Celtic will face Icelandic opposition for the second season in a row after being drawn against Stjarnan in the second qualifying round of the Champions League.
Last season, the Scottish champions beat KR Reykjavik 5-0 on aggregate at the same stage of the competition.
They then progressed past Legia Warsaw after the Polish side had fielded an ineligible player before losing out to NK Maribor in the play-off round.
Celtic then played in the Europa League, eventually being knocked out by Inter Milan in the round of 32, 4-3 on aggregate.
Stjarnan are based in the Icelandic town of Garoabaer and won the first domestic title in their history in 2014.
This year they are currently sixth in the standings, seven points behind leaders FH after eight matches.
Managed by Runar Pall Sigmundsson, they knocked Motherwell and Polish outfit Lech Poznan out of the Europa League last season before Inter Milan denied them a place in the group stage of the competition.
Stjarnan are available at 3.50 to win their next Iceland Premier League match against KR Reykjavik.
The first leg between Celtic and Stjarnan will take place on July 14/15 in Glasgow with the return fixture scheduled for either July 21 or 22 in Iceland.
Meanwhile, Irish side Dundalk will play BATE Borisov from Belarus, also in the second qualifying round.
In the first qualifying round, Crusaders from Northern Ireland have been drawn against Levadia Tallinn from Estonia and Welsh side The New Saints face B36 Torshavn from the Faroe Islands.
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