Celtic 1-0 Elfsborg: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 31 July 2013

Result

Celtic 1-0 Elfsborg

Champions League · Wednesday 31 July 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Celtic 1-0 Elfsborg: match report

Celtic defeated Elfsborg 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 31 July 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Kris Commons of Celtic in the 76th minute.

Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards; Elfsborg received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 10th on 6 points from 2 and Elfsborg 7th on 6 points 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 Elfsborg in a 4-2-3-1.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Andreas KlarstromElfsborg
  • 47'Yellow card · Kris CommonsCeltic
  • 50'Yellow card · Stefan IshizakiElfsborg
  • 53'Yellow card · J. LarssonElfsborg
  • 55'Yellow card · Emilio Arturo Izaguirre GirónCeltic
  • 66'Yellow card · James KeeneElfsborg
  • 66'Yellow card · Georgios SamarasCeltic
  • 76'Goal · Kris CommonsCeltic · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Anders SvenssonElfsborg

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Mikael Lustig, Scott Brown, Kris Commons, Beram Kayal, James Forrest, Georgios Samaras, Anthony Stokes

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

Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard, Jon Jonsson, Johan Larsson, Daniel Mobaeck, Andreas Klarstrom, Anders Svensson, Henning Hauger, Stefan Ishizaki, Marcus Rohdén, James Keene, Mohamed Bangura