Celtic 5-2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 17 August 2016

Result

Celtic 5-2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Champions League · Wednesday 17 August 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Celtic 5-2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva: match report

Celtic beat Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 17 August 2016. The half-time score was 3-0.

Tom Rogic opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Celtic's goals came from Tom Rogic (9'), Leigh Griffiths (39'), Leigh Griffiths (45+1'), Moussa Dembélé (73') and Scott Brown (85'). Hapoel Be'er Sheva scored through Lucio Maranhão (55') and Maor Melikson (57').

Discipline: Celtic received 4 yellow cards; Hapoel Be'er Sheva received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 14th on 5 points from 4 and Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6th on 8 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hapoel Be'er Sheva in a 5-4-1.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read D-D-W-L and Hapoel Be'er Sheva's W-D-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Tom RogicCeltic · 1-0
  • 10'Yellow card · David GoreshHapoel Be'er Sheva
  • 30'Yellow card · Scott SinclairCeltic
  • 39'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Shir TzedekHapoel Be'er Sheva
  • 45+1'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 3-0
  • 55'Goal · Lucio MaranhãoHapoel Be'er Sheva · 3-1
  • 57'Goal · Maor MeliksonHapoel Be'er Sheva · 3-2
  • 73'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 4-2
  • 85'Goal · Scott BrownCeltic · 5-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Kolo TouréCeltic
  • 89'Yellow card · N. BittonCeltic
  • 90+1'Yellow card · James ForrestCeltic
  • 90+4'Yellow card · L. TahaHapoel Be'er Sheva

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Kolo Touré, Eoghan O'Connell, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Tom Rogić, Scott Sinclair, Leigh Griffiths

Hapoel Be'er Sheva line-up (5-4-1)

David Goresh, Ben Bitton, Ovidiu Hoban, Loai Taha, Shir Tzedek, Ofir Davidzada, Maor Melikson, Maharan Radi, John Ogu, Anthony Nwakaeme, Lucio Maranhão