A message from Celtic FC Women's Head Coach and Captain | OneFootball

Celtic FC Women’s team have created history by winning the SWPL title for the first time in the club’s history.

Head Coach, Elena Sadiku and captain, Kelly Clark have both thanked the Celtic support for their backing of the squad throughout this monumental campaign.

ELENA SADIKU

This is a historic day for Celtic, for the Women’s team and for women’s football in Scotland, and we are all absolutely delighted to have won the SWPL title – the first ever league success for this club.

Winning a league title is the most difficult thing to do in football, having to face so many challenges in the course of a season, but come the end of the campaign, the team that finishes top of the table can rightly claim to be the best in the country – and Celtic are the best team in Scotland!

This historic achievement is the result of so much hard work from everyone at the club, and it is something we can all enjoy and celebrate because it is a collective effort.

The players have been incredible from the moment I arrived at Celtic and they should be very proud of what they have done.

They work hard every single day in order to improve, as individuals and as a team, and they have shown a real willingness to learn and to implement what it was we wanted to do. Today, they have got their reward for everything they have put in to this season.

All of the staff here also deserve enormous credit for their part in this title triumph because they, too, dedicate all their time and efforts into ensuring we can be the best version of ourselves.

I want to thank all of them – the players and staff – who welcomed me to the club and embraced this journey we are on.

Together, we have achieved something special – something historic – for Celtic Football Club, and I know it is only the beginning for this team.

I also want to thank the wonderful Celtic supporters, who give the players such incredible backing every single week. This is your triumph as much as it is ours, so let’s all enjoy it together!

Elena SadikuHead CoachCeltic Football Club

KELLY CLARK

This is a moment that we have all dreamt of, and something that we have worked so hard to achieve, so to have won the league title for the first time in Celtic’s history is a proud moment for the club and for all of us who are part of this incredible team.

I have been at Celtic for over 11 years now, and I love playing for this club. Our women’s team has come a long way over the past few years and we’ve enjoyed previous trophy success in both the League Cup and the Scottish Cup, while also competing in the Champions League.

However, winning the league has always been the target, and it feels amazing to have managed to become the Scottish champions.

Last year, we experienced the heartache of coming so close to winning the title, only to lose it in the last few seconds of the season, but it’s credit to all of the players and the staff that we have been able to bounce back from that disappointment and come out on top this time around.

I know how hard all the girls work every day on the training ground in order for us to be the team we are, and our brilliant coaching staff, too. I want to thank them for everything they do for us.

This has also been a joint triumph in terms of our manager – Fran did a great job for us, not only in the first part of this season but throughout his time at the club, while Elena has been brilliant for the team since she came back in January and we’ve loved working with her to achieve our goals.

And I think it’s fitting that this league title – the first ever for the Celtic FC Women’s team – has been won here at Celtic Park.

This is a special stadium which has seen so many great moments over the years in the men’s game.

We’re writing our own history in the women’s game, and doing so at Celtic Park in front of our amazing supporters, who deserve just as much praise and credit for this achievement as anyone.

When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was play football, and I have been lucky enough to do that and play for this wonderful club.

If anyone had told me all those years ago that I would become the first captain to lift the league title for Celtic’s women’s team, I don’t think I would have believed them.

So it is a special moment for all of the team, but more than that, it is a special moment for the women’s game and for all the young girls who support Celtic, many of whom come along to all our games and give us brilliant support.

They can see what is possible and what can be achieved as a footballer, and hopefully some of them in the future will also get the chance to pull on the green and white Hoops and win more league titles for Celtic.

Kelly ClarkCaptainCeltic Football Club