Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

As well as the Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

, the club also have reserve

Reserve team

Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...

and under-19 sides.

Reserve team

Celtic Reserves are the reserve team

Reserve team

of Celtic

Celtic F.C.

. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players. Some of the first team also play when they are recovering from injury.

They were members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League

Scottish Premier Reserve League

The Scottish Premier Reserve League was the top reserve team league for Scottish football teams. The competition started at the same time as the inauguration of the Scottish Premier League in the 1998–99 season. It was initially an under-21 league, with a quota of five players over the age...

from its foundation in the 1998–99 season

1998-99 in Scottish football

The 1998–99 season was the 102nd season of Scottish league football.-Summary:The 1998–99 SPL season was one that ended in success for Rangers. Dutchman Dick Advocaat was brought in to replace Walter Smith at Rangers and made major changes, bringing in many players.Rangers were...

until the league ceased after the 2008–09 season. The side won the Reserve League eight times in the eleven seasons the league operated. They played their home games at Excelsior Stadium

Excelsior Stadium

The Excelsior Stadium is the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division. It was built in 1998 to house Airdrieonians F.C., and when Airdrieonians went into liquidation four years later, Airdrie United began playing their home games there.When the stadium first...

, normally the home of Airdrie United

Airdrie United F.C.

Airdrie United Football Club are a Scottish professional football team based in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. They are currently managed by ex-Airdrieonians player and former Airdrie United Under 19s coach Jimmy Boyle. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the...

.

Kenny McDowall

Kenny McDowall

Kenny McDowall is a former Scottish footballer and is currently assistant manager at Scottish Premier League club Rangers....

was head coach until January 2007 when he left Celtic to join rivals Rangers

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

as first team coach. Willie McStay

Willie McStay (footballer born 1961)

William John "Willie" McStay is a Scottish professional football player and manager.-Playing career:McStay played for Celtic from 1979 to 1987. McStay made his debut on 2 April 1983 when he came on as a sub in Celtic's 3-1 home win over Motherwell and went on to make 65 league appearances,...

then held the position until 2009, when he took a manager's job in Hungary. Neil Lennon

Neil Lennon

Neil Francis Lennon is a former footballer from Northern Ireland. He is the current manager and former captain of Celtic....

managed the team for a season before being appointed Celtic first team manager in June 2010. The reserves' current head coach is Danny McGrain

Danny McGrain

For the former Clyde F.C. footballer, see Danny McGrain Daniel Fergus "Danny" McGrain is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Celtic F.C. in defence. He made 657 appearances scoring 8 goals...

. After the abolition of the reserve league, the celtic development squad continue by playing a host of friendly matches against similar squads from Scotland and England.

Honours

Scottish Premier Reserve League
Scottish Premier Reserve League
The Scottish Premier Reserve League was the top reserve team league for Scottish football teams. The competition started at the same time as the inauguration of the Scottish Premier League in the 1998–99 season. It was initially an under-21 league, with a quota of five players over the age...

: 8

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Under-19 Team

The Celtic Under-19 Team competes in the Scottish Premier under-19 League

Scottish Premier under-19 League

The Scottish Premier Under-19 League is the top level of youth football in Scotland. It is contested by the Under-19 teams of Scottish Premier League clubs.-History:...

.

The under-19s play their home matches at former Celtic

Celtic F.C.

training ground Barrowfield

Barrowfield

Barrowfield is an area of east Glasgow in Camlachie, close to Celtic Park, home of Celtic Football Club.It is an area of working class housing enclosed by main roads and railway lines, which consequently developed a distinctive character...

, but games are also occasionally played at Lennoxtown training ground

Lennoxtown training ground

Lennoxtown Training Centre is Celtic F.C.'s training centre, located at Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire in Scotland. The complex houses the club's training and educational facilities.-Background:...

.

The Under-19s head coach is Stephen Frail

Stephen Frail

Stephen Frail is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently the Celtic under-19s coach.-Playing career:...

and his assistant is Miodrag Krivokapić

Miodrag Krivokapic (footballer)

Miodrag Krivokapić is a Montenegrin former footballer who played in defence. He lives in Glasgow.-Career:...

who is also the head coach of the under 17s. The under-19s had been previously coached by Willie McStay

Willie McStay (footballer born 1961)

.

The side have won the Scottish Premier Youth League three times, first in 2003/04

2003-04 in Scottish football

The 2003–04 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Scotland.-Scottish Premier League:The 2003–04 Scottish Premier League season was won by Celtic with 98 points, 17 points ahead of closest challengers Rangers. Both Rangers and Celtic therefore gained the two UEFA...

and 2005/06

2005-06 in Scottish football

The 2005–06 season was the 109th season of competitive football in Scotland.-2005:*1 June: Gordon Strachan officially takes charge of Celtic after the resignation of Martin O'Neill...

. Celtic also won the revived Glasgow Cup

Glasgow Cup

The Glasgow Cup is a knockout football tournament open to teams from Glasgow. It was competed for annually by senior Glasgow clubs from 1887 until 1988. It is now competed for between the youth teams of Rangers, Celtic, Clyde, Partick Thistle and Queen's Park.It is dominated by the Old Firm of...

in August 2008 beating rivals Rangers

Rangers F.C.

3–1 in the final with goals from James Keatings, Richie Towell

Richie Towell

Richie Towell is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, on loan from Celtic. He is a versatile player who can play as a right back or central midfield....

and James Forrest

James Forrest (footballer born 1991)

James Forrest is a Scottish footballer who plays as a winger for Celtic the Scotland national football team and the Scotland under-21 national football team....

which cancelled out the Rangers opener through Kyle Hutton.

Celtic will be the first and only Scottish participant in the forth coming Youth Champions League, being drawn in a group with Barcelona, Manchester City and Marseille.

Honours

Scottish Premier under 19s League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

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2004, 2005, 2006, 2010

Scottish Youth Cup
Scottish Youth Cup
The Scottish Youth Cup is an annual Scottish football competition run by the Scottish Football Association for under-19 teams...

: 10

1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010

Glasgow Cup
Glasgow Cup
The Glasgow Cup is a knockout football tournament open to teams from Glasgow. It was competed for annually by senior Glasgow clubs from 1887 until 1988. It is now competed for between the youth teams of Rangers, Celtic, Clyde, Partick Thistle and Queen's Park.It is dominated by the Old Firm of...

: 1

2008

Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Danny McGrain Danny McGrain For the former Clyde F.C. footballer, see Danny McGrain Daniel Fergus "Danny" McGrain is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Celtic F.C. in defence. He made 657 appearances scoring 8 goals...
Under 19 Coach	Stephen Frail Stephen Frail Stephen Frail is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently the Celtic under-19s coach.-Playing career:...
Under 19 Assistant Coach	Hugh McGovern
Under 17 Coach	Miodrag Krivokapić Miodrag Krivokapic (footballer) Miodrag Krivokapić is a Montenegrin former footballer who played in defence. He lives in Glasgow.-Career:...
Under 17 Team Assistant Coach	George McCluskey George McCluskey George McKinley Cassidy McCluskey is a Scottish former association football player for clubs including Celtic and Leeds United. He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Premier Division in the 1981–82 season....
Sports Scientist	Ian Coll
Physiotherapist	Niam Mohammed
Football Development Manager	John Park
Head of Youth and Academy	Chris McCart Chris McCart Christopher 'Chris' McCart is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender. McCart spent most of his career with Motherwell, spending twelve seasons with the Fir Park club before a short spell with Falkirk...
Head of Intermediate Academy	John McLaughlan
Academy Operations Manager	Brian Meehan

Development squad

Following the SPL's decision to abolish the reserve league, Celtic's "reserve team" now just play in organised friendlies during the football season. Celtic no longer have an established reserve side, and the youths and players not involved with the first team compete in these organised friendlies.

2011-12

Under 19 squad

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Former youth team players

Players in Bold have senior international caps Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony (footballer)

Marc Anthony is a Scottish football player who plays for Australian club Cockburn City.-Club career:Marc began his career with Celtic, but only made one first team appearance before playing for Scottish lower league clubs Forfar and Berwick...

Gary Arbuckle

Gary Arbuckle is a Scottish forward currently playing for Yoker Athletic. He signed for Yoker from Arthurlie FC in September 2011.-Career:...

Craig Beattie
Craig Beattie
Craig Beattie is a Scottish footballer who has played for Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion, and Celtic as a striker.-Celtic:...

Teddy Bjarnason
Teddy Bjarnason
Theódór Elmar "Teddy" Bjarnason is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Swedish side IFK Göteborg.-Early career:Before joining Celtic, Bjarnason played for KR Reykjavík in Iceland...

Mark Burchill
Mark Burchill
Mark James Burchill is a Scottish professional football player who plays as a striker. He previously played for Scottish clubs Celtic, Dundee, Hearts, Dunfermline Athletic and Kilmarnock, and in England for Birmingham City, Ipswich Town, Portsmouth, Wigan Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and...

Paul Caddis

Paul Caddis

Paul Caddis is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for English League Two side Swindon Town. He is also the captain of the Scotland under-21 team. He plays as either a right back or right winger....

Graham Carey

Graham Carey is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a left sided attacking midfielder for Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren...

Marc Cocozza

Marc Cocozza is a Scottish former footballer.-Career:Cocozza began his career with Celtic but failed to make a senior appearance for the Bhoys, leaving in November 2001 to sign for Dundee United...

Ryan Conroy

Ryan Conroy is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Dundee. He can also play as a left back.-Celtic:Conroy consistently impressed throughout his time with the Celtic youth system...

Stephen Crainey
Stephen Crainey
Stephen Daniel Crainey is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left back for Blackpool and the Scottish national team. He has also represented Scotland at under-21 level.-Celtic and Southampton:...

Scott Cuthbert

Scott Cuthbert

Scott Cuthbert is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Football League One club Leyton Orient.-Club:...

Simon Donnelly
Simon Donnelly
Simon Thomas Donnelly is a Scottish professional footballer currently with Partick Thistle.-Club career:Donnelly, a wide-sided forward, started his career at Queen's Park but left in 1993 to join Celtic. Donnelly made his league debut towards the end of the 1993–94 season, appearing as a...

Michael Doyle
Michael Doyle (footballer)
Michael Paul Doyle is an Irish footballer currently playing for Sheffield United. Doyle is known for his workrate and his tough tackling style. He started his career at Celtic and has also played in Denmark for AGF Aarhus...

Kjartan Finnbogason

Kjartan Finnbogason

Kjartan Henry Finnbogason is a footballer playing for KR Reykjavík in Iceland.- Club career :Finnbogason was signed by Celtic Football Club by manager Martin O'Neill in December 2005...

Mark Fotheringham

Mark McKay Fotheringham is a Scottish footballer who plays for Livingston.-Club career:Fotheringham played three times for Celtic, graduating from the youth ranks at Parkhead. At the time of his debut, he was the youngest player ever to play in Celtic's first team. In 2003, he moved to one of his...

Michael Gardyne

Michael Gardyne is a Scottish football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Scottish Football League club Ross County.-Club career:Gardyne previously played for Celtic, the team he supported as a young Dundonian...

Jim Goodwin
Jim Goodwin
James "Jim" Goodwin is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League side St. Mirren.-Early career:...

Ross Harris

Ross Harris (footballer)

Ross Harris is a Scottish footballer.He previously played for Celtic, where he did not make any first team appearances, and Dundee, and Stirling Albion in August 2007. He joined Albion Rovers in August 2008 and played for them for one season.-External links:...

Chris Hay

Christopher Drummond "Chris" Hay is a Scottish former professional association football player. He played as a striker for Celtic, Swindon Town, Huddersfield Town, St. Johnstone and Stirling Albion....

Colin Healy
Colin Healy
Colin Healy is an international footballer for the Republic of Ireland national football team, currently a free agent after having his contract terminated by mutual consent at Ipswich Town Fc.-Early career:...

Gary Holt Gary Irvine

Gary Irvine

Gary Irvine is a professional footballer who plays for Dundee FC. His preferred positions are right back and right wing....

John Kennedy
John Kennedy (Scottish footballer)
John Kennedy is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre back for Celtic and Norwich City. He was also a Scotland international, but suffered a horrific knee injury on his Scotland debut in March 2004...

Paul Lawson Simon Lynch

Simon Lynch (footballer)

Simon Lynch is a former Scottish professional footballer who ended his career at Stenhousemuir.-Early career:...

John Paul McBride

John Paul McBride is a Scottish footballer who last played Senior football for Stirling Albion. He joined Junior side Wishaw on a one year deal in 2010 after playing at Amateur level with Low Waters Miners Welfare.-Early career:McBride started his career as a youth player with Celtic...

Kevin McBride

Kevin McBride (footballer)

Kevin McBride is a Scottish football player. He currently plays for Hamilton Academical, having previously played for Celtic, Motherwell, Darlington, Falkirk, Hibernian and Raith Rovers.-Celtic:...

Ryan McCann

Ryan McCann is a Scottish professional association footballer who plays in either midfield or at right back and who is currently at Stockport County...

Brian McColligan

Brian McColligan is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bathgate Thistle.McColligan's footballing career started when he was a seventeen-year-old, in the youth ranks of Celtic, where he was a squad member from 1997 to 2001...

Aiden McGeady
Aiden McGeady
Aiden McGeady is a Scottish-born Irish footballer who currently plays as a winger for Russian club Spartak Moscow. Although born and brought up in Scotland, McGeady plays internationally for the Republic of Ireland, a country he qualifies for through his grandparents...

Michael McGlinchey

Michael McGlinchey

Michael Ryan McGlinchey is an association footballer currently playing for A-League club Central Coast Mariners....

Jon-Paul McGovern

Jon-Paul McGovern is a professional footballer currently playing for Carlisle United.-Career:McGovern started his career at Celtic, whom he joined as a trainee before moving to Livingston the following year. His time playing in Scotland was sandwiched by a loan spell at Sheffield United. He joined...

Michael McGovern

Michael McGovern is a Northern Ireland footballer currently playing for Scottish First Division club Falkirk as a goalkeeper....

Paul McGowan Brian McLaughlin Stephen McManus
Stephen McManus
Stephen McManus is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Middlesbrough. McManus was club captain of Celtic from 2007 until his move to Middlesbrough....

Anthony McParland

Anthony McParland

Tony Patrick McParland is a Scottish football player who is currently without a club after playing for Dumfries side Queen of the South....

Jamie McQuilken

James Charles McQuilken is a Scottish professional footballer who last played for Scottish First Division side Queen of the South.-Career:...

Shaun Maloney
Shaun Maloney
Shaun Richard Maloney is a Scottish footballer who plays for English club Wigan Athletic in the Premier League and for the Scotland national team. He plays on either Wing or as a Striker and occasionally as an Attacking Midfielder...

David Marshall
David Marshall (footballer)
David James Marshall is a Scottish footballer who plays for Cardiff City as a goalkeeper. He is also a current Scotland international.-Celtic:...

Liam Miller
Liam Miller
William Peter "Liam" Miller is an Irish footballer who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League. Miller began his career with Celtic; at an early stage after injury he was loaned to Aarhus in 2001, making 18 appearances for the Danish Superliga club. He returned to Celtic Park and broke into the...

Allan Morrison

Allan Morrison

Allan James Morrison is a Scottish footballer currently playing for junior side Glenafton Athletic.-Career:Morrison began his career with Celtic, but failed to play a first team game for them. He then had a short spell at Carlisle United, but did not play any games.He moved back to Scotland to...

Charlie Mulgrew Jim O'Brien Diarmuid O'Carroll

Diarmuid O'Carroll

Diarmuid O'Carroll is an Irish professional footballer, who currently plays as a forward for IFA Premiership side Glenavon.- Club career :...

Darren O'Dea
Darren O'Dea
Darren O'Dea [pronounced dah-renh-oh-dee] is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a centre back for English Football League Championship club Leeds United after joining on a loan deal from Celtic. O'Dea has represented his country at under-21 level and at senior level...

Tomislav Pavlov

Tomislav Pavlov

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John Potter

John Potter (footballer)

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Bryan Prunty

Bryan Prunty , is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Dumbarton.-Career:Bryan Prunty began his career with Celtic, but he failed to make a senior appearance. He had spells with Aberdeen and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, before joining Airdrie United in 2005. He was recognised as the club's...

Rocco Quinn

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Craig Reid Cillian Sheridan
Cillian Sheridan
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Barry Smith Jamie Smith Andrew Traub

Andrew Traub

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Ross Wallace
Ross Wallace
Ross Wallace is a Scottish footballer who plays for Burnley as a winger.-Celtic:Wallace was born in Dundee, Scotland and started his career with Celtic where he played as a left midfielder but under his former manager Gordon Strachan he played at left back for the reserves and eventually the first...

David van Zanten

David van Zanten

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External links

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Reserve/U19 Fixtures Celtic FC

Reserves

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Reserve League fixtures Scottish Premier League

Under-19s

Under-19 League news Scottish Premier League
Under-19 League tables Scottish Premier League
Under-19 League fixtures Scottish Premier League

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