BRENDAN RODGERS’ CELTIC EURO STORY SO FAR

There was disappointment last time around when Rodgers saw his team finish bottom of their group with just one win out of six. The Hoops lost home and away to Lazio, drew 2-2 with Atletico Madrid in Glasgow before collapsing to a 6-0 loss in the Spanish capital with the side considerably weakened by an early red card for Daizen Maeda.

It had been the same unfortunate tale when the ball got rolling in the campaign in Rotterdam where Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Holm, two of the club’s summer recruits, dismissed in the 2-0 loss to Feyenoord.

Swedish defender Lagerbielke, currently on loan at FC Twente, went from zero to hero when he headed in a late winner against the Dutch club in the return.

Only pride was at stake in last term’s victory over the Eredivisie giants. Tonight, it’s all about points.

Rodgers has guided the Celtic to 17 wins and nine draws while losing 22 of his previous 48 outings in charge.

SEASON 2016/17

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Second qualifying round 

Lincoln Red Imps 1 CELTIC 0

CELTIC 3 Lincoln Red Imps 0 (Agg: 3-1)

Lustig, Griffiths, Roberts

Third qualifying round

Astana 1 CELTIC 1

Griffiths

CELTIC 2 Astana 1 (Agg: 3-2)

Griffiths (pen), Dembele (pen)

Play-Off Round

CELTIC 5 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2

Rogic, Griffiths (2), Dembele, Brown

Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2 CELTIC 0 (Agg: 5-4)

GROUP STAGES

Barcelona 7 CELTIC 0

CELTIC 0 Barcelona 2

CELTIC 3 Manchester City 3

Dembele (2), Sterling (og)

Manchester City 1 CELTIC 1

Roberts

CELTIC 0 Borussia Monchengladbach 2

Borussia Monchengladbach 1 CELTIC 1

Dembele (pen)

SEASON 2017/18

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Second qualifying round

Linfield 0 CELTIC 2

Haughney (og), Rogic

CELTIC 4 Linfield 0 (Agg: 6-0)

Sinclair (2), Rogic, Armstrong

Third qualifying round

CELTIC 0 Rosenborg 0

Rosenborg 0 CELTIC 1 (Agg: 1-0)

Forrest

Play-Off Round

CELTIC 5 Astana 0

Postnikov (og), Sinclair (2), Forrest, Shitov (og)

Astana 4 CELTIC 3 (Agg: 8-4)

Sinclair, Ntcham, Griffiths

GROUP STAGES

CELTIC 0 PSG 5

PSG 7 CELTIC 1

Dembele

Bayern Munich 3 CELTIC 0

CELTIC 1 Bayern Munich 2

McGregor

Anderlecht 0 CELTIC 3

Griffiths, Roberts, Sinclair

CELTIC 0 Anderlecht 1

EUROPA LEAGUE LAST 32

CELTIC 1 Zenit St Petersburg 0

McGregor

Zenit St Petersburg 3 CELTIC 0 (Agg: 1-3)

SEASON 2018/19

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

First qualifying round

Alashkert 0 CELTIC 3

Edouard, Forrest, McGregor

CELTIC 3 Alashkert 0 (Agg: 6-0)

Dembele 2 (1 pen), Forrest

Second qualifying round

CELTIC 3 Rosenborg 1

Edouard 2, Ntcham

Rosenborg 0 CELTIC 0 (Agg: 3-1)

Third qualifying round

CELTIC 1 AEK Athens 1

McGregor

AEK Athens 2 CELTIC 1 (Agg: 2-3)

Sinclair

EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF

FK Sudova 1 CELTIC 1

Ntcham

CELTIC 3 FK Sudova 0 (Agg: 4-1)

Griffiths, McGregor, Ajer

GROUP STAGES

CELTIC 1 Rosenborg 0

Griffiths

Rosenborg 0 CELTIC 1

Sinclair

RB Salzburg 2 CELTIC 0

CELTIC 1 RB Salzburg 2

Ntcham

RB Leipzig 2 CELTIC 0

CELTIC 2 RB Leipzig 1

Tierney, Edouard

ROUND OF 32

CELTIC 0 Valencia 2

Valencia 1 CELTIC 0 (Agg: 0-3)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

GROUP STAGES

Feyenoord 2 CELTIC 0

CELTIC 1 Lazio 2

Kyogo

CELTIC 2 Atletico Madrid 2

Kyogo, Palma

Atletico Madrid 6 CELTIC 0

Lazio 2 CELTIC O

CELTIC 2 Feyenoord 1

Palma (pen), Lagerbielke

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