Champions League 2015-16

Matches: 20152016 | Champions League

Trivia

  • “We want to be in the Champions League. That’s the goal, I’ve said that since coming to this club.”- Ronny Deila
  • Last season was a disaster in the competition, so a lot better was expected to recover from that shambles, but wasn’t to be.
  • Celtic don’t make the group stages, and Ronny Deila is under major fire from all corners.
  • Celtic need to go through three rounds of qualifiers after title win in 2014-15
  • Easy enough v Stjarnan (Iceland), but then tougher v Qarabag (Kazakhstan).
  • Celtic coasting v Malmo in first leg to then concede two late goals, and then lose away leg 2-0. Celtic out in the playoffs!
  • Humiliatingly, ex-Celt Berget, who was a failure at Celtic, is the hero for Malmo and scores v Celtic and his goal is probably the key goal that spurred them for the aggregate win..
  • Ronnie loses against Malmo, a side he said no to becoming their manager to instead come to Celtic.
  • Two seasons in a row Celtic don’t make the group stages. This is a very low point especially as this run this time should have been achievable.
  • “Celtic players behaved like ‘pigs’ and ‘children’”, says Malmo’s Johan Wiland. He later retracts it a bit, as claims in Swedish it’s how you say someone played dirty and just sounds more offensive translated. He was talking rubbish though.
  • Support frustrated, and Ronny as per the above quote said the Champions League was his goal. He has failed twice, and in this case, he had a relatively manageable run which his sides failed in.
  • To be the beginning of the end for Ronny (but board kept him for the full season).
  • Van Dijk was kept for these matches then sold off.
  • Celtic dropped down to the Europa League group stages.
  • Ajax, one of the grand old ladies of European football, knocked out in second round qualifiers. Highlights struggle of big clubs from smaller countries whilst big clubs in the major league sides in England, Spain and Germany have it so much easier and certain.

Matches

Date Competition Home Team Score Score Away Team Report Pictures Notes
JUL







15th
European Cup
Celtic
2
0
Stjarnan
Report Pictures KO: 19:45 1st leg
22nd
European Cup
Stajarnan
1
4
Celtic
Report Pictures KO: 18:15 2nd Leg (agg 6-1 to Celtic)
29th
European Cup
Celtic
1
0
Qarabag
Report
Pictures
KO: 19:45 1st Leg
AUG







5th
European Cup
Qarabag
0
0
Celtic
Report Pictures KO: 17:30; 2nd Leg, (agg 1-0 to Celtic)
19th
European Cup
Celtic
3
2
Malmo
Report Pictures KO: 19:45; 1st Leg
25th
European Cup
Malmo
2
0
Celtic
Report
Pictures
KO: 19:45; 2nd Leg (agg 3-4), Celtic out

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