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Celtic Club Records

Bould Bhoys


For Celtic Honours, see the Honours section.

Victories & defeats
  • Record victory: 11-0, against Dundee in 1895.
  • Record victory against Glasgow Rangers: 7-1 in the Scottish League Cup Final 1957.
  • Record victory (Cup final): Celtic 7 - 1 Rangers, Scottish League Cup Final 1957; still British record for the highest score in a domestic cup final.
  • Record defeat (all): 0-8 against Motherwell in 1937.
  • Record defeat (home): 0-5 against Hearts in 1895.
  • Record defeat (post war home): 1-5 Aberdeen 1947.
  • Record points earned in a season:
    • 72 (Premier Division, 1987/88, 2 points for a Win);
    • 103 (Scottish Premier League, 2001/02, 3 points for a win), which is also the SPL points tally record.

Attendances
  • Record attendance (home): 92,000 against Rangers in 1938. A 3-0 victory for Celtic
  • Record attendance (Scotland): 146,433; The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen FC in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 146,433 (unofficial attendance 147,365) at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a record for a club match in European football
  • Record attendance (Europe): Hold the record for the highest attendance for a European club competition match: Celtic v Leeds Utd in the European Cup semi-final 1970 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Official attendance 133,961.

Appearances

Scorers

Service
  • Longest serving player: Alec McNair, 21 years 1904-1925

Unbeaten runs
  • Longest unbeaten run (all): Celtic currently hold the UK record for an unbeaten run in professional football : 62 games (49 won, 13 drawn), from 13 Nov 1915 until 21 April 1917- a total of 17 months and four days in all (they lost at home to Kilmarnock on the last day of the season).
  • Longest unbeaten run (home): Celtic also hold the SPL record for an unbeaten run of home matches (77), spanning from 2001 to 2004 (this run was ended by a 3-2 defeat to Aberdeen on 21 April 2004), and the record for the longest run of consecutive wins in a single season (25 matches).

International Caps

Transfer fees

Europe
  • Only club in history to have won the European Cup with a team comprised entirely of home-grown talent
  • 1967, the year Celtic achieved the feat of winning every competition they played.
  • Fastest hat-trick in European Club football - Mark Burchill v Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in 2000.
  • First and only Scottish club to reach the final of the European Cup.
  • First British club to reach the final and win the European Cup.
  • First Nothern European club to reach the final and win the European Cup .
  • Four club record European victories
    • 9-0 KPV Kokkola (Finland), 1970.
    • 8-1 Suduva (Lithuania), 2003.
    • 7-0 Waterford (Rep.Ireland), 1970,
    • 7-0 Valur Rekjavik, 1975.
  • Club record European defeat: 0-5 against Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July 2005.

Misc
  • Disallowed Goals Record: On April 2 2000, Celtic had four goals chalked off in 17 minutes against Kilmarnock, including three from a distraught Tommy Johnson. Celtic still won the match 4-2!