1997–98 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic F.C.
	1997–98 season
Manager	Wim Jansen
Scottish Premier Division	1st
Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
Scottish League Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	First round
← 1996–97	1998–99 →

Season summary

Despite winning the title and the Scottish League Cup, manager Wim Jansen resigned at the end of the season, to be replaced by Jozef Vengloš.

Kit

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jonathan Gould
		GK	Stewart Kerr
		GK	Gordon Marshall
		GK	Andy McCondichie
		DF	Tom Boyd (captain)
		DF	Stuart Gray^[1]
		DF	Malky Mackay
		DF	Tosh McKinlay
		DF	Jackie McNamara
		DF	Graeme Morrison
		DF	Alan Stubbs
		DF	Enrico Annoni
		DF	Stéphane Mahé
		DF	Marc Rieper
		MF	Craig Burley
		MF	Simon Donnelly

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Peter Grant
		MF	David Hannah
		MF	Paul Lambert
		MF	John Paul McBride
		MF	Brian McLaughlin
		MF	Phil O'Donnell
		MF	Regi Blinker^[2]
		MF	Morten Wieghorst
		FW	Barry Elliot^[3]
		FW	Chris Hay
		FW	Darren Jackson
		FW	Tommy Johnson
		FW	Andreas Thom
		FW	Henrik Larsson
		FW	Harald Brattbakk

Kit numbers in UEFA Cup

1: Gordon Marshall, James Kerr^{[disambiguation needed]}
2: Tom Boyd
3: Tosh McKinlay, Stéphane Mahé
4: Jackie McNamara
5: Malky Mackay
6: Alan Stubbs
7: Henrik Larsson
8: Darren Jackson, Craig Burley
10: Andreas Thom
11: Tommy Johnson, Darren Jackson, Regi Blinker
12: Enrico Annoni, Simon Donnelly
13: Gordon Marshall, Jonathan Gould
14: Enrico Annoni, Simon Donnelly
15: Phil O'Donnell, Stéphane Mahé
16: David Hannah
17: Morten Wieghorst, David Hannah
18: Chris Hay, Tosh McKinlay, Brian McLaughlin
19: Stuart Gray, Enrico Annoni
20: Stuart Gray, Phil O'Donnell
21: Graeme Morrison, Peter Grant
23: Andy McCondichie, Jonathan Gould
25: Barry Elliot
28: John Paul McBride

Reserve squad

The following players played for Celtic's reserve team during the season, but were not called up for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Barry John Corr
		DF	Stephen Crainey
		DF	Stephen McManus
		MF	Liam Keogh

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Brian McColligan
		MF	Jamie Smith
		MF	Jim Goodwin
		MF	Liam Miller
		FW	Mark Burchill

Results

Scottish Premiership

Scottish Cup

Quarter-finals	Dundee United	2 – 3	Celtic	Tannadice Park, Dundee

5 April 1998 Semi-final	Rangers	2 – 1	Celtic	Celtic Park, Glasgow^[4]
	McCoist 75' Albertz 88'		Burley 90'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Jim McCluskey

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

23 July 1997 First leg	Inter CableTel AFC	0–3	Celtic	Cardiff
		Report	Thom 6' (pen.) Johnson 45' Wieghorst 81'

30 July 1997 Second leg	Celtic	5–0	Inter CableTel AFC	Glasgow
	Thom 19' (pen.) Jackson 42' Johnson 45' Hannah 63' Hay 85'	Report

Celtic won 0–8 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

12 August 1997 First leg	Tirol Innsbruck	2–1	Celtic	Innsbruck
	Mayrleb 22', 29'	Report	Stubbs 82'

26 August 1997 W	Celtic	6–3	Tirol Innsbruck	Glasgow
	Donnelly 34', 69' Thom 45' Burley 70', 90' Wieghorst 90'	Report	Mayrleb 39' Severeyns 45' Krinner 82'	Attendance: 46,907

First round

16 September 1997 First leg	Celtic	2–2	Liverpool	Glasgow
	McNamara 53' Donnelly 74' (pen.)	Report	Owen 6' McManaman 89'	Attendance: 48,526

30 September 1997 D	Liverpool	0–0	Celtic	Liverpool
		Report		Attendance: 38,205

Liverpool won 2-2 on away goals

Statistics

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Transfers

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Henrik Larsson - Feyenoord

References

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↑ Gray was born in Harrogate, England.
↑ Blinker was born in Paramaribo, Suriname.
↑ Elliot was born in Carlisle, England.
↑ Venue decided by coin flip with Hampden Park being redeveloped

[1] Gray was born in Harrogate, England.

[2] Blinker was born in Paramaribo, Suriname.

[3] Elliot was born in Carlisle, England.

[CP_note-4] Venue decided by coin flip with Hampden Park being redeveloped

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Kit

First-team squad

Kit numbers in UEFA Cup

Reserve squad

Results

Scottish Premiership

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First qualifying round

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