Celtic Football Club are the 2025/26 Scottish Premiership champions, ending Hearts’ bid to end a 41-year run of Rangers and Celtic dominance at the top of Scottish football. It’s the Celts’ 56 title, as they move clear as the outright most successful club in Scottish top-tier history.
Exactly what this means for both Celtic and Hearts in Europe this summer can be found in the humongous “UEFA Qualifiers” article, which has the answer to every question you can think of.
For today, though, here are 56 stats from this remarkable season in which Celtic recorded their 56th top flight triumph, followed by a brief financial comparison of three key metrics at Celtic, Hearts and Rangers.
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SEASON STATS
Celtic have won the Scottish league title for the 56th time, moving one clear of Rangers on 55.
Celtic have won five consecutive league titles, their fourth run of at least five-in-a-row after 1904-05 to 1909-10, 1965-66 to 1973-74 and 2011-12 to 2019-20.
This is Celtic’s 4th run of at least 5 titles in a row in their history. The Old Firm title streak has reached 41 consecutive seasons, from Celtic in 1985-86 through Celtic in 2025-26, since Aberdeen’s last title in 1984-85.
Celtic had not been top of the table for 232 days (26th September-16th May), the longest ever wait for a Scottish champion to reach 1st place. This beats the previous record from 1985/86, when Celtic went 204 days before overtaking Hearts on the final day.
Hearts had been on top of the Premiership table since 27 September 2025, except for one day in April. Rangers briefly led on goal difference on 4th April 2026, but Hearts returned to the top the following day and haven’t moved since.
Celtic spent just 33 days top of the league this season, the fewest by any Scottish top-flight champion since Celtic in 1985/86.
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