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Celtic face trip to Estonia or Gibraltar in Champions League

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Celtic will face either Flora Tallinn of Estonia or Gibraltar side Lincoln Red Imps in the second qualifying round of the Champions League.

Tallinn and Lincoln will meet first for the right to face the Scottish champions in the second round. Celtic will play away first, with their ties to be played on either 12 or 13 July, with the second leg on 19 or 20 July.

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Flora would represent the trickier task for new Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers - the Estonians are currently in the middle of their domestic season so will be fully match-fit. 

Flora play in the Lillekula Stadium, which has a capacity of just under 10,000. It is the largest football stadium in Estonia and is used by the national team.

Their youth programme is acclaimed in Estonia having produced players including Dundee United striker Henri Anier.

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Lincoln were the first - and so far only - team from Gibraltar to play in the Champions League. They did come through their first qualifying round last season, knocking out Santa Colomo of Andorra.

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In the second round they were knocked out 3-0 on aggregate by FC Midtjylland, the Danish team who went on to beat Southampton and Manchester United at home in the Europa League.

The Red Imps have won 13 national titles in a row and their squad includes Lee Casciaro, who scored Gibraltar's first competitive international goal in a 6-1 defeat to Scotland at Hampden last year.

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Northern Ireland's champions, Crusaders, have a tricky test against FC Copenhagen, and Republic champions Dundalk have been drawn with FC Hafnarfjordur of Iceland.

The New Saints, Welsh champions, have to negotiate a first round clash with San Marino champions Tre Penne.

If they come through that they have a tough second round match with Cypriot champions Apoel.

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