Celtic's Europa League Opponents
A first look at the range of opponents Celtic will face over eight league stage matches.
The draw for the Europa League league stage has been completed today.
Celtic faces four home and four away ties. The order and dates of those ties will be decided by Sunday, but mainly the matches will be on Thursday’s necessitating several league matches moving to Sunday.
Here are some pen pics of ourselves and the opponents.
Celtic FC - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
AS Roma - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
Feyenoord Rotterdam - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
SC Braga - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
SK Sturm Graz - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
FC Midtjylland - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
Red Star Belgrade - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
FC Utrecht - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
Bologna FC 1909 - Transfers 25/26 | Transfermarkt
More detailed tactical and team style analysis will be available before each match.
Here are the comparisons based on the ELO club rankings.
It seems a fair draw, but with no absolute monster and no really easy games either. Every game should be competitive.
What do we think of the draw? Let us know in the comments.
I haven't really got my head round ELO and a quick check with chatGPT wasn't especially helpful. Given the relative ELO ratings of the teams in the group, is the graphic something which could be taken as a n indicator of where teams are likely to finish in the league, or is it more of a "this is what their recent form tells us about them" kind of thing. Or am I barking up the wrong tree entirely?
As you say, could finish top 8 or bottom 12 with that, depends who we buy and whether Rodgers can put a coherent system together