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Five seeds identified in Celtic’s complex Europa League draw

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Celtic go into a very complex Europa League draw at 1pm today as the Champions League drop outs attempt to find a group place in UEFA’s secondary competition.

The process was complex enough but with the match between Riga and Tre Fiori abandoned and rescheduled for a 10am Friday morning kick-off the situation failed to clear up last week.

Eight teams will go into the group stage draw with five clubs seeded for today’s Play-Off draw. That means that there will be three ties between non-seeded teams which includes Celtic.

With most leagues closed down for five or more months and the qualifying rounds played over one match the seeded teams have taken a hit with Celtic among the casualties.

First up for Neil Lennon’s side is a trip to Latvia or San Marino next Thursday, the second part will be known at lunchtime with Young Boys of Switzerland probably the toughest looking option.

The draw is littered with familiar possibilities from Cluj to Qarabag to be faced in a one off tie.

Normally a home tie would offer a big advantage but with the sight and sound of Cluj, Copenhagen and Ferencvaros celebrating at Celtic Park still fresh being drawn away may not be such a disadvantage.

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