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Lawton heads Celtic in front early in second half & McGregor adds second
Celtic seal 3-0 aggregate win and will be in Friday's group stage draw
FT: Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Right I'm gonna scoot over into that sea of happiness and try and grab some interviews and reaction.
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FT: Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Celtic are Champions League bound.
They're the first Scottish side to reach the group stages of the competition.
Of course, though, Glasgow City made it to the quarter-final stage, twice, most recently in 2020 when it was a knockout format after the qualifying rounds.
FT: Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Yaaas, the funky tune is back being belted out around Airdrie.
Hope no nearby parents are trying to get the bairns to bed...
Celtic have done it, they are history makers once more!
Elena Sadiku's side are the first Scottish team to reach the group stages of the Women's Champions League group stages.
They had a one-goal advantage coming into tonight's second leg and they only added to it in a stylish second half showing.
Emma Lawton powered home her first goal for Celtic before Shannon McGregor nodded the Scottish champions safely into tomorrow's draw.
Image source, SNSCeltic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Celtic really trying to add late gloss here.
First Caitlin Hayes heads over before Kit Loferski fires in a lucrative ball with no takers.
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Three minutes of additional time...
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
I'll predict tomorrow's lottery numbers now...
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Ah, good one, Amy.
Saoirse Noonan has just come on alongside Ceyla Barclais.
Lucy Ashworth-Clifford and Amy Gallacher off.
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Celtic are doing all this without their top goalscorer, btw.
Despite saving Celtic waaay back in the first round semi-final tie against KuPS with a second-half hat-trick, Saoirse Noonan sat out of Sunday's win against Vorskla Poltava.
She's on the bench once again this evening.
Image source, SNSCeltic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Oh that was a bit dangerous.
A delicious ball into the back-post, it bounces around a little and off someone's boot, Kelsey Daugherty in the Celtic goal is forced into a cracking stop.
Wee nervy moment there for the hosts...
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Not much going on, but, it is getting a bit pushy-shovey out there...
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Not much going on, that second goal on the night has really taken the wind outta Vorskla's sails, as you can imagine.
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Look what it means...
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Colette Cavanagh and second goalscorer Shannon McGregor depart to a round of applause.
They're replaced by Signe Carstens and Maria McAneny for Celtic.
Image source, SNSCeltic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
I'm tired just watching Emma Lawton.
She weaves her way into the box from picking up the ball in her own half.
So good with the round thing at her feet.
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
Shannon McGregor enjoyed that one...
Image source, SNSCeltic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
"We're having a party in the Champions League," is sung from the stands.
Celtic 2-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 3-0)
That assist is Murphy Agnew's last act as she is replaced by Kit Loferski in the Celtic front line.
Shannon McGregor
Celtic surely have their spot in this season's Champions League group stages sealed!
It's a cracking ball in from Murphy Agnew down the right and summer signing from Hibs, Shannon McGregor heads in from six yards out.
Dreamland for Celtic.
Image source, SNSCeltic 1-0 Vorskla Poltava (agg 2-0)
A wee stoppage with a Vorskla player down.
Natalie Ross uses the time to rally the troops, her cry of, "let's keep it going" rings around.
Highlights: Celtic reach the Women's Champions League group stage
Celtic are the first Scottish side to qualify for the Women’s Champions League group stage since it was introduced in 2020-21.
Leading 1-0 from the first leg, headers from Emma Lawton and Shannon McGregor completed the job against Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava.
Neither side roused the Albert Bartlett Stadium crowd in the first half, though wing-back Lawton stood out following her introduction to Elena Sadiku's starting XI.
A wayward shot on the rebound from Lucy Ashworth-Clifford squandered the home side's finest chance before the interval.
Amy Gallacher spun her marker with ease before curling wide as Celtic piled on the pressure immediately after the restart.
Then Lawton marked a memorable first European start with her first Celtic goal on 52 minutes, the wing-back meeting a cross from Ashworth-Clifford with a towering finish.
A second powerful header would double the hosts' lead on the night as summer signing McGregor nodded in from a Murphy Agnew delivery.
Celtic's historic night was capped off by a clean sheet - despite late threats from Vorskla forward Viktoriia Radionova. The 19-year-old was denied by a Maria McAneny block before firing just over as time wound down in Airdrie.
Celtic will find out their group opponents in Friday's lunchtime draw.
While they are the first Scottish team to enter this phase of the competition, Glasgow City twice reached the quarter-finals in the previous knockout format.
Celtic head coach Elena Sadiku: "I told the girls that I am living my dream together with them. I don't think there is a better achievement than that. It sums up what we have been doing so far.
"We are the in the top 16 teams [in Europe]. We done it for the first time ever. I'm already thinking about our game on Sunday and Rangers next Thursday. I'll think about it when the draw happens tomorrow.
"I don't think I can explain the excitement that is in that locker room right now. For me, we need to be confident because we achieved something that nobody in Scotland has been doing before.
"I am so happy. They are living their dream and will play with the top players in Europe and that is what we want to do."
Celtic wing-back Emma Lawton: "It's really good for Scottish football to have a team in the group stage of the Champions League, and I'm delighted it is us who have managed to do it.
"I think they changed their formation a wee bit [at half-time], which we were not expecting. It was about adapting to that. Second half, we were really, really good."
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 16 |
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| 2 | SL Benfica | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
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| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
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| 4 | Rosengård | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 23 | -20 | 1 |
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 14 |
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| 2 | Brann | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
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| 3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 5 |
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| 4 | St. Pölten | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 1 |
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | PSG | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
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| 2 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
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| 3 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
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| 4 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 5 |
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
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| 2 | Häcken | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
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| 3 | Paris FC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
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| 4 | Real Madrid | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 1 |
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Manager: Elena Sadiku
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Volodymyr Yefimako
Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
Manager: Elena Sadiku
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Volodymyr Yefimako
Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
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