Irish Premiership winners Linfield have been drawn towards Shelbourne within the first spherical of Champions League qualifying.

Shelbourne, managed by former Chelsea and Republic of Eire winger Damien Duff, received their first League of Eire Premier Division title in 18 years in 2024 after a dramatic final-day victory over Derry Metropolis.

David Healy’s Linfield received the Irish Premiership by 22 factors in a formidable marketing campaign for the Blues.

The primary leg in will happen at Tolka Park on Tuesday 8 or Wednesday 9 July, earlier than the return fixture at Windsor Park on 15 or 16 July.

Linfield final confronted Shels within the 2006 Setanta Cup group phases, successful 2-0 at Windsor Park earlier than a goalless draw within the return fixture.

One yr earlier, David Jeffrey’s facet received the cross-border event by beating Shelbourne 2-0 within the ultimate at Tolka Park.

Cliftonville will discover out their Uefa Convention League opponents within the first-round draw at 15:00 BST.

Jim Magilton’s European play-off winners are unseeded and can face one in all Icelandic facet Vikingur, Partizani of Albania, Floriana from Malta and Gibraltar facet St Joseph’s.

Irish Cup winners Dungannon Swifts will uncover their second-round Convention League opponents on Wednesday.