Lisbon Lions
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The Lisbon Lions is the nickname given to the Glasgow Celtic team that won the European Cup at the Estadio Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal on May 25, 1967, defeating Inter Milan 2-1. All the members of this team were born within 25 miles of Glasgow, Scotland, making Celtic one of the few teams in European football history to have won a major championship with all-local players. Celtic were the first British team to win the European Cup and are still the only Scottish team ever to have done so.
There were attempts by English media to appropriate the nickname for the England national team in the Euro 2004 finals.
The Roster
- Ronnie Simpson (Goalkeeper)
- Jim Craig (Left back)
- Tommy Gemmell (Right back)
- John Clark (Left half)
- Billy McNeill (Captain, Centre half)
- Bobby Murdoch (Right half)
- Bobby Lennox (Outside left)
- Bertie Auld (Inside left)
- William Wallace (Inside right)
- Jimmy Johnstone (Outside right)
- Steve Chalmers (Centre forward)
- Jock Stein (Manager)