CELTIC

("The Bhoys", "The Hoops", "The Celts")

Year formed1888
Previous names

None

Ground

Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Parkhead, Glasgow G40 3RE

(for pictures of the ground click here)

Pitch measurements 

114 x 74 yards (105 x 68 metres)
Ground capacity60,832
Record attendance at present ground92,000 v Rangers, Scottish Division One, 1st January 1938 (won 3-0)
League career

Scottish Division One / Division 'A' / Division One / Premier Division: 1890 - .

First Scottish League game23rd August 1890 v Heart of Midlothian, Scottish Division One, won 5-0
  
Honours 
European

European Cup winners: 1966-67

European Cup runners-up: 1969-70

UEFA Cup runners-up: 2002-03

Domestic - League

Scottish Division One / Division 'A' / Premier Division / Premiership champions: 1892-93, 1893-94, 1895-96, 1897-98, 1901-05, 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

Scottish Division One / Division 'A' / Premier Division runners-up: 1891-92, 1894-95, 1899-1900, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1930-31, 1934-35, 1938-39, 1954-55, 1975-76, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2020-21

Scottish Second World War Southern Football League runners-up: 1943-44, 1944-45

Domestic - Cup

Scottish Cup winners: 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, 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

Scottish Cup runners-up: 1888-89, 1892-93, 1893-94, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1908-09, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1989-90, 1998-99, 2001-02

Scottish League Cup winners: 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

Scottish League Cup runners-up: 1964-65, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1994-95, 2002-03, 2010-11, 2011-12

Best League positionsee above
Lowest League position12th, Scottish Division 'A', 1947-48
Furthest in Scottish Cupsee above
Furthest in League Cupsee above
  
Most League points 
2 for a win72, Scottish Premier Division, 1987-88
3 for a win106, Scottish Premiership, 2016-17
Fewest League points 
2 for a win21, Scottish Division One, 1890-91
3 for a win51, Scottish Premier Division, 1994-95
Most League goals scored116, Scottish Division One, 1915-16
Most League goals conceded59, Scottish Division One, 1959-60
Fewest League goals scored36, Scottish Division One, 1902-03
Fewest League goals conceded13, Scottish Division One, 1897-98
Most wins in a League season34, Scottish Premiership, 2016-17

 

Fewest wins in a League season

8, Scottish Division One, 1902-03

Most draws in a League season20, Scottish Premier Division, 1993-94
Fewest draws in a League season

0, Scottish Division One, 1895-96

Most losses in a League season15, Scottish Division 'A' / Premier Division, 1947-48, 1977-78
Fewest losses in a League season0, Scottish Division One / Premiership, 1897-98, 2016-17
Record win11-0 v Dundee, Scottish Division One, 26th October 1895
Record defeat

0-8 v Motherwell, Scottish Division One, 30th April 1937

  
Highest number of League goals scored 
in a season50, James McGrory, Scottish Division one, 1935-36
in total397, James McGrory, 1922-39
  
Most League appearances486, Billy McNeill, 1957-75

Most capped player

80, Pat Bonner for Republic of Ireland

Highest transfer fee received£6,500,000 for Stilian Petrov to Aston Villa, August 2007
Highest transfer fee paid£6,000,000 for Chris Sutton from Chelsea, July 2000