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Robert Hynes

Celtic's potential Europa League group stage opponents: Who the Hoops could face

Celtic booked their place in this season's Europa League group stage with a 1-0 win over Sarajevo in Bosnia on Thursday night.

Neil Lennon's side will discover their opponents later today when the group stage draw takes place at 12pm Irish time.

The Hoops have been boosted ahead of the draw as they are in Pot 1, meaning they can't face the following sides: Arsenal, Tottenham, Roma, Napoli, Benfica, Bayer Leverkusen, Villarreal, CSKA Moscow, Braga, Gent and PSV.

But Celtic could go up against their former manager Brendan Rodgers' Leicester side, AC Milan and League of Ireland champions Dundalk.

Here are the pots in full for the draw:

Pot 1: Arsenal, Tottenham, Roma, Napoli, Benfica, Bayer Leverkusen, Villarreal, CSKA Moscow, Braga, Gent, PSV, Celtic

Pot 2: Dinamo Zagreb, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague, Ludogorets, Young Boys, Red Star Belgrade, Rapid Vienna, Leicester, Qarabag, PAOK, Standard Liege, Real Sociedad

Pot 3: Granada, AC Milan, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, AEK Athens, Rangers, Molde, Hoffenheim, LASK, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Cluj

Pot 4: Zorya Luhansk, Nice, Lille, NK Rijeka, Dundalk, Slovan Liberec, Royal Antwerp, Lech Poznan, Sivasspor, Wolfsberg, Omonia, CSKA Sofia

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