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 319 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 173 of the league matches against Motherwell 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 123 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 8 November 2020.
Celtic F.C. league record by opponent
Club Home Away Total Win% First Last
PWDL PWDL PWDLFA
Abercorn 4400 4301 8 7 0 1 31 10 087.50 1890–91 1896–97
Aberdeen 148992623 148653746 296 164 63 69 553 325 055.41 1905–06 2020–21
Airdrieonians 6447125 64411013 128 88 22 18 311 118 068.75 1903–04 1992–93
Albion Rovers 9711 9711 18 14 2 2 56 15 077.78 1919–20 1948–49
Alloa Athletic 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 4 2 100.00 1922–23 1922–23
Arbroath 9900 9711 18 16 1 1 56 10 088.89 1935–36 1974–75
Ayr United 383224 382747 76 59 6 11 211 72 077.63 1913–14 1977–78
Bo'ness 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 5 1 100.00 1927–28 1927–28
Cambuslang 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 13 6 075.00 1890–91 1891–92
Clyde 6348105 6346134 126 94 23 9 360 107 074.60 1891–92 1974–75
Clydebank (1914–1931) 7421 7511 14 9 3 2 28 10 064.29 1917–18 1925–26
Clydebank (1965–2002) 6600 6321 12 9 2 1 31 7 075.00 1977–78 1986–87
Cowdenbeath 111010 11722 22 17 3 2 62 15 077.27 1924–25 1970–71
Cowlairs 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 7 0 100.00 1890–91 1890–91
Dumbarton 201550 201631 40 31 8 1 113 25 077.50 1890–91 1984–85
Dundee 120842412 118622531 238 146 49 43 489 235 061.34 1893–94 2018–19
Dundee United 9661278 96501927 192 111 46 35 386 196 057.81 1925–26 2020–21
Dunfermline Athletic 524516 4930118 101 75 12 14 258 95 074.26 1926–27 2011–12
East Fife 141031 14518 28 15 4 9 75 48 053.57 1930–31 1973–74
East Stirlingshire 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 16 4 100.00 1932–33 1963–64
Falkirk 7659107 77411917 153 100 29 24 340 148 065.36 1905–06 2009–10
Gretna 1100 2200 3 3 0 0 8 1 100.00 2007–08 2007–08
Hamilton Academical 554834 5337115 108 85 14 9 273 92 078.70 1906–07 2020–21
Heart of Midlothian 1571013719 155713153 312 172 68 72 590 339 055.13 1890–91 2019–20
Hibernian 147973218 147733935 294 170 71 53 606 293 057.82 1895–96 2020–21
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 201721 191153 39 28 7 4 92 30 071.79 2004–05 2016–17
Kilmarnock 11591186 119663023 234 157 48 29 562 215 067.09 1899–1900 2020–21
Leith Athletic 6600 6402 12 10 0 2 37 14 083.33 1891–92 1931–32
Livingston 121110 11731 23 18 4 1 60 18 078.26 2001–02 2020–21
Morton 6144125 6139148 122 83 26 13 275 98 068.03 1900–01 1987–88
Motherwell 1401002119 141733830 281 173 59 49 619 292 061.57 1903–04 2020–21
Partick Thistle 97671713 101681815 198 135 35 28 458 187 068.18 1897–98 2017–18
Port Glasgow Athletic 8701 8620 16 13 2 1 45 11 081.25 1902–03 1909–10
Queen of the South 201055 207310 40 17 8 15 86 60 042.50 1933–34 1963–64
Queen's Park 423453 423129 84 65 7 12 220 75 077.38 1900–01 1957–58
Raith Rovers 402875 402299 80 50 16 14 178 70 062.50 1910–11 1996–97
Rangers 160694546 159404277 319 109 87 123 429 450 034.17 1890–91 2020–21
Renton 3300 3300 6 6 0 0 19 5 100.00 1891–92 1892–93
Ross County 12930 12831 24 17 6 1 64 13 070.83 2012–13 2020–21
St Bernard's 7700 7511 14 12 1 1 37 14 085.71 1893–94 1899–1900
St Johnstone 6750125 68401216 135 90 24 21 314 114 066.67 1924–25 2020–21
St Mirren 120892110 121821920 241 171 40 30 569 204 070.95 1891–92 2020–21
Stirling Albion 111010 11425 22 14 3 5 64 23 063.64 1949–50 1967–68
Third Lanark 584288 58311314 116 73 21 22 270 132 062.93 1890–91 1964–65
Vale of Leven 2200 2011 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.
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