List of Celtic F.C. records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Celtic F.C. seasons.
A trophy case in the Celtic Park trophy room

Celtic Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Glasgow. They have played at their home ground, Celtic Park, since 1892. Celtic were founding members of the Scottish Football League in 1890, and the Scottish Premier League in 1998 as well as the Scottish Professional Football League in 2013.

The club's record appearance maker is Billy McNeill, who made 822 appearances between 1957 and 1975. Jimmy McGrory is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 522 goals during his Celtic career.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Celtic, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Celtic players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Celtic Park are also included in the list.

All figures are correct as of 11 May 2016.

Honours

Celtic have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the Scottish League Championship 47 times, the Scottish Cup a record 36 times, the Scottish League Cup 16 times and the European Cup.

Domestic

League[1][2]

Cups[1][2]

International

[1]

Others

1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1941, 1949, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975*, 1982
1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1903, 1905, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1953, 1959, 1961 (shared)

Reserve honours

1896, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
1891, 1935, 1936, 1958, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1985
1960, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996,
1922, 1934, 1937, 1938
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966

Youth honours

1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
2000, 2003
2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012
2013, 2014
2002, 2003, 2004
1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016

Other awards

1967[30]
1970[31]
2003 (awarded to the fans of Celtic FC)[32]
2003 (awarded to the fans of Celtic FC)[33]
November 2002, August 2003, August 2012
1979
1975

* 1975 trophy shared with Rangers after a 2–2 draw.
1 Celtic B, the clubs second reserve team competed in every season of the Combined Reserve League.

Player records

For more details on this topic, see List of Celtic F.C. players.

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only.

# Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total Ref
1Scotland McNeill, BillyBilly McNeill1957–1975486941387232822[45]
2Scotland McNair, AlecAlec McNair1904–1925583570044684[46]
3Scotland McStay, PaulPaul McStay1981–19975156654435683[47]
4Scotland Aitken, RoyRoy Aitken1976–199048455824813682[48]
5Scotland McGrain, DannyDanny McGrain1970–1987439601065422681[49]
6Republic of Ireland Bonner, PatPat Bonner1978–19954835564404646[50]
7Scotland Lennox, BobbyBobby Lennox1961–1978
1979–1980
340511186822599[51]
8Scotland Evans, BobbyBobby Evans1944–19603846487045580[52]
9Scotland McMenemy, JimmyJimmy McMenemy1902–1920456590043558[53]
10Scotland Johnstone, JimmyJimmy Johnstone1962–197530648926815529[54]

Goalscorers

Jimmy McGrory, Celtic's all-time top goalscorer and the record scorer in British football history

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played appear in brackets.

# Name Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total Ref
1Scotland McGrory, JimmyJimmy McGrory1922–1937396 (378)74 (67)0 (0)0 (0)32 (32)5023(477)3[63]
2Scotland Lennox, BobbyBobby Lennox1961–1978
1979–1980
171 (340)31 (51)63 (118)13 (68)23 (22)301 (599)[51]
3Sweden Larsson, HenrikHenrik Larsson1997–2004174 (221)23 (25)10 (11)35 (58)0 (0)242 (315)[64]
4Scotland Quinn, JimmyJimmy Quinn1900–1917188 (272)30 (58)0 (0)0 (0)21 (39)239 (369)[65]
5Scotland Chalmers, StevieStevie Chalmers1958–1971155 (263)29 (47)31 (60)13 (39)8 (22)236 (431)[64]
6Scotland McMahon, SandySandy McMahon1891–1903131 (177)48 (45)0 (0)0 (0)21 (39)200 (261)[66]
7Ireland Gallacher, PatsyPatsy Gallacher1911–1926186 (432)9 (32)0 (0)0 (0)5 (27)200 (491)[67]
8Scotland Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes1960–1971114 (255)25 (51)38 (69)10 (41)10 (19)197 (435)[68]
9Scotland McMenemy, JimmyJimmy McMenemy1902–1920142 (456)24 (59)0 (0)0 (0)10 (43)178 (558)[53]
10Scotland Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish1968–1977111 (204)11 (30)35 (60)9 (28)7 (16)173 (338)[69]

1 Comprises appearances in the European Cup/ Champions League, European Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Cup/ Europa League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.

2 Includes cup competitions: the Glasgow Cup, Drybrough Cup and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Appearance and goal statistics are not readily available for the Glasgow Charity Cup.

3 In addition to these statistics, it is known that McGrory made a further 21 appearances in the Glasgow Charity Cup, scoring 20 goals. This brings McGrory's overall total of goals scored for Celtic in senior competitions to 522 goals.[55]

International

World Cup

European Championship

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

# Player From Fee Date Ref
1 England Chris Sutton England Chelsea £6,000,000 11 July 2000 [72]
Wales John Hartson England Coventry City 2 August 2001 [73]
3 Israel Eyal Berkovic England West Ham £5,750,000 8 July 1999 [74]
Northern Ireland Neil Lennon England Leicester City 8 December 2000 [75]
5 Brazil Rafael Scheidt Brazil Grêmio £4,800,000 1 January 2000 [76]
6 Scotland Scott Brown Scotland Hibernian £4,400,000 1 June 2007 [77]
7 Belgium Joos Valgaeren Netherlands Roda JC £3,800,000 28 July 2000 [78]
France Marc-Antoine Fortune England West Bromwich Albion 9 July 2009 [79]
9 England Alan Stubbs England Bolton Wanderers £3,500,000 1 August 1996 [80]
10 Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Netherlands PSV Eindhoven £3,400,000 24 August 2006 [81]

Record transfer fees received

# Player To Fee Date Ref
1 Kenya Victor Wanyama England Southampton £12,500,000 11 July 2013 [82]
2 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk England Southampton £11,500,000 1 September 2015 [83]
3 England Fraser Forster England Southampton £10,000,000 8 August 2014 [84]
4 Republic of Ireland Aiden McGeady Russia Spartak Moscow £9,500,000 12 August 2010 [85]
5 Bulgaria Stilian Petrov England Aston Villa £6,500,000 30 August 2006 [86]
6 Australia Mark Viduka England Leeds United £6,000,000 3 July 2000 [87]
South Korea Ki Sung-Yueng Wales Swansea City 24 August 2012 [88]
8 England Gary Hooper England Norwich City £5,500,000 26 July 2013 [89]
9 Italy Paolo Di Canio England Sheffield Wednesday  £4,500,000 6 August 1997 [90]
10 Portugal Jorge Cadete          Spain Celta Vigo £3,500,000 30 August 1997 [91]

Managerial records

For more details on this topic, see List of Celtic F.C. managers.

Club records

Matches

Firsts

Wins

Defeats

Goals

Points

Attendances

Other records and statistics

European statistics

Main article: Celtic F.C. in Europe

See also

Footnotes

  1. Newspaper reports at the time indicate that the officially returned attendance was given as 83,500, with an estimated further 10,000 supporters locked out of the ground for safety reasons. However, the ground's capacity was gauged at the time as being around 88,000 and several subsequent sources (including the club's official website) have since revised the attendance up to 92,000.

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