- Address: The Celtic Way, Glasgow
- Country: United Kingdom
- Capacity: 60,000
- Opened: 1892
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Celtic (football)
Extra stadium info – Celtic Park
The stadium, which is located next to a cemetery, is also known as Paradise or Parkhead. Celtic FC, the first Scottish sports club with 1 million followers on its main social media page, use the venue for home games. The football club was founded in 1887. Celtic moved to the stadium named Celtic Park in 1892. They are also known as The Bhoys, The Celts and The Hoops.
Celtic and the Rangers
Celtic FC played their first-ever official match against their arch-rivals Rangers FC. Celtic won the game. In 1893, Celtic won the Scottish top-flight football league for the first time in their history. The Rangers finished second place that year. The stadium’s record attendance was set in 1938, when Celtic played against the Rangers. The derby between Celtic and the Rangers is known as the Old Firm. Celtic have a historic association with Irish people and Roman Catholics, while the Rangers have a historic association with Northern Irish people and Protestants. The Rangers became the first club with 50 Scottish top-flight football league titles, followed by Celtic in 2019.
The European championship for football clubs
In 1967, Celtic won the European championship for football clubs for the first time in their history after beating FC Internazionale Milano from the Italian Republic. All players in the final were born in the Italian Republic or Scotland. 45,000 people attended the final, which took place in the Portuguese city of Lisbon. Celtic FC drew an average home league attendance of 31,000 during that football season. In 1970, Celtic played in their second final of the European championship for football clubs. The Dutch side Feyenoord won the game 2-1. Feyenoord from Rotterdam became the first football club from the Netherlands with a European championship title, followed by Ajax from Amsterdam and PSV from Eindhoven.
World championships
On 18 October 1967, Celtic played their first-ever world championship match against the Argentine side Racing Club. The match, which took place in Glasgow, ended in a 1-0 victory for Celtic. The second game of the two-legged tie took place in the Argentine Republic. Racing Club defeated Celtic 2-1 in Avellaneda. Later, a play-off game between Racing Club and Celtic took place in the Uruguayan city of Montevideo. Racing Club won the world championship match 1-0. The match was played at the stadium which hosted the inaugural FIFA World Cup final in 1930. The national football team of Uruguay won the inaugural final of the world championship for national football teams.
Thomas Connery and Rod Stewart
While growing up, Thomas Connery supported Celtic. He was introduced to the club by his father, who was a Celtic fan. Thomas Connery, who was born in Edinburgh in 1930, was the first actor to portray the world-famous fictional British secret agent James Bond on film. He played James Bond in seven movies. Roderick David Stewart, who became a world-famous artist, became a Celtic fan. He named Manchester United his favourite English football club. In 2012, Stewart was one of the people who attended the UEFA Champions League game between Celtic and the Spanish football giants FC Barcelona. Celtic won the game, which took place at the stadium named Celtic Park, 2-1. Stewart bursted into tears after the histortic win of Celtic.
