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Victories & defeats

Record victory: 11-0, against Dundee in 1895.
Record victory against Glasgow Rangers: 7-1 in the Scottish League Cup Final 1957.
Record victory (Cup final): Celtic 7 - 1 Rangers, Scottish League Cup Final 1957; still British record for the highest score in a domestic cup final.
Record defeat (all): 0-8 against Motherwell in 1937.
Record defeat (home): 0-5 against Hearts in 1895.
Record defeat (post war home): 1-5 Aberdeen 1947.
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), which is also the SPL points tally record.

Attendances

Record attendance (home): 92,000 against Rangers in 1938. A 3-0 victory for Celtic.
Record attendance (Scotland): 146,433; The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen FC in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 146,433 (unofficial attendance 147,365) at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a record for a club match in European football
Record attendance (Europe): Hold the record for the highest attendance for a European club competition match: Celtic v Leeds Utd in the European Cup semi-final 1970 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Official attendance 133,961.

Appearances

Record Appearances: Alec McNair, 604 from 1904-1925.
Youngest Appearance: Mark Fotheringham, 16 years 204 days, 13/5/00 -v- St Johnstone

Scorers

Most goals in a season:Henrik Larsson, 53.
Record scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 397 (plus 13 whilst on-loan at Clydebank).

Service

Longest serving player: Alec McNair, 21 years 1904-1925

Unbeaten runs

Longest unbeaten run (all): Celtic currently hold the UK record for an unbeaten run in professional football : 62 games (49 won, 13 drawn), from 13 Nov 1915 until 21 April 1917- a total of 17 months and four days in all (they lost at home to Kilmarnock on the last day of the season).
Longest unbeaten run (home): 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 3-2 defeat to Aberdeen on 21 April 2004), and the record for the longest run of consecutive wins in a single season (25 matches).

International Caps

Most Capped Player: 80, Pat Bonner: Republic of Ireland
Most Scotland Caps: 76, Paul McStay.

Transfer fees

Record Transfer fee received £6,500,000 Stilian Petrov, Aston Villa, 30 August 2006
Record Transfer fee paid £6,000,000 Chris Sutton, Chelsea, 11 July 2000

Europe

1967, the year Celtic achieved the feat of winning every competition they played.
Hold the record for the highest attendance for a European club competition match: Celtic v Leeds Utd in the European Cup semi-final 1970 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Official attendance 133,961.
Fastest hat-trick in European Club football - Mark Burchill v Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in 2000.
First and only Scottish club to reach the final of the European Cup.
First British club to reach the final and win the European Cup.
First Nothern European club to reach the final and win the European Cup .
Four club record European victories
- 9-0 KPV Kokkola (Finland), 1970.
- 8-1 Suduva (Lithuania), 2003.
- 7-0 Waterford (Rep.Ireland), 1970,
- 7-0 Valur Rekjavik, 1975.
Club record European defeat: 0-5 against Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July 2005.

Miscellany

Disallowed Goals Record: On April 2 2000, Celtic had four goals chalked off in 17 minutes against Kilmarnock, including three from a distraught Tommy Johnson. Celtic still won the match 4-2!

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All home grown players to win the Cup in 1967

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Not 100% sure, but I imagine Steaua Bucharest would have all been Rumanian when they beat Barcelona in the 80's

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