Celtic will travel to Poland next month to play Legia Warsaw in special match to honour former Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc. The game will take place on Wednesday 20 July and will be the first meeting of the sides since the controversial European qualifier at Murrayfield on 6 August 2014.

Despite winning the second leg of the Champions League qualifier 2-0 – to give the Polish champions a 6-1 aggregate win, Celtic progressed due to Legia bringing on a substitute who was suspended.

UEFA awarded Celtic a 3-0 win meaning that the Scottish Champions progressed to the next round winning 4-3 on aggregate. Legia argued that Celtic should have conceded the tie although it didn’t;t do Celtic much good as we lost in the next qualifying round anyway! This year, thankfully we go straight into the Group stages of the Champions League.

Here’s the club’s media release issued just after 1pm…

Celtic to honour the great Artur Boruc in Poland

Celtic are to take part in a special match in Poland to honour former Hoops goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

The club has been invited by Legia Warsaw to take part in the special Tribute match on July 20, 2022 and we will travel to Poland to play in a match which will also act as an important part of our pre-season arrangements.

Artur was with Celtic for five years, wining three League titles, one Scottish Cup and two League cups. He was also part of the Celtic team that reached the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in consecutive years.

Read more on the Celtic FC website….HERE.

🇵🇱🍀 #CelticFC are to take part in a special match in Poland to honour former Hoops goalkeeper @ArturBoruc!

The club has been invited by Legia Warsaw to take part in the special Tribute match on July 20, which will also act as an important part of our pre-season arrangements ⤵️

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) June 10, 2022