UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Constant Vanden Stock Stadium - Brussels Wednesday 27 September 2017 RSC Anderlecht 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Celtic FC Group B - Matchday 2 Last updated 06/12/2017 17:39CET

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 18 Legend 20

1 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Larsson 12, Miller 17, 05/11/2003 GS1 Celtic FC - RSC Anderlecht 3-1 Sutton 29; Dindane 77 21/10/2003 GS1 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC 1-0 Brussels Dindane 72

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RSC Anderlecht 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 Celtic FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 RSC Anderlecht - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 29/09/1992 R1 RSC Anderlecht - Hibernian FC Brussels Nilis 4; Jackson 14 agg: 3-3 ag Beaumont 5, Evans 15/09/1992 R1 Hibernian FC - RSC Anderlecht 2-2 Edinburgh 82; Degryse 40 (P), Van Vossen 68

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - Dundee United 1-1 02/10/1979 R1 Brussels Nielsen 25; Kopel 80 FC agg: 1-1 ag Dundee United FC - RSC 19/09/1979 R1 0-0 Dundee Anderlecht

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Cousin 79, Smith 83; 13/03/1963 QF Dundee FC - RSC Anderlecht Dundee agg: 6-2 Stockman 28 Lippens 36 (P); 06/03/1963 QF RSC Anderlecht - Dundee FC 1-4 Brussels Gilzean 1, 18, Cousin 47, Smith 71

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 Matthew 67, McMillan 23/09/1959 PR RSC Anderlecht - Rangers FC Brussels agg: 2-7 72 Millar 1, Scott 2, Matthew 48, Baird 65, 16/09/1959 PR Rangers FC - RSC Anderlecht 5-2 Glasgow 73 (P); Stockman 52, Dewael 64

Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country

2 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Schmoller 41; 01/10/1991 R1 K. Beerschot AC - Celtic FC Ekeren agg: 1-3 Gillespie 10 18/09/1991 R1 Celtic FC - K. Beerschot AC 2-0 Glasgow Nicholas 15 (P), 39

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 McGarvey 40, McClair 03/10/1984 R1 Celtic FC - KAA Gent Glasgow agg: 3-1 61, McAdam 88 19/09/1984 R1 KAA Gent - Celtic FC 1-0 Ghent Cordiez 75

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RSC Anderlecht 5 1 2 2 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 5 10 20 Celtic FC 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 2 9 4

3 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match background

RSC Anderlecht and Celtic FC both need to get their UEFA Champions League campaigns back on track as they come head to head on matchday two – their first meeting since 2003/04. • Group B opened with a defeat for both teams, Anderlecht going down 3-0 in Germany to FC Bayern München and Celtic suffering a record European home loss as they were dismantled 5-0 by Paris Saint-Germain. • Anderlecht parted company with coach René Weiler on 18 September. Previous meetings • The clubs' only past contests came in the 2003/04 group stage, when each won their home game although neither side was able to progress from Group A. • The first match in Belgium finished 1-0 to Anderlecht, scoring 18 minutes from time for Les Mauves, who played 64 minutes with ten men after captain Glen De Boeck collected a second yellow card in the 26th minute. That is Anderlecht's only win against Scottish opponents from ten attempts. • The line-ups at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium on 21 October 2003 were: Anderlecht: Zítka, Deschacht, Kompany, De Boeck, Żewłakow, Baseggio, Kolář (Tihinen 90+1), Hasi, Wilhelmsson (Hendrikx 88), Mornar, Dindane. Celtic: Hedman, Agathe, Baldé, Varga, McNamara (Valgaeren 46), Thompson, Lennon (Miller 80), Petrov, Larsson, Sutton, Hartson. • Dindane was on target again at Celtic Park, striking in the 77th minute, but by then the hosts led 3-0 through goals from Henrik Larsson (12), Liam Miller (17) and Chris Sutton (29). That 3-1 victory proved crucial as Celtic edged out Anderlecht for third place in the section on head-to-head record after the duo ended level on seven points. • Olivier Deschacht played in both games and is still in the Anderlecht squad. Match background Anderlecht • Anderlecht are appearing in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 12th time in total. They qualified automatically after landing a 34th Belgian title last term. • The Belgian champions have lost only one of their last seven home matches in European competition (W5 D1), going down 3-2 against AS Saint-Étienne on matchday six of last season's UEFA Europa League. However, they have won just one of their last seven home games in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, although that 2-0 success over Galatasaray AŞ in November 2014, their last fixture in the competition in Brussels, did end a six-match home losing run. • In 2016/17, Anderlecht crashed out to FC Rostov in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Moving into the UEFA Europa League, they went all the way to the last eight – their first European quarter-final since losing to FC Internazionale Milano in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup – eventually bowing out to Manchester United FC (1-1 home, 1-2 away aet). • Anderlecht have not faced Scottish opposition other than Celtic in 25 years, beating Hibernian FC on away goals in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup first round (2-2 away, 1-1 home). • Anderlecht's overall record against Scottish sides is W1 D4 L5; at home it is W1 D2 L2. The Belgian team lost their first two home games against clubs from Scotland, but drew the next two before getting their sole win against Celtic in 2003. Celtic • The Glasgow club's other encounters with Belgian opponents came in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup first round, when they beat KFC Germinal Beerschot 3-1 on aggregate (2-0 home, 1-1 away); and against KAA Gent in the first round of the 1984/85 European Cup Winners' Cup, a tie that produced the same aggregate score (0-1 away, 3-0 home). • Celtic's record in Belgium is therefore W0 D1 L2; they have won all three home matches. • Celtic started this season in the second qualifying round, beating Linfield FC (2-0 away, 4-0 home) and then Rosenborg BK in the third qualifying round (0-0 home, 1-0 away). They posted a fifth straight clean sheet with a 5-0 win against FC Astana in the home first leg of their play-off, advancing despite a 4-3 loss in Kazakhstan which ended a four-game (W2 D2) unbeaten away record in Europe. • The victory at Linfield broke Celtic's 11-match sequence without an away win in Europe (D6 L5). • Scottish champions for a sixth consecutive campaign in 2016/17 – when they went through their domestic season unbeaten – Celtic are in the group stage for the tenth time.

4 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels • The Hoops have not won any of their last 16 European group stage fixtures in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League (D7 L9). • In 2016/17 Celtic came fourth in their section, taking three points from six games. They suffered a record 7-0 loss at FC Barcelona but drew 1-1 at both VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach and Manchester City FC. • Celtic's last victory in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, was a 2-1 home success against AFC Ajax on 22 October 2013. Their record since is D3 L7. Coach and player links • Boyata grew up in Brussels and was at FC Brussels from the age of 13 to 16 before joining Manchester City in 2006. • Matz Sels, Leander Dendoncker and Boyata are international team-mates with Belgium. • Andy Najar's Honduras earned a 1-1 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw against a Costa Rica side including Cristian Gamboa on 28 March 2017. Match facts Anderlecht • Sven Kums serves a one-game ban following his red card against Bayern. • Weiler – who guided Anderlecht to the 2016/17 Eerste Klasse title – left his role on 18 September, two days after a 2-2 draw at KV Kortrijk. • In their first match under the interim control of Nicolás Frutos, David Sesa and Thomas Binggeli, Anderlecht triumphed 1-0 at KVC Westerlo in the Belgian Cup round of 32 on 20 September. • Having won only two of their seven previous league games this season, Les Mauves et Blanc were 2-1 victors at Waasland-Beveren on Saturday. • Henry Onyekuru has scored in three of Anderlecht's last five matches, four goals in total. • Josué Sá, signed late in the summer transfer window from Vitória SC, made his Anderlecht debut against Westerlo. Celtic • Following Saturday's 2-0 win at Rangers FC, Celtic are unbeaten in 57 domestic matches – the Hoops' last league defeat coming against Saint Johnstone FC in their penultimate fixture of 2015/16. • ' side booked their place in the semi-finals with a 4-0 victory at Dundee FC on 20 September, James Forrest scoring twice. • Celtic will play Hibernian FC, managed by former Hoops midfielder and boss , in the last four on 21/22 October. The Hibs squad also features erstwhile Celtic players Anthony Stokes, Efe Ambrose and Dylan McGeouch. • Moussa Dembélé marked his return from a hamstring injury with a goal in Celtic's 4-0 win against Ross County FC on 16 September. It was his first outing since the visit of Linfield in mid-July. • Boyata played 66 minutes against Dundee as he made his first competitive appearance of the campaign after recovering from a knee injury sustained in early July. • Erik Sviatchenko and Koussi Eboué are still recovering from respective knee and ankle injuries.

5 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Squad list

RSC Anderlecht 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 Matz Sels BEL 26/02/1992 25 - - - 1 - 6 - 9 - 9 - 23 Frank Boeckx BEL 27/09/1986 31 - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - 30 Boy de Jong NED 10/04/1994 23 ------Defenders 2 Josué Sá POR 17/06/1992 25 ------3 Olivier Deschacht BEL 16/02/1981 36 - - - 1 - 3 - 37 - 98 - 4 Serigne Mbodji SEN 22/11/1989 27 - - - - - 5 - - - 33 4 5 Uroš Spajić SRB 13/02/1993 24 - - - 1 - 8 1 1 - 11 - 12 Dennis Appiah FRA 09/06/1992 25 - - - 1 - 6 - 1 - 8 - 37 Ivan Obradović SRB 25/07/1988 29 - - - - - 7 - - - 23 - 41 Emmanuel Adjey Sowah GHA 16/01/1998 19 - - - - - 1 - - - 5 - 44 Hannes Delcroix BEL 28/02/1999 18 ------Midfielders 7 Andy Najar HON 16/03/1993 24 - - - 1 - 1 - 7 1 23 2 8 Pieter Gerkens BEL 17/02/1995 22 - - - - - 3 - - - 2 - 10 Nicolae Stanciu ROU 07/05/1993 24 - - - 1 - 6 1 7 - 46 12 20 Sven Kums BEL 26/02/1988 29 S - - 1 - 5 - 9 2 22 2 25 FRA 03/03/1991 26 - - - 1 - 7 - 1 - 17 1 32 Leander Dendoncker BEL 15/04/1995 22 - - - 1 - 7 - 5 - 29 1 94 Sofiane Hanni ALG 29/12/1990 26 - - - 1 - 8 1 1 - 16 3 Forwards 9 Henry Onyekuru NGA 05/06/1997 20 - - - 1 - 7 3 1 - 1 - 11 Alexandru Chipciu ROU 18/05/1989 28 - - - 1 - 7 - 4 - 48 5 17 Massimo Bruno BEL 17/09/1993 24 - - - - - 6 1 8 1 29 4 36 Robert Berić SVN 17/06/1991 26 - - - - - 2 - - - 44 14 91 Łukasz Teodorczyk POL 03/06/1991 26 - - - 1 - 7 2 5 - 30 13 99 Hamdi Harbaoui TUN 05/01/1985 32 - - - 1 - 4 1 1 - 5 1 Coach - Nicolas Frutos ARG 10/05/1981 36 ------

6 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

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 - 6 - 1 - 7 - 6 - 54 - 24 Dorus de Vries NED 29/12/1980 36 ------1 - 1 - 65 NIR 05/03/1998 19 ------Defenders 5 Jozo Šimunović BIH 04/08/1994 23 - 5 - 1 - 5 - 3 - 30 - 12 Cristian Gamboa CRC 24/10/1989 27 ------2 - 13 - 20 Dedryck Boyata BEL 28/11/1990 26 - - - - - 1 - - - 21 3 23 Mikael Lustig SWE 13/12/1986 30 - 6 - 1 - 6 - 20 - 87 6 28 Erik Sviatchenko DEN 04/10/1991 25 - 2 - - - - - 6 - 26 1 35 NOR 17/04/1998 19 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 3 - 47 Wallace Duffy SCO 12/04/1999 18 ------50 Jamie McCart SCO 20/06/1997 20 ------55 Kerr McInroy SCO 31/08/2000 17 ------56 Anthony Ralston SCO 16/11/1998 18 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 57 SCO 19/01/2000 17 ------63 SCO 05/06/1997 20 - 6 - 1 - 6 - 4 - 20 - 71 Lewis Bell SCO 29/04/1999 18 ------Midfielders 6 ISR 30/10/1991 25 - 3 - - - 6 - 7 - 30 3 7 Patrick Roberts ENG 05/02/1997 20 - - - 1 - 2 - 7 1 10 2 8 Scott Brown SCO 25/06/1985 32 - 6 - 1 - 7 - 29 - 88 3 11 Scott Sinclair ENG 25/03/1989 28 - 6 5 1 - 6 3 7 - 15 5 14 Stuart Armstrong SCO 30/03/1992 25 - 6 1 1 - 7 1 6 - 30 2 18 AUS 16/12/1992 24 - 6 2 1 - 6 2 7 - 24 3 21 FRA 09/02/1996 21 - 4 1 1 - 4 1 1 - 5 1 26 Kundai Benyu ENG 12/12/1997 19 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - 42 Callum McGregor SCO 14/06/1993 24 - 4 - - - 7 3 4 - 26 4 49 James Forrest SCO 07/07/1991 26 - 6 2 1 - 7 3 15 1 61 5 53 Liam Henderson SCO 25/04/1996 21 ------1 - 4 - 60 Ross McLaughlin SCO 22/06/1999 18 ------61 Mark Hill SCO 10/07/1998 19 ------64 Regan Hendry SCO 21/01/1998 19 ------88 Kouassi Eboué CIV 13/12/1997 19 ------9 1 Forwards 9 SCO 20/08/1990 27 - 4 1 1 - 6 3 4 - 34 10 10 Moussa Dembélé FRA 12/07/1996 21 - 2 - - - 2 1 6 3 14 5 15 IRL 09/07/1987 30 - 4 - - - 5 - - - 21 3 22 Odsonne Edouard FRA 16/01/1998 19 - - - 1 - 2 1 1 - 1 - 59 Calvin Miller SCO 09/01/1998 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 70 Broque Watson SCO 05/02/1999 18 ------73 Michael Johnston SCO 19/04/1999 18 ------

7 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Celtic FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 76 Jack Aitchison SCO 05/03/2000 17 ------Coach - Brendan Rodgers NIR 26/01/1973 44 - 6 - 1 - - - 13 - 41 -

8 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Head coach Brendan Rodgers Date of birth: 26 January 1973 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Ballymena United FC, Reading FC Coaching career: Watford FC, Reading FC, Swansea City AFC, Liverpool FC, Celtic FC • Began his career as a defender with Ballymena in his native Northern Ireland before moving to English club Reading at the age of 18. Troubled by persistent injuries, he was forced to give up playing aged 20 having never made a senior appearance for the Royals. • Became academy boss at Reading in 1995, spending nine years in the role. His talents were spotted by José Mourinho and Rodgers was given a leading role in the Chelsea FC youth system in 2004, stepping up to reserve team manager in 2006. • Left Chelsea for his first managerial post at second-tier Watford in November 2008 and guided the Hornets to a 13th- place finish. Returned to Reading in the summer of 2009 but only remained until December despite a promising start to the season. • Stayed in the second division when appointed Swansea manager in July 2010 and guided the club into the via the end-of-season play-offs. Enhanced his repuation as he led the Welsh outfit to an 11th-place finish in their first top-flight campaign since 1982/83. • Left Swansea for Liverpool in June 2012, steering the Reds to seventh in the Premier League in his first term and into the UEFA Europa League round of 32. Oversaw an 11-game winning streak in the second half of the 2013/14 season that almost brought Liverpool's first league title since 1990, but lost out to Manchester City FC. Rodgers was dismissed in October 2015, resurfacing at Celtic the following summer, and proved an instant hit in Scotland, winning the treble in his first season which ended with Celtic going through the entire domestic campaign undefeated.

9 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match officials

Referee Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP) Assistant referees Juan Yuste (ESP) , Angel Nevado Rodriguez (ESP) Additional assistant referees Javier Estrada (ESP) , Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP) Fourth official Roberto Alonso (ESP) UEFA Delegate Ghenadie Scurtul (MDA) UEFA Referee observer Itchko Lozev (BUL)

Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Jesús Gil Manzano 04/02/1984 1 20

Jesús Gil Manzano Referee since: 1995 First division: 2012 FIFA badge: 2014

Tournaments: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Finals N/A

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 24/05/2014 U19 ELITE Ukraine Scotland 0-0 Burton-on-Trent 20/10/2016 UEL GS 1. FSV Mainz 05 RSC Anderlecht 1-1 Mainz 24/08/2017 UEL PO AEK Athens FC Club Brugge 3-0 Athens

10 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Fixtures and results

RSC Anderlecht Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 28/07/2017 League Royal Antwerp (A) D 0-0 28/07/2017 League Royal Antwerp (A) D 0-0 06/08/2017 League KV Oostende (H) W 1-0 Hanni 77 13/08/2017 League R. Charleroi SC (A) L 0-2 20/08/2017 League K. Sint-Truidense VV (H) L 2-3 Bruno 18, Teodorczyk 87 27/08/2017 League KAA Gent (A) D 0-0 08/09/2017 League KSC Lokeren OV (H) W 3-2 Onyekuru 3, 77, Teodorczyk 90 12/09/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (A) L 0-3 16/09/2017 League KV Kortrijk (A) D 2-2 Harbaoui 23, Onyekuru 76 20/09/2017 Cup KVC Westerlo (A) W 1-0 Onyekuru 66 23/09/2017 League Waasland-Beveren (A) W 2-1 Stanciu 75, Spajić 81 27/09/2017 UCL Celtic FC (H) 01/10/2017 League R. Standard de Liège (H) 13/10/2017 League KV Mechelen (A) 18/10/2017 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (H) 22/10/2017 League KRC Genk (H) 25/10/2017 League SV Zulte Waregem (H) 29/10/2017 League KAS Eupen (A) 31/10/2017 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (A) 04/11/2017 League Club Brugge (H) 19/11/2017 League R. Excel Mouscron (A) 22/11/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (H) 24/11/2017 League KV Kortrijk (H) 28/11/2017 Cup R. Standard de Liège (H) 01/12/2017 League KSC Lokeren OV (A) 05/12/2017 UCL Celtic FC (A) 08/12/2017 League R. Charleroi SC (H) 15/12/2017 League Club Brugge (A) 20/12/2017 League KAS Eupen (H) 26/12/2017 League KAA Gent (H) 19/01/2018 League KRC Genk (A) 23/01/2018 League Waasland-Beveren (H) 26/01/2018 League R. Standard de Liège (A) 02/02/2018 League KV Mechelen (H) 09/02/2018 League KV Oostende (A) 16/02/2018 League K. Sint-Truidense VV (A) 23/02/2018 League R. Excel Mouscron (H) 03/03/2018 League SV Zulte Waregem (A) 10/03/2018 League Royal Antwerp (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Club Brugge 8 7 0 1 20 6 21 2 R. Charleroi SC 8 5 2 1 15 8 17

11 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 3 SV Zulte Waregem 8 5 1 2 19 8 16 4 R. Excel Mouscron 8 5 1 2 15 13 16 5 K. Sint-Truidense VV 8 5 1 2 11 10 16 6 Royal Antwerp 8 4 3 1 15 11 15 7 RSC Anderlecht 8 3 3 2 10 10 12 8 Waasland-Beveren 8 2 3 3 18 14 9 9 KRC Genk 8 2 3 3 13 13 9 10 KV Kortrijk 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 11 R. Standard de Liège 8 2 3 3 6 13 9 12 KSC Lokeren OV 8 2 1 5 10 15 7 13 KV Mechelen 8 1 4 3 8 10 7 14 KAA Gent 8 1 3 4 8 10 6 15 KAS Eupen 8 1 1 6 8 23 4 16 KV Oostende 8 0 2 6 6 15 2

Celtic FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 14/07/2017 UCL Linfield FC (A) W 2-0 Haughey 17 (og), Rogic 23 19/07/2017 UCL Linfield FC (H) W 4-0 Sinclair 4, 54, Rogic 48, Armstrong 90+3 26/07/2017 UCL Rosenborg BK (H) D 0-0 02/08/2017 UCL Rosenborg BK (A) W 1-0 Forrest 69 05/08/2017 League Heart of Midlothian FC (H) W 4-1 Griffiths 29, 63, Sinclair 51, McGregor 73 11/08/2017 League Partick Thistle FC (A) W 1-0 Ntcham 25 Postnikov 32 (og), Sinclair 42, 60, Forrest 16/08/2017 UCL FC Astana (H) W 5-0 79, Shitov 88 (og) 19/08/2017 League Kilmarnock FC (A) W 2-0 Forrest 40, McGregor 88 22/08/2017 UCL FC Astana (A) L 3-4 Sinclair 34, Ntcham 80, Griffiths 90 26/08/2017 League St Johnstone FC (H) D 1-1 McGregor 79 08/09/2017 League Hamilton Academical FC (A) W 4-1 Armstrong 17, Sinclair 29, 42, Edouard 65 12/09/2017 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (H) L 0-5 16/09/2017 League Ross County FC (H) W 4-0 Rogic 13, Dembélé 42, Forrest 52, 74 23/09/2017 League Rangers FC (A) W 2-0 Rogic 50, Griffiths 65 27/09/2017 UCL RSC Anderlecht (A) 30/09/2017 League Hibernian FC (H) 14/10/2017 League Dundee FC (H) 18/10/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (A) 25/10/2017 League Aberdeen FC (A) 28/10/2017 League Kilmarnock FC (H) 31/10/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (H) 04/11/2017 League St Johnstone FC (A) 18/11/2017 League Ross County FC (A) 22/11/2017 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (A) 25/11/2017 League Partick Thistle FC (H) 02/12/2017 League Motherwell FC (H) 05/12/2017 UCL RSC Anderlecht (H) 10/12/2017 League Hibernian FC (A)

12 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Celtic FC 13/12/2017 League Hamilton Academical FC (H) 17/12/2017 League Heart of Midlothian FC (A) 23/12/2017 League Aberdeen FC (H) 26/12/2017 League Dundee FC (A) 30/12/2017 League Rangers FC (H) 24/01/2018 League Partick Thistle FC (A) 27/01/2018 League Hibernian FC (H) 31/01/2018 League Heart of Midlothian FC (H) 03/02/2018 League Kilmarnock FC (A) 17/02/2018 League St Johnstone FC (H) 24/02/2018 League Aberdeen FC (A) 28/02/2018 League Dundee FC (H) 10/03/2018 League Rangers FC (A) 17/03/2018 League Motherwell FC (A) 31/03/2018 League Ross County FC (H) 07/04/2018 League Hamilton Academical FC (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Celtic FC 7 6 1 0 18 3 19 2 Aberdeen FC 7 5 2 0 12 6 17 3 St Johnstone FC 7 4 2 1 13 8 14 4 Hibernian FC 7 3 3 1 12 10 12 5 Rangers FC 7 3 2 2 13 10 11 6 Motherwell FC 7 3 1 3 10 10 10 7 Heart of Midlothian FC 7 2 3 2 6 8 9 8 Hamilton Academical FC 7 2 1 4 11 13 7 9 Dundee FC 7 1 2 4 8 15 5 10 Ross County FC 7 1 1 5 5 14 4 11 Partick Thistle FC 7 0 3 4 8 13 3 12 Kilmarnock FC 7 0 3 4 5 11 3

13 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match-by-match lineups RSC Anderlecht

UEFA Champions League - Group stage Group B Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Bayern München 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 Celtic FC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 RSC Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 0 3 0

Matchday 1 (12/09/2017) FC Bayern München 3-0 RSC Anderlecht Goals: 1-0 Lewandowski 12 (P) , 2-0 Thiago Alcántara 65, 3-0 Kimmich 90 RSC Anderlecht: Sels, Deschacht, Spajić, Najar (26 Appiah), Stanciu (59 Onyekuru), Chipciu, Kums, Trebel, Dendoncker, Teodorczyk (84 Harbaoui), Hanni Matchday 2 (27/09/2017) RSC Anderlecht-Celtic FC Matchday 3 (18/10/2017) RSC Anderlecht-Paris Saint-Germain Matchday 4 (31/10/2017) Paris Saint-Germain-RSC Anderlecht Matchday 5 (22/11/2017) RSC Anderlecht-FC Bayern München Matchday 6 (05/12/2017) Celtic FC-RSC Anderlecht Celtic FC

UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round (14/07/2017) Linfield FC 0-2 Celtic FC Goals: 0-1 Haughey 17 (og) , 0-2 Rogic 23 Celtic FC: Gordon, Šimunović, Brown, Griffiths (69 Dembélé), Sinclair, Armstrong, Rogic, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Forrest (70 Hayes), Tierney (19/07/2017) Celtic FC 4-0 Linfield FC (agg: 6-0) Goals: 1-0 Sinclair 4, 2-0 Rogic 48, 3-0 Sinclair 54, 4-0 Armstrong 90+3 Celtic FC: Gordon, Šimunović, Brown, Dembélé, Sinclair, Rogic, Ntcham (67 Armstrong), Lustig, McGregor (74 Benyu), Forrest (68 Hayes), Tierney

Third qualifying round (26/07/2017) Celtic FC 0-0 Rosenborg BK Celtic FC: Gordon, Šimunović, Brown, Sinclair, Armstrong, Rogic, Ntcham (63 Hayes), Lustig, Ajer, Forrest (81 Benyu), Tierney (02/08/2017) Rosenborg BK 0-1 Celtic FC (agg: 0-1) Goals: 0-1 Forrest 69 Celtic FC: Gordon, Šimunović, Brown, Sinclair, Armstrong (71 Rogic), Hayes (58 Griffiths), Lustig, Sviatchenko (25 Bitton), McGregor, Forrest, Tierney

14 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Play-off (16/08/2017) Celtic FC 5-0 FC Astana Goals: 1-0 Postnikov 32 (og) , 2-0 Sinclair 42, 3-0 Sinclair 60, 4-0 Forrest 79, 5-0 Shitov 88 (og) Celtic FC: Gordon, Šimunović, Bitton, Brown, Griffiths, Sinclair, Rogic (63 McGregor), Ntcham, Lustig, Forrest (82 Armstrong), Tierney (22/08/2017) FC Astana 4-3 Celtic FC (agg: 4-8) Goals: 1-0 Ajer 26 (og) , 1-1 Sinclair 34, 2-1 Muzhikov 48, 3-1 Twumasi 49, 4-1 Twumasi 69, 4-2 Ntcham 80, 4-3 Griffiths 90 Celtic FC: Gordon, Bitton, Brown, Griffiths, Sinclair (65 Armstrong), Ntcham, Lustig, Ajer, McGregor (56 Rogic), Forrest (57 Ralston), Tierney

Group stage Matchday 1 (12/09/2017) Celtic FC 0-5 Paris Saint-Germain Goals: 0-1 Neymar 19, 0-2 Mbappé 34, 0-3 Cavani 40 (P) , 0-4 Lustig 83 (og) , 0-5 Cavani 85 Celtic FC: Gordon, Šimunović, Roberts (77 Forrest), Brown, Griffiths (69 Edouard), Sinclair, Armstrong (46 Rogic), Ntcham, Lustig, Ralston, Tierney Matchday 2 (27/09/2017) RSC Anderlecht-Celtic FC Matchday 3 (18/10/2017) FC Bayern München-Celtic FC Matchday 4 (31/10/2017) Celtic FC-FC Bayern München Matchday 5 (22/11/2017) Paris Saint-Germain-Celtic FC Matchday 6 (05/12/2017) Celtic FC-RSC Anderlecht

15 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Competition facts

UEFA Champions League: Did you know? • In 2012/13, Chelsea became the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). In 1992/93, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost 4-3 on aggregate in the second round to CSKA Moskva. • In 2016/17 Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy, with Milan (1989, 1990) the previous club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. • Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having featured against Real Madrid on matchday six in 2007/08 aged 43 years and 252 days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield player; the Milan defender was 40 years and 211 days when he played against AEK Athens in 2006/07. • Francesco Totti is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 38 years and 59 days, in Roma's 1-1 draw at CSKA Moskva on 25 November 2014. Ryan Giggs (37 years 290 days) was the previous record holder. • is the youngest player to have appeared; he was 16 years and 87 days when he started for Anderlecht against Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was sent off in the 37th minute. • Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195 days. He found the net in Olympiacos's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg on 1 October 1997. • Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen on 7 March 2012, a feat matched by Shakhtar Donetsk's Luiz Adriano at BATE Borisov on 21 October 2014. Eleven more players, also including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid CF on matchday six in 2015/16. • Cristiano Ronaldo set a new record for a UEFA Champions League stage with 11 goals in 2015/16, eclipsing his own mark of nine goals in 2013/14, which Luiz Adriano matched in 2014/15. Lionel Messi got ten goals in 2016/17; Zlatan Ibrahimović (2013/14), Ruud van Nistelrooy (2004/05), Filippo Inzaghi and Hernán Crespo (both 2002/03) managed eight. • Messi's hat-trick on matchday three of the 2016/17 competition was his seventh in the competition, a record Ronaldo matched against Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2016/17 semi-finals. • Barcelona have finished as group winners on 18 occasions, three more than Real Madrid and four more than Manchester United and FC Bayern München. • Bayern München (2 April 2013 to 27 November 2013) and Real Madrid (23 April 2014 to 18 February 2015) jointly hold the record for successive wins in the UEFA Champions League proper with ten. Bayern surpassed the previous mark of nine, set by Barcelona between 18 September 2002 and 18 February 2003. • Six teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage) and Real Madrid (2011/12 and 2014/15). • Nineteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, most recently Club Brugge KV and GNK Dinamo Zagreb in 2016/17. • Borussia Dortmund set a new group stage record by scoring 21 goals in 2016/17, eclipsing the old mark of 20 by Manchester United (1998/99), Barcelona (2011/12, 2016/17) and Real Madrid (2013/14). • Only Deportivo La Coruña (2004/05), Maccabi Haifa (2009/10) and Dinamo Zagreb (2016/17) have failed to score in a group stage. • BATE Borisov conceded 24 goals in 2014/15, a new record which was matched by Legia Warszawa in 2016/17. The previous mark, 22, was held by Dinamo Zagreb (2011/12) and Nordsjælland (2012/13); Malmö FF shipped 21 in 2015/16. • No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93), Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea (2005/06), Liverpool (2005/06), Villarreal (2005/06), Manchester United (2010/11), Monaco (2014/15) and Paris Saint-Germain (2015/16) all let in just one. • Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a victory in the competition, a mark Steaua Bucureşti surpassed on matchday six in 2013/14.

16 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels • RSC Anderlecht hold the unwanted record for successive defeats in the competition, group stage to final, having lost 12 in a row between December 2003 and November 2005. GNK Dinamo Zagreb are next with 11 consecutive losses on two occasions, from September 2011 to December 2012 and again from 29 September 2015 onwards. • The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is six points: Zenit in 2013/14 and AS Roma in 2015/16. Since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96, eight teams have made it through with seven points: Legia Warszawa (1995/96), Dynamo Kyiv (1999/2000), Liverpool (2001/02), Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus (both 2002/03), Rangers and Werder Bremen (2005/06) and Basel 1893 (2014/15). • Napoli failed to qualify from their group with 12 points in 2013/14, the highest total of any team not to reach the next stage when the top two in each section progressed. Dynamo Kyiv (1999/2000), Borussia Dortmund (2002/03 – both second group stage), PSV Eindhoven (2003/04), Olympiacos and Dynamo Kyiv (both 2004/05), Werder Bremen (2006/07), Manchester City (2011/12), Chelsea and CFR 1907 Cluj (both 2012/13), Benfica (2013/14) and FC Porto (2015/16) all missed out with ten points. • Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions League on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (1997, final in Munich) and Juventus (1996, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the 2011 final in London and 12 months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München.

17 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Team facts

RSC Anderlecht Formed: 1908 Nicknames: Paars-wit (Purple and Whites, Dutch), Les Mauves et Blancs (Purple and Whites, French) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1976, (1977), 1978, (1990) • UEFA Cup (1): 1983, (1984) • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1976, 1978 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 34 (2017) Belgian Cup: 9 (2008) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 16 2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Cup round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Anderlecht v Derry City FC 23/11/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-10: FC Haka v Anderlecht 14/09/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain 23/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-5: Anderlecht v FC Bayern München 06/03/08, UEFA Cup round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 10-0: Manchester United FC v Anderlecht 26/09/56, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 4-2: Anderlecht v FC Dynamo Kyiv 18/10/00, first group stage 2-0: Anderlecht v Galatasaray AŞ 26/11/14, group stage 2-0: Anderlecht v Real Madrid CF 14/03/01, second group stage • Biggest away win 2-3: PSV Eindhoven v Anderlecht 08/11/00, first group stage 0-1: Real Betis Balompié v Anderlecht 06/12/05, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain (see above for details)

18 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels • Heaviest away defeat 5-1 twice, most recently v SV Werder Bremen 02/11/04, group stage 4-0: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Anderlecht 26/09/2000, first group stage

Celtic FC Formed: 1888 Nickname: The Hoops, The Bhoys UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1967, (1970) • UEFA Cup: (2003) • European/South American Cup: (1967) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 48 (2017) : 37 (2017) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: group stage 2015/16: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: UEFA Europa League group stage 2010/11: UEFA Europa League play-offs (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Celtic v KPV Kokkola 16/09/70, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Waterford United FC v Celtic 21/10/70, European Champion Clubs' 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: FC Barcelona v Celtic 13/09/16, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica 17/10/2006, group stage • Biggest away win 2-3: FC Spartak Moskva v Celtic 02/10/12, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: FC Barcelona v Celtic (see above for details)

19 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Legend

ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Match officials

UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. 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

20 RSC Anderlecht - Celtic FC Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, 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.

21