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Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound
I don't see them getting the vital second goal to give them hope.
They've got to keep going, they can't give up.
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Anthony Ralston is on at right-back for Colby Donovan. After a flurry of attacks and chances, Celtic look to have punched themselves out.
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Celtic have Benfica, Marseille, Union Saint-Gilloise, Celta Vigo, and Besiktas to come in the competition, among others.
This game, at home, should be a victory really. It's only going to get tougher.
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James McFadden
Former Scotland forward on BBC SportsoundAgain, it's self-inflicted. Liam Scales steps in, plays a pass - I don't know who he's trying to find - straight to Ferencvaros. It allows them to go and get the ball forward and break at pace.
It can't just be 'play it forward to no-one'.
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Liam Scales puts Celtic in a bit of difficulty and then Colby Donovan slips. Ferencvaros don't make the most of it, though.
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Celtic have played with far greater urgency since going 3-1 down and should have scored at least once.
The damage may already be done, though. Benjamin Nygren gets a chance from a corner, but it's blocked.
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Unfortunately I think Martin needs to consider his future if he loses tonight.
Liam
Can we just not play the remaining fixtures?
Ross
Celtic Park is a toxic place tonight. My son is there with his Dad tonight, and he's not enjoying the atmosphere from the stands at all. I can hear it on the radio.
Ashley
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Neil Lennon
Former Celtic manager on TNT SportsExcellent pressing from Duran to force the mistake.
Nygren should do better.
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What a chance.
The Ferencvaros goalkeeper gives the ball straight to Benjamin Nygren after pressure from Camilo Duran.
He has an open goal to aim at from about 25 yards, but he side-foots the ball on to the roof of the net.
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James McFadden
Former Scotland forward on BBC SportsoundAt least the crowd are seeing that urgency, that willingness to go and try and get the next goal.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Benjamin Nygren came very close with this effort
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Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC SportsoundThey're threatening, though Celtic - at last in this game.
They've just got to try to find that goal quickly and see how Ferencvaros handle that pressure that'll come, probably from the crowd.
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Ooft, Benjamin Nygren almost matches Daniel Arzani's beauty from earlier.
The Swede curls one just wide. Celtic need one of these to go in soon.
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Camilo Duran's cross goes right across goal and Kasper Hogh is so close to heading in Celtic's second goal.
Better intensity.
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Daniel Arzani makes way, after a performance to remember against his former club.
Bamidele Yusuf also goes off. He has been a nightmare to deal with.
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So currently the same 11 on the pitch that started (and were dreadful) on Sunday. Nothing shows any thought or other options being considered. Tried plan B so back to plan A.
Andrew
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Daniel Arzani gets away without a booking despite blocking the free kick with his arm. Strange one.
Ferencvaros deal with the free kick.
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Colby Donovan's cross is too close to the goalkeeper.
Down the other side, Sebastian Tounekti wins a corner. But Celtic don't create anything from it.
Tounekti now wins a free kick after a better spell from the home side.
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James McFadden
Former Scotland forward on BBC SportsoundHaissem Hassan, he looks electric when he's got the ball, he looks like he can excite but off the ball he doesn't do enough.
Colby Donovan's having to deal with two players. He can't get to the ball and match a runner so he needs a bit of help.
Benjamin Nygren will be over to go and try and help him out, although it's not really his game either.
I understand the changes. This is a big half-hour for Sebastian Tounekti.
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Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC SportsoundHe's desperate to do something, Martin O'Neill. Can he get a reaction?
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James Forrest and Haissem Hassan are off, and Benjamin Nygren and Sebastian Tounekti come on.
Is this still 4-4-2?
Martin O'Neill talked about using forward Camilo Duran in a central role
ByMartin Dowden
BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill admits the 3-0 Premier Sport Cup defeat to Rangers was an "eye-opener" for some recent signings, adding that "defeat should hurt", as they prepare to face Ferencvaros in their opening Europa League fixture on Thursday.
Celtic return to the European stage after failing to overcome LASK in Champions League qualification before hosting Rangers again on Sunday in the Scottish Premiership.
"The whole idea of trying to win the league is to get into European football," O'Neill explained. "We were hoping that we might have been Champions League, that was a disappointment. But the Europa League is still very strong. We'd like to get off to a decent start if we could.
"There's clearly a lot of disappointment at the weekend [against Rangers]. Every game that Celtic lose, there's a crisis. Of course, it's even bigger if you lose to Rangers."
Five of O'Neill's starting XI were playing in an Old Firm match for the first time and O'Neill said: "I think it was an eye-opener to some of the newer lads.
"So you've got to find out about players, about whether they're capable of dealing with these games. Hopefully, over the course of time, they will be. They should hurt. I think [for] some of the newer players, it was a revelation in many aspects.
"We disappointed ourselves, we disappointed the fans in the game and we just have to rise to the occasion. But we've done it before. We'll get ourselves right."
On paper, Celtic's match-up against Ferencvaros looks like one they would look to capitalise on given the strength of some other sides they will face.
O'Neill, though, was keen to stress that they will not take the opposition from Budapest lightly. "I think any side playing in European football will provide us with problems and we just have to try and overcome them," he explained.
"We've found a way to win in the last season. We found somewhere along the way when the odds were piled against us.
"Now it's up to us to try and push on from there. The season will be tough. Tomorrow night will be tough. Sunday will be very tough as well. It's up to us to find ways to try and win football matches regardless of who plays.
"They have about three lads on the side who are exceptional footballers, exceptional players, and they will cause us lots of problems. But we hope to be at home, try and get the crowd on our side as much as possible and try and win it."
Team news
O'Neill conceded he may makes changes to his side given the demands of facing Rangers either side of Ferencvaros and the intensity of their schedule overall.
Duran is fit and available after a visa-related visit to London following a call-up to the Columbia national side, with questions over whether he may be best suited to playing as a central striker given his return early this season in that role.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is suspended while fellow midfielder Joel van den Berg and on-loan Chelsea forward Shim Mheuka are not in Celtic's Europa League squad.
Winger Yang Hyun-jun is on international duty with South Korea at the Asian Games.
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Number: 1 V. Sinisalo
Number: 63 K. Tierney
Number: 5 L. Scales
Number: 20 C. Carter-Vickers
Number: 51 C. Donovan
Number: 22 M. Baur
Number: 42 C. McGregor
Number: 49 J. Forrest
Number: 18 O. Sørensen
Number: 23 Haissem Hassan
Number: 11 C. Durán
Substitutes
Number: 14 L. McCowan
Number: 8 B. Nygren
Number: 56 A. Ralston
Number: 17 S. Tounekti
Number: 9 K. Høgh
Number: 1 Á. Varga
Number: 20 Cadu
Number: 4 M. Gómez
Number: 28 T. Raemaekers
Number: 54 O. Nagy
Number: 17 M. Corbu
Number: 6 Á. Nagy
Number: 15 D. Arzani
Number: 16 K. Zachariassen
Number: 11 B. Yusuf
Number: 18 Á. Bagi
Substitutes
Number: 10 J. Levi
Number: 76 K. Lisztes
Number: 47 C. O'Dowda
Number: 14 A. Osváth
Number: 5 N. Zohoré
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Skip to table keyMatch Participants:
- Ferencváros, Position 6, Points 3
- Celtic, Position 28, Points 0
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
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2 Sparta Prague | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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3 Beşiktaş | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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4 Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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6 Ferencváros | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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7 Benfica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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9 OFI Crete | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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12 Torreense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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13 Olympiakos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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14 Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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15 Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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17 Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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18 Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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20 Sturm Graz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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21 Jagiellonia Białystok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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22 Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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23 Lillestrøm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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25 AZ Alkmaar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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26 Celta Vigo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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27 Levski Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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30 Celje | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
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33 Ararat-Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
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34 Lech Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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35 Viktoria Plzeň | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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36 NEC Nijmegen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: 8th Finals
- Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24: Play-off
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Team Lineups
home team,Celtic
Manager:Martin O'Neill
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
Substitutes
home team,Celtic
away team,Ferencváros
Manager:Balázs Borbély
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
away team,Ferencváros
home team,Celtic
Manager:Martin O'Neill
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
Substitutes
away team,Ferencváros
Manager:Balázs Borbély
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
Substitutes
Match Officials
- Referee:
- Patrik Kolaric
- Video Assistant Referee:
- Mario Zebec
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Luka Pajic
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Ivan Starcevic
- Fourth Official:
- Dario Bel
- Assistant VAR Official:
- Jan Boterberg
Match Stats
Key, Celtic v FerencvárosBasic Stats
Overall possession
Celtic 60.6%Ferencváros 39.4%
Shots
Celtic 14Ferencváros 14Shots on target
Celtic 4Ferencváros 6Total touches inside the opposition box
Celtic 32Ferencváros 16Goalkeeper saves
Celtic 3Ferencváros 3Aerial duels won
Celtic 11Ferencváros 7Fouls committed
Celtic 17Ferencváros 13Corners
Celtic 9Ferencváros 3In-depth match stats
Attack
Shots
Celtic 14Ferencváros 14Shots on target
Celtic 4Ferencváros 6Shots off target
Celtic 4Ferencváros 5Attempts out of box
Celtic 5Ferencváros 6Total offsides
Celtic 1Ferencváros 0Distribution
Total passes
Celtic 526Ferencváros 350Pass accuracy %
Celtic 89.7Ferencváros 80.9Backward passes
Celtic 82Ferencváros 58Forward passes
Celtic 155Ferencváros 129Total long balls
Celtic 37Ferencváros 43Successful final third passes
Celtic 100Ferencváros 78Total crosses
Celtic 35Ferencváros 17Defence
Total tackles
Celtic 18Ferencváros 9Won tackle %
Celtic 66.7Ferencváros 88.9Fouls committed
Celtic 17Ferencváros 13Total yellow cards
Celtic 0Ferencváros 1Total clearances
Celtic 16Ferencváros 34Season so far
UEFA Europa League
Key, Celtic v Ferencváros
League position, Celtic 28th, Ferencváros 6thTotal points, Celtic 0, Ferencváros 3
Form guide
All competitions
Celtic lose
v Rangers
3
0
League Cup
Ferencváros won
v DEAC
0
7
Magyar Kupa
Celtic won
v St. Johnstone
0
1
Premiership
Ferencváros draw
v Újpest
2
2
NB I
Celtic won
v St. Mirren
1
2
Premiership
Ferencváros won
v Győri ETO
0
3
NB I
Celtic won
v Aberdeen
3
0
Premiership
Ferencváros won
v Puskás
1
2
NB I
Celtic won
v Falkirk
2
1
Premiership
Ferencváros won
v Trabzonspor
4
0
UEFA Europa League
Previous scores
All competitions
UEFA Europa League
Ferencváros 2 , Celtic 3 on the 4th of November 2021
Ferencváros
Celtic
4th of November 2021
Celtic 2 , Ferencváros 0 on the 19th of October 2021
Celtic
Ferencváros
19th of October 2021
UEFA Champions League
Celtic 1 , Ferencváros 2 on the 26th of August 2020
Celtic
Ferencváros
26th of August 2020
Match Facts
Celtic’s only previous encounter with Ferencváros in major European competition came in the group stages of the 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, with the Scottish side winning 2-0 at home and 3-2 away.
Celtic haven’t drawn any of their last 22 home matches in the UEFA Europa League since a 2-2 draw with Fenerbahçe in October 2015 (W11 L11), losing three of their last five on home soil.
Ferencváros have only lost one of their last nine group games in the UEFA Europa League (W5 D3), losing 0-4 at Nottingham Forest in their final group match of 2025-26.
Six of Ferencváros’ 17 goals in the UEFA Europa League last season came via crosses, the most of any side.
Celtic’s Callum McGregor has played 74 times in major European competition for the club, the most of any player in Celtic’s history. He could become the fifth Scotsman with 75+ games in Europe, after Allan McGregor (78), Billy Bremner (76), David Narey (76), and Kenny Dalglish (75).
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