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1966–67 Celtic F.C. season

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Celtic
1966–67 season
ManagerJock Stein
Scottish Division One1st
Scottish CupWinners
Scottish League CupWinners
Glasgow CupWinners
European CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie Chalmers (21)[2]

All:
Joe McBride (35)[1]
Average home league attendance31,082[3]

Celtic competed for five trophies in the 1966–67 season and the club won all of them: the Scottish League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup, and the European Cup, and completed the only ever European Quintuple.[4] However, their European Cup victory from this season qualified them for the World Championship the following season, which they went on to lose in a playoff to Racing. Over the course of this season, Celtic scored a world record 196 goals in the major competitions they took part in.[5]

The team from this season are commonly known as the Lisbon Lions, because the European Cup final was held in Lisbon.

Season overview

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Season 1966–67 is considered Celtic's annus mirabilis. The club won every competition they entered: the Scottish League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup, and the European Cup; scoring a world record total of 196 goals in the process.[5]

The League Cup was the first trophy to be won that season, courtesy of a 1–0 win on 29 October 1966 over Rangers in the final.[6] The Glasgow Cup was secured a week later when Celtic beat Partick Thistle 4–0; Stevie Chalmers opening the scoring, and Bobby Lennox scoring a hat-trick.[7] Celtic's progression to the Scottish Cup was relatively straightforward aside from being taken to replay in the semi-final by Clyde.[8] On 6 April 1967 Celtic met Aberdeen in the final, and two Willie Wallace goals eased Celtic to a 2–0 win.[8] The league campaign proved to be a more tightly contested affair as, despite Celtic only losing twice, with two games remaining Rangers were still in contention. Celtic's penultimate league fixture was against Rangers at Ibrox, with a draw required to clinch the title. A brace by Jimmy Johnstone gave Celtic a 2–2 draw and the championship.[8]

Celtic's European Cup campaign in 1966–67 was their first ever participation in Europe's premier club tournament. FC Zürich and Nantes were comfortably disposed of in the first two rounds (5–0 and 6–2 on aggregate respectively).[9] The quarter final in March 1967 pitched Celtic against the Yugoslav champions, Vojvodina. The Yugoslav side won the first leg in Novi Sad 1–0. The return match in Glasgow proved to be a fraught affair. The Yugoslavs defended resolutely and threatened on the counter-attack, but Celtic levelled the tie on aggregate in the second half with a goal by Stevie Chalmers.[10] Celtic pressed for a winner, but Vojvodina defended well and the tie looked like a play-off in neutral Rotterdam would be required. However, in the final minute Billy McNeill headed in a Charlie Gallacher cross to see Celtic progress to the semi-final. Celtic now faced Czechoslovakian side, Dukla Prague. This time the first leg of the tie took place in Glasgow, with Celtic winning 3–1 courtesy of goals from Jimmy Johnstone and a Willie Wallace brace.[11] In respect of his opponents' quality, manager Jock Stein set up Celtic to be ultra-defensive for the second leg and forsake - temporarily - their philosophy of attacking football.[12] The tactics worked as Celtic secured a 0–0 draw to put them in the final. However, Stein was almost apologetic about the manner of Celtic's success in that game and he felt uncomfortable in later years discussing the matter.[13][14]

The final saw Celtic play Inter Milan, with the match taking place at the Estádio Nacional on the outskirts of Lisbon on 25 May 1967. Celtic fell a goal behind after only seven minutes, Jim Craig adjudged to have fouled Renato Cappellini in the penalty box and Sandro Mazzola converting the resultant penalty.[15] Celtic swept into constant attack after that but found Inter goalkeeper Giuliano Sarti in outstanding form.[15] With 63 minutes played, after incessant pressure, Celtic finally equalised when Tommy Gemmell scored with a powerful 25-yard shot.[15] The balance of play remained the same with Inter defending deeply against sustained Celtic attacking. With about five minutes remaining, a long-range shot from Bobby Murdoch was diverted by Stevie Chalmers past a wrong-footed Sarti.[16] It proved to be the winning goal and thus Celtic became the first British team, and the first from outside Spain, Portugal or Italy to win the competition.[15]

Jock Stein commented after the match,

Winning was important, but it was the way that we won that has filled me with satisfaction. We did it by playing football; pure, beautiful, inventive football. There was not a negative thought in our heads.[17]

Celtic are one of only two clubs to have won the trophy with a team composed entirely of players from the club's home country; all of the players in the side were born within 30 miles of Celtic Park in Glasgow, and they subsequently became known as the 'Lisbon Lions'.[18] The entire east stand at Celtic Park is dedicated to The Lisbon Lions,[19] and the west stand to Jock Stein.[20] The sight of captain Billy McNeill holding aloft the European Cup in the Estádio Nacional has become one of the iconic images of Scottish football, immortalized in a bronze statue of McNeill outside Parkhead stadium in 2015, created by John McKenna (sculptor).[21][22][23]

Two weeks later, on 7 June 1967, Celtic played Real Madrid in a testimonial match for the now retired Alfredo Di Stefano. In front of over 100,000 fans at the Bernabéu Stadium, the sides engaged in a keenly fought contest which saw Bertie Auld and Real Madrid's Amancio sent off. Di Stefano played for the first 15 minutes, but it was Jimmy Johnstone who stole the show with an exhilarating performance that had even the Spanish supporters chanting "Olé!" throughout the game in appreciation of his skill. Johnstone capped an outstanding performance by playing the pass to Bobby Lennox for the only goal in a 1–0 win for Celtic.[24][25][26]

Competition overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 10 September 1966 15 May 1967 Round 1 Winners 34 26 6 2 111 33 +78 076.47
League Cup 13 August 1966 29 October 1966 Group Stage Winners 10 10 0 0 35 5 +30 100.00
Scottish Cup 28 January 1967 29 April 1967 First round Winners 6 5 1 0 20 3 +17 083.33
Champions League 28 September 1966 25 May 1967 First round Winners 9 7 1 1 18 5 +13 077.78
Glasgow Cup 23 August 1966 7 November 1966 First round Winners 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 100.00
Total 62 51 8 3 196 46 +150 082.26

Source: Competitions

Results and fixtures

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Friendlies

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6 August 1966 Friendly Celtic 4–1 Manchester United Celtic Park
Lennox 7'
Murdoch 10'
McBride 15'
Foulkes o.g. 61'
"Hurricane Celts' glorious start" Sadler 12' Attendance: 60,000
Referee: W. Anderson
22 October 1966 Friendly Celtic 2–1 Ayr United
7 February 1967 Friendly Celtic 0–1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb Celtic Park
"The Glasgow Herald" 8 February 1967 Zambata 87' Attendance: 46,000
Referee: W. J. Mullan

Scottish Division One

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10 September 1966 Division One Clyde 0–3 Celtic Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Shawfield Stadium
Attendance: 16,504
17 September 1966 Division One Celtic 2–0 Rangers Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 61,333
24 September 1966 Division One Dundee 1–2 Celtic Dundee
15:00 GMT Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 27,535
1 October 1966 Division One Celtic 6–1 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 20,777
8 October 1966 Division One Hibernian 3–5 Celtic Edinburgh
15:00 GMT Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 43,526
15 October 1966 Division One Celtic 3–0 Airdireonians Glasgow
19:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 39,550
24 October 1966 Division One Celtic 5–1 Ayr United Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 19,287
2 November 1966 Division One Celtic 7–3 Stirling Albion Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 17,335
5 November 1966 Division One Celtic 1–1 St Mirren Glasgow
15:00 BST Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 21,725
12 November 1966 Division One Falkirk 0–3 Celtic Falkirk
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brockville Park
Attendance: 13,467
19 November 1966 Division One Dunfermline Athletic 4–5 Celtic Dunfermline
15:00 BST Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 20,787
26 November 1966 Division One Celtic 3–0 Hearts Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 36,238
3 December 1966 Division One Kilmarnock 0–0 Celtic Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 27,136
10 December 1966 Division One Celtic 4– 2 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 35,022
17 December 1966 Division One Celtic 6–2 Partick Thistle Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 21,047
24 December 1966 Division One Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic Aberdeen
15:00 BST Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 30,176
31 December 1966 Division One Dundee United 3–2 Celtic Dundee
14:30 GMT Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 18,577
7 January 1967 Division One Celtic 5–1 Dundee Glasgow
15:00 BST Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 32,855
11 January 1967 Division One Celtic 5–1 Clyde Glasgow
19:30 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 35,222
14 January 1967 Division One St Johnstone 0–4 Celtic Perth
19:30 GMT Stadium: Muirton Park
Attendance: 17,973
21 January 1967 Division One Celtic 2–0 Hibernian Glasgow
15:00 BST Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 36,727
4 February 1967 Division One Airdrieonians 0–3 Celtic Airdrie
15:00 BST Stadium: Broomfield Park
Attendance: 21,897
11 February 1967 Division One Ayr United 0–5 Celtic Ayr
13:00 GMT Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 13,805
25 February 1967 Division One Stirling Albion 1–1 Celtic Stirling
15:00 BST Stadium: Annfield
Attendance: 15,358
4 March 1967 Division One St Mirren 0–5 Celtic Paisley
15:00 GMT Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street
Attendance: 20,068
18 March 1967 Division One Celtic 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 36,935
20 March 1967 Division One Celtic 5–0 Falkirk Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 22,393
25 March 1967 Division One Hearts 0–3 Celtic Glasgow
15:00 BST Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 24,902
27 March 1967 Division One Partick Thistle 1–4 Celtic Glasgow
15:00 BST Stadium: Firhill Park
Attendance: 29,888
8 April 1967 Division One Motherwell 0–2 Celtic Motherwell
15:00 GMT Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 19,873
19 April 1967 Division One Celtic 0–0 Aberdeen Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 31,712
3 May 1967 Division One Celtic 2–3 Dundee United Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 40,741
6 May 1967 Division One Rangers 2–2 Celtic Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ibrox Park
Attendance: 77,790
15 May 1967 Division One Celtic 2–0 Kilmarnock Glasgow
19:30 BST Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 19,097

Scottish League Cup

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13 August 1966 Group 4 Hearts 0–2 Celtic Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 24,022
17 August 1966 Group 4 Celtic 6–0 Clyde Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 27,816
20 August 1966 Group 4 Celtic 8–2 St Mirren Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 29,065
27 August 1966 Group 4 Celtic 3–0 Hearts Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 45,524
31 August 1966 Group 4 Clyde 1–3 Celtic Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Shawfield Stadium
Attendance: 18,878
3 September 1966 Group 4 St Mirren 0–1 Celtic Paisley
19:30 GMT Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street
Attendance: 18,778
14 September 1966 Quarter-final 1st leg Celtic 6–3 Dunfermline Athletic Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 33,554
21 September 1966 Quarter-final 2nd leg Dunfermline Athletic 1–3
(4–9 agg.)
Celtic Dunfermline
19:30 GMT Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 21,291
17 October 1966 Semi-final Celtic 2–0 Airdrieonians Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 37,101
29 October 1966 Final Celtic 1–0 Rangers Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 94,492

Scottish Cup

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28 January 1967 First round Celtic 4–0 Arbroath Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 31,000
18 February 1967 Second round Celtic 7–0 Elgin City Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 34,000
11 March 1967 Third round Celtic 5–3 Queen's Park Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 34,000
1 April 1967 Semi-final Celtic 0–0 Clyde Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 56,787
5 April 1967 Semi-final replay Celtic 2–0 Clyde Glasgow
19:30 GMT Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 55,138
29 April 1967 Final Celtic 2–0 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 GMT Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 127,117

Glasgow Cup

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23 August 1966 First round Rangers 0–4 Celtic Glasgow
Stadium: Ibrox Park
7 November 1966 Final Celtic 4–0 Partick Thistle Glasgow
19:30 GMT The Glasgow Herald Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 31,000

European Cup

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28 September 1966 1st round 1st leg Celtic Scotland 2–0 Switzerland FC Zürich Glasgow
19:00 GMT Gemmell McBride Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 47,604
5 October 1966 1st round 2nd leg FC Zürich Switzerland 0–3
(0–5 agg.)
Scotland Celtic Zürich
19:15 GMT Gemmell (2, 1 pen.) Chalmers Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 20,236
30 November 1966 2nd round 1st leg FC Nantes France 1–3 Scotland Celtic Nantes
20:00 GMT McBride, Lennox, Chalmers Stadium: Stade Marcel Saupin
Attendance: 15,464
7 December 1966 2nd round 2nd leg Celtic Scotland 3–1
(6–2 agg.)
France FC Nantes Glasgow
20:00 GMT Johnstone, Chalmers, Lennox Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 39,120
1 March 1967 Quarter-final 1st leg FK Vojvodina Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–0 Scotland Celtic Novi Sad
18:30 GMT Stadium: Styadium of Vojvodina
Attendance: 24,000
8 March 1967 Quarter-final 2nd leg Celtic Scotland 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vojvodina Glasgow
20:00 GMT Chalmers, McNeill Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 63,374
12 April 1967 Semi-final 1st leg Celtic Scotland 3–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague Glasgow
19:30 GMT Johnstone 27'
Wallace 59', 65'
Štrunc 44' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 74,406
25 April 1967 Semi-final 2nd leg Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 0–0
(1–3 agg.)
Scotland Celtic Prague
15:00 GMT Stadium: Stadion Juliska
Attendance: 19,157
25 May 1967 Final Internazionale Italy 1–2 Scotland Celtic Lisbon
17:30 GMT Mazzola 7' (pen.) Gemmell 63'
Chalmers 84'
Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 48,500

Squad and statistics

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First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Scotland SCO Ronnie Simpson
GK Scotland SCO John Fallon
GK Northern Ireland NIR Jack Kennedy
GK Denmark DEN Bent Martin
DF Scotland SCO Jim Craig
DF Scotland SCO Billy McNeill
DF Scotland SCO John Clark
DF Scotland SCO Tommy Gemmell
DF Scotland SCO Jim Brogan
DF Scotland SCO Willie O'Neill
DF Scotland SCO Ian Young
DF Scotland SCO John Cushley
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Scotland SCO Frank McCarron
DF Scotland SCO Davie Cattanach
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Murdoch
MF Scotland SCO Bertie Auld
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Charlie Gallacher
MF Scotland SCO Sammy Henderson
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Johnstone
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Lennox
FW Scotland SCO Willie Wallace
FW Scotland SCO Stevie Chalmers
FW Scotland SCO Joe McBride
FW Scotland SCO John Hughes

Starting XI

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Ronnie Simpson
2 DF Scotland SCO Jim Craig
3 DF Scotland SCO Tommy Gemmell
4 MF Scotland SCO Bobby Murdoch
5 DF Scotland SCO Billy McNeill (Captain)
6 DF Scotland SCO John Clark
7 FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Johnstone
8 FW Scotland SCO Willie Wallace
9 FW Scotland SCO Stevie Chalmers
10 MF Scotland SCO Bertie Auld
11 FW Scotland SCO Bobby Lennox
Celtic's lineup in Lisbon

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 34 26 6 2 111 33 +78 58
2 Rangers 34 24 7 3 92 31 +61 55
3 Clyde 34 20 6 8 64 48 +16 46
4 Aberdeen 34 17 8 9 72 38 +34 42
5 Hibernian 34 19 4 11 72 49 +23 42
Source: RSSSF

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Average Attendance - Season-by-Season". The Celtic wiki. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
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  5. ^ a b "World Record and Statistics". World Football Historic Center. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Celtic fight in final". The Times. 31 October 1966. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  7. ^ Edwards, Glyn (8 November 1966). "Thistle no match for Celtic in Glasgow Cup Final". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b c Wilson 1988, p. 134
  9. ^ "Season 1966-67". European Cup History. Retrieved 11 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Campbell & Woods 1987, p. 235
  11. ^ Wilson 1988, p. 136
  12. ^ Wilson 1988, pp. 136–137
  13. ^ Wilson 1988, p. 137
  14. ^ Campbell & Woods 1987, p. 236
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  16. ^ Forsyth, Roddy (15 May 2001). "Murdoch the true Lionheart". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  17. ^ "25 May - 1967: Celtic win European Cup". BBC On This Day. 25 May 1967. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  18. ^ Doug Lennox (2009). Now You Know Soccer. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-55488-416-2. now you know soccer who were the lisbon lions. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Reynolds, Jim (28 January 2000). "Fans will now roar from the Lisbon Lions Stand". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  20. ^ Buckland, Simon (9 August 1998). "Leonhardsen too smart for Celtic". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  21. ^ "The 50 Greatest Scottish Footballers - Billy McNeill". Herald Online. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  22. ^ Burns, Scott (14 November 2013). "Time to build a statue for Hoops legend McNeill". Scottish Express. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  23. ^ "The Lisbon Lions 50 years later: still the greatest story ever told in Scottish sport". The Guardian. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  24. ^ McMillan, Anna (16 November 2005). "The Alfredo Di Stefano Trophy". The Celtic View.
  25. ^ "The Full Story: 1967, Alfredo Di Stéfano's Testimonial". STV The Football Years. 12 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
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