Dinamo Zagreb v Celtic background

GNK Dinamo Zagreb will look to sign off from UEFA Europa League Group D with a victory as they welcome Celtic FC back to Zagreb 51 years to the day since their first visit.

• Celtic are already certain to finish second in the group and play in the round of 32.

• Dinamo can finish no higher than third.

Form guide
• Kris Commons' early goal earned Celtic a 1-0 win when these sides met on matchday two.

• This is the clubs' sixth meeting, with home advantage having proved to be significant in all of the previous encounters: Dinamo have won both their home games against Celtic, while the Hoops have overcome Dinamo three times in Glasgow.

• The teams that lined up when Milan Antolković's Dinamo beat James McGrory's Hoops 2-1 in the European Cup Winners' Cup on 11 December 1963 were:
Dinamo: Crnković, Belin, Braun, Kasumović, Marković, Benko, Kobeščak, Zambata, Raus, Lamza, Ribić.
Celtic: Fallon, Clark, Gemmell, Kennedy, McNeill, Murdoch, Chalmers, Hughes, Johnstone, Divers, Young.

• The sides named when Zlatko Kranjčar's Dinamo beat Jozef Vengloš's Celtic 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round on 26 August 1998 were:
Dinamo: Ladić, Tokić, Marić (Šarić 82), Jurić, Prosinečki, Viduka (Šokota 73), Rukavina, Dario Šimić, Cvitanović, Jeličić (Mujčin 58), Jurčić.
Celtic: Gould, Boyd, Mahé, McNamara, Rieper, Stubbs, Larsson, Burley, Lambert, Jackson (Donnelly 75), Blinker (Brattbakk 61).

• Celtic have drawn both of their away games in this season's UEFA Europa League.

Trivia and links
• Dinamo have featured in ten previous UEFA club competition group stages – four in the UEFA Champions League and six in the UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup – but have yet to make it through to the next phase.

• Dinamo and Celtic are among ten national champions in the group stage along with HJK Helsinki (Finland), Legia Warszawa (Poland), FC Steaua Bucureşti (Romania), AC Sparta Praha (Czech Republic), Aalborg BK (Denmark), ŠK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia), Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijan) and FC Salzburg (Austria).

The coaches
• Previously a defensive midfielder, Dinamo coach Zoran Mamić started and ended his playing days with the club but spent much of his career in Germany with the likes of VfL Bochum 1848 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He became Dinamo coach in November 2013 after two caretaker spells, guiding them to the 2013/14 Croatian title.

• Celtic coach Ronny Deila took charge of the Hoops in June 2014 following a successful spell at Strømsgodset IF in his native Norway. The former Odd Grenland and Viking FK defender led the Drammen club to the 2010 Norwegian Cup title and, in 2013, their first league crown since 1970.