The 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, and also at Hampden Park which has on occasion been used for home games, are also included.
Celtic have won 13 top-flight titles, and hold the record for most Scottish Cup wins with 41. 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.
In all, Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship 13 times, the Scottish Cup a record 13 times, the Scottish League Cup 21 times and the European Cup once. They have completed a World Record, eight domestic trebles, including an unprecedented quadruple treble between the 16/17 and 19/20 seasons.[3]
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 makes McGrory's overall total of goals for Celtic in senior competitions 522 goals.[103]
Most points in a season (2 points per win): 72 (during the 1987–88 season).[188]
Fewest points in a season (2 points per win):
21 (during the 1896–97 season over 18 games).[188]
25 (during the 1947–48 season over 30 games).[188]
Attendances
Record attendance: 147,365 (against Aberdeen, won 2–1, Hampden Park (N), 24 April 1937). (A record for a Football match in Europe)[1]
Record Scottish League home attendance: 83,500 (against Rangers, won 3–0, Celtic Park (H), 1 January 1938).[nb 1][189][190][191]
Record European match attendance: 133,961 (against Leeds United, won 2–1, Hampden Park (H), 15 April 1970). (A record for a match in UEFA European competition)[192]
Other records and statistics
World record for total number of goals scored in a season (competitive games only): 196 (1966–67 season)[193]
UK record for an unbeaten run in professional football: 69 games (60 won; 9 drawn) 16 May 2016 to 17 December 2017.[194]
SPL record for an unbeaten run of home matches (League, Europe, Scottish Cup, League Cup) (77), from 2001 to 2004[195][196]
14 consecutive League Cup final appearances, from 1964–65 season to 1977–78 inclusive,[197] a world record for successive appearances in the final of a major football competition[198]
Most successive Scottish Cup tie wins: 19 (22 January 2017 – 19 December 2020; none going to extra time nor penalties aside from the last match on 19 December 2020)[199]
Most successive League Cup tie wins: 19 (19 August 1967 – 12 August 1969)[200]
Most goals scored in one Scottish top-flight league match by one player: 8 goals by Jimmy McGrory against Dunfermline in 9–0 win on 14 January 1928[201]
Fastest hat-trick in European Club Football – Mark Burchill vs Jeunesse Esch in 2000; 3 minutes (between 12th minute and 15th minute), a record at the time[203][204]
Earliest SPL Championship won: won with 8 games remaining in 2017 (equalling all-time Scottish top-flight record set by Rangers in 1929)[205][206]
Biggest margin of victory in the SPL. 9–0 against Aberdeen, 6 November 2010[207]
Celtic and Hibernian hold the record for the biggest transfer fee between two Scottish clubs. Celtic bought Scott Brown from Hibernian on 16 May 2007 for £4.4m[208]
Most expensive export from Scottish football, Kieran Tierney to Arsenal, August 2019, for about £25 million.[209]
First weekly club publication in the UK, The Celtic View[210]
^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.
^The home leg of Celtic's 1970 European Cup semi-final tie against Leeds United was switched from Celtic Park (which had a capacity at the time of around 80,000) to Hampden Park due to the expected high demand for tickets.
^ abCairney, John (2007). "McGrory statistics". Heroes are Forever: The Life and Times of Celtic Legend Jimmy McGrory. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN9781780570617.