Editing Celtic F.C. (section)

==Players==

===First-team squad===
{{updated|3 February 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Celtic FC First Team Squad|url=https://www.celticfc.com/teams/|website=Celtic FC|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125212030/https://www.celticfc.com/teams/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=DEN|pos=GK|name=[[Kasper Schmeichel]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=CAN|pos=DF|name=[[Alistair Johnston]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Greg Taylor (Scottish footballer)|Greg Taylor]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Liam Scales]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=[[Auston Trusty]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=[[Jota (footballer, born March 1999)|Jota]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=[[Adam Idah]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=[[Nicolas Kühn]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=FIN|pos=GK|name=[[Viljami Sinisalo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=KOR|pos=FW|name=[[Yang Hyun-jun]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Luke McCowan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=[[Jeffrey Schlupp]]|other=on loan from [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=[[Maik Nawrocki]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=[[Cameron Carter-Vickers]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=[[Johnny Kenny]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=[[Arne Engels]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=[[Paulo Bernardo (footballer)|Paulo Bernardo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=[[Scott Bain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=[[Daizen Maeda]]}}
{{Fs player|no=41|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=[[Reo Hatate]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Callum McGregor]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=49|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[James Forrest (footballer, born 1991)|James Forrest]]}}
{{Fs player|no=56|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Anthony Ralston]]}}
{{Fs end}}
<!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- DO NOT include reserve team players in current squad!
 -- DO NOT add new players before their signing is officially announced by the club!
 -- This is Wikipedia, not a football gazette. Any unconfirmed and unsourced signing will be removed at sight!
&nbsp;–- Thanks in advance
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Gustaf Lagerbielke (footballer)|Gustaf Lagerbielke]]|other=at [[FC Twente|Twente]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=KOR|pos=MF|name=[[Kwon Hyeok-kyu]]|other=at [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=AUS|pos=FW|name=[[Marco Tilio]]|other=at [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=57|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Stephen Welsh]]|other=at [[K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Odin Thiago Holm]]|other=at [[Los Angeles FC]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HON|pos=FW|name=[[Luis Palma]]|other=at [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

===Academy squads===
''For more details on the academy squads, see [[Celtic F.C. B Team and Academy]].''

===Women's team===
{{Main|Celtic F.C. Women}}

Celtic have a pathway for female players, from eleven years old upwards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Celtic Girls' Academy recruitment drive |url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/5489?item=5489 |website=Celtic F.C. |access-date=15 June 2018 |date=25 February 2014 |archive-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190733/http://www.celticfc.net/news/5489?item=5489 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007 the club launched their [[Celtic F.C. Women|women's first team]], sometimes known as Celtic Women. The women's team reached the [[Scottish Women's Cup]] Final in their first season, and won their first trophy in 2010, the [[Scottish Women's Premier League Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's first team |url=http://www.celticfc.net/team/women |website=Celtic F.C. |access-date=15 June 2018 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005128/http://www.celticfc.net/team/women |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2018 they announced a move to full-time training, becoming the first [[Professional sports|professional]] women's football team in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dewar |first=Heather |title=Celtic Women going full-time hailed a 'potential game-changer' for Scottish game |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46672714 |access-date=13 January 2019 |work=BBC Sport |date=24 December 2018 |archive-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114083334/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46672714 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Former players===
For further information, see [[List of Celtic F.C. players]] for players with over 100 appearances or other stated notability, [[List of Celtic F.C. international footballers]] and [[:Category:Celtic F.C. players|Category:Celtic FC players]] for a general list of ex-players.

===Club captains===
For further information, see [[List of Celtic F.C. players#Club captains|Celtic club captains]]

{|
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable alternance"
|+List of Celtic F.C. captains
|-
!|Name
!|Period
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[James Kelly (footballer, born 1865)|James Kelly]] || 1888–1897
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Dan Doyle (footballer)|Dan Doyle]] || 1897–1899
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Sandy McMahon]] || 1899–1903
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Willie Orr]] || 1903–1906
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jimmy Hay]] || 1906–1911
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[James Young (footballer, born 1882)|Jim Young]] || 1911–1917
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alec McNair]] || 1917–1920
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Willie Cringan]] || 1920–1923
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Charlie Shaw (footballer, born 1885)|Charlie Shaw]] || 1923–1925
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Willie McStay (footballer born 1890)|Willie McStay]] || 1925–1929
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jimmy McStay]] || 1929–1934
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Bobby Hogg (footballer, born 1914)|Bobby Hogg]] || 1934–1935
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Willie Lyon]] || 1935–1939
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[John McPhail (footballer)|John McPhail]] || 1948–1953
|-
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Sean Fallon (footballer)|Sean Fallon]] || 1952–1953
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jock Stein]] || 1953–1955
|}
|
{| class="wikitable alternance"
|+&nbsp;<ref>Campbell, Tom; Woods, Pat (1992). ''A Celtic A-Z''. Greenfield Press. {{ISBN|978-0951950104}}.
* Kujawa, Krys. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6DtcCAAAQBAJ&dq=tom+boyd+celtic+captain+mcstay+1997&pg=PT20 ''From Seville To Sevilla: The Story of Celtic's 2003/04 Season''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727184825/https://books.google.com/books?id=6DtcCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT20&lpg=PT20&dq=tom+boyd+celtic+captain+mcstay+1997&source=bl&ots=bOIgqGxfsq&sig=djhlTv5BWn92IWAHZeTBV3DVd4A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuw6yb1szRAhUhAcAKHc8uBHMQ6AEIVDAM#v=onepage&q=tom%20boyd%20celtic%20captain%20mcstay%201997&f=false |date=27 July 2020 }} Lulu. {{ISBN|978-1-4717-2987-4}}. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
* Kujawa, Krys. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zfrBAwAAQBAJ&dq=seville+sevilla+new+captain+lambert&pg=PA138 ''From Seville To Sevilla: The Story of Celtic's 2003/04 Season''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727184715/https://books.google.com/books?id=zfrBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138&dq=seville+sevilla+new+captain+lambert&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjw_9OhoPHRAhXCJ8AKHb9CDwwQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=seville%20sevilla%20new%20captain%20lambert&f=false |date=27 July 2020 }} Lulu. {{ISBN|978-1-4717-2987-4}}. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/3538110.stm "Celtic 2 – 0 Motherwell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819193855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/3538110.stm |date=19 August 2017 }} ''BBC Sport''. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
* Johnstone, Darren (9 June 2016). [http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/06/09/look-back-career-neil-lennon-former-celtic-manager-captain-appointed-hibs-head-coach/ "A look back at the career of Neil Lennon after former Celtic manager and captain is appointed Hibs head coach"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203164730/http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/06/09/look-back-career-neil-lennon-former-celtic-manager-captain-appointed-hibs-head-coach/ |date=3 February 2017 }} ''Deadline News''. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6923901.stm "McManus named new Celtic captain"] ''BBC Sport''. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
* [http://www.scotsman.com/sport/scott-brown-brimming-with-enthusiasm-for-another-season-as-celtic-captain-1-815464 "Scott Brown brimming with enthusiasm for another season as Celtic captain"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234951/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/scott-brown-brimming-with-enthusiasm-for-another-season-as-celtic-captain-1-815464 |date=2 February 2017 }} ''The Scotsman''. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2017.</ref>
|-
!|Name
!|Period
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Bobby Evans (footballer)|Bobby Evans]] || 1955–1957
|-
|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Bertie Peacock]] || 1957–1961
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Duncan MacKay (footballer)|Duncan MacKay]] || 1961–1963
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Billy McNeill]] || 1963–1975
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Kenny Dalglish]] || 1975–1977
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Danny McGrain]] || 1977–1987
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Roy Aitken]] || 1987–1990
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Paul McStay]] || 1990–1997
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Tom Boyd (Scottish footballer)|Tom Boyd]] || 1997–2002
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Paul Lambert]] || 2002–2004
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jackie McNamara]] || 2004–2005
|-
|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Neil Lennon]] || 2005–2007
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stephen McManus]] || 2007–2010
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Scott Brown]] || 2010–2021
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Callum McGregor]] || 2021–present
|}
|}

===Greatest ever team===
{| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 180px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px"
|-
| <div style="position: relative;">
[[File:Soccer Field Transparant.svg|165px]]
{{Image label|x=0.20|y=0.05|scale=350|text=[[Ronnie Simpson|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''SIMPSON'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.20|y=0.15|scale=350|text=[[Billy McNeill|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''McNEILL'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.33|scale=350|text=[[Bobby Murdoch|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''MURDOCH'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.20|scale=350|text=[[Tommy Gemmell|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''GEMMELL'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.04|y=0.20|scale=350|text=[[Danny McGrain|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''McGRAIN'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.02|y=0.46|scale=350|text=[[Jimmy Johnstone|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''JOHNSTONE'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.35|y=0.33|scale=350|text=[[Bertie Auld|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''AULD'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.22|y=0.37|scale=350|text=[[Paul McStay|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''McSTAY'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.54|scale=350|text=[[Henrik Larsson|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''LARSSON'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.29|y=0.54|scale=350|text=[[Kenny Dalglish|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''DALGLISH'''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.46|scale=350|text=[[Bobby Lennox|<span style="font-size:0.8em; colour:White;">'''LENNOX'''</span>]]}}
</div>
|-
| <small>Greatest-ever Celtic team</small>
|}
In 2002 the greatest-ever Celtic team was voted by supporters:<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/2245965.stm |title=Jinky best-ever Celtic player |work=BBC Sport |date=9 September 2002 |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=17 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017181150/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/2245965.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Ronnie Simpson]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Danny McGrain]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Tommy Gemmell]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Bobby Murdoch]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Paul McStay]] 
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Billy McNeill]]&nbsp;– Voted Celtic's greatest ever captain
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Bertie Auld]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jimmy Johnstone]]&nbsp;– Voted Celtic's greatest ever player
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Bobby Lennox]] 
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Kenny Dalglish]]
* {{Flagicon|Sweden}} [[Henrik Larsson]]&nbsp;– Voted Celtic's greatest ever foreign player