Editing Stanislav Varga (section)

===Celtic===
Less than a month later, [[Martin O'Neill]] snapped up the defender on a short-term deal. Despite only making one appearance for [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in that time, Varga was rewarded with a two-year contract in July 2003. An ever-present in the side during the 2003–04 campaign, he helped his new teammates to domestic glory, winning the domestic double of [[Scottish Premier League]] and [[Scottish Cup]]. In the league, Varga helped Celtic concede only 25 goals, which allowed the club to set a new league record of 25 straight wins (32 games unbeaten from the start of the season) and 77 home league games without defeat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Philip |first=Calum |date=2004-04-21 |title=Zdrilic strike ends Celtic's run |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/zdrilic-strike-ends-celtic-s-run-57115.html |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> He also contributed 7 goals in all competitions.

Successive titles evaded Celtic in the [[2004–05 Celtic F.C. season|2004–05 season]] as they threw away the SPL title on the final day of the season, but they did manage to take consolation in the [[2005 Scottish Cup final|Scottish Cup final]], beating [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] 1–0, with [[Alan Thompson (footballer born 1973)|Alan Thompson]] scoring the only goal of the game after 8 minutes from a free-kick.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glenn |first=Patrick |date=2005-05-29 |title=Thompson lifts the Cup and the gloom |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/may/29/match.celtic |access-date=2023-07-02 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Throughout this season Varga proved to be a rock in the Celtic defence. He even got up-field to score six times, including one in Celtic's 3–1 defeat to [[A.C. Milan]] in the [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage.<ref>{{cite news |last=Glendenning |first=Barry |date=2004-09-29 |title=AC Milan 3 - 1 Celtic |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/sep/29/minutebyminute.sport |access-date=2023-07-02 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> During this time he, like [[Stilian Petrov]] before him, had his name abbreviated by the Celtic following, Stanislav would now simply be known as "Stan" Varga to the Hoops supporters and Scottish media.

After the [[2005–06 Celtic F.C. season|2005–06 season]], Varga agreed a new one-year contract at Parkhead. "Stan has signed his new deal at Celtic," his agent Tony McGill told [[Sky Sports]]. "Stan is pleased to stay as he did not want to go anywhere else and he has signed a one-year deal."<ref>{{cite news |title=Varga signs Celtic deal |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2385144/varga-signs-celtic-deal |access-date=2023-07-02 |last=O'Rourke |first=Peter |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref>