59 Facts About Celtic FC

Celtic FC Football Club, commonly known as Celtic FC, is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership.

Celtic FC established themselves within Scottish football, winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century.

Celtic FC have played in green and white throughout their history, adopting hoops in 1903, which have been used ever since.

Celtic FC are one of only five clubs in the world to have won over 100 trophies in their history.

Celtic FC reached the 1970 European Cup Final and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, losing in both.

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Celtic FC have a long-standing fierce rivalry with Rangers, and the clubs are known as the Old Firm, seen by some as the world's biggest football derby.

Walfrid's own suggestion of the name Celtic FC was intended to reflect the club's Irish and Scottish roots and was adopted at the same meeting.

Between 1905 and 1910, Celtic FC won the Scottish League Championship six times in a row.

Celtic FC was 71 years old and had served the club in varying roles for nearly 52 years, initially as a player and then as secretary-manager.

Celtic FC spent over five years in this role, although due to the Second World War no official competitive league football took place during this time.

Celtic FC did not do particularly well during the war years, but did win the Victory in Europe Cup held in May 1945 as a one-off football match to celebrate Victory in Europe Day.

Under McGrory, Celtic FC defeated Arsenal, Manchester United and Hibernian to win the Coronation Cup, a one-off tournament held in May 1953 to commemorate the coronation of Elizabeth II.

Celtic FC won the Scottish Cup in his first few months at the club, and then led them to the League title the following season.

The following season Celtic FC lost to Racing Club of Argentina in the Intercontinental Cup.

In 1998 Celtic FC won the title again under Dutchman Wim Jansen and prevented Rangers from beating their nine-in-a-row record.

Under his leadership, Celtic FC won three SPL championships out of five and in his first season in charge the club won the domestic treble, making O'Neill only the second Celtic FC manager to do so after Jock Stein.

The conduct of the thousands of travelling Celtic FC supporters received widespread praise from the people of Seville and the fans were awarded Fair Play Awards from both FIFA and UEFA "for their extraordinarily loyal and sporting behaviour".

Celtic FC celebrated their 125th anniversary in November 2012, the same week as a Champions League match against Barcelona.

Celtic FC finished the season with the SPL and Scottish Cup double.

Celtic FC went on to lead the team to two consecutive league titles and a League Cup, but the team's performances in European competition were poor.

Celtic FC clinched their sixth successive league title in April 2017 with a record eight league games to spare, and eventually finished with a record 106 points, becoming the first Scottish side to complete a top-flight league season undefeated since Rangers in 1899.

Celtic FC continued their unbeaten domestic run into the following season, eventually extending it to 69 games, surpassing their own 100-year-old British record of 62 games, before finally losing to Hearts in November 2017.

Celtic FC retained the League Cup that same month by defeating Motherwell in the final, and went on to clinch their seventh consecutive league title in April 2018.

In 1903, Celtic FC adopted their now famous green and white hooped tops.

Celtic FC responded by adding numbers to the top of their sleeves, however within a few weeks the football authorities ordered the club to attach them to the back of their shirts, where they appeared on a large white patch, breaking up the green and white hoops.

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In 1984 Celtic FC took up shirt sponsorship for the first time, with Fife-based double glazing firm CR Smith having their logo emblazoned on the front of the team jersey.

In March 2020, Celtic FC announced a new five-year partnership with Adidas starting on 1 July 2020, in a deal believed to be the biggest kit sponsorship ever in Scottish sport.

Celtic FC's stadium is Celtic FC Park, which is in the Parkhead area of Glasgow.

Celtic FC opened the original Celtic FC Park in the Parkhead area in 1888.

Celtic FC was in a bad financial position in the early 1990s and no major work was carried out until Fergus McCann took control of the club in March 1994.

Celtic FC carried out a plan to demolish the old terraces and develop a new stadium in a phased rebuild, which was completed in August 1998.

Celtic FC Park has been used as a venue for Scotland internationals and Cup Finals, particularly when Hampden Park has been unavailable.

In more recent years, Celtic FC 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 FC Park has occasionally been used for concerts, including performances by The Who and U2.

In July 2016, Celtic FC Park became the first British football stadium to have a "rail seating" area in the ground.

In 2003 Celtic FC were estimated to have a fan base of nine million people, including one million in the US and Canada.

Celtic FC has the highest average home attendance of any Scottish club.

Celtic FC fans were placed third, the only club in Britain on the list, with the magazine highlighting their rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone before the start of European ties at Celtic FC Park.

On 23 October 2017, Celtic FC fans were awarded with the FIFA Fan Award for their tifo commemorating the 50th anniversary of the club's European cup win.

Celtic FC have a historic association with the people of Ireland and Scots of Irish descent, both of whom are mainly Roman Catholic.

Some groups of Celtic FC fans have expressed their support for Irish republicanism and the Irish Republican Army by singing or chanting about them at matches.

Celtic FC expressed disapproval of these protests, saying they were damaging to the image of the club and its fans, and pledged to ban those involved.

In 1965, Celtic FC began publishing its own newspaper, The Celtic FC View, now the oldest club magazine in football.

However, in August 2021, Celtic FC announced the restart of the production activities for the magazine, which was turned into a 100-page, quarterly publication.

In 2004, Celtic FC launched their own digital TV channel called Celtic FC TV, which was available in the UK through Setanta Sports on satellite and cable platforms.

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In 2011, Celtic FC TV was relaunched as an online service and replaced Channel 67.

Celtic FC was initially founded to raise money for the poor in the East End of Glasgow and the club still retain strong charitable traditions today.

On 9 August 2011 Celtic FC held a testimonial match in honour of former player John Kennedy.

Yorkhill Hospital is another charity with whom Celtic FC are affiliated and in December 2011 the club donated £3000 to it.

Celtic FC were formed in 1887, and in 1897 the club became a Private Limited Company with a nominal share capital of 5000 shares at £1 each.

Celtic FC declined this offer and decided to stay in football management, joining Leeds United instead.

Celtic FC left the club in June 1983 after his request for a contract and pay rise was publicly rebuffed by the board.

Celtic FC was given a seat on the board and became Chairman in 1986.

McCann had wanted the ownership of Celtic FC to be spread as widely as possible and gave first preference to existing shareholders and season-ticket holders, to prevent a new consortium taking over the club.

The share issue was a success and Celtic FC had more applicants than shares available, The new Lennoxtown training centre was opened in October 2007.

Celtic FC have been ranked in the Deloitte Football Money League six times.

In May 2012, Celtic FC were rated 37th in Brand Finance's annual valuation of the world's biggest football clubs.

Matt Hannagan, Sports Brand Valuation Analyst at Brand Finance, said that Celtic FC were constrained by the amount of money they got from the SPL and that if they were in the Premiership then, due to their large fan base, they could be in the top 10 clubs in the world.

Celtic FC have a pathway for female players, from eleven years old upwards.