The Celtic Football Club is commonly called Celtic (/'seltIk"seltIk"/) is an Scottish professional soccer club located in Glasgow and participates in the Scottish Premiership. The club was established in 1887 to serve the goal to alleviate poverty in the immigrants Irish community living in Scotland's East End of Glasgow. The first game they played in the month of May, 1888. It was an open match against Rangers that Celtic defeated by 5-2. Celtic began to establish themselves in Scottish football by winning six league titles in the first period of 20th Century. The club had their biggest success in the 60s and 70s during the tenure of Jock Stein, who were crowned league champions for nine consecutive seasons as well as the 1967 European Cup. Celtic were a team that played white and green throughout their history. They adopted hoops in 1903 that were used for the rest of their history.
Celtic are among only five clubs around the globe to have won more than 100 trophies throughout their history. Celtic have been awarded their Scottish League championship 52 times the most recently in 2021-22. The club also has won The Scottish Cup forty times, and the Scottish League Cup 20 times. The most successful season for the club was in 1966-67, when Celtic was the very first British team to be the first team to win the European Cup, also winning the Scottish league championship and it also won the Scottish Cup, the League Cup and the Glasgow Cup. Celtic also made it to the European Cup Final and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, losing in both.
Celtic have been in a long-running, intense rivalry with Rangers The two teams are referred to for their Old Firm which is regarded by some as the biggest football derby. The Celtic fanbase was estimated as approximately nine million across the globe There are over 161 Celtic supporters clubs spread across 20 nations. Around 80,000 supporters travelled to Seville to attend this year's UEFA Cup Final, and their "extraordinarily committed and sporty behavior" regardless of losing was rewarded by the club with Fair Play awards from FIFA and UEFA.
