Celtic Football Club (pronounced "seltik" /sɛltɪk/ in IPA; AIM: CCP)
Celtic won the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Cup in 2006-07 season.

Formation
The term sectarian refers to a group who belongs to a religious and cultural sect, and display contempt, hatred or dislike of all others, not belonging to their sect.
Celtic have had a historic association with the Catholic peoples of Ireland.
Both Celtic and Rangers admit that a proportion of their supporters have been, and continue to be, guilty of perpetuating sectarian beliefs and cultural intolerance

The Old Firm and sectarianism
Celtic have always attempted to engage directly with the fans and bypass the traditional media outlets as a method of communicating accurate information to the outside world about the inner workings of the club.
In 1965 Celtic began publishing The Celtic View, the UK's first ever regular football club newspaper.
In 2004 Celtic launched its own digital TV channel Celtic TV available in the UK through Setanta Sports on satellite and cable platforms. Since 2002 Celtic's Internet TV channel, Channel67 (previously known as Celtic Replay), has broadcast Celtic's own content worldwide, offers live match coverage to subscribers outside the UK, and now provides 3 online channels.

Celtic and the media
Further information: History of Celtic F.C.

Recent seasons
Further information: Celtic F.C. season 2004-05
Following a close race for the SPL title, with Rangers closely following, the club extended their lead at the top of the SPL table to two points as they lined up for the final game of the season, with a win at Motherwell F.C. required to seal the title. With two minutes remaining on the clock, Celtic were leading 1 – 0 — a result which would have handed them the league.
However, Motherwell's Scott McDonald netted two last-minute goals. Rangers defeated Hibernian 1 – 0 at Easter Road, thereby winning the league championship title. Earlier in the season Celtic recorded a record seventh straight win over city rivals Rangers.
Celtic ended the season one week later with a 1–0 win over Dundee United F.C. in the Scottish Cup Final, which was marked by fans as Martin O'Neill's final match as manager.
On 25 May 2005, O'Neill announced he would resign as manager of Celtic at the end of 2004-05 season along with first team coach Steve Walford and assistant manager John Robertson. It was widely reported that O'Neill decided to take time out of football in order to care for his ailing wife Geraldine, who is ill with lymphoma. He is currently manager of Aston Villa F.C.
Martin O'Neill is now recognised as Celtic's most successful manager since Jock Stein.

2004-05
Further information: Celtic F.C. season 2005-06
Former Aberdeen F.C. player and Scotland international Gordon Strachan took charge of the club on 1 June 2005, on a 12-month rolling contract, similar to O'Neill's arrangement with the club; his contract effectively extending for one calendar year from any current date. Garry Pendrey was appointed as Strachan's assistant manager.
In his first competitive match, against Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July 2005, Celtic lost 5-0 in the first leg of an important Champions League 2nd Round qualifier, suffering the worst European defeat in the club's history and the widest margin of defeat since the 1963-64 season, when the club lost 6-0 to Kilmarnock F.C. at Rugby Park. In the second leg of the match against Artmedia Bratislava they won 4-0 but were eliminated from European competition on aggregate.
In Strachan's first domestic match of the 2005-06 SPL season, Celtic relinquished a 3-1 half-time lead over Motherwell at Fir Park on 30 July 2005, the game ending in a 4-4 draw after Celtic managed to equalise through a goal by Craig Beattie.
The nine goals against Celtic in Strachan's first two competitive matches is the biggest goal tally scored against the club in successive matches for 14 years.
However, following these setbacks, and a defeat against Rangers in the pair's first match of the season at Ibrox, Celtic recorded a series of victories, including beating Rangers twice, and returned to the top of the SPL - a vast improvement on their form at the start of the season.
Celtic knocked arch rivals Rangers out of the League cup on 19 November 2005. Celtic were knocked out of the Scottish Cup on 8 January 2006 by First Division side Clyde F.C.
Celtic beat Rangers again on 12 February to make it 17 wins from the previous 21 Old Firm games. Celtic won the CIS Cup, with a 3-0 win over Dunfermline Athletic on 19 March. They created a new scoring record for the SPL, an 8-1 victory against Dunfermline in February 2006, where Maciej Żurawski scored 4 goals and assisted in 2 others.
On 5 April 2006 Celtic clinched their 40th title thanks to a goal from John Hartson in a 1-0 win against Hearts at Celtic Park. The title was Celtic's fourth title in six years. This feat was achieved with six games remaining until the end of the season and before the SPL split. The Bhoys lifted the SPL trophy on Easter Sunday 2006 at home to Hibernian, after a 1-1 draw.
In April 2006, Celtic's reserve and Under-19 teams also won their championships, completing a clean sweep of Scotland's league competitions. Celtic's reserve team have now won their league 5 years in a row and the Under-19 have won their league 4 years in a row.

2005-06
Further information: Celtic F.C. season 2006-07
Such was the good form of Celtic and the lack of a clear rival in the early stages of the 2006/07 season, that bookmakers Paddy Power took the unprecedented step of paying out on Celtic as the winners of the SPL on November 4, 2006, only 13 games into the season. By mid-November Celtic were 15 points clear of their nearest challengers.
On November 21, Celtic defeated Manchester United 1-0 at home earning them qualification to the knockout stage of the last 16 teams for the first time since the format was altered in 1993, drawing AC Milan. After both legs of the tie ended 0-0, Celtic's Champions League run was ended by a solitary Milan goal in extra-time. The club was fined 1,000 Swiss francs for the conduct of their supporters during the Champions League match, where two water bottles being thrown were reported. The club are considering an appeal as the bottles did not come from the area specifically designated for Celtic supporters, and Celtic supporters were to be denied access to anywhere but their own area. The result left Celtic 13 points clear of Rangers with four matches remaining. They then finished the season 12 points above Rangers.
On 26 May 2007 Celtic won the Scottish Cup for a 34th time after beating Dunfermline 1-0. The winner was scored by Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé in the 84th minute. This was captain Neil Lennon's last game for Celtic.

2006-07
Further information: Celtic F.C. season 2007-08
Celtic bolstered their side for the forthcoming season, signing Scott Brown, Chris Killen, Scott McDonald and Massimo Donati. Former captain Neil Lennon left for Nottingham Forest after seven years with the club. Celtic's pre-season trips took them to England, America and Switzerland. The club was drawn against Russian side Spartak Moscow in the third round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League 2007-08. The first leg will be played at the venue of the final in Moscow on August 14/15, with the return leg being held at Celtic Park on August 28/29.

2007-08

The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen F.C. in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 146,433 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a record for a club match in European football.
Celtic currently hold the UK record for an unbeaten run in professional football: 62 games (49 won, 13 drawn), from 13 November 1915 until 21 April 1917- a total of 17 months and four days in all (they lost at home to Kilmarnock F.C. on the last day of the season).
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 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen on 21 April 2004), and the record for the longest run of consecutive wins in a single season (25 matches).
Record victory: 11-0, against Dundee in 1895.
Record defeat: 0-8 against Motherwell in 1937.
Record home defeat: 0-8 against Dumbarton F.C. in 1892.
Record post war home defeat 1-5 Aberdeen 1948.
Record European victory 9-0 KPV Kokkola (Finland), 1970.
Record European defeat: 0-5 against FC Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July 2005.
Record victory against Rangers: 7-1 1957 Scottish league cup final.
Complete record v Rangers P371 W133 D91 L147 F508 A529
Record points earned in a season: 72 (Premier Division, 1987/88, 2 points for a win); 103 (Scottish Premier League, 2001/02, 3 points for a win), also the SPL points tally record.
Record home attendance: 92,000 against Rangers in 1938. A 3-0 victory for Celtic.
Most capped player: 102, Kenny Dalglish: Scotland.
Record appearances: Billy McNeill, 790 from 1957 - 1975.
Most goals in a season: Henrik Larsson, 53.
Record scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 468 (plus 13 whilst on loan at Clydebank).
First British club to reach the final of the European Cup.
First and only Scottish club to reach the final of the European Cup.
First Scottish, British and northern European team to win the European Cup.
Only club in history to have won the European Cup with a team comprised entirely of home-grown players.
Hold the record for the highest score in a domestic cup final: Celtic 7 - 1 Rangers, Scottish League Cup Final 1957 Records
*Set a then world record of nine championships in a row. This now Scottish record was equalled by Rangers in 1997.

European Cup (1):
1967
Scottish Premier League (41):
1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974*, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Scottish Cup (34):
1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
Scottish League Cup (13):
1957, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1998, 2000, 2001,2006 Major honours
All players are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.

Individual
All managers are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.

Players
For a list of Celtic's 2007-08 transfers, see here.

2007-08 transfers

Reserve & youth squad

Non-playing staff

Boardroom

Management
For a full list see - Wikipedia article List of Celtic F.C. players

Roy Aitken
Bertie Auld
Tom Boyd
Tommy Burns
Stevie Chalmers
John Clark
John Collins
Alfie Conn
George Connelly
Jim Craig
Pat Crerand
William Cringan
Kenny Dalglish
John "Dixie" Deans
Jimmy Delaney
Simon Donnelly
Johnny Doyle
Rab Douglas
Bobby Evans
Willie Fernie
Tommy Gemmell
Gary Gillespie
Peter Grant
Frank Haffey
David Hay
John 'Yogi' Hughes
Mo Johnston
Jimmy Johnstone
Paul Lambert
Bobby Lennox
Murdo MacLeod
Lou Macari
Willie Maley
Shaun Maloney
Frank McAvennie
Joe McBride
Brian McClair
Tosh McKinlay
Frank McGarvey
Danny McGrain
Jimmy McGrory
Sandy McMahon
Jimmy McMenemy
Jackie McNamara
Billy McNeill
Billy McPhail
John McPhail
Jimmy McStay
Paul McStay
Willie McStay
Joe Miller
Bobby Murdoch
Charlie Nicholas
Stephen Pearson
Jimmy Quinn
Ronnie Simpson
Billy Stark
Jock Stein
Paul Telfer
John Thomson
Andy Walker
Willie Wallace
Rudi Vata
Mark Viduka
Joos Valgaeren
Stilian Petrov
Joe Kennaway
Marc Rieper
Morten Wieghorst
Paul Elliott
Peter Latchford
Alan Stubbs
Chris Sutton
Alan Thompson
Didier Agathe
Stéphane Mahé
Andreas Thom
Mohammed Salim
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson
Pat Bonner
Sean Fallon
Charlie Gallagher
Patsy Gallacher
Chris Morris
Paolo Di Canio
Gil Heron
Bobby Petta
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Neil Lennon
Bertie Peacock
Anton Rogan
Charlie Tully
Harald Brattbakk
Vidar Riseth
Dariusz Dziekanowski
Dariusz Wdowczyk
Jorge Cadete
Ľubomír Moravčík
Stanislav Varga
Johan Mjällby
Henrik Larsson
John Hartson Greatest ever team
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