Former European champions Celtic will play Dynamo Moscow in the Champions League third qualifying round.

UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk, of Ukraine, will clash with Romanian debutants FC Timisoara, while Anderlecht are up against newcomers Sivasspor from Turkey. Sparta Prague and Panathinaikos come face to face and Portugal's Sporting take on FC Twente of the Netherlands.

Under UEFA's new seeding pattern for the tournament, clubs which do not qualify directly into the group stage have two ways of reaching the core part of the competition.

One way is destined for teams progressing from the second qualifying round, being played currently.

The other, known as the "best placed path" is for the remainder - named in the ties on July 28/29 and August 4/5.

The winners of the five best-placed path ties will face one of Arsenal, Lyon, Stuttgart, Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid in the play-off round.

For Celtic, their July 29 home game against the Muscovites will be new manager Tony Mowbray's first competitive game in charge.

The Russian side finished third in the league last season, while they sit seventh in the current campaign after 13 matches of the Russian season.

The last time Celtic played Russian opposition was two years ago when they faced Spartak Moscow in a similar stage of European club football's showpiece tournament.

After a 1-1 draw in the Russian capital, the sides fought out a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park, with the Hoops progressing to the group stages of the competition following a dramatic penalty shoot-out.

Third qualifying round

Best-placed path
Sparta Prague vs Panathinaikos
Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Timisoara
Sporting vs Twente Enschede
Celtic vs Dynamo Moscow
Anderlecht vs Sivasspor
Note: Winners qualify for play-offs against either Arsenal, Lyon, Stuttgart, Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid. Only five teams to reach group stage from this path.

Champions path
Salzburg/Bohemians vs Pyunik Yerevan/Dinamo Zagreb
Zrinjski/Slovan Bratislava vs Olympiakos
FC Zurich vs FC WIT Georgia/NK Maribor
EB Streymur/Apoel vs Rhyl/Partizan Belgrade
Inter Turku/Sheriff Tiraspol vs Slavia Prague
Hafnarfjordur/Aktobe Lento vs Maccabi Haifa/Glentoran
FK Ekranas/FK Baki vs Levski Sofia/UE Sant Julia
FK Ventspils/F91 Dudelange vs Makedonija Skopje/BATE Borisov
Wisla Krakow/FC Levadia Tallinn vs Debrecen/Kalmar
FC Copenhagen/Mogren vs SK Tirane/Stabaek
Note: Winners qualify for play-offs - only five teams to reach group stage from this path.

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