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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Celtic Park - Glasgow Wednesday 16 August 2017 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Celtic FC Play-off, First leg FC Astana Last updated 06/12/2017 17:10CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Match officials 7 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Team facts 13 Legend 15 1 Celtic FC - FC Astana Wednesday 16 August 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Griffiths 45+2 (P), 2-1 03/08/2016 QR3 Celtic FC - FC Astana Glasgow Dembélé 90+2 (P); agg: 3-2 Ibraimi 62 Logvinenko 19; 27/07/2016 QR3 FC Astana - Celtic FC 1-1 Astana Griffiths 78 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Celtic FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 FC Astana 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Commons 45+1, Celtic FC - FC Shakhter 3-0 28/08/2013 PO Glasgow Samaras 48, Forrest Karagandy agg: 3-2 90+2 FC Shakhter Karagandy - Celtic Finonchenko 12, 20/08/2013 PO 2-0 Astana FC Khizhnichenko 77 FC Astana - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Astana have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Celtic FC 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 6 4 FC Astana 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 Celtic FC - FC Astana Wednesday 16 August 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Match background Celtic FC and FC Astana need no introduction after being paired together in the UEFA Champions League for the second time in as many seasons. Previous meetings • Celtic prevailed when the teams met in last season's third qualifying round. A 1-1 draw in Kazakhstan was followed by a 2-1 success for the Scottish club in Glasgow; Leigh Griffiths scored in both matches, with Moussa Dembélé's 90th-minute penalty in the second leg proving decisive. Yuri Logvinenko registered Astana's first-leg goal. • The line-ups for the second leg in Glasgow on 3 August 2016 were: Celtic: Gordon, Brown, Griffiths, Armstrong (Touré 61), Janko, Lustig, Roberts (Johansen 31), O’Connell, McGregor, Forrest (Dembélé 75), Tierney. Astana: Erić, Aničić, Muzhikov (Despotović 90+3), Nurgaliyev (Ibraimi 57), Shitov, Beysebekov, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Kabananga, Shomko, Cañas. • Celtic also came out on top in their only other tie against opposition from Kazakhstan, turning around a 2-0 first-leg loss at FC Shakhter Karagandy in the 2013/14 play-offs with a 3-0 second-leg win at home. • The 2016/17 meeting was Astana's sole tie against a club from Scotland. Match background • Celtic are yet to concede in this season's competition, overcoming Linfield FC in the second qualifying round (2-0 away, 4-0 home) and Rosenborg BK in the third qualifying round (0-0 home, 1-0 away). • Celtic's record in six UEFA Champions League play-offs is W3 L3. The victories were against Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (2016/17), Shakhtar Karagandy (2013/14) and Helsingborgs IF (2012/13); the defeats came against Malmö FF (2015/16), NK Maribor (2014/15) and Arsenal FC (2009/10). • Celtic are looking to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for a tenth time; 12 months ago they beat Hapoel 5-4 on aggregate at this stage (5-2 home, 0-2 away) but could only finish fourth in their section. • Qualifying included, Brendan Rodgers' side have lost only one of their last seven European games (W3 D3), going down 2-0 at home to FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 23 November 2016. • Celtic have won just one of their last five European home matches (D2 L2). • Astana got this far with a 3-2 aggregate success over Legia Warszawa in the third qualifying round (3-1 home, 0-1 away) • This is Astana's third UEFA Champions League campaign. They went all the way from the second qualifying round to the group stage on their debut in 2015/16; last term they were knocked out 3-2 on aggregate by Celtic in the third qualifying round. • Astana went on to reach the UEFA Europa League group stage last season, coming fourth in their section. • The 1-0 victory at FK Spartaks Jūrmala in the second qualifying round first leg was Astana's first away win in the UEFA Champions League at the ninth attempt; their previous record was D4 L4. • That result at Spartaks Jūrmala ended a run of 13 UEFA away fixtures (D5 L8) without a victory for Astana, since a 3-0 triumph at AIK Solna in an August 2014 UEFA Europa League qualifier. Team and coach links • Aleksandr Mokin and Sergei Maliy featured in both legs for Shakhter Karagandy against Celtic in August 2013. Neither player faced Celtic last summer. Coach profiles • Northern Irish manager Rodgers led Celtic to their sixth successive Scottish Premier League title last term, his first campaign in charge, as well as the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. The Hoops went through the domestic season unbeaten. • Former Bulgaria midfielder Stanimir Stoilov has won three league titles since coming to Kazakhstan in 2014, as well as steering Astana into the 2016/16 UEFA Champions League group stage – a phase he had earlier graced as coach of PFC Levski Sofia. 3 Celtic FC - FC Astana Wednesday 16 August 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Squad list Celtic FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Craig Gordon SCO 31/12/1982 34 - 4 - - - 2 - 5 - 51 - 24 Dorus de Vries NED 29/12/1980 36 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 45 Ross Doohan SCO 29/03/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 65 Conor Hazard NIR 05/03/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 5 Jozo Šimunović CRO 04/08/1994 23 - 4 - - - 2 - 2 - 28 - 12 Cristian Gamboa CRC 24/10/1989 27 - - - - - - - 2 - 13 - 20 Dedryck Boyata BEL 28/11/1990 26 - - - - - - - - - 21 3 23 Mikael Lustig SWE 13/12/1986 30 - 4 - - - 2 - 19 - 84 6 28 Erik Sviatchenko DEN 04/10/1991 25 - 2 - - - - - 6 - 26 1 47 Wallace Duffy SCO 12/04/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Jamie McCart SCO 20/06/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Kerr McInroy SCO 31/08/2000 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 56 Anthony Ralston SCO 16/11/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Stephen Welsh SCO 19/01/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Kieran Tierney SCO 05/06/1997 20 - 4 - - - 2 - 3 - 17 - 71 Lewis Bell SCO 29/04/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Nir Bitton ISR 30/10/1991 25 - 1 - - - 2 - 7 - 28 3 8 Scott Brown SCO 25/06/1985 32 - 4 - - - 2 - 28 - 85 3 11 Scott Sinclair ENG 25/03/1989 28 - 4 2 - - 2 1 6 - 12 2 14 Stuart Armstrong SCO 30/03/1992 25 - 4 1 - - 2 - 5 - 27 2 18 Tom Rogic AUS 16/12/1992 24 - 4 2 - - 2 - 6 - 21 3 21 Olivier Ntcham FRA 09/02/1996 21 - 2 - - - 2 1 - - 2 - 26 Kundai Benyu ENG 12/12/1997 19 - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - 35 Kristoffer Ajer NOR 17/04/1998 19 - 1 - - - - - - - 2 - 40 Aidan Nesbitt SCO 05/02/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Callum McGregor SCO 14/06/1993 24 - 2 - - - 2 1 4 - 24 4 49 James Forrest SCO 07/07/1991 26 - 4 1 - - 2 - 14 1 58 4 51 Joseph Thomson SCO 14/01/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Liam Henderson SCO 25/04/1996 21 - - - - - - - 1 - 4 - 60 Ross McLaughlin SCO 22/06/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Regan Hendry SCO 21/01/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Kouassi Eboué CIV 13/12/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - 9 1 Forwards 9 Leigh Griffiths SCO 20/08/1990 26 - 2 - - - 2 2 3 - 31 9 10 Moussa Dembélé FRA 12/07/1996 21 - 2 - - - - - 6 3 14 5 15 Jonny Hayes IRL 09/07/1987 30 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 21 3 59 Calvin Miller SCO 09/01/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Celtic FC - FC Astana Wednesday 16 August 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 61 Mark Hill SCO 10/07/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Broque Watson SCO 05/02/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 73 Michael Johnston SCO 19/04/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 76 Jack Aitchison SCO 05/03/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Brendan Rodgers NIR 26/01/1973 44 - 4 - - - - - 12 - 38 - 5 Celtic FC - FC Astana Wednesday 16 August 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow FC Astana Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Nenad Erić KAZ 26/05/1982 35 - - - - - 4 - 6 - 32 - 35 Aleksandr Mokin KAZ 19/06/1981 36 - 4 - - - 20 - - - 27 - 90 Vladislav Saenko KAZ 04/06/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 94 Abylaikhan Duisen KAZ 03/06/1994 23 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Igor Shitov BLR 24/10/1986 30 - 4 - - - 18 - - - 30 - 5 Marin Aničić BIH 17/08/1989 27 - 4 - - - 17 - 5 1 41 4 15 Abzal Beysebekov KAZ 30/11/1992 24 - 3 - - - 18 - 3 - 32 1 21 Berik Shaikhov KAZ 20/02/1994 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Sergei Maliy KAZ 05/06/1990 27 - - - - - - - - - 27 1 27 Yuri Logvinenko KAZ 22/07/1988 29 - 4 - - - 20 3 - - 44 1 33 Alim Ilyassov KAZ 22/04/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 44 Evgeni Postnikov KAZ 16/04/1986 31 - 3 - - - 19 - 6 - 32 1 47 Dauren Iskakov KAZ 25/04/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Adilzhan Dyussembayev KAZ 24/02/2001 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Dmitri Shomko KAZ 19/03/1990 27 - 4 - - - 23 - 5 - 38 4 79 Asanali Murzabek KAZ 14/02/2001 16 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 László Kleinheisler HUN 08/04/1994 23 - 4 - - - 4 - - - 6 - 7 Serikzhan Muzhikov KAZ 17/06/1989 28 - 4 - - - 22 4 5 - 31 1 8 Srdjan Grahovac BIH 19/09/1992 24 - 4 - - - 20 6 -