European Cup · Phase 01 - Group F - Matchday 03

Manchester United v Celtic

3–0

Tuesday 21st October 2008 · Old Trafford · Att: 74,655

Manchester United beat Celtic 3–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 21st October 2008 in the European Cup. Dimitar Berbatov (30', 51') and Wayne Rooney (76') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
30' Dimitar Berbatov 1–0
Half Time
51' Dimitar Berbatov 2–0
60' Carlos Tevez for Berbatov
60' Wesley Brown for G.Neville
74' Paul Hartley
76' Wayne Rooney 3–0
82' Ji-Sung Park for Ronaldo
83' Glenn Loovens
Full Time 3–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

9 Dimitar Berbatov 30', 51'

10 Wayne Rooney 76'

Substitutes

60' for Berbatov

60' for G.Neville

82' for Ronaldo

Celtic Lineup

Starting XI

1 Artur Boruc G

3 Lee Naylor LB

4 Stephen McManus CD-L

5 Gary Caldwell CM-R

7 Scott McDonald F

8 Scott Brown CM-L

12 Mark Wilson RB

19 Barry Robson LM

22 Glenn Loovens CD-R

25 Shunsuke Nakamura AM

46 Aiden McGeady RM

Substitutes

2 Andreas Hinkel

11 Paul Hartley on

13 Shaun Maloney on

18 Massimo Donati

21 Mark Brown

26 Cillian Sheridan on

48 Darren O'Dea

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Gordon Strachan

Celtic

Match Information

Man Utd Celtic

65%

Possession

35%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Celtic History

Meeting 3 of 4

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 13th September 2006. After this match United had played Celtic 3 times: 2W 0D 1L.

13 Sep 2006 W 3–2 EC 21 Nov 2006 L 0–1 EC

21 Oct 2008 W 3–0 This match

5 Nov 2008 D 1–1 EC

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	2	2	0	0	6	2	100.0
Away	2	0	1	1	1	2	0.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →