Linfield draw Shelbourne in Champions League qualifying
Irish Premiership winners Linfield have been drawn against Shelbourne in the first round of Champions League qualifying.
Shelbourne, managed by former Chelsea and Republic of Ireland winger Damien Duff, won their first League of Ireland Premier Division title in 18 years in 2024 after a dramatic final-day victory over Derry City.
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David Healy's Linfield won the Irish Premiership by 22 points in an impressive campaign for the Blues.
The first leg in will take place at Tolka Park on Tuesday 8 or Wednesday 9 July, before the return fixture at Windsor Park on 15 or 16 July.
Linfield last faced Shels in the 2006 Setanta Cup group stages, when they won 2-0 at Windsor Park before a goalless draw in the return fixture.
One year earlier, David Jeffrey's side won the cross-border tournament by beating Shelbourne 2-0 in the final at Tolka Park.
Cliftonville will find out their Uefa Conference League opponents in the first-round draw at 15:00 BST.
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Jim Magilton's European play-off winners are unseeded and will face one of Icelandic side Vikingur, Partizani of Albania, Floriana from Malta and Gibraltar side St Joseph's.
Irish Cup winners Dungannon Swifts will discover their second-round opponents on Wednesday.
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