An early team photo of Celtic, before the adoption of the now-famous hooped jerseys.

Celtic Football Club is a professional association football club based Glasgow, Scotland. The club was founded in 1887 and began playing league football in 1890 as founder members of the Scottish Football League. Since their first season Celtic have remained in the top division of the Scottish football league system: the Scottish Football League (1890–93), Scottish Football League Division One (1893–1975), Scottish Football League Premier Division (1975–98), Scottish Premier League (1998–2013) and Scottish Premiership (2013–present).[1] As of 2022–23 the club has completed 134 seasons of competitive football and have been Scottish football champions 53 times.[2]

Celtic played their inaugural league fixture as part of the 1890–91 Scottish Football League on 23 August 1890 against Heart of Midlothian. Since that game they have faced 45 different sides in league football with their most regular opponent having been their Old Firm rivals Rangers, whom they have played on 330 occasions since their first league meeting on 21 March 1891.[3] They met their most recent different league opponent, Ross County, for the first time in the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League season.[4] The club has won 180 of the league matches against Motherwell which represents the most Celtic have won against any club. They have drawn more matches with Rangers than with any other club with 90 of their meetings finishing without a winner.[3] Rangers are also the side that has defeated Celtic in more league games than any other club, having won 127 of their encounters.[3]

Key

  • The table includes results of matches played by Celtic in the Scottish Football League, Scottish First Division, Scottish Premier League and Scottish Premiership.
  •    † Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column will compete in the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership alongside Celtic.
  •    ‡ Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct
  • Pld = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; Win% = percentage of total matches won
  • The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Celtic played league matches against each opponent

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of match played on 27 May 2023.
Celtic F.C. league record by opponent
Club Home Away Total Win% First Last
PldWDL PldWDL PldWDLGFGA
Abercorn ‡ 4400 4301 8 7 0 1 31 10 087.50 1890–91 1896–97
Aberdeen † 1541052623 152683846 306 173 64 69 575 330 056.54 1905–06 2022–23
Airdrieonians ‡ 6447125 64411013 128 88 22 18 311 118 068.75 1903–04 1992–93
Albion Rovers 9711 9711 18 14 2 2 56 15 077.78 1919–20 1948–49
Alloa Athletic 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 4 2 100.00 1922–23 1922–23
Arbroath 9900 9711 18 16 1 1 56 10 088.89 1935–36 1974–75
Ayr United 383224 382747 76 59 6 11 211 72 077.63 1913–14 1977–78
Bo'ness ‡ 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 5 1 100.00 1927–28 1927–28
Cambuslang ‡ 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 13 6 075.00 1890–91 1891–92
Clyde 6348105 6346134 126 94 23 9 360 107 074.60 1891–92 1974–75
Clydebank (1914–1931) ‡ 7421 7511 14 9 3 2 28 10 064.29 1917–18 1925–26
Clydebank (1965–2002) ‡ 6600 6321 12 9 2 1 31 7 075.00 1977–78 1986–87
Cowdenbeath 111010 11722 22 17 3 2 62 15 077.27 1924–25 1970–71
Cowlairs ‡ 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 7 0 100.00 1890–91 1890–91
Dumbarton 201550 201631 40 31 8 1 113 25 077.50 1890–91 1984–85
Dundee † 122862412 119632531 241 149 49 43 502 239 061.83 1893–94 2021–22
Dundee United 10064288 101532127 201 117 49 35 410 200 058.21 1925–26 2022–23
Dunfermline Athletic 524516 4930118 101 75 12 14 258 95 074.26 1926–27 2011–12
East Fife 141031 14518 28 15 4 9 75 48 053.57 1930–31 1973–74
East Stirlingshire 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 16 4 100.00 1932–33 1963–64
Falkirk 7659107 77411917 153 100 29 24 340 148 065.36 1905–06 2009–10
Gretna ‡ 1100 2200 3 3 0 0 8 1 100.00 2007–08 2007–08
Hamilton Academical 564934 5438115 110 87 14 9 278 92 079.09 1906–07 2020–21
Heart of Midlothian † 1611053719 159743154 320 179 68 73 609 347 055.94 1890–91 2022–23
Hibernian † 1511003318 153754236 304 175 75 54 629 303 057.57 1895–96 2022–23
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 201721 191153 39 28 7 4 92 30 071.79 2004–05 2016–17
Kilmarnock † 11793186 122693023 239 162 48 29 579 216 067.78 1899–1900 2022–23
Leith Athletic 6600 6402 12 10 0 2 37 14 083.33 1891–92 1931–32
Livingston † 171430 15942 32 23 7 2 79 23 071.88 2001–02 2022–23
Morton 6144125 6139148 122 83 26 13 275 98 068.03 1900–01 1987–88
Motherwell † 1451042219 144763830 289 180 60 49 639 296 062.28 1903–04 2022–23
Partick Thistle 97671713 101681815 198 135 35 28 458 187 068.18 1897–98 2017–18
Port Glasgow Athletic ‡ 8701 8620 16 13 2 1 45 11 081.25 1902–03 1909–10
Queen of the South 201055 207310 40 17 8 15 86 60 042.50 1933–34 1963–64
Queen's Park 423453 423129 84 65 7 12 220 75 077.38 1900–01 1957–58
Raith Rovers 402875 402299 80 50 16 14 178 70 062.50 1910–11 1996–97
Rangers † 165724746 165414381 330 113 90 127 446 466 034.24 1890–91 2022–23
Renton ‡ 3300 3300 6 6 0 0 19 5 100.00 1891–92 1892–93
Ross County † 161330 171232 33 25 6 2 84 17 075.76 2012–13 2022–23
St Bernard's ‡ 7700 7511 14 12 1 1 37 14 085.71 1893–94 1899–1900
St Johnstone † 7254135 72441216 144 98 25 21 343 120 068.06 1924–25 2022–23
St Mirren † 125922211 125842021 250 176 42 32 593 211 070.40 1891–92 2022–23
Stirling Albion 111010 11425 22 14 3 5 64 23 063.64 1949–50 1967–68
Third Lanark ‡ 584288 58311314 116 73 21 22 270 132 062.93 1890–91 1964–65
Vale of Leven 2200 2011 4 2 1 1 18 7 050.00 1890–91 1891–92

References

  1. ↑ "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Celtic Football Club (Honours)". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Head to head – Rangers vs. Celtic". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Forsyth, Roddy (18 August 2012). "Ross County 1-1 Celtic: match report". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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