1979–80 Celtic F.C. season

Source:{{Cite web|title=Statistics 1979-80|url=https://www.thecelticwiki.com/statistics-1979-80/|website=The Celtic Wiki|access-date=15 March 2025}}{{Cite web|title=Celtic Team Line-Up 1979-80|url=https://www.thecelticwiki.com/celtic-team-line-up-1979-80/|website=The Celtic Wiki|access-date=15 March 2025}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Peter Latchford}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRL|pos=GK|name=Packie Bonner}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Danny McGrain}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Andy Lynch}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Roddie MacDonald}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Roy Aitken}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISL|pos=DF|name=Jóhannes Eðvaldsson}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Alan Sneddon}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Tom McAdam}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Jim Duffy}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Tommy Burns}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Jim Casey}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=John Weir}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Johnny Doyle}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Vic Davidson}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Mike Conroy}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Peter Mackie}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Dom Sullivan}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=John Halpin}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Gordon Greenfield}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=John Buckley}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Danny Crainie}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Jim Feeney}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Paul McStay}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Murdo MacLeod}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=George McCluskey}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Bobby Lennox}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=David Provan}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Frank McGarvey}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Charlie Nicholas}}

{{Fs end}}

{{Main|1979–80 Scottish Premier Division}}

{{:1979–80 Scottish Premier Division|showteam=CEL}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 11 August 1979

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 3 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Morton

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 24,841

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 18 August 1979

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Rangers

|score = 2 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ibrox Stadium

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 29,767

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 25 August 1979

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 5 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Kilmarnock

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 24,584

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 8 September 1979

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Dundee United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 25,959

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 15 September 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Hibernian

|score = 1 – 3

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Easter Road

|location = Edinburgh

|attendance = 19,086

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 22 September 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Aberdeen

|score = 1 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pittodrie Stadium

|location = Aberdeen

|attendance = 22,256

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 29 September 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 5 – 1

|report =

|team2 = St Mirren

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 27,788

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 6 October 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Partick Thistle

|score = 0 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Firhill Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 23,816

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 13 October 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 3 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Dundee

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 23,483

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 20 October 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Morton

|score = 1 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Cappielow Park

|location = Greenock

|attendance = 19,448

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 27 October 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Rangers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 53,952

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 3 November 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Kilmarnock

|score = 2 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rugby Park

|location = Kilmarnock

|attendance = 16,918

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 10 November 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Dundee United

|score = 0 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tannadice Park

|location = Dundee

|attendance = 18,630

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 17 November 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 3 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Hibernian

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 23,511

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 1 December 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = St Mirren

|score = 2 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = St Mirren Park, Love Street

|location = Paisley

|attendance = 20,360

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 15 December 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 5 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Partick Thistle

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 17,849

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 22 December 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 3 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Morton

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 26,025

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 29 December 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Rangers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ibrox Stadium

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 33,843

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 5 January 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Dundee United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 23,822

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 12 January 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Hibernian

|score = 1 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Easter Road

|location = Edinburgh

|attendance = 21,932

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 19 January 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Aberdeen

|score = 0 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pittodrie Stadium

|location = Aberdeen

|attendance = 22,231

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 9 February 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Partick Thistle

|score = 1 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Firhill Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 15,868

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 23 February 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Dundee

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 21,371

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 1 March 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Morton

|score = 0 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Cappielow Park

|location = Greenock

|attendance = 17,078

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 12 March 1980

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 – 2

|report =

|team2 = St Mirren

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 28,985

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 15 March 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Kilmarnock

|score = 1 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rugby Park

|location = Kilmarnock

|attendance = 14,965

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 29 March 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 4 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Hibernian

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 20,926

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 2 April 1980

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Rangers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 49,668

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 5 April 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Aberdeen

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 12,980

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 8 April 1980

|time = 19:30 BST

|team1 = Dundee United

|score = 3 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tannadice Park

|location = Dundee

|attendance = 14,616

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 16 April 1980

|time = 19:30 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Kilmarnock

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 16,695

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 19 April 1980

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Dundee

|score = 5 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dens Park

|location = Dundee

|attendance = 14,633

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 23 April 1980

|time = 19:30 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 – 3

|report =

|team2 = Aberdeen

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 46,877

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 26 April 1980

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Partick Thistle

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 18,487

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 30 April 1980

|time = 19:30 BST

|team1 = Dundee

|score = 0 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dens Park

|location = Dundee

|attendance = 10,200

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Premier League

|date = 3 May 1980

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = St Mirren

|score = 0 – 0

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = St Mirren Park, Love Street

|location = Paisley

|attendance = 20,270

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{Main|1979–80 Scottish Cup}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Third round

|date = 26 January 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 - 1

|report =

|team2 = Raith Rovers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 18,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Fourth round

|date = 16 February 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 - 1

|report =

|team2 = St Mirren

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 32,000

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Fourth round replay

|date = 20 February 1980

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = St Mirren

|score = 2 - 3

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = St Mirren Park, Love Street

|location = Paisley

|attendance = 27,166

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Fifth round

|date = 8 March 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 - 0

|report =

|team2 = Morton

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 35,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Semi-final

|date = 12 April 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 5 - 0

|report =

|team2 = Hibernian

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 33,445

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Final

|date = 10 May 1980

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 - 0 (aet)

|report =

|team2 = Rangers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 70,314

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{Main|1979–80 Scottish League Cup}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Second round 1st leg

|date = 29 August 1979

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = Falkirk

|score = 1 - 2

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Brockville Park

|location = Falkirk

|attendance = 8,583

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Second round 2nd leg

|date = 1 September 1979

|time = 15:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 4 - 1

|aggregatescore = 6 – 2

|report =

|team2 = Falkirk

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 16,090

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Third round 1st leg

|date = 26 September 1979

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = Stirling Albion

|score = 1 - 2

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Annfield Stadium

|location = Stirling

|attendance = 7,592

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Third round 2nd leg

|date = 10 October 1979

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2 - 0

|aggregatescore = 4 – 1

|report =

|team2 = Stirling Albion

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 8,924

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Quarter-final 1st leg

|date = 31 October 1979

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = Aberdeen

|score = 3 - 2

|report =

|team2 = Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pittodrie Stadium

|location = Aberdeen

|attendance = 20,972

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Quarter-final 2nd leg

|date = 24 November 1979

|time = 19:30 GMT

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 0 - 1

|aggregatescore = 2 – 4

|report =

|team2 = Aberdeen

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 37,768

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{Main|1979–80 European Cup}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 1st round 1st leg

|date = 19 September 1979

|time = 20:00 GMT

|team1 = Partizani Tirana {{flagicon|ALB|1946}}

|score = 1 - 0

|report =

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Selman Stërmasi Stadium

|location = Tirana

|attendance = 19,000

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 1st round 2nd leg

|date = 24 October 1979

|time = 20:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 4 - 1

|aggregatescore = 4 – 2

|report =

|team2 = {{flagicon|ALB|1946}} Partizani Tirana

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 51,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 2nd round 1st leg

|date = 19 September 1979

|time = 20:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 3 - 2

|report =

|team2 = {{flagicon|IRE}} Dundalk

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 33,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 2nd round 2nd leg

|date = 3 October 1979

|time = 20:00 GMT

|team1 = Dundalk {{flagicon|IRE}}

|score = 0 - 0

|aggregatescore = 2 – 3

|report =

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Oriel Park

|location = Dundalk

|attendance = 16,300

|referee =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Quarter-final 1st leg

|date = 5 March 1980

|time = 20:00 GMT

|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 2 - 0

|report =

|team2 = {{flagicon|Spain|1977}} Real Madrid

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 67,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Quarter-final 2nd leg

|date = 19 March 1980

|time = 20:00 GMT

|team1 = Real Madrid {{flagicon|Spain|1977}}

|score = 3 - 0

|aggregatescore = 2 – 3

|report =

|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

|location = Madrid

|attendance = 110,000

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{Main|1979 Drybrough Cup}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = First round

|date = 30 July 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 5 - 0

|report =

|team2 = Clydebank

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 18,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Semi-final

|date = 1 August 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 3 - 2 (aet)

|report =

|team2 = Dundee United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 21,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Final

|date = 4 August 1979

|time = 15:00 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 1 - 3

|report =

|team2 = Rangers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 40,609

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = Semi-final

|date = 22 August 1979

|time = 19:30 BST

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 3 - 0

|report =

|team2 = Clyde

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow

|attendance = 7,000

|referee =

|result = W

}}

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