The Treble is secured, Invincible status achieved.
But Brendan Rodgers won’t have much time off before he has to focus on leading Celtic into the Champions League group stages once more.
The Northern Irishman guided the Hoops back among Europe’s elite at the first time of asking last summer, but will again have to battle through three qualifying rounds in 2017/18, beginning in mid-July.
Here we provide some key information about the task that awaits the Bhoys once their short summer break is over.
Second qualifying round
Draw date: 19 June
First leg: 11/12 July
Second leg: 18/19 July
Celtic enter the Champions League at the second qualifying round, made up of 34 teams.
The Hoops will be the top seeded team, helping them avoid any early banana skins.
There are still dangers lurking though, including a Dundalk side that came within touching distance of reaching the group stages last season.
Welsh champions The New Saints and Linfield of Northern Ireland, who both competed in last season’s Irn-Bru Cup, are also among the Bhoys’ potential opponents.
A shock early defeat would mark the end of their campaign, with no possibility of dropping into the Europa League.
Dundalk reached the Europa League group stages last season
Third qualifying round
Draw date: 14 July
First leg: 25/26 July
Second leg: 1/2 August
At this point the qualifying process is split in two, with Celtic joining the Champions route made up of 20 teams.
The Hoops will again be seeded if they make it past the first hurdle, with a rematch against Astana of Kazakhstan or Israel’s Hapoel Be’er Sheva a possibility. Further dangers include Serbia’s Partizan Belgrade, Croatian champions Rijeka and Rosenborg of Norway.
If Celtic were to drop out at this stage, they would be entitled to compete in the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League.
Celtic could be drawn against Hapoel Be'er Sheva for the second year running
Play-off round
Draw date: 4 August
First leg: 15/16 August
Second leg: 22/23 August
The final hurdle. Celtic are in line to be seeded again for the final qualifying section, made up of the 10 teams to have won their third qualifying round matches in the Champions route.
Banana skins here could include the likes of recent group stage competitors BATE Borisov, APOEL Nicosia and Maribor.
Defeat in the final round of qualifying would mean a guaranteed place in the group stage of the Europa League.
BATE Borisov have battled with Europe's elite in recent seasons
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel