Celtic

2004–05 season
Chairman	Brian Quinn
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Ground	Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League	2nd
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: John Hartson (25) All: John Hartson (30)
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Celtic started season 2004–05 looking to win the Scottish Premier League trophy and retain the Scottish Cup. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup and entered the Champions League at the group stage.

In the race for the SPL title, Celtic recorded a win over city rivals Rangers. However, as the season drew to a close, with Rangers closely following, the club extended their lead at the top of the SPL table to two points as they lined up for the final game of the season. A win at Motherwell was required to seal the title.

With two minutes remaining on the clock, Celtic were leading 1–0, a result which would have handed them the league. However, Motherwell's Scott McDonald (who later signed for Celtic) netted two last-minute goals. Rangers defeated Hibernian 1–0 at Easter Road, thereby winning the league championship title and leaving Celtic in second position. Celtic ended the season one week later with a 1–0 win over Dundee United in the Scottish Cup Final, which was marked by fans as Martin O'Neill's final match as manager.

On 25 May 2005, O'Neill announced he would resign as manager of Celtic at the end of 2004–05 season along with first team coach Steve Walford and assistant manager John Robertson. It was widely reported that O'Neill decided to take time out of football in order to care for his ailing wife, who was ill with lymphoma.^[1]

All results (home and away) list Celtic's goal tally first.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorers
18 July 2004	Craven Cottage	Fulham	2–0	Friendly	Hartson, Lennon (pen.)
24 July 2004	Qwest Field	Chelsea	2–4	ChampionsWorld Series	Beattie (2)
27 July 2004	Rentschler Field	Liverpool	1–5	ChampionsWorld Series	Beattie (pen.)
29 July 2004	Lincoln Financial Field	Manchester United	2–1	ChampionsWorld Series	Sutton (pen.), Beattie
1 August 2004	SkyDome	Roma	0–1	ChampionsWorld Series
4 August 2004	Celtic Park	Newcastle United	2–1	Friendly	Sylla, Camara
8 August 2004	Celtic Park	Motherwell	2–0	SPL	McNamara, Sutton
10 August 2004	Celtic Park	Tottenham	2–0	Friendly	Beattie, Camara
14 August 2004	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	4–2	SPL	Hartson (2), Thompson (2)
22 August 2004	Pittodrie Stadium	Inverness CT	3–1	SPL	Hartson (2), Petrov
29 August 2004	Celtic Park	Rangers	1–0	SPL	Thompson
11 September 2004	Celtic Park	Dundee	3–0	SPL	Camara (2), Hartson
14 September 2004	Celtic Park	Barcelona	1–3	UCL	Sutton
19 September 2004	Easter Road	Hibernian	2–2	SPL	Camara, Hartson
21 September 2004	Celtic Park	Falkirk	8–1	SLC	Sylla, Wallace (3), Lambert, McManus, McGeady
29 September 2004	San Siro	Milan	1–3	UCL	Varga
3 October 2004	Tannadice	Dundee United	3–0	SPL	Sutton (2) (pen.), Petrov
16 October 2004	Celtic Park	Hearts	3–0	SPL	Camara, Juninho, Hartson
20 October 2004	Lokomotiv Stadium (Donetsk)	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	UCL
24 October 2004	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	4–2	SPL	Petrov, Camara, Hartson, Sutton
27 October 2004	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	2–3	SPL	Hartson (2)
30 October 2004	Fir Park	Motherwell	3–2	SPL	McGeady, Thompson (pen.), Beattie
2 November 2004	Celtic Park	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	UCL	Thompson
6 November 2004	Celtic Park	Kilmarnock	2–1	SPL	McGeady, Thompson (pen.)
10 November 2004	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	1–2	SLC	Hartson
13 November 2004	Celtic Park	Inverness CT	3–0	SPL	Sutton, Hartson (2)
20 November 2004	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	0–2	SPL
24 November 2004	Nou Camp	Barcelona	1–1	UCL	Hartson
28 November 2004	Dens Park	Dundee	2–2	SPL	Camara, Hartson
4 December 2004	Celtic Park	Hibernian	2–1	SPL	Hartson (2)
7 December 2004	Celtic Park	Milan	0–0	UCL
12 December 2004	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	SPL	Sutton, Petrov
18 December 2004	Celtic Park	Dundee United	1–0	SPL	Sutton
26 December 2004	Tynecastle	Hearts	2–0	SPL	McGeady, Petrov
2 January 2005	Celtic Park	Livingston	2–1	SPL	Hartson, Sutton
9 January 2005	Celtic Park	Rangers	2–1	SC	Sutton, Hartson
16 January 2005	Pittodrie	Aberdeen	1–0	SPL	Sutton
22 January 2005	Celtic Park	Motherwell	2–0	SPL	Sutton, Petrov
30 January 2005	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	1–0	SPL	Sutton (pen.)
6 February 2005	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	SC	Hartson (2) Sutton
9 January 2005	Celtic Park	Rangers	0–2	SPL
27 February 2005	Broadwood Stadium	Clyde	5–0	SC	Varga (2), Thompson (pen.), Petrov, Bellamy
2 March 2005	Celtic Park	Dundee	3–0	SPL	Petrov, Balde (2)
6 March 2005	Easter Road	Hibernian	3–1	SPL	Petrov, Hartson, Bellamy
12 March 2005	Celtic Park	Dunfermline Athletic	6–0	SPL	Hartson (2), McGeady, Petrov (2), Beattie
16 March 2005	Caledonian Stadium	Inverness CT	2–0	SPL	Bellamy, Thompson (pen.)
19 March 2005	Tannadice	Dundee United	3–2	SPL	Bellamy (3)
2 April 2005	Celtic Park	Hearts	0–2	SPL
10 April 2005	Hampden Park	Hearts	2–1	SC	Sutton, Bellamy
13 April 2005	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	4–0	SPL	Hartson (3) (pen.), Varga
16 April 2005	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	3–2	SPL	Varga, Hartson, Bellamy
24 April 2005	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	2–1	SPL	Petrov, Bellamy
30 April 2005	Celtic Park	Hibernian	1–3	SPL	Beattie
8 May 2005	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	2–0	SPL	Hartson (2)
15 May 2005	Tynecastle	Hearts	2–1	SPL	Thompson, Beattie
22 May 2005	Fir Park	Motherwell	1–2	SPL	Sutton
28 May 2005	Hampden Park	Dundee United	1–0	SC	Thompson

Key:

• SPL = Scottish Premier League
• SC = Scottish Cup
• SLC = Scottish League Cup
• CLF - Champions League Group F
• CL = Champions League Match
• F = Friendly match

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SUI Stéphane Henchoz 3 MF  GUI Mohamed Sylla 4 DF  SCO Jackie McNamara 5 DF  BEL Joos Valgaeren 6 DF  GUI Bobo Baldé 7 MF  BRA Juninho Paulista 8 MF  ENG Alan Thompson 9 FW  ENG Chris Sutton 10 FW  WAL John Hartson 11 MF  SCO Stephen Pearson 12 MF  ESP David Fernández 14 MF  SCO Paul Lambert 16 DF  DEN Ulrik Laursen 17 MF  FRA Didier Agathe 18 MF  NIR Neil Lennon 19 MF  BUL Stiliyan Petrov

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  SCO Rab Douglas 21 GK  SWE Magnus Hedman 22 GK  SCO David Marshall 23 DF  SVK Stanislav Varga 27 FW  SEN Henri Camara 29 MF  SCO Shaun Maloney 33 MF  SCO Ross Wallace 35 MF  SCO Paul Lawson 37 FW  SCO Craig Beattie 41 DF  SCO John Kennedy 44 DF  SCO Stephen McManus 46 MF  IRL Aiden McGeady 47 FW  WAL Craig Bellamy — DF  SCO Craig Reid 48 MF  SCO James McLeod — FW  ISL Kjartan Finnbogason

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	SUI	Stéphane Henchoz	8	0	2+4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla	9	1	1+5	0	0	0	1	1	0+2	0
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara	44	1	34	1	4	0	1	0	5	0
5	DF	BEL	Joos Valgaeren	28	0	18+1	0	1+1	0	2	0	4+1	0
6	DF	GUI	Dianbobo Balde	46	3	34	2	5	0	2	1	5	0
7	MF	BRA	Juninho Paulista	22	1	9+5	1	1+1	0	2	0	2+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson	44	10	32	7	5	2	1+1	0	5	1
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton	37	16	25+2	12	5	3	0	0	4+1	1
10	FW	WAL	John Hartson	49	30	38	25	4	3	1	1	6	1
11	MF	SCO	Stephen Pearson	9	0	1+7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	FW	ESP	David Fernández	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert	7	1	0+4	0	0+2	0	1	1	0	0
15	MF	NED	Bobby Petta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	DEN	Ulrik Laursen	21	0	12+6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF	FRA	Didier Agathe	24	0	14+2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon	49	0	38	0	4	0	1	0	6	0
19	MF	BUL	Stiliyan Petrov	49	12	37	11	5	1	1	0	6	0
20	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas	19	0	14	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK	SWE	Magnus Hedman	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	GK	SCO	David Marshall	24	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
23	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga	46	6	34	3	5	2	1	0	6	1
27	FW	SEN	Henri Camara	26	8	12+6	8	0+1	0	0+1	0	4+2	0
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	21	3	4+12	0	0+1	0	1	3	0+3	0
35	MF	SCO	Paul Lawson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	SCO	Craig Beattie	13	4	0+11	4	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	SCO	Stephen McManus	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0+1	0
46	MF	IRL	Aiden McGeady	37	5	20+7	4	2+3	0	1+1	1	2+1	0
47	FW	WAL	Craig Bellamy	15	9	12	7	3	2	0	0	0	0

In:

Date	Player	From	Fee	Source
29 July 2004	Jacob Lensky	Blackburn Rovers	10Bosman
5 August 2004	Henri Camara	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10Loan
25 August 2004	Juninho	Middlesbrough	10Bosman
23 December 2004	Kjartan Finnbogason	KR	10Undisclosed
23 December 2004	Teddy Bjarnason	KR	10Undisclosed
29 January 2005	Stéphane Henchoz	Liverpool	10Bosman
31 January 2005	Craig Bellamy	Newcastle United	10Loan

Out:

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
30 June 2004	Henrik Larsson	Barcelona	10Bosman
1 July 2004	Liam Miller	Manchester United	10Bosman
2 July 2004	Johan Mjällby	Levante	10Bosman
21 July 2004	Jamie Smith	ADO Den Haag	10Bosman
10 November 2004	Bobby Petta	Terminated contract	Released
8 January 2005	Kevin McBride	Motherwell	10Undisclosed
6 April 2005	Juninho	Palmeiras	10Bosman

• List of Celtic F.C. seasons

James McLeod was released due to long term injury, ongoing Sciatic nerve problem due to dislocating herniated disc.