Celtic were formed on the sixth of November 1887 and remain anchored at Celtic Park, a club whose scale in Scottish football is measured as much by expectation as by honours. The 2025/26 Premiership title followed the 2024/25 league and League Cup double, with further recent titles in 2022/23 and 2021/22. In this count, Celtic stand on 16 Premiership titles, eight Scottish Cups and eight League Cups.
Going into the 2026-27 pre-season, the squad is valued at around £98m by Transfermarkt, with 38 players and an average age of 26. That is a sizeable group, and one with enough established output to make the domestic baseline clear before a ball has been kicked in the new campaign.
Last season’s league numbers showed the familiar split between Celtic Park and the road. At home, Celtic averaged 2.3 goals scored and 0.8 conceded per match, giving them a strong attacking platform and a fair degree of control. Away from home they still carried threat, scoring 1.6 per match, though conceding 1.4 left rather less margin for comfort.
The scoring was not carried by one player alone. Benjamin Nygren led with 21 goals, ahead of Daizen Maeda on 17, while Hyun-jun Yang reached 10. Kelechi Ịheanachọ and Arne Engels also contributed, with nine and seven respectively. Celtic also struck early often enough to matter, scoring inside the opening 20 minutes in six of 18 league matches.
The previous league run ended with six straight wins, including 3-1 home victories over Hearts and Rangers, a 3-2 win at Motherwell and a 2-1 win at Hibernian. Celtic also competed in the Premiership and Champions League qualifying play-off environment around that period, with the new season still to begin.
Celtic enter 2026-27 as reigning Premiership champions, carrying a deep squad, a strong home record and the usual domestic pressure that comes with the badge. For supporters, the relevant question is not stature, but whether last season’s authority is carried cleanly into the next one.
