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Victories & defeats
    • Record victory: 11-0, against Dundee in 1895.
    • Record victory against Rangers (now dead): 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);
      • 106 (Scottish Premiership, 2016-17, 3 points for a win), which is also the SPL points tally record.
Attendances
Appearances
    • Record Appearances (league): Alec McNair, 540 from 1904-1925.
    • Youngest Appearance: Jack Aitchison, 16 Years 71 days, 15 May 2016 v Motherwell
Scorers
    • Most goals in a season: Henrik Larsson, 53.
    • Record scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 397 (plus 13 whilst on-loan at Clydebank).
    • Youngest Scorer: Jack Aitchison, 16 Years 71 days, 15 May 2016 v Motherwell
    • Fastest Goal:
      • SPL – Kris Commons (12.2 seconds, 4-3 v Aberdeen, Mar 2013)
      • League Division A: John McPhail (6-10 seconds, 4-1 East Fife, Dec 1950)
Service
    • Longest serving player: Alec McNair, 21 years 1904-1925
    • Longest serving manager: Willie Maley, 43 years 1897 – 1940
Unbeaten runs
    • Longest unbeaten run (all): Celtic currently hold the UK records for an unbeaten run in professional football: 69 games (60 wins, 9 draws, 197 goals) from 7 May 2016-17 Dec 2017 (lost 4-0 away to Hearts), 577 days.
      (previous UK record, also Celtic): 62 games (49 won, 13 drawn), from 13 Nov 1915 until 21 April 1917– a total of 17 months and four days in all (lost at home to Kilmarnock on 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).
    • Undefeated domestically in all three major competitions in a season (League, Scottish Cup and League Cup): 2016-17 (the InVIncibles).
International Caps
Transfer fees
    • Record Transfer fee received £~30m (£25m + £5m addons) for Matt O’Riley to Brighton(Aug 2024) [Scottish Record]
    • Record Transfer fee paid £~11,000,000 for Arne Engels from FC Aubsburg [Celtic Record]
Europe
    • 1967, the year Celtic achieved the feat of winning every competition they played.
    • 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.
    • 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 Northern 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.
Miscellany
    • Quadruple:
      First side to win European Cup and clean sweep of all domestic honours in a single season, 1966-67.
    • Trebles:
      – First team to achieve back-to-back domestic Trebles (League, Scottish Cup, League Cup): 2016-17, 2017-18
      – First team to achieve Quadruple-Trebles (League, Scottish Cup, League Cup): 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
    • 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.

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