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 2020–21 the club has completed 132 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 323 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 174 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 88 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 126 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 2021–22 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 match played on 29 August 2021.
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 1501012623 149653846 299 166 64 69 556 326 055.52 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 121852412 118622531 239 147 49 43 495 235 061.51 1893–94 2021–22
Dundee United 9762278 97502027 194 112 47 35 389 196 057.73 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 564934 5438115 110 87 14 9 278 92 079.09 1906–07 2020–21
Heart of Midlothian 1571013719 156713154 313 172 68 73 591 341 054.95 1890–91 2021–22
Hibernian 148973318 149734135 297 170 74 53 609 296 057.24 1895–96 2020–21
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 201721 191153 39 28 7 4 92 30 071.79 2004–05 2016–17
Kilmarnock 11692186 120673023 236 159 48 29 568 215 067.37 1899–1900 2020–21
Leith Athletic 6600 6402 12 10 0 2 37 14 083.33 1891–92 1931–32
Livingston 141220 12741 26 19 6 1 68 20 073.08 2001–02 2020–21
Morton 6144125 6139148 122 83 26 13 275 98 068.03 1900–01 1987–88
Motherwell 1411012119 141733830 282 174 59 49 621 293 061.70 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 161694646 162404280 323 109 88 126 431 457 033.75 1890–91 2021–22
Renton 3300 3300 6 6 0 0 19 5 100.00 1891–92 1892–93
Ross County 131030 13832 26 18 6 2 66 14 069.23 2012–13 2020–21
St Bernard's 7700 7511 14 12 1 1 37 14 085.71 1893–94 1899–1900
St Johnstone 6951135 69411216 138 92 25 21 321 116 066.67 1924–25 2020–21
St Mirren 122902111 122831920 244 173 40 31 580 206 070.90 1891–92 2021–22
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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