Celtic, founded on 6 November 1887, remain the central institution of Scottish football, with Celtic Park still the place where the club’s scale is most plainly felt. Their recent record keeps the argument current rather than archival: the 2025/26 Premiership title followed league wins in 2024/25, 2022/23 and 2021/22, with the 2024/25 League Cup added in between. In the modern Premiership era, that stands at 16 league titles, alongside eight Scottish Cups and eight League Cups.
The 2026/27 season has opened with Celtic first in the Premiership on 24 points after nine league matches. Recent form has been broadly assertive, not least the 7-1 win over Hearts and away victories at Motherwell, St Johnstone and St Mirren, though the 0-1 defeat at home to Rangers sits there plainly enough.
The numbers point to a side controlling most domestic games. Celtic are averaging 2.6 goals scored and 0.6 conceded at home, with away figures of 2.5 scored and 0.5 conceded. They have struck first inside 20 minutes in eight of 18 league matches, a useful habit for a team expected to dictate tempo rather than wait for games to open.
Camilo Durán has led the scoring with nine goals, followed by Benjamin Nygren on eight, while Mika Baur and Kasper Høgh have three each. The squad is sizeable at 35 players, with an average age of 25, and is valued at around £112m by Transfermarkt. The campaign has also included a League Cup quarter-final, Champions League qualifying play-off involvement and the Europa League league phase.
Celtic’s current standing is straightforward: top of the Premiership, productive at both ends of the pitch, and still carrying the domestic weight expected of them.
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