Celtic to face in Dortmund & Villa in Champions League

Celtic will recreation to look past season's runners up Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa arsenic portion of this season's Champions League campaign.

In nan revamped convention shape - which has replaced nan accepted group shape - nan Scottish champions were drawn against RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, Young Boys and Slovan Bratislava astatine Celtic Park.

Brendan Rodgers' broadside will recreation Dortmund and Villa Park, arsenic good arsenic Europa League champions Atalanta, and Dinamo Zagreb.

The day and times for nan fixtures are expected to beryllium confirmed connected Saturday.

The first information of games is scheduled for nan 17-19 September, pinch nan last information of matches taking spot connected 29 January.

Celtic's caller grounds successful European football's apical title is poor, having grounded to scope nan information of 16 since nan 2012-13 campaign.

In nan past 2 seasons astatine this level, they person vanished bottommost of their group, pinch conscionable 1 victory.

That 2-1 occurrence against Feyenoord past December was their first Champions League location triumph successful 10 years pursuing frustrating adjacent things against Atletico Madrid and Lazio successful Glasgow.

Now they will request to decorativeness successful nan apical 24 places of nan 36-team array to springiness themselves a chance of reaching nan past 16 for nan first clip successful 12 years.