Celtic F.C.

**Celtic Fitbaw Club** (soondit  or  in Glesga Scots) is a Scots club that competes in the Scots Professional Fitbaw League, the heichest form o competition in Scotland. The club is based in the east end o the city o Glesga.

The club is offeecially bynamed the Hoops. The team pley aw thir hame games at Celtic Park (kent as Paradise or Pairkheid), the maistmuckle fitbaw grund in Scotland, an the secont maistmuckle club in the Unitit Kinrick. Celtic Park attracts 57 tae 60 thoosant fowk tae hame games an means that Celtic is juist secont tae Manchester United in terms o average attendance records in British fitbaw.

Alang wi thir rivals, Rangers F.C., Celtic haes been in amang Scots fitbaw fur ower a hunner yeir as pairt o the **[[Auld Firm]]**, makin it wan o the auldest, maist weel-kent an fiercest rivalries in sport. The club haes traditionally been identified wi the Erse-Catholic fowk o Glesga. Celtic's hame kit is green an white hooped taps, white shorts an white hose.

In 1967, the club wis the first British team tae win the European Cup that haed anely been won bi Italian, Portuguese an Spanish clubs aforehaund. Afore Celtic's historic win, nae ither club in the hale o Northern Europe haed won the European tournament.
Whit's mair, Celtic remains the anely Scots club that's iver gone tae the final, an is the anely club that's iver won the trophy wi a team o hame-grewn talent; aa the players in the side wur Scots, an born athin 30 mile o Celtic Park in Glesga. Celtic, wance mare, went tae the European Cup final in 1970, juist tae be defeatit by Feyenoord efter extra time.

In 2003 Martin O'Neill led the team tae the UEFA cup final in Seville whaur thay wur beat 3-2 by F.C. Porto, wance mair, efter extra time. The bidin myndin o the final wis the *green an white invasion* o Seville. Ower 80,000 fans wur thocht tae hae been there in total includin flichts tae ither Spainish an Portuguese airports an fans that wis incorporatin their simmer holidays alang wi the trip. Ither fans even drove fae Glesga tae Seville. Owin tae the guid naitur o baith Celtic fans an the locals, strang friendships cam aboot, an Celtic's fans wur honoured wi the 2003 Fair Play Awairds fae baith the UEFA an the FIFA.

Celtic hae a guid friendship wi monies a team athort the hale warld. Juist a haundful o the ithers that Celtic haes fund friendship wi ower the yeirs is St. Pauli, Liverpool, Villarreal, Sevilla, Real Betis an Dinamo Zagreb. Owin tae aw the friendships Celtic haev, monie fowk follae Celtic whan thay pley awa in Europe. Fowk fae countries lik Germany an Croatia are aften seen aboot Celtic fans in Europe an are weel-kent an respectit.

## Formation

**Celtic Football Club** wis foondit at a meetin in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Kirk haw on East Rose Street (nou Forbes Street), Calton, Glesga, bi an Erse Marist monk cried Brother Walfrid on 6 November, 1887.

The chairity establisht bi Brither Walfrid wis cried **The Poor Childer's Dinner Table**. Walfrid's ettle tae estaiblish the club as a wey fund raisin funds wis, tae the maist pairt, inspirt bi the ensaumple o Hibernian F.C. that wis foondit bi immigrant Erse fowk a few yeir afore in Embra.

On the 28t o Mey 1888, Celtic pleyed thair first offeicial gemme agin the Rangers an won 5-2 in whit wis descrievit as a "freendly encoonter". Celtic haed 8 'Guest' pleyers frae Hibernian pleyin that day.

## The Auld Firm an sectarianism
Celtic haes aye haed a historic association wi the fowk o Ireland an the Catholic Kirk. As an ootcome, the club an its supporters haes been embrylt in maiters adae wi sectarianism, alang wi Rangers. At its warst sectarianism haes manifestit itsel in support for paramilitaries in Norlin Airlan (the IRA an UVF) an sectarian violence; the reproduction o cultural prejuidices; an a perceivit anti-Celtic agenda, that some fans believes tae be a pairt o a mair muckle anti-Catholic bias in Scotland (see Erse-Scots).

Sectarianism is a muckle issue, ruitit in social, cultural, historical  an religious circumstances.  Ne'ertheless, baith Celtic an the Reengers accept that thay hae a problem wi sectarianism. Baith sides o the Auld Firm admeets that a pairt o thair supporters haes been, an conteenas tae be, guilty o haudin sectarian beliefs an cultural intolerance gaun.

In recent times baith Celtic an the Rangers haes taen meisurs tae fecht sectarianism. Warkin alangside the Scots Pairlament, kirk groups an communities, the Auld Firm haes clampit doun on sectarian sangs, inflammatory banner-wavin, an fascist supporters, uisin mair muckle levels o policin an surveillance. In 1996, for instance, Celtic stairtit thair *Bhoys Agin Bigotry* campaign, later follaed bi *Youth Agin Bigotry* tae "educate the young on haein ... respect for aw aspects o the community - aw races, aw colours, aw creeds", accordin tae the then chief executive Ian McLeod.

## Celtic an the media
Celtic hae aye ettelt tae engage direct wi the fans an bypass the tradeitional media ootlats as a wey o gettin mair accurate information tae the ootside warld aboot the inner warkins o the club.

Whan Jock Stein wis Celtic manager, he stairtit a trend in British fitbaw that becam kent as the "tracksuit manager", whaur he traint in public wi the pleyin staff an hostit media/press conferences.

In 1965 Celtic publisht the *The Celtic View*, the Unitit Kinrick's first e'er fitbaw club newspaper.

In 2004 Celtic lencht its ain deigital TV chainel Celtic TV available in the Unitit Kinrick throu Setanta Sports on satellite an cable. Syne 2002 Celtic's internet TV chainel, Channel67 (kent afore as Celtic Replay), haes braidcast Celtic's ain content athort the warld, fends live gemme coverage tae subscribers ootwi the Unitit Kinrick, an nou haes 3 online chainels.

## Newlin seasons
### 2003-2004
Efter a draw in the openin gemme o the season, Celtic rackt up a recort-settin 25-gemme winnin run, nou a British record in tap-level fitbaw, gien Celtic a healthy lead in the title race. Celtic didna lose a gemme till efter the club's 39t championship wis won.

The 2003-2004 season saw Celtic rack up fower league wins ower the Rangers an aw, an ane in the Scots Cup - the first time in aither club's history whan a five-match "whitewash" haed been won at.

Club hero Henrik Larsson pleyed his final professional gemme for Celtic in the 2004 Scots Cup Final win ower Dunfermline, scorin twa goals, wi Bulgarian Stilian Petrov's goal follaein Larsson's goals tae owerturn an aerlie setback, an haundin Celtic thair secont dooble unner Martin O'Neill.

Larsson is nou widely thocht tae be ane o the club's greatest e'er players, an ranks amang the tap three goalscorers in the club's history.

### 2004-2005
Follaein a close race for the SPL title, wi Rangers follaein close, the club raxed thair lead at the tap o the SPL table tae twa pynts as thay linit up for the final gemme o the season, wi a win at Motherwell F.C. needit tae win the title. Wi twa meenit left on the clock, Celtic wis winnin 1&ndash;0, a result that wad hae haundit thaim the league.

Houiver, Motherwell's Scott McDonald nettit twa final-meenit goals gien the Fir Pairk side a victory. Rangers defeatit Hibernian F.C. 0–1 at Easter Road, winnin the league championship title forby. Aerlier in the season, Celtic recordit a recortd seivint straucht win ower city rivals Rangers.

Celtic endit the season a week efter wi a 1&ndash;0 win ower Dundee United F.C. in the Scots Cup Final, that wis merkit bi fans as Martin O'Neill's final gemme as manager.

On 25 May, 2005, O'Neill annoonced he wad staund doun as manager o Celtic at the end o the 2004/05 season alang wi first team coach Steve Walford an assistant manager John Robertson. It wis widely reportit that O'Neill decidit tae tak time oot o fitbaw for tae tak care o his seek wife Geraldine, wha is ill wi lymphoma.

Martin O'Neill is nou seen as as Celtic's maist successfu manager syne Jock Stein, third greatest efter Stein an Willie Maley an is creditit wi helpin tae restore pride in Celtic's abeelity tae compete on the European stage.

### 2005-2006
Umwhile Aberdeen F.C. player an Scotland internaitional Gordon Strachan teuk chairge o the club on the 1st o Juin 2005, on a yeir rowin contract, seemilar tae O'Neill's deal wi the club; his contract effectively extendit fur a yeir frae ony current date. Garry Pendrey wis appyntit as Strachan's assistant manager.

In his first competitive match, agin Artmedia Bratislava on the 27 Julie 2005, Celtic lost 5–0 in the first leg o an important Champions League 2nt Roond qualifeer, sufferin thair maistmuckle European defeat in the club's history an the widest mairgin o defeat syne the 1963-64 season, whan the club lost 6-0 tae Kilmarnock F.C. at Rugby Pairk.

In Strachan's first domestic match o the 2005-2006 SPL season, Celtic threw awa a 3-1 hauf-time lead ower Motherwell F.C. at Fir Pairk on 30 July 2005, the gemme endin in a 4-4 draw efter Celtic managed tae equalise throu a goal bi Craig Beattie.

The nine goals agin Celtic in Strachan's first twa competitive gemmes is the maistmuckle goal tally scorit agin the club in successive gemmes for 14 yeir.

In the return leg o the Champions League 2nt Roond qualifeer agin Artmedia at Celtic Park, Strachan's improvit side won 4–0 but wis knockit oot frae European competeition 5–4 on aggregait.

Houiver, follaein thir setbacks, an a defeat agin the Rangers in the pair's first gemme o the season at Ibrox, Celtic recordit a series o wins, includin beatin Rangers twice, an returnit tae the tap o the SPL - a  betterment o thair form at the stairt o the season.

Celtic knockit airch rivals Rangers oot the League cup on the 19t o November 2005. Celtic wis knockit oot the Scots Cup on the 8t o Januar 2006 bi First Division Clyde F.C.

Celtic won agin Rangers on the 12t o Februar tae mak it 17 wins frae the last 21 Auld Firm gemmes. Celtic won the CIS Cup, wi a 3–0 win ower Dunfermline Athletic F.C. on the 19t o Mairch. Thay hae awready creatit a new scorin recort for the SPL, an 8–1 victory agin Dunfermline on the 19t o Februar 2006.

On the 5t o Apryl 2006 Celtic won thair 40t title owin tae a goal frae John Hartson in a 1–0 win agin Herts at Celtic Pairk. The title wis Celtic's fowert title in sax yeir.  This feat wis won at wi sax gemmes remainin tae the end o the season an afore the SPL spleet. The Bhoys liftit the SPL trophy on Easter Sunday 2006 at hame tae Hibernian F.C., efter a 1–1 draw.

In April 2006, Celtic's reser an Unner-19 teams won thair championships an aw, makkin a clean soop o Scotland's league competitions. It wis the fift consecutive league title for the reser team.

## Club records
*The Scottish Cup final win agin Aiberdeen F.C. in 1938 wis attendit bi a croud o 146,433 at Hampden Park in Glesgae, that's aye a record fur a club match in European fitbaw. 	 
*Celtic nou hauds the Unitit Kinrick record for an unbeaten rin in professional fitbaw: 62 gemmes (49 won, 13 drawn), frae the 13t o November, 1915 tae the 21st o Apryle, 1917- a tot o 17 month an fower days in a (thay lost at hame tae Kilmarnock F.C. on the last day o the season). Awtho this wis durin the 1st Warld War yeirs.
*Celtic hauds the SPL record for an unbeaten rin o hame gemmes an aw (77), gaun frae 2001 tae 2004 (this rin wis endit bi a 3–2 loss tae Aiberdeen oan 21 April, 2004), an the record for the langest run o consecutive wins in a single season (25 matches).
*Record Win: 11-0, agin Dundee in 1895.
*Record loss: 0-8 agin East Stirlingshire F.C. in 1937. 	 
*Record Hame loss: 0-5 agin Heart of Midlothian F.C. in 1895. 	 
*Record post war hame loss 1-5 Aiberdeen 1948.
*The fower Record European wins 9-0 KPV Kokkola (Finland), 1970. 8-1 Suduva (Lithuanie), 2003. 7-0 Waterford (Rep.Ireland), 1970, 7-0 Valur Rekjavik, 1975.
*Record European defeat: 0-5 agin FC Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July, 2005. 	 
*Record win agin the Reengers: 7-1 1957 Scots league cup final.
*Record pynts earnt in a season: 72 (Premier Division, 1987/88, 2 pynts for a Win); 106 (Scots Premiership, 2016/17, 3 pynts for a win), that's the SPFL pynts tally record an aw.
*Record hame attendance: 92,000 agin Rangers F.C. in 1938. A 3-0 win for Celtic. 	 
*Maist Capt Pleyer: 80, Pat Bonner: Republic o Irland
*Maist Scotland Caips: 76, Paul McStay.
*Record Appearances: Billy McNeill, 790 frae 1957 - 1975. 	 
*Maist goals in a season: Henrik Larsson, 53. 	 
*Record scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 468 (plus 13 whiles lendit at Clydebank).
*First British club tae win tae the final o the European Cup.
*First Scots club tae win tae the final o the European Cup.
*First Scots, British an northren European team tae win the European Cup.
*The ainly club in history that haes won the European Cup wi a team makkit fae hame-growen talent (a last fower in 1967, the yeir that Celtic achievit the feat o winnin ilka competeition thay pleyed in).
*Haud the record for the maistmuckle score in a domestic cup final: Celtic 7–1 Rangers, Scots League Cup Final 1957.
*Haud the record for the maistmuckle attendance fur a club fitbaw gemme onywhaur in Europe: Celtic v Aiberdeen in the Scots Cup Final 1937 at Hampden Park, Glesgae. Offeecial attendance 146,433. Unoffeecial attendance 147,365.
*Haud the record for the maistmuckle attendance fur a European club competition gemme: Celtic v Leeds Utd in the European Cup semi-final 1970 at Hampden Park, Glasgae. Offeecial attendance 133,961.
*Fastest hat-trick in European Club Fitbaw - Mark Burchill v Jeunesse Esch o Luxembourg in 2000. 	 
*Aerliest SPL Championsheip wan. Won wi sax gemmes tae gae agin Hearts oan 5 April 2006.

## Major honours
***[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] (1):** Winners: 1966-67, Runners-up: 1969-70.
***[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]:** Runner-up 2002-2003.
***[[Scottish Premiership|Scots League Champions]] (55):** 1892–93, 1893–94, 1895–96, 1897–98, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1925–26, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1953–54, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024-25
***[[Scottish Cup|Scots Cup]] (42):**  1891–92, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1903–04, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
***Scots League Cup (22):**  1956–57, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25

## Ither honours
***Glasgow Cup (29)**: 1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1941, 1949, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1982 *( 1975 shared with Rangers after 2-2 draw)*
***Glasgow Merchant's Charity Cup (27)**
***Glasgow International Exhibition Cup**: 1902
***Scottish League Commemorative Shield**: 1904/05, 1909/10
***Ferencvaros Vase**: 1914
***Empire Exhibition Trophy**: 1938
***Victory In Europe Cup**: 1945
***Saint Mungo Cup**: 1951
***Coronation Cup:** 1953.
***Alfredo di Stefano Trophy**: 1967
***Statuette of Samothrace**: 1970 (L'Equipe European Team o the Year)
***Drybrough Cup:** 1974.
***Polar Bear Trophy**: 1975 (Presentit bi Valur of Iceland)
***Real Madrid Silver Cabin**: 1980
* **Tennents' Sixes**: 1992.

## Aw time scorers
Tap 10 aw time goal-scorers (includin, League, Scottish Cup, League Cup an European goals):

#Jimmy McGrory - 468 (McGrory alsae hauds the record fur the maist professional career league goals in British fitbaw history).
#Bobby Lennox - 273
#Henrik Larsson - 242 
#Stevie Chalmers - 231
#Jimmy Quinn - 217
#Patsy Gallacher - 192
#John Hughes - 188
#Sandy McMahon - 177
#Jimmy McMenemy - 168
#Kenny Dalglish - 167

Tap 10 League goal-scorers:

#Jimmy McGrory- 397 
#Jimmy Quinn - 187
#Patsy Gallacher - 186
#Henrik Larsson - 174
#Bobby Lennox - 167
#Stevie Chalmers - 159
#Jimmy McMenemy - 144
#Sandy McMahon - 130
#Adam McLean - 128
#John Hughes - 115

## Aw time Appearances

Tap 10

# Billy McNeill - 790
# Alec McNair - 684
# Paul McStay - 683
# Roy Aitken - 682
# Danny McGrain - 681
# Packie Bonner - 646
# Scott Brown - 620
# Bobby Lennox - 599
# Bobby Evans - 580
# Jimmy McMenemy - 558

## Celtic managers
*  Willie Maley, 1897–1940
*  Jimmy McStay, 1940–1945
*  Jimmy McGrory, 1945–1965
*  Jock Stein, 1965–1978
*  Billy McNeill, 1978–1983
*  David Hay, 1983–1987
*  Billy McNeill, 1987–1991
*  Liam Brady, 1991–1992
*  Lou Macari, 1992–1994
*  Tommy Burns, 1994–1997
*  Wim Jansen, 1997–1998
*  Jozef Venglos, 1998–1999
*  John Barnes, 1999–2000
*  Martin O'Neill, 2000–2005
*  Gordon Strachan, 2005–2009
*  Tony Mowbray, 2009–2010
*  Neil Lennon, 2010–2014
*  Ronny Deila, 2014–2016
*  Brendan Rodgers, 2016–2019
*  Neil Lennon, 2019–2021
*  Ange Postecoglou, 2021–2023
*  Brendan Rodgers, 2023–2025
*  Wilfried Nancy, 2025–2026
## Current squad

## Kenspeckle Pleyers

## Greatest iver team




Greatest iver Celtic team

The follaein team wis votit the greatest iver Celtic team bi supporters in 2002.

* Ronnie Simpson 
* Danny McGrain
* Tommy Gemmell
* Bobby Murdoch 
* Billy McNeill  
* Bertie Auld
* Jimmy Johnstone  
* Paul McStay
* Kenny Dalglish
* Henrik Larsson
* Bobby Lennox
* Jock Stein- votit greatest iver Celt
* Billy McNeill- votit greatest iver Celtic captain
* Jimmy Johnstone- votit greatest iver Celtic player

## References

## See for
*Celtic Park

## Fremmit Airtins

*Official club website
*Glasgow Celtic 
*Celtic Quick News
*Celtic Fans - Videoblog
*BBC Sport Celtic portal