Celtic were today rewarded for their superb 3-2 aggregate win over AZ Alkmaar by being drawn into the Europa League Group G as the second seed and will face top seeds Bayer Leverkusen – meaning a return to Paradise for former Celtic wing-back Jeremie Frimpong, as well as Spanish side from Seville, Real Betis, the pot 3 side with Ferencvaros coming out of the fourth pot to be added to what is a fairly decent group. A revenge mission on the cards with the Hungarians!
EUROPA LEAGUE – GROUP F
BAYER LEVERKUSEN – GERMANY
CELTIC – SCOTLAND
REAL BETIS – SPAIN
FERENCVAROS – HUNGARY
Across the city theRangers are in Group A with top seeds Lyon – meaning a return to The Den of No Equity for former Celtic striker Moussa Dembele, Sparta Prague (!) and Bromby.
Europa League bookies favourites Leicester City, managed by former Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers got Napoli, Spartak Moscow and Legia Warsaw.
The Europa League Group stages start on Thursday 16 September with subsequent games being played on – Thursday, 30 September, Thursday, 21 October, Thursday , 4 November, Thursday, 25 November and Thursday, 9 December 2021, more details on the six group matches will be posted asap. Incidentally the final this year is in SEVILLE, so that might to two trips in the one season. What’s not to like!
