Celtic

Celtic Football Club was formally formed at a meeting held within St. Mary's church hall in East Rose Street (now Forbes Street), Calton, Glasgow founded through Irish Marist Brother Walfrid on 6 November 1887. The club was founded in the hope of reducing the plight of people living that existed in Glasgow's East End of Glasgow by raising funds for the charitable organization Walfrid was establishing The Poor Children's Dinner Table. Walfrid's decision to form Celtic Football Club as a method of raising funds was heavily influenced by the model of Hibernian that was founded from the immigrant Irish population just a few years before in Edinburgh. Walfrid's suggestion for his name Celtic (pronounced Seltik) was designed to show its Irish and Scottish roots , and was accepted at the same time at the meeting. The club's official name, The Bhoys. According to Celtic media office, this new club was referred to by the name of "the brave boys". The postcard dating from the beginning of the 20th century, which featured the team and that read "The Bould Bhoys" is the first documented instance of the distinct spelling. The additional h is a reference to the spelling system used in Gaelic and it is usually associated with the letter"h.

On May 28, the year 1888 Celtic took part in their debut official game against Rangers and prevailed 5-2 during what they described as an "friendly match". Neil McCallum scored Celtic's first goal. The first Celtic kit was white shirt with a collar of green, black shorts with a black lining, and green socks. The initial club emblem was simple green crosses on an oval red background. In 1889, Celtic made it to the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup in their first season participating in the competition, however they fell 2-1 to Third Lanark. Celtic made it back to the final in 1892 and they won, beating Queen's Park 5-1, the club's first major victory. A few months later, the club relocated to a new stadium, Celtic Park, and later that season, Celtic was awarded the Scottish League Championship for the first time. It was in 1895 that Celtic achieved record for the League record for the most home score by beating Dundee 11-0.

It was in the year 1897 that the Celtic club became a limited liability company private as well. Willie Maley was appointed as the first secretary-manager. Between 1905 and 1910 Celtic were crowned the Scottish League Championship six times in succession. They also took home the Scottish Cup in 1907 and 1908, which were the first time that a Scottish club ever had won the double. In World War I, Celtic was able to win the league for the fourth time in a row and won 62 consecutive matches between November 1915 until April 1917. The late 1920s saw the rise of Jimmy McGrory as one of the most prolific goal scorers in British football history. Over 16 years of playing, McGrory scored 550 points in 547 matches (including sixteen goals in the game played for Clydebank in a season played on loan from 1923 to) and remains which is a British goal-scoring record that stands to today. In January of 1940 the retirement of Willie Maley was declared. He was 71 and had been with the club in various roles for more than 52 years. He started as a player, and later as secretary-manager. Jimmy McStay became manager of the club in February of 1940. He served for five years in the role however as a result of the Second World War no official competition in league football was played during the period. It was during this time that the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup were canceled and, in their place, regional leagues were created. Celtic didn't do very well during the time of war however they did take home victory in the Victory in Europe Cup held in May 1945 , as one-off football game to commemorate Victory in Europe Day.

Former captain and player Jimmy McGrory took over as manager in the year 1945. under McGrory, Celtic defeated Arsenal, Manchester United and Hibernian to take home the Coronation Cup, a one-off event held in May 1953 in commemoration of Elizabeth II's coronation. Elizabeth II. McGrory also guided them to an League as well as a Cup Double in 1954. On the 19th of October, the 19th of October, 1957 Celtic beat Rangers during the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park in Glasgow and retained the trophy they had taken home at the beginning of the year for the very first time in the previous year. The 7-1 score remains the record-setting win in the British cup final for the domestic league. The following years however saw Celtic struggle, and the team did not win any more awards under the leadership of McGrory.

The former Celtic captain Jock Stein succeeded McGrory in the year 1965. He was awarded the Scottish Cup in his first few months with the club and took them to the League title in the following season.

1967 was the year of Celtic's Annus Mirabilis in 1967. The club was a winner in every competition they took part in such as The Scottish League, the Scottish Cup as well as the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup, and the European Cup. Under the direction of Stein the club beat Inter Milan 2-1 at the Estadio Nacional in Lisbon, on the 25th of May, 1967. They be the very first British team and the first outside of Spain, Portugal and Italy to win the tournament. They are still as the sole Scottish team that has made it to the final. The players of that day, who all came from within 30 miles from Glasgow were later referred to by the name of "Lisbon Lions". The next season, Celtic fell to Racing Club of Argentina in the Intercontinental Cup.

Celtic made it to their first European Cup Final again in 1970, but they were defeated by 2-1 Feyenoord in the San Siro in Milan. Celtic was able to continue dominating Scottish soccer in the 1970s in particular, their Scottish Championship victory of 1974, their nineth straight league win which was equal to the world record , held in the same year held by MTK Budapest and CSKA Sofia.

Celtic had further success in the domestic league during the 1980s and during their Centenary season from 1987 to 1988, they achieved the Scottish Premier Division and Scottish Cup double.

The club was hit by a slump in the 1990s' early years which culminated at an announcement by Bank of Scotland informing directors on March 3rd 1994 of bringing receivers in the wake of the club crossing an PS5 million balance on its overdraft. However, an expatriate commercialist Fergus McCann wrested control of the club and sacked the family dynasties that were in charge of Celtic since its inception. According to reports in the press, McCann took over the club's minutes just prior to it being declared bankruptcy. McCann established the club's business by forming a limited liability public corporation called Celtic PLC - and oversaw the transformation of Celtic Park into a 60,832 all-seater stadium. In 1998, Celtic was again crowned champions in the hands of Dutchman Wim Jansen. The team also prevented Rangers from achieving their nine-in-a row record.

Martin O'Neill took charge of the club in June of. Under his direction, Celtic won three SPL championships in a row out of five (losing the other championships by tiny margins) and during the first season under his leadership, the club also achieved the domestic triple which made O'Neill the only Celtic manager to accomplish this following Jock Stein. In 2003, a large number of Celtic fans traveled to watch the club play during their UEFA Cup Final in Seville. Celtic lost 3-1 against Porto in extra-time with two goals scored by Henrik Larsson at normal time. The behaviour among the millions of Celtic supporters was praised from the citizens of Seville and fans were presented with Fair Play Awards from both FIFA and UEFA "for their extraordinary loyalty and sportsmanlike behavior".

Gordon Strachan was announced as O'Neill's replacement in June of 2005 and after securing the SPL title during the first year of his tenure He became three times Celtic manager to have won three titles consecutively. Strachan also guided Celtic towards their very first UEFA Champions League knockout stage in 2006-07 and then repeated the feat in 2007-08 prior to going out of the club in the month of May 2009, despite not securing the SPL title. Tony Mowbray took charge of the club in June 2009 and was replaced one year later by Neil Lennon. In November of 2010, Celtic set an SPL record for the most successful victory in SPL history. They beat Aberdeen 9-0, at Celtic Park.

Celtic celebrated their centennial in November of 2012, in the same week they played they played a Champions League match against Barcelona. They beat Barcelona 2-1 on the evening to conclude an amazing week. They ultimately qualified from the group stage for Round 16. Celtic completed their season with an SPL in addition to the Scottish Cup double. Celtic won its third straight league championship in the month of March 2014, with goalie Fraser Forster setting a new record of 1,256 minutes, without losing a single score in the league game. The season came to an end. season the club's coach Neil Lennon announced his departure of the club following four years as the manager.

Norwegian Ronny Deila, a Norwegian from Norway was named the manager at Celtic on the 6th of June, 2014. He led Celtic to win two league championships as well as the League Cup, but the team's performance in European competitions were disappointing. After being knocked out of Scotland's Cup by Rangers in April 2016, Deila announced that he would leave Scottish Cup by Rangers in April of this year, Deila announced he would quit the club at the conclusion of the season.

On May 20, 2016, Brendan Rodgers was announced as the successor to Deila. The first season of his tenure saw the team experience an unbeaten streak in national competitions. It was during this time , the club took home the 100th trophy of their majors beating Aberdeen by a score of 3-0 during the League Cup Final in November 2016. Celtic also won their sixth consecutive League title on April of 2017 with a record-breaking eight league games left and ended up with an all-time high of 106 points, being the only Scottish team to go through an unbeaten top-flight season ever since Rangers back in 1899. Celtic achieved their fourth treble when they beat Aberdeen with a 2-1 win during the 2017 Scottish Cup Final, the outcome of which was that the club went through the entire season without losing.

Celtic continued their streak of unbeaten domestic play through the remainder of the season, which eventually stretched to 69 matches, beating their record of 100 years old British record of 62 games until finally losing against Hearts in November of 2017. Celtic won their League Cup that same month after defeating Motherwell during the championship final and they went on to win their seventh consecutive title in April, 2018. They defeated Motherwell once more in the 2017 Scottish Cup Final to clinch the second consecutive domestic triple (the "double triple") and became the first team in Scotland to do this. Rodgers quit the club in mid-season of the following season , to move to Leicester City; Neil Lennon returned as the caretaker manager the remainder of the season. He also assisted in helping Celtic achieve an unprecedented record of a third consecutive domestic treble (the "treble triple") by beating Hearts with a 2-1 win at the time of the Scottish Cup Final. In the following the same month, Neil Lennon became appointed as the new manager of the club.

In December of 2019, Lennon led Celtic to an 1-0 victory against Rangers at the Scottish League Cup Final, Celtic's tenth in a row to win a domestic championship. In March 2020, Celtic were ahead by 13 points in the league after professional soccer was suspended in Scotland was suspended because of the COVID-19 virus that was sweeping the United Kingdom. They were declared champions in the month of May, after an SPFL board meeting in which it was concluded that playing the entire league season was not feasible. The conclusion of the 2019-20 Scottish Cup was delayed, with the semi-finals as well as the final game - against Celtic and Hearts like in the previous year's edition it was not scheduled until the end of the winter/fall of 2020. Celtic took the lead on penalties following a tie of 3-3 at the end of extra time, winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive three-peat. The team, however, Celtic struggled throughout the 2020-21 season, with low performance in Europe as they were eliminated from the League Cup by Ross County in February of 2021. They were trailing by 18 points Rangers on the table, effectively putting them out of the race for winning "ten in consecutive" championships in the league. Lennon quit on February 24, 2021. The team's his assistant director John Kennedy taking interim charge of the team. In the last few week of the season Celtic were knocked out the Scottish Cup by Rangers which forced them into their first year without a trophy since 2010 and ended the league campaign with 25 points further behind their Glasgow opponents.

The majority of the time, Celtic's history their home strip was adorned with horizontal hoops in white and green however their first strip was white tops, black shorts, hooped green and black socks. The top also had an Marist Brothers' badge on the right side, which was the green Celtic cross within the red circle. The club in 1889 switched to a white and green vertically striped top . For the next 14 years, the pattern was the same, though the colour of the shorts changed between black and white several times during this time. The top was not adorned with a any Crest.

The year 1903 was the first time Celtic changed their iconic white and green hooped tops. The new style was worn at first on August 15th 1903 during a game with Partick Thistle. The black socks were worn until the beginning of the 1930s, when the team changed towards green socks. White socks were introduced to the market in the late 1960s and have been the dominant colour since.

The club first adopted an emblem in the 1930s. It was a badge with the logo of a four leaf clover with the club's official name, "The Celtic Football and Athletic Coy. Ltd". It wasn't till 1977 when Celtic finally decided to adopt the club's logo that was displayed on the shirts. The outer part was reversed and incorporated with white letters on green background on jerseys of the team. The text surrounding that clover symbol on shirts was also cut in order to reduce the formal club logo in the direction of "The Celtic Football Club". In the year of their centennial in 1988 an inscription on the crest of their centennial was worn that featured the Celtic cross that was featured on the first shirts. It was reintroduced for the 1989-90 season.

From 1945 onwards, numbered uniforms slowly began to be used across Scotland before becoming mandatory in the year 1960. At this point, Celtic were the first soccer club from Britain to make use of numbers on team strips to distinguish players. The idealist and traditional Celtic Chairman, Robert Kelly, baulked at the thought of the famous white and green hoops getting ruined, and consequently Celtic had their numbers embroidered on their shorts of players. This unique tradition lasted until 1994, even though the shirts with numbers were worn during European competitions from 1975 onwards. Celtic's custom to wear numbers in their shorts instead as on their backs came to an end after the Scottish Football League instructed Celtic to wear numbers on their shirts at the beginning in the season 1994-1995. Celtic did not hesitate to add numbers on the top of their sleeves however , within a few weeks, the authorities at the football club required the club to fix numbers onto the backs of the shirts which was where they were displayed on the back of shirts in a white stripe, breaking the white and green hoops.

In 1984, Celtic adopted shirt sponsorship in the very first instance with Fife-based double glazing company CR Smith having their logo printed onto the back of the team's jersey. In 1991-92, Celtic switched to Glasgow-based car sales firm Peoples as their sponsors. The club did not find a shirt sponsor for season 1992-93. For only the second time in the 1980s, Celtic were on the field with unblemished hoops. Despite the fact that marketing revenue was cut off the sales of the replica top that was not sponsored jumped up drastically. Celtic was able to reclaim shirt sponsorships during 1993-94 season, with CR Smith returning as shirt sponsors under a four-year contract.

In 2005, the club cut their association with Umbro who had been their suppliers of their kit in the 1960s, and signed a contract with Nike. To commemorate this 40th year anniversary since the club's European Cup win, a special crest was launched in 2007 for their season. The star symbolizing this victory was retained as the standard logo was reintroduced in the following season. The 2012 season saw a retro kit was created by Nike which featured hoops with a narrower width to commemorate the club's year-long celebration of 125 years. A distinctive crest was launched featuring the Celtic knot design that was stitched around an emblem that was traditionally used. A third choice strip inspired by the first strip from 1888 was selected for the time.

In March of 2015, Celtic agreed a new kit deal of PS30 million in partnership with sportswear company New Balance to replace Nike at the beginning of the season 2015-16.

All the kits of the season 2017-18 paid homage to the Lisbon Lions, with the kits sporting the same line on both sides to symbolize that of handles for the European Cup. The kits also had the crest of the commemorative team, which was designed specifically for the time of season. The crest that was used in the regular season was reinstated in the following season, but the away strip was adorned with the Celtic cross, this time to reflect the club's history.

On March 20, 2020 Celtic has announced the signing of a five-year deal with Adidas that will begin on July 1st 2020. It is that is believed to be the largest kit sponsorship ever seen in Scottish sport.

The Celtic arena is Celtic Park situated within the Parkhead region of Glasgow. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium that has a capacity of 60,411, it is the most prestigious sports arena within Scotland and the eighth largest stadium of the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford, Twickenham, Wembley, the London Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the Millennium Stadium. It is often referred to by the names of Parkhead as well as Paradise.

Celtic launched the first Celtic Park located in the Parkhead area in 1888. The club relocated to a new site in 1892 the fee for renting the stadium was substantially increased. The new stadium was built into an oval-shaped stadium with huge terraces. A record crowd of 83,500 fans was established through the Old Firm derby on 1 January 1938.The terraces were covered , and floodlights were added between 1961 and. In the Taylor Report mandated that all major clubs must have a stadium with seating for all by the end of August 1994. Celtic found itself in difficult financial situation in the early 1990s, and no major project was completed prior to Fergus McCann took control of the club in March 1994. McCann formulated a plan to remove the old terraces and build a new stadium over a phased rebuildthat was completed in the summer of 1998. The stadium was constructed during this time. Celtic was playing in the stadium of national significance, Hampden Park, costing the club PS500,000 to rent. Its total expense for stadium at the time of the day of its finalization would be PS40 million.

Celtic Park has been used as the venue for Scotland internationals as well as Cup Finals, particularly when Hampden Park has been unavailable. Prior to it was the First World War, Celtic Park was the venue for a variety of other sporting events, such as the composite rules shinty-hurling event, track and field, and the 1897 Track Cycling World Championships. Open-air masses, as well as First World War recruitment drives were also held at the park. In the past, Celtic Park has hosted the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 2005 Special Olympics National Games and the 1990 Special Olympics European Games. Celtic Park has occasionally been used for concerts, such as concerts from The Who and U2.

In July of 2016, Celtic Park became the first British football stadium to feature the "rail seating" (safe standing) space in the stadium. Rail seating is a common feature in Germany's Bundesliga particularly on Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion the stadium that has an enviable reputation, comparable to Celtic Park for its intensity and atmosphere.

In June of 2018, Celtic announced a series of stadium enhancements that would be in place prior to the start of the 2018-19 season begins. This includes the installation of new LED floodlights as well as the introduction of a brand new entertainment system as well as an all-seat PA system, and a brand new play surface that is a hybrid.

In 2003, Celtic were said to have an audience of nine million, with one million fans in Canada and the US as well as Canada. There are more than one hundred Celtic Supporters Clubs in over 20 countries in the world.

Around around 80,000 Celtic supporters, with many of them without match tickets, made the trip from Seville in Spain to attend Seville, Spain for UEFA Cup Final in May 2003. The Celtic fans later received prizes from UEFA as well as FIFA for their conduct during the game.

Celtic is the club with the highest annual average attendance at home of all Scottish club. They also have the 12th-highest average attendance in leagues among all soccer teams in Europe in the year 2011. A study of attendance data between 2013 and 2018 from CIES Football Observatory CIES Football Observatory ranked Celtic 16th worldwide in that time frame and their percentage of of spectators in Scotland is 36.5 percent, which is the most of any league club that were studied.

In October of 2013, French football magazine So Foot published an article on who they considered to be the top football fans around the world. Celtic fans were listed as third, and were the only British fans on this list. The publication noting their version in You'll Never Walk Alone before the beginning of European matches on the pitch at Celtic Park.

On the 23rd of October, 2017 Celtic fans were presented by the FIFA Fan Award for their tie-in to mark fifty years since Celtic's European cup victory. It "celebrates the most memorable fan moment from November 2016 through august 2017".

The traditional rivals of Celtic are Rangers together. The two clubs are referred to by the name of The Old Firm and are considered by some as the biggest football derby. They've dominated Scottish football's history. Between them, they've been the winners of the Scottish league championship more than 106 times (as in the year 2021) since it was first introduced at the age of 1890. All other clubs together have been awarded 19 championships. They are by far the most popular in Scotland as well, with Celtic being the sixth-highest number of fans in their home stadiums across the UK during the 2014-15 season. Celtic have a long-standing association with the population of Ireland as well as Scots of Irish heritage and both are mostly Roman Catholic. Traditionally, fans of Rangers, their rivals Rangers were out of Scottish as well as Northern Irish Protestant backgrounds and are supporters of Unionism throughout Ireland.

The club has attracted the support of rival factions during conflict during the Troubles within Northern Ireland. Some supporters make use of banners, chants, and songs during games to insult or demonstrate support for the Protestant or Catholic religions , and also to declare the support of Northern Irish paramilitary groups such as the IRA and the UVF.

There have been more than 400 Old Firm games played. The matches are described as creating an "atmosphere of hate that is characterized by religious tension, intimidation and a sense of rage that continues to cause violence within neighborhoods across Scotland." The rivalry has led to numerous attacks and even fatalities during Old Firm Derby days. Hospital emergency rooms are reported to have increased nine times over the normal rate and from 1996 until 2003 Eight fatalities in Glasgow were directly connected to Old Firm games, as were hundreds of attacks.

Two sets of supporters fought on the field following Celtic's win at the time of the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park.There was a serious disorder among the fans at an Old Firm match in the month of May 1999 in Celtic Park and the fans hurled missiles. Celtic supporters, one of that hit the referee Hugh Dallas, who needed medical attention. Additionally, a few fans walked onto the field.

Celtic have taken steps to combat the spread of sectarianism. In 1996, the Celtic club began its Bhoys against Bigotry campaign, it was followed with Youth Against Bigotry to "educate youngsters to have ... reverence for every aspect of the community including every race, every colour and all beliefs".

Certain groups of Celtic supporters have shown their loyalty to Irish republicanism as well as supporters of the Irish Republican Army through chanting or singing their support at matches.

In 2008 and 2010 there were protests from groups of fans against the team's wearing of the red poppy to mark Remembrance Day, as the symbol has been viewed as offensive by people in Ireland. Celtic protested against these protests, saying that they damaged their image as well as its supporters, and they promised to ban the people involved. In 2011 UEFA as well as the Scottish Premier League investigated the club's pro-IRA chants from fans during various matches. UEFA punished Celtic PS12,700. Meanwhile, the SPL declined to take action since the club had taken every reasonable step to stop the protests.

It was in 1965 that Celtic started publishing their own paper, The Celtic View, which is now the oldest football club magazine. The idea was the brainchild of the club's future Chairman Jack McGinn, who at the time was employed as a circulation manager at Beaverbrook Newspapers. McGinn himself was the editor in the beginning which saw circulation rise to approximately 26,000 copies. By the year 2020, it was a glossy 72-page magazine that had more than 6,000 readers per week and the highest-selling publication for club members within the United Kingdom. The spring of the year 2020, the magazine experienced an interruption in production because of the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the UK. In August 2021, however, Celtic announced the restart of production for the magazine. The magazine became the 100-page quarterly publication.

Since 2002 in 2002, The Celtic's Internet TV channel Channel67 (previously called Celtic Replay) was a channel that broadcast the Celtic's own content around the world and also provided live match coverage for viewers outside of the UK. The channel also had the three channels online. In 2004 Celtic created their own TV channel known as Celtic TV, which was accessible in the UK via Setanta Sports on satellite and cable platforms. Following the fall of Setanta in the UK in June 2009, Celtic TV stopped broadcasting however the club was hoping to find a new partner for broadcasting. In the year 2011, Celtic TV was relaunched as an online platform and was substituted for Channel 67.

Because of the Celtic's huge fan base many clubs have made the decision to follow in the footsteps or in the footsteps of Celtic. Because the team is popular particularly across Northern Ireland, several clubs have been established by local Celtic supporters. One of the most well-known and popular one was Belfast Celtic, formed in 1891 as Celtic. After incorporation as a limited company in the year However, the club was given the name "Belfast Celtic" as well as the name "Celtic Football Club, Ltd" was already in use through Glasgow. Glasgow club. The home of the club from that season began to be Celtic Park on Donegall Road in west Belfast and was known to supporters as Paradise. It was among many teams with the greatest success throughout Ireland until the time it was removed from the Irish League in 1949. Donegal Celtic, currently playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, was founded in 1970. The Celtic part of the team being taken over due to the large fan base for Scotland's Celtic and previously Belfast Celtic. They're known as The Wee Hoops. They play in Donegal Celtic Park on Suffolk Road in Belfast. A club called from Lurgan Celtic was originally formed in 1903 with an obvious goal of reaching toward members of the Roman Catholic community of the town. They adopted the name and colors from Celtic. Glaswegian Celtic. This County Armagh club currently plays in the NIFL Championship. The club is located in Ireland, there are two clubs in the Republic of Ireland, both Tuam Celtic A.F.C. as well as Castlebar Celtic F.C. play on the grounds known as Celtic Park.

In Scotland and England There are other clubs that were named after and have adopted Celtic's kit. This includes the defunct Scottish team Blantyre Celtic F.C. Irish team Listowel Celtic F.C. Listowel Celtic F.C. English club in lower divisions Cleator Moor Celtic F.C. It was established in 1908-1909 by Irish immigrants working in nearby iron mines. Celtic Nation F.C. (now no longer in existence) along with West Allotment Celtic F.C. Somerset team Yeovil Town F.C., that usually wore a green uniform changed their uniforms to match Celtic's from Celtic's Scottish Celtic's UEFA Cup run.

Outside of the British Isles, South African club Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., one of the most well-known clubs in the country and with a significant number of fans within the Free State, is also named after Celtic F.C. Established in 1969 as Mangaung United, in 1984 the current owner Molemela assumed control of the club and changed its club's name in to Bloemfontein Celtic. The club is based in Bloemfontein and playing in the Premier Soccer League. The United States of America, Hurricanes F.C. from Houston, Texas rebranded as Celtic FC America in 2019 and is part of the Texas Premier Soccer League.

Celtic was founded in the beginning in order to raise funds for people in need of Glasgow's East End of Glasgow and the club continues to have an active tradition of charity. In 1995, the Celtic Charity Fund was formed with the intention of "revitalising Celtic's charitable heritage" and, as of September 2013, had raised more than PS5 million. This Charity Fund has since then been merged into the Celtic Foundation, forming the Celtic FC Foundation, and continues to raise funds for national, local and international causes.

On August 9, 2011, Celtic played a match to honor ex-player John Kennedy. Because of the humanitarian crisis that is affecting East Africa, the entire profits were donated to Oxfam. A total of about PS300,000 was raised.

Celtic have an annual fashion show to benefit charity in Celtic Park. The primary beneficiaries included Breast Cancer Care Scotland.

Yorkhill Hospital is another charity that Celtic are associated and in December of 2011, the club donated PS3000 to the hospital. Director of the company Peter Lawwell said that; "Celtic has always been more than just a football club. It is crucial to ensure that every day, we are a significant player in the larger community. We are delighted to have had the long-lasting and positive association to Yorkhill Hospital."

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Celtic was founded in 1887. Then, in 1897, the club was incorporated as an Private Limited Company with a nominal capital of 5000 shares priced at PS1 each. In the following year, a second share issue of 5 000 PS1 shares was introduced to raise capital. The majority of shares owned were held by individuals from the East End of Glasgow, particularly James Grant, an Irish engineer and publican, James Kelly, one of the original players who became a publican, and John Glass, a builder and driving force during the beginning that the team was in. The shares he held, following his death in 1906, were passed onto Thomas White. Thomas White was the third member of his family. Grant, Kelly and White family shareholdings were the dominant ownership of the club for the duration of into the latter half of the century.

The 1940s of the late '40s were the time when Robert Kelly, son of James Kelly, become chairman of the club being director from 1931. Desmond White also joined the board at this time following the passing of his dad Thomas White. In in the 50s, a substantial amount of shares in the club were transferred into Neil as well as Felicia Grant. They resided within Toomebridge, County Antrim. The shares comprised more than a tenth of the club's total share issue. The chairman of the club Robert Kelly's family shares were comparable in size and he benefited from his close connection to his family members the Toomebridge Grants in order to make sure that his influence at Celtic was invincible. In the event that Neil Grant died in the early 1960s, his shareholding was transferred over to his younger sister Felicia and she became the most powerful shareholder in Celtic. This led to the legend among Celtic fans of an "old lady from Ireland" who was said to have the final say in management of the Celtic club.

The board of directors of Celtic was a shambles of uncaring and dictatorial. They were infamous for selling their best players, and not paying their staff in a sufficient way and were also viewed as lacking in ambition and caused conflict with various managers. Jimmy McGrory's time as manager is usually regarded as a time that was not as successful, but with Robert Kelly's sway over the team. Many have wondered how much influence McGrory ever held in the selection of players. Also, Jock Stein's tenure in the role of manager came to a negative note when he was given an appointment as a member of the Celtic board, however in a job that required ticket sales. Stein considered this insulting, saying that the fact that he was "a footballer and not a ticket salesman". Stein declined the deal and decided to remain as a football manager, joining Leeds United instead. Billy McNeill won a trophy during each of his 5 seasons in charge, however he was paid less than the manager who were from Rangers, Aberdeen and Dundee United. The club was dissolved in June 1983, after his request for a contract as well as a pay increase was rejected from the club's board. McNeill took over the management of Manchester City, stating that staying at Celtic was embarrassing. The successor to McNeill, Davie Hay also was not happy in dealing with the Celtic board. When he tried to sign players in 1987 in order to build his team in order to compete the high-priced Rangers The board was unable to fund them. the chairman Jack McGinn was quoted as declaring that If Hay desired these players "he must purchase them by himself".

At the close of the 1980s, the Celtic board included Chairman McGinn as well as director Kevin Kelly, Chris White, Tom Grant and Jimmy Farrell. Both McGinn or Farrell were part families from the ancestral dynasties of Celtic. Farrell worked as a partner of the Shaughnessy law firm, which had an extensive history of connections to Celtic and was asked to be director at the club in 1964. McGinn was the founder of The Celtic View in the 1960s and was later the club's manager of commercial affairs. He was offered a seat on the board in 1986 and later became the chairman in 1986. In May 1990 , the ex-Lord Provost for Glasgow, Michael Kelly, as well as property developers Brian Dempsey were invited to join the Celtic board. Dempsey was not able to stay long, however, because disagreements over a planned move to Robroyston led to him being removed from the board in the following five months.

Through the 1970s and 1960s Celtic was one of the top teams in Europe. The directors were unable to take advantage of the surge of economic development that was hitting football during the 1980s, however, the club managed to be successful on the field, though only on the domestic level in Scotland. In 1989 the club's budget of PS6.4 million, roughly one-third of the amount spent by Barcelona was, and had an average debt of 40%, and its on-field performance declining. Then, in the early 1990s, the situation deteriorated as the level of play declined dramatically and the club continued to slide into debt.

In 1993, the fans formed pressure groups to protest the board, with one of them was "Celts for Change". They backed a takeover plan headed by a businessman from Canada Fergus McCann and former director Brian Dempsey. The writer for the football world Jim Traynor described McCann's attempt to purchase the club in the sense of "good to fight evil". Despite declining attendances, and the growing anger among fans and players, the Kelly, White and Grant family groups continued to protect their influence over Celtic.

On March 4, 1994 McCann acquired Celtic at PS9 millions, reclaiming control away from the family dynasties who controlled the club for over 100 years. When he purchased the club, it was said to have been just 24 hours away from being placed in receivership for exceeding the PS5 million credit from the Bank of Scotland. He converted Celtic into an open-ended public limited company via the issue of shares, which brought in more than PS14 million, making it the largest share sale of British soccer history. He also managed the construction of a brand new stadium, the 60,000-seater Celtic Park, which cost PS40 million, and was at the time the biggest stadium for clubs in Britain. This enabled Celtic to grow as a club as more than PS20 million was annually raised through seasons ticket sales.

McCann has stated that he would remain in Celtic during five years. However, in September 1999, he declared that his 50.3 percent share in Celtic was up for sale. McCann was keen for his ownership stake in Celtic to be dispersed across the board as much as possible. He also preferred existing owners and season ticket holders to stop a new consortium from to take control of the club. 14.4 million shares of the club were offered by McCann for around 280 pence per share. McCann achieved PS40 million from this, leaving Celtic with the benefit of a PS31 million gain. In his time turnover at Celtic increased by 385 percent up to PS33.8m and operating profit grew by a whopping PS6.7m. McCann was often criticized during his tenure in Celtic and many were dissatisfied with him about the building of the stadium they believed Celtic could not fill, for failing to invest enough money in their squad and focusing too much on financial matters. In reality, McCann was responsible for the financial growth of the club as well as creating a solid foundation to build upon. Following his departure from Celtic the club was capable of investing in players and had a lot of success , including winning the Triple Crown in the years 2000 - 2001 as well as getting to an appearance in the Final of 2003 UEFA Cup Final.

Following McCann's departure, Irish billionaire Dermot Desmond was left the largest shareholder. Desmond bought 2.8 million shares of McCann's and increased his ownership of the team from 13 percent to 20%.

As of 2005 Celtic launched a share sale for raising PS15 million to support the team. 50 million shares were sold at 30p per. The offer also stated that the majority shareholder Desmond will purchase around PS10 million of shares. PS10 millions of funds collected was used to build an additional training center as well as a youth academy. as well as expanding the global scouting network of the club and investing in player and coach training programs. The remaining money was intended in order to pay down the debt. The establishment of a youth academy was crucial to allow Celtic to be able to compete with Hearts and Rangers which had better facilities for youth that time. This share sale was successful and Celtic received more applications than shares. The new Lennoxtown training facility was inaugurated at the end of October in 2007.

Celtic are ranked within the Deloitte Football Money League six times. The list includes some of the best football clubs around the world in terms of revenues. They were listed from 2001 (2000-01 season) as well as the year 2006 (2004-05 season) and the 2008 season (2006-07 season).

The Celtic's financial report in 2011 indicated that the club's debts had been decreased by PS5.5 million, to the level of PS500,000. It also revealed that the pre-tax profit of around PS100,000 was achieved in comparison to the loss of PS2 million in the previous year. Turnover decreased by 15%, from PS63 million , to PS52 million.

The month of May, 2012 saw Celtic was ranked 37th on Brand Finance's annual value of the biggest football clubs. The Celtic branding was worth $64 million (PS40.7 million) which is $15 million more than in the previous year. This is the first time that a Scottish club had been placed within the top fifty. Matt Hannagan, Sports Brand Valuation Analyst at Brand Finance, said that Celtic were hampered by the funds they received in the SPL and If they were in the Premiership because of their huge fan base, they could be among the top 10 club around the world. The following month, David Low, the financial consultant who advised Fergus McCann on his takeover of Celtic in 1994, stated Celtic's "enterprise value" (how how much would it cost acquire Celtic) was PS52 million.

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

As of 27 July 2022

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Joe Hart
2	DF	FRA	Christopher Jullien
3	DF	SCO	Greg Taylor
4	DF	SWE	Carl Starfelt
6	DF	GER	Moritz Jenz (on loan from Lorient)
7	FW	GRE	Giorgos Giakoumakis
8	FW	JPN	Kyogo Furuhashi
10	FW	SUI	Albian Ajeti
11	FW	ISR	Liel Abada
13	MF	AUS	Aaron Mooy
14	MF	SCO	David Turnbull
16	MF	IRL	James McCarthy
17	FW	POR	Jota
19	MF	SCO	Mikey Johnston
20	DF	USA	Cameron Carter-Vickers
21	MF	JPN	Yosuke Ideguchi
24	FW	IRL	Johnny Kenny
25	DF	ARG	Alexandro Bernabei
29	GK	SCO	Scott Bain
30	MF	ENG	Liam Shaw
31	GK	SUI	Benjamin Siegrist
33	MF	DEN	Matt O'Riley
35	MF	SCO	Scott Robertson
38	FW	JPN	Daizen Maeda
41	MF	JPN	Reo Hatate
42	MF	SCO	Callum McGregor (captain)
47	DF	SCO	Dane Murray
49	MF	SCO	James Forrest
56	DF	SCO	Anthony Ralston
57	DF	SCO	Stephen Welsh
88	DF	CRO	Josip Juranović

Celtic B is the reserve team of Celtic Football Club. They are located in Airdrie and are part of the Lowland League. Celtic have operated reserves since the beginning of the club. It is an amalgamation of young players and first-team squad members. Current "B" team is the top-level of the academy structure at Celtic and below it four junior strands of the academy: Professional Academy (Under 18s), Intermediate Academy (Under 13s 14s, 15s, and 16s), Junior Academy (Under 10s, 11s and 12s) and Development Centres (five years and older).

Celtic offer a pathway for female players from 11 years old up to. In 2007, the club introduced their first women's squad which is sometimes referred to as Celtic Women. The women's squad made it to the Scottish Women's Cup Final in their first season and then won their very first award in the year 2010 in it was the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. In December of 2018, they announced that they would be moving to full-time training. They became the first professional women's soccer squad in Scotland.

For more information, refer to the list of Celtic F.C. players who have more than 100 appearances or any other evidence of significance as well as the list of Celtic F.C. international footballers and Category: Celtic FC players to get a complete list of former players.

For more information, visit Celtic club captains.

Name Period  James Kelly 1888–1897  Dan Doyle 1897–1899  Sandy McMahon 1899–1903  Willie Orr 1903–1906  Jimmy Hay 1906–1911  Jim Young 1911–1917  Alec McNair 1917–1920  Willie Cringan 1920–1923  Charlie Shaw 1923–1925  Willie McStay 1925–1929  Jimmy McStay 1929–1934  Bobby Hogg 1934–1935  Willie Lyon 1935–1939  John McPhail 1948–1953  Sean Fallon 1952–1953  Jock Stein 1953–1955

Name Period  Bobby Evans 1955–1957  Bertie Peacock 1957–1961  Duncan MacKay 1961–1963  Billy McNeill 1963–1975  Kenny Dalglish 1975–1977  Danny McGrain 1977–1987  Roy Aitken 1987–1990  Paul McStay 1990–1997  Tom Boyd 1997–2002  Paul Lambert 2002–2004  Jackie McNamara 2004–2005  Neil Lennon 2005–2007  Stephen McManus 2007–2010  Scott Brown 2010–2021  Callum McGregor 2021–present

The 2002 greatest Celtic team was selected by the fans:

•  Ronnie Simpson
•  Danny McGrain
•  Tommy Gemmell
•  Bobby Murdoch
•  Paul McStay
•  Billy McNeill – Voted Celtic's greatest ever captain
•  Bertie Auld
•  Jimmy Johnstone – Voted Celtic's greatest ever player
•  Bobby Lennox
•  Kenny Dalglish
•  Henrik Larsson – Voted Celtic's greatest ever foreign player

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At the time of 1 June 2020, there were 27 Celtic Managers and players have joined into Scottish Football Hall of Fame:

It is the Scotland national football team roll of honor is a tribute to players who have won fifty or more caps in international competition for Scotland. Inductees who have been part of Celtic include:

The numbers in brackets represent the amount of caps that the players mentioned above won while at Celtic.

Within the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame Five Celtic player have been chosen to be inducted. They include:

• Sir Kenny Dalglish MBE
• Jimmy Johnstone
• Jimmy McGrory
• Billy McNeill MBE
• Jock Stein CBE

The first time Celtic ever won silverware was awarded in 1889, when they beat Cowlairs by 6-1 at the end of their final match in the North-Eastern Cup. In the following year, they took home the Glasgow Cup, before winning their first major national title in 1892 when they defeated Queen's Park 5-1 in the final of the Scottish Cup. Celtic was the first team to win their championship in the 1892-1993 season. In 1906-07, Celtic was the first club to complete the cup and league double in Scotland which they have achieved in 12 instances. They achieved their first domestic triple in 1966-67. The same year it became the first British club to be the winners of the European Cup with their 2-1 win against Inter Milan in the final. The most recent triumph for Celtic was winning the 2021-22 Scottish Premiership.

All in all, Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship 52 times and they have also won the Scottish Cup a record 40 times and they have also won the Scottish League Cup 20 times and the European Cup once. They have won seven domestic trebles, which included the world's first quadruple treble in the seasons of 16/17 and 19/20 which is a world record, with rivals from the domestic league Rangers.

Scottish League Championship: 52

• 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

Scottish Cup: 40

• 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

Scottish League Cup: 20

• 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

European Cup

• Winners: 1966–67
• Runners-up: 1969–70

UEFA Cup

• Runners-up: 2002–03

Intercontinental Cup

• Runners-up: 1967

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1

• 1967

France Football European Team of the Year: 1

• 1970

FIFA Fair Play Award: 1

• 20031

UEFA Fair Play Award: 1

• 20031

FIFA Fan Award: 1

• 20171

League Title, Scottish Cup, League Cup: 7

• 1966–67, 1968–69, 2000–01, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20

League Title and Scottish Cup: 12

• 1906–07, 1907–08, 1913–14, 1953–54, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1987–88, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2012–13

League Title and League Cup: 7

• 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2014–15, 2021–22

Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup: 1

• 1974–75

Celtic Football Club are a Scottish professional association football team with its headquarters in Glasgow. Their home stadium, Celtic Park, since the year 1892. Celtic were the first players of the Scottish Football League in 1890 and also they joined the Scottish Premier League in 1998 and their own Scottish Professional Football League in 2013.

The list contains the top honors received by Celtic and the Records set by the team, managers as well as their players. The player record section contains information on the club's top goal scorers as well as those who played the most in competitions for the first team. Also, it lists noteworthy accomplishments of Celtic players on the international scene as well as the most expensive transfer fees received and paid from the team. Attendance records for Celtic Park, and also at Hampden Park which has on occasion been used to play home matches, are included.

Celtic have been awarded 52 top-flight titles and holds the record for the most Scottish Cup wins with 40. The club's record for appearances was Billy McNeill, who made 822 appearances between 1957 between 1957 and 1975. Jimmy McGrory is the club's record goalscorer who scored 522 goals in the course of his Celtic career.

• In 1937, the Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen in 1937 was witnessed by 147,365 fans on Hampden Park in Glasgow, which is still a record for a final of the national cup and the biggest attendance for a football club game in Europe.
• The highest attendance for a European club match with 136,505 fans against Leeds United in the European Cup semi-final match at Hampden Park (15 April 1970).
• Record attendance at home: 83,500 against Rangers 1 January 1938. A 3-0 win for Celtic.
• UK record for the longest uninterrupted streak of domestic professional football: 69 matches (60 won 9 draws) starting on 15 May 2016 to 17 Dec 2017 which is 582 total days.
• SPL record for the longest unbeaten home record for 77 consecutive games, between 2001 and 2004.
• The record stands at 14 successive League Cup final appearances, between the seasons 1964-65 through 1977-78 inclusively, setting a new record in the world for consecutive participations to the Final of any major soccer event.
• World record for the total amount of goals scored during an entire period (competitive matches only) (196) (season 1966-67).
• The most goals scored in one Scottish top-flight league game by a single individual player: Eight goals scored by Jimmy McGrory against Dunfermline in the 9-0 victory on January 14, 1928.
• The highest score from a domestic British final of a cup: Celtic 7-1 Rangers (1957 Scottish League Cup Final).
• The fastest hat-trick in European Club Football: Mark Burchill against Jeunesse Esch in the year 2000; 3 minutes (between the 12th and 15th minute) an all-time historic time.
• The earliest Scottish Premiership title won: It was won with just eight games left in 2017, playing Heart of Midlothian on 2 April 2017.
• Most significant winning margins in the SPL 9-0 in the SPL against Aberdeen on 6 November, 2010.
• Celtic and Hibernian have records for having the most expensive transfer fee that has been paid by two Scottish clubs (Scott Brown in May 2007).).
• The most expensive exports from Scottish soccer: Kieran Tierney joins Arsenal (August 2019.).
• The first weekly football publication from The UK: The Celtic View.
• The first European club to play one player from the Indian subcontinent: Mohammed Salim.
• Gil Heron, who signed for Celtic in the year 1951 was the first black player to make it to the professional circuit in Scotland and his son Gil Scott-Heron became famous in the 1970s, becoming a massively famous jazz singer.

• Record appearances (all events): Billy McNeill, 822 from 1957-1975.
• Records of performances (League): Alec McNair 583 from 1904 to 1925
• Most captained player in Scotland Most capped Scotland player: at 102 (47 during his time at Celtic) Kenny Dalglish,
• The most world cup caps of Scotland as an Celtic player Paul McStay, 76
• Most caps won at Celtic 1980 Pat Bonner
• Records scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 522 (1922/23 - 1937/38)
• Record league scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 396
• The most goals scored in an entire period (all matches): Jimmy McGrory, 52 (1927/28) (47 for League and 15, in Cup competitions)
• The most goals scored in an entire year (league and only): Jimmy McGrory, 50 (1935/36)

At the time of 12 June 2022 Celtic had partnerships with the following:

1. While this club had been "formally established" in 1887, there were no games were held until the year 1888. The date of 1888 is cited on the website of the club's official site as their founding date. For instance, on the badge of the club.
2. The newspaper reports of the time reveal that the attendance officially reported was reported as 83,500 and an additional 10,000 fans being barred from the stadium due to safety concerns. The capacity of the stadium was estimated at the time at around 88,000, and numerous other sources (including the official website of the club) have updated the number of fans to 92,000.