Celtic F.C. season 2008-09
- Celtic F.C. season 2008-09
The 2008-09 season is the 112th season of competitive football by Celtic.Infobox Football club season
club = Celtic
season = 2008-09
manager = Gordon Strachan
chairman = Dr. John Reid
league = Scottish Premier League
league result = n/a
cup1 = Scottish Cup| cup1 result = n/a
cup2 = League Cup | cup2 result = n/a
cup3 = Champions League | cup3 result = n/a
season topscorer = n/a
league topscorer = n/a
prevseason = 2007-08
nextseason =
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The Campaign
League Campaign
The Championship flag was unfurled before Celtic's first League game, against St. Mirren at Celtic Park on 10 August by Rosemary Burns, the widow of former Celtic Player, Manager and Coach Tommy Burns, who had died of Skin Cancer at the end of season 2007/08. Celtic won the game 1-0, through a Barry Robson penalty, getting their Campaign off to a winning start.
European Campaign
Celtic, as Scottish Champions, qualified directly for the UEFA Champions League, where they are the sole Scottish side as Rangers FC were knocked out in the 2nd qualifying round by FBK Kaunas, meaning Celtic collect all the TV Money allocated to Scotland.They were in Pot 3 for the Group Stage draw which took place in Monaco on 28th August, where they were drawn with Manchester United, Villarreal and Aalborg. The first game, a home tie against Aalborg, finished in a goalless draw.
Domestic Cups
Celtic enter the Scottish League Cup at the third round proper (the Last 16 stage) and the Scottish Cup at the fourth round proper (the Round of 32). Celtic beat Livingston 4-0 in the third round of the League Cup on 23 September, thereby qualifying for the Quarterfinals, where they will travel to Kilmarnock on 28 October. The fourth round of the Scottish Cup will take place on 10 January, with the draw being in early December.
Transfers
In
Player statistics
NOTE: Friendly matches not included
External links
* [http://www.celticfc.net Celtic FC website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/default.stm BBC My Club page]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/index.html UEFA Champions League website]
* [http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp Scottish Premier League website]
* [http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_cup.cfm Scottish Cup website]
* [http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news.cfm?curpageid=1140 Scottish League Cup website]
References
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