Celtic vs Bayern München facts

Celtic's first UEFA Champions League knockout tie in 12 years pits them against Bayern München, who are looking to reach the last 16 for a 17th successive season, in the first leg of the knockout phase play-offs.

The Scottish champions ended the league phase in 21st position – ten of their 12 points coming at Celtic Park – while Bayern were 12th on 15 points, winning four of their last five games.

Previous meetings

Matches 4
Celtic wins 0
Bayern wins 3
Draws 1
Celtic goals 2
Bayern goals 7

2003/04 Champions League group stage
Bayern 2-1 Celtic
Celtic 0-0 Bayern
Alan Thompson gave Celtic a Matchday 1 lead in Munich, but two late Roy Makaay goals (73,86) turned the game in Bayern's favour before a goalless draw in Glasgow on Matchday 5.

2017/18 Champions League group stage
Bayern 3-0 Celtic
Celtic 1-2 Bayern
Thomas Müller, Joshua Kimmich and Mats Hummels gave Bayern a comfortable Matchday 3 win in Germany; their win in Scotland two weeks later ended Celtic's hopes of reaching the last 16, Javi Martínez with a 77th-minute winner three minutes after Callum McGregor had cancelled out Kingsley Coman's first-half opener.

Form guide

Celtic

Record vs German clubs: W5 D5 L20 F24 A53
Home record vs German clubs: W5 D2 L8

Celtic have already played two fixtures against German opponents in this season's Champions League, losing 7-1 at Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 2 before a 3-1 home defeat of Leipzig.

That Matchday 4 success ended Celtic's run of five successive defeats against Bundesliga opponents, with four goals scored and 19 conceded.

A 2-1 UEFA Europa League group stage win against Leipzig in November 2018 is Celtic's only other victory in their last 17 games against German opponents (D3 L12) and one of only two in the last ten they have not lost.

At home, the Hoops have lost five of the last seven, most recently a 0-2 defeat by Leipzig in the 2022/23 Champions League group stage.

Celtic's last 16 games against German opponents have come in the group stage/league phase. This is their first knockout tie since a 5-4 aggregate win against Stuttgart in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup fourth round that made their two-legged record against Bundesliga clubs W2 L5.

Celtic are in the Champions League proper for the 13th time, two more than local rivals Rangers, and the third season in a row.

The Hoops were bottom of their section for the second season running – and the fourth time in their last five campaigns – in 2023/24, although they ended with a 2-1 home win against Feyenoord, their first Champions League victory at Celtic Park since 2013.

That ended Celtic's run of 12 home group games without a win (D3 L9), since beating Ajax 2-1 on Matchday 4 in 2013/14. This season's wins against Slovan Bratislava (5-1), and Leipzig made it three in a row for the first time since 2007 before a 1-1 draw against Club Brugge and, on Matchday 7, a 1-0 defeat of Young Boys.

Home and away, Celtic have won only six of their last 40 games in the Champions League proper (D9 L25) – but four of the last nine.

The first British club to win the European Cup in 1967, and runners-up to Feyenoord three years later, Celtic have reached the knockout stages three times. All those campaigns ended in the round of 16, most recently in 2012/13 against Juventus (0-3 h, 0-2 a).

Celtic claimed their 54th Scottish League title, and a 12th in 13 seasons, in 2023/24, Brendan Rodgers' side also winning the Scottish Cup, the Hoops' record 42nd victory.

Bayern

Record vs Scottish teams: W10 D6 L3 F29 A15
Away record vs Scottish teams: W3 D3 L3

Those 2017 games against Celtic are Bayern's last against a team from Scotland.

Bayern lost their first three matches in Scotland but are unbeaten in the subsequent six (W3 D3).

The German club have won their last three games against Scottish opponents and are unbeaten in 13 (W9 D4), since a 1-0 loss at Hearts in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg – a tie Bayern went on to win 2-1 on aggregate.

Bayern's last knockout tie against a Scottish club was a 7-3 aggregate success against Aberdeen in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup round of 32 (2-2 a, 5-1 h), making their record in two-legged ties W4 L2 with wins in the last four.

The Munich club's first game against Scottish opponents was a 1-0 defeat of Rangers in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Nuremberg.

Bayern have featured in the Champions League proper in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout rounds in each one of those campaigns, losing to Real Madrid in last season's semi-finals.

The six-time European champions have reached the quarter-finals or better in 12 of their last 13 Champions League campaigns, the exception a last-16 elimination by Liverpool in 2018/19.

This is Bayern's 28th campaign in the Champions League proper, level with Porto and fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 29).

A 0-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Matchday 2 this season ended Bayern's record unbeaten run of 41 Champions League group/league phase matches (W37 D4).

Defeats at Villa, Barcelona (1-4) – making it three successive away European losses, a club first – and, on Matchday 7, Feyenoord (0-3) this season have made it seven in Bayern's last 39 away Champions League matches (W25 D7); they won 5-1 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Matchday 6.

A side coached by Thomas Tuchel were third behind Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart in the 2023/24 Bundesliga. It was the first time Bayern had failed to win the title since 2011/12 and their lowest league placing since 2010/11, when they were also third.

Tuchel was replaced by Vincent Kompany in the summer.

Links and trivia

Have played together:
Kasper Schmeichel & Harry Kane (Leicester 2013)

Cameron Carter-Vickers was a Tottenham player between 2009 and 2022, with Harry Kane and Eric Dier both at the club – although Carter-Vickers never made a first-team appearance.

International team-mates:
Alistair Johnston & Alphonso Davies (Canada)
Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate & Hiroki Ito (Japan)
Hyun-jun Yang & Min-jae Kim (South Corea)

Schmeichel saved Kane's penalty in the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-final; the striker converted the rebound to give England a 2-1 extra-time win against Denmark at Wembley and was also on target against Schmeichel's Danes in a 1-1 group stage draw at EURO 2024.

Kane's has scored 16 club goals past Schmeichel, a total that includes a four-goal haul on 18 May 2017 and a hat-trick on 21 March 2015, both in the Premier League for Tottenham against Leicester.

Latest news

Celtic

On Saturday a hat-trick from Daizen Maeda helped Celtic to a 5-0 home win against Raith and a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals.

Maeda has scored in his last three appearances, six goals in all, and has eight in six in all competitions.

The Matchday 8 defeat at Aston Villa is Celtic's only loss in ten games in all competitions (W8 D1).

The Hoops have since won 3-1 at Motherwell and 6-0 at home to Dundee, making it 21 goals in their last six Scottish Premiership games.

The Scottish champions have won 21 of their 25 league games this season, the sole defeat a 3-0 loss at Glasgow rivals Rangers on 2 January – ending the Hoops' 27-match unbeaten league run (W24 D3).

Celtic have kept 12 clean sheets in their last 19 matches in all competitions; they conceded 16 goals in the other seven.

Adam Idah has scored in his last three appearances, four goals in all.

James Forrest has been out since the League Cup final with a foot injury.

Bayern

Friday's 3-0 win at home to Werder Bremen took Bayern eight points clear in the Bundesliga; they have won their last seven league games and scored 23 goals.

Harry Kane converted two penalties, making it 29 successful spot kicks in a row in all competitions.

On 1 February Vincent Kompany's side were 4-3 victors against Holstein Kiel having led 4-0, conceding twice in added time.

Kane, who also scored twice against Kiel, has 21 goals in this season's Bundesliga and 31 in 33 games for club and country.

Kane scored 55 goals in his first 50 Bundesliga games – a new record.

Bayern have scored at least three goals in nine successive home Bundesliga games.

Leon Goretzka came on as a late substitute on Friday having been out with a hamstring problem since 25 January.

Summer signing Hiroki Ito (out since 28 July, broken metatarsal) has returned to team training.

Alphonso Davies has been sidelined since 22 January with a hamstring injury.

Daniel Peretz has been missing since 8 January with a kidney problem.

On 21 January Bayern announced Hoffenheim midfielder Tom Bischof will join in the summer.

In early February Bayern recalled Gabriel Vidović from his loan spell at Mainz.

Manuel Neuer (2026) and Davies (2030) have both signed contract extensions.