"Celtic new boy, Marc Crosas - Barca no more", "Transfers registered with the Scottish Football Association over the past three days", "Celtic part company with Thomas Gravesen", List of Scottish football transfers 2008–09, 2008–09 in Scottish reserve and youth football, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008–09_Celtic_F.C._season&oldid=968580040, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 July 2020, at 07:23. An appeal may be lodged within three days of receipt of the grounds for the decision. The higher pot contained teams ranked 61 or higher. Celtic FC. The first leg was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the venue for this year's Champions League final, and ended in a 1–1 draw, with Paul Hartley scoring his first goal for the club after joining from Heart of Midlothian eight months prior. Barcelona won the match 2–0, with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi. The draw for the first knockout round was held on Friday, 19 December 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. Following McDonald's match-winning goal, Celtic fan Robert McHendry ran onto the pitch and tapped Milan goalkeeper Dida on the face as he ran past his goal; Dida initially gave chase, then fell to the pitch and was stretchered off. The season began in September 2008 and ended in May 2009. Celtic won the game 1–0, through a Barry Robson penalty, getting their Campaign off to a winning start. Country: England ... Celtic FC » Appearances Champions League 2007/2008. Manchester United's 2–0 victory against Internazionale in the first knockout round was their 21st consecutive undefeated match, a record surpassing Ajax's 20 undefeated matches, set between 1985–86 and 1995–96. Celtic started the 2007–08 season looking to retain the Scottish Premier League title and the Scottish Cup. Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify. Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify. The ten competing teams consisted of the four Irish provinces, Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster; two Scottish regions, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors; and four Welsh regions, Cardiff Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008–09 Champions League: For the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2007 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2002–03 to 2006–07. 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 Tommy Burns, who had died of skin cancer at the end of season 2007–08. However a dramatic, and seemingly unlikely, turnaround in fortunes began on 16 April, when the third Old Firm clash took place in Celtic Park. The champions of association 10 (Scotland) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage. The club beat Livingston 4–0 in the third round of the League Cup on 23 September, and travelled to Kilmarnock on 28 October, beating them 3–1 and qualifying for the semi-finals, where they faced Dundee United at Hampden Park on 28 January. - UEFA Champions League 2007/08 . Celtic were found guilty of "lack of organisation and improper conduct of supporters" and were issued a £25,000 fine, half of which was suspended for two years.[1]. Manchester United were the first defending champions to reach the final of the competition since Juventus in 1997, but they failed to become the first club to defend the European Cup since Milan in 1990. Champions League 2008-09. Barry Robson took the responsibility and duly delivered by driving the ball past Alexander. 2-1 was the final score and even with the small confrontations after the final whistle between the players, Celtic showed that they were not giving up their title without a fight. The danger to Celtic was sporadic. The first leg matches were held on 15 July and 16 July, while the second legs were played on 22 July and 23 July 2008. Celtic FC. La Ligue des champions 2008–2009 est la 54 e édition de la coupe d'Europe des clubs champions, la 17 e sous l'appellation actuelle «Ligue des champions», et a été marquée par le sacre du FC Barcelone et la consécration de Pep Guardiola.. La compétition oppose les meilleurs clubs européens qui se sont illustrés dans leurs championnats respectifs la saison précédente. This was the third consecutive season in which three of the four semi-final teams were English. There could be no tirade from the Celtic manager, Gordon Strachan, even if he did touch upon the lapses by the referee, Frank de Bleeckere, and his assistants. Chelsea were knocked out by Barcelona after a highly controversial performance by referee Tom Henning Øvrebø,[14] while Arsenal's 3–1 loss to Manchester United in the second leg of the semi-finals was the club's first defeat at the Emirates Stadium in a European competition.[15]. Next up, at home, Celtic drew 1–1 with Manchester United, with Scott McDonald putting Celtic in the lead in the 13th minute, only for Ryan Giggs to equalise for Manchester United in the 84th minute. There were jubilant scenes around all the Celtic fans. Official UEFA Champions League and European Cup history. The draw for the third qualifying round took place on 1 August 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. From the first knockout round through to the semi-finals, clubs play two matches against each other on a home and away basis with the same rules as the qualifying rounds applied. A wry Celtic supporter struck the correct balance in a well-constructed complaint. Part of the fine was imposed for the late start to the game which ended in a 1-1 draw. Only the composition of the team suggested verve, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani flanking the central strikers, Wayne Rooney and Berbatov. Ten teams played each other on a home-and-away basis, with teams earning four points for a win, and a bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match. Celtic have been fined £42,430 by Uefa after a fan ran on to the pitch during last week's Champions League Group E match against Manchester United … The team accepted an invitation to take part in the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game for 2007, as part of a pre-season tour of the United States, Switzerland and England. Celtic's system of containment was functioning, yet United are well accustomed to wrecking plans of that sort. Rooney made the goalkeeper put a shot over the bar before striking at last in the 76th minute, from a Tevez pass. The second half saw both teams have plenty of chances and Celtic were given a penalty after Kirk Broadfoot brought down McDonald. Griffiths 11 05. The line-up was not uniformly diminutive but the manager was wise to look for relaxing humour. Two of the 14 ties were won by the lower ranked team: Inter Baku (Azerbaijan, country rank 42) beat Rabotnički (Macedonia, 36); and BATE Borisov (Belarus, 40) beat Valur (Iceland, 37). Celtic, as Scottish champions, qualified directly for the UEFA Champions League, where they were the sole Scottish side as Rangers were knocked out in the second qualifying round by FBK Kaunas, meaning Celtic received all the TV money allocated to Scotland. Picking up from 11 days earlier, the game exploded into life with a fourth-minute strike from McDonald. It mattered little that a groin injury kept Rio Ferdinand out. The team accepted an invitation to take part in the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game for 2007, as part of a pre-season tour of the United States, Switzerland and England. This lead was squandered though, Celtic dropping points to Dundee United, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Motherwell, Rangers themselves, and on two occasions to both Hibernian and Hearts. Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify. Losing teams also earned a bonus point if they lost by seven points or less. For the draw of the quarter-finals and semi-finals clubs are seeded based on the results in the group stage and round of 16 of the current season (eight matches). Victory in the league also secured Celtic automatic entry to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in season 2008/09. Eventually United's superiority was marked. They were then found guilty of a lack of organisation and improper conduct of supporters and were ordered to pay a fine of £25,000, half of which was suspended. Thu 13 Nov 2008 13.08 EST There was no more than professionalism to sustain the visitors. Though Ronaldo's free-kick moved in the air, the goalkeeper Artur Boruc ought to have done better than palm it into the middle of the goalmouth, from where Berbatov scored a second time. Celtic kept in close touch with Rangers until the 2nd Old Firm derby on 31 March 2008 at Ibrox. It is a moot point whether Celtic's mood will be improved by evidence that poor officiating was at work rather than a conspiracy. The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. In addition, both UEFA Cup finalists, Werder Bremen and Shakhtar Donetsk featured in the Champions League group stage. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from all group matches played; higher number of goals scored in all group matches played; higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons. The 2008–09 Celtic League (known as the 2008–09 Magners League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth Celtic League season and the third with Magners as title sponsor. Celtic started the season with a scoreless draw at Celtic Park against Kilmarnock. To prepare for the Season, Celtic took part in two Pre-Season Tournaments; the Algarve Challenge Cup in Faro, Portugal, where they finished bottom, having faced Middlesbrough and Cardiff City, and the Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament in Rotterdam, where they finished second, having faced Tottenham Hotspur and host club Feyenoord.
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