Editing Celtic F.C. (section)

===Club records===
{{See also|Celtic F.C. league record by opponent|Celtic F.C. in European football}}

* The [[Scottish Cup]] final win against [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] in [[1936–37 Scottish Cup#Final|1937]] was attended by a crowd of 147,365 at [[Hampden Park]] in [[Glasgow]], which remains a world record gate for a national cup final,<ref name="scottishfa.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=139 |title=Hampden Park |website=Scottish Football Association |access-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126075717/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=139 |archive-date=26 January 2012 }}</ref> and also the highest attendance for a club football match in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Warfield|first1=Derek|last2=Daly|first2=Raymond|title=Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story|date=2008|publisher=Studio Print|isbn=9781620957646|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzVdDQAAQBAJ&q=highest+club+attendance+europe+football+1937&pg=PT375|access-date=2 December 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Highest attendance for a European club competition match: 136,505 against [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in the [[European Cup 1969–70#Semi finals|European Cup semi-final]] at Hampden Park (15 April 1970).<ref name="scottishfa.co.uk"/>
* Record home [[Scottish football attendance records|attendance]]: 83,500 against Rangers on 1 January 1938.{{refn|group=nb|Newspaper reports at the time indicate that the officially returned attendance was given as 83,500, with an estimated further 10,000 supporters locked out of the ground for safety reasons. However, the ground's capacity was gauged at the time as being around 88,000 and several subsequent sources (including the club's official website) have since revised the attendance up to 92,000.}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Happy New Year for Celtic and Queens Park|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qz9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=3781%2C312161|access-date=14 November 2016|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=3 January 1938|page=16|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215093441/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qz9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=3781%2C312161|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Celtic in all time records|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=512&teamTabs=records|website=Soccerbase|access-date=28 September 2015|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928154315/http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=512&teamTabs=records|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hannan|first1=Martin|title=Hail! Hail!: Classic Celtic Old Firm Clashes|date=2012|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|isbn=9781780577128|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKBefdszfwMC&q=celtic+92000+83500&pg=PT70|access-date=14 November 2016|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211072028/https://books.google.com/books?id=MKBefdszfwMC&q=celtic+92000+83500&pg=PT70|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=WeeRed81>{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/81-fascinating-football-facts-all-from-the-wee-red-book-1.970916 |title=81 fascinating football facts&nbsp;– all from the Wee Red Book |work=Evening Times |date=3 July 2009 |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619044913/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/81-fascinating-football-facts-all-from-the-wee-red-book-1.970916 |url-status=live }}</ref> A 3–0 victory for Celtic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celticprogrammesonline.com/PROGRAMME%20COVERS/ExhibitionCup/empireexhibitioncup.htm |title=Empire Exhibition Cup 1938 |work=Celtic Programmes Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030052108/http://www.celticprogrammesonline.com/PROGRAMME%20COVERS/ExhibitionCup/empireexhibitioncup.htm |archive-date=30 October 2006}}</ref>
* UK record for an unbeaten run in domestic professional football: 69 games (60 won, 9 drawn), from 15 May 2016 until 17 December 2017 &nbsp;– a total of 582 days in all.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celtic's record-breaking unbeaten run comes to an end against Hearts|url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/13706|work=Celtic FC|access-date=17 December 2017|archive-date=20 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220215825/http://www.celticfc.net/news/13706|url-status=live}}</ref>
* SPL record for an unbeaten run of home matches: 77 games, from 2001 to 2004.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/3079953/Football-fortresses-Jose-Mourinho-makes-it-100-not-out-Football.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/3079953/Football-fortresses-Jose-Mourinho-makes-it-100-not-out-Football.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Football fortresses: Jose Mourinho makes it 100 not out |work=The Telegraph |date=26 September 2008 |access-date=27 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dons+see+off+confident+Celtic.-a0115670761 |title=Dons see off confident Celtic |work=The Journal |date=21 April 2004 |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053111/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dons+see+off+confident+Celtic.-a0115670761 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 14 consecutive League Cup final appearances, from season 1964–65 to 1977–78 inclusive,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.188-football.co.uk/content/feedstory/scottish-league-cup-history |title=Scottish League Cup&nbsp;– History |work=188 Football |access-date=18 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902205348/http://www.188-football.co.uk/content/feedstory/scottish-league-cup-history |archive-date=2 September 2011}}</ref> a world record for successive appearances in the final of a major football competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celticprogrammesonline.com/PROGRAMME%20COVERS/7879/season7879.htm |title=Celtic FC 1978/79 |work=Celtic Programmes Online |access-date=23 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314003833/http://www.celticprogrammesonline.com/PROGRAMME%20COVERS/7879/season7879.htm |archive-date=14 March 2013}}</ref>
* World record for total number of goals scored in a season (competitive games only): 196 (season 1966–67).<ref>{{cite web|title=World Record and Statistics|url=http://xtrahistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/Record-Statistics.html|work=World Football Historic Center|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729193657/http://xtrahistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/Record-Statistics.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Most goals scored in one Scottish top-flight league match by one player: eight goals by [[Jimmy McGrory]] against [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline]] in 9–0 win on 14 January 1928.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Joe|title=Jimmy McGrory's record goal-scoring day|url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/7470|website=Celtic FC|access-date=27 August 2015|date=14 January 2015|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904075246/http://www.celticfc.net/news/7470|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest score in a domestic British cup final: Celtic 7–1 Rangers ([[Hampden in the sun|1957 Scottish League Cup Final]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1023776.html |title=Celtic vs Rangers&nbsp;– Old Firm's enduring appeal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215213453/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid%3D1023776.html |archive-date=15 December 2012 |work=FIFA.com |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Fastest hat-trick in European Club Football: [[Mark Burchill]] against [[Jeunesse Esch]] in 2000; 3 minutes (between twelfth minute and fifteenth minute), a record at the time.<ref name=WeeRed81/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THREE+WHIZZ%3B+O%27Neill+tells+hat-trick+hero+Burch%3A+You%27re+not+moving.-a064562738 |title=O'Neill tells hat-trick hero Burch: You're not moving |work=Daily Record |date=25 August 2000 |last=Campbell |first=Iain |access-date=11 October 2015 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016115743/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THREE+WHIZZ%3B+O%27Neill+tells+hat-trick+hero+Burch%3A+You%27re+not+moving.-a064562738 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Earliest Scottish Premiership title won: Won with eight games remaining in 2017, against [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] on 2 April 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39396454 |title=Heart of Midlothian 0–5 Celtic |work=BBC Sport |date=2 April 2017 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301011401/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39396454 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Biggest margin of victory in the SPL: 9–0 against Aberdeen, 6 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s47 |title=Records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930012915/http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s47 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |work=Scottish Premier League}}</ref> 
* Biggest margin of victory in the Scottish Premiership: 9–0 against Dundee United, 28 August 2022.
* Celtic and [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] hold the record for the largest transfer fee between two Scottish clubs ([[Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985)|Scott Brown]] in May 2007).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6661737.stm |title=Brown completes switch to Celtic |work=BBC Sport |date=16 May 2007 |access-date=17 May 2007 |archive-date=7 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007154841/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6661737.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Most expensive export from Scottish football: [[Kieran Tierney]] to [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] (August 2019).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49283667 | title=Kieran Tierney: Celtic defender completes £25m Arsenal move | work=BBC Sport | date=8 August 2019 | access-date=8 August 2019 | archive-date=8 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808170510/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49283667 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* First weekly football club publication in the UK: ''[[The Celtic View]]''.<ref name="google1999"/>
* First European club to field a player from the Indian sub-continent: [[Mohammed Salim (footballer)|Mohammed Salim]].<ref name="Mohammed Salim at Celtic">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/barefooted_indian_who_left_calcutta_to_join_celtic_1_1151472|title=Barefooted Indian who left Calcutta to join Celtic|work=The Scotsman|date=12 December 2008|access-date=10 April 2013|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116193832/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/barefooted_indian_who_left_calcutta_to_join_celtic_1_1151472|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Gil Heron]], who signed for Celtic in 1951, was the first black person to play professionally in Scotland;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gillie Heron story|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2009/01/090108_heron.shtml|website=BBC Caribbean|access-date=26 September 2015|date=9 January 2009|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229202436/http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2009/01/090108_heron.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> his son [[Gil Scott-Heron]] rose to prominence in the 1970s as a hugely influential jazz and soul musician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/sports/soccer/blog/2008/12/giles_heron_pla.html|title=Giles Heron: Played for Celtic, father of musician|work=boston.com|access-date=22 March 2017|date=4 December 2008|first=Frank|last=Dell'Apa|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321171351/http://archive.boston.com/sports/soccer/blog/2008/12/giles_heron_pla.html|url-status=live}}</ref>