2021–22 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic 2021–22
Club information
Manager	Ange Postecoglou
Stadium	Celtic Park
League Season information
Final League position	Scottish Premiership, 1st (Champions)
Cup placements
Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
Scottish League Cup	Winners
Champions League	Second qualifying round
Europa League	Group stage
Europa Conference League	Knockout round play-offs
Season statistics
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The 2021–22 season is Celtic's 133rd season of competitive football. They will compete in the Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup and UEFA Europa League, having already participated in the UEFA Champions League.

Pre-season and friendlies

Celtic held a pre-season training camp in Wales, with friendlies against Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton Athletic and Bristol City. They will also face Preston North End and West Ham United at Celtic Park.

Friendly 7 July 2021	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	Celtic	Newport, Wales
15:00 BST	Windass  3'	Report	Ajeti  31' Moffat  55' Édouard  89'	Stadium: Dragon Park

Friendly 10 July 2021	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Celtic	Newport, Wales
15:00 BST	Washington  76'	Report	Dembélé  24' Ajeti  39'	Stadium: Dragon Park

Friendly 14 July 2021	Bristol City	0–0	Celtic	Failand, England
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre

Friendly 17 July 2021	Celtic	0–1	Preston North End	Glasgow
17:30 BST		Report	Whiteman  64' (pen.)	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Friendly 24 July 2021	Celtic	2–6	West Ham United	Glasgow
15:00 BST	McGregor  8' Christie  50'	Report	Antonio  23', 32' Noble  38' (pen.) Benrahma  54' Bowen  74' Okoflex  85'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,500 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership

The Scottish Premiership fixture list was announced on 15 June 2021.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic  (C)	38	29	6	3	92	22	+70	93	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	27	8	3	80	31	+49	89	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	54	44	+10	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4	Dundee United	38	12	12	14	37	44	−7	48	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Motherwell	38	12	10	16	42	61	−19	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Ross County	38	10	11	17	47	61	−14	41
7	Livingston	38	13	10	15	41	46	−5	49
8	Hibernian	38	11	12	15	38	42	−4	45
9	St. Mirren	38	10	14	14	33	51	−18	44
10	Aberdeen	38	10	11	17	41	46	−5	41
11	St Johnstone  (O)	38	8	11	19	24	51	−27	35	Qualification to Play-offs
12	Dundee  (R)	38	6	11	21	34	64	−30	29	Relegation to the Championship

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Matches

31 July 2021	Heart of Midlothian	v	Celtic	Edinburgh
20:00 BST				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup

On 25 July, Celtic were drawn to face Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park in the second round of the 2021–22 Scottish League Cup. Goals from Odsonne Édouard, Stephen Welsh and Kyogo Furuhashi sealed Celtic's place in the quarter-finals. On 15 August, Celtic were drawn to face Raith Rovers at Celtic Park in the quarter-finals. The Bhoys progressed to the semi-finals following a 3–0 victory over the Championship side. On 23 September, Celtic were drawn to face St Johnstone in the semi-finals.

Second round 15 August 2021	Celtic	3–2	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Édouard  29' Welsh  34' Furuhashi  63'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Boyce  57' (pen.) McEneff  90+2'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,361 Referee: John Beaton

Quarter-finals 23 September 2021	Celtic	3–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Jota  26' Abada  40' Turnbull  47'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: David Munro

Semi-finals 20 November 2021	Celtic	1–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
17:15 GMT	Forrest  73'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 42,298 Referee: Nick Walsh

Final 19 December 2021	Hibernian	1–2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Hanlon  51'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Furuhashi  52', 72'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 48,540 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup

On 29 November, Celtic were drawn to face Alloa Athletic at Recreation Park in the fourth round of the 2021–22 Scottish Cup. On 22 January 2022, Celtic were drawn to face Raith Rovers at Celtic Park in the fifth round. On 14 February, Celtic were drawn to face Dundee United at Tannadice Park in the quarter-finals. On 14 March, Celtic were drawn to face Rangers in the semi-finals.

Fourth round 22 January 2022	Alloa Athletic	1–2	Celtic	Alloa
17:30 GMT	Sammon  78'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Giakoumakis  14' Abada  45+1'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Don Robertson

Fifth round 13 February 2022	Celtic	4–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
16:00 GMT	Scales  23' Giakoumakis  68' Maeda  71' Bitton  88'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Steven McLean

Quarter-finals 14 March 2022	Dundee United	0–3	Celtic	Dundee
19:45 GMT		BBC Sport Celtic Report	McGregor  12' Giakoumakis  58', 88'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 8,553 Referee: John Beaton

Semi-finals 17 April 2022	Celtic	v	Rangers	Glasgow
14:00 BST				Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Bobby Madden

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Celtic will enter the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League at the second qualifying round.

Second qualifying round

On 16 June, Celtic were drawn to face Midtjylland (Denmark) in the second qualifying round.

1st Leg 20 July 2021	Celtic	1–1	Midtjylland	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Abada  39'	Report	Evander  66'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

2nd Leg 28 July 2021	Midtjylland	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Celtic	Herning, Denmark
18:45 BST	Mabil  61' Nwadike  94'	Report	McGregor  48'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,890 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Celtic entered the UEFA Europa League at the third qualifying round. On 28 July, it was determined that they would face Jablonec from the Czech Republic.

1st Leg 5 August 2021	Jablonec	2–4	Celtic	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
16:45 BST	Pilař  17' Bitton  85' (o.g.)	Report	Abada  12' Furuhashi  16' Forrest  64' Christie  90'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 4,805 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

2nd Leg 12 August 2021	Celtic	3–0 (7–2 agg.)	Jablonec	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Turnbull  25', 55' Forrest  72'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,076 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Play-off round

On 12 August, it was determined that Celtic would face AZ from the Netherlands in the play-off round.

1st Leg 18 August 2021	Celtic	2–0	AZ	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Furuhashi  12' Letschert  61' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 52,916 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

2nd Leg 26 August 2021	AZ	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Celtic	Alkmaar, Netherlands
19:15 BST	Aboukhlal  6' Starfelt  26' (o.g.)	Report	Furuhashi  3'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 10,041 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group G

On 27 August, the draw for the group stage was made. Celtic were drawn in Group G along with Bayer Leverkusen, Real Betis and Ferencváros.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Bayer Leverkusen (Q)	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13	Advance to knockout phase
Real Betis (Q)	6	3	1	2	12	12	0	10
Celtic	5	2	0	3	13	15	−2	6
Ferencváros	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3

Matches

Matchday 1 16 September 2021	Real Betis	4–3	Celtic	Seville, Spain
17:45 BST	Miranda  32' Juanmi  35', 53' Iglesias  51'	Report	Ajeti  15' Juranović  27' (pen.) Ralston  87'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,893 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Matchday 2 30 September 2021	Celtic	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Glasgow
20:00 BST		Report	Hincapié  25' Wirtz  35' Alario  58' (pen.) Adli  90+4'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 55,436 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Matchday 3 19 October 2021	Celtic	2–0	Ferencváros	Glasgow
15:30 BST	Furuhashi  57' Vécsei  81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,427 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Matchday 4 4 November 2021	Ferencváros	2–3	Celtic	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 GMT	Juranović  11' (o.g.) Uzuni  86'	Report	Furuhashi  3' Jota  23' Abada  60'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 16,501 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Matchday 5 25 November 2021	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Celtic	Leverkusen, Germany
17:45 GMT	Andrich  16', 82' Diaby  87'	Report	Juranović  40' (pen.) Jota  56'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 19,830 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Matchday 6 9 December 2021	Celtic	3–2	Real Betis	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Welsh  3' Henderson  72' Turnbull  78' (pen.)	Report	Bain  69' (o.g.) Iglesias  75'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,548 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Knockout round play-offs

Celtic entered the UEFA Europa Conference League in the knockout round play-offs. On 13 December, they were drawn to face Bodø/Glimt from Norway.

1st Leg 17 February 2022	Celtic	1–3	Bodø/Glimt	Glasgow
20:00 GMT	Maeda  79'	Report	Espejord  7' Pellegrino  55' Vetlesen  81'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,926 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

2nd Leg 24 February 2022	Bodø/Glimt	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Celtic	Bodø, Norway
17:45 GMT	Solbakken  9' Vetlesen  69'	Report		Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 5,801 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

External links

• Official website