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The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the Irish–Scots population in the city's East End area. They played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5–2. Celtic established themselves within Scottish football, winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century. The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein, when they won nine consecutive league titles and the 1967 European Cup. Celtic have played in green and white throughout their history, adopting in 1903 the hoops that have been used ever since. Celtic are one of only seven clubs in the world to have won over 100 trophies, with 121 major honours as of 2026, the most of any European club and the second-most in the world. The club has won the Scottish league championship a record 56 times, most recently in 2025–26, the Scottish Cup a record 42 times and the Scottish League Cup 22 times. The club's greatest season was 1966–67, when Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup, also winning the Scottish league championship, the Scottish Cup, the League Cup and the Glasgow Cup. Celtic also reached the 1970 European Cup final and the 2003 UEFA Cup final, losing in both. Celtic have a fierce long-standing rivalry with Rangers, and together the clubs are known as "The Old Firm". Their matches against each other are regarded as among the world's biggest football derbies. The club's fanbase was estimated in 2003 as being around 9 million worldwide and there are more than 160 Celtic supporters clubs in over 20 countries. An estimated 80,000 fans travelled to Seville for the 2003 UEFA Cup final, and their "extraordinarily loyal and sporting behaviour" in spite of defeat earned the fans Fair Play awards from both FIFA and UEFA.
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| 1888 | 1889–1903 | 1903–1932 | 1932–1965 | 1965 onwards |
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) |
| 1936–1984 | Umbro | none | none |
| 1984–1991 | CR Smith | ||
| 1991–1992 | Peoples Ford | ||
| 1992–1993 | none | ||
| 1993–1997 | CR Smith | ||
| 1997–1999 | Umbro | ||
| 1999–2003 | NTL | ||
| 2003–2005 | Carling | ||
| 2005–2010 | Nike | ||
| 2010–2013 | Tennents | ||
| 2013–2015 | Magners | ||
| 2015–2016 | New Balance | ||
| 2016–2020 | Dafabet | Magners | |
| 2020–2025 | Adidas | ||
| 2025– | none |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Kasper Schmeichel |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Alistair Johnston |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Liam Scales |
| 6 | DF | USA | Auston Trusty |
| 7 | FW | POR | Jota |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Benjamin Nygren |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Junior Adamu (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 10 | FW | COD | Michel-Ange Balikwisha |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Čvančara (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Viljami Sinisalo |
| 13 | FW | KOR | Yang Hyun-jun |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Luke McCowan |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Kelechi Iheanacho |
| 19 | FW | WAL | Callum Osmand |
| 20 | DF | USA | Cameron Carter-Vickers |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Julián Araujo (on loan from Bournemouth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | TUN | Sebastian Tounekti |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Arne Engels |
| 28 | MF | POR | Paulo Bernardo |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Ross Doohan |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Joel Mvuka (on loan from Lorient) |
| 36 | DF | URU | Marcelo Saracchi (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 37 | DF | SCO | Adam Montgomery |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Daizen Maeda |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Reo Hatate |
| 42 | MF | SCO | Callum McGregor (captain) |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Benjamin Arthur (on loan from Brentford) |
| 47 | DF | SCO | Dane Murray |
| 49 | FW | SCO | James Forrest |
| 51 | DF | SCO | Colby Donovan |
| 56 | DF | SCO | Anthony Ralston |
| 63 | DF | SCO | Kieran Tierney |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Odin Thiago Holm (at Vålerenga until 31 December 2026) |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Shin Yamada (at Preußen Münster until 30 June 2026) |
| 24 | FW | IRL | Johnny Kenny (at Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2026) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Hayato Inamura (at FC Tokyo until 30 June 2026) |
References
- Although the club was "formally constituted" in 1887, no matches were played until 1888. The latter date is listed by th
- Newspaper reports at the time indicate that the officially returned attendance was given as 83,500, with an estimated fu
- The club is also sometimes referred to as Glasgow Celtic, but this is technically incorrect.
- Behind Al-Ahly of Cairo, Egypt, with 127.
- Pastehttp://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/11/10-soccer-things-you-might-be-saying-wrong.htmlr
- From Sporting Lisbon to Athletic Bilbao — why do we get foreign clubs' names wrong?, Michael Cox, The Athletic, 16 Marchhttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4308623/2023/03/16/sporting-lisbon-athletic-bilbao-wrong-name/
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/jun/02/which-european-football-clubs-have-never-been-relegated
- 888sporthttps://www.888sport.com/blog/football/top-20-most-successful-football-clubs-in-the-world
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/dec/15/newsstory.sport6
- The Heraldhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12534029.uefa-honour-celtic-supporters-with-special-fair-play-award/
- Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora
- British football and social exclusion
- Wilson 1988, pp. 1–2
- Campbell & Woods 1987, p. 23
- Wilson 1988, p. 3
- The Football History Boyshttp://www.thefootballhistoryboys.com/2014/12/the-crest-dissected-celtic-fc.html?view=sidebar
- Celtic FChttp://www.celticfc.net/pages/history
- Celtic FChttp://www.celticfc.net/news/4095
- Historical Football Kitshttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic.htm
- Wilson 1988, p. 19