Brendan Rodgers’ side overtook Rangers earlier this season when they bested their rivals in the Premier Sports Cup Final at Hampden in a nerve-shredding penalty shootout.
That day, four Celtic players won their first medals at the club and with a terrific 13-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership, it looks like the league title will have green and white ribbons once again.
Winning this term will make it 19 titles since the turn of the century but right now, sitting on 18, the Hoops are second in the record list of domestic titles in the 21st century.
Celtic second in domestic titles in 21st century
Only Dinamo are ahead of the Hoops at the time of writing with loan star Luis Palma’s Olympiacos sitting level with Rodgers‘ troops.
It is an incredible number to be proud of for the Glasgow giants and can only be improved upon with the domination over Rangers not looking to come to an end any time soon.
It’s only European football’s big hitters on the table including the likes of Bayern Munich (17), FC Porto (12) and Juventus (11).
Celtic are among the world’s most successful clubs in general with their staggering trophy haul with Al-Ahly claiming to compete with the Scots for the moniker.
Most successful Euro clubs by domestic titles, 21st century
Dinamo – 1.HNL – (19)
CELTIC – SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP – (18)Olympiacos – Super League Greece (18)
Bayern – German Bundesliga – (17)
Shakhtar – UPL – (15)
RB Salzburg – Austrian Bundesliga (14)
Copenhagen – Danish Superliga – (14)
APOEL – Cypriot First Division – (13)
Red Star Belgrade – Serbian Superliga – (13)
FC Porto – Liga Portugal – (12)
Scottish football doesn’t come up as as strong as Celtic
Either way, Celts’ history is unmatchable as the silverware in the cabinet can confirm.
In the same list, compiled by Sportingpedia, it perhaps shows the lack of diversity – or should we say dominance – of Celts given the fact that only two clubs have won the Premiership title in the 21st century.
We know this, of course, but when written down compared to the rest of the countries on the table, it does not make for particularly good reading for Scottish football as a whole.
The competitive nature of the likes of the Swedish top flight (10) and France (8) or Poland (8) in comparison is limited with Aberdeen, Hibs and Hearts unable to compete.
