Celtic 1–4 VfB Stuttgart
Knockout Round Playoffs · 1st Leg · Thu 19 Feb 2026Match events
Minute by minute- 15'0–1 Goal: Bilal El KhannoussAssist: Deniz Undav VfB Stuttgart
- 21'1–1 Goal: Benjamin Nygren Celtic
- 28'1–2 Goal: Bilal El Khannouss VfB Stuttgart
- Half-time 1–2
- 50' Yellow card: Jeff Chabot VfB Stuttgart
- 57'1–3 Goal: Jamie LewelingAssist: Deniz Undav VfB Stuttgart
- 62' Substitution: Reo HatateOff: Paulo Bernardo Celtic
- 62' Substitution: Yang Hyun-JunOff: Daizen Maeda Celtic
- 71' Substitution: Luke McCowanOff: Benjamin Nygren Celtic
- 71' Substitution: Kelechi IheanachoOff: Tomas Cvancara Celtic
- 72' Substitution: Nikolas NarteyOff: Bilal El Khannouss VfB Stuttgart
- 72' Substitution: Chris FührichOff: Jamie Leweling VfB Stuttgart
- 78' Substitution: Tiago TomásOff: Ermedin Demirovic VfB Stuttgart
- 78' Substitution: Luca JaquezOff: Jeff Chabot VfB Stuttgart
- 78' Substitution: Marcelo SaracchiOff: Kieran Tierney Celtic
- 90+1' Substitution: Chema AndrésOff: Angelo Stiller VfB Stuttgart
- 90+3'1–4 Goal: Tiago TomásAssist: Nikolas Nartey VfB Stuttgart
Line-ups
Confirmed
Celtic4-2-3-14-2-3-1VfB Stuttgart
- 1 Schmeichel
- 6378' Tierney
- 5 Scales
- 6 Trusty
- 22 Araujo
- 2862' Bernardo
- 42 McGregor
- 23 Tounekti
- 871' Nygren
- 3862' Maeda
- 1171' Cvancara
- 33 Nübel
- 3 Hendriks
- 2478' Chabot
- 29 Jeltsch
- 4 Vagnoman
- 690+1' Stiller
- 16 Karazor
- 1872' Leweling
- 26A2 Undav
- 1172' El Khannouss
- 978' Demirovic
Celtic bench
- 17Kelechi Iheanacho71'
- 41Reo Hatate62'
- 14Luke McCowan71'
- 13Yang Hyun-Jun62'
- 36Marcelo Saracchi78'
VfB Stuttgart bench
- 28Nikolas Nartey72'A
- 8Tiago Tomás78'
- 30Chema Andrés90+1'
- 14Luca Jaquez78'
- 10Chris Führich72'