Champions League draw: How does it work and who could Celtic face?

After two years of European disappointment under Ronny Deila, the Parkhead club’s name will once again be folded into one of UEFA’s star-coated plastic balls in Monaco thanks to their 5-4 aggregate play-off win.

The draw, which begins at 5pm, will feature four pots from which the eight groups will be drawn.

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Pot 1 includes defending champions Real Madrid alongside the winners of the seven leagues which had the highest UEFA ranking at the end of the 2014/15 season.

The remaining three pots are decided by the clubs’ coefficient at the end of last season, placing Celtic in pot four.

The rules of the draw state that no team can play a club from their own association, while it is also forbidden for Ukrainian and Russian clubs to face each other.

Celtic will begin their campaign on the 13/14 September, with the group stages culminating on 6/7 December.

There will then be a two-month break before the knockout stages begin, with the final on 3 June to be hosted at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

POT 1

Real Madrid (ESP)

Barcelona (ESP)

Leicester City (ENG)

Bayern Munich (GER)

Juventus (ITA)

Benfica (POR)

Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

CSKA Moscow (RUS)

POT 2

Atletico Madrid (ESP)

Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Arsenal (ENG)

Sevilla (ESP)

Porto (POR)

Napoli (ITA)

Bayer Leverkusen (GER)

Manchester City (ENG)

POT 3

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

Dynamo Kiev (UKR)

Lyon (FRA)

PSV Eindhoven (NED)

Sporting CP (POR)

Club Brugge (BEL)

Basel (SUI)

Borussia Monchengladbach (GER)

POT 4

CELTIC (SCO)

Monaco (FRA)

Besiktas (TUR)

Legia Warsaw (POL)

Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)

Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Rostov (RUS)

Copenhagen (DEN)