UEFA Europa League
League phase, matchday eight
Thusday, January 29, 2026
Celtic Park, Glasgow

CELTIC…4
(Nygren 6, Viergever og 10, Engels pen 19, Trusty 66)

FC UTRECHT…2
(de Wit 44, Blake 62)

Celtic completed the league phase of their UEFA Europa League campaign with a 4-2 home win over FC Utrecht, and in the process ensuring progress to the play-off round of the competition.

Martin O’Neill’s side started the game on the front foot and established an emphatic three-goal lead inside the first 20 minutes.

Benjamin Nygren got the scoring underway after just six minutes when he fired home from close range.

Colby Donovan showed great initiative to take a quick corner, and when he threaded the ball through to Kieran Tierney inside the box, Tierney fired a low ball across the area which Nygren tapped home.

Just four minutes later it was 2-0, and this time Nygren contributed the assist, although it was Nick Viergever who steered the ball into his own net as Daizen Maeda looked to get on the end of the ball.

And on 19 minutes, the Italian referee was called to the VAR screen to review an incident inside the Utrecht box, the result of which was a penalty awarded to Celtic, with Arne Engels duly despatching the spot-kick to make it 3-0.

At this stage, the Dutch side looked down and out, although they were thrown a lifeline just before the break when Dani De Wit fired home.

And in added time, Kasper Schmeichel produced a great save to push a Niklas Vesterlund header round the post.

Celtic progress in Europa League with victory over FC Utrecht