# 2015–16 Celtic F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the 122nd 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 and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad, appearances and goals

| No. | Nat | Positions | Total | Total | Total | Total | League | League | Europe | Europe | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish 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 | Leo 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. | Nation | 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 |
| 5 | 42 | MF | | Callum McGregor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Gary Mackay-Steven | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 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 | 7 | FW | | Nadir Çiftçi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | | Stuart Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | DF | | Charlie Mulgrew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Emilio Izaguirre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 49 | MF | | James Forrest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 13 | FW | | Colin Kazim-Richards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Scott Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | FW | | Carlton Cole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Jozo Šimunović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | DF | | Erik Sviatchenko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 63 | DF | | Kieran Tierney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Ryan Christie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 99 | FW | | Jack Aitchison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 93 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 126 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016 Europe:

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Celtic first squad during the season.
| N | P | Name | League | League | League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europe | Europe | Europe | Total | Total | Total |
| 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 93 | 31 | +62 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 65 | Qualification for the 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 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Results by round

| 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 |

### Competition overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Scottish Premiership | 1 August 2015 | 15 May 2016 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 93 | 31 | +62 | 068.42 |
| Scottish Cup | 10 January 2016 | 17 May 2016 | 4th Round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 075.00 |
| Scottish League Cup | 23 September 2015 | 31 January 2016 | 2nd round | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Champions League | 15 July 2015 | 25 August 2015 | 2nd round | Play-off round | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 17 September 2015 | 10 December 2015 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 126 | 54 | +72 | 061.40 |
Source: Competitions

### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Head of sport and medicine | Grete Mellingen Homstøl |
| Physiotherapist | Tim Williamson |
| Physiotherapists | Gavin McCarthy |
| Doctor | Jonny Gordon |
| 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

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 20 | DF | Dedryck Boyata | 24 | EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | £1,500,000 |
| 22 | DF | Saidy Janko | 19 | EU | Manchester United | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 26 | GK | Logan Bailly | 29 | EU | OH Leuven | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | £300,000 |
| 7 | FW | Nadir Çiftçi | 23 | EU | Dundee United | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | £1,500,000 |
| 19 | MF | Scott Allan | 23 | EU | Hibernian | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | £275,000 |
| 2 | DF | Tyler Blackett | 21 | EU | Manchester United | Loan | Summer | 2016 | Loan |
| 17 | MF | Ryan Christie | 20 | EU | Inverness CT | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | £500,000 |
| 5 | DF | Jozo Šimunović | 21 | EU | Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | £5,000,000 |
| 24 | FW | Carlton Cole | 32 | EU | Unattached | Transfer | | 2017 | Free |
| 28 | DF | Erik Sviatchenko | 24 | EU | FC Midtjylland | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | £1,500,000 |
| 27 | MF | Patrick Roberts | 18 | EU | Manchester City | Loan | Winter | 2017 | Loan |
| 13 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | 29 | EU | Feyenoord | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 43 | DF | Joe Chalmers | 21 | EU | Motherwell | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 24 | GK | Łukasz Załuska | 33 | EU | SV Darmstadt 98 | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 20 | FW | Teemu Pukki | 25 | EU | Brøndby IF | Transfer | Summer | £500,000 |
| 31 | MF | John Herron | 21 | EU | Blackpool | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 19 | FW | Hólmbert Friðjónsson | 22 | EU | KR | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 2 | DF | Adam Matthews | 23 | EU | Sunderland | Transfer | Summer | £2,000,000 |
| 33 | FW | Paul McMullan | 19 | EU | St Mirren | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 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 |
| 35 | DF | Stuart Findlay | 19 | EU | Kilmarnock | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 17 | FW | Amido Balde | 24 | Non-EU | FC Metz | Contract Terminated | Summer | Free |
| 54 | MF | Jamie Lindsay | 19 | EU | Dumbarton | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 36 | MF | Jackson Irvine | 22 | Non-EU | Ross County | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 46 | MF | Dylan McGeouch | 22 | EU | Hibernian | Transfer | Summer | Swap Deal |
| 53 | MF | Liam Henderson | 19 | EU | Hibernian | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 41 | DF | Darnell Fisher | 21 | EU | St Johnstone | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 12 | FW | Stefan Šćepović | 25 | Non-EU | Getafe | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 5 | DF | Virgil van Dijk | 24 | EU | Southampton | Transfer | Summer | £13,500,000 |
| 34 | DF | Eoghan O'Connell | 20 | EU | Oldham Athletic | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 17 | MF | Ryan Christie | 20 | EU | Inverness CT | Loan | Summer | Loan |
| 10 | FW | Anthony Stokes | 27 | EU | Hibernian | Loan | Winter | Loan |
| 7 | FW | Nadir Çiftçi | 23 | EU | Eskişehirspor | Loan | Winter | Loan |
| 48 | DF | Jack Breslin | 18 | EU | Annan Athletic | Loan | Winter | Loan |
| 64 | MF | Aidan Nesbitt | 18 | EU | Partick Thistle | Loan | Winter | Loan |
| 34 | DF | Eoghan O'Connell | 20 | EU | Cork City | Loan | Winter | Loan |
| 33 | FW | Paul McMullan | 19 | EU | Greenock Morton | Loan | Winter | Loan |
| 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