Champions League play-off draw - As it happened

Champions League play-off draw - As it happened

There you have it

Robert Firmino will return to his former club with Liverpool, whilst Napoli V Nice stands out as a cracking tie. There isn't enough room in this town for the two of them.

Sporting V FCSB (Steaua Bucharest)

Hoffenheim V Liverpool

Napoli V Nice

Young Boys V CSKA Moscow

Istanbul Basaksehir V Sevilla

Now for the league route

This includes the likes of Sevilla, Liverpool and Napoli.

Hapoel Beer-Sheva V Maribor

Celtic V Astana

Olmpiacos V Rijeka

Apoel FC V Slavia Prague

Qarabag V Copenhagen

Dramatic build-up

We've just seen a video of Real's victory over Juve in last season's final in Cardiff.

Everything is set here

The draw will soon get underway.

Join us for live updates of the Champions League play-off round draw.

Here is a full list of the sides involved in each side of the draw with their corresponding UEFA coefficients:

Champions route
Seeded
Olympiacos (GRE) 64.580
Celtic (SCO) 42.785
København (DEN) 37.800
APOEL (CYP) 26.210
Maribor (SVN) 21.125

Unseeded
Qarabağ (AZE) 18.050
Astana (KAZ) 16.800
Rijeka (CRO) 15.550
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 10.875
Slavia Praha (CZE) 8.135

League route
Seeded
Sevilla (ESP) 112.999
Napoli (ITA) 88.666
Liverpool (ENG) 56.192
CSKA Moskva (RUS) 39.606
Sporting CP (POR) 36.866

Unseeded:
FCSB (ROU) 35.370
Young Boys (SUI) 28.915
Nice (FRA) 16.833
Hoffenheim (GER) 15.899
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) 10.340

The fixtures drawn today will be the last games played before the group stage proper gets underway and they will take place on August 15-16 and August 22-23.

In terms of British involvement both Liverpool and Celtic are eagerly awaiting their opponents.

Jurgen Klopp's side will be following the 'league route' meaning they qualified by league position despite not winning their domestic league and have been seeded for the draw, meaning that they will avoid fellow seeds Sevilla, Napoli, CSKA Moscow and Sporting Lisbon and will instead face one of Steaua Bucharest, Young Boys, Nice, Hoffenheim and Istanbul Basaksehir.

A game against Nice would see former 'Reds' striker Mario Balotelli return to Anfield whilst a game against Hoffenheim would see Liverpool's Roberto Firmino return to his former stomping ground.

Celtic reached this stage after defeating Rosenborg in their third-round qualifying tie. Brendan Rodgers' side beat the Norweigians 1-0 home and away to secure passage to the play-off for the group stage.

The Scottish champions are also seeded and will follow the 'champions route' after they won their domestic league by going unbeaten last season.

Other seeded clubs in Celtic's half of the draw include Olympiakos, FC Copenhagen, APOEL Nicosia and NK Maribor.

Brendan Rodgers' men will face one of Qarabag FK, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Slavia Prague, Astana or NK Rieka.

The ten play-off winners will then join the other 22 sides who qualified automatically for the group stage proper, the draw for which will take place on Thursday August 24.

The ten losers will drop into the Europa League.