Celtic 1-1 Ajax: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 22 October 2013

Result

Celtic 1-1 Ajax

Champions League · Tuesday 22 October 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 1-1 Ajax: match report

Celtic drew with Ajax 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 22 October 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

James Forrest opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Celtic's goals came from James Forrest (45', penalty) and B. Kayal (54'). Ajax scored through Lasse Schöne (90+4').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Ajax received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 5th on 13 points from 8 and Ajax 57th on 1 point from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Ajax in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 1 for Ajax.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Virgil van DijkCeltic
  • 44'Yellow card · Christian Bjørnshøj PoulsenAjax
  • 44'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanAjax
  • 45'Penalty goal · James ForrestCeltic · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Christian PoulsenAjax
  • 45'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanAjax
  • 54'Goal · B. KayalCeltic · 2-0
  • 88'Red card · N. BittonCeltic
  • 90+4'Goal · Lasse SchöneAjax · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 0, Ajax 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Virgil van Dijk, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Beram Kayal, James Forrest, Georgios Samaras, Anthony Stokes, Teemu Pukki

Ajax line-up (4-3-2-1)

Jasper Cillessen, Ricardo van Rhijn, Joël Veltman, Daley Blind, Stefano Denswil, Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen, Siem de Jong, Lucas Andersen, T. Serero, Viktor Fischer, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson