Celtic: Neil Lennon's men in action against Barcelona in last season's Champions League
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Celtic have been drawn to play Northern Ireland champions Cliftonville in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.
Neil Lennon's side will host the first leg of their second-round qualifier on July 16/17 before heading to Belfast for the return game a week later.
Celtic reached the knockout stage of last season's competition thanks in part to a group-stage victory over Barcelona in Glasgow.
Elsewhere, Welsh club The New Saints were paired with Legia Warsaw of Poland, while Irish champions Sligo Rovers will take on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Norwegian side Molde.
The winners of the second-round ties must come through two further rounds of qualifying to make the group stage.
UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying round draws:
First qualifying round:
Shirak v Tre Penne
Lusitanos v EB/Streymur
Ties to be played 2/3 and 9/10 July
Second qualifying round:
Neftci v Skenderbeu
Steaua Bucuresti v Vardar
Plzen v Zeljeznicar
FC Sheriff v Sutjeska
Birkirkara v Maribor
Sligo Rovers v Molde
IF Elfsborg v FC Daugava
HJK Helsinki v Nomme Kalju
FK Ekranas v FH Hafnarfjordur
The New Saints v Legia Warsaw
Celtic v Cliftonville
Dinamo Zagreb v CS Fola Esch
Gyor v Maccabi Tel-Aviv
BATE v Shakhtyor Karaganda
Shirak/Tre Penne v Partizan Belgrade
Slovan Bratislava v Ludogorets
Dinamo Tbilisi v Lusitanos/EB/Streymur
Ties to be played 16/17 and 23/24 July
Source : http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11787/8790277/Champions-League-draw-Celtic-paired-with-Cliftonville-in-qualifying-phase
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