Celtic B is the

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of Celtic Football Club. They are based in Airdrie and compete in the

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. Celtic have run a reserve side since the early days of the club, comprising a combination of emerging youth players and first-team squad players. The current "B" side forms the highest level of the Academy structure at Celtic, beneath which there are four junior strands: Professional Academy (Under 18s), Intermediate Academy (Under 13s, 14s, 15s & 16s), Junior Academy (Under 10s, 11s & 12s) and Development Centres (five years old and above).

History of reserve and youth football

Reserve football

Celtic ran a reserve side from their early days, known at the time as the ''Crusaders''. Other clubs in the 1880s also gave their reserve sides distinctive names, with

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calling their Second XI the ''

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'', and Queens Park naming their reserves the ''Strollers''. Celtic's first known involvement in reserve league football, was their participation in the Scottish Combination league in 1896. Several Scottish League clubs fielded 2nd XIs ('A' sides), as well as Queens Park Strollers. However, by the 1900s Celtic manager Willie Maley was only using a small, if versatile, squad of players, and the decision was made to stop fielding a reserve team altogether. In 1909, a new Scottish Reserve League was set up, again often including at least one non-reserve side of a non-league club in each of its seasons. Celtic did not participate. The league was disbanded during

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, but effectively re-established in 1919 as the Scottish Alliance League. As with previous incarnations, this reserve league also contained the first XI of several non-league sides. Celtic took part for the first few seasons, and won the championship in 1921–22, however withdrew again after that for what is presumed were financial reasons. This appeared an unwise decision. Rangers went on to dominate Scottish football in the 1920s, and Celtic appeared to struggle without a reserve team to help blend younger players into the club's first team. The club did re-introduce a reserve team in 1930, and won three Alliance championships in 1934, 1937 and 1938, and the Second XI Cup in 1935 and 1936.

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, George Paterson,

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, John Divers and

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all emerged during this time from the reserve side and went on to form the nucleus of the Celtic first team that won the league championship in 1936 and 1938, and the

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to play for a European club. A league

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in 1938, resulted in the non-league sides being removed and the league became exclusive to First Division reserve sides. The advent of

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, however, once again saw the suspension of national reserve league football in Scotland, although regional leagues were set up. The national Reserve League restarted at the end of the war, once again mirroring the sixteen club top-tier division. The subsequent years into the 1950s saw various changes to the leagues, but Celtic's achievements at reserve level were undistinguished, with two fourth-place finishes in 1952 and 1954 their highest positions. The Scottish (Reserve) League was set up in 1955, again mirroring the First Division although there were a number of seasons when not all of those clubs took part. This set-up, with minor variations, continued up until 1975.

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's appointment in 1957 as reserve team coach saw an upturn in Celtic's commitment to reserve team football. Future star players such as Pat Crerand, Billy McNeill, John Clark and Bertie Auld all emerged at Celtic during this time. The reserves won the Second XI Cup in 1958 (thrashing Rangers 8–2 on

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) and the reserve league title a year later. From 1958 up to 1966, Celtic also fielded a reserve side (effectively a 3rd XI) in the Combined Reserve League. Although Stein left in 1960 to manage Dunfermline Athletic, promising players continued to emerge from the reserves, such as

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, Jimmy Johnstone and

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. The mid 1960s saw the emergence of one of Celtic's most notable reserve sides, a group that became known as the Quality Street Kids. Several became regulars in the first-team side, winning major honours and going on to represent

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at full international level, most notably

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and

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. In August 1968, the reserves needed to defeat

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by at least seven goals to win their Reserve League Cup group section; Celtic won 12–0, with

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scoring four goals. That same year, the Celtic reserves played the

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in a practice match; the young Celtic won 5–2. During season 1970–71, Celtic won all three main reserve honours - league, Reserve League Cup and Second XI Cup - scoring 157 goals in the process and becoming the first reserve team in Scotland to win the

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. In

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, the Scottish League was reorganized into

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. The Premier clubs were assigned to the Premier Reserve League and the lower league clubs used varying regionalised sections and midweek competitions. Key players continued to emerge from the youths and reserves;

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, Tommy Burns and

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in the late 1970s, and

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, Charlie Nicholas and Paul McStay in the 1980s. When the

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was founded in 1998, the reserve league was replaced by an under 21 league with some overage players permitted. Various changes to this set-up were made in subsequent years, eventually leading to the

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which was contested by the Under-20 teams of 17 Scottish Professional Football League clubs, including Celtic, up to the end of season 2017–18. During the 2010s, James Forrest,

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and

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all progressed as youths at Celtic and became established first-team players at the club. Tierney was later transferred to

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for a transfer fee of £25m, a record fee for a Scottish footballer. In July 2018, it was reported that reserve leagues would be reintroduced in lieu of the development leagues that had been in place since 2009. The top tier of the new

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featured 18 clubs, whilst a second-tier reserve League comprised nine clubs. Other than a minimum age of 16, no age restrictions applied to the leagues. At the end of its first season (2018–19), Celtic – along with several other clubs – intimated that they would withdraw from the Reserve League to play a variety of challenge matches. They later entered a small league (under-21 plus three overage) along with three other Scottish clubs and

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and Huddersfield Town from the English leagues. In May 2021, it was reported that Celtic (and Rangers) were in 'productive' talks with the Lowland Football League (the fifth tier of the senior setup) to have colt teams playing in their division for the following season, with an earlier proposal to include them in an expanded

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(fourth tier) still under consideration by the SPFL for the year after that.

Cup competitions

There were numerous cup competitions for reserve sides since the earliest days; e.g. the Edinburgh 2nd XI Cup first played in the 1870s and the Scottish 2nd XI Cup which existed from 1882 to 1988. A plethora of cups were introduced during the 1880s but the advent of professionalism a decade later put pressure on club finances, and during the 1890s these tournaments gradually fell away. The Scottish 2nd XI Cup was first competed for during season 1881–82 and was competed for each season up until 1988. The Scottish Reserve League Cup was introduced in 1945 and was last held in season 2013–14. In June 2016, it was announced that the

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would be expanded to include Under-20 sides from each

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club. In the 2016-17 edition, Celtic U20 won their opening tie against Annan Athletic and then eliminated Cowdenbeath (both of the fourth level) before being knocked out by the then- League 1 club

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; they progressed further than all other Under-20s teams. In the 2017–18 Challenge Cup, the side were beaten by Annan Athletic in the first round.

International tournaments

Celtic's U20s were the first Scottish participants in the

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- a youth tournament based on the

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. In the 2011–12 season, Celtic were drawn against

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and

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, and finished third in their group. Celtic confirmed that they would play in the

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edition tournament as well; the team were again eliminated in the Group Stage. In 2013–14 Celtic's senior team qualified for the Champions League group stages, meaning that the youth squad could play in the

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of the UEFA Youth League. In the following season there was no chance to participate in that competition due to the first team's failure to qualify, but in 2015–16 an additional route into the tournament opened up to domestic youth (Under-17) champions, and Celtic qualified as the Scottish holders of that title. After navigating two rounds, Celtic were eliminated on penalties by

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. In 2016–17 the senior team succeeded in reaching the Champions League group stage, so the youth squad also entered that season's Youth League via that route (they had also qualified through the Under-17 path again in any case). In the Youth League, the Group Stage mirrored the tough draw in the senior tournament, and Celtic collected just one point and finished fourth. Qualification was the same in 2017–18 – the Under-17s won the Scottish league but in any case the first team

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the Champions League groups. Celtic also successfully applied to compete in the 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17 editions of the England-based

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Youth football

A Youth Division was set by the Scottish League in 1993 and ran until 2012. This was an Under-18 league initially, but changed to Under-19s from 2003 onwards. Celtic Youths won the league for four consecutive seasons from 2002-03 to 2005-06. The Scottish Youth Cup was set up in 1984 and open to all senior clubs in Scotland. It was initially an U19 tournament, but is now for U20 sides. Celtic are historically the most successful club in the competition, winning 14 finals. The

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was for many years considered an important trophy for first-team sides in Glasgow, but by the 1980s had lost prestige and saw Celtic and Rangers usually fielding reserve sides. Due to lack of interest in the tournament as a senior competition, it was relaunched in 1989 as a youth tournament and is currently competed for by the U17 sides of senior league clubs in Glasgow.

Celtic B

As of August 2022 Note: squad numbers listed relate only to first team numbers. In "B" (or youth) matches, the team wear 1–11.

Out on loan

Under-18s

As of July 2022 Note: squad numbers listed relate only to first team numbers. In "B" (or youth) matches, the team wear 1–11.

Academy

The Celtic Youth Academy works with players from as young as five years of age, concentrating in early years on improving players technique, passing and possession. Players are actively encouraged to demonstrate their skills, including tricks and flicks, in match situations. The Academy also works in partnership with St Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch, where players of secondary-school age benefit from nine coaching sessions per week. The most promising players then progress to Celtic's Development Squad programme. In 2017, the Celtic academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of ''Project Brave'', an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case. The youth academy currently comprises four levels: Professional Academy (Under 18s), Intermediate Academy (Under 13s, 14s, 15s & 16s), Junior Academy (Under 10s, 11s & 12s) and Development Centres (five years old and above).

Facilities

Since 2007, the club's academy and reserve sides have trained at the

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. In 2019, Celtic announced plans to redevelop their older Barrowfield training ground in eastern Glasgow near Celtic Park for use by the academy sides and their

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, including an indoor pitch and a matchday venue, augmenting the Lennoxtown base which would continue to be used by the first team squad. In July 2021, it was announced that the men's B-team (as well as the women's team) would play the majority of their home fixtures in 2021–22 at Airdrie's Penny Cars Stadium.

Staff

Honours

Reserves

League *Scottish Reserve League: 9

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:: 1895–96, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71 *Premier Reserve League: 5 :: 1979–80, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95 * SPL Reserve League: 5 :: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 * Scottish Alliance: 4 :: 1921–22, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1937–38 Cup * Scottish 2nd FA XI Cup: 8 :: 1890–91, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1984–85 * Reserve League Cup: 13 :: 1959–60, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, Other *Kilsyth Charity Cup: 1 :: 1889 *

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: 9 :: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * John Reames Trophy: 1 :: 2010 *

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Challenge Cup: 1 :: 2019 Third XI / B Team * Combined Reserve League: 3 :: 1960–61, 1962 –63, 1963–64 *

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Autumn Series: 1 :: 1963–64 *

Spring Series: 4 :: 1959–60 (West), 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66

Youths

Domestic *SFL/SPL Youth League: 9 :: 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,

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: 3 ::

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*SPFL U19 League: 1 :: 2013In 2013–14 an under-19 league was run along with an under-20 league. Celtic promoted its under-17 team to as play as its under-19 team in 2013. *SPFL/CAS U17 League: :: 2015, 2016, 2017 * Scottish Youth Cup: 15 :: 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010,

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*SPFL U19 League Cup: 1 :: 2014In 2013–14 the under-19 league ran from August to December 2013. The under-19 league cup ran from January to May 2014. *

: 11 (Youth competition since 1990) :: 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 International * Blues Stars / FIFA Youth Cup: 1 :: 1986 *

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* Super Cup NI (U19): 1 ::2018 Notes

Former youth team players

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* Bahrudin Atajić *

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* Teddy Bjarnason * Jimmy Boyle *

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* Mark Burchill * Tommy Burns *

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Islam Feruz Islam Salieh Feruz (born 10 September 1995) is a Somali-born Scottish former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Feruz spent most of his youth career with Celtic, before moving to Chelsea in September 2011 after rejecting a ...

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Scott Fox Scott Fox (born 28 June 1987) is a Scottish professional goalkeeper who plays for Cove Rangers. He has previously played for Celtic, East Fife, Queen of the South (twice), Dundee, Ross County, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Motherwell ...

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* Ewan Henderson *

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* Calvin Miller *

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* Milan Mišůn *

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* Allan Morrison *

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Tomislav Pavlov Tomislav Slavchev Pavlov ( bg, Томислав Славчев Павлов; born 10 June 1991) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sportist Svoge. Career Early career Pavlov began his career at CSKA Sofia. At the age of 1 ...

* John Potter *

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