Celtic F.C. league record by opponent

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 2019–20 the club has completed 131 seasons of competitive football and have been Scottish football champions 51 times.[2]

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

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 318 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 172 of the league matches against Heart of Midlothian 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 122 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.
•    Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership alongside Celtic.
•    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 9 August 2020.

Celtic F.C. league record by opponent

Club	Home				Away				Total						Win%	First	Last
	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A
Abercorn	4	4	0	0	4	3	0	1	8	7	0	1	31	10	087.50	1890–91	1896–97
Aberdeen	148	99	26	23	147	65	36	46	295	164	62	69	550	322	055.59	1905–06	2019–20
Airdrieonians	64	47	12	5	64	41	10	13	128	88	22	18	311	118	068.75	1903–04	1992–93
Albion Rovers	9	7	1	1	9	7	1	1	18	14	2	2	56	15	077.78	1919–20	1948–49
Alloa Athletic	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	100.00	1922–23	1922–23
Arbroath	9	9	0	0	9	7	1	1	18	16	1	1	56	10	088.89	1935–36	1974–75
Ayr United	38	32	2	4	38	27	4	7	76	59	6	11	211	72	077.63	1913–14	1977–78
Bo'ness	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	1	100.00	1927–28	1927–28
Cambuslang	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	13	6	075.00	1890–91	1891–92
Clyde	63	48	10	5	63	46	13	4	126	94	23	9	360	107	074.60	1891–92	1974–75
Clydebank (1914–1931)	7	4	2	1	7	5	1	1	14	9	3	2	28	10	064.29	1917–18	1925–26
Clydebank (1965–2002)	6	6	0	0	6	3	2	1	12	9	2	1	31	7	075.00	1977–78	1986–87
Cowdenbeath	11	10	1	0	11	7	2	2	22	17	3	2	62	15	077.27	1924–25	1970–71
Cowlairs	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	7	0	100.00	1890–91	1890–91
Dumbarton	20	15	5	0	20	16	3	1	40	31	8	1	113	25	077.50	1890–91	1984–85
Dundee	120	84	24	12	118	62	25	31	238	146	49	43	489	235	061.34	1893–94	2018–19
Dundee United	96	61	27	8	95	49	19	27	191	110	46	35	385	196	057.59	1925–26	2015–16
Dunfermline Athletic	52	45	1	6	49	30	11	8	101	75	12	14	258	95	074.26	1926–27	2011–12
East Fife	14	10	3	1	14	5	1	8	28	15	4	9	75	48	053.57	1930–31	1973–74
East Stirlingshire	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	16	4	100.00	1932–33	1963–64
Falkirk	76	59	10	7	77	41	19	17	153	100	29	24	340	148	065.36	1905–06	2009–10
Gretna	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	8	1	100.00	2007–08	2007–08
Hamilton Academical	55	48	3	4	53	37	11	5	108	85	14	9	273	92	078.70	1906–07	2020–21
Heart of Midlothian	157	101	37	19	155	71	31	53	312	172	68	72	590	339	055.13	1890–91	2019–20
Hibernian	146	96	32	18	147	73	39	35	293	169	71	53	603	293	057.68	1895–96	2019–20
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	20	17	2	1	19	11	5	3	39	28	7	4	92	30	071.79	2004–05	2016–17
Kilmarnock	115	91	18	6	119	66	30	23	234	157	48	29	562	215	067.09	1899–1900	2020–21
Leith Athletic	6	6	0	0	6	4	0	2	12	10	0	2	37	14	083.33	1891–92	1931–32
Livingston	11	10	1	0	11	7	3	1	22	17	4	1	57	16	077.27	2001–02	2019–20
Morton	61	44	12	5	61	39	14	8	122	83	26	13	275	98	068.03	1900–01	1987–88
Motherwell	139	99	21	19	140	72	38	30	279	171	59	49	612	291	061.29	1903–04	2019–20
Partick Thistle	97	67	17	13	101	68	18	15	198	135	35	28	458	187	068.18	1897–98	2017–18
Port Glasgow Athletic	8	7	0	1	8	6	2	0	16	13	2	1	45	11	081.25	1902–03	1909–10
Queen of the South	20	10	5	5	20	7	3	10	40	17	8	15	86	60	042.50	1933–34	1963–64
Queen's Park	42	34	5	3	42	31	2	9	84	65	7	12	220	75	077.38	1900–01	1957–58
Raith Rovers	40	28	7	5	40	22	9	9	80	50	16	14	178	70	062.50	1910–11	1996–97
Rangers	159	69	45	45	159	40	42	77	318	109	87	122	429	448	034.28	1890–91	2019–20
Renton	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	6	6	0	0	19	5	100.00	1891–92	1892–93
Ross County	12	9	3	0	11	7	3	1	23	16	6	1	59	13	069.57	2012–13	2019–20
St Bernard's	7	7	0	0	7	5	1	1	14	12	1	1	37	14	085.71	1893–94	1899–1900
St Johnstone	67	50	12	5	67	39	12	16	134	89	24	21	312	114	066.42	1924–25	2019–20
St Mirren	120	89	21	10	120	81	19	20	240	170	40	30	567	203	070.83	1891–92	2019–20
Stirling Albion	11	10	1	0	11	4	2	5	22	14	3	5	64	23	063.64	1949–50	1967–68
Third Lanark	58	42	8	8	58	31	13	14	116	73	21	22	270	132	062.93	1890–91	1964–65
Vale of Leven	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	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. "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.

External links

• "Celtic » Select Opponent". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 12 August 2016.