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Celtic to play Maribor in Champions League playoff round

Celtic will face Maribor in the Champions League playoff round after being reinstated into the tournament.

Celtic will go up against Slovenian champions Maribor in the Champions League playoff round after the Scottish side were reinstated into the tournament.

Ronny Deila's side will compete away in the first leg on August 19/20 before welcoming their opponents to Scotland a week later in a bid to reach the next phase of the elite tournament.

The Scottish champions were placed in the draw moments before proceedings got underway in Nyon, Switzerland after their qualifying opponents Legia Warsaw were thrown out for fielding an ineligible player.

Celtic have never played against Maribor in their history.

Champions League playoff draw in full:

League Route

Besiktas vs. Arsenal
Standard Liege vs. Zenit St Petersburg
FC Copenhagen vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Lille vs. Porto
Napoli vs. Athletic Bilbao

Champions Route

Maribor vs. Celtic
Salzburg vs. Malmo
Aalborg vs. APOEL Nicosia
Steaua Bucharest vs. Ludogorets
Slovan Bratislava vs. BATE Borisov

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