Celtic F.C. league record by opponent

An early team photo of Celtic, before the adoption of the now-famous hooped jerseys.

Celtic Football Club is a professional association football club based Glasgow, Scotland. The club was founded in 1887 and began playing league football in 1890 as founder members of the Scottish Football League. Since their first season Celtic have remained in the top division of the Scottish football league system: the Scottish Football League (1890–93), Scottish Football League Division One (1893–1975), Scottish Football League Premier Division (1975–98), Scottish Premier League (1998–2013) and Scottish Premiership (2013–present).[1] As of 2017–18 the club has completed 129 seasons of competitive football and have been Scottish football champions 49 times.[2]

Celtic played their inaugural league fixture as part of the 1890–91 Scottish Football League on 23 August 1890 against Heart of Midlothian. Since that game they have faced 45 different sides in league football with their most regular opponent having been their Old Firm rivals Rangers, whom they have played on 313 occasions since their first league meeting on 21 March 1891.[3] They met their most recent different league opponent, Ross County, for the first time in the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League season.[4] The club has won 166 of the league matches against Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian and Motherwell which represents the most Celtic have won against any club. They have drawn more matches with Rangers than with any other club with 87 of their meetings finishing without a winner.[3] Rangers are also the side that has defeated Celtic in more league games than any other club, having won 119 of their encounters.[3]

Key

  • The table includes results of matches played by Celtic in the Scottish Football League, Scottish First Division, Scottish Premier League and Scottish Premiership.
  •    Scottish Premiership team Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2018–19 Scottish Premiership alongside Celtic.
  •    defunct Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = goals for; A = goals against; Win% = percentage of total matches won
  • The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Celtic played league matches against each opponent

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 29 September 2018.
Celtic F.C. league record by opponent
Club Home Away Total Win% First Last
PWDL PWDL PWDLFA
Abercorn Defunct team 4400 4301 8 7 0 1 31 10 087.50 1890–91 1896–97
Aberdeen Scottish Premiership team 146982523 143613646 289 159 61 69 535 317 055.02 1905–06 2018–19
Airdrieonians Defunct team 6447125 64411013 128 88 22 18 311 118 068.75 1903–04 1992–93
Albion Rovers 9711 9711 18 14 2 2 56 15 077.78 1919–20 1948–49
Alloa Athletic 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 4 2 100.00 1922–23 1922–23
Arbroath 9900 9711 18 16 1 1 56 10 088.89 1935–36 1974–75
Ayr United 383224 382747 76 59 6 11 211 72 077.63 1913–14 1977–78
Bo'ness Defunct team 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 5 1 100.00 1927–28 1927–28
Cambuslang Defunct team 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 13 6 075.00 1890–91 1891–92
Clyde 6348105 6346134 126 94 23 9 360 107 074.60 1891–92 1974–75
Clydebank (1914–1931) Defunct team 7421 7511 14 9 3 2 28 10 064.29 1917–18 1925–26
Clydebank (1965–2002) Defunct team 6600 6321 12 9 2 1 31 7 075.00 1977–78 1986–87
Cowdenbeath 111010 11722 22 17 3 2 62 15 077.27 1924–25 1970–71
Cowlairs Defunct team 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 7 0 100.00 1890–91 1890–91
Dumbarton 201550 201631 40 31 8 1 113 25 077.50 1890–91 1984–85
Dundee Scottish Premiership team 119832412 116602531 235 143 49 43 480 235 060.85 1893–94 2017–18
Dundee United 9661278 95491927 191 110 46 35 385 196 057.59 1925–26 2015–16
Dunfermline Athletic 524516 4930118 101 75 12 14 258 95 074.26 1926–27 2011–12
East Fife 141031 14518 28 15 4 9 75 48 053.57 1930–31 1973–74
East Stirlingshire 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 16 4 100.00 1932–33 1963–64
Falkirk 7659107 77411917 153 100 29 24 340 148 065.36 1905–06 2009–10
Gretna Defunct team 1100 2200 3 3 0 0 8 1 100.00 2007–08 2007–08
Hamilton Academical Scottish Premiership team 524534 5034115 102 79 14 9 255 89 077.45 1906–07 2018–19
Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership team 153973719 153693153 306 166 68 72 571 336 054.25 1890–91 2018–19
Hibernian Scottish Premiership team 143933218 144733734 287 166 69 52 594 287 057.84 1895–96 2017–18
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 201721 191153 39 28 7 4 92 30 071.79 2004–05 2016–17
Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership team 11187186 116642923 227 151 47 29 545 210 066.52 1899–1900 2018–19
Leith Athletic 6600 6402 12 10 0 2 37 14 083.33 1891–92 1931–32
Livingston Scottish Premiership team 9900 8710 17 16 1 0 51 12 094.12 2001–02 2018–19
Morton 6144125 6139148 122 83 26 13 275 98 068.03 1900–01 1987–88
Motherwell Scottish Premiership team 136962119 137703730 273 166 58 49 593 287 060.81 1903–04 2017–18
Partick Thistle 97671713 101681815 198 135 35 28 458 187 068.18 1897–98 2017–18
Port Glasgow Athletic Defunct team 8701 8620 16 13 2 1 45 11 081.25 1902–03 1909–10
Queen of the South 201055 207310 40 17 8 15 86 60 042.50 1933–34 1963–64
Queen's Park 423453 423129 84 65 7 12 220 75 077.38 1900–01 1957–58
Raith Rovers 402875 402299 80 50 16 14 178 70 062.50 1910–11 1996–97
Rangers Scottish Premiership team 157684544 156394275 313 107 87 119 424 442 034.19 1890–91 2018–19
Renton Defunct team 3300 3300 6 6 0 0 19 5 100.00 1891–92 1892–93
Ross County 10730 10631 20 13 6 1 46 12 065.00 2012–13 2017–18
St Bernard's Defunct team 7700 7511 14 12 1 1 37 14 085.71 1893–94 1899–1900
St Johnstone Scottish Premiership team 6548125 64361216 129 84 24 21 292 114 065.12 1924–25 2017–18
St Mirren Scottish Premiership team 117862110 118791920 235 165 40 30 552 202 070.21 1891–92 2018–19
Stirling Albion 111010 11425 22 14 3 5 64 23 063.64 1949–50 1967–68
Third Lanark Defunct team 584288 58311314 116 73 21 22 270 132 062.93 1890–91 1964–65
Vale of Leven 2200 2011 4 2 1 1 18 7 050.00 1890–91 1891–92

References

  1. ↑ "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Celtic Football Club (Honours)". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Head to head – Rangers vs. Celtic". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Forsyth, Roddy (18 August 2012). "Ross County 1-1 Celtic: match report". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  • "Celtic » Select Opponent". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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