Celtic F.C.
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Celtic Fitba Club (soondit [sɛltɪk] or [sɛlʔɪk] in Glesga Scots) is a Scots club that competes in the Scots Professional Fitba League, the heichest form o competition in Scotland. The club is based in the aist end o the city o Glesga.
Full name | The Celtic Football Club[1][2] | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Bhoys The Celts The Hoops | ||
Foondit | 6 November 1887; 136 years ago (1887-11-06) | ||
Ground | Celtic Park | ||
Ground Capacity | 60,411 | ||
Awner | Celtic PLC (LSE: CCP) | ||
Chairman | Peter Lawwell | ||
Manager | Brendan Rodgers | ||
League | Scottish Premiership | ||
2023-24 | Scottish Premiership, 1st o 12 (champions) | ||
Wabsteid | Club wabsteid | ||
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The club is officially nicknamed the Hoops. The team plays aw thir hame games at Celtic Park (kent as Paradise or Parkheid), the maist muckle fitba grund in Scotland, an the second maist muckle club in the Unitit Kinrick. Celtic Park attracts 57 ti 60 thoosant fowk tae hame games an means that Celtic is juist seicont tae Manchester United in terms o average attendance records in British fitbaw.
Alang wi thir rivals, Rangers F.C., Celtic hus been in among Scots fitbaw fir ower a hunner year as pairt o the Auld Firm, makin it wan o the auldest, maist well-kent an fiercest rivalries in sport. The club hus traditionally bin identified wi the Erse-Catholic fowk o Glesga. Celtic's hame kit is green an white hooped taps, white shorts an white hose.
In 1967, the club wis the first British team tae win the European Cup that hud only bin won by Italian, Portuguese an Spanish clubs afore. Afore Celtic's historic win, nae ither club in the hale o Northern Europe hud won the European tournament afore. Whit's mair, Celtic remains the only Scots club that's iver gone tae the final, an is the only club that's iver won the trophy wi a team o hame-grewn talent; aa the players in the side wir Scots, an born athin 30 mile o Celtic Park in Glesga. Celtic, wance mare, went tae the European Cup final in 1970, jist tae be defeatit by Feyenoord eftir extra time.
In 2003 Martin O'Neill led the team tae the UEFA cup final in Seville whaur they wir beat 3-2 by F.C. Porto, wance mair, eftir extra time. The bidin myndin o the final wis the green an white invasion o Seville. Ower 80,000 fans wir thocht tae hae been there in total includin flichts tae ither Spain an Portuguese airports an fans that wis incorporatin their summer holidays alang wi the trip. Ither fans even drove fae Glesga tae Seville. Due tae the guid naitur o baith Celtic fans an the locals, strang friendships came aboot, an Celtic's fans wir honoured wi the 2003 Fair Play Awairds fae baith the UEFA an the FIFA.
Celtic hae a guid friendship wi monies a team throughoot the hale warld. Jist a haundful o the ithers that Celtic haes fund friendship wi ower the years is St. Pauli, Liverpool, Villarreal, Sevilla, Real Betis an Dinamo Zagreb. Thanks tae aw the friendships Celtic hiv, monie fowk follae Celtic when they play awa in Europe. Fowk fae countries lik Germany an Croatia are often seen aboot Celtic fans in Europe an are well-kent an respectit.