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·29 August 2025
Europa League draw: Roma and Bologna to face Celtic

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·29 August 2025
Roma will travel to Glasgow for games against Rangers and Celtic in the Europa League, while Bologna will host the Hoops at the Stadio Dall’Ara and visit Aston Villa.
Serie A clubs Roma and Bologna learned their eight Europa League opponents on Friday. Click here to see how the draw in Monaco unfolded.
ROME, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Wesley Franca of AS Roma (hidden) celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teammates during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Olimpico on August 23, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Both Italian sides will face Celtic, but while Roma will have to travel to Scotland, Bologna will host the defending Scottish champions at the Dall’Ara.
Roma have also been drawn with Celtic’s main rivals, Rangers, in another game the Giallorossi will play away.
ROME, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Players, match officials and mascots line up prior to the Serie A match between AS Roma and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Olimpico on August 23, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Roma will also meet two French clubs, Lille at home and Nice away and host Midtjylland, Viktoria Plzen and Stuttgart.
Bologna will travel to England to face Aston Villa, one of their Champions League rivals in 2024-25, and Spain for a meeting with Celta Vigo.
UEFA will unveil the fixture list for the league phase of the Europa League tomorrow, Saturday, August 30.
Lille H Rangers A V. Plzen H Celtic A Midtjylland H Nice A Stuttgart H Panathinaikos A
RB Salzburg H Aston Villa A Celtic H Maccabi Tel Aviv A Freiburg H FCSB A Brann H Celta Vigo A