RODGERS IN EUROPE: CHALLENGE No.46

BRENDAN RODGERS will take charge of Celtic for the 46th time in European competition against Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital this evening.

The Hoops boss is still waiting for his first win in Champions League Group E after opening with a 2-0 loss against Feyenoord in Rotterdam where his luckless Celts completed the encounter with nine man after quickfire second-half dismissals for Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Holm.

Agonisingly, Rodgers then witnessed Lazio snatching a stoppage-time winner through Pedro at Parkhead after Kyogo Furuhashi had netted a seventh-minute breakthrough strike.

THE THINKER…Brendan Rodgers is pensive on the touchline.

The Japanese striker was even quicker off the mark against Diego Simeone’s team 13 days ago in the east end of Glasgow when he fired the hosts ahead in the fourth minute. Following an Antoine Griezmann leveller, Luis Palma thumped Celtic into the lead again, but once more the men from Madrid came back to gain a draw with an equaliser from Alvaro Morata.

Now all eyes are on the Metropolitano Stadium tonight to see if Rodgers can gain that elusive first victory.

Rodgers has guided the Hoops to 16 wins and nine draws while losing 20 of the previous 45 outings.

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)

SEASON 2023/24

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

GROUP STAGES

Feyenoord 2 CELTIC 0

CELTIC 1 Lazio 2

Kyogo

CELTIC 2 Atletico Madrid 2

Kyogo, Palma

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