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Match facts. 14:40, Chris Wilson. Celtic have only lost their opening league game of a calendar year in one of the last 27 years (W20 D6), although that was away at Rangers in 2021 (1-0).
Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Celtic scorers Match Report 6 July 2003 Kunghshamn Vallen Stadium Swedish Amateur XI 7–0 Friendly Varga, Guppy, Sutton, Petrov, Fernández (2), Wallace
The club was founded in 1887 and played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers. [1] The club played their first competitive match in September 1888, when they entered the first round of the 1888–89 Scottish Cup , and were founding members of the Scottish Football League in 1890 from which they have remained in the top ...
The return match in Spain was won 2–1 by Celta, levelling the aggregate score at 2–2, but John Hartson's away goal won the tie for Celtic. This was the first time ever that Celtic had knocked out a Spanish club in European competition, and also the first time in 23 years that Celtic had remained in European competition beyond Christmas.
First Celtic player to appear at a World Cup: Willie Fernie and Neil Mochan (for Scotland against Austria 8 June 1954). [citation needed] First Celtic player to score at a World Cup: Bobby Collins (for Scotland, against Paraguay, 11 June 1958). [citation needed] Most World Cup appearances while a Celtic player: Pat Bonner, 9. [citation needed]
On 29 November, Celtic were drawn to face Alloa Athletic at Recreation Park in the fourth round of the 2021–22 Scottish Cup. [6] On 22 January 2022, Celtic were drawn to face Raith Rovers at Celtic Park in the fifth round. [7] On 14 February, Celtic were drawn to face Dundee United at Tannadice Park in the quarter-finals. [8]
The 2007 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2007 [1] at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 121st Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Celtic, who beat St Johnstone 2–1 in the semi-final, [2] and Dunfermline Athletic, who beat Hibernian 1–0 [3] in a replay, after the first match had ended 0–0.
Porto won the match 3–2 in extra time thanks to a goal from Derlei. Before this game, no club from Scotland or Portugal had won the UEFA Cup. The game had what UEFA described as "the largest travelling support to have assembled for a single game" [3] – around 80,000 Celtic fans travelled to Seville for the final.