| Matches: 2001 – 2002 | Champions League |
Trivia
- Celtic overcome Ajax incredibly to make it through to the group stages, despite many feeling we had no chance.
- Celtic qualify for the first time into the group stages.
- Celtic reach a then record number of points for a team not to progress through to the next round (Celtic on 9pts), since beaten.
- Celtic win all home games and lose all away games, a pattern that seems to remain for a long time to come at Celtic.
- Our first game should have been against Rosenberg at home, but was postponed because of the Twin Towers/9-11 atrocity. RIP
- Celtic ‘cheated’ out of a point against Juve as Amaruso dives for a penalty.
- Celtic’s 4-3 win over Juve is ranked as one of the best matches of the tournament, and repeatedly heralded by many fans as one of the best Celtic matches ever to watch.
- Ex-Celt Brattback gets a bit of his own back v Celtic with some goals, but all still have some respect for him. He didn’t succeed at Celtic but wasn’t for lack of trying.
- Celtic are to go on to again meet Porto in 2002/03 in the UEFA Cup final (the next season).
- No drop down to the UEFA Cup at this time in the European Cup.
Qualifying Round
Aug 1st, Ajax 1-3 Celtic
Aug 22nd, Celtic 0-1 Ajax
Champions Lge Group Phase
September
18th, Juventus 3-2 Celtic
25th, Celtic 1-0 Porto
October
10th, Celtic 1-0 Rosenborg
17th, Porto 3-0 Celtic
23rd, Rosenborg 2-0 Celtic
31st, Celtic 4-3 Juventus
Group E
| _________________ | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1. Juventus F.C. | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 2. Porto | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 3. Celtic F.C. | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| 4. Rosenborg B.K. | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -2 |