Celtic Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Wilfried Nancy as its new Football Manager on a two-and-a-half year contract. Wilfried will begin his new role on December 4, 2025.
Wilfried joins Celtic from MLS club, Columbus Crew, where he lifted the MLS Cup and the Leagues Cup, as well as also being named the MLS Coach of the Year in 2024. Prior to that, he also won the Canadian Championship with CF Montreal in 2021.
Looking forward to his new role with real excitement, Wilfried commented: “I am so happy to be named Celtic Manager, it is a massive honour for myself and my family.
“Before I say anything else I want to do one thing – I want to thank the great Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney for all they have done in recent weeks with the team. The job they have done has been fantastic.
“These guys have given so much to the club across so many years and I know our fans, like me, all recognise the brilliant job they have done during this recent period. They have my total respect and my total gratitude. I hope to meet them both very soon and thank them personally.
“Now its up to me to carry on this great work and carry our great club forward and I can’t wait to get going and become part of such a brilliant institution. Celtic is one of the world’s proper football clubs, real atmosphere and heart and soul, real high standards and real demands, which I am ready for.
“I know the history, I know the values of Celtic and I know what is expected of me on this journey. I know what Celtic means to so many people and my No. 1 aim will be simple – to give our fans a strong, exciting, attacking, winning football team they can be so proud of.
“I look forward to seeing all our fans very soon and I hope we can enjoy some great moments together.”
Celtic Chairman Peter Lawwell commented: “We are really pleased to welcome Wilfried to Celtic. He is a Manager with a record which demonstrates the kind of football which we know Celtic supporters love to see. We will give Wilfried all our support as we look to once again bring success to our fans.
“I want to express our sincere thanks to Martin, Shaun and our backroom team for all they have done in recent weeks during this interim period. They have done such a tremendous job in stabilising the team and restoring a real level of confidence, with some fantastic results domestically and in Europe.
“Martin has shown the kind of leadership he was always renowned for and together with Shaun and the others in our backroom team they have given us that level of quality which has been so important to us in recent weeks. Everyone at the club offers our appreciation for the job they have done.”
Celtic Chief Executive Michael Nicholson added: “We have been aware of Wilfried and his quality of work for some time – he was our number one candidate when we began the process of appointing a new Manager and we are delighted that he as agreed to join the club.
“I know he is hugely excited about this opportunity to be part of Celtic’s future. We will give Wilfried every support to face the challenges ahead, with our aim as always being to deliver the success for the club which our supporters deserve, this season and beyond.
“I also want to thank Martin, Shaun, Mark Fotheringham and Stephen McManus for all they have done in recent weeks. They have shown such high levels of professionalism and commitment in supporting the club in a difficult moment and we will forever be grateful to them for the fantastic contributions they have all made.”
Celtic’s principal shareholder Dermot Desmond added: “In appointing Wilfried to Celtic, we believe we have brought a hugely talented Manager to the club. He is a man who absolutely understands the demands at Celtic, he is a man of real humility but also someone with his own ideas, his own vision and such a personal drive and desire to do well for the club and our supporters.
“Everyone at the club will unite strongly behind Wilfried as we move forward and we will ensure we will give him our unswerving support as we strive to achieve our objectives.
“I want to add my heartfelt thanks to Martin for all he has done in recent weeks. He was the man we hoped could bring us through these last few weeks positively and together with Shaun and our other coaches and our players, they have done a wonderful job.
“I will always hold Martin in such high regard for what he has done for Celtic and for what he is as a man – a man of such professionalism and integrity and someone who undoubtedly will always have the best interests of Celtic in his heart.”
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Looking forward to his new role with real excitement, Wilfried commented: “I am so happy to be named Celtic Manager, it is a massive honour for myself and my family.
“Before I say anything else I want to do one thing – I want to thank the great Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney for all they have done in recent weeks with the team.
The job they have done has been fantastic.
“These guys have given so much to the club across so many years and I know our fans, like me, all recognise the brilliant job they have done during this recent period. They have my total respect and my total gratitude. I hope to meet them both very soon and thank them personally.
“Now its up to me to carry on this great work and carry our great club forward and I can’t wait to get going and become part of such a brilliant institution. Celtic is one of the world’s proper football clubs, real atmosphere and heart and soul, real high standards and real demands, which I am ready for.
“I know the history, I know the values of Celtic and I know what is expected of me on this journey. I know what Celtic means to so many people and my No. 1 aim will be simple – to give our fans a strong, exciting, attacking, winning football team they can be so proud of.
“I look forward to seeing all our fans very soon and I hope we can enjoy some great moments together.”
Celtic Chairman Peter Lawwell commented: “We are really pleased to welcome Wilfried to Celtic. He is a Manager with a record which demonstrates the kind of football which we know Celtic supporters love to see. We will give Wilfried all our support as we look to once again bring success to our fans.
“I want to express our sincere thanks to Martin, Shaun and our backroom team for all they have done in recent weeks during this interim period. They have done such a tremendous job in stabilising the team and restoring a real level of confidence, with some fantastic results domestically and in Europe.
“Martin has shown the kind of leadership he was always renowned for and together with Shaun and the others in our backroom team they have given us that level of quality which has been so important to us in recent weeks. Everyone at the club offers our appreciation for the job they have done.”
Celtic Chief Executive Michael Nicholson added: “We have been aware of Wilfried and his quality of work for some time – he was our number one candidate when we began the process of appointing a new Manager and we are delighted that he as agreed to join the club.
“I know he is hugely excited about this opportunity to be part of Celtic’s future. We will give Wilfried every support to face the challenges ahead, with our aim as always being to deliver the success for the club which our supporters deserve, this season and beyond.
“I also want to thank Martin, Shaun, Mark Fotheringham and Stephen McManus for all they have done in recent weeks. They have shown such high levels of professionalism and commitment in supporting the club in a difficult moment and we will forever be grateful to them for the fantastic contributions they have all made.”
Celtic’s principal shareholder Dermot Desmond added: “In appointing Wilfried to Celtic, we believe we have brought a hugely talented Manager to the club. He is a man who absolutely understands the demands at Celtic, he is a man of real humility but also someone with his own ideas, his own vision and such a personal drive and desire to do well for the club and our supporters.
“Everyone at the club will unite strongly behind Wilfried as we move forward and we will ensure we will give him our unswerving support as we strive to achieve our objectives.
“I want to add my heartfelt thanks to Martin for all he has done in recent weeks. He was the man we hoped could bring us through these last few weeks positively and together with Shaun and our other coaches and our players, they have done a wonderful job.
“I will always hold Martin in such high regard for what he has done for Celtic and for what he is as a man – a man of such professionalism and integrity and someone who undoubtedly will always have the best interests of Celtic in his heart.”
clunks on
Dammit, someone delete my essay!
dessybhoy on
Good luck celtic, 3 points please.
vale bhoy on
Utter shite!
Why couldn’t they have waited till MON left.
vale bhoy on
Anyone believe, ‘he was our number one candidate’?
Did Nicholson even know who he was?
Utter shite!
Celtic Mac on
Brother Wilfried can certainly talk the talk
Lets hope he can walk the walk
Bien Venue to Paradise
clunks on
vale bhoy on 3rd December 2025 7:09 pm
Anyone believe, ‘he was our number one candidate’?
Did Nicholson even know who he was?
————–
The bold nicholson may have to look at his business card to know his own name
Never mind Nancy’s
clunks on
Hopefully we get an interview intonights PPV warmup
Wonder if the ‘unswerving support’ will be the same as BR got in the summer?
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on
English now forced to be complimentary about MON.
I’ll never forget listening to Shortie a few weeks ago after MON’s reappointment, he and his panel (including one of those Celtic supporters they manage to wheel out to kick us when we’re down) couldn’t contain their glee at the state we were in.
GIRUY
Almore on
C’mon the HOOPS
🇵🇸🍀💚🇳🇬💚🍀🇵🇸
I ndil chuimhne Tony Gillespie/SFTB.
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Just watched cup highlights, good way yo kill 15 mins before K.O.
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good luck Wilfried Nancy – I hope you are a massive success and get the team flying. Will be watching how the board backs you in the coming months – the fans will get behind you.
I loved Martin o’neil before and love him even more now – shows how a real Celtic manager and fan should conduct themselves. Thank you and all the best!
As for the board and the GB – sit down and sort it out!
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C.O.Y.B.I.G.
CELTIC: Schmeichel, Saracchi, Scales, Trusty, Donovan, McGregor (c), Engels, Hatate, Yang, McCowan, Maeda
Subs: Sinisalo, Nygren, Balikwisha, Tounekti, Kenny, Bernardo, Murray, Ralston, Tierney
HH
Mon the Hoops – 3 points please! 💚
Evening all – steady team – get in bhoys
Celtic 3-1 Rangers | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | Premier Sports Cup
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L4eqC_lmYL4
Evening bognorbhoy.
Cmon Celtic Let the people sing.
Any kind of win will do. HH
Feyenoord line up again tonight.
MoN clearly doesn’t think much of our summer transfer window additions.
Nancy appointment now official.
HH
Celtic Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Wilfried Nancy as its new Football Manager on a two-and-a-half year contract. Wilfried will begin his new role on December 4, 2025.
Wilfried joins Celtic from MLS club, Columbus Crew, where he lifted the MLS Cup and the Leagues Cup, as well as also being named the MLS Coach of the Year in 2024. Prior to that, he also won the Canadian Championship with CF Montreal in 2021.
Looking forward to his new role with real excitement, Wilfried commented: “I am so happy to be named Celtic Manager, it is a massive honour for myself and my family.
“Before I say anything else I want to do one thing – I want to thank the great Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney for all they have done in recent weeks with the team. The job they have done has been fantastic.
“These guys have given so much to the club across so many years and I know our fans, like me, all recognise the brilliant job they have done during this recent period. They have my total respect and my total gratitude. I hope to meet them both very soon and thank them personally.
“Now its up to me to carry on this great work and carry our great club forward and I can’t wait to get going and become part of such a brilliant institution. Celtic is one of the world’s proper football clubs, real atmosphere and heart and soul, real high standards and real demands, which I am ready for.
“I know the history, I know the values of Celtic and I know what is expected of me on this journey. I know what Celtic means to so many people and my No. 1 aim will be simple – to give our fans a strong, exciting, attacking, winning football team they can be so proud of.
“I look forward to seeing all our fans very soon and I hope we can enjoy some great moments together.”
Celtic Chairman Peter Lawwell commented: “We are really pleased to welcome Wilfried to Celtic. He is a Manager with a record which demonstrates the kind of football which we know Celtic supporters love to see. We will give Wilfried all our support as we look to once again bring success to our fans.
“I want to express our sincere thanks to Martin, Shaun and our backroom team for all they have done in recent weeks during this interim period. They have done such a tremendous job in stabilising the team and restoring a real level of confidence, with some fantastic results domestically and in Europe.
“Martin has shown the kind of leadership he was always renowned for and together with Shaun and the others in our backroom team they have given us that level of quality which has been so important to us in recent weeks. Everyone at the club offers our appreciation for the job they have done.”
Celtic Chief Executive Michael Nicholson added: “We have been aware of Wilfried and his quality of work for some time – he was our number one candidate when we began the process of appointing a new Manager and we are delighted that he as agreed to join the club.
“I know he is hugely excited about this opportunity to be part of Celtic’s future. We will give Wilfried every support to face the challenges ahead, with our aim as always being to deliver the success for the club which our supporters deserve, this season and beyond.
“I also want to thank Martin, Shaun, Mark Fotheringham and Stephen McManus for all they have done in recent weeks. They have shown such high levels of professionalism and commitment in supporting the club in a difficult moment and we will forever be grateful to them for the fantastic contributions they have all made.”
Celtic’s principal shareholder Dermot Desmond added: “In appointing Wilfried to Celtic, we believe we have brought a hugely talented Manager to the club. He is a man who absolutely understands the demands at Celtic, he is a man of real humility but also someone with his own ideas, his own vision and such a personal drive and desire to do well for the club and our supporters.
“Everyone at the club will unite strongly behind Wilfried as we move forward and we will ensure we will give him our unswerving support as we strive to achieve our objectives.
“I want to add my heartfelt thanks to Martin for all he has done in recent weeks. He was the man we hoped could bring us through these last few weeks positively and together with Shaun and our other coaches and our players, they have done a wonderful job.
“I will always hold Martin in such high regard for what he has done for Celtic and for what he is as a man – a man of such professionalism and integrity and someone who undoubtedly will always have the best interests of Celtic in his heart.”
Looking forward to his new role with real excitement, Wilfried commented: “I am so happy to be named Celtic Manager, it is a massive honour for myself and my family.
“Before I say anything else I want to do one thing – I want to thank the great Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney for all they have done in recent weeks with the team.
The job they have done has been fantastic.
“These guys have given so much to the club across so many years and I know our fans, like me, all recognise the brilliant job they have done during this recent period. They have my total respect and my total gratitude. I hope to meet them both very soon and thank them personally.
“Now its up to me to carry on this great work and carry our great club forward and I can’t wait to get going and become part of such a brilliant institution. Celtic is one of the world’s proper football clubs, real atmosphere and heart and soul, real high standards and real demands, which I am ready for.
“I know the history, I know the values of Celtic and I know what is expected of me on this journey. I know what Celtic means to so many people and my No. 1 aim will be simple – to give our fans a strong, exciting, attacking, winning football team they can be so proud of.
“I look forward to seeing all our fans very soon and I hope we can enjoy some great moments together.”
Celtic Chairman Peter Lawwell commented: “We are really pleased to welcome Wilfried to Celtic. He is a Manager with a record which demonstrates the kind of football which we know Celtic supporters love to see. We will give Wilfried all our support as we look to once again bring success to our fans.
“I want to express our sincere thanks to Martin, Shaun and our backroom team for all they have done in recent weeks during this interim period. They have done such a tremendous job in stabilising the team and restoring a real level of confidence, with some fantastic results domestically and in Europe.
“Martin has shown the kind of leadership he was always renowned for and together with Shaun and the others in our backroom team they have given us that level of quality which has been so important to us in recent weeks. Everyone at the club offers our appreciation for the job they have done.”
Celtic Chief Executive Michael Nicholson added: “We have been aware of Wilfried and his quality of work for some time – he was our number one candidate when we began the process of appointing a new Manager and we are delighted that he as agreed to join the club.
“I know he is hugely excited about this opportunity to be part of Celtic’s future. We will give Wilfried every support to face the challenges ahead, with our aim as always being to deliver the success for the club which our supporters deserve, this season and beyond.
“I also want to thank Martin, Shaun, Mark Fotheringham and Stephen McManus for all they have done in recent weeks. They have shown such high levels of professionalism and commitment in supporting the club in a difficult moment and we will forever be grateful to them for the fantastic contributions they have all made.”
Celtic’s principal shareholder Dermot Desmond added: “In appointing Wilfried to Celtic, we believe we have brought a hugely talented Manager to the club. He is a man who absolutely understands the demands at Celtic, he is a man of real humility but also someone with his own ideas, his own vision and such a personal drive and desire to do well for the club and our supporters.
“Everyone at the club will unite strongly behind Wilfried as we move forward and we will ensure we will give him our unswerving support as we strive to achieve our objectives.
“I want to add my heartfelt thanks to Martin for all he has done in recent weeks. He was the man we hoped could bring us through these last few weeks positively and together with Shaun and our other coaches and our players, they have done a wonderful job.
“I will always hold Martin in such high regard for what he has done for Celtic and for what he is as a man – a man of such professionalism and integrity and someone who undoubtedly will always have the best interests of Celtic in his heart.”
Dammit, someone delete my essay!
Good luck celtic, 3 points please.
Utter shite!
Why couldn’t they have waited till MON left.
Anyone believe, ‘he was our number one candidate’?
Did Nicholson even know who he was?
Utter shite!
Brother Wilfried can certainly talk the talk
Lets hope he can walk the walk
Bien Venue to Paradise
vale bhoy on 3rd December 2025 7:09 pm
Anyone believe, ‘he was our number one candidate’?
Did Nicholson even know who he was?
————–
The bold nicholson may have to look at his business card to know his own name
Never mind Nancy’s
Hopefully we get an interview intonights PPV warmup
His name on his business card is DD lackey.
Wank.
3 points tonight, that’s all I ask please
kingLUBO
Wonder if the ‘unswerving support’ will be the same as BR got in the summer?
English now forced to be complimentary about MON.
I’ll never forget listening to Shortie a few weeks ago after MON’s reappointment, he and his panel (including one of those Celtic supporters they manage to wheel out to kick us when we’re down) couldn’t contain their glee at the state we were in.
GIRUY
C’mon the HOOPS
🇵🇸🍀💚🇳🇬💚🍀🇵🇸
I ndil chuimhne Tony Gillespie/SFTB.
Clunk’s 6 53
Just watched cup highlights, good way yo kill 15 mins before K.O.
leftclicktic
That it is
Here’s hoping we can go top tonight
Gonna win tonight for you Tony
MAYBE THEY DO IT IN OFFICIAL COMMS, AND i JUST HAVNY NOTICED IT BUT ………….
Referring to DD as “Pricipal Shareholder”, that for me is significant, in reminding us he is calling the shots, basically because as principal he can.
Come on Celtic. Three points please.
keep the updates comin ghirls ‘n bhoys
COYBIG.
CELTIC V ST MIRREN
PREMIER SPORTS LEAGUE CUP FINAL | HAMPDEN PARK | DECEMBER 14 | KO 3:30PM
Ticket Information
Tickets for this match are on sale now exclusively to all Season Ticket holders who attended both previous rounds of the competition against Falkirk (home) and Partick Thistle (away) and who are not on the Home Cup Ticket Scheme.
good luck Wilfried Nancy – I hope you are a massive success and get the team flying. Will be watching how the board backs you in the coming months – the fans will get behind you.
I loved Martin o’neil before and love him even more now – shows how a real Celtic manager and fan should conduct themselves. Thank you and all the best!
As for the board and the GB – sit down and sort it out!
Good burst forward from Yang
Daizen with a shot outside the box
Save, corner celtic
Second corner celtic after a short one
Short one again
Hatate pings a long shot just outside the post
any sausages ?
Tonights ref is Duncan Nicolson
And var cheat is Andrew Dallas