# 2006–07 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic started season 2006–07 looking to retain the Scottish Premier League trophy and the Scottish League Cup. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, and entered the Champions League at the group stage. Such was the good form of Celtic and the lack of a clear rival in the early stages of the 2006–07 season, that bookmakers Paddy Power paid out on Celtic as the winners of the SPL on 6 November 2006, only 13 games into the season. By mid-November Celtic were 11 points clear of their nearest challengers.
Having qualified automatically for the group stage of the Champions League, Celtic were drawn with Benfica, Copenhagen, and Manchester United. Although Celtic lost their 3 away games, a 100% record at home earned them qualification to the knockout stage for the first time since the group format was introduced in 1992–93. Their opponents in the last 16 were Milan. After both legs of the tie ended 0–0, Celtic's Champions League run was ended by a solitary Milan goal in extra-time by Kaká.
During the January 2007 transfer window Celtic signed Scotland internationals and former Hearts players Steven Pressley and Paul Hartley, full-back Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé from Rennes on loan and goalkeeper Mark Brown from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
On 22 April 2007 Celtic won their second consecutive league championship, and 40th overall. The title was secured by an injury-time free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura in a 2–1 victory against Kilmarnock. The result left Celtic 13 points clear of Rangers with four matches remaining. They finished the season 12 points above Rangers.
On 26 May 2007 Celtic won the Scottish Cup for a record 34th time after beating Dunfermline 1–0. The winner was scored by Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé in the 84th minute.

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | POL | Artur Boruc | 51 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Paul Telfer | 31 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GUI | Mohammed Camara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Lee Naylor | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Gary Caldwell | 28 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GUI | Bobo Baldé | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | POL | Maciej Żurawski | 34 | 10 | 19+7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Alan Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Kenny Miller | 44 | 8 | 20+11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | 30 | 18 | 17+4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson | 19 | 2 | 3+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Paul Hartley | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Mark Wilson | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Derek Riordan | 21 | 7 | 6+10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Evander Sno | 28 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | DEN | Thomas Gravesen | 33 | 6 | 18+4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Steven Pressley | 18 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NIR | Neil Lennon | 44 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BUL | Stiliyan Petrov | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Jiří Jarošík | 34 | 5 | 18+7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Mark Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SCO | David Marshall | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SVK | Stanislav Varga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CMR | Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Nakamura | 50 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 26 | FW | IRL | Cillian Sheridan | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Shaun Maloney | 15 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Ross Wallace | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Paul Lawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | SCO | Craig Beattie | 20 | 3 | 9+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | SCO | John Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 44 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | IRL | Jim O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | IRL | Aiden McGeady | 46 | 5 | 22+12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | NIR | Michael McGovern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | IRL | Darren O'Dea | 21 | 3 | 9+5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | SCO | Scott Cuthbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | SCO | Gary Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | SCO | Nicky Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | SCO | Paul Caddis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | SCO | Ryan Conroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | ISL | Teddy Bjarnason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

### Goal scorers

| R | Player | Scottish Premier League | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Maciej Żurawski | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Kenny Miller | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Derek Riordan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Thomas Gravesen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Jiří Jarošík | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Darren O'Dea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Craig Beattie | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Stiliyan Petrov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Stephen McManus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Stephen Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Steven Pressley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Evander Sno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 65 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 61 | |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 55 | |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Gordon Strachan |
| Assistant Manager | Garry Pendrey |
| First Team Coach | Tommy Burns |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Jim Blyth |
| Head of Youth Academy | Tommy Burns |
| Head of Recruitment | John Park |
| Physiotherapist | Tim Williamson |
| Physiotherapist | Gavin McCarthy |
| Doctor | Gerry McCann |
| Head of Sports Science | Jim Henry |
Last updated: 12 June 2017 Source:

## Transfers

| Player | From | Fee |
| Kenny Miller | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free |
| Gary Caldwell | Hibernian | Free |
| Jiří Jarošík | Chelsea | £1,100,000 |
| Evander Sno | Feyenoord | £80,000 |
| Derek Riordan | Hibernian | £150,000 |
| Lee Naylor | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £600,000 |
| Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | PSV Eindhoven | £4,000,000 |
| Thomas Gravesen | Real Madrid | £2,000,000 |
| Steven Pressley | Hearts | Free |
| Mark Brown | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | £300,000 |
| Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé | Rennes | Loan |
| Paul Hartley | Hearts | £1,100,000 |
Out: 2006–07 Season
| Player | To | Fee |
| Dion Dublin | Norwich City | Free |
| Sandy Wood | Forfar | Free |
| Roy Keane | | Retired |
| John Hartson | West Brom | £500,000 |
| Ross Harris | Dundee | Free |
| Mark Staunton | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| Mohammed Camara | Derby County | Free |
| Charlie Mulgrew | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Swap |
| Stiliyan Petrov | Aston Villa | £6,500,000 |
| Stanislav Varga | Sunderland | £400,000 |
| Ross Wallace | Sunderland | £400,000 |
| Jacob Lensky | Feyenoord | Undisclosed |
| Stephen Pearson | Derby County | £750,000 |
| Shaun Maloney | Aston Villa | £1,100,000 |
    Total income: £7,830,000
    Total spending: £9,650,000

### Loans

Loaned out:
| Player | To | Length |
| David Marshall | Norwich City | January to end of season |
| Paul McGowan | Morton | January to end of season |
| Paul Lawson | St Johnstone | January to end of season |
| Adam Virgo | Coventry City | Season long |
| Rocco Quinn | Kilmarnock | Season long |
| Michael Gardyne | Ross County | Season long |
| Gary Irvine | Ross County | Season long |
| Alan Thompson | Leeds United | Season loan |
| Diarmuid O'Carroll | Ross County | Season loan |
| James O'Brien | Dunfermline Athletic | Season loan |