Martin O’Neill has explained how Celtic decided the Europa League squad once the deadline for the knockout rounds had passed. The club could only add three new players before the 11pm cut-off, with the play-off tie against Stuttgart in mind. January left O’Neill with tough decisions. Three signings arrived late, but the rules in Europe
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 27 | 54 |
| 2 | Rangers | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 24 | 51 |
| 3 | Celtic | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 48 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 43 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 40 | -10 | 25 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 23 |
| 10 | Dundee | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 23 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 48 | -24 | 17 |
| 12 | Livingston | 25 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 52 | -27 | 11 |
