge Gonzales

Celtic v Manchester United

16 July 2010 Friendly	Celtic	1 – 3	Manchester United	Rogers Centre
	Samaras 61'		Berbatov 34' Welbeck 79' Cleverley 86'	Attendance: 39,139 Referee: Silvio Petrescu

Seattle Sounders v Celtic

18 July 2010 Friendly	Seattle Sounders	1 – 2	Celtic	Qwest Field
	Estrada 66'		Samaras 32' McCourt 64'	Attendance: 45,631 Referee: Paul Ward

Celtic v Sporting CP

22 July 2010 Friendly	Celtic	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (6 – 5 p)	Sporting CP	Fenway Park
	Samaras 72'		Postiga 82'

Lincoln City v Celtic

24 July 2010 John Reames Memorial Trophy	Lincoln City	1 – 4	Celtic	Sincil Bank Stadium
	Jarrett 17'		Murphy 38' Hutchinson 42', 65' Ferry 67'	Attendance: 3,780

Lyon v Celtic

31 July 2010 Emirates Cup	Lyon	2 – 2	Celtic	Emirates Stadium
14:00 BST	Bastos 28' Novillo 54'		Hooper 82' Samaras 89'	Attendance: 60,012 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Arsenal v Celtic

1 August 2010 Emirates Cup	Arsenal	3 – 2	Celtic	Emirates Stadium
16:20 BST	Vela 3' Sagna 45+4' Nasri 51'		Murphy 72' Ki 82'	Attendance: 60,127 Referee: Andre Marriner

Celtic v Blackburn Rovers

8 August 2010 Friendly	Celtic	1 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Celtic Park
15:00 BST	Fortuné 16'		Dunn 12' Judge 64'

Bohemians v Celtic

10 October 2010 Friendly	Bohemians	1 – 4	Celtic	Dalymount Park
15:00 BST	Lodola 83'		Hooper 24' Murphy 29', 85' Towell 60'

Athletic Bilbao v Celtic

26 March 2011 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 0	Celtic	San Mamés
17:45 BST

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Premier League

Inverness CT v Celtic

14 August 2010 SPL	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC Sport	McCourt 56'	Attendance: 7,547 Referee: Calum Murray

Celtic v St Mirren

22 August 2010 SPL	Celtic	4 – 0	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	Ledley 5' Maloney 23' Forrest 69' Ki 81'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 48,162 Referee: Euan Norris

Motherwell v Celtic

29 August 2010 SPL	Motherwell	0 – 1	Celtic	Fir Park
		BBC Sport	Murphy 73' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,207 Referee: Dougie McDonald

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

11 September 2010 SPL	Celtic	3 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
	Forrest 28' Maloney 44' McCourt 90+1'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,023 Referee: William Collum

Kilmarnock v Celtic

19 September 2010 SPL	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Sammon 7'	BBC Sport	Murphy 41' (pen.) Stokes 52'	Attendance: 8,645 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Hibernian

25 September 2010 SPL	Celtic	2 – 1	Hibernian	Celtic Park
	Brown 10' Loovens 69'	BBC Sport	Riordan 53'	Attendance: 48,625 Referee: Calum Murray

Celtic v Hamilton Academical

25 September 2010 SPL	Celtic	3 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Celtic Park
	Maloney 25', 64' Hooper 71'	BBC Sport	McLaughlin 3'	Attendance: 47,403 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Dundee United v Celtic

17 October 2010 SPL	Dundee United	1 – 2	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Goodwillie 38'	BBC Sport	Hooper 13', 89'	Attendance: 11,790 Referee: Dougie McDonald

Celtic v Rangers

24 October 2010 SPL	Celtic	1 – 3	Rangers	Celtic Park
	Hooper 45+1'	BBC Sport	Loovens 49' (o.g.) Miller 55', 67' (pen.)	Attendance: 58,874 Referee: William Collum

St Johnstone v Celtic

30 October 2010 SPL	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
		BBC Sport	McGinn 2', 89' Emilio 41'	Attendance: 6,866 Referee: Calum Murray

Celtic v Aberdeen

6 November 2010 SPL	Celtic	9 – 0	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
	Stokes 26' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 74' Hooper 28', 33', 63' Magennis 61' (o.g.) Ledley 71' McCourt 85' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 45,919 Referee: Alan Muir

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

10 November 2010 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
	Black 29' Templeton 58'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 15,362 Referee: Craig Thomson

St Mirren v Celtic

14 November 2010 SPL	St Mirren	0 – 1	Celtic	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper 90+2'	Attendance: 6,073 Referee: Iain Brines

Celtic v Dundee United

20 November 2010 SPL	Celtic	1 – 1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Hooper 23'	BBC Sport	Dillon 90+4'	Attendance: 47,253 Referee: Mike Tumilty

Celtic v Inverness CT

27 November 2010 SPL	Celtic	2 – 2	Inverness CT	Celtic Park
	Ki 38' McCourt 65'	BBC Sport	Foran 70' Munro 83'	Attendance: 46,096 Referee: Alain Hamer

Celtic v Kilmarnock

21 December 2010 SPL	Celtic	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
	Rogne 84'	BBC Sport	Sammon 53'	Attendance: 44,523 Referee: William Collum

Celtic v St Johnstone

26 December 2010 SPL	Celtic	2 – 0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Cha 90+1' Ki 90+3'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 41,525 Referee: Calum Murray

Celtic v Motherwell

29 December 2010 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	McCourt 27'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 40,750 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Rangers v Celtic

2 January 2011 SPL	Rangers	0 – 2	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium
		BBC Sport	Samaras 62', 70' (pen.)	Attendance: 50,222 Referee: Craig Thomson

Hamilton Academical v Celtic

12 January 2011 SPL	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Celtic	New Douglas Park
	Mensing 28'	BBC Sport	Stokes 90+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,163 Referee: William Collum

Hibernian v Celtic

15 January 2011 SPL	Hibernian	0 – 3	Celtic	Easter Road
		BBC Sport	Hooper 44' Stokes 50' (pen.), 65'	Attendance: 13,649 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Aberdeen

22 January 2011 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Celtic Park
	Stokes 27'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 47,517 Referee: Iain Brines

Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

26 January 2011 SPL	Celtic	4 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Celtic Park
	Forrest 7' Stokes 53', 71' McCourt 80'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,460 Referee: Euan Norris

Aberdeen v Celtic

1 February 2011 SPL	Aberdeen	0 – 3	Celtic	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport	Hooper 12' Wilson 75' Stokes 78'	Attendance: 12,901 Referee: Alan Muir

Dundee United v Celtic

13 February 2011 SPL	Dundee United	1 – 3	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Goodwillie 64'	BBC Sport	Stokes 16' Wilson 36' Majstorović 78'	Attendance: 11,414 Referee: Mike Tumilty

Celtic v Rangers

20 February 2011 SPL	Celtic	3 – 0	Rangers	Celtic Park
	Hooper 17', 28' Commons 70'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,748 Referee: Iain Brines

Motherwell v Celtic

27 February 2011 SPL	Motherwell	2 – 0	Celtic	Fir Park
	Sutton 2', 49' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 9,716 Referee: Euan Norris

Celtic v Hamilton Academical

5 March 2011 SPL	Celtic	2 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Celtic Park
	Commons 42', 52'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 51,811 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Celtic v Hibernian

6 April 2011 SPL	Celtic	3 – 1	Hibernian	Celtic Park
	Stokes 4' Hooper 20' (pen.), 39'	BBC Sport	Miller 67' (pen.)	Attendance: 47,809 Referee: Euan Norris

Celtic v St Mirren

9 April 2011 SPL	Celtic	1 – 0	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	Commons 78'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 50,318 Referee: Calum Murray

St Johnstone v Celtic

12 April 2011 SPL	St Johnstone	0 – 1	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
		BBC Sport	Kayal 45+1'	Attendance: 6,338 Referee: Iain Brines

Kilmarnock v Celtic

20 April 2011 SPL	Kilmarnock	0 – 4	Celtic	Rugby Park
		BBC Sport	Commons 4', 34' Hooper 41' Stokes 58'	Attendance: 9,117 Referee: Alan Muir

Rangers v Celtic

24 April 2011 SPL	Rangers	0 – 0	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 50,248 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Dundee United

1 May 2011 SPL	Celtic	4 – 1	Dundee United	Tannadice Park
	Hooper 23' Kayal 54' Commons 85' Murphy 90+3'	BBC Sport	Russell 90+1'	Attendance: 48,599 Referee: Iain Brines

Inverness CT v Celtic

4 May 2011 SPL	Inverness CT	3 – 2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Mulgrew 7' (o.g.) Munro 53' Sutherland 62'	BBC Sport	Commons 9', 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,702 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Kilmarnock v Celtic

8 May 2011 SPL	Kilmarnock	0 – 2	Celtic	Rugby Park
		BBC Sport	Brown 45+1' Commons 68'	Attendance: 9,720 Referee: William Collum

Heart of Midlothian v Celtic

11 May 2011 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 3	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
		BBC Sport	Hooper 12', 49' Commons 78'	Attendance: 16,681 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Motherwell

15 May 2011 SPL	Celtic	4 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Hooper 29' Samaras 40' Maloney 53' McCourt 71'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 58,238 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish League Cup

Celtic v Inverness CT

22 September 2010 Third round	Celtic	6 – 0	Inverness CT	Celtic Park
	Samaras 17', 37', 57' Hooper 21' Stokes 74' (pen.), 88'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 17,429 Referee: Dougie McDonald

St Johnstone v Celtic

27 October 2010 Quarter-final	St Johnstone	2 – 3	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
	Parkin 31' Davidson 54'	BBC Sport	Stokes 8', 13' McGinn 12'	Attendance: 5,154 Referee: Craig Thomson

Aberdeen v Celtic

29 January 2011 Semi-final	Aberdeen	1 – 4	Celtic	Hampden Park
	Vernon 61'	BBC Sport	Commons 6' Mulgrew 10' Rogne 21' Stokes 34' (pen.)	Attendance: 38,085 Referee: Craig Thomson

Celtic v Rangers

20 March 2011 Final	Celtic	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Rangers	Hampden Park
	Ledley 31'	BBC Sport	Davis 24' Jelavić 98'	Attendance: 51,181 Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup

Berwick Rangers v Celtic

9 January 2011 Fourth round	Berwick Rangers	0 – 2	Celtic	Shielfield Park
		BBC Sport	Majstorović 17' Brown 82'	Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Calum Murray

Rangers v Celtic

6 February 2011 Fifth round	Rangers	2 – 2	Celtic	Ibrox Stadium
	Ness 3' Whittaker 41' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Commons 17' Brown 65'	Attendance: 50,230 Referee: Calum Murray

Celtic v Rangers

2 March 2011 Fifth round RP	Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers	Celtic Park
	Wilson 48'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 57,847 Referee: Calum Murray

Inverness CT v Celtic

16 March 2011 Quarter-final	Inverness CT	1 – 2	Celtic	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 44' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Ledley 45+2', 68'	Attendance: 6,064 Referee: Mike Tumilty

Aberdeen v Celtic

17 April 2011 Semi-final	Aberdeen	0 – 4	Celtic	Hampden Park
		BBC Sport	Mulgrew 45+2' Ledley 57' Commons 63' (pen.) Maloney 84'	Attendance: 30,381 Referee: William Collum

Motherwell v Celtic

21 May 2011 Final	Motherwell	0 – 3	Celtic	Hampden Park
		BBC Sport	Ki 32' Craigan 76' (o.g.) Mulgrew 88'	Attendance: 49,618 Referee: Calum Murray

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League

Braga v Celtic

28 July 2010 QR3	Braga	3 – 0	Celtic	Estadio AXA
	Alan 26' (pen.) Elderson 76' Matheus 88'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 12,295 Referee: Serge Gumienny

Celtic v Braga

4 August 2010 QR3	Celtic	2 – 1 (2 – 4 agg.)	Braga	Celtic Park
	Hooper 52' Juárez 79'	BBC Sport	Paulo César 20'	Attendance: 53,592 Referee: Ivan Bebek

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Celtic v FC Utrecht

19 August 2010 PO	Celtic	2 – 0	FC Utrecht	Celtic Park
	Juárez 19' Samaras 34'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 35,753 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen

FC Utrecht v Celtic

26 August 2010 PO	FC Utrecht	4 – 0 (4 – 2 agg.)	Celtic	Stadion Galgenwaard
	Van Wolfswinkel 12 pen.', 19 pen.', 46' Maguire 62'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 17,984 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	GER	Andreas Hinkel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	HON	Emilio Izaguirre	42	1	33	1	5	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF	MEX	Efraín Juárez	19	2	5+8	0	1	0	1+1	0	3	2
5	DF	SWE	Daniel Majstorović	40	2	32	1	4+1	1	2	0	1	0
6	DF	NED	Jos Hooiveld	7	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	SWE	Freddie Ljungberg	8	0	1+6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott Brown	39	4	26+2	2	4+1	2	2	0	4	0
9	FW	GRE	Georgios Samaras	33	7	16+6	3	4+1	0	3	3	3	1
10	FW	FRA	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
10	FW	IRL	Anthony Stokes (from 31 August)	35	19	22+7	14	1+2	0	3	5	0	0
11	DF	KOR	Cha Du-Ri	20	1	14+2	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
12	DF	SCO	Mark Wilson	33	3	25	2	5	1	3	0	0	0
13	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney	26	6	15+6	5	0+1	1	0+1	0	3	0
14	MF	NIR	Niall McGinn	12	3	6+5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Kris Commons	21	14	11+3	11	5	2	2	1	0	0
16	MF	WAL	Joe Ledley	40	6	26+3	2	4	3	4	1	3	0
17	MF	ESP	Marc Crosas	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	MF	KOR	Ki Sung-Yueng	34	4	18+8	3	4	1	2+1	0	1	0
19	FW	DEN	Morten Rasmussen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	NIR	Paddy McCourt	31	7	8+17	7	1+2	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
21	DF	SCO	Charlie Mulgrew	35	3	20+3	0	6	2	2+2	1	2	0
22	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens	21	1	13	1	2	0	2+1	0	3	0
23	FW	ENG	Ben Hutchinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	POL	Łukasz Załuska	9	0	2	0	2+1	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF	NOR	Thomas Rogne	20	2	14+2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0
26	GK	ENG	Fraser Forster	44	0	36	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
27	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	21	3	9+9	3	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
28	FW	SCO	James Keatings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	SCO	Paul Slane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	IRL	Richie Towell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ISR	Beram Kayal	30	2	18+3	2	5	0	2	0	2	0
36	MF	IRL	Graham Carey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	ENG	Josh Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	SCO	Lewis Toshney	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	GK	USA	Dominic Cervi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	DF	IRL	Darren O'Dea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	SCO	James Forrest	24	3	15+4	3	1+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
54	MF	SCO	Ryan Conroy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	SCO	Paul McGowan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	CZE	Filip Twardzik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	FRA	Olivier Kapo	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW	ENG	Gary Hooper	36	22	26	20	5	0	4	1	1	1

Disciplinary record

Player	Yellow	Second Yellow	Red
Beram Kayal	11
Daniel Majstorović	11
Scott Brown	11	1
Mark Wilson	8
Charlie Mulgrew	6
Georgios Samaras	6
Anthony Stokes	6
Ki Sung-Yueng	6
Glenn Loovens	3
Gary Hooper	3
Emilio Izaguirre	3		1
Jos Hooiveld	2
Joe Ledley	2		1
Niall McGinn	2
Kris Commons	2	1
Fraser Forster	1		1
Shaun Maloney	1
Łukasz Załuska	1
Cha Du-Ri	1
James Forrest	1		1
Thomas Rogne			1

Top scorers

R	Player	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Champions League (Qualifying)	Europa League (Play-off)	Total
1	Gary Hooper	20	0	1	1	0	22
2	Anthony Stokes	14	0	5	0	0	19
3	Kris Commons	11	2	1	0	0	14
5	Georgios Samaras	3	0	3	0	1	7
	Paddy McCourt	7	0	0	0	0	7
7	Joe Ledley	2	3	1	0	0	6
	Shaun Maloney	5	1	0	0	0	6
9	Scott Brown	2	2	0	0	0	4
	Ki Sung-Yueng	3	1	0	0	0	4
14	Niall McGinn	2	0	1	0	0	3
	James Forrest	3	0	0	0	0	3
	Mark Wilson	2	1	0	0	0	3
	Daryl Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	3
	Charlie Mulgrew	0	2	1	0	0	3
18	Efraín Juárez	0	0	0	1	1	2
	Thomas Rogne	1	0	1	0	0	2
	Daniel Majstorović	1	1	0	0	0	2
	Beram Kayal	2	0	0	0	0	2
21	Glenn Loovens	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Emilio Izaguirre	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Cha Du-Ri	1	0	0	0	0	1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	38	30	3	5	88	29	+59	93	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	29	5	4	85	22	+63	92	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	9	11	53	45	+8	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Dundee United	38	17	10	11	55	50	+5	61	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5	Kilmarnock	38	13	10	15	53	55	−2	49

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.

Celtic personnel awards

Player	Award	Date
James Forrest	SPL Young Player of the Month	August
Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	September
Ki Sung-Yueng	SPL Young Player of the Month	October
Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	January
Beram Kayal	SPL Player of the Month	January
Thomas Rogne	Scottish League Cup Young Player of the Semi-finals	February
Scott Brown	Scottish Cup Player of the Round	February
Emilio Izaguirre	SPFA Players' Player of the Year	May
Emilio Izaguirre	SPL Player of the Year	May
Emilio Izaguirre	Celtic Player of the Year	May
James Forrest	Celtic Young Player of the Year	May
Scott Brown	Celtic Goal of the Season	May
Gary Hooper	Celtic Top Goalscorer of the Year Award (19 goals)	May
Anthony Stokes	Celtic Top Goalscorer of the Year Award (19 goals)	May

Transfers

Players in Date Player From Fee 1 July 2010 Charlie Mulgrew Aberdeen 10Free[46] 2 July 2010 Cha Du-Ri SC Freiburg 10Free[47] 12 July 2010 Joe Ledley Cardiff City 10Free[48] 16 July 2010 Daryl Murphy Sunderland 10 £800,000 [49] 26 July 2010 Efraín Juárez UNAM Pumas 10 £3,000,000[50] 27 July 2010 Gary Hooper Scunthorpe United 10 £2,400,000[51] 29 July 2010 Beram Kayal Maccabi Haifa 10 £1,200,000[52] 16 August 2010 Daniel Majstorović AEK Athens Free 18 August 2010 Emilio Izaguirre Motagua £600,000[53] 24 August 2010 Fraser Forster Newcastle United Loan[54] 31 August 2010 Anthony Stokes Hibernian £1,200,000[55] 7 September 2010 Nicky Feely Cockburn City Free 4 November 2010 Olivier Kapo Wigan Athletic Free 30 December 2010 Freddie Ljungberg Chicago Fire Free 4 January 2011 Tony Watt Airdrie United 10£100,000[56] 27 January 2011 Kris Commons Derby County 10£300,000[57] Total spend: £10.2 million

Players out Dates Player To Fee 11 June 2010 Mark Millar Falkirk 08 Free 28 June 2010 Jason Marr Falkirk 08 Loan 1 July 2010 Lee Naylor Cardiff City 08 Free 1 July 2010 Zheng Zhi Guangzhou 08 Free 1 July 2010 Koki Mizuno Kashiwa Reysol 08Free[58] 8 July 2010 Luca Santonocito AC Milan 08 Free 12 July 2010 Daniel Lafferty Derry City 08Free 13 July 2010 Stephen McManus Middlesbrough 08£1,500,000[59] 14 July 2010 Graham Carey Huddersfield Town 08Loan 15 July 2010 Artur Boruc Fiorentina 08£1,700,000[60] 27 July 2010 Paul McGowan St Mirren 08Loan 27 July 2010 Grant Gallagher Stranraer 08Free 2 August 2010 Simon Ferry Swindon Town 08£175,000[61] 2 August 2010 Paul Caddis Swindon Town 08£175,000[61] 13 August 2010 Aiden McGeady Spartak Moscow 08£9,500,000[62] 13 August 2010 Cillian Sheridan CSKA Sofia 08£300,000[63] 14 August 2010 Charlie Grant Dundee 08 Free 17 August 2010 Darren O'Dea Ipswich Town 08Loan 18 August 2010 Ben Hutchinson Lincoln City 08Loan 20 August 2010 Morten Rasmussen Mainz 08Loan 20 August 2010 Josh Thompson Rochdale 08Loan 27 August 2010 Marc-Antoine Fortuné West Bromwich Albion 08£3,000,000[64] 27 August 2010 Ryan Conroy Queen of the South 08Loan 31 August 2010 John Marsden Hamilton Academical 08Loan 10 September 2010 Sean Fitzharris Greenock Morton 08Loan 17 September 2010 Milan Mišůn Dundee 08Loan 20 October 2010 Declan Gallagher Stranraer 08Loan 20 October 2010 Daniele Giordano Montrose 08Loan 12 December 2010 Dominic Cervi Dundee 08Loan 14 January 2011 Jason Marr Ross County 08Loan 19 January 2011 Jos Hooiveld FC Copenhagen 08Loan 19 January 2011 Olivier Kapo Al-Ahly 08Free 25 January 2011 Richie Towell Hibernian 08Loan 28 January 2011 Milan Mišůn Swindon Town 08Free[65] 13 February 2011 Morten Rasmussen AaB Aalborg 08Loan 15 February 2011 Marc Crosas FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod 08£300,000[66] 22 February 2011 Antons Kurakins Stranraer 08Loan Total sales: £15.9 million

See also

• List of Celtic F.C. seasons