Celtic’s five possible Champions League opponents
A goal-less draw tonight in Sweden against Elfsborg eased the SPL champions into the final qualifying round where there will be drawn against FK Austria Wien, Legia Warszawa, NK Maribor (of Slovenia), PFC Ludogorets Razgrad of Bulgaria or Kazakstan champions FC Shakhter Karagandy.
There were no major shocks in the third qualifying round with Legia Warsaw the last side into the draw following a 0-0 draw at home to Molde that took the Poles through on a 1-1 aggregate thanks to the away goals rule.
For travel reasons a trip to FC Shakhter Karagandy would best be avoided with the Kazakstan champions seeing off KS Skenderbeu from Albania on a 5-3 aggregate to reach the final qualifying tie.
The draw for the final qualifying round takes place on Friday with a separate draw for the non-champions route providing five places in the group stage with teams such as Arsenal, AC Milan and Lyon among those involved. The final qualifiers will be played on August 20/21 and 27/28.
After watching his side qualify tonight Lennon admitted that it was almost certainly Kelvin Wilson’s last appearance for the club.
The Celtic boss admitted: “It’s probably Kelvin’s last game for us but he can go with his head held high, he was unbelievable tonight.
“I’m not sure if a deal has been agreed yet but I don’t think it’s far away. We asked him to play tonight and he didn’t want to let the team down and he certainly didn’t.”