UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Celtic Park - Glasgow Thursday 30 September 2021 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Celtic FC Group G - Matchday 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Last updated 22/09/2021 17:01CET
Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 9 Legend 11
1 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow
Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tierney 11, Édouard 08/11/2018 GS Celtic FC - RB Leipzig 2-1 Glasgow 79; Augustin 78 Matheus Cunha 31, 25/10/2018 GS RB Leipzig - Celtic FC 2-0 Leipzig Bruma 35
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers McGregor 74; Coman 31/10/2017 GS Celtic FC - FC Bayern München 1-2 Glasgow 22, Javi Martínez 77 Müller 17, Kimmich 18/10/2017 GS FC Bayern München - Celtic FC 3-0 Munich 29, Hummels 51
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - Stindl 32; Dembélé 01/11/2016 GS 1-1 Monchengladbach Celtic FC 76 (P) Celtic FC - VfL Borussia 19/10/2016 GS 0-2 Glasgow Stindl 57, Hahn 77 Mönchengladbach
UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/2009 GS Hamburger SV - Celtic FC 0-0 Hamburg 22/10/2009 GS Celtic FC - Hamburger SV 0-1 Glasgow Berg 63
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/2003 GS1 Celtic FC - FC Bayern München 0-0 Glasgow Makaay 73, 86; 17/09/2003 GS1 FC Bayern München - Celtic FC 2-1 Munich Thompson 57
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tiffert 39, Hleb 76, 3-2 27/02/2003 R4 VfB Stuttgart - Celtic FC Stuttgart Mutzel 88; Thompson agg: 4-5 9, Sutton 11 Lambert 36, Maloney 20/02/2003 R4 Celtic FC - VfB Stuttgart 3-1 Glasgow 44, St.Petrov 68; Kuranyi 27
2 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Bäron 24, 24/09/1996 R1 Hamburger SV - Celtic FC Hamburg agg: 4-0 Breitenreiter 50 10/09/1996 R1 Celtic FC - Hamburger SV 0-2 Glasgow Bäron 2, Schupp 70
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Creaney 13; 03/11/1992 R2 Celtic FC - Borussia Dortmund Glasgow agg: 1-3 Chapuisat 53, Zorc 57 20/10/1992 R2 Borussia Dortmund - Celtic FC 1-0 Dortmund Chapuisat 71 3-0 McStay 37, Collins 40, 30/09/1992 R1 Celtic FC - 1. FC Köln Glasgow agg: 3-2 81 Jensen 25, 15/09/1992 R1 1. FC Köln - Celtic FC 2-0 Cologne Ordenewitz 82
European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 08/11/1988 R2 SV Werder Bremen - Celtic FC Bremen agg: 1-0 26/10/1988 R2 Celtic FC - SV Werder Bremen 0-1 Glasgow Wolter 57
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 29/09/1987 R1 Borussia Dortmund - Celtic FC Dortmund Dickel 74, 86 agg: 3-2 Walker 4, Whyte 89; 15/09/1987 R1 Celtic FC - Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Glasgow Mill 64
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 17/03/1976 QF FSV Zwickau - Celtic FC Zwickau Blank 4 agg: 2-1 03/03/1976 QF Celtic FC - FSV Zwickau 1-1 Glasgow Dalglish 40; Blank 83
Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Rangers 1-0 06/08/2020 R16 Leverkusen Diaby 51 FC agg: 4-1 Edmundson 75; Rangers FC - Bayer 04 Havertz 37 (P), 12/03/2020 R16 1-3 Glasgow Leverkusen Aránguiz 67, Bailey 88
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rangers FC - Bayer 04 1-1 Johansson 56; Kirsten 05/11/1998 R2 Glasgow Leverkusen agg: 3-2 79
3 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow
UEFA Cup Reichenberger 90; Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Rangers 22/10/1998 R2 1-2 Leverkusen Van Bronckhorst 45, FC Johansson 63
Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Celtic FC 12 4 2 6 12 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 24 4 5 15 17 33 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 6 4
4 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Match background
Having finished on the wrong end of a seven-goal thriller on Matchday 1, Celtic will be hoping to give the Parkhead faithful something to celebrate as they host a Bayer Leverkusen side with fond memories of a recent UEFA Europa League visit to Glasgow. • Goals from Albian Ajeti, Josip Juranović and Anthony Ralston were insufficient to prevent Celtic from losing away to Real Betis on Group G's opening night, the Spanish side recovering from a 0-2 deficit to prevail 4-3. Leverkusen, in contrast, came from behind at home to Ferencváros to win 2-1 thanks to an equaliser from Exequiel Palacios and a 69th-minute winner from 18-year-old Florian Wirtz. Previous meetings • This is the clubs' first encounter in UEFA club competition. • Celtic are familiar with German opposition, though they have won just four of the 24 matches, losing 15. The victories have all come on home soil, including a 2-1 success against RB Leipzig in the most recent, on Matchday 4 of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League, which ended a run of three successive home defeats by Bundesliga sides. • Leverkusen's only four previous encounters with Scottish opposition have all been against Rangers, with a 3-1 win at Ibrox setting up a 4-1 aggregate triumph in the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League round of 16. Charles Aránguiz scored the German side's second in Glasgow, Moussa Diaby getting the only goal of the second leg at the BayArena. Form guide Celtic • Celtic missed out on an unprecedented tenth successive Scottish league title last season, finishing 25 points adrift of arch-rivals Rangers as Premiership runners-up. Their European campaign ended in the UEFA Europa League group stage, where they came bottom of a section including AC Milan, LOSC Lille and Sparta Praha. • This term, under new manager Ange Postecoglou, Celtic were unable to negotiate the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase for the fourth successive summer, losing after extra time to Midtjylland in the second qualifying round (1-1 h, 1-2 a), but subsequent UEFA Europa League qualifying victories over Jablonec (4-2 a, 3-0 h) and AZ Alkmaar (2-0 h, 1-2 a) put them into the competition's group stage for the eighth time. The Glasgow giants have made further progress in just three of the previous seven participations, once as group winners (2019/20). • Celtic lost two of their three UEFA Europa League group stage matches at Celtic Park last season, winning the other, to make their all-time home record in the competition proper W11 D4 L10. Leverkusen • Sixth place in the 2020/21 Bundesliga earned Leverkusen a fourth successive participation in the UEFA Europa League. They were quarter-finalists in 2019/20 – after finishing third in their UEFA Champions League group – and round of 32 fallers last season, succumbing to Swiss champions Young Boys (3-4 a, 0-2 h), whose coach Gerardo Seoane is now in charge at the BayArena. • This is the 1987/88 UEFA Cup winners' seventh appearance in the UEFA Europa League proper and fifth in the group stage – both German records. They have never failed to progress to the knockout phase, finishing top of the group in their two most recent participations, including last season when, under former coach Peter Bosz, they amassed 15 points and scored 21 goals – one shy of Napoli's competition record – in dominating a section that also featured Slavia Praha, Nice and Hapoel Beer-Sheva. • Leverkusen have won eight of their last 17 European away fixtures (D4 L5) and have an all-time away record in the UEFA Europa League group stage of W7 D2 L3, although they have lost once on the road in each of their last three group campaigns, most recently to Slavia Praha (0-1) in 2020/21. Links and trivia • Dutch right-back Jeremie Frimpong joined Leverkusen from Celtic in January. He made 51 appearances in all competitions for the Bhoys, scoring three goals, and was a domestic treble winner in 2019/20. • Swiss international Aleti and his Celtic team-mate Christopher Jullien have both played briefly in Germany, for Augsburg and Freiburg respectively. • Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick scored both goals, one of them spectacularly from the halfway line, as the Czech Republic defeated Scotland 2-0 in their UEFA EURO 2020 opener at Hampden Park on 14 June this year. Celtic duo Callum McGregor and James Forrest were second-half substitutes for Scotland. • Vassilis Barkas and Georgios Giakoumakis of Celtic are Greek national team-mates of Leverkusen defender Panagiotis Retsos. • Celtic are one of four former European Cup/UEFA Champions League winners competing in this season's UEFA
5 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow
Europa League group stage – together with PSV Eindhoven (Group B), Marseille (E) and Crvena zvezda (F). • While there are no former UEFA Europa League winners in this season's group stage, Leverkusen are one of five clubs involved that have lifted the trophy in its former guise as the UEFA Cup; PSV (Group B), Napoli (C), Eintracht Frankfurt (D) and Galatasaray (E) are the others.
6 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Team facts
Celtic FC Formed: 1888 Nickname: The Hoops, The Bhoys UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (1): 1967, (1970) • UEFA Cup: (2003) • European/South American Cup: (1967) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 51 (2020) Scottish Cup: 39 (2019) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2020/21: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League second qualifying round) 2019/20: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2018/19: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2017/18: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2016/17: UEFA Champions League group stage 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011/12: group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Celtic v KPV Kokkola 16/09/70, European Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Waterford United v Celtic 21/10/70, European Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain 12/09/17, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Barcelona v Celtic 13/09/16, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 8-1: Celtic v Sūduva 19/09/02, first round first leg 7-0: Celtic v Jeunesse Esch 24/08/00, qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Cwmbran Town v Celtic 12/08/99, qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Celtic v Sparta Praha 05/11/20, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Neuchâtel Xamax v Celtic 22/10/91, second round first leg 4-0: Utrecht v Celtic 26/08/10, play-off second leg
7 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Formed: 1904 Nickname: Werkself (Works XI) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Champions League: (2002) • UEFA Cup (1): 1988 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) German Cup: 1 (1993) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2020/21: round of 32 2019/20: quarter-finals 2018/19: round of 32 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2015/16: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2014/15: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: round of 32 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Leverkusen v Dinamo Tbilisi 13/08/97, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg 5-0 twice, most recently v Baník Ostrava 11/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: Tervis Pärnu v Leverkusen 08/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage 0-5: Zürich v Leverkusen 19/12/07, UEFA Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Leverkusen v Manchester United 27/11/13, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Barcelona v Leverkusen 07/03/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Leverkusen v Kispest Honvéd 01/11/94, second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Zürich v Leverkusen (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Leverkusen v Zenit 03/04/08, quarter-final first leg 0-3: Leverkusen v Osasuna 05/04/07, quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0 three times, most recently v Parma 18/04/95, semi-final second leg
8 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Match-by-match lineups Celtic FC
UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round (20/07/2021) Celtic FC 1-1 FC Midtjylland Goals: 1-0 Abada 39, 1-1 Evander 66 Celtic FC: Barkas, Taylor, Bitton, Abada (45 Murray), Soro, Turnbull (78 Rogić), Christie, Édouard (77 Al. Ajeti), McGregor, Ralston, Welsh (28/07/2021) FC Midtjylland 2-1 Celtic FC (agg: 3-2) Goals: 0-1 McGregor 48, 1-1 Mabil 61, 2-1 Nwadike 94 ET Celtic FC: Bain, Taylor (106 Montgomery), Abada (59 Forrest), Soro (98 Rogić), Turnbull (106 Al. Ajeti), Christie, Édouard, McGregor, Murray, Ralston, Welsh
UEFA Europa League - Third qualifying round (05/08/2021) FK Jablonec 2-4 Celtic FC Goals: 0-1 Abada 12, 0-2 Furuhashi 16, 1-2 Pilař 17, 1-3 Forrest 64, 2-3 Bitton 85 (og) , 2-4 Christie 90 Celtic FC: Hart, Taylor, Starfelt, Bitton, Furuhashi (65 Édouard), Abada (65 Rogić), Soro, Turnbull (65 Christie), McGregor, Forrest, Ralston (12/08/2021) Celtic FC 3-0 FK Jablonec (agg: 7-2) Goals: 1-0 Turnbull 26, 2-0 Turnbull 62, 3-0 Forrest 70 Celtic FC: Hart, Taylor, Starfelt, Furuhashi (65 Édouard), Turnbull (74 Al. Ajeti), Christie (74 Montgomery), Rogić (74 Soro), McGregor (83 Bitton), Forrest, Ralston, Welsh
Play-off (18/08/2021) Celtic FC 2-0 AZ Alkmaar Goals: 1-0 Furuhashi 11, 2-0 Letschert 61 (og) Celtic FC: Hart, Taylor, Starfelt, Furuhashi (75 Montgomery), Abada (58 Édouard), Turnbull (88 Soro), Rogić (75 McCarthy), McGregor, Forrest, Ralston, Welsh (26/08/2021) AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Celtic FC (agg: 2-3) Goals: 0-1 Furuhashi 3, 1-1 Aboukhlal 6, 2-1 Starfelt 26 (og) Celtic FC: Hart, Taylor (24 Montgomery), Starfelt, Furuhashi (86 Soro), Abada, Turnbull, Christie, Rogić (60 Édouard), McGregor, Ralston, Welsh
Group stage Group G Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Real Betis Balompié 1 1 0 0 4 3 3 Celtic FC 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 Ferencvárosi TC 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
Matchday 1 (16/09/2021) Real Betis Balompié 4-3 Celtic FC Goals: 0-1 Al. Ajeti 15, 0-2 Juranović 27 (P) , 1-2 Miranda 32, 2-2 Juanmi 35, 3-2 Borja Iglesias 51, 4-2 Juanmi 53, 4- 3 Ralston 87 Celtic FC: Hart, Starfelt, Al. Ajeti, Soro (56 McCarthy), Turnbull, Jota, Rogić, Carter-Vickers, Montgomery, Ralston, Juranović
9 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow
Matchday 2 (30/09/2021) Celtic FC-Bayer 04 Leverkusen Matchday 3 (19/10/2021) Celtic FC-Ferencvárosi TC Matchday 4 (04/11/2021) Ferencvárosi TC-Celtic FC Matchday 5 (25/11/2021) Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Celtic FC Matchday 6 (09/12/2021) Celtic FC-Real Betis Balompié Bayer 04 Leverkusen
UEFA Europa League - Group stage Matchday 1 (16/09/2021) Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 Ferencvárosi TC Goals: 0-1 R. Mmaee 8, 1-1 Palacios 37, 2-1 Wirtz 69 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Hradecky, Tah, Kossounou, Demirbay, Alario (66 Schick), Diaby, Sinkgraven (66 Hincapie), Palacios (50 Aránguiz), Wirtz (81 Amiri), Frimpong, Adil (66 Bellarabi) Matchday 2 (30/09/2021) Celtic FC-Bayer 04 Leverkusen Matchday 3 (21/10/2021) Real Betis Balompié-Bayer 04 Leverkusen Matchday 4 (04/11/2021) Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Real Betis Balompié Matchday 5 (25/11/2021) Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Celtic FC Matchday 6 (09/12/2021) Ferencvárosi TC-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
10 Celtic FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Legend Competitions
Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.
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