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Mark Walker

Celtic set to outnumber home supporters in Europa League match as allocation revealed

Celtic supporters at an away match against Stuttgart in the Europa League last season (Image: Shutterstock)

Celtic are set to be handed a bumper allocation of almost 4,000 tickets for their Europa League clash against Portuguese minnows Torreense.

The Hoops got off to a disastrous start in the competition when they lost at home to Ferencvaros, in between back-to-back Old Firm defeats.

They landed an away tie against the shock Portuguese Cup winners in the draw for the league phase and will play against the second-tier side at the end of November.

Torreense play at the tiny, 2,431-capacity Estadio Manuel Marques and have an average attendance this season of just 1,403.


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Because their ground is not suitable for UEFA competitions, they have switched their Europa League games 80 miles to the Estadio Municipal Dr Magalhaes Pessoa, in Leiria, which has a capacity of 23,888.

And they have handed Sunderland - their first opponents at home - a huge allocation of 3,990 tickets for the game.

Celtic will be offered the same and are set to vastly outnumber Torreense's modest support.

Torreense opened their Europa League campaign with a 2-1 win in Norway against Lillestrom.

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