Celtic drawn with FK Sarajevo in Champions League first qualifying round, Rangers to play Prishtina or St Joseph’s in Europa League
Celtic will begin their qualifying campaign for the 2019/20 Champions League by playing Bosnian side FK Sarajevo.
Neil Lennon’s side will take on a side managed by former Hearts striker Husref Musemic in the first qualifying round as they seek to reach the group stages for a third time in four years.
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The treble-treble winners are due to play at home in the first leg on July 9-10, although selections are subject to change.
The Hoops missed out on a place in last year’s group stage after being dumped out at the third qualifying round by Greek champions AEK Athens, although the team did progress to the last 32 of the Europa League under former boss Brendan Rodgers.
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And UEFA have handed the Scottish champions the added safety net of a bye to the third qualifying round of the Europa League should they fail to get past Sarajevo.
Normally teams beaten in the opening Champions League qualifier would enter the lesser competition at the second round, but the loser of Celtic’s clash with the Bosnians will be spared action until the next round due to an odd number of teams entering the Europa League’s champions’ path.
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In Europe’s secondary competition, Rangers will face either Kosovans FC Prishtina or St Joseph’s of Gibraltar, while Kilmarnock will play their first European tie in 18 years against Welsh side Connah’s Quay Nomads.
Furthermore, Aberdeen have been drawn against RoPS Rovaniemi for their first qualifying round fixture.
The Europa League first leg are scheduled to be played on July 11.