Celtic were founded on the sixth of November 1887 and remain anchored at Celtic Park, a club whose scale in Scottish football is not accidental but accumulated. The recent record keeps that weight current: the 2025/26 Premiership title followed league wins in 2024/25, 2022/23 and 2021/22, with the 2024/25 League Cup adding to a honours list that now stands at 16 Premiership titles, eight Scottish Cups and eight League Cups.
The 2026/27 campaign has opened with Celtic top of the Premiership on 18 points after six matches. The league form is clean: six wins, including a 3-0 home victory over Aberdeen, a 5-1 away win at Kilmarnock, and narrow away successes at St Johnstone and St Mirren. There has also been movement elsewhere, with a League Cup quarter-final, Champions League qualifying play-off involvement, and the Europa League league phase forming part of the season’s wider shape.
The numbers carry the familiar outline of domestic authority. At Celtic Park, the side are averaging 2 goals scored and just 0.3 conceded per match, which is a strong home attack married to a notably tight defence. Away from home, the attacking return has been sharper still at 2.7 goals per match, while seven first goals inside the opening 20 minutes in 19 league matches point to a team often setting the terms early.
Camilo Durán leads the scoring with six goals, followed by Benjamin Nygren on five, with Kasper Høgh, Mika Baur and Hyun-jun Yang also contributing. The squad is sizeable at 34 players, with an average age of 25, and is valued at around £112m by Transfermarkt.
Celtic’s current standing is straightforward: first in the Premiership, unbeaten in the league campaign as presented, and carrying the recent silverware record expected of the club. For supporters, the interest is not whether the demands are high, but whether this squad continues to meet them.
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