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Celtic Football Club in brief
Founded in 1887, Celtic Football Club is the flagship team of the Scottish Premiership with nine league titles won in the last nine editions. Built around a popular Catholic base, the Bhoys club has strong historical roots in the city's Irish community. The players have a close rivalry with the city's other club, Glasgow Rangers. This competition between the two clubs has given rise to the popular Old Firm derby.
The team enjoys full status on the European stage, with several notable Champions League campaigns, including three Round of 16 appearances since 2005. In the 2019/20 season, Neil Lennon's men reached the last 16 of the Europa League before being eliminated by Danish club Copenhagen.
Several French players have had the opportunity to wear the club's colours, such as Olivier Ntcham, Moussa Dembele and Odsonne Edouard.
After nine league titles won consecutively, the club finished at the 2nd position of the championship during the 2020-21 season, behind Glasgow Rangers coached by Steven Gerrard. The club qualified for the 2021/22 Europa League. Within group G, they will be facing Leverkusen, Ferencvaros and Betis.
The Parisians against Celtic FC
On September 12, 2017, the two teams made their debut in Europe's most prestigious competition, starting with a sold-out match at Celtic Park. Twenty minutes after the Scottish fans' 'You'll never walk alone', Neymar JR opened the scoring. Mbappé and Cavani then added to the tally to lead 3-0 at the end of the first half.
On November 22, 2017, the return match at the Parc des Princes ended in a historic 7-1 victory. Scalded by a quick goal from Moussa Dembélé, the Parisians had given the Scots no chance and won a record victory in which Mbappé, Neymar JR, Cavani, Dani Alves and Verratti all scored.
On July 21, 2020, at Parc des Princes and as part of pre-season, the Parisians won 4 - 0 with a superb goal from Sarabia.
Players to follow Duel
A professional since July 2017 with Paris Saint-Germain, Colin Dagba made his first appearance in the 2018 Trophée des Champions against AS Monaco. On his right flank, the consistency of his performances gave him the opportunity to make numerous appearances in the Red and Blue jersey, and thus win the confidence of coach Thomas Tuchel. These pre-season matches will enable him to establish himself as a potential starter for the 2020/21 season to come.
Born on December 16, 1992, in Griffith, Australia, Tom Rogic has dual Australian and Serbian nationality. Trained in his native Australia, he turned professional under the colors of Central Coast Mariners, before moving to Europe in 2013 and his transfer to Celtic. With the Scottish club, he won 5 consecutive league titles between 2016 and 2020.
The Celtic Park
Located at The Celtic Way - G40 3RE Glasgow
Since 1892, Celtic Park has been the stadium of Celtic Glasgow. After a wave of renovation work between 1996 and 2002, the stadium now has a capacity of 60,857, making it one of the largest stadiums in Europe.
During the 2020/21 season, Celtic players won at home against Hamilton (5 - 1), Aberdeen (2 - 0) and LOSC Lille (3 - 2).
