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2009–10 Celtic F.C. season

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Chairman
  
John Reid

Scottish Cup
  
Semi-finals

Scottish Premier League
  
2nd

Scottish League Cup
  
Quarter-finals

Manager
  
Tony Mowbray (July–March) Neil Lennon (March–May) caretaker

Ground
  
Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 60,355)

The 2009–10 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Celtic.

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Celtic started their 2009–10 campaign by playing in the Wembley Cup, as a buildup for the Champions League. Their first competitive game of the season was at Parkhead 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 and were drawn against 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. Neil Lennon was then appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season; his first match in charge was a 3–1 victory over Kilmarnock on 27 March. After his first win, Lennon went on to win another seven games in a row, but was unable to lead Celtic to a win in the semi-final against Ross County, who beat Celtic 2–0. This was Lennon's only defeat during his tenure as interim manager. At the end of the season, Lennon was seen as favourite to succeed Tony Mowbray as the next Celtic manager on a permanent basis.

Football Staff

  • Manager: Tony Mowbray (until March 2010).
  • Assistant Manager: Mark Venus (until March 2010).
  • 1st Team Coach: Peter Grant (until March 2010).
  • Caretaker Manager: Neil Lennon (from March 2010).
  • Development Squad Coach: Danny McGrain.
  • Head of Sports Science: Dan Harris
  • Head of Medical: Dr David Pugh

    • Results and fixtures

    Fixtures and results for Celtic FC Season 2009/10.

    NOTE: scores are written Celtic first

    Player details

    List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    References

    2009–10 Celtic F.C. season Wikipedia
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