Thus, Dundalk booked its place in the UEFA Champions League playoffs, while BATE Borisov will compete for the Europa League group stage.
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Benson, who played with St Francis, Athlone Town and UCD before linking up with Stephen Kenny’s Dundalk before the start of the season, was naturally thrilled with the result.
Wins against Helsingborgs and Shakhter Karagandy led to appearances in the group stages and defeats against Maribor and Malmo ended in heartbreak.
The League of Ireland champions saw off Iceland’s Fimleikafelag Hafnarfjardar in the previous round and will too be dreaming of a tie under the lights at Parkhead.
The draw takes place at 11am on Friday, August 5, in Nyon, Switzerland.
When will the ties be played and where can I watch them? They also and have the safety net of playing in the Europa League even if they are eliminated at the next stage.
Viktoria Plezn drew 1-1 at Qarabag, scoring a crucial away goal that was enough to take them through to play-offs.
“They’ve shown the way for us, we’re a really small club”.
Irish champions Dundalk stunned Champions League regulars BATE Borisov to reach the competition’s play-off round and dump the Belarusians out.
Speaking to talkSPORT, he added: “Martin was in the dressing room after the game, he has followed our progress. Martin is fantastic, he is someone we really respect”.
Kenny said: “I’d love to see a full Aviva but in relation to getting Celtic or anything like that, we’re not really interested in some kind of glamour draw”.
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Dundalk will play the home leg of their Champions League play-off encounter at the Aviva Stadium, the FAI has confirmed.
