| 2009–10 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | John Reid | |||
| Manager | Tony Mowbray (until 25 March) Neil Lennon (Interim) | |||
| Scottish Premier League | 2nd | |||
| Scottish Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| Scottish League Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
| Champions League | Play-off round | |||
| Europa League | Group stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:Robbie Keane (12) All: Robbie Keane (16) | |||
The 2009–10 season was the 116th season of competitivefootball byCeltic.
Celtic started their 2009–10 campaign by playing in the pre-seasonWembley Cup. Their first competitive game of the season was atCeltic Park on 29 July where they were beaten 1–0 byDynamo Moscow in the 1st leg of theChampions Leaguethird-qualifying round for best placed teams. However, in the return leg atDynamo Stadium on 5 August, Celtic won 2–0 (2–1 on aggregate) thanks to a 44th-minute goal byScott McDonald and a late injury-time strike fromGeorgios Samaras, giving Celtic a first away win in Europe since their 1–0 win overMTK Hungaria atStadium Puskás Ferenc in 2003. The win took Celtic through to the Champions League play-off round, where they lost toArsenal.
Celtic kicked off theirScottish Premier League campaign with a 3–1 win overAberdeen atPittodrie Stadium. After 30 games of the season,Tony Mowbray was sacked following Celtic's 4–0 loss toSt Mirren, with Celtic 10 points behind league leaders Rangers.Neil Lennon was then appointedcaretaker manager until the end of the season; his first match in charge was a 3–1 victory overKilmarnock on 27 March. Lennon won all the remaining league games, but was unable to prevent Rangers from winning the league title.
Celtic lost theirScottish Cup semi-final againstRoss County 2–0. This was Lennon's only defeat during his tenure as interim manager.[1] After the end of the season, Lennon succeeded Tony Mowbray as the next Celtic manager on a permanent basis.
| 15 August 20091 | Aberdeen | 1–3 | Celtic | Pittodrie Stadium |
Aluko 61' | BBC Sport | McGeady 29',42' McDonald 44' | Attendance: 16,803 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 22 August 20092 | Celtic | 5–2 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
| Fortuné 21',54' Maloney 28',53'McDonald 74' | BBC Sport | Samuel 36' Morris 76' | Attendance: 58,500 Referee:William Collum |
| 30 August 20093 | Hibernian | 0–1 | Celtic | Easter Road |
| BBC Sport | Samaras 44' | Attendance: 14,221 Referee:Dougie McDonald |
| 12 September 20094 | Celtic | 1–1 | Dundee United | Celtic Park |
| McDonald 11' | BBC Sport | Goodwillie 6' | Attendance: 58,500 Referee:Steve Conroy |
| 20 September 20095 | Celtic | 2–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
| Killen 56' Loovens 90' | BBC Sport | Suso 5' | Attendance: 58,024 Referee:Dougie McDonald |
| 26 September 20096 | St Mirren | 0–2 | Celtic | St Mirren Park |
| BBC Sport | McCourt 27' Maloney 78' | Attendance: 6,164 Referee:Charlie Richmond |
| 4 October 20097 | Rangers | 2–1 | Celtic | Ibrox Stadium |
| Miller 8',16' | BBC Sport | McGeady 25' (pen.) | Attendance: 50,276 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 17 October 20098 | Celtic | 0–0 | Motherwell | Celtic Park |
| BBC Sport | Attendance: 58,000 Referee:Chris Boyle |
| 25 October 20099 | Hamilton Academical | 1–2 | Celtic | New Douglas Park |
| Antoine-Curier 83' | BBC Sport | Maloney 15' McDonald 29' | Attendance: 4,689 Referee:Iain Brines |
| 31 October 200910 | Celtic | 3–0 | Kilmarnock | Celtic Park |
| McGeady 13' Samaras 32'McGinn 78' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 46,000 Referee:William Collum |
| 8 November 200911 | Falkirk | 3–3 | Celtic | Falkirk Stadium |
| Arfield 61' (pen.) Moutinho 64'Stewart 83' | BBC Sport | Caldwell 55' McDonald 72',79' | Attendance: 6,795 Referee:Brian Winter |
| 22 November 200912 | Dundee United | 2–1 | Celtic | Tannadice Park |
| Daly 83' Dods 90+1' | BBC Sport | Robson 72' (pen.) | Attendance: 11,098 Referee:Dougie McDonald |
| 28 November 200913 | Celtic | 3–1 | St Mirren | Celtic Park |
| Innes 13' (o.g.) Samaras 42'McDonald 61' | BBC Sport | Higdon 45' | Attendance: 41,000 Referee:Steve Conroy |
| 5 December 200914 | Celtic | 3–0 | Aberdeen | Celtic Park |
| McDonald 39' Samaras 52',76' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 56,010 Referee:Mike Tumilty |
| 12 December 200915 | Motherwell | 2–3 | Celtic | Fir Park |
| Jutkiewicz 26' Reynolds 45+1' | BBC Sport | Samaras 14' McGeady 52'Fortuné 79' | Attendance: 7,807 Referee:Charlie Richmond |
| 20 December 200916 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | Celtic | Tynecastle Stadium |
| Stewart 32' (pen.) Bouzid 76' | BBC Sport | Samaras 21' | Attendance: 16,223 Referee:William Collum |
| 26 December 200917 | Celtic | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | Celtic Park |
| Loovens 13' McGinn 90+1' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 36,827 Referee:Stevie O'Reilly |
| 3 January 201018 | Celtic | 1–1 | Rangers | Celtic Park |
| McDonald 79' | BBC Sport | McCulloch 81' | Attendance: 58,300 Referee:Steve Conroy |
| 16 January 201019 | Celtic | 1–1 | Falkirk | Celtic Park |
| Samaras 40' | BBC Sport | Finnigan 19' | Attendance: 50,000 Referee:Alan Muir |
| 24 January 201020 | St Johnstone | 1–4 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park |
| Craig 12' (pen.) | BBC Sport | Fortuné 64',81' Samaras 77'McCourt 86' | Attendance: 7,743 Referee:William Collum |
| 27 January 201021 | Celtic | 1–2 | Hibernian | Celtic Park |
| Fortuné 5' | BBC Sport | Stokes 26' Galbraith 90+2' | Attendance: 41,000 Referee:Iain Brines |
| 30 January 201022 | Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | Celtic | New Douglas Park |
| BBC Sport | Rasmussen 67' | Attendance: 4,922 Referee:Calum Murray |
| 2 February 201023 | Kilmarnock | 1–0 | Celtic | Rugby Park |
| Maguire 53' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 9,308 Referee:Mike Tumilty |
| 10 February 201024 | Celtic | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
| Loovens 49' Fortuné 50' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 44,500 Referee:Brian Winter |
| 13 February 201025 | Aberdeen | 4–4 | Celtic | Pittodrie Stadium |
| Paton 9' Mackie 37'MacLean 75' (pen.),88' | BBC Sport | Kamara 3' Fortuné 36'Keane 65'McGeady 72' | Attendance: 14,898 Referee:Iain Brines |
| 20 February 201026 | Celtic | 1–0 | Dundee United | Celtic Park |
| Keane 20' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 49,000 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 28 February 201027 | Rangers | 1–0 | Celtic | Ibrox Stadium |
| Edu 90+3' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 50,320 Referee:Dougie McDonald |
| 7 March 201028 | Falkirk | 0–2 | Celtic | Falkirk Stadium |
| BBC Sport | Keane 34',79' | Attendance: 6,792 Referee:Brian Winter |
| 20 March 201029 | Celtic | 3–0 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
| Thompson 16' Keane 67' (pen.)Samaras 87' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 30,000 Referee:Calum Murray |
| 24 March 201030 | St Mirren | 4–0 | Celtic | St Mirren Park |
| Dorman 38',84' Thomson 58',87' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 5,018 Referee:Charlie Richmond |
| 27 March 201031 | Celtic | 3–1 | Kilmarnock | Celtic Park |
| Keane 37',62' Brown 66' | BBC Sport | Bryson 73' | Attendance: 41,000 Referee:Dougie McDonald |
| 4 April 201032 | Hibernian | 0–1 | Celtic | Easter Road |
| BBC Sport | Keane 62' (pen.) | Attendance: 10,523 Referee:Charlie Richmond |
| 13 April 201033 | Celtic | 2–1 | Motherwell | Celtic Park |
| Thompson 50',78' | BBC Sport | Reynolds 49' | Attendance: 27,750 Referee:Iain Brines |
| 17 April 201034 | Celtic | 3–2 | Hibernian | Celtic Park |
| Keane 4' Fortuné 80'Rasmussen 87' | BBC Sport | Riordan 6' Stokes 54' (pen.) | Attendance: 29,650 Referee:Stephen Finnie |
| 25 April 201035 | Dundee United | 0–2 | Celtic | Tannadice Park |
| BBC Sport | Kamara 30' Keane 90+4' (pen.) | Attendance: 8,638 Referee:Iain Brines |
| 1 May 201036 | Celtic | 4–0 | Motherwell | Celtic Park |
| McGeady 48' O'Dea 78'Forrest 87'Keane 90+2' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 24,000 Referee:Alan Muir |
| 4 May 201037 | Celtic | 2–1 | Rangers | Celtic Park |
| Naylor 8' Fortuné 45' | BBC Sport | Miller 43' | Attendance: 58,000 Referee:Calum Murray |
| 9 May 201038 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | Celtic | Tynecastle Stadium |
| Žaliūkas 36' | BBC Sport | Keane 23' Zheng 61' | Attendance: 14,389 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 19 January 2010Fourth round | Greenock Morton | 0–1 | Celtic | Cappielow Park |
| BBC Sport | McGinn 35' | Attendance: 10,191 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 7 February 2010Fourth round | Dunfermline Athletic | 2–4 | Celtic | East End Park |
| Graham 21' Kirk 28' (pen.) | BBC Sport | Kamara 20' Rasmussen 43'Woods 59' (o.g.)Keane 68' (pen.) | Attendance: 8,933 Referee:Charlie Richmond |
| 13 March 2010Quarter-finals | Kilmarnock | 0–3 | Celtic | Rugby Park |
| BBC Sport | Keane 64',81',82' | Attendance: 7,351 Referee:Iain Brines |
| 10 April 2010Semi-finals | Celtic | 0–2 | Ross County | Hampden Park |
| BBC Sport | Craig 55' Scott 88' | Attendance: 24,535 Referee:William Collum |
| 23 September 2009Third round | Falkirk | 0–4 | Celtic | Falkirk Stadium |
| BBC Sport | McDonald 28',53' McCourt 64'Killen 73' | Attendance: 5,669 Referee:Mike Tumilty |
| 28 October 2009Quarter-final | Celtic | 0–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Celtic Park |
| BBC Sport | Stewart 58' (pen.) | Attendance: 18,675 Referee:Craig Thomson |
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Dynamo Moscow| 29 July 2009First leg | Celtic | 0–1 | Dynamo Moscow | Celtic Park |
| BBC Sport | Kokorin 7' | Attendance: 54,184 Referee:Nicola Rizzoli |
v Celtic| 5 August 2009Second leg | Dynamo Moscow | 0–2 (1–2agg.) | Celtic | Arena Khimki |
| BBC Sport | McDonald 44' Samaras 90+1' | Attendance: 13,753 Referee:Jonas Eriksson |
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Arsenal| 18 August 2009First leg | Celtic | 0–2 | Arsenal | Celtic Park |
| BBC Sport | Gallas 43' Caldwell 71' (o.g.) | Attendance: 58,165 Referee:Massimo Busacca |
v Celtic| 26 August 2009Second leg | Arsenal | 3–1 (5–1agg.) | Celtic | Emirates Stadium |
| Eduardo 28' (pen.) Eboué 53'Arshavin 74' | BBC Sport | Donati 90+2' | Attendance: 59,962 Referee:Manuel Mejuto González |
v Celtic| 17 September 20091 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Celtic | Bloomfield Stadium |
| Vučićević 75' Lala 88' | BBC Sport | Samaras 25' | Attendance: 11,000 Referee:Paul Allaerts |
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SK Rapid Wien| 1 October 20092 | Celtic | 1–1 | SK Rapid Wien | Celtic Park |
| McDonald 21' | BBC Sport | Jelavić 4' | Attendance: 42,013 Referee:Bruno Paixão |
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Hamburg| 22 October 20093 | Celtic | 0–1 | Hamburg | Celtic Park |
| BBC Sport | Berg 63' | Attendance: 38,821 Referee:Gianluca Rocchi |
v Celtic| 5 November 20094 | Hamburg | 0–0 | Celtic | HSH Nordbank Arena |
| BBC Sport | Attendance: 45,037 Referee:Carlos Velasco Carballo |
vHapoel Tel Aviv| 2 December 20095 | Celtic | 2–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Celtic Park |
| Samaras 22' Robson 68' | BBC Sport | Attendance: 32,000 Referee:Tony Asumaa |
v Celtic| 17 December 20096 | SK Rapid Wien | 3–3 | Celtic | Ernst-Happel-Stadion |
| Jelavić 1',8' Salihi 19' | BBC Sport | Fortuné 24',67' McGowan 90+1' | Attendance: 48,000 Referee:Robert Małek |
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 | ||||
| 1 | GK |  POL | Artur Boruc | 37 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Andreas Hinkel | 41 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Lee Naylor | 19 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 14 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Gary Caldwell | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF |  CMR | Landry N'Guémo | 43 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | FW |  AUS | Scott McDonald | 29 | 14 | 16+2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 |
| 7 | FW |  IRL | Robbie Keane(from February) | 19 | 16 | 15+1 | 12 | 2+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Brown | 29 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW |  GRE | Georgios Samaras | 45 | 13 | 20+12 | 10 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 3 |
| 10 | FW |  FRA | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 39 | 12 | 22+8 | 10 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | SCO | Danny Fox | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Mark Wilson | 15 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | SCO | Shaun Maloney | 16 | 4 | 8+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF |  NIR | Niall McGinn | 24 | 3 | 6+11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 15 | FW |  SEN | Diomansy Kamara | 10 | 3 | 8+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Willo Flood | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF |  NED | Jos Hooiveld(from January) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF |  ESP | Marc Crosas | 26 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF |  ITA | Massimo Donati | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF |  KOR | Ki Sung-Yueng(from January) | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Barry Robson | 15 | 2 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW |  DEN | Morten Rasmussen(from January) | 13 | 3 | 2+8 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NIR | Paddy McCourt | 14 | 3 | 3+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Mark Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NED | Edson Braafheid(from January) | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Glenn Loovens | 29 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ben Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | POL | Łukasz Załuska | 17 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF |  NOR | Thomas Rogne | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | IRL | Cillian Sheridan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF |  CHN | Zheng Zhi | 19 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF |  JPN | Koki Mizuno | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Paul Slane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW |  NZL | Chris Killen | 11 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | NIR | Daniel Lafferty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | IRL | Graham Carey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Josh Thompson | 21 | 3 | 16+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | IRL | Aiden McGeady | 49 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 47 | GK |  USA | Dominic Cervi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | IRL | Darren O'Dea | 23 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | SCO | James Forrest | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | ITA | Luca Santonocito | 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 | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | SCO | Ryan Conroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | SCO | Paul McGowan | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| R | Player | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Champions League (qualifying) | Europa League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie Keane | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Scott McDonald | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Georgios Samaras | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Aiden McGeady | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Shaun Maloney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Paddy McCourt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Niall McGinn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Glenn Loovens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Josh Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Morten Rasmussen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Diomansy Kamara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 14 | Chris Killen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Barry Robson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | Massimo Donati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Caldwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul McGowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scott Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Darren O'Dea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| James Forrest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lee Naylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zheng Zhi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rangers(C) | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 82 | 28 | +54 | 87 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Celtic | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 81 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 63 | Qualification for theEuropa League play-off round[a] |
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 54 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HTA | HSV | CEL | RAP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | — |
| Date | Player | From | Fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2009 | Łukasz Załuska | Dundee United | 08Free | [2] |
| 8 July 2009 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | AS Nancy | 08£3,800,000 | [3] |
| 16 July 2009 | Landry N'Guémo | AS Nancy | 08Loan | [4] |
| 24 July 2009 | Danny Fox | Coventry City | 08£1,500,000 | [5] |
| 8 August 2009 | Josh Thompson | Stockport County | 08£200,000 | [6] |
| 15 August 2009 | Greig Spence | Alloa Athletic | 08£100,000 | [7] |
| 25 September 2009 | Zheng Zhi | Charlton Athletic | 08Free | [8] |
| 1 January 2010 | Ki Sung-Yueng | FC Seoul | 08£2,100,000 | [9][10] |
| 11 January 2010 | Jos Hooiveld |  AIK | 08£2,000,000 | [11] |
| 20 January 2010 | Thomas Rogne | Stabæk IF | 08Free | [12] |
| 26 January 2010 | Morten Rasmussen | Brøndby | 08£1,300,000 | [13] |
| 1 February 2010 | Diomansy Kamara | Fulham | 08Loan | [14] |
| 1 February 2010 | Paul Slane | Motherwell | 08£400,000 | [14] |
| 1 February 2010 | Edson Braafheid | Bayern Munich | 08Loan | [14] |
| 1 February 2010 | Robbie Keane | Tottenham Hotspur | 08Loan | [15] |
