THE Hoops are off on their travels to Denmark once more this week, with the team taking on FC Copenhagen in the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League tomorrow night (Thursday).
This will be the seventh European tie between Celtic and Danish opposition. So here we take a look at the club’s relationship with Danish football.
AND IF YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY
The first competitive encounter in Denmark was in 1965 in what was the club’s fourth season of European football and Jock Stein’s first foray on to foreign soil as Celtic manager. Their opponents in the European Cup-Winners’ Cup were amateur side Aarhus, with Celtic having comfortably disposed of Go Ahead Deventer in a 7-0 aggregate win in the first round. At that stage, Danish football was zealously guarding its amateur status and would continue to do so late into the next decade, but this did not mean an easy tie against Aarhus. A Joe McBride goal sealed a 1-0 win away from home on November 3, with the players having to fight tooth and nail for a 2-0 victory in the return leg. Celtic went on to reach the semi-finals of the Cup-Winners’ Cup that season, where they were narrowly beaten by Liverpool.
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