Group B analysis: Bayern, Paris, Anderlecht, Celtic
Who’s in Group B?
Bayern München (GER)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 2
• How they qualified: initial in German Bundesliga
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 20 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
• Best European Cup performance: winners x 5 (1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/56, 2000/01, 2012/13)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 6
• How they qualified: second in Ligue 1
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 9 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League turn of 16
• Best European Cup performance: semi-finals (1994/95)
Anderlecht (BEL)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 32
• How they qualified: initial in Belgian First League
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 11 (last appearance: 2014/15)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League third subordinate round/UEFA Europa League quarter-finals
• Best European Cup performance: semi-finals (1981/82, 1985/86)
Celtic (SCO)
• UEFA fellow ranking: 48
• How they qualified: initial in Scottish Premier League, play-off winners
• Previous organisation theatre campaigns: 9 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League organisation stage
• Best European Cup performance: winners x 1 (1966/67)
Matchday one fixtures (Tuesday 12 September)
Bayern München v Anderlecht
Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain
Key facts
• Bayern manager Carlo Ancelotti was in assign of Paris between Dec 2011 and summer 2013, winning a Ligue 1 pretension in 2012/13.
• Paris have won 4 of their 6 games opposite Bayern, including all 3 in Paris.
• Anderlecht won their final assembly with Bayern, recording a 2-1 divided feat in a 2007/08 UEFA Cup turn of 16 second leg – unfortunately for a Belgian club, they had mislaid a home diversion 5-0, finale their four-match dominant home record opposite Bayern. Anderlecht did win a 1976 UEFA Super Cup during Bayern’s expense, branch turn a 2-1 divided better with a 4-1 second-leg feat in Brussels.
• Bayern met Celtic in a 2003/04 organisation stage, winning 2-1 during home before a 0-0 pull in Glasgow.
• Anderlecht were also in that 2003/04 group, violence Celtic 1-0 during home though losing 3-1 away. The Belgian bar picked adult one indicate from their dual games with Bayern (1-1 home, 0-1 away) and finished fourth in a group, turn with third-placed Celtic on 7 points. Bayern were second to Lyon.
• Paris’ solitary vital European prize featured a two-legged win opposite Celtic, a French bar entrance out on tip 4-0 on total in a 1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup second turn (1-0 home, 3-0 away).
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