Statistical review of Celtic’s 2012/13 season

Now that the season is over, I’ve worked up a stat related article for every Celtic player. Below are some stats based purely on the SPL, and further down are stats from every game each player has been involved in. Finance and sponsorship details are also included.

OVERALL

Played 59 games, 38 wins, 9 draws, 12 losses. 131 goals scored, 52 goals conceded, 24 clean sheets.

SPL BASED STATS

• Total league attendance: 891,415. Celtic’s average SPL attendance has dropped by nearly 4,000 compared to last season. Five of this season’s top 12 attendances in the SPL featured Celtic as the visiting side.
• Average attendance: 46,917
• Biggest crowd: v St.Johnstone (May 11) 57,000
• Smallest attendance: v Dundee (Feb. 24) 39,959
• Top scorers: Gary Hooper, 19; Kris Commons, 11.
• Assists: Commons, 11; Adam Matthews 8; Hooper, 7; Emilo Izaguirre, 7.
• Shots: 549 on goal, 285 on target, 92 goals. Commons: 82 shots, 44 on target; Hooper 82 shots, 48 on target; Victor Wanyama 59 shots, 23 on target.
• Red cards: Celtic saw red just once in the league, when Wanyama was sent off in the 1-1 draw with St Mirren March 31; the red card was later downgraded to yellow.
• Yellow cards: 47 in the league, joint lowest with Motherwell, with Wanyama the biggest culprit with nine.
• Clean sheets: Fraser Forster had 15 in the league after 21 last term.
• Appearances: Forster made the most league appearances for Celtic this season, with 34 starts.
• Neil Lennon has managed 174 games as Celtic manager, winning 122, drawing 22 and losing 30 in his three years and two months in the job.

STATS FROM ALL COMPETITIONS

	Matches	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Sub In	Sub Out	Minutes Played
Efe Ambrose	41	3	3	5	1	5	9	3274
Kelvin Wilson	50			5		2	2	4323
Thomas Rogne	19			2		7	5	1159
Emilio Izaguirre	49		11	4		4	9	3955
Rami Gershon	3	1					2	219
Charlie Mulgrew	49	10	13	8		1		4190
Adam Matthews	39	3	9	2		6	8	2966
Victor Wanyama	49	9	4	14	1	2	6	4094
Scott Brown	33	3	6	8		4	11	2507
Joe Ledley	41	10	4	2		7	5	3166
Biram Kayal	41		1	7		16	13	2163
Filip Twardzik	2		1					180
Kris Commons	46	19	17	2		7	23	3226
Tom Rogic	8		1			5	2	317
Paddy McCourt	20		1			16	3	528
Dylan McGeouch	15	1	3			9	2	615
Georgios Samaras	40	14	9	7		10	14	2643
Paul Slane	1					1		14
James Forrest	29	4	8	3		11	5	1852
Miku	14	2		2		6	3	758
Anthony Stokes	23	7	9			10	6	1243
Lassad Nouioui	19	3	3			9	10	846
Daryl Murphy	1					1		14
James Keatings	2					1	1	154
Tony Watt	28	6	5	2		16	4	1321
Gary Hooper	51	31	10	2		4	11	4181
Bahrudin Atajic	1					1		8
Joe Chalmers	3					2	1	113
John Herron	1					1		8
Jackson Irvine	1					1		45
Marcus Fraser	1							90

 

	Matches	Own Goals	Assists	Yellow	Conceded	Clean Sheets	Mins Played
Fraser Forster	51	1	1	4	50	22	4590
Lukasz Zaluska	9				8	2	720

 

TOP PLAYERS THIS SEASON

• Most effective: Gary Hooper, involved in 80% of goals for matches played in. Hooper also played the most matches this season with 51 games.
• Second most effective: Kris Commons, involved in 78% of goals for matches played in.
• Others of note: Anthony Stokes, involved in 69% of goals for matches played in. Georgios Samaras, involved in 57.5% of goals for matches played in. Charlie Mulgrew, involved in 46% of goals for matches played in.

MOST MINUTES PLAYED

Fraser Forster played the most minutes with 4,590, followed by Kelvin Wilson who played 4,323 minutes. Charlie Mulgrew followed with 4,190 minutes, Gary Hooper with 4,181 minutes and Victor Wanyama with 4,094 minutes.

OTHER NOTE WORTHY NUMBERS

• Most subbed-in player: Biram Kayal, Paddy McCourt and Tony Watt were all subbed-in 16 times. James Forrest was subbed-in 11 times, while Georgios Samaras and Anthony Stokes were subbed-in 10 times.
• Most subbed-out player: Kris Commons who was subbed-out 23 times, followed by Georgios Samaras 14 times, Biram Kayal 13 times, Scott Brown and Gary Hooper 11 times.
• Own goals: Only 2 were scored this season, Fraser Forster and Efe Ambrose the culprits.

FINANCE & SPONSORSHIP

Celtic have increased turnover by 71.0% according to their latest interim report for the six months to December 2012. Celtic’s revenues have increased to £50.06m from £29.27m over the same period in 2011. As a result, net bank debt stood at £0.13m (2011: £7.05m) making the current SPL leaders virtually debt free.

Celtic have announced a shirt sponsorship deal with Magners Cider from next season. The deal means that Celtic’s shirts will carry Magners branding for the next three years. Lawwell did not reveal the specifics of the multi-million pound deal but said it was an improvement on the existing £1.5m per season agreement.

Article by Joseph Ruddy – @joebhoy2412.