Celtic FC Women will face FC Vorskla Poltava in Round 2 of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, confirmed by today’s draw. There will be a home and away tie, with the games being played on the 18/19 and 25/26 September.
After overcoming KuPS and FC Gintra in Round 1, the Celts progressed to Round 2 for the first time ever. Now, Elena Sadiku’s side are looking to continue writing their names in the history books by reaching the group stages, which no Celtic Women team has ever done before.
Our opponents currently sit second in the Ukrainian Women’s Premier League after four games, tied on points for the top spot. They have won the league for the last three seasons and breezed through their first round of Champions League qualifiers with a 5-0 and 2-0 victory against Rīga and Ferencváros respectively.
On to #UWCL Round Two 👊
Watch the goals as the Ghirls created more history with victory in Lithuania ✨#GINCEL | #CelticFC🍀 pic.twitter.com/wDZcn1OTdF
— Celtic FC Women (@CelticFCWomen) September 8, 2024
Although this tie certainly won’t be easy, we avoided some huge names like Roma and Benfica. Hopefully, the home leg of this tie can be played at Celtic Park to celebrate Women’s Champions League football coming to the East End of Glasgow for the first time and that the fans will come out in their numbers to cheer on the Scottish Champions.
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It will also be interesting to see where the away tie is played, with the war in Ukraine that may be played in Poland as has happened with the Celtic men’s team playing in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Celtic are the last remaining Scottish side in the competition after theRangers Women were knocked out after losing to Arsenal (6-0) and Atletico Madrid (3-0). The runners-up in the SWPL really do get it tough so there’s a huge incentive for Elena Sadiku’s side to retain their title.
So to recap Celtic FC Women have been drawn against FC Vorskla Poltava in Round 2 of the Champions League, with the winners of the home and away tie earning a place in the Group stages of the Champions League, which works in the same way that the old format for the men’s Champions League worked.
Over to Celtic to sort out the venue. Can we have the Green Wall please?
COYGIG!
Jessica Elliott
✨ We have been drawn against FC Vorskla Poltava in Round 2 of #UWCL Qualifying!
Fixture information TBC 🗓#UWCLdraw | #CelticFC🍀 pic.twitter.com/ir1Y7IALmJ
— Celtic FC Women (@CelticFCWomen) September 9, 2024
