<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Current season </Td> </Tr> <P> The Celtic Football Club (/ ˈsɛltɪk / SEL - tik) is a professional football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premiership . The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant Irish population in the East End of Glasgow . They played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5--2 . Celtic established itself within Scottish football, winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century . The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein when they won nine consecutive league titles and the European Cup . </P> <P> Celtic have won the Scottish league championship on 48 occasions, most recently in the 2016--17 season, the Scottish Cup 37 times and the Scottish League Cup 17 times . The club's greatest season was 1966--67, when Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup, also winning the Scottish league championship, the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and the Glasgow Cup . Celtic also reached the 1970 European Cup Final, and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final . </P> <P> Celtic have a long - standing fierce rivalry with Rangers, and the clubs have become known as the Old Firm, seen by some as the world's biggest football derby . The two clubs have dominated Scottish football, winning 102 league titles between them since the inception of Scottish league football in 1890 . </P>

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