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Quick Facts: |
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Nickname:
Bhoys
Founded: 1888
Clothing: Umbro
Sponsor: Carling
Stadium: Celtic Park (attendance: 60832) |
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Club Honors |
»League
Titles: 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908,
1909, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936,
1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973,
1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004
»SFA Cup
Winners: 1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912,
1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965,
1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988,
1989, 1995, 2001, 2004.
»Europe
European Cup: 1967
»Finalists:
1970
»UEFA
Cup Finalists: 2003
»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
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History |
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Established in 1888, the club was the idea of Brother Walfrid,
leader of a teaching institute, the Marist Order, in Glasgow. Brother Walfrid
saw the establishment of a football club in Glasgow's East End as an opportunity
to raise money for a charity he had established, The Poor Children's Dinner
Table, and an opportunity to give the immigrant Irish population something which
they could feel proud to be a part of. From these
humble origins, it has grown into one of the world's most popular sides.
The club first appeared in the Scottish league in 1888/89
and won their first Scottish Cup three years later, before moving to their
present home, Celtic Park. Celtic then claimed their first Scottish championship
in 1892/93, before winning six successive titles between 1905 and 1910. Eight
more championships followed between 1914 and 1936, and their Scottish Cup final
win against Aberdeen FC in 1938 was witnessed by a crowd of 146,433 at Hampden
Park - still a record for a club match in Europe. Then, after more than a decade
without a trophy, the club bounced back with a Scottish Cup victory in 1952, a
league title in 1954 and their first League Cup win three years later. Celtic
advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in both 1964 and 1966,
only to lose out narrowly to MTK Hungária FC and Liverpool FC respectively.
However, on 25 May 1967 the club became the first British club to win the
European Champions Clubs' Cup with a 2-1 victory against Italian giants Inter
Milan in Lisbon. The victory capped what was the most successful season in the
club's history, as they won every competition they entered. Under the guidance
of legendary manager Jock Stein, Celtic won the league, Scottish Cup, League Cup
and Glasgow Cup, as well as the European Champions Clubs' Cup. Celtic's run of
nine successive league championships come to an end in 1975, but manager Billy
McNeill, the captain of their famous 1967 'Lisbon Lions' team, won the title in
his first season in charge four years later. Nicknamed 'The Hoops', Celtic won
the league title four times during the 1980s and celebrated their centenary
season (1987/88) by winning the double of League and Scottish Cup. The
re-emergence of Rangers FC as the dominant force in Scottish football ensured
that it would be another decade before Dutch coach Wim Jansen led them to the
title in 1997/98. During the summer of 2000, former Northern Irish international
Martin O'Neill took over as manager, finally breaking the vice-like grip of
Rangers on the Scottish championship by winning the title in 2000/01 and
2001/02.
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