
The Celtic Football Club (pronounced
/ˈsɛltɪk/) is a
Scottish football club based in the
Parkhead area of
Glasgow, which currently plays in the
Scottish Premier League. Since the club's formation in 1888, Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the
2007/08 season, and the
Scottish Cup 34 times. They won the European Cup in 1967, beating
Inter Milan 2-1 in the final. Celtic's home stadium is
Celtic Park, the biggest football stadium in
Scotland, with a capacity of 60,832. Together with their Glasgow rivals,
Rangers, they form the
Old Firm, one of the most famous and fierce
rivalries in sport. The club's traditional playing colours are green and white hooped shirts with white shorts and white socks.
In
1967, Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup and with a team composed entirely of home-grown players.
[1][2] The players, subsequently known as the
Lisbon Lions, were all born within a 30-mile radius of Parkhead. Celtic won every competition they entered that season: the
Scottish League Championship, the
Scottish Cup, the
Scottish League Cup, the
European Cup and the
Glasgow Cup. Celtic also reached the
1970 European Cup Final, but were beaten by
Feyenoord 2-1
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