Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie to host both legs of Celtic’s Historic UWCL matches

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·10 de setembro de 2024

Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie to host both legs of Celtic’s Historic UWCL matches

As predicted on The Celtic Star yesterday by Jessica Elliott, Celtic FC Women with play both legs of the Uefa Women’s Champions League match against Ukrainian Champions FC Vorskla Poltava at home…

We had hoped that Celtic would look to stage their home game at Celtic Park but with both legs having to be played in Scotland due to the on-going conflict in Ukraine, it has now been confirmed that Airdrie’s Excelsior Stadium is the chosen venue for these history making matches.

Celtic FC Women confirmed the details for the Round 2 knock-out tie with Vorskla Poltava this evening, confirming that both games will be played in Scotland, at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie on Sunday 22 September (kick-off 12pm) and the return fixture on Thursday 26 September with a 7.15pm kick-off,

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We will host both legs of the #UWCL Round 2, as we take on Vorskla Poltava at the Albert Bartlett Stadium. The matches will take place on, Sunday, September 22 (KO: 12pm) Thursday, September 26 (KO: 7.15pm)

READ THIS…Why Celtic could actually host both legs of UWCL play-off against FC Vorskla Poltava

🍀 We will host both legs of the #UWCL Round 2, as we take on Vorskla Poltava at the Albert Bartlett Stadium. The matches will take place on, 🗓 Sunday, September 22 (KO: 12pm) 🗓 Thursday, September 26 (KO: 7.15pm) More info ⤵️
– terça-feira, 10 de setembro de 2024

Meanwhile here are the highlights from Celtic FC Women’s historic victory in Lithuania against their Champions FC Gintra, who have much greater Champions League experience than Celtic. It’s fair to say that Celtic absolutely dominated that match from start to finish but were also extremely wasteful in front of goal, meaning that the scoreline was restricted to a 2-0 Celtic victory. We even missed a penalty!

Against FC Vorskla Poltava, Celtic will need to be more clinical in front of goal if they are going to reach the Group Stages of the Champions League and if you read Jessica’s article linked above you’ll see the significant financial package that the club will receive if they can get past the Ukrainian side who are hardened Champions League campaigners.

Watch Saturday’s action for yourselves..

And final update this evening on Celtic FC Women. Due to the club playing in the UWCL Round Two against FC Vorskla Poltava, the Ghirls scheduled home match against Montrose has now been reversed so Celtic will now play Montrose away on Thursday 19 September, just ahead of the first leg in the Champions League.

Celtic FC Women confirmed the change:

We can also confirm that with the upcoming changes to our #UWCL ties v Vorskla Poltava, our #SWPL fixture against Montrose has been reversed. The away match will now be played on Thursday, September 19 (KO 7:30pm)

Before that Elena Sadiku’s team travel to Kirkintilloch this Sunday (15 September) to take on Partick Thistle, who are currently playing their home SWPL1 matches at the Community Sports Complex in Kirkie. Kick-off is at 4.10pm and if you are in the area why not get along and support the team?

🆕 We can also confirm that with the upcoming changes to our #UWCL ties v Vorskla Poltava, our #SWPL fixture against Montrose has been reversed. The away match will now be played on Thursday, September 19 (KO 7:30pm) ⚽️ #CelticFC🍀
– terça-feira, 10 de setembro de 2024