CELTIC are standing by for glamour ties in tonight’s Champions League Cup draw in Instanbul.
Ange Postecoglou’s side will go into the ballot for the group stages of Europe’s elite competition at 5pm.
The event will commence at 4.45pm and will be covered live by BT Sport 1 when the Hoops will discover their fate in the prestigious tournament. It will also be streamed live on UEFA’s website and the BT Sport app.
CHAMPIONS…Ange Postecoglou and skipper Callum McGregor hold aloft the Premiership silverware after last season’s success – Celtic’s tenth crown in 11 years.The Parkhead men will be in Pot 4 along with Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s Ibrox outfit who overcame PSV Eindhoven 1-0 in the Netherlands last night to win through on a 3-2 aggregate.
Celtic – and their Glasgow rivals – will be seeded and could face any of the teams in the pots above them.
POT 1:
Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Ajax.
POT 2:
Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Spurs.
POT 3:
Borussia Dortmund, Red Bull Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen.
POT 4:
CELTIC, Dinamo Zagreb, Marseille, Copenhagen, Club Brugge, Viktoria Plzen, Maccabi Haifa, Rangers.
Key fixtures for Hoops fans’ diaries:
Matchday 1: September 6/7
Matchday 2: September 13/14
Matchday 3: October 4/5
Matchday 4: October 11/12
Matchday 5: October 25/26
Matchday 6: November 1/2
