1972–73 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1972–73 season
Manager	Jock Stein
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division One	1st
Scottish Cup	Finalists
Scottish League Cup	Finalists
European Cup	2nd round
Drybrough Cup	Finalists
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

During the 1972–73 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.

Results

Scottish Division One

2 September 1972 Division One	Celtic	6 – 2	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:00				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 11,661

9 September 1972 Division One	Morton	0 – 2	Celtic	Greenock
15:00				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 11,723

16 September 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
12:00				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,316

23 September 1972 Division One	Dundee	2 – 0	Celtic	Dundee
15:00				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 18,226

30 September 1972 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Ayr United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,863

7 October 1972 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,262

14 October 1972 Division One	Partick Thistle	0 – 4	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 26,415

21 October 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,918

28 October 1972 Division One	Aberdeen	2 – 3	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 32,524

4 November 1972 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,892

11 November 1972 Division One	Motherwell	0 – 5	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,439

18 November 1972 Division One	Celtic	4 – 2	Heart of Midlothian F.C.	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,451

25 November 1972 Division One	Falkirk	2 – 3	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 12,579

2 December 1972 Division One	Dumbarton	1 – 6	Celtic	Dumbarton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Boghead Park Attendance: 14,488

16 December 1972 Division One	Arbroath	1 – 2	Celtic	Arbroath
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 5,481

23 December 1972 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,343

6 January 1973 Division One	Rangers	2 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 67,580

13 January 1973 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,977

20 January 1973 Division One	Ayr United	1 – 3	Celtic	Ayr
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 11,382

27 January 1973 Division One	Airdrieonians	2 – 1	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 15,589

7 February 1973 Division One	Kilmarnock	0 – 4	Celtic	Kilmarnock
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 11,185

10 February 1973 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 31,415

17 February 1973 Division One	East Fife	2 – 2	Celtic	Methil
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 11,577

28 February 1973 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,403

3 March 1973 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,102

6 March 1973 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Morton	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,118

10 March 1973 Division One	Dundee United	2 – 2	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 17,761

24 March 1973 Division One	Hearts	0 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 21,630

31 March 1973 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,842

3 April 1973 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,344

14 April 1973 Division One	St Johnstone	1 – 3	Celtic	Perth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Muirton Park Attendance: 14,278

18 April 1973 Division One	Celtic	5 – 0	Dumbarton	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,616

21 April 1973 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Arbroath	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,780

28 April 1973 Division One	Hibernian	0 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
19:30 BST				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 45,443

Scottish Cup

3 February 1973 Third round	Celtic	4 - 1	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

24 February 1973 Fourth round	Motherwell	0 - 4	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 24,764

17 March 1973 Fifth round	Celtic	0 - 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,032

21 March 1973 Fifth round replay	Aberdeen	0 - 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 33,465

7 April 1973 Semi-final	Celtic	0 - 0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 53,428

11 April 1973 Semi-final replay	Celtic	3 - 0 (aet)	Dundee	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 47,409

5 May 1973 Final	Celtic	2 - 3	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 122,714

Scottish League Cup

12 August 1972 Group 8	Stirling Albion	0 - 3	Celtic	Stirling
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 10,565

16 August 1972 Group 8	Celtic	1 - 1	East Fife	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,379

19 August 1972 Group 8	Arbroath	0 - 5	Celtic	Arbroath
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 8,834

23 August 1972 Group 8	East Fife	2 - 3	Celtic	Methil
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 9,152

26 August 1972 Group 8	Celtic	3 - 0	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,019

28 August 1972 Group 8	Celtic	3 - 3	Arbroath	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 4,914

20 September 1972 Second round 1st leg	Stranraer	1 - 2	Celtic	Stranraer
17:30 GMT				Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 5,260

4 October 1972 Second round 2nd leg	Celtic	5 - 2 (7 – 3 agg.)	Stranraer	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,483

11 October 1972 Quarter-final 1st leg	Dundee	1 - 0	Celtic	Dundee
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,492

1 November 1972 Quarter-final 2nd leg	Celtic	3 - 2 (3 – 3 agg.)	Dundee	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,416

20 November 1972 Quarter-final replay	Celtic	4 - 1	Dundee	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 21,938

27 November 1972 Semi-final	Aberdeen	2 - 3	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 39,582

9 December 1972 Final	Hibernian	2 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 71,696

European Cup

13 September 1972 1st round 1st leg	Celtic	2 - 1	Rosenborg BK	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 18,703

27 September 1972 1st round 2nd leg	Rosenborg BK	1 - 3 (2 – 5 agg.)	Celtic	Trondheim
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 16,153

25 October 1972 2nd round 1st leg	Celtic	2 - 1	Ujpesti Dozsa	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,515

8 November 1972 2nd round 2nd leg	Ujpesti Dozsa	3 - 0 (4 – 2 agg.)	Celtic	Újpest
16:00 GMT				Stadium: Megyeri úti Stadium Attendance: 13,012

Drybrough Cup

29 July 1972 First round	Celtic	2 - 1	Dumbarton	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

2 August 1972 Semi-final	Celtic	3 - 2 (aet)	Aberdeen	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

5 August 1972 Final	Celtic	3 - 5 (aet)	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,462

References

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

1972–73 Celtic F.C. season

Results

Scottish Division One

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

European Cup

Drybrough Cup

See also

References