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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Roazhon Park - Rennes Thursday 19 September 2019 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Stade Rennais FC Group E - Matchday 1 Celtic FC Last updated 28/02/2020 15:26CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 18 Legend 19 1 Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC Thursday 19 September 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Stokes 30, 43, 03/11/2011 GS Celtic FC - Stade Rennais FC 3-1 Glasgow Hooper 82; Mangane 2 Cha Du-Ri 31 (og); 20/10/2011 GS Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC 1-1 Rennes Ledley 70 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Stade Rennais FC 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 Celtic FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 Stade Rennais FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 28/09/1971 R1 Rangers FC - Stade Rennais FC Glasgow McDonald 37 agg: 2-1 Redon 58; Johnston 15/09/1971 R1 Stade Rennais FC - Rangers FC 1-1 Rennes 68 Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Neymar 9, 22, Cavani 28, 79, Mbappé 35, 22/11/2017 GS Paris Saint-Germain - Celtic FC 7-1 Paris Verratti 75, Dani Alves 80; Dembélé 1 Neymar 19, Mbappé 12/09/2017 GS Celtic FC - Paris Saint-Germain 0-5 Glasgow 34, Cavani 40 (P), 85, Lustig 83 (og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Elber 6, Juninho 52, 10/12/2003 GS1 Olympique Lyonnais - Celtic FC 3-2 Lyon 86 (P); Hartson 24, Sutton 75 30/09/2003 GS1 Celtic FC - Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Glasgow Miller 70, Sutton 78 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Celtic FC - FC Girondins de 1-2 Petta 54; Laslandes 09/11/2000 R2 Glasgow Bordeaux agg 2-3 (aet) 80, 116 ET FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Celtic Dugarry 21; Larsson 26/10/2000 R2 1-1 Bordeaux FC 24 (P) 2 Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC Thursday 19 September 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 04/11/1999 R2 Celtic FC - Olympique Lyonnais Glasgow Vairelles 17 agg: 0-2 21/10/1999 R2 Olympique Lyonnais - Celtic FC 1-0 Lyon Blanc 63 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Loko 36, 42, Nouma 02/11/1995 R2 Celtic FC - Paris Saint-Germain Glasgow agg: 0-4 68 19/10/1995 R2 Paris Saint-Germain - Celtic FC 1-0 Paris Djorkaeff 76 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gemmell 44 (P), Craig 4-0 02/10/1968 R1 Celtic FC - AS Saint-Étienne Glasgow 59, Chalmers 65, agg: 4-2 McBride 87 18/09/1968 R1 AS Saint-Étienne - Celtic FC 2-0 Saint-Etienne Keita 15, Revelli 36 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Johnstone 13, 3-1 07/12/1966 R2 Celtic FC - FC Nantes Glasgow Chalmers 56, Lennox agg: 6-2 78; Georgin 43 Magny 17; McBride 30/11/1966 R2 FC Nantes - Celtic FC 1-3 Nantes 23, Lennox 50, Chalmers 66 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Stade Rennais FC 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 6 Celtic FC 8 4 0 4 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 16 5 2 9 21 30 3 Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC Thursday 19 September 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes Match background Two clubs that reached the knockout phase last season return to the UEFA Europa League group stage, with Rennes, round of 16 participants last term, hosting a Celtic side that have been eliminated at the round of 32 stage in the past two campaigns. Previous meetings • Celtic got the better of Rennes on the only previous occasion that the clubs were paired together in UEFA competition, drawing 1-1 away and winning 3-1 at home in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage – though neither club made it through to the next round from a group topped by eventual winners Atlético Madrid. • Rennes have yet to win any of their four games against Scottish clubs, having also drawn at home (1-1) and lost away (0-1) against Rangers in the first round of the 1971/72 European Cup Winners' Cup – a competition the Glasgow team went on to win. • Celtic have won just five of their 16 UEFA matches against French clubs, falling to their heaviest ever European defeats both home and away when Paris Saint-Germain overran them 5-0 in Glasgow and 7-1 at the Parc des Princes in their two most recent encounters, on matchdays one and five respectively of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League. The Bhoys' solitary win in France came on their maiden visit, at Nantes (3-1) in November 1966 en route to their European Champion Clubs' Cup triumph. Form guide Rennes • Rennes earned their second successive direct qualification to the UEFA Europa League group stage by defeating holders Paris Saint-Germain on penalties in a dramatic 2018/19 French Cup final. They also reached the UEFA Europa League round of 16 last term, finishing second in their group with nine points and knocking out Real Betis before succumbing 4-3 on aggregate to eventual runners-up Arsenal (3-1 h, 0-3 a). • The Brittany club are in their third UEFA Europa League group stage, the first of their campaigns in 2011/12 having ended unsuccessfully after three home draws and three away defeats. Rennes also participated twice in the UEFA Cup group stage, in 2005/06 and 2007/08, but were winless in those too (D2 L6). • A 1-2 defeat by Dynamo Kyiv on matchday three last season is Rennes' only loss in their last 14 UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League home fixtures (W7 D6). Celtic • Celtic won the domestic treble of Premiership, Scottish Cup and League Cup for an unprecedented third successive season in 2018/19 but in Europe they missed out on the UEFA Champions League group stage and lost five matches in the UEFA Europa League, including both round of 16 encounters against Valencia (0-2 h, 0-1 a). • This term Celtic again failed to negotiate the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, losing to Romanian champions CFR Cluj (1-1 a, 3-4 h), but a comprehensive play-off win over Swedish title holders AIK (2-0 h, 4-1 a) enabled them to reach the UEFA Europa League group stage for the sixth time. Two of their previous five participations at this juncture have been successful, including last season, but they have yet to progress beyond the round of 32. • Until last season's matchday five win at Rosenborg (1-0) the Glasgow club had never won outside Scotland in the UEFA Europa League. Their other 17 away matches in the competition proper have brought nine defeats and eight draws. Links and trivia • Celtic have three Frenchmen in their squad: Christopher Jullien, Odsonne Édouard and Olivier Ntcham. • Ntcham and Rennes defender Romain Del Castillo were team-mates in the France squad that reached the semi- finals of this year's UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The coaches • Handed the coaching reins at Rennes on an interim basis in December 2018, reserve team boss Julien Stéphan made such a positive impact that he was soon handed an 18-month deal. In the spring of 2019 the Rennes native not only led the Brittany club into the UEFA Europa League round of 16 but also to a sensational Coupe de France final victory on penalties against Paris Saint-Germain. He is the son of Guy Stéphan, the assistant coach to Didier Deschamps of reigning world champions France. • Having just left Hibernian, former Northern Ireland international Neil Lennon returned for a second spell as Celtic manager in February 2019 following Brendan Rodgers' mid-season move to Leicester City, and duly sealed the club's 'treble treble' of domestic trophies. He had previously served the Glasgow club as player (2000–07) and manager (2010–14), capturing 16 trophies during those spells, though it was at Leicester, where he won two League Cups 4 Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC Thursday 19 September 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes under his compatriot Martin O'Neill, that he first made his mark as an industrious and effective midfield anchorman. 5 Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC Thursday 19 September 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Roazhon Park, Rennes Team facts Stade Rennais FC Founded: 1901 Nickname: Les Rouge et Noir (The Red and Blacks) UEFA club competition honours • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) French Cup: 3 (2019) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2018/19: round of 16 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Rennes v Synot 15/07/01, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg • Biggest away win 2-5: Metalurgi Rustavi v Rennes 28/07/11, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Rennes v Stuttgart 20/10/05, UEFA Cup group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: PAOK v Rennes 14/12/05, UEFA Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Rennes v Crvena zvezda 25/08/11, play-offs second leg • Biggest away win 2-5: Metalurgi Rustavi v Rennes (see above) • Heaviest home defeat