Celtic F.C.

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Celtic
Celtic Park.jpg
Full name The Celtic Football Club
Nickname(s) The Bhoys, The Hoops, The Celts
Founded 1888
Ground Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity 60,832)
Chairman John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan
Manager Neil Lennon
League Scottish Premier League
2008/09 Scottish Premier League, 2nd
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Celtic F.C. is an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. They play in the Scottish Premier League. They are bitter rivals with Rangers F.C..

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[change] Players

[change] Current squad

As of 24 November 2011

[1][2]

No. Position Player
1 England GK Fraser Forster (on loan from Newcastle United)
2 Wales DF Adam Matthews
3 Honduras DF Emilio Izaguirre
4 Morocco DF Badr El Kaddouri (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
5 Sweden DF Daniel Majstorović
6 England DF Kelvin Wilson
8 Scotland MF Scott Brown (captain)
9 Greece FW Georgios Samaras
10 Republic of Ireland FW Anthony Stokes
11 South Korea DF Cha Du-Ri
12 Scotland DF Mark Wilson
14 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Bangura
15 Scotland MF Kris Commons
16 Wales MF Joe Ledley
18 South Korea MF Ki Sung-Yueng
20 Northern Ireland MF Paddy McCourt
No. Position Player
21 Scotland DF Charlie Mulgrew
22 Netherlands DF Glenn Loovens
24 Poland GK Łukasz Załuska
25 Norway DF Thomas Rogne
28 Scotland FW James Keatings
30 Scotland MF Paul Slane
33 Israel MF Beram Kayal
39 England DF Andre Blackman
44 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser
45 Scotland DF Lewis Toshney
46 Scotland MF Dylan McGeouch
49 Scotland FW James Forrest
56 Czech Republic MF Filip Twardzik
58 Czech Republic MF Patrik Twardzik
67 Kenya MF Victor Wanyama
88 England FW Gary Hooper

[change] Out on loan

No. Position Player
27 Republic of Ireland FW Daryl Murphy (at Ipswich Town)
31 Republic of Ireland MF Richie Towell (at Hibernian)
19 Denmark FW Morten Rasmussen (at Sivasspor)
38 England DF Josh Thompson (at Peterborough United)
No. Position Player
47 United States GK Dominic Cervi (at Greenock Morton)
48 Republic of Ireland DF Darren O'Dea (at Leeds United)
Mexico MF Efraín Juárez (at Real Zaragoza)
Northern Ireland MF Niall McGinn (at Brentford)

[change] Old Firm

Celtic is half of the Old Firm, alongside Rangers F.C.. This is a term used to describe both Rangers and Celtic collectively.

[change] References

  1. "First Team". Celtic FC. http://www.celticfc.net/team.php. Retrieved 22 January 2011. 
  2. "SPL squad numbers 2011/12". Scottish Premier League. 22 July 2011. http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s2&newsid=10469. Retrieved 24 July 2011. 

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