Celtic F.C. league record by opponent

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 to the present day: 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 2015–16 the club has completed 127 seasons of competitive football and have been Scottish football champions 47 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 305 occasions since their first 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 165 of the league matches against Hibernian and St Mirren which represents the most Celtic have won against any club. They have drawn more matches with Rangers than with any other club with 85 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 119 of their encounters.[3]

Key

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 3 December 2016.
Celtic F.C. league record by opponent
Club Home Away Total Win% First Last
P W D L P W D L P W D L F A
Abercorn Defunct team 4400 4301 8 7 0 1 31 10 87.50 1890–91 1896–97
Aberdeen Scottish Premiership team 141942522 140583646 281 152 61 68 520 314 54.09 1905–06 2016–17
Airdrieonians Defunct team 6447125 64411013 128 88 22 18 311 118 68.75 1903–04 1992–93
Albion Rovers 9711 9711 18 14 2 2 56 15 77.78 1919–20 1948–49
Alloa Athletic 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 4 2 100.000 1922–23 1922–23
Arbroath 9900 9711 18 16 1 1 56 10 88.89 1935–36 1974–75
Ayr United 383224 382747 76 59 6 11 211 72 77.63 1913–14 1977–78
Bo'ness Defunct team 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 5 1 100.000 1927–28 1927–28
Cambuslang Defunct team 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 13 6 75.00 1890–91 1891–92
Clyde 6348105 6346134 126 94 23 9 360 107 74.60 1891–92 1974–75
Clydebank (1914–1931) Defunct team 7421 7511 14 9 3 2 28 10 64.29 1917–18 1925–26
Clydebank (1965–2002) Defunct team 6600 6321 12 9 2 1 31 7 75.00 1977–78 1986–87
Cowdenbeath 111010 11722 22 17 3 2 62 15 77.27 1924–25 1970–71
Cowlairs Defunct team 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 7 0 100.000 1890–91 1890–91
Dumbarton 201550 201631 40 31 8 1 113 25 77.50 1890–91 1984–85
Dundee Scottish Premiership team 116812312 114582531 230 139 48 43 473 233 60.43 1893–94 2016–17
Dundee United 9661278 95491927 191 110 46 35 385 196 57.59 1925–26 2015–16
Dunfermline Athletic 524516 4930118 101 75 12 14 258 95 74.26 1926–27 2011–12
East Fife 141031 14518 28 15 4 9 75 48 53.57 1930–31 1973–74
East Stirlingshire 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 16 4 100.000 1932–33 1963–64
Falkirk 7659107 77411917 153 100 29 24 340 148 65.36 1905–06 2009–10
Gretna Defunct team 1100 2200 3 3 0 0 8 1 100.000 2007–08 2007–08
Hamilton Academical Scottish Premiership team 484134 4731115 95 72 14 9 239 86 75.79 1906–07 2015–16
Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership team 149933719 149673151 298 160 68 70 550 328 53.69 1890–91 2016–17
Hibernian 141923118 142733633 283 165 67 51 588 281 58.30 1895–96 2013–14
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scottish Premiership team 201721 181053 38 27 7 4 88 30 71.05 2004–05 2016–17
Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership team 10886166 113632921 221 149 45 27 538 205 67.42 1899–1900 2016–17
Leith Athletic 6600 6402 12 10 0 2 37 14 83.33 1891–92 1931–32
Livingston 8800 8710 16 15 1 0 48 11 93.75 2001–02 2005–06
Morton 6144125 6139148 122 83 26 13 275 98 68.03 1900–01 1987–88
Motherwell Scottish Premiership team 134942119 135703530 269 164 56 49 585 285 60.97 1903–04 2016–17
Partick Thistle Scottish Premiership team 94651613 97641815 191 129 34 28 442 184 67.54 1897–98 2015–16
Port Glasgow Athletic Defunct team 8701 8620 16 13 2 1 45 11 81.25 1902–03 1909–10
Queen of the South 201055 207310 40 17 8 15 86 60 42.50 1933–34 1963–64
Queen's Park 423453 423129 84 65 7 12 220 75 77.38 1900–01 1957–58
Raith Rovers 402875 402299 80 50 16 14 178 70 62.50 1910–11 1996–97
Rangers Scottish Premiership team 153664344 152354275 305 101 85 119 405 437 33.11 1890–91 2016–17
Renton Defunct team 3300 3300 6 6 0 0 19 5 100.000 1891–92 1892–93
Ross County Scottish Premiership team 7430 8521 15 9 5 1 34 10 60.00 2012–13 2016–17
St Bernard's Defunct team 7700 7511 14 12 1 1 37 14 85.71 1893–94 1899–1900
St Johnstone Scottish Premiership team 6146105 62341216 123 80 22 21 277 110 65.04 1924–25 2016–17
St Mirren 117862110 117791820 234 165 39 30 552 202 70.51 1891–92 2014–15
Stirling Albion 111010 11425 22 14 3 5 64 23 63.64 1949–50 1967–68
Third Lanark Defunct team 584288 58311314 116 73 21 22 270 132 62.93 1890–91 1964–65
Vale of Leven 2200 2011 4 2 1 1 18 7 50.00 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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