Lisbon Lions

We did it by playing football. Pure, beautiful, inventive football.

Jock Stein on Celtic's triumph in Lisbon [1][2]

The east stand at Celtic Park is named in honour of the team.

The Lisbon Lions is the nickname given to the Celtic team that won the European Cup at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal on 25 May 1967,[3] defeating Inter Milan 2–1.

  1. ^ "BBC 'On this Day 1950–2005' May 25 – 1967: Celtic win European Cup". Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2006.
  2. ^ "Celtic win European Cup 1967". Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. ^ Hunt, Chris (19 February 2015). "In their own words: How Celtic's Lisbon Lions shocked 'unbeatable' Inter in 1967". Four Four Two. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2017.