Celtic to face Flora Tallinn or Lincoln in Champions League qualifying

Celtic, who won the Scottish League for the fifth successive season, have failed to qualify for the group stages of Europe's elite competition for the last two seasons.





They will only discover their opponents on 5-6 July, once the winners of the first qualifying round tie are known.

The second qualifying round for the Champions League will take place on July 12-13, while the return legs will take place a week later.





Second qualifying round draw

Qarabag (Azerbaijan) v F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel) v Sheriff (Maldova)

Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) v AS Trencin (Slovakia)

Salzburg (Austria) v Liepaja (Latvia)

FK Vardar (FYR Macedonia) v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

The New Saints (Wales)/Tre Penne (San Marino) v APOEL FC (Cyprus)

Zrinjski (Bosnia) v Legia Warszawa (Poland)

Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) v Mladost Podgorica (Montenegro)

Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) v FC Santa Coloma (Andorra)/Alashkert (Armenia)

Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania) v Astana (Kazhakhstan)

Skenderbeu FC* (Albania) v Ferencvaros (Hungary)

BATE Borisov (Belrus) v SJK Seinajoki (Finland)

Valletta FC (Malta)/B36 Torshavn (Faroe Islands) v Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

Rosenborg (Norway) v IFK Norrkoping (Sweden)

Dundalk (Ireland) v FH Hafnarfjordur (Iceland)

Flora Tallinn (Estonia)/Lincoln (Gibraltar) v Celtic (Scotland)

Crusaders (Northern Ireland) v FC Kobenhavn (Denmark)

* Skenderbeu are admitted on provisional measures pending a CAS decision. The hearing is scheduled for July 5-6.





(Reporting by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru)


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