Celtic F.C.

	Country:	Scotland
	Competition:	Scottish Premier League
	website:	Celtic F.C.
	Wiki:	wiki
	Founded in:	1887
	Stadium:	Celtic Park
	Chairman:	Ian Bankier
	Coach:	Neil Lennon

The most important football club of Scotland as of today (after the relegation of Rangers) is Celtic F.C. The Celtic Football Club was founded in Glasgow in 1887 Catholic brother Walfrid. Celtic FC play in the Scottish Premier League, a League they have been dominating for a long time, together with their city rivals Glasgow Rangers. The home matches of Celtic are played in the Celtic Park, which has a capacity of 60,000 seats. Celtic is owned by Celtic PLC, of which shares are traded on the London stock exchange. Chairman is Ian Bankier who is also the chairman of a whisky company.

Current manager of Celtic is Neil Lennon, a former player of Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Celtic. Celtic has always been associated with Catholicism, hence the green and white 'Irish' colours of the home kit and crest. Their away outfit is all black and grey. Celtic have won the national Premier League championship 43 times, the last one being in 2012. In the upcoming years Celtic will definitely win more titles since Rangers was relegated due to financial mismanagement. The scottish cup was won 35 times, 2011 being the most recent win. On an international level Celtic hasn't accomplished as much, only winnig the European Cup of 1967 and being the runners-up of the UEFA Cup in 2003. Yet Celtic has been very attractive for famous European players in the past. Notable players are Henrik Larsson, Pierre van Hooijdonk and Kenny Dalgish. The current Celtic squad has some big name players as well like Georgios Samaras, Paul George and Mikael Lustig. The rivalry of Scotland is called the Old Firm, Celtic Rangers.

Since the religious background of both teams plays a role too, Celtic is Catholic, Rangers has a Protestant history, the tension is not solved on the field alone, but also in the streets of Glasgow. The Old Firm is world famous, however since the relegation of Rangers we will have to wait for some time before we can see a Celtic Rangers again. The Old Firm Rangers Celtic has been played 399 times (the number is so high because of the Scottish system in which a club plays any other club four times during a season) of which Rangers won 159 matches against Celtic's 144 wins. Only 96 games ended in a draw. So you need to wait for a few more years, although it may be possible Celtic and Rangers face each other in the Scottish Cup. Meanwhile sign up for free live football stream of Unibet tv. Registration is free and watch all games of Celtic and many other European top clubs for free!