Women’s Champions League: Celtic face Vorskla Poltava in play-off

Celtic will face Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava for a place in the Women’s Champions League group stage.

The Scottish champions, who have never previously reached the group stage, were unseeded in the champions’ path of Monday’s draw.

The Ukrainian champions are playing in the Champions League for a fifth season but have only progressed beyond the qualifying rounds once – losing to Shymkent of Kazakhstan in the round of 32 three years ago.

Celtic, who secured the Scottish title for the first time last season, won their first-round mini-tournament for the first time at the third attempt in Lithuania after beating KuPS of Finland 3-1 then hosts Gintra 2-0.

Vorskla Poltava, meanwhile, eased aside Latvian side Riga 5-0 before beating hosts Ferencvaros 2-0 in Hungary.

The second-round ties will be played on 18-19 and 25-26 September, with Celtic hosting the return leg.

Seven champions path and five league path ties will decide the final spots in the group stage and who joins automatic entrants Barcelona, Lyon, Bayern Munich and Chelsea.