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Football in Scotland is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873,[1] Scotland has the second oldest national football association in the world. The national cup competition, the Scottish Cup , was started in the 1873–74 season. Its trophy is the oldest national sporting trophy in the world.[2] A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League . A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup , was created in the 1946–47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.
League competitions
Team records
Titles
Most top-flight league titles: 54, Rangers [3]
Most consecutive league titles: 9, (joint record)[3]
Top-flight appearances
Most appearances: 121 completed seasons, Celtic (1890–present)[4]
Largest victories
Streaks
Longest top flight unbeaten run : 62 games, Celtic (20 November 1915 – 21 April 1917)[6] [7]
Longest top flight unbeaten run (games in all competitions) : 69 games (56 in the league), Celtic (15 May 2016 – 13 December 2017)[8] [9]
Most consecutive top flight wins : 25, Celtic (2003–04 )
Unbeaten league season :
Attendances
Highest attendance : 118,567 - Rangers v Celtic at Ibrox Park , 2 January 1939
Individual
Goals
Appearances
Goalkeepers
Titles
Scottish Cup
Team records
Most final wins: 38, Celtic [15]
Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record:
Queen's Park (1874, 1875, 1876)
Vale of Leven (1877, 1878, 1879)
Queen's Park (1880, 1881, 1882)
Rangers (1934, 1935, 1936)
Rangers (1948, 1949, 1950)
Rangers (1962, 1963, 1964)
Aberdeen (1982, 1983, 1984)
Most appearances: 57, Celtic (includes cancelled 1909 fixture )
Most consecutive appearances: 8, Rangers (1976–1983)[15]
Most appearances without winning: 2, Hamilton Academical (1911, 1935)
Most final losses: 18, Celtic (excludes cancelled 1909 fixture)
Most common pairing in the final: 15, Celtic v Rangers (7 wins each, 1909 was withheld)[15]
Attendances
Individual
Scottish League Cup
Team records
Most final wins: 27, Rangers
Most consecutive wins: 5, Celtic (1966–1970)
Most appearances: 34, Rangers
Most consecutive appearances: 14, Celtic (1965–1978)[15]
Most appearances without winning: 3, Dunfermline Athletic
Most final losses: 15, Celtic
Most common pairing in the final: 12, Celtic v Rangers (8 Rangers wins, 4 Celtic wins)[15]
Attendances
Individual
Transfers
Record transfer fees paid
Rank
Player
From
To
Fee
Date
Notes
1
Tore Andre Flo
Chelsea
Rangers
£12,500,000
23 November 2000
[17]
2
Odsonne Édouard
Paris Saint-Germain
Celtic
£9,000,000
15 June 2018
[18]
3
Michael Ball
Everton
Rangers
£6,500,000
20 August 2001
[19] [20]
4=
Chris Sutton
Chelsea
Celtic
£6,000,000
11 July 2000
[21]
4=
John Hartson
Coventry City
Celtic
£6,000,000
2 August 2001
[22]
6
Mikel Arteta
Barcelona
Rangers
£5,800,000
29 June 2002
7=
Eyal Berkovic
West Ham United
Celtic
£5,750,000
8 July 1999
[23]
7=
Neil Lennon
Leicester City
Celtic
£5,750,000
8 December 2000
[24]
9
Andrei Kanchelskis
Fiorentina
Rangers
£5,500,000
15 July 1998
[25]
10=
Lorenzo Amoruso
Fiorentina
Rangers
£5,000,000
29 May 1997
10=
Arthur Numan
PSV Eindhoven
Rangers
£5,000,000
18 May 1998
10=
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Feyenoord
Rangers
£5,000,000
6 July 1998
Record transfer fees received
Rank
Player
From
To
Fee
Date
Notes
1
Moussa Dembele
Celtic
Olympique Lyonnais
£19,700,000
31 August 2018
[26]
2
Victor Wanyama
Celtic
Southampton
£12,500,000
11 July 2013
[27]
3
Virgil van Dijk
Celtic
Southampton
£11,500,000
1 September 2015
[28] [29]
4
Fraser Forster
Celtic
Southampton
£10,000,000
9 August 2014
[30]
5
Aiden McGeady
Celtic
Spartak Moscow
£9,500,000
1 August 2010
[31]
6=
Craig Gordon
Heart of Midlothian
Sunderland
£9,000,000
8 August 2007
[32]
6=
Alan Hutton
Rangers
Tottenham Hotspur
£9,000,000
30 January 2008
[33]
8
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Rangers
Arsenal
£8,500,000
20 June 2001
[34]
9
Jean-Alain Boumsong
Rangers
Newcastle United
£8,000,000
1 January 2005
[35]
10
Carlos Cuellar
Rangers
Aston Villa
£7,800,000
12 August 2008
[36]
Most successful clubs by titles
References
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^ "Scottish Cup > History & Archives" . Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 2013-02-13 .
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^ a b c d Stokkermans, Karel (23 December 2013). "Unbeaten" . www.rsssf.com . RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ Brown, Alan (29 October 2001). "Celtic FC's series of 62 matches unbeaten in Division One" . www.rsssf.com . RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ McLeod, Liam (4 November 2017). "Celtic: Brendan Rodgers' team earns place in the history books" . BBC Sport . BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2017 .
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^ Brown, Alan; Robertson, Forrest; Ross, David (20 March 2009). "Scotland - All-Time Topscorers" . www.rsssf.com . RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ Kilani, Imed (16 March 2012). "Top Division Scoring Records" . www.rsssf.com . RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ Rota, Davide (20 January 2012). "List of League Appearances Records" . www.rsssf.com . RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ "Fraser Forster: Celtic clean sheet record a team effort" . BBC Sport. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014 .
^ a b c d e Stokkermans, Karel (28 November 2013). "Domestic Cups Trivia" . www.rsssf.com . RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ "Flo goes to Rangers" . BBC Sport. 23 November 2000.
^ "Celtic sign French striker Edouard in record deal" . AFP. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018 .
^ Conflicting reports as to how much Rangers actually paid, £4m up front with a further £2.5m in installments
^ "Ball makes Rangers move" . BBC Sport. 17 August 2011.
^ "O'Neill secures Sutton" . BBC Sport . 11 July 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2013 .
^ "Celtic sign trio on deadline day" . BBC Sport . 2 August 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2013 .
^ Staniforth, Tommy (8 December 1999). "Football: Berkovic commits to Celtic" . The Independent . Retrieved 14 January 2016 .
^ Ley, John (7 December 2000). "Lennon realises dream to join his idols Celtic" . Retrieved 15 November 2013 .
^ "Kanchelskis move to Rangers" . BBC Sport. 15 July 1998.
^ "Moussa Dembele: Celtic striker joins Lyon in £19.7m move" . BBC Sport . 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018 .
^ "Victor Wanyama completes £12.5m move to Southampton from Celtic" . The Guardian . 11 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015 .
^ Hynter, David (1 September 2015). "Virgil van Dijk signs for Southampton from Celtic for £11.5m" . The Guardian . Retrieved 17 September 2015 .
^ Celtic reportedly received further funds when van Dijk was sold by Southampton to Liverpool in January 2018, due to a sell-on clause in the deal agreed between Celtic and Southampton (BBC Sport ).
^ "Southampton sign Fraser Forster for £10m from Celtic" . The Guardian . 8 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015 .
^ "Aiden McGeady completes record move to Spartak Moscow" . BBC Sport . 13 August 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2015 .
^ "Sunderland's Craig Gordon sidelined by fractured arm" . BBC Sport . 16 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2014 .
^ "Spurs complete signing of Hutton" . BBC Sport. 30 January 2008.
^ "Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst" . BBC Sport,. 20 June 2001.{{cite web }}
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^ "Magpies complete Boumsong signing" . BBC Sport. 2 January 2005.
^ "Cuellar seals £7.8m move to Villa" . BBC Sport. 12 August 2008.
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