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Robert Hynes

Celtic potential Champions League opponents ahead of group stage draw

The Champions League group stage draw takes place on Thursday evening and Celtic will be part of it for the first time in five years.

Ange Postecoglou's side are in Pot 4 for the draw and are joined in it by their Glasgow rivals Rangers after their win over PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night.

The Hoops can face any of the teams from the three other pots, with some mouthwatering potential clashes in them.

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Pot 1 is made up of Real Madrid , Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, PSG, Porto and Ajax.

There are three English sides among the teams in Pot 2, which is made up of Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham.

Things don't get much easier in Pot 4, with Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Napoli among the teams. Pot 4 in full is Borussia Dortmund, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Sporting CP, Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica.

The draw is scheduled to start at 5pm Irish time and you can follow updates with our live blog.

Seedings in full

Pot 1 - Real Madrid , Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, PSG, Porto, Ajax.

Pot 2 - Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham.

Pot 3 - Borussia Dortmund, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Sporting CP, Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica.

Pot 4 - Celtic, Club Brugge, Maccabi Haifa, Viktoria Plzen, Marseille, Copenhagen, Dinamo Zagreb, Rangers.

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