Opponents: v FC Astana
Competition: Champions league Play-off, L2
Date: 22/08/2017
Venue: Astana Arena, Astana
Score: 3-4
Scorers: Sinclair, Ntcham, Griffiths
Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE)
Attendance: 19,075
Comments: Celtic narrowly loose this one but win the tie 8-4 on aggregate to qualify for the Group stage of the Champions League.
There was no official programme on sale at the match for ordinary fans. The programme displayed here is supposed to be an official programme issued by UEFA in small numbers and available in the VIP section only. This account was given by the ebay seller himself, it is unsubstantiated and unlikely to be true. Copy sold for £42 on 14 May, 2020 7 bids
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Scorers: Sinclair 34, Ntcham 80, Griffiths 90
Team: Gordon, Lustig, Ajer, Bitton, Tierney, Brown, Ntcham, Forrest (Ralston 56), Rogic, Sinclair (Armstrong 64), McGregor (Rogic 56), Griffiths.
Subs not used: de Vries (g/k), Gamboa, Miller, Hayes.
Manager: Stanimir Stoilov
Scorers: Ajer 26 (og), Muzhikov 48, Twumasi 49, 69
Team: Eric, Shitov, Anicic, Postnikov 
, Shomko , Maevski, Kleinheisler (Grahovac 12 ), Twumasi, Tomasov (Beysebekov 45 (Tagybergen 81)), Muzhikov, Kabanaga.
Subs not used: Mokin (g/k), Maliy, Shaikhov, Murtazayev.