1997–98 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic F.C.
1997–98 season
Manager Netherlands Wim Jansen
Scottish Premier Division 1st
Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Scottish League Cup Winners
UEFA Cup First round

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.

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
Scotland GK Jonathan Gould
Scotland GK Stewart Kerr
Scotland GK Gordon Marshall
Scotland GK Andy McCondichie
Scotland DF Tom Boyd (captain)
Scotland DF Stuart Gray[1]
Scotland DF Malky Mackay
Scotland DF Tosh McKinlay
Scotland DF Jackie McNamara
Scotland DF Graeme Morrison
England DF Alan Stubbs
Italy DF Enrico Annoni
France DF Stéphane Mahé
Denmark DF Marc Rieper
Scotland MF Craig Burley
Scotland MF Simon Donnelly
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Peter Grant
Scotland MF David Hannah
Scotland MF Paul Lambert
Scotland MF John Paul McBride
Scotland MF Brian McLaughlin
Scotland MF Phil O'Donnell
Netherlands MF Regi Blinker[2]
Denmark MF Morten Wieghorst
Scotland FW Barry Elliot[3]
Scotland FW Chris Hay
Scotland FW Darren Jackson
England FW Tommy Johnson
Germany FW Andreas Thom
Sweden FW Henrik Larsson
Norway FW Harald Brattbakk

Kit numbers in UEFA Cup

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
Scotland GK Barry John Corr
Scotland DF Stephen Crainey
Scotland DF Stephen McManus
Scotland MF Liam Keogh
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Brian McColligan
Scotland MF Jamie Smith
Republic of Ireland MF Jim Goodwin
Republic of Ireland MF Liam Miller
Scotland FW Mark Burchill

Results

Scottish Cup

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Celtic won 0–8 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

First round

Liverpool won 2-2 on away goals

Transfers

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References

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


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