Celtic FC Fixtures, Results & Programmes 2012-2013

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Opponents	Match Stats
HJK HELSINKI	01/08/2012 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg Celtic Park 2-1 - Hooper, Mulgrew Celtic needed to win through two rounds to qualify for the Group stages - the Third qualifying round and the Play-offs round. In the third qualifying round and the play-off stage, clubs play two matches against each other on a home-and-away basis. The club which scores the greater aggregate of goals qualifies for the next round, with away goals and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw. If Celtic lose either the Third qualifying round tie or the Play-off, they will drop into the Europa League.
ABERDEEN	04/08/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 1 Celtic Park 1-0 - Commons.
HJK Helsinki	08/08/2012 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round, 2nd leg Sonera Stadium 2-0 - Ledley, Samaras Sold on ebay 06 Apr 2020 - Winning bid: £7.50 - 5 bids
DUNDEE UTD	11/08/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL Round 2 Celtic Park p-p Postponed. No programme. Each SPL club is allowed to postpone one match at the start of the season. Celtic will postpone this match to play a friendly challenge against Real Madrid in the USA instead of the SPL2 match. The match has been rearranged for 19/01/2013.
Ross County	18/08/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 3 Victoria Park 1-1 - Commons
Helsingborgs IF	21/08/2012 UEFA Champions League Play-off round, 1st leg Olympia, Helsingborg 2-0 - Commons, Samaras. Programme sold on ebay for £14 on 30/06/13. Sold on ebay 06 Apr 2020 - Winning bid: £8.50 - 4 bids
Inverness CT	25/08/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 4 Caledonian Stadium 4-2 - Wanyama, Watt (2), Mulgrew. Joe Chalmers debut. Anthony Watt and Patrik Twardzik first SPL start.
HELSINGBORGS IF	29/08/2012 UEFA Champions League Play-off round, 2nd leg Celtic Park 2-0 - Hooper, Wanyama.
HIBERNIAN	01/09/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 5 Celtic Park 2-2 - Lustig, McPake (og) Jackson Irvine competative debut.
08/09/2012 - Scotland 0 Serbia 0 - FIFA World Cup qualifier. 11/09/2012 - Scotland 1 Macedonia 1 - FIFA World Cup qualifier.
St Johnstone	15/09/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 6 McDairmid Park 1-2 - Commons. Nicolás Fedor debut. Lassad Nouiou debut.
SL BENFICA	19/09/2012 Champions League Group G Match 1 Celtic Park, Glasgow 0-0
DUNDEE	22/09/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 7 Celtic Park 2-0 - Hooper, Wanyama Efetobore Ambrose Emuobo debut. Lassad Nouiou starting debut.
RAITH ROVERS	25/09/2012 Scottish League Cup Round 3. Celtic Park 4-1 - Hooper (4) Efetobore Ambrose Emuobo starting debut
Motherwell	29/09/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 8 Fir Park 2-0 - Hooper, Cummins (og).
Spartak Moscow	02/10/2012 Champions League Group G Match 2 Luzhniki Stadium 3-2 - Hooper, Kombarov (og), Samaras. Gary Hooper's 60th Celtic goal. Efi Ambrose first European club match.
HEARTS	07/10/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 9 Celtic Park 1-0 - Samaras. Celtic wore the white 125th anniversary strip for the first time.
12/10/2012 - Wales 2 Scotland 1 - FIFA World Cup qualifier. 16/10/2012 - Belgium 2 Scotland 0 - FIFA World Cup qualifier.
St Mirren	20/10/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 10 St Mirren Park 5-0 - Hooper, Ambrose, Wanyama (2), Watt Efe Ambrose first goal for Celtic
FC Barcelona	23/10/2012 Champions League Group G Match 3 Camp Nou, Barcelona 1-2 - Samaras. No programme.
KILMARNOCK	27/10/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 11 Celtic Park 15:00 0-2
ST JOHNSTONE	30/10/2012 Scottish League Cup Round 4 Celtic Park 5-0 - Commons (3), Hooper, Mulgrew. Kris Commons hat-trick
Dundee Utd	04/11/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 12 Tannadice 2-2 - Miku, Watt. Nicolás Fedor (Miku) first Celtic goal
FC BARCELONA	07/11/2012 Champions League Group G Match 4 Celtic Park 2-1 - Wanyama, Watt.
ST JOHNSTONE	11/11/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 13 Celtic Park 1-1 - Watt
Aberdeen	17/11/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 14 Pittodrie Stadium 2-0 - Lassad Nouioui, Mulgrew. Lassad Nouioui's first goal for Celtic
SL Benfica	20/11/2012 Champions League Group G Match 5 Estadio Da Luz 1-2 - Samaras. Goergios Samaras sets a Celtic record by scoring in five consecutive European away matches
INVERNESS	24/11/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 15 Celtic Park 0-1
Hearts	28/11/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 16 Tynecastle, Edinburgh 4-0 - Nouioui, Lustig, Stevenson (o.g.), Hooper Fraser Foster saved a Zaliukas penalty 2 mins from time
ARBROATH	01/12/2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Celtic Park 1-1 - Keddie (og). Starting debuts for Rabiu Ibrahim and Joe Chalmers
FC SPARTAK MOSKVA	05/12/2012 Champions League Group G Match 6 Celtic Park 2-1 - Hooper, Commons. Celtic qualified for the last 16 with this victory
Kilmarnock	08/12/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 17 Rugby Park 3-1 - Brown, Ledley, Samaras
Arbroath	12/12/2012 Scotish Cup R4 replay Gayfield Park, Arbroath 1-0 - Matthews
ST MIRREN	15/12/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 18 Celtic Park 2-0 - Wanyama, Hooper
ROSS COUNTY	22/12/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 19 Celtic Park 4-0 - Brown, Hooper (2), Forrest John Herron debut.
Dundee	26/12/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 20 Dens Park 2-0 - Samaras, Hooper
Hibernian	29/12/2012 Clydesdale Bank SPL 21 Easter Road 0-1
MOTHERWELL	02/01/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 22 Celtic Park 1-0 - Hooper. Fraser Forster saved a penalty at 0-0
Winter Break - first Winter break since 2002/2003
HEARTS	19/01/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 23 Celtic Park 4-1 - Hooper (2), Samaras, Lassad Celtic Legend Sean Fallon 31 July 1922 - 18 January 2013 - Requiescat in Pace.
DUNDEE UTD	22/01/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 2 Celtic Park 4-0 - Hooper (2), Wanyama, Brown. Rearranged match from the start of the season.
St Johnstone	26/01/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 24 McDairmid Park p-p. Postponed because Celtic are in the League Cup semi-final. Rearranged for 19/02/2013.
St Mirren	27/01/2013 League Cup semi-final. Hampden Park 2-3 - Hooper, Mulgrew
KILMARNOCK	30/01/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 25 Celtic Park 4-1 - Ledley, Matthews (2), Stokes
Raith Rovers	03/02/2013 Scottish Cup Round 5 Stark's Park 3-0 - Commons (pen), Forrest, Mulgrew
Inverness CT	09/02/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 26 Caledonain Stadium 3-1 - Commons, Gershon, Miku. Rami Gershon scoring debut. Tom Rogic debut.
JUVENTUS FC	12/02/2012 Champions League Round of 16 1st leg Celtic Park 0-3
DUNDEE UTD	16/02/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 27 Celtic Park 6-2 - Ambrose, Commons (2), Ledley, Stokes (2).
St Johnstone	19/02/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 24 McDairmid Park 1-1 - Ambrose. This match was postponed from its original date of 26/01/13 because of the League Cup semi-final.
DUNDEE	24/02/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 28 Celtic Park 5-0 - Ledley (2), Forrest (pen), McGeouch, Hooper. Gary Hooper's 24th goal of the season.
Motherwell	27/02/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 29 Fir Park 1-2 - Samaras
St Mirren	02/03/2013 Scottish Cup Quarter-Final St Mirren Park 2-1 - Ledley, Stokes
Juventus FC	06/03/2012 Champions League Round of 16 2nd leg Juventus Stadium 0-2
Ross County	09/03/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 30 Victoria Park 2-3 - Mulgrew, Hooper. Gary Hooper scored his 25th goal of the season. Charlie Mulgrew scored directly from a corner kick.
ABERDEEN	16/03/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 31 Celtic Park 4-3 - Commons, Mulgrew, Hooper, Samaras. Kris Commons scores the fastest ever SPL goal 12.12 seconds. Celtic were 1-3 down in this match
22/03/2013 - Scotland 1 Wales 2 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier Charlie Mulgrew played for Scotland at left back and Joe Ledley played for Wales. Fraser Forster unused sub for England in San Marino 0 England 8. Mikel Lustig played for Sweden in Sweden 0 R. of Ireland 0. 26/03/2013 - Serbia 2 Scotland 0 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier - no Celtic players in the team. Joe Ledley played in Wales 1 Croatia 2. Paddy McCourt on in 78 mins in N.Ireland 0 Israel 2 and Rami Gershon played and Beram Kayal was an unused sub for Israel. Fraser Forster unused sub for England in Montenegro 1 England 1.
St Mirren	31/03/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 32 St Mirren Park 1-1 - Commons
HIBERNIAN	06/04/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 33 Celtic Park 3-0 - Commons (2), Lustig.
Dundee United	14/04/2013 Scottish Cup Semi-Final Hampden Park 4-3 - Commons (2), Wanyama, Stokes. Hibs play Falkirk in the other semi-final.
LEAGUE SPLIT - The SPL splits into two leagues after this point. The top six clubs play each other in the remaining 5 rounds of matches as do the bottom six clubs. The split was first introduced in 2000/01 when the league was increased from 10 to 12 clubs.- During the first phase of the season all clubs play each other three times for a total of 33 games, meaning they will have played 16 matches at home and 17 away, or vice versa. The split then kicks in and clubs have another five matches against opponents in their half of the table for a total of 38 games over the campaign. - SPL Website.
INVERNESS	21/04/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 34 Celtic Park 4-1 - Hooper (2), Ledley, Samaras. Clinched the title with this match - 15 points above Mothewell with 4 games to play. Celtic have won the league 44 times.
Motherwell	28/04/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 35 Fir Park 1-3 - Hooper.
Ross County	05/05/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 36 Victoria Park 1-1 - Stokes
ST JOHNSTONE	11/05/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 37 Celtic Park 4-0 - Ledley, Mulgrew, Forrest, Wright (og). SPL Trophy presented after this match.
Dundee United	19/05/2013 Clydesdale Bank SPL 38 Tannadice 4-0 - Commons, Samaras (2), Stokes. Bahrudin Atajic debut
Hibernian	26/05/2013 William Hill Scottish Cup Final. Hampden Park 3-0 - Hooper (2), Ledley. Celtic win the Scottish Cup for a record 36th time. Neil Lennon joins Jock Stein and Billy McNeill as only the third Celt to win the league and cup double as a player and as a manager. First time officials are used behind the goals in a Scottish domestic match.

Opponents	Comments
Celtic Friendlies 2012/2013
FC Augsburg 07	10/07/2012 Tour of Germany friendly Stauferpark-Stadion, Donauworth 0-0 Match report on Celticfc.net
SV Stuttgart Kickers	15/07/2012 Tour of Germany friendly Waldau GAZi Stadion, Stuttgart 0-1 Official website for Stuttgart Kickers
VfR Aalen	17/07/2012 Tour of Germany friendly Scholz Arena, Aalen. 2-1 - Hooper, Stokes. Official website for VfR Aalen.
Ajax	21/07/2012 Amsterdam ArenA 0-4 No programme.
NORWICH CITY	24/07/2012 Celtic Park 0-1 This match was included in the season ticket, match tickets are scarce.
INTER MILAN	28/07/2012 Celtic Park 1-1 - Commons. Jackson Irvine debut. Celtic's 125th Anniversary match.
Real Madrid	11/08/2011 World Football Challenge match. Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia. 0-2 Real Madrid are Spanish champions. No match programme issued
Steaua Bucuresti	15/01/2013 Estadio Municipal San Pedro, Marbella 2-1 Samaras, Bangura. Kenny Ramsay photographs of Celtic arriving at Marbella airport. Winter shut-down friendly to be played in Spain during Celtic's winter training camp in Malaga.

Celtic Development Squad 2012/2013

Opponents	Match Stats
Leonardo Da Vinci Tournament	14/07/2012 Portugal. Leonardo Da Vinci tournament July 14 to July 28. Celtic U17's. Read the story at CelticFC.net.
Derry Foyle Cup	16/07/2012 Derry Foyle Cup Brandywell Showgrounds, Derry. Celtic U14's. 20th Anniversary Tournament 1992 - 2012. Tournament takes place at several locations. Celtic Under 14's qualifying matches will be at the Brandywell Showgrounds and Templemore Central in Group B with Maiden CIty Academy, Coleraine and Donegal Schoolboys. Official Website. @Facebook.
Partick Thistle	21/07/2012 ARR Craib Cup. Firhill Stadium, Glasgow. 0-2 Celtic XI. Tournament programme. Everton v Airdrie Utd in the other match.
Airdrie United	22/07/2012 ARR Craib Cup - Third/Fourth place Play-Off. Firhill Stadium, Glasgow. 4-0 In the final, hosts Partick Thistle beat an Everton XI 3-1 to lift the ARR Craib Cup Click this for more details at the PTFC website.
Various	22/07/2012 Nike Cup July 22 to July 25. Shanghai, China. Celtic U15's.
Cliftonville	28/07/2012 Solitude 3G, Belfast. 2-2 - Watt, McGregor. Celtic XI. Match report
Selkirk	04/08/2012 Yarrow Park, Selkirk. 0-0 Celtic U19's.
Motherwell	14/08/2012 Fir Park 3-1 - Atajic, Fisher, Johnstone. Under 20's League
Hibernia	17/08/2012 Hibernia Youth Footbal Tournament 2012. Pearse Park, Sallynoggin Celtic Under 15's.
Aberdeen	25/09/2012 Glebe Park, Brechin 1-0 - Atajic. Under 20's League.
Rangers	14/03/2013 Auchenhowie 2-2 - Henderson, McMullen. Glasgow Cup - Under 17's.
Rangers	29/04/2013 City of Glasgow Cup Final 2013 Firhill Stadium 2-3 - McMullen (2).
Dunfermline	01/05/2013 SFA Youth Cup Final Hampden Park 3-1 - Lindsay, Atajic, Johnstone. Celtic youth team wins the SFA Youth Cup for the thirteenth time.

Opponents	Comments
UEFA Youth League 2012/2013 no programmes issued for these matches
SPORTING CLUBE DE PORTUGAL	06/09/2012 Firhill Stadium 1-2 - Johnstone Celtic under 19's. Open to the Under 19's team of clubs that qualified for the group stage of the Champions League.
Aston Villa	19/09/2012 NextGen Series match 2. Villa Park 1-2 - Irvine. Match highlights on Youtube. Match report.
PSV EINDHOVEN	03/10/2012 NextGen Series match 3. Firhill Stadium 3-1 - P.Twardzik, McGregor, Herron. Match report.
ASTON VILLA	24/10/2012 NextGen Series match 4 Firhill Stadium 2-2 - Devine (og), P.Twardzik. Match report.
Sporting Clube de Portugal	21/11/2012 NextGen Series match 5. Academia Sporting Stadium, Alcochete, Lisbon 1-2 - Kidd. Match report.
PSV Eindhoven	28/11/2012 NextGen Series match 6. Philips Stadion 0-1 Match report.

Celtic FC First Team Player Pool 2012/2013

Goal

1.Fraser Forster, Lukasz Zaluska, Robbie Thomson, Leo Fasan.

Defence

Thomas Rogne, Charlie Mulgrew, Emilio Izaguirre, Jason Marr, Joshua Thompson, Lewis Toshney (on loan to Dundee) Kelvin Wilson, Adam Matthews, Marcus Fraser, Andre Blackman (on loan to Inverness CT), Mikael Lustig, Efetobore Ambrose Emuobo, Rami Gershon (on loan from Standard Liege).

Midfield

Scott Brown, Patrick McCourt, James Forrest, Ryan Conroy, Joe Ledley, Beram Kayal, Kris Commons, Filip Twardzik, Patrik Twardzik, Paul Slane, Victor Wanyama, Jackson Irvine, Tom Rogic.

Offence

Georgios Samaras, Daryl Murphy (on loan to Ipswich Town), Gary Hooper, Anthony Stokes, Nicholas Riley, James Keatings, Paul George, Mohamed Bangura (on loan to Elfsborg until Jan 2014), Dylan McGeouch, Anthony Watt, Nicolás Fedor (aka Miku, on loan from Getafe CF), Lassad Nouioui.

Celtic Transfer Timeline 2012/2013

07/06/2012 - Cha Du Ri transferred to Fortuna Dusseldorf.

08/06/2012 - Dominic Cervi, Darren O´Dea, Niall McGinn and Richie Towell all let go.

21/06/2012 - Efráin Juárez signed for Club America (Mexico). Played 20 times, scored 2 goals.

03/07/2012 - Fraser Forster signed for £2M from Newcastle Utd.

19/07/2012 - Glenn Loovens signs for Real Zaragoza

01/08/2012 - Morten Rasmussen transferred to FC Midtjylland

24/08/2012 - Ki Sung-Yueng sold to Swansea City.

31/08/2012 - Nigerian international Efetobore Ambrose Emuobo (Efi Ambrose) signed from FC Ashdod.

31/08/2012 - Venezuelan international striker Nicolás Fedor on loan from Getafe CF.

31/08/2012 - Slovakia international goalkeeper Ľuboš Kamenár on loan from Nantes Atlantique.

01/09/2012 - Tunisian international Lassad Hassen Nouioui signed on a two year contract.

03/01/2013 - Rabiu Ibrahim transferred to Kilmarnock.

Ľuboš Kamenár returns to Nantes after his loan deal.

09/01/2013 - Israeli internationalist Rami Gershon transferred on loan from Standard Liege.

17/01/2013 - Australian midfielder Tom Rogic signed from Central Coast Mariners.

Scottish League:	Champions
Scottish FA Cup:	Winners
League Cup:	Semi-Final
Champions League:	Round of 16

Celtic Fixtures & Results 2012-2013