Celtic Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Glasgow. The club was founded in 1887 and played their first match in May 1888.[1] Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 54 occasions, the Scottish Cup 41 times and the Scottish League Cup 21 times.[2] The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 1970s under Jock Stein when they won nine consecutive league titles and the European Cup.
This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Celtic since its foundation in 1887. Each manager's entry includes the dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record in terms of matches won, drawn and lost, and of major honours won. Caretaker managers are also included.
As of the start of the 2021–22 season, Celtic have had 19 different full-time managers. Willie Maley, the club's first manager, is the longest to have served in the post, having managed the club from 1897 to 1940. The 30 major honours Maley won during his tenure are the most a manager has achieved at Celtic. Jock Stein is considered the club's greatest manager, having revived the team after many years in the doldrums.[3][4] He managed Celtic to nine consecutive league titles and led them to their European Cup Final triumph over Inter Milan in 1967.
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- ^ Sullivan, Joe (10 September 2016). "Jock Stein – the man who made the modern-day Celtic". Celtic F.C. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.