Celtic F.C. in European football
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Celtic have had a long history in European competition with their first match being played against Valencia in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1962. More recently they have participated in the UEFA Champions League and have qualified for the knock-out stages two years in a row in seasons 2006-07 and 2007-08. Celtic won the 1967 European Cup Final, beating F.C. Internazionale 2-1 at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon. The Lisbon Lions were the first British team and are only Scottish team to have lifted the European Cup. Celtic have also played in two other major European finals: the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, which they lost 3-2 after extra time to Porto and the 1970 European Cup Final, which they lost 2-1 after extra time to Feyenoord.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 138 | 66 | 24 | 48 | 210 | 147 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 75 | 37 |
| UEFA Europa League | 73 | 35 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 69 |
| EUSA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 252 | 123 | 41 | 88 | 300 | 256 |
This article lists results for Celtic Football Club in European competition.
Matches in Europe [edit]
| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home Leg | Away Leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–63 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | 2-2 | 2-4 | 4-6 | |
| 1963–64 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Preliminary round | 5-1 | 5-0 | 10-1 | |
| First round | 3-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |||
| Semi-finals | 3-0 | 0-4 | 3-4 | |||
| 1964–65 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | 1-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 | |
| Second round | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | |||
| 1965–66 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | 6-0 | 1-0 | 7-0 | |
| Second round | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 3-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | |||
| Semi-finals | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | |||
| 1966–67 | European Cup | First round | 2-0 | 3-0 | 5-0 | |
| Second round | 3-1 | 3-1 | 6-2 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | |||
| Semi-finals | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | |||
| Final | 2-1 (Winner) | |||||
| 1967–68 | European Cup | First round | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| 1968–69 | European Cup | First round | 4-0 | 0-2 | 4-2 | |
| Second round | 5-1 | 1-1 | 6-2 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |||
| 1969–70 | European Cup | First round | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| Second round | 3-0 | 0-3 | 3-3 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | |||
| Semi-finals | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | |||
| Final | 1-2 (Runner-Up) | |||||
| 1970–71 | European Cup | First round | 9-0 | 5-0 | 14-0 | |
| Second round | 7-0 | 3-2 | 10-2 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | |||
| 1971–72 | European Cup | First round | 3-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | |
| Second round | 3-1 | 3-0 | 6-1 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | |||
| Semi-finals | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||
| 1972–73 | European Cup | First round | 2-1 | 3-1 | 5-2 | |
| Second round | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 | |||
| 1973–74 | European Cup | First round | 6-1 | 3-0 | 9-1 | |
| Second round | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 4-2 | 2-3 | 6-5 | |||
| Semi-finals | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | |||
| 1974–75 | European Cup | First round | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | |
| 1975–76 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First Round | 2-0 | 7-0 | 9-0 | |
| Second Round | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | |||
| 1976–77 | UEFA Cup | First round | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-4 | |
| 1977–78 | European Cup | First round | 5-0 | 6-1 | 11-1 | |
| Second round | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-3 | |||
| 1979–80 | European Cup | First round | 4-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | |
| Second round | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | |||
| 1980–81 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Preliminary round | 6-0 | 1-2 | 7-2 | |
| First round | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | |||
| 1981–82 | European Cup | First round | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | |
| 1982–83 | European Cup | First round | 2-2 | 2-1 | 4-3 | |
| Second round | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | |||
| 1983–84 | UEFA Cup | First round | 1-0 | 4-1 | 5-1 | |
| Second round | 5-0 | 0-2 | 5-2 | |||
| Third round | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | |||
| 1984–85 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | |
| Second round | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1-4 | |||
| 1985–86 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| 1986–87 | European Cup | First round | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |
| Second round | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 | |||
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup | First round | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | |
| 1988–89 | European Cup | First round | 4-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | |
| Second round | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |||
| 1989–90 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First Round | 5-4 | 1-2 | 6-6 | |
| 1991–92 | UEFA Cup | First round | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | |
| Second round | 1-0 | 1-5 | 2-5 | |||
| 1992–93 | UEFA Cup | First round | 3-0 | 0-2 | 3-2 | |
| Second round | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | |||
| 1993–94 | UEFA Cup | First round | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Second round | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | |||
| 1995–96 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | 3-2 | 4-0 | 7-2 | |
| Second round | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-4 | |||
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| First round | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | 3-0 | 5-0 | 8-0 | |
| Second qualifying round | 2-2 | 6-3 | 8-5 | |||
| First round | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | |||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Champions League | First qualifying round | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| Second qualifying round | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | |||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup | First round | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | |
| Second round | 1-1 | 2-4 | 3-5 | |||
| 1999–2000 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | 6-0 | 4-0 | 10-0 | |
| First round | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | |||
| Second round | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | |||
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | 4-0 | 7-0 | 11-0 | |
| First round | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | |||
| Second round | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | |||
| 2001–02 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-2 | |
| Group E | 4-3 | 2-3 | 3rd | |||
| 1-0 | 0-3 | |||||
| 1-0 | 0-2 | |||||
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | Third round | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | 3-1 | 0-2 | 3-3 | |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | First round | 8-1 | 2-0 | 10-1 | |
| Second round | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |||
| Third round | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | |||
| Fourth round | 3-1 | 2-3 | 5-4 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | |||
| Semi-finals | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | |||
| Final | 2-3 (Runner-Up) | |||||
| 2003–04 | UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | 4-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | |
| Third qualifying round | 4-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | |||
| Group A | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3rd | |||
| 2-0 | 2-3 | |||||
| 3-1 | 0-1 | |||||
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Third round | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | |
| Fourth round | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | |||
| 2004–05 | UEFA Champions League | Group F | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4th | |
| 0-0 | 1-3 | |||||
| 1-0 | 0-3 | |||||
| 2005–06 | UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | 4-0 | 0-5 | 4-5 | |
| 2006–07 | UEFA Champions League | Group F | 1-0 | 2-3 | 2nd | |
| 1-0 | 1-3 | |||||
| 3-0 | 0-3 | |||||
| Round of 16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | |
| Group D | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2nd | |||
| 2-1 | 0-1 | |||||
| 1-0 | 0-1 | |||||
| Round of 16 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-4 | |||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Champions League | Group E | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4th | |
| 2-0 | 0-1 | |||||
| 1-1 | 0-3 | |||||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | |
| Play-off round | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-5 | |||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Group C | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3rd | |
| 1-1 | 3-3 | |||||
| 0-1 | 0-0 | |||||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 | |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off | 2-0 | 0-4 | 2-4 | |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off | 3-0^ | 3-0^ | 6-0^ | |
| Group I | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3rd | |||
| 1-1 | 1-1 | |||||
| 3-1 | 1-1 | |||||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Champions League | Third Qualifying Round | 2-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |
| Play-off round | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| Group G | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2nd | |||
| 2-1 | 3-2 | |||||
| 2-1 | 1-2 | |||||
| Round of 16 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-5 | |||
| 2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | ||||
^Sion were disqualified for fielding ineligible players in both legs resulting two automatic 3-0 wins.
Record by country of opposition [edit]
Updated as of 6 March 2013
| Country | P | W | D | L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 58.3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 38.8 | |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.5 | |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 33.3 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18.75 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 58.3 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 54.5 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 48 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16.7 | |
| 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 27.5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 50 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 50 | |
| Totals | 276 | 131 | 50 | 95 | 47.46 |
P - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost
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