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2010–11 Celtic F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Celtic
season	2010–11
manager	Neil Lennon
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	John Reid
chrtitle	Chairman
league	Scottish Premier League
league result	2nd
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Winners
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Runners-up
cup3	Champions League
cup3 result	Third qualifying round
cup4	Europa League
cup4 result	Play-off round
league topscorer	Gary Hooper (20)
season topscorer	Gary Hooper (22)
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prevseason	2009–10
nextseason	2011–12

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 along with captain Stephen McManus and fan favourite Artur Boruc. 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. Beram Kayal and Emilio Izaguirre all having excellent seasons and earning many plaudits. Lennon also signed several experienced players on free transfers. Charlie Mulgrew, Joe Ledley, and Daniel Majstorović all went into the first team. In addition to these Lennon also signed five other players, including Fraser Forster on loan from Newcastle who became first choice goalkeeper and helped set a new SPL record for most clean sheets.{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor-s-picks/fraser-forster-proud-of-role-in-shut-out-success-1.1102140 |title=Fraser Forster proud of role in shut-out success |work=Evening Times

In July Celtic were drawn in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Portuguese side Braga. Celtic lost the first leg of the tie 3–0 away from home. Celtic won the return leg 2–1, but went out of the Champions League 4–2 on aggregate. 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.

Celtic won their first eight league games of the SPL season, before losing to Rangers, who also had a 100% record, 3–1. They then lost to Heart of Midlothian and drew at home against Dundee UnitedCeltic 1 - 1 Dundee Utd BBC Sport, 20 November 2010 and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, with a victory over St Mirren the only consolation. The Inverness match was notable because it was officiated by Luxembourg referee Alain Hamer, Celtic began 2011 by beating Rangers 2–0 at Ibrox, and beat their rivals again 3–0 on 20 February. Celtic finished the season in second place in the SPL table, a point behind Rangers.

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

Celtic played in an unprecedented seven Old Firm matches in 2010–11. 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.

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Welbeck Cleverley McCourt Hutchinson Ferry Novillo Samaras Sagna Nasri Ki Judge Murphy Towell

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Premier League

Maloney Forrest Ki Maloney McCourt Stokes Loovens Hooper Miller Emilio Hooper Magennis Ledley McCourt Templeton McCourt Munro Ki Stokes Stokes McCourt Wilson Stokes Wilson Majstorović Commons Hooper Hooper Stokes Kayal Commons Murphy Munro Sutherland Commons Commons Samaras Maloney McCourt

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish League Cup

Hooper Stokes Davidson McGinn Mulgrew Rogne Stokes Jelavić

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup

Brown Whittaker Brown Ledley Commons Maloney Craigan Mulgrew

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League

Elderson Matheus Juárez

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Samaras Maguire

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition |}

Disciplinary record

Player	Yellow [[Image:Yellow card.svg	10px]]	Second Yellow [[Image:Yellow card.svg
ISR Beram Kayal	11
SWE Daniel Majstorović	11
SCO Scott Brown	11	1
SCO Mark Wilson	8
SCO Charlie Mulgrew	6
GRE Georgios Samaras	6
IRL Anthony Stokes	6
KOR Ki Sung-Yueng	6
NED Glenn Loovens	3
ENG Gary Hooper	3
HON Emilio Izaguirre	3		1
NED Jos Hooiveld	2
WAL Joe Ledley	2		1
	NIR Niall McGinn	2
SCO Kris Commons	2	1
ENG Fraser Forster	1		1
SCO Shaun Maloney	1
POL Łukasz Załuska	1
KOR Cha Du-Ri	1
SCO James Forrest	1		1
NOR Thomas Rogne			1

Top scorers

R	Player	Scottish
Premier
League
Scottish Cup	Scottish
League
Cup	Champions
League
(Qualifying)
Europa League
(Play-off)
Total
1	ENG Gary Hooper	20	0	1	1	0	22
2	IRL Anthony Stokes	14	0	5	0	0	19
3	SCO Kris Commons	11	2	1	0	0	14
5	GRE Georgios Samaras	3	0	3	0	1	7
NIR Paddy McCourt	7	0	0	0	0	7
7	Wales Joe Ledley	2	3	1	0	0	6
SCO Shaun Maloney	5	1	0	0	0	6
9	SCO Scott Brown	2	2	0	0	0	4
KOR Ki Sung-Yueng	3	1	0	0	0	4
14	NIR Niall McGinn	2	0	1	0	0	3
SCO James Forrest	3	0	0	0	0	3
SCO Mark Wilson	2	1	0	0	0	3
IRL Daryl Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	3
SCO Charlie Mulgrew	0	2	1	0	0	3
18	MEX Efraín Juárez	0	0	0	1	1	2
NOR Thomas Rogne	1	0	1	0	0	2
SWE Daniel Majstorović	1	1	0	0	0	2
ISR Beram Kayal	2	0	0	0	0	2
21	NED Glenn Loovens	1	0	0	0	0	1
HON Emilio Izaguirre	1	0	0	0	0	1
KOR Cha Du-Ri	1	0	0	0	0	1

Team statistics

League table

Celtic personnel awards

Player	Award	Date
SCO James Forrest	SPL Young Player of the Month	August
NIR Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	September
KOR Ki Sung-Yueng	SPL Young Player of the Month	October
NIR Neil Lennon	SPL Manager of the Month	January
ISR Beram Kayal	SPL Player of the Month	January
NOR Thomas Rogne	Scottish League Cup Young Player of the Semi-finals	February
SCO Scott Brown	Scottish Cup Player of the Round	February
HON Emilio Izaguirre	SPFA Players' Player of the Year	May
HON Emilio Izaguirre	SPL Player of the Year	May
HON Emilio Izaguirre	Celtic Player of the Year	May
SCO James Forrest	Celtic Young Player of the Year	May
SCO Scott Brown	Celtic Goal of the Season	May
ENG Gary Hooper	Celtic Top Goalscorer of the Year Award (19 goals)	May
IRE Anthony Stokes	Celtic Top Goalscorer of the Year Award (19 goals)	May

Transfers

Players in

Date	Player	From	Fee
1 July 2010	SCO Charlie Mulgrew	SCO Aberdeen	Free]]
2 July 2010	KOR Cha Du-Ri	GER SC Freiburg	Free]]
12 July 2010	WAL Joe Ledley	WAL Cardiff City	Free]]
16 July 2010	IRL Daryl Murphy	ENG Sunderland	10 £800,000 {{cite news
26 July 2010	MEX Efraín Juárez	MEX UNAM Pumas	url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/celtic/2011/05/19/efrain-juarez-could-be-set-for-move-away-from-celtic-admits-agent-86908-23140529/	title=Efrain Juarez could be set for move away from Celtic, admits agent	date=19 March 2011	publisher=Daily Record	access-date=22 May 2011}}
27 July 2010	ENG Gary Hooper	ENG Scunthorpe United	10 £2,400,000
29 July 2010	ISR Beram Kayal	ISR Maccabi Haifa	title=Kayal reports "inaccurate" - Celtic	url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/celtic/8044629/Kayal-reports-inaccurate-Celtic.html	access-date=30 September 2020	work=The Telegraph	date=5 October 2010}}
16 August 2010	SWE Daniel Majstorović	GRE AEK Athens	Free
18 August 2010	HON Emilio Izaguirre	HON Motagua	£600,000{{cite news
24 August 2010	ENG Fraser Forster	ENG Newcastle United	Loan
31 August 2010	IRL Anthony Stokes	SCO Hibernian	£1,200,000{{cite news
7 September 2010	Australia Nicky Feely	Australia Cockburn City	Free
4 November 2010	FRA Olivier Kapo	ENG Wigan Athletic	Free
30 December 2010	SWE Freddie Ljungberg	USA Chicago Fire	Free
4 January 2011	SCO Tony Watt	SCO Airdrie United	10£100,000{{cite news
27 January 2011	SCO Kris Commons	ENG Derby County	10£300,000{{cite news

Total spend: £10.2 million

Players out

Dates	Player	To	Fee
11 June 2010	SCO Mark Millar	SCO Falkirk	Free]]
28 June 2010	SCO Jason Marr	SCO Falkirk	08 Loan
1 July 2010	ENG	WAL Cardiff City	Free]]
1 July 2010	PRC	PRC Guangzhou	Free]]
1 July 2010	JPN	JPN Kashiwa Reysol
8 July 2010	ITA Luca Santonocito	ITA AC Milan	Free]]
12 July 2010	NIR Daniel Lafferty	NIR Derry City	Free]]
13 July 2010	SCO Stephen McManus	ENG Middlesbrough	08£1,500,000{{cite news
14 July 2010	IRE Graham Carey	ENG Huddersfield Town	08Loan
15 July 2010	POL Artur Boruc	ITA Fiorentina	08£1,700,000{{cite news
27 July 2010	SCO Paul McGowan	SCO St Mirren	08Loan
27 July 2010	SCO Grant Gallagher	SCO Stranraer	Free]]
2 August 2010	SCO Simon Ferry	ENG Swindon Town	08£175,000{{cite news
2 August 2010	SCO Paul Caddis	ENG Swindon Town	08£175,000
13 August 2010	IRE Aiden McGeady	RUS Spartak Moscow	08£9,500,000{{cite news
13 August 2010	IRE Cillian Sheridan	BUL CSKA Sofia	08£300,000{{cite news
14 August 2010	SCO Charlie Grant	SCO Dundee	Free]]
17 August 2010	IRE Darren O'Dea	ENG Ipswich Town	08Loan
18 August 2010	ENG Ben Hutchinson	ENG Lincoln City	08Loan
20 August 2010	DEN Morten Rasmussen	GER Mainz	08Loan
20 August 2010	ENG Josh Thompson	ENG Rochdale	08Loan
27 August 2010	FRA Marc-Antoine Fortuné	ENG West Bromwich Albion	title=Marc-Antoine Fortune moves from Celtic to West Brom	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/8950154.stm	access-date=30 September 2020	work=BBC Sport	date=27 August 2010}}
27 August 2010	SCO Ryan Conroy	SCO Queen of the South	08Loan
31 August 2010	ENG John Marsden	SCO Hamilton Academical	08Loan
10 September 2010	SCO Sean Fitzharris	SCO Greenock Morton	08Loan
17 September 2010	CZE Milan Mišůn	SCO Dundee	08Loan
20 October 2010	SCO Declan Gallagher	SCO Stranraer	08Loan
20 October 2010	ITA Daniele Giordano	SCO Montrose	08Loan
12 December 2010	USA Dominic Cervi	SCO Dundee	08Loan
14 January 2011	SCO Jason Marr	SCO Ross County	08Loan
19 January 2011	NED Jos Hooiveld	DEN FC Copenhagen		08Loan
19 January 2011	FRA Olivier Kapo	QAT Al-Ahly	Free]]
25 January 2011	IRE Richie Towell	SCO Hibernian	08Loan
28 January 2011	CZE Milan Mišůn	ENG Swindon Town	Free]]
13 February 2011	DEN Morten Rasmussen	DEN AaB Aalborg	08Loan
15 February 2011	ESP Marc Crosas	RUS FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod	08£300,000{{cite news
22 February 2011	LAT Antons Kurakins	SCO Stranraer	08Loan

Total sales: £15.9 million

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