Celtic 0-1 Ajax: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 26 November 2015

Result

Celtic 0-1 Ajax

Europa League · Thursday 26 November 2015, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-1

Celtic · Ajax · Europa League predictions

Celtic 0-1 Ajax: match report

Celtic were beaten by Ajax 0-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 26 November 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Celtic's goal came from Callum McGregor (3'). Ajax scored through Arkadiusz Milik (22') and Vaclav Cerny (87').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Ajax received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 130th on 2 points from 4 and Ajax 49th on 9 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Ajax in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arkadiusz Milik of Ajax (8.1), ahead of Vaclav Cerny (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 1 draw and 3 for Ajax.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read D-D-L-L and Ajax's D-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Arkadiusz MilikAjax · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Kenny TeteAjax
  • 80'Yellow card · S. AllanCeltic
  • 87'Goal · Vaclav CernyAjax · 1-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 1, Ajax 3.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogić, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths, Gary Mackay-Steven, James Forrest

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

Jasper Cillessen, Mike van der Hoorn, Jaïro Riedewald, Kenny Tete, Mitchell Dijks, Viktor Fischer, Davy Klaassen, Ahmad Nurosadi, Lasse Schöne, Nemanja Gudelj, Arkadiusz Milik