1996–97 Celtic F.C. season

June 2025 April 2014 April 2014 Celtic 1996–97 Tommy Burns(until 2 May)Billy Stark(caretaker) Manager Fergus McCann Chairman Ground Celtic ParkGlasgow, Scotland(capacity: 60,355) Scottish Premier Division 2nd Scottish Cup Semi-finals Scottish League Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Cup First round Jorge Cadete (25) Jorge Cadete (33) _celtic9597h _celtic9597h _celtic9597h _celtic1516h 009933 009933 009933 FFFFFF FFFFFF _celtic199697 _celtic199697 _celtic199697 _celtic199697 _long_celtic199697 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996-97 season was the 103rd season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic finished the League second to Rangers same as the previous season; despite getting more points than their rivals against the rest of the teams in the league, they lost all four Old Firm derbies to end five points off the Govan club, equaling Celtic's 1966-74 record of nine-in-a-row league titles. Manager and former player Tommy Burns was sacked shortly after losing the Scottish Cup semi-final to Falkirk,June 2025 and Billy Stark finished the season as caretaker.Kyle Gregor 2014-05-23 In pictures: The complete list of Celtic managers http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gallery/3594386 2025-06-10 Daily Record en It was the second season in a row with no major honours for the Glasgow club, and the ninth in a row in which they failed to win the League. Pre-season and friendlies #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #cccccc Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly 23 July 1996 19:00 CEST VV Reünie 0–16 Match Report Celtic Cadete 21 22 55 61 72 85 Hooijdonk 11 49 pen. 63 68 Di Canio 48 60 76 87 McLaughlin 15 Thom 87 Sportcomplex De Wildbaan Borculo, Netherlands J. Floors W Friendly 24 July 2014 19:00 CEST GSV Gouda 0–8 Match Report Celtic Donnelly 29 Thom 33 Wieghorst 36 Cadete 66 Grant 67 McLaughlin 76 Hooijdonk 80 89 Gouda, Netherlands Mario van Der Ende W Friendly 26 July 2014 19:00 CEST V.V. Veere 1–9 Match Report Celtic Gladdines 47 Hooijdonk 2 O'Donnell 9 10 Cadete McLaughlin Thom 89 Hooijdonk 2 Sportpark Bieweg Veere, Netherlands W Vermeulen W Friendly 27 July 1996 19:00 GMT SC Halsteren 0–3 Match Report Celtic van Hooijdonk 8 Stubbs 14 van Hooijdonk 60 pen. Sportpark De Beek Halesteren, Netherlands Unknown M. Koopman W Friendly 29 July 1996 19:45 GMT Berkum Thuis 1–8 Match Report Celtic Kouwen 19 Di Canio 5 Thom 16 Di Canio 27 Thom 35 Cadete 46 Di Canio 60 Thom 63 Hughes 86 Sportpark De Vegtlust Zwolle, Netherlands Unknown B. Slot W Friendly 31 July 1996 19:45 GMT Celtic 2–1 Match Report Arsenal Donnelly 83 O'Donnell 89 Dixon 25 Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland 47,300 R. Tait W Friendly 3 August 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 2–2 Match Report Sporting CP Cadete 40 Donnelly 60 Filipe 80 Hughes 82 o.g. Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland 42,400 Kenny Clark D Friendly 26 November 1996 19:45 GMT Celtic 0–1 Match Report Barcelona Óscar García 20 Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland 26,623 J McCluskey L Season summary Once again, the season saw a very close title race between the two Old Firm teams. Celtic consistently remained second, only topping the table for a few days at the start of November, but stayed hot on the heels of Rangers, usually only being a couple of points behind them, and sometimes only by goal difference. However, points dropped on consecutive weekends in late November and early December saw the gap increase. Both sides endured turbulent runs of form in March, the pressure of the "Nine In A Row" - one seeking to achieve it, the other stopping it - telling. Following a 1-0 victory at Celtic Park during the final meeting of the two that season Rangers pulled decisively ahead in the title race, and this led to the dismissal of manager Tommy Burns three games before the end of the season. Competitions Scottish Premier Division 1996–97 Scottish Premier Division League table CEL Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/A/H/A/H/H Result D/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/W/W/L/D/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/L/L/D/D/W/W/D/W Position 4/2/2/2/2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /1 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Competitive matches July 2014 Matches Premier League 10 August 1996 15:00 GMT Aberdeen 2–2 Match Report Celtic Windass 74 pen Shearer 80 van Hooijdonk 28 Thom 90 Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 18,500 Hugh Dallas D Premier League 17 August 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 4–1 Match Report Raith Rovers van Hooijdonk 16 Thom 25 50 Donnelly 87 Duffield 67 Celtic Park Glasgow 47,200 Sandy Roy W Premier League 24 August 1996 15:00 GMT Kilmarnock 1–3 Match Report Celtic Reilly 27 Di Canio 61 Thom 64 Cadete 89 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 15,900 Ian Taylor W Premier League 7 September 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 5–0 Match Report Hibernian McGinlay 4 o.g. Cadete 14 45 O'Neil 51 van Hooijdonk 72 Celtic Park Glasgow 47,042 J Rowbotham W Premier League 14 September 1996 15:00 GMT Dundee United 1–2 Match Report Celtic McSwegan 87 van Hooijdonk 45 Malky MacKay 90 Tannadice Park Dundee, Scotland 12,152 W Crombie W Premier League 21 September 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 5–1 Match Report Dunfermline Athletic Cadete 32 Di Canio 35 41 van Hooijdonk 72 89 Britton 65 Celtic Park Glasgow 50,032 Clyde W Premier League 28 September 1996 15:00 GMT Rangers 2–0 Match Report Celtic Gough 51 Gascoigne 89 Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland 50,124 W Young L Premier League 12 October 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–0 Match Report Motherwell van Hooijdonk 90 Celtic Park Glasgow 49,422 R Orr W Premier League 20 September 1996 15:00 GMT Heart of Midlothian 2–2 Match Report Celtic Tynecastle Stadium Edinburgh, Scotland 13,352 D Premier League 26 September 1996 15:00 GMT Hibernian 0–4 Report Celtic Easter Road Stadium Edinburgh, Scotland 13,930 w Premier League 2 November 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–0 Match Report Aberdeen Celtic Park Glasgow 50,124 W Premier League 14 November 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 0–1 Match Report Rangers Laudrup 8 Celtic Park Glasgow 50,009 L Premier League 30 November 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 2–2 Match Report Hearts Celtic Park Glasgow 49,804 D Premier League 7 December 1996 15:00 GMT Motherwell 2–1 Report Celtic Fir Park Motherwell, Scotland 11,589 L Premier League 21 December 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–0 Match Report Dundee United Celtic Park Glasgow 46,483 W Premier League 26 December 1996 15:00 GMT Aberdeen 1–2 Report Celtic Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen, Scotland 16,748 W Premier League 28 December 1996 15:00 GMT Celtic 4–2 Match Report Dunfermline Athletic Celtic Park Glasgow 45,751 W Premier League 2 January 1997 15:00 GMT Rangers 3–1 Celtic Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 50,019 L Premier League 4 January 1997 15:00 GMT Celtic 5–0 Motherwell Celtic Park Glasgow 45,259 W Premier League 8 January 1997 19:45 GMT Celtic 6–0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park Glasgow 45,535 W Premier League 11 January 1997 15:00 GMT Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Celtic Tynecastle Park Edinburgh 15,424 W Premier League 14 January 1997 19:45 GMT Raith Rovers 1–2 Celtic Stark's Park Kirkcaldy 8,544 W Premier League 18 January 1997 15:00 GMT Celtic 4–1 Hibernian Celtic Park Glasgow 48,986 W Premier League 29 January 1997 19:45 GMT Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Celtic East End Park Dunfermline 17,919 W Premier League 1 February 1997 15:00 GMT Dundee United 1–0 Celtic Tannadice Park Dundee 12,483 L Premier League 6 February 1997 19:45 GMT Celtic 2–0 Raith Rovers Celtic Park Glasgow 44,770 W Premier League 22 February 1997 15:00 GMT Motherwell 0–1 Celtic Fir Park Motherwell 12,131 W Premier League 1 March 1997 15:00 GMT Celtic 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park Glasgow 49,578 W Premier League 11 March 1997 19:45 GMT Kilmarnock 2–0 Celtic Rugby Park Kilmarnock 15,087 L Premier League 16 March 1997 15:00 GMT Celtic 0–1 Rangers Celtic Park Glasgow 49,733 L Premier League 22 March 1997 15:00 GMT Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Celtic East End Park Dunfermline 13,092 D Premier League 5 April 1997 15:00 GMT Raith Rovers 1–1 Celtic Stark's Park Kirkcaldy 7,914 D Premier League 20 April 1997 15:00 GMT Celtic 3–0 Aberdeen Celtic Park Glasgow 46,989 W Premier League 4 May 1997 15:00 GMT Hibernian 1–3 Celtic Easter Road Edinburgh 10,546 W Premier League 7 May 1997 19:45 GMT Celtic 0–0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park Glasgow 42,788 D Premier League 10 May 1997 15:00 GMT Celtic 3–0 Dundee United Celtic Park Glasgow 46,742 W Scottish League Cup 1996–97 Scottish League Cup Second round 13 August 1996 20:00 GMT Clyde 1–3 Report Celtic Brown 74 Cadete 11 67 Thom 87 Broadwood Stadium Cumbernauld 8,000 J Fleming W Third round 4 September 1996 20:00 GMT Alloa Athletic 1–5 Report Celtic McAneney 48 Thom 41 Cadete 51 62 72 Hooijdonk 54 pen Recreation Park, Alloa Alloa 12,582 S Dougal W Quarter Finals 17 September 1996 20:00 GMT Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Report Celtic Robertson 110 Tynecastle Stadium Edinburgh 14,442 K Clark L Scottish Cup 1996–97 Scottish Cup Third round 26 January 1997 20:00 GMT Clydebank 0–5 Report Celtic Firhill Park Glasgow 16,285 J Rowbotham W Fourth round 17 February 1997 20:00 GMT Hibernian 1–1 Report Celtic Easter Road Edinburgh 16,000 W Young D Fourth round replay 26 February 1997 20:00 GMT Celtic 2–0 Report Hibernian Celtic Park Glasgow 46,424 W Young W Quarter-finals 6 March 1997 20:00 GMT Celtic 2–0 Report Rangers Celtic Park Glasgow 49,519 J McCluskey W Semi-finals 12 April 1997 20:00 GMT Celtic 1–1 Report Falkirk Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 45,261 Willie Young D Semi-final replay 23 April 1997 20:00 GMT Falkirk 1–0 Report Celtic Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 35,879 Willie Young L UEFA Cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 1st leg 6 August 1996 20:00 GMT Košice Slovakia 0–0 Report SCO Celtic Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli Košice 16,000 Konrad Plautz D Qualifying round 2nd leg 20 August 1996 20:00 GMT Celtic SCO 1–0 Report 1–0 Slovakia Košice Cadete 88 Celtic Park Glasgow 44,448 J Hireiniemi W First round 1st leg 10 September 1996 20:00 GMT Celtic SCO 0–2 Report GER Hamburger SV Baron 2 Schupp 71 Celtic Park Glasgow 45,400 Pierluigi Collina L First round2nd leg 24 September 1996 19:45 GMT Hamburger SV GER 2–0 4–0 Report SCO Celtic Baron 24 Breitenreiter 50 Volksparkstadion Hamburg 29.600 V Schuk L Statistics Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Celtic first squad during the season. League Europe League Cup Scottish Cup 5 DF ENG Alan Stubbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 y MF DEN Morten Wieghorst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 y GK SCO Gordon Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 DF SCO Malky Mackay 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 y DF ENG Stuart Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 y DF ITA Enrico Annoni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 FW SCO Phil O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 y FW SCO Simon Donnelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 DF SCO John Hughes 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 y DF SCO Tom Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 FW Netherlands Pierre Van Hooijdonk 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 y MF ITA Paolo Di Canio 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 FW POR Jorge Cadete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 y MF SCO Brian O'Neil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 y DF SCO Tosh McKinlay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 y DF SCO Peter Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 DF SCO Jackie McNamara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 42 MF SCO Paul McStay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 MF SCO Brian McLaughlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 FW GER Andreas Thom 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 July 2014 Competitive matches July 2014 Transfers Transfers in ITA Paolo Di Canio Transfer y ITA 7 FW 1968 06 09 1996 09 01 AC Milan ITA S 1998 £3,000,000 ENG Alan Stubbs Transfer y ENG 6 DF 1971 10 06 1996 09 01 Bolton Wanderers ENG S 1998 £4,000,000 SCO David Hannah Transfer y SCO 16 MF 1973 08 04 1996 12 28 Dundee United SCO S 1998 £650,000 ITA Enrico Annoni Transfer y ITA 17 DF 1966 06 01 1997 02 01 Roma ITA W 1999 £300,000 Source Northern Ireland John Convery Transfer y Northern Ireland 33 DF 1980 04 01 1997 03 01 Glenavon Northern Ireland W 1998 Free Source ENG Tommy Johnson Transfer y ENG 12 FW 1971 01 15 1997 03 01 Aston Villa ENG W 1998 £2,400,000 July 2014 Total spending: £8.85 million Players out y SCO Mike Galloway Retirement DF 1 SCO y 1965 05 30 1996 06 06 Summer Free Source GRE Rudi Vata Transfer DF 4 ALB y 1969 02 13 1996 07 11 Apollon Limassol GRE Summer Free Source FRA John Collins Transfer MF 11 SCO y 1968 01 31 1996 08 01 A.S. Monaco FRA Summer Bosman Source ENG Lee Martin Transfer DF 2 ENG y 1968 02 05 1996 08 01 Bristol Rovers ENG Summer Free Source SCO John Hughes Transfer DF SCO y 1964 09 09 1996 11 06 Hibernian SCO Mid-Season £250,000 IRE Declan Boyle Transfer MF IRE y 1974 02 12 1997 01 28 Derry City IRE Winter £20,000 Source ENG Pierre Van Hooijdonk Transfer FW 9 Netherlands y 1969 11 29 1997 03 10 Nottingham Forest ENG Mid-Season £3,000,000 May 2014 Total income: £3.22 million References See also List of Celtic F.C. seasons Category:Celtic F.C. seasons Celtic