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Celtic
The Celtic Football Club
The Bhoys, The Hoops
Celtic are one of Glasgow's two big clubs: founded on 6 November 1887 in the city's East End, they play at Celtic Park. In 1967 they became the first British club to win the European Cup, with Jock Stein's Lisbon Lions.
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The club
- Name
- Celtic
- Full name
- The Celtic Football Club
- Nickname
- The Bhoys, The Hoops
- Founded
- November 6, 1887
- City
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
- Official website
- celticfc.com
- Colors
- #00843D, #FFFFFF
- Competitions
- Scottish Cup (since 1888)
- Scottish Premiership (since 1890)
- Scottish League Cup (since 1946)
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1962–1964)
- European Cup Winners' Cup (1963–1995)
- Champions League (1966–2026)
- Intercontinental Cup (1967)
- UEFA Cup (1976–2003)
- Europa League (since 2009)
- Conference League (2021)
- In the archive
- 7 crests · 37 shirts
Current crest
Since 1995
Shirts
1990s
2010s
Club history
Celtic are one of Glasgow's two big clubs: founded on 6 November 1887 in the city's East End, they play at Celtic Park. In 1967 they became the first British club to win the European Cup, with Jock Stein's Lisbon Lions. They hold the records for league titles (56) and Scottish Cups (43) and have never played outside the top flight.
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## A club born of charity Celtic were founded on 6 November 1887 in the hall of St Mary's church, in the Calton district of Glasgow's East End. The driving force was Brother Walfrid, an Irish Marist brother who wanted to raise money to feed the poor children of the area. He himself proposed the name “Celtic”, intended to unite the club's Irish and Scottish roots. The first match was played on 28 May 1888 and ended in a 5-2 win over Rangers. The first shirt was white with a green collar; green and white vertical stripes arrived in 1889, and in 1903 came the horizontal bands (the “hoops”) that…
Club stories
Stadium
Celtic Park
- Popular name
- Parkhead, Paradise
- Location
- Parkhead, Glasgow
- Opened
- 1892
- The club plays here
- Since 1892
Celtic Park, in the Parkhead district of Glasgow's East End, has been Celtic's home since 1892, when the club left its first ground, located across the street. The fans call it “Paradise”. Between 1994 and 1998 it was almost completely rebuilt as an all-seater stadium, and today it is the largest football stadium in Scotland, with more than 60,000 seats. Its attendance record is an Old Firm match against Rangers on 1 January 1938. As well as Celtic, it hosts Scotland national team matches and cup finals.
The fans
Celtic's supporters fill Celtic Park, which they call “Paradise”, and are known for their colourful stands and their songs. Their great rivals are Rangers, with whom they contest the Old Firm, the Glasgow derby, one of the most famous matches in the world. At the 2003 UEFA Cup final, around 80,000 fans travelled to Seville and FIFA rewarded their good behaviour. In 2017 they won FIFA's The Best Fan Award for a mosaic that covered the whole stadium in tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Lisbon Lions.
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