When is Celtic's Champions League play-off round draw and who can they face in £40m showdown?
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CELTIC'S entry to the Champions League this season is right around the corner - but this time around they're arriving a little bit earlier.
Unlike previous years, the Scottish champions MUST qualify for a place in Uefa's flagship competition.
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Brendan Rodgers is looking to lead Celtic into the Champions League proper
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The Hoops will enter at the play-off round this year
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Brendan Rodgers and Celtic had some memorable moments on Europe's biggest stage last season having made history on their opening night against Slovan Bratislava and secured big results against RB Leipzig, Atalanta and Club Brugge.
Their journey ended in the first knockout round in agonising style, though, as German giants Bayern Munich dealt a sucker punch in the dying moments of the second leg to progress.
But Rodgers will be hoping for more of the same this year and will be looking to improve on last season's run in what could be his final campaign in the Parkhead dugout.
However, the Hoops must qualify for the league phase of the tournament first and a potential tricky tie lies in their wait.
While there's no automatic entry to the league phase this time, Celtic have been given a much-needed boost ahead of the play-off as they WILL be seeded in the draw.
The Hoops enter at the play-off round - the last qualifying round before the league phase.
They are in the Champions Path side of the draw.
Here's all you need to draw about Celtic's draw.
When is Celtic's
Champions League play-off round draw?
Celtic will enter the Champions League play-off draw when it takes place on Monday, 4 August
The draw gets started at 11am
It's taking place at Uefa's HQ in Nyon, Switzerland
Can I
live stream Celtic's Champions League draw? Is it on
TV ?
The draw is being shown live on TNT Sports
Coverage begins at 11am on TNT Sports 2 just as the draw is getting underway
Subscribers can also live stream the draw via discovery+
It's also being shown live on Uefa.com
You can also follow it all with SunSport's LIVE draw blog
Are Celtic seeded for the Champions League play-off draw and who can they face?
Celtic ARE seeded for the draw
That means there are five potential draw options for the Hoops
Basel and Sturm Graz are two of the potential options as they are already assured of their place in the play-off round
and are two of the potential options as they are already assured of their place in the play-off round The other options are: the winner of the tie between Slovan Bratislava and Kairat , the winner of the tie between Shkendija and Qarabag and the winner of the tie between Dynamo Kyiv and Pafos .
and , the winner of the tie between and and the winner of the tie between and . The Hoops will avoid the other four seeded teams, including Bodo/Glimt, the winner of Malmo/Copenhagen, the winner of Red Star Belgrade/Lech Poznan and the
When does the Champions League play-off round take place and what happens if Celtic
win or lose?
The play-off ties will take place over 19/20 August and 26/27 August
If Celtic win, they will qualify for the Champions League league phase
If Celtic lose, they will transfer into the Europa League at the league phase stage
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