The 2009–10 season was the 116th season of competitive football by Celtic.
Celtic started their 2009–10 campaign by playing in the pre-season Wembley Cup. Their first competitive game of the season was at Celtic Park on 29 July where they were beaten 1–0 by Dynamo Moscow in the 1st leg of the Champions League third-qualifying round for best placed teams. However, in the return leg at Dynamo Stadium on 5 August, Celtic won 2–0 (2–1 on aggregate) thanks to a 44th-minute goal by Scott McDonald and a late injury-time strike from Georgios Samaras, giving Celtic a first away win in Europe since their 1–0 win over MTK Hungaria at Stadium Puskás Ferenc in 2003. The win took Celtic through to the Champions League play-off round, where they lost to Arsenal.
Celtic kicked off their Scottish Premier League campaign with a 3–1 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie Stadium. After 30 games of the season, Tony Mowbray was sacked following Celtic's 4–0 loss to St Mirren, with Celtic 10 points behind league leaders Rangers. Neil Lennon was then appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season; his first match in charge was a 3–1 victory over Kilmarnock on 27 March. Lennon won all the remaining league games, but was unable to prevent Rangers from winning the league title.
Celtic lost their Scottish Cup semi-final against Ross County 2–0. This was Lennon's only defeat during his tenure as interim manager.Neil Lennon pleased with Celtic record BBC Sport, 7 May 2010 After the end of the season, Lennon succeeded Tony Mowbray as the next Celtic manager on a permanent basis.
Results and fixtures Scottish Premier League
Scottish Cup
Scottish League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
UEFA Europa League Group stage
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
Top scorers PlayerScottishPremierLeagueScottish CupScottishLeagueCupChampionsLeague(qualifying)Europa LeagueTotal1 Robbie Keane124000162 Scott McDonald100211143 Georgios Samaras100012134 Marc-Antoine Fortuné100002125 Aiden McGeady7000076 Shaun Maloney40000412 Paddy McCourt201003 Niall McGinn210003 Glenn Loovens300003 Josh Thompson300003 Morten Rasmussen210003 Diomansy Kamara 21000314 Chris Killen 101002 Barry Robson 10001222 Massimo Donati000101 Gary Caldwell100001 Paul McGowan000011 Scott Brown100001 Darren O'Dea 100001 James Forrest100001 Lee Naylor100001 Zheng Zhi 100001
Team statistics
League table
Europa league table
Transfers
In DatePlayerFromFeeSource1 June 2009 Dundee United 08Free 8 July 2009 AS Nancy 08£3,800,00016 July 2009 AS Nancy08Loan24 July 2009 Danny Fox Coventry City 08£1,500,0008 August 2009 Josh Thompson Stockport County 08£200,00015 August 2009 Greig Spence Alloa Athletic 08£100,00025 September 2009 Zheng Zhi Charlton Athletic 08Free1 January 2010 Ki Sung-Yueng FC Seoul 08£2,100,00011 January 2010 Jos Hooiveld AIK 08£2,000,00020 January 2010 Thomas Rogne Stabæk IF 08Free26 January 2010 Morten Rasmussen Brøndby 08£1,300,0001 February 2010 Diomansy Kamara Fulham 08Loan1 February 2010 Paul Slane Motherwell 08£400,0001 February 2010 Edson Braafheid Bayern Munich 08Loan1 February 2010 Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 08Loan
Out DatePlayerToFeeSource1 July 2009 RCD Espanyol Free2 July 2009 Hull City 08Free2 July 2009 Valenciennes 08Free 25 June 2009 Toulouse 08FreeDoumbe pens Toulouse deal, Skysports.com. Retrieved 30 October 20097 July 2009 Bristol City 08Free13 July 2009 Swindon Town 08£300,00013 August 2009 Plymouth Argyle 08 Loan 27 August 2009 Swindon Town 08 Loan 27 August 2009 Swindon Town 08 Loan 30 August 2009 Bari 08£1,300,0001 September 2009 Reading 08 Loan 1 September 2009 Mark Brown Kilmarnock 08 Loan 13 November 2009 John Kennedy Retired 13 January 2010 Wigan Athletic 08£1,800,00013 January 2010 Middlesbrough 08£900,00013 January 2010 Middlesbrough 08Free13 January 2010 Middlesbrough 08Free14 January 2010 Partick Thistle 08 Loan 14 January 2010 St Johnstone 08 Loan 29 January 2010 Middlesbrough 08 Loan 29 January 2010 Burnley 08£1,800,00029 January 2010 Scott Fox Queen of the South 08Loan30 January 2010 Mark Brown Hibernian 08Free 1 February 2010 St Mirren 08 Loan 1 February 2010 Scott McDonald Middlesbrough 08£3,500,0001 February 2010 Ben Hutchinson Dundee 08Loan18 February 2010 Nicky Riley Hamilton Academical 08Free
See also List of Celtic F.C. seasons
References
External links Celtic FC ESPN Soccernet