Football: Linfield to face Shelbourne in Champions League qualifiers
Larne go to Latvia and Cliftonville head to Gibraltar in Conference League
Last updated 17th Jun 2025
Irish Premiership winners Linfield will face League of Ireland champions Shelbourne in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League next month.
The teams last met in the Setanta Cup Final of 2005, which Linfield won and will meet again on July 8th/9th in Tolka Park, with the return leg taking place at Windsor Park in Belfast on July 15th/16th.
In the Conference League, Larne, who made it to the group stages of the competition last season, will meet FC Auda of Latvia, while play-off winners Cliftonville face a trip to Gibraltar in their first leg to playSt Joseph's.
Larne will be at home for their first leg, with those ties scheduled for July 10th and July 17th.