What do Celtic need to progress in Champions League?

They mightiness person only played 1 of their 8 group games, but Celtic fans will already beryllium wondering what it will return to advancement successful nan Champions League.

Wednesday's 5-1 victory complete Slovan Bratislava was nan club's biggest ever successful nan title and nan first clip they had opened a convention shape aliases group run pinch 3 points.

It's early days, of course, but they beryllium 2nd successful nan 36-team array arsenic 1 of 10 teams connected 3 points.

A top-eight decorativeness would gain Celtic an automatic last-16 place, pinch a play-off to scope that shape nan prize for squad who extremity up betwixt ninth and 24th place.

According to study by Opta, 16 points would almost surely unafraid a top-eight spot and 10 would beryllium bully capable for a play-off spot.

Celtic are truthful apt conscionable 4 wins and a tie from advancing straight to nan knockout rounds aliases 2 wins and a tie distant from securing a play-off.

Brendan Rodgers' broadside person won their past 2 location games successful nan title but person not won connected nan roadworthy successful nan Champions League since during nan manager's first spell successful complaint successful 2017.

Borussia Dortmund are up adjacent successful Germany successful 2 weeks, and will airs a acold stiffer test, earlier matches against RB Leipzig, Club Brugge and Young Boys successful Glasgow and trips to look Atalanta, Dinamo Zagreb and Aston Villa.

"Our adjacent 3 games are reliable but exciting," Rodgers said. "We cognize it's a agelong road."

Captain Callum McGregor believes Celtic fans should beryllium capable to dream astir what their broadside tin achieve.

"Let them deliberation everything," McGregor told BBC Scotland. "That's what we want. We want axenic positivity. We want that."

Celtic had 5 different scorers successful Glasgow and nan skipper said location is "no reason" his broadside can't proceed their good start.

"Let's bask it and and spell and return nan situation connected caput connected challenge," he added.

"That extremity quality is going to beryllium really important. There'll beryllium a batch of teams sitting connected akin points truthful we person to support an oculus connected that arsenic well."