Celtic F.C. in Europe

Celtic have had a long history in European competition, and their first match was in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Valencia. More recently they have participated in the UEFA Champions League and have qualified for the knock-out stages two years in a row. They have also played in the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, which they lost 3-2 to F.C. Porto.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GD
ECCC	127	65	24	47	208	143
ECWC	38	21	4	13	75	37
UCUP	72	35	13	25	13	69
SCUP	0	0	0	0	0	0
UIC	0	0	0	0	0	0
EUSA	3	1	0	2	2	3
Total	246	120	41	85	398	256

This article lists results for Celtic Football Club in European competition.

Matches in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	H - A
1962–63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Valencia	2-2, 2-4
1963–64	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary round	Basel	5-1, 5-0
		First round	Dinamo Zagreb	3-0, 1-2
		Quarter-finals	Slovan Bratislava	1-0, 1-0
		Semi-finals	MTK Budapest	3-0, 0-4
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Leixões	1-1, 3-0
		Second round	Barcelona	0–0, 1–3
1965–66	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Go Ahead Eagles	6-0, 1-0
		Second round	AGF Århus	1-0, 2-0
		Quarter-finals	Dynamo Kyiv	3-0, 1-1
		Semi-finals	Liverpool	1-0, 0-2
1966–67	European Cup	First round	FC Zürich	2-0, 3-0
		Second round	Nantes	3-1, 3-1
		Quarter-finals	Vojvodina	2-0, 0-1
		Semi-finals	Dukla Prague	3-1, 0-0
		Final	Internazionale	2-1
1967–68	European Cup	First round	Dynamo Kyiv	1-1, 1-2
1968–69	European Cup	First round	Saint-Étienne	4-0, 0-2
		Second round	FK Red Star	5-1, 1-1
		Quarter-finals	Milan	0-0, 0-1
1969–70	European Cup	First round	Basel	0-0, 2-0
		Second round	Benfica	3-0, 0-3
		Quarter-finals	Fiorentina	3-0, 0-1
		Semi-finals	Leeds United	1-0, 2-1
		Final	Feyenoord	1-2
1970–71	European Cup	First round	KPV	9-0, 5-0
		Second round	Waterford	7-0, 3-2
		Quarter-finals	Ajax	1-0, 0-3
1971–72	European Cup	First round	Boldklubben 1903	3-0, 1-2
		Second round	Sliema Wanderers	3-1, 3-0
		Quarter-finals	Újpest	2-1, 1-1
		Semi-finals	Internazionale	0-0, 0-0
1972–73	European Cup	First round	Rosenborg	2-1, 3-1
		Second round	Újpest FC	2-1, 0-3
1973–74	European Cup	First round	TPS	6-1, 3-0
		Second round	Vejle BK	0 – 0, 1-0
		Quarter-finals	Basel	4-2, 2-3
		Semi-finals	Atlético Madrid	0-0, 0-2
1974–75	European Cup	First round	Olympiacos	1-1, 0-2
1975–76	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Valur	2-0, 7-0
		Second Round	Boavista	0-0, 3-1
		Quarter-finals	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1-1, 0-1
1976–77	UEFA Cup	First round	Wisła Kraków	2-2, 0-2
1977–78	European Cup	First round	Jeunesse Esch	5-0, 6-1
		Second round	FC Wacker Innsbruck	2-1, 0-3
1979–80	European Cup	First round	KF Partizani Tirana	4-1, 0-1
		Second round	Dundalk	3-2, 0-0
		Quarter-finals	Real Madrid	2-0, 0-3
1980–81	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary round	Diósgyőri VTK BFC	6-0, 1-2
		First round	Politehnica Timişoara	2-1, 0-1
1981–82	European Cup	First round	Juventus	1-0, 0-2
1982–83	European Cup	First round	Ajax	2-2, 2-1
		Second round	Real Madrid	2-1, 0-2
1983–84	UEFA Cup	First round	Aarhus Gymnastik Forening	1-0, 4-1
		Second round	Sporting CP	5-0, 0-2
		Third round	Nottingham Forest	0-0, 1-2
1984–85	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Gent	3-0, 0-1
		Second round	Rapid Vienna	0-1, 1-3
1985–86	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Atlético Madrid	1-1, 1-2
1986–87	European Cup	First round	Shamrock Rovers	1-0, 2-0
		Second round	Dynamo Kyiv	1-1, 1-3
1987–88	UEFA Cup	First round	Borussia Dortmund	2-1, 0-2
1988–89	European Cup	First round	Budapest Honvéd	4-0, 0-1
		Second round	Werder Bremen	0-0, 0-1
1989–90	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Partizan	5-4, 1-2
1991–92	UEFA Cup	First round	Germinal Ekeren	2-0, 1-1
		Second round	Neuchâtel Xamax	1-0, 1-5
1992–93	UEFA Cup	First round	Köln	3-0, 0-2
		Second round	Borussia Dortmund	0-1, 1-2
1993–94	UEFA Cup	First round	BSC Young Boys	0-0, 1-0
		Second round	Sporting CP	1-0, 0-2
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Dinamo Batumi	3-2, 4-0
		Second round	Paris Saint-Germain	0-1, 0-3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	FC Košice	0-0, 1-0
		First round	Hamburg	0-2, 0-2
1997–98	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Inter CableTel	3-0, 5-0
		Second qualifying round	FC Tirol Innsbruck	2-2, 6-3
		First round	Liverpool	2-2, 0-0
1998–99	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	St Patrick's Athletic	0-0, 2-0
		Second qualifying round	Dinamo Zagreb	1-0, 0-3
1998–99	UEFA Cup	First round	Vitória SC	2-1, 2-1
		Second round	FC Zürich	1-1, 2-4
1999–00	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Cwmbran Town	6-0, 4-0
		First round	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2-0, 1-0
		Second round	Lyon	0-1, 0-1
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Jeunesse Esch	4-0, 7-0
		First round	HJK Helsinki	2-0, 1-2
		Second round	Bordeaux	1-1, 1-2
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Ajax	0-1, 3-1
		Group stage	Juventus	4-3, 2-3
		Group stage	Porto	1-0, 0-3
		Group stage	Rosenborg	1-0, 0-2
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Third round	Valencia	1-0, 0-1
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Basel	3-1, 0-2
2002–03	UEFA Cup	First round	FK Sūduva	8-1, 2-0
		Second round	Blackburn Rovers	1-0, 2-0
		Third round	Celta de Vigo	1-0, 1-2
		Fourth round	VfB Stuttgart	3-1, 2-3
		Quarter-finals	Liverpool	1-1, 2-0
		Semi-finals	Boavista	1-1, 1-0
		Final	Porto	2-3
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	Kaunas	4-0, 1-0
		Third qualifying round	MTK Hungária	4-0, 1-0
		Group stage	Bayern Munich	0-0, 1-2
		Group stage	Lyon	2-0, 2-3
		Group stage	Anderlecht	3-1, 0-1
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Third round	FK Teplice	3-0, 0-1
		Fourth round	Barcelona	1-0, 0-0
		Quarter-finals	Villarreal	1-1, 0-2
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Barcelona	1-3, 1-1
		Group stage	Milan	0-0, 1-3
		Group stage	Shakhtar Donetsk	1-0, 0-3
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	Artmedia Bratislava	4-0, 0-5
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Manchester United	1-0, 2-3
		Group stage	Copenhagen	1-0, 1-3
		Group stage	Benfica	3-0, 0-3
		Round of 16	Milan	0-0, 0-1
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Spartak Moscow	1-1, 1-1
		Group stage	Shakhtar Donetsk	2-1, 0-2
		Group stage	Milan	2-1, 0-1
		Group stage	Benfica	1-0, 0-1
		Round of 16	Barcelona	2-3, 0-1
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Aalborg	0-0, 1-2
		Group stage	Villarreal	2-0, 0-1
		Group stage	Manchester United	1-1, 0-3
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Dynamo Moscow	0-1, 2-0
		Play-off	Arsenal	0-2, 1-3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Group stage	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2-0, 1-2
		Group stage	Rapid Vienna	1-1, 3-3
		Group stage	Hamburg	0-1, 0-0
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Braga	2-1, 0-3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Play-off	Utrecht	2-0, 0-4
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Play-off	Sion	3-0^, 3-0^
		Group stage	Atlético Madrid	0-1, 0-2
		Group stage	Udinese	1-1, 1-1
		Group stage	Rennes	3-1, 1-1

^Sion were disqualified for fielding ineligible players in both Legs resulting two automatic 3-0 wins.

Record by country of opposition

Updated as of August 2011

Country	P	W	D	L	Win %
Albania	2	1	0	1	50
Austria	8	2	3	3	25
Belgium	6	3	1	2	50
Croatia	2	1	0	1	50
Czechoslovakia	4	3	1	0	75
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	50
Denmark	12	7	2	3	58.3
East Germany	2	0	1	1	0
England	18	7	5	6	38.8
Finland	6	5	0	1	83.3
France	12	4	1	7	33.3
Georgia	2	2	0	0	100
Germany	16	3	3	10	18.75
Greece	2	0	1	1	0
Hungary	12	7	1	4	58.3
Iceland	2	2	0	0	100
Ireland	8	6	2	0	75
Israel	4	3	0	1	75
Italy	17	5	5	7	29.4
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	100
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	100
Malta	2	2	0	0	100
Netherlands	11	6	1	4	54.5
Norway	4	3	0	1	75
Poland	2	0	1	1	0
Portugal	23	12	3	8	52.2
Romania	2	1	0	1	50
Russia	4	1	2	1	25
Slovakia	4	2	1	1	50
Soviet Union	6	1	3	2	16.7
Spain	26	6	7	13	23.1
Switzerland	18	9	4	5	50
Ukraine	4	2	0	2	50
Wales	4	4	0	0	100
Yugoslavia	8	4	1	3	50
Totals	263	123	49	91	46.77

P - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost