2015–16 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic

2015–16 season

Chairman

Ian Bankier

Manager

Ronny Deila

Ground

Celtic Park
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 60,447)

1st (Champions)

Average home league attendance

44,849

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2015–16 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Celtic. They competed in the Scottish Premiership, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They also competed in the Europa League, having been eliminated in the play-off round of the Champions League.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

1 July 2015 Friendly	Celtic	2 – 0	FC Den Bosch	Paisley, Scotland
	Mackay-Steven 3' Pantophlet 25' (o.g.)	Celtic Report		Stadium: St Mirren Park Referee: Kevin Clancy

4 July 2015 Friendly	Celtic	3 – 5	Dukla Prague	Paisley, Scotland
	Griffiths 28' (pen.) Mackay-Steven 43' van Dijk 83'	Celtic Report	Hanousek 13', 36', 50' (pen.) Mareš 60' Přikryl 85'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Referee: John Beaton

10 July 2015 Friendly	Celtic	1 – 0	Real Sociedad	Paisley, Scotland
	Mackay-Steven 68'	Celtic Report		Stadium: St Mirren Park Referee: Bobby Madden

18 July 2015 Friendly	Eibar	1 – 4	Celtic	Eibar, Spain
	Arruabarrena 68' (pen.)	Celtic Report	Ambrose 49' Griffiths 59' (pen.), 74', 89'	Stadium: Ipurua

25 July 2015 Friendly	Celtic	2 – 0	Rennes	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 12' Mackay-Steven 22'	Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Steve McLean

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

1 August 2015 Matchday 1	Celtic	2 – 0	Ross County	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 4' (pen.) Johansen 34'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,197 Referee: Willie Collum

9 August 2015 Matchday 2	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report	Rogić 28' Commons 63'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,088 Referee: John Beaton

12 August 2015 Matchday 3	Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Celtic	Kilmarnock, Scotland
	Magennis 44' Higginbotham 88' (pen.)	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 3' Bitton 55'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 6,090 Referee: Crawford Allan

15 August 2015 Matchday 4	Celtic	4 – 2	Inverness CT	Glasgow, Scotland
	Lustig 8' Griffiths 12' Armstrong 55', 67'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Christie 70' Lopez 77'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,727 Referee: Craig Thomson

22 August 2015 Matchday 5	Dundee United	1 – 3	Celtic	Dundee, Scotland
	Erskine 45' (pen.)	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 17' Durnan 44' (o.g.) McGregor 74'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 10,605 Referee: Willie Collum

29 August 2015 Matchday 6	Celtic	3 – 1	St Johnstone	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 18' Rogić 45+1' Mulgrew 67'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Boyata 11' (o.g.)	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,507 Referee: John Beaton

12 September 2015 Matchday 7	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen, Scotland
	Rooney 56' (pen.) Quinn 86'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,385 Referee: Craig Thomson

20 September 2015 Matchday 8	Celtic	6 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow, Scotland
	Rogic 14' Griffiths 16' Izaguirre 54', 61' Brown 87' Ciftci 87'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,558 Referee: Steven McLean

26 September 2015 Matchday 9	Celtic	0 – 0	Hearts	Glasgow, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 46,297 Referee: Kevin Clancy

4 October 2015 Matchday 10	Hamilton Academical	1 – 2	Celtic	Hamilton, Scotland
	Kurtaj 4'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Boyata 26' Griffiths 31'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Steven McLean

17 October 2015 Matchday 11	Motherwell	0 – 1	Celtic	Motherwell, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report	Ciftci 15'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,888 Referee: Alan Muir

25 October 2015 Matchday 12	Celtic	5 – 0	Dundee United	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 23' Boyata 40' Commons 45+1' (pen.), 53' Kuhl 89' (o.g.)	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,718 Referee: Craig Thomson

31 October 2015 Matchday 13	Celtic	3 – 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 44', 53' (pen.) Forrest 60'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Rooney 89'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,161 Referee: Willie Collum

8 November 2015 Matchday 14	Ross County	1 – 4	Celtic	Dingwall, Scotland
	Dingwall 59'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Rogić 38' Griffiths 54', 56' Bitton 75'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Kevin Clancy

21 November 2015 Matchday 15	Celtic	0 – 0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,770 Referee: Bobby Madden

29 November 2015 Matchday 16	Inverness CT	1 – 3	Celtic	Inverness, Scotland
	Storey 39'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	McGregor 7' Griffiths 59' Devine 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5,976 Referee: Willie Collum

13 December 2015 Matchday 18	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Celtic	Perth, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report	Ciftci 35', 67' Boyata 49'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 6,418 Referee: Crawford Allan

19 December 2015 Matchday 19	Celtic	1 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow, Scotland
	Bitton 49'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Moult 53', 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,603 Referee: Bobby Madden

27 December 2015 Matchday 20	Hearts	2 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh, Scotland
	Nicholson 45+1' Sow 90'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Bitton 42' Rogić 70'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,844 Referee: Steven McLean

2 January 2016 Matchday 22	Celtic	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 90'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Stephen Finnie

15 January 2016 Matchday 23	Dundee United	1 – 4	Celtic	Dundee, Scotland
	Murray 31'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 21', 48' Šimunović 27' Commons 56'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 10,848 Referee: Bobby Madden

19 January 2016 Matchday 17	Celtic	8 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow, Scotland
	Lustig 4' Bitton 9' Rogić 10' Griffiths 22', 34', 54' Forrest 53' McGregor 89'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Brophy 73'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,659 Referee: Willie Collum

23 January 2016 Matchday 24	Celtic	3 – 1	St Johnstone	Glasgow, Scotland
	Mackay-Steven 9', 55' Armstrong 43'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	MacLean 12'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 43,948 Referee: Kevin Clancy

3 February 2016 Matchday 25	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen, Scotland
	Hayes 31' Church 37'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 90+3'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 19,003 Referee: Steven McLean

13 February 2016 Matchday 26	Celtic	2 – 0	Ross County	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 45+1' Boyata 57'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,560 Referee: Kevin Clancy

20 February 2016 Matchday 27	Celtic	3 – 0	Inverness CT	Glasgow, Scotland
	Mackay-Steven 54' Griffiths 59', 90+3'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Don Robertson

26 February 2016 Matchday 28	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Celtic	Hamilton, Scotland
	Brophy 73'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 35' (pen.)	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Craig Thomson

2 March 2016 Matchday 29	Celtic	0 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 41,451 Referee: John Beaton

12 March 2016 Matchday 30	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow, Scotland
	Welsh 85' (pen.)	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 45' McGregor 54'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,238 Referee: Stephen Finnie

19 March 2016 Matchday 31	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Celtic	Kilmarnock, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report	Rogić 90'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 6,867 Referee: Alan Muir

2 April 2016 Matchday 32	Celtic	3 – 1	Hearts	Glasgow, Scotland
	Mackay-Steven 15' Roberts 35', 49'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Walker 5'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 49,009 Referee: Bobby Madden

5 April 2016 Matchday 21	Dundee	0 – 0	Celtic	Dundee, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,566 Referee: Kevin Clancy

9 April 2016 Matchday 33	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell, Scotland
	McDonald 60'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 44', 75'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,123 Referee: Willie Collum

24 April 2016 Matchday 34	Celtic	1 – 1	Ross County	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 23'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Murdoch 64'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 41,396 Referee: Don Robertson

30 April 2016 Matchday 35	Hearts	1 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh, Scotland
	Dauda 57'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Kazim-Richards 17' Roberts 66' Griffiths 85'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,527 Referee: Alan Muir

8 May 2016 Matchday 36	Celtic	3 – 2	Aberdeen	Glasgow, Scotland
	Roberts 7', 20' Lustig 49'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	McGinn 57' Considine 64'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,877 Referee: Bobby Madden

11 May 2016 Matchday 37	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Celtic	Perth, Scotland
	MacLean 56' Cummins 77'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 53'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 5,959 Referee: Willie Collum

15 May 2016 Matchday 38	Celtic	7 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow, Scotland
	Tierney 21' Rogić 26' Lustig 28' Armstrong 50' Roberts 54' Christie 59' Aitchison 77'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 49,050 Referee: Euan Anderson

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Second Qualifying Round

15 July 2015 Second Qualifying	Celtic	2 – 0	Stjarnan	Glasgow, Scotland
	Boyata 44' Johansen 56'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,185 Referee: Daniel Siebert

22 July 2015 Second Qualifying	Stjarnan	1 – 4 (1 – 6 agg.)	Celtic	Garðabær, Iceland
	Finsen 7'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Bitton 32' Mulgrew 49' Griffiths 88' Johansen 90+3'	Stadium: Stjörnuvöllur Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Third Qualifying Round

29 July 2015 Third Qualifying	Celtic	1 – 0	Qarabağ	Glasgow, Scotland
	Boyata 82'	BBC Sport Celtic Sport		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 43,011 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

5 August 2015 Third Qualifying	Qarabağ	0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.)	Celtic	Baku, Azerbaijan
		BBC Sport Celtic Sport		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Referee: Martin Strömbergsson

Play-Off Round

19 August 2015 Play-Off Round	Celtic	3 – 2	Malmö	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 3', 61' Bitton 10'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Berget 52', 90+5'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 52,412 Referee: Felix Brych

25 August 2015 Play-Off Round	Malmö	2 – 0 (4 – 3 agg.)	Celtic	Malmö, Sweden
	Rosenberg 23' Boyata 54' (o.g.)	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Milorad Mažić

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MOL	FEN	AJX	CEL
1	Molde	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	1–1	3–1
2	Fenerbahçe	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	1–0	1–1
3	Ajax	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7		1–1	0–0	—	2–2
4	Celtic	6	0	3	3	8	12	−4	3		1–2	2–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 Group A	Ajax	2 – 2	Celtic	Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Fischer 24' Schone 84'	BBC Report Celtic Report	Bitton 8' Lustig 42'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,455 Referee: Luca Banti

1 October 2015 Group A	Celtic	2 – 2	Fenerbahçe	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 28' Commons 32'	BBC Report Celtic Report	Fernandão 43', 48'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,455 Referee: Kenn Hansen

22 October 2015 Group A	Molde	3 – 1	Celtic	Molde, Norway
	Kamara 11' Forren 18' Elyounoussi 56'	BBC Report Celtic Report	Commons 55'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,166 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

5 November 2015 Group A	Celtic	1 – 2	Molde	Glasgow, Scotland
	Commons 26'	BBC Report Celtic Report	Elyounoussi 21' D. Hestad 37'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,071 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

26 November 2015 Group A	Celtic	1 – 2	Ajax	Glasgow, Scotland
	McGregor 4'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Milik 22' Černý 88'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 44,118 Referee: Felix Zwayer

10 December 2015 Group A	Fenerbahçe	1 – 1	Celtic	Istanbul, Turkey
	Marković 39'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Commons 75'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Serge Gumienny

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

23 September 2015 Third Round	Celtic	2 – 0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow, Scotland
	Commons 32' Johansen 87'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,591 Referee: John McKendrick

28 October 2015 Quarter-Finals	Hearts	1 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh, Scotland
	Sutchuin 90+4'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 71' Rogić 82'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 11,598 Referee: John Beaton

31 January 2016 Semi-Finals	Ross County	3 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow, Scotland
	Woods 15' (pen.) Quinn 48' Schalk 63'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Mackay-Steven 1'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 22,130 Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup

10 January 2016 Fourth-round	Stranraer	0 – 3	Celtic	Stranraer, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 18' 84' Cole 42'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 4,051 Referee: Andrew Dallas

7 February 2016 Fifth-round	East Kilbride	0 – 2	Celtic	Airdrie, Scotland
		BBC Sport Celtic Report	Griffiths 21' Kazim-Richards 50'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 7,767 Referee: George Salmond

6 March 2016 Quarter-finals	Celtic	3 – 0	Greenock Morton	Glasgow, Scotland
	Griffiths 14' Mackay-Steven 25' McGregor 35'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,858 Referee: Willie Collum

17 April 2016 Semi-finals	Rangers	2 – 2*	Celtic	Glasgow, Scotland
	Miller 16' McKay 96'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Sviatchenko 50' Rogic 106'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,069 Referee: Craig Thomson

*Celtic lost the match 5-4 on penalties

Player statistics

Squad, appearances and goals


No.	Nat	Positions	Total				League		Europe		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Nat	Positions	Players	Apps	Goals	Mins	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Craig Gordon	52	0	4710	35	0	12	0	3	0	2	0
26		GK	Logan Bailly	5	0	450	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
38		GK	Leonardo Fasan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2		DF	Tyler Blackett	8	0	456	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
3		DF	Emilio Izaguirre	24	2	1937	16	2	7	0	1	0	0	0
4		DF	Efe Ambrose	31	0	2021	21	0	6	0	2	0	2	0
5		DF	Jozo Šimunović	17	1	1392	11	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
20		DF	Dedryck Boyata	42	6	3561	26	4	12	2	2	0	2	0
21		DF	Charlie Mulgrew	20	2	1392	13	1	4	1	0	0	3	0
22		DF	Saidy Janko	13	0	778	10	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
23		DF	Mikael Lustig	44	5	3915	30	4	9	2	2	0	3	0
28		DF	Erik Sviatchenko	18	1	1581	14	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
34		DF	Eoghan O'Connell	1	0	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		DF	Stuart Findlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41		DF	Darnell Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51		DF	Anthony Ralston	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59		DF	Calum Waters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
63		DF	Kieran Tierney	33	1	2830	23	1	4	0	2	0	4	0
Midfielders
6		MF	Nir Bitton	46	8	3851	30	5	11	3	2	0	3	0
8		MF	Scott Brown	36	1	3144	22	1	9	0	2	0	3	0
14		MF	Stuart Armstrong	39	4	2238	25	4	11	0	2	0	1	0
15		MF	Kris Commons	33	9	1944	21	4	8	4	2	1	2	0
16		MF	Gary Mackay-Steven	37	6	2295	25	4	7	0	2	1	3	1
17		MF	Ryan Christie	6	1	229	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Tom Rogić	38	10	2155	29	8	5	0	2	1	2	1
19		MF	Scott Allan	16	0	517	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
25		MF	Stefan Johansen	40	4	3313	23	1	11	2	3	1	3	0
27		MF	Patrick Roberts	13	6	992	11	6	0	0	0	0	2	0
42		MF	Callum McGregor	33	6	2061	26	4	2	1	2	0	3	1
49		MF	James Forrest	31	2	1808	17	2	10	0	3	0	1	0
52		MF	Joe Thomson	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53		MF	Liam Henderson	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64		MF	Aidan Nesbitt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
7		FW	Nadir Çiftçi	22	4	1047	11	4	9	0	2	0	0	0
9		FW	Leigh Griffiths	51	40	3982	34	31	11	4	2	1	4	4
10		FW	Anthony Stokes	2	0	106	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12		FW	Stefan Šćepović	1	0	71	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		FW	Colin Kazim-Richards	13	2	623	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
24		FW	Carlton Cole	5	1	148	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
99		FW	Jack Aitchison	1	1	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Appearances = Total appearances
Last updated: 15 May 2016

Goalscorers

R	No.	Pos.	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Europe	Total
1	9	FW	Leigh Griffiths	31	4	1	4	40
2	18	MF	Tom Rogić	8	1	1	0	10
3	15	MF	Kris Commons	4	0	1	4	9
4	6	MF	Nir Bitton	5	0	0	3	8
5	20	DF	Dedryck Boyata	4	0	0	2	6
	42	MF	Callum McGregor	4	1	0	1	6
	16	MF	Gary Mackay-Steven	4	1	1	0	6
	27	MF	Patrick Roberts	6	0	0	0	6
6	23	DF	Mikael Lustig	4	0	0	1	5
7	25	MF	Stefan Johansen	1	0	1	2	4
	7	FW	Nadir Çiftçi	4	0	0	0	4
	14	MF	Stuart Armstrong	4	0	0	0	4
8	21	DF	Charlie Mulgrew	1	0	0	1	2
	3	DF	Emilio Izaguirre	2	0	0	0	2
	49	MF	James Forrest	2	0	0	0	2
	13	FW	Colin Kazim-Richards	1	1	0	0	2
9	8	MF	Scott Brown	1	0	0	0	1
	24	FW	Carlton Cole	0	1	0	0	1
	5	DF	Jozo Šimunović	1	0	0	0	1
	28	DF	Erik Sviatchenko	0	1	0	0	1
	63	DF	Kieran Tierney	1	0	0	0	1
	17	MF	Ryan Christie	1	0	0	0	1
	99	FW	Jack Aitchison	1	0	0	0	1
Total				90	10	5	18	123

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Europe:^[1]

Assists table

R	No.	Pos.	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Europe	Total
1	14	MF	Stuart Armstrong	7	0	0	1	8
1	42	MF	Callum McGregor	6	1	1	0	8
2	25	MF	Stefan Johansen	4	0	0	3	7
2	18	MF	Tom Rogić	7	0	0	0	7
3	15	MF	Kris Commons	3	0	0	3	6
	16	MF	Gary Mackay-Steven	4	1	0	1	6
	63	DF	Kieran Tierney	4	2	0	0	6
	9	FW	Leigh Griffiths	4	0	2	0	6
	23	DF	Mikael Lustig	5	0	0	1	6
4	6	MF	Nir Bitton	3	1	0	0	4
4	19	MF	Scott Allan	3	1	0	0	4
5	3	DF	Emilio Izaguirre	2	0	0	0	2
	22	DF	Saidy Janko	2	0	0	0	2
	49	MF	James Forrest	1	0	0	1	2
6	8	MF	Scott Brown	0	0	0	1	1
	21	DF	Charlie Mulgrew	0	0	0	1	1
	5	DF	Virgil van Dijk	1	0	0	0	1
	7	FW	Nadir Çiftçi	1	0	0	0	1
	20	DF	Dedryck Boyata	0	1	0	0	1
	27	MF	Patrick Roberts	0	1	0	0	1
Total				57	8	3	12	80

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Europe:^[1]

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Celtic first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name													Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League			League Cup		Scottish Cup	Europe			Total			Notes
25	MF		Stefan Johansen	5			2		1	7			15
6	MF		Nir Bitton	6	1		1			1		1	8	1	1
9	FW		Leigh Griffiths	6			1			1			8
23	DF		Mikael Lustig	3			1			3			7
28	DF		Erik Sviatchenko	4					2				6
8	MF		Scott Brown	5						1			6
4	DF		Efe Ambrose	4		1		1		2			6		2
3	DF		Emilio Izaguirre	2						3	1		5	1
20	DF		Dedryck Boyata	1		1				3			4		1
14	MF		Stuart Armstrong	3									3
13	FW		Colin Kazim-Richards	3									3
19	MF		Scott Allan	1						1			2
49	MF		James Forrest							2			2
21	DF		Charlie Mulgrew	2									2
5	DF		Jozo Šimunović	1						1			2
5	DF		Virgil van Dijk							2			2
7	FW		Nadir Çiftçi	1						1			2
1	GK		Craig Gordon	1			1						2
63	DF		Kieran Tierney	1						1			2
18	MF		Tom Rogić	2									2
15	MF		Kris Commons							1			1
22	DF		Saidy Janko	1									1
16	MF		Gary Mackay-Steven	1									1
34	DF		Eoghan O'Connell	1									1
42	MF		Callum McGregor	1									1

Last updated: 11 May 2016
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Aberdeen	38	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	11	9	59	40	+19	65	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	St Johnstone	38	16	8	14	58	55	+3	56
5	Motherwell	38	15	5	18	47	63	−16	50

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[2]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division Summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 11 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final Position	First match	Last match
Scottish Premiership	Matchday 1	Winners	1 August 2015	15 May 2016
Scottish Cup	4th Round	Semi-Final	10 January 2016	17 April 2016
League Cup	3rd Round	Semi-Final	23 September 2015	31 January 2016
Champions League	2nd Qualifying Round	Play-off round	15 July 2015	25 August 2015
Europa League	Group stage	Group stage	17 September 2015	10 December 2015

Last Updated: 15 May 2016

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Scottish Premiership	7001380000000000000♠38	7001260000000000000♠26	7000800000000000000♠8	7000400000000000000♠4	7001930000000000000♠93	7001310000000000000♠31	+62	7001684200000000000♠68.42
Scottish Cup	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7001100000000000000♠10	7000200000000000000♠2	+8	7001750000000000000♠75.00
Scottish League Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7000400000000000000♠4	+1	7001666700000000000♠66.67
Champions League	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001100000000000000♠10	7000500000000000000♠5	+5	7001666700000000000♠66.67
Europa League	7000600000000000000♠6	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7000800000000000000♠8	7001120000000000000♠12	−4	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Total	7001570000000000000♠57	7001350000000000000♠35	7001120000000000000♠12	7001100000000000000♠10	7002126000000000000♠126	7001540000000000000♠54	+72	7001614000000000000♠61.40

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	14	4	1	55	12	+43	12	4	3	38	19	+19

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Ronny Deila
Assistant coach	John Collins
First Team Coach	John Kennedy
Goalkeeping Coach	Stevie Woods
Head of Performance	Bård Ove Homstøl
Head of Youth Academy	Chris McCart
Football Development Manager	John Park
First Team Consultant	Jim McGuinness
Scouting	John Park David Moss Sjaak van den Helder Michael Murphy John McGlynn
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Performance Specialist	Grete Mellingen Homstøl
Head Physiotherapist	Tim Williamson
Physiotherapists	Gavin McCarthy
Doctor	Ian Sharpe
Head of Sports Science	Ian Coll
Sports Scientists	Andy Guard John Currie
First Team Nutritionist	Kenn Hallstensen
Head of Professional Academy	Tommy McIntyre
Head of Youth Recruitment	Willie McStay
Academy Welfare & Operations Manager	Brian Meehan
Under 20s Coach	Stephen Frail to September 2015 Davie McGovern
U17's Manager	Tommy McIntyre
U17's Coach	Miodrag Krivokapić George McCluskey

Last updated: 5 July 2015
Source: Celtic Wiki

Transfers

Transfers In

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
20	DF	Dedryck Boyata	24	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2019	£1.5 million	^[3]
22	DF	Saidy Janko	19	EU	Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	^[4]
26	GK	Logan Bailly	29	EU	OH Leuven	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed Fee	^[5]
7	FW	Nadir Çiftçi	23	EU	Dundee United	Transfer	Summer	2019	£1.5 million	^[6]
19	MF	Scott Allan	23	EU	Hibernian	Transfer	Summer	2019	£275,000	^[7]
2	DF	Tyler Blackett	21	EU	Manchester United	Loan	Summer	2016	Loan	^[8]
17	MF	Ryan Christie	20	EU	Inverness CT	Transfer	Summer	2019	£500,000	^[9]
5	DF	Jozo Šimunović	21	EU	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer	2020	£3 million	^[10]^[11]
24	FW	Carlton Cole	32	EU	Unattached	Transfer		2017	Free	^[12]
28	DF	Erik Sviatchenko	24	EU	FC Midtjylland	Transfer	Winter	2020	£1.5 million	^[13]
27	MF	Patrick Roberts	18	EU	Manchester City	Loan	Winter	2017	Loan	^[14]
13	FW	Colin Kazim-Richards	29	EU	Feyenoord	Transfer	Winter	2018	Free	^[15]

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
43	DF	Joe Chalmers	21	EU	Motherwell	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[16]
24	GK	Łukasz Załuska	33	EU	SV Darmstadt 98	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[17]
20	FW	Teemu Pukki	25	EU	Brøndby IF	Transfer	Summer	£500,000	^[18]
31	MF	John Herron	21	EU	Blackpool	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[19]
19	FW	Hólmbert Friðjónsson	22	EU	KR	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[20]
2	DF	Adam Matthews	23	EU	Sunderland	Transfer	Summer	£2 million	^[21]
33	FW	Paul McMullan	19	EU	St Mirren	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[22]
29	MF	Michael Duffy	20	EU	Alloa	Loan	Summer	Loan
32	MF	Connor McManus	19	EU	Alloa	Loan	Summer	Loan
59	DF	Calum Waters	19	EU	Dumbarton	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[23]
35	DF	Stuart Findlay	19	EU	Kilmarnock	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[24]
17	FW	Amido Balde	24	Non-EU	FC Metz	Contract Terminated	Summer	Free	^[25]
54	MF	Jamie Lindsay	19	EU	Dumbarton	Loan	Summer	Loan
36	MF	Jackson Irvine	22	Non-EU	Ross County	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[26]
46	MF	Dylan McGeouch	22	EU	Hibernian	Transfer	Summer	Swap Deal	^[27]
53	MF	Liam Henderson	19	EU	Hibernian	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[7]
41	DF	Darnell Fisher	21	EU	St Johnstone	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[28]
12	FW	Stefan Šćepović	25	Non-EU	Getafe	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[29]
5	DF	Virgil van Dijk	24	EU	Southampton	Transfer	Summer	£11.5 million	^[30]
34	DF	Eoghan O'Connell	20	EU	Oldham Athletic	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[31]
17	MF	Ryan Christie	20	EU	Inverness CT	Loan	Summer	Loan	^[9]
10	FW	Anthony Stokes	27	EU	Hibernian	Loan	Winter	Loan	^[32]
7	FW	Nadir Çiftçi	23	EU	Eskişehirspor	Loan	Winter	Loan	^[33]
48	DF	Jack Breslin	18	EU	Annan Athletic	Loan	Winter	Loan	^[34]
64	MF	Aidan Nesbitt	18	EU	Partick Thistle	Loan	Winter	Loan	^[35]
34	DF	Eoghan O'Connell	20	EU	Cork City	Loan	Winter	Loan	^[36]
33	FW	Paul McMullan	19	EU	Greenock Morton	Loan	Winter	Loan	^[37]
11	MF	Derk Boerrigter	29	EU	Free Agent	Contract Terminated		Free

Total income: £14 million

Total expenditure: £8.275 million

Total profit/loss: £5.725 million

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Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	14	4	1	55	12	+43	12	4	3	38	19	+19

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	14	4	1	55	12	+43	12	4	3	38	19	+19

2015–16 Celtic F.C. season

Results & fixtures

Pre-season and friendlies

Scottish Premiership

UEFA Champions League

Second Qualifying Round

Third Qualifying Round

Play-Off Round

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Assists table

Disciplinary Record

Team statistics

League table

Division Summary

Overall

Overview

Results Summary

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers In

Transfers out

See also

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	8	4	93	31	+62	86	14	4	1	55	12	+43	12	4	3	38	19	+19