Celtic F.C.

Celtic

Full name	The Celtic Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Bhoys, The Hoops, The Celts
Founded	1888
Ground	Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Ground Capacity	60,411
Chairman	Peter Lawwell
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
League	Scottish Premiership
2015–16	Scottish Premiership, 1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Celtic Football Club is a professional football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, that plays in the Scottish Premiership.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2016

No. Position Player 1 GK Craig Gordon 2 DF Kolo Touré 3 DF Emilio Izaguirre 4 DF Efe Ambrose 5 DF Jozo Šimunović 6 MF Nir Bitton 7 FW Nadir Çiftçi 8 MF Scott Brown (captain) 9 FW Leigh Griffiths 10 FW Moussa Dembélé 11 MF Scott Sinclair 12 DF Cristian Gamboa 14 MF Stuart Armstrong 15 MF Kris Commons 16 MF Gary Mackay-Steven

No. Position Player 17 MF Ryan Christie 18 MF Tom Rogic 20 DF Dedryck Boyata 23 DF Mikael Lustig (vice-captain) 24 GK Dorus de Vries 26 GK Logan Bailly 27 MF Patrick Roberts (on loan from Manchester City) 28 DF Erik Sviatchenko 34 DF Eoghan O'Connell 35 MF Kristoffer Ajer 38 GK Leonardo Fasan 42 MF Callum McGregor 49 MF James Forrest 53 MF Liam Henderson 63 DF Kieran Tierney

Out on loan

No. Position Player 19 MF Scott Allan (on loan to Rotherham United) 22 DF Saidy Janko (on loan to Barnsley) 29 FW Michael Duffy (on loan to Dundee) 31 MF Luke Donnelly (on loan to Alloa Athletic) 33 FW Paul McMullan (on loan to Dunfermline Athletic)

No. Position Player 47 DF Fiacre Kelleher (on loan to Peterhead) 52 MF Joe Thomson (on loan to Dumbarton) 54 MF Jamie Lindsay (on loan to Greenock Morton) 55 MF Aidan Nesbitt (on loan to Greenock Morton) — GK Colin McCabe (on loan to Stenhousemuir)

Old Firm

Main article: Old Firm

Celtic is half of the Old Firm, alongside Rangers F.C.. This is a term that used to describe both Rangers and Celtic together. It is now consigned to history.