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Former champions lie in wait

Celtic FC and FC Steaua Bucuresti will be keeping a close eye on the action as the first qualifying round concludes.

Testing tie
Two Jason Byrne goals gave Shelbourne a 2-1 victory in the first instalment in Belfast, although Glentoran winger Sean Ward reduced the deficit to set up what should be an enthralling second leg at Tolka Park, as 1986 European Champion Clubs' Cup winners Steaua watch on.

Debut delight
Scottish Premier League runners-up Celtic, who lifted the European Cup in 1967, could face a trip to Kazakhstan if Kairat Almaty maintain their stranglehold over Artmedia. Kairat take a 2-0 lead to Slovakia thanks to goals from Arturas Fomenko and Vitaliy Artemov in this meeting of tournament debutants.

Anderlecht anticipate
One-time UEFA Cup winners RSC Anderlecht will keep an eye on events in Iceland where potential opponents PFC Neftchi of Azerbaijan take a two-goal cushion to FH Hafnarfjördur, who are yet to a drop a point in their Premier League after ten games this season.

Rabotnicki poised
Ardijan Nuhiji's double helped FK Rabotnicki, champions of F.Y.R. Macedonia, all but secure their passage last week after breaking a national goalscoring record in UEFA club competition to sweep aside Latvian opponents Skonto FC 6-0 in the opening leg. FC Lokomotiv Moskva will be the next hurdle for the winners.

Significant advantages
Moldovan title-holders FC Sheriff will also be confident of advancing to face FK Partizan as they are 4-1 up against Maltese counterparts Sliema Wanderers FC going into the second leg on home soil.

Pasojadifference
Belarus's FC Dinamo Minsk and Anorthosis Famagusta FC begin their second leg in Cyprus locked at 1-1 as they bid for a second-round place against Trabzonspor, while Vålerenga IF loom for the victors of FC Pyunik v FC Haka in Armenia, with Juha Pasoja's solitary strike currently giving the Finnish team.

Rapid wait
Elsewhere, NK Zrinjski will hope to preserve their one-goal advantage in front of their home fans in a bid to meet SK Rapid Wien, when F91 Dudelange of Luxembourg visit Bosnia-Herzegovina. Meanwhile, KF Tirana must overturn a 2-0 deficit at home in Albania against Slovenian outfit NK Gorica if they are to play Bulgaria's PFC CSKA Sofia in the second phase.

UEFA Champions League first qualifying round draw
Team at home in second leg listed first
First-leg matches played 12/13 July 2005
Second-leg matches: 19/20 July 2005
Match*match completed, bold team through
other scorelines are first-leg results
1Liverpool FC (ENG, holders) 6-0 Total Network Solutions FC (WAL)*
2FC Pyunik (ARM) 0-1 FC Haka (FIN)
3HB Tórshavn (FAR) 2-8 FBK Kaunas (LIT)*
4FC Levadia Tallinn (EST) 1-2 FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)*
5KF Tirana (ALB) 0-2 NK Gorica (SLO)
6FC Artmedia Bratislava (SVK) 0-2 FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
7FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) 0-2 PFC Neftchi (AZE)
8Skonto FC (LAT) 0-6 FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
9Shelbourne FC (IRL) 2-1 Glentoran FC (NIR)
10Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP) 1-1 FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
11FC Sheriff (MDA) 1-4 Sliema Wanderers FC (MLT)
12NK Zrinjski (BIH) 0-1 F91 Dudelange (LUX)

UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw
First-leg matches: 26/27 July 2005
Second-leg matches: 2/3 August 2005
FBK Kaunas (LIT) v Liverpool FC (ENG, holders)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v Brøndby IF (DEN)
FK Partizan (SCG) v Winner match 11
Debreceni VSC (HUN) v HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)
Winner match 6 v Celtic FC (SCO)
Winner match 5 v PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL) v Winner match 7
Vålerenga IF (NOR) v Winner match 2
Winner match 8 v FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
Winner match 12 v SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v FC Thun (SUI)
Malmö FF (SWE) v Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Winner match 9 v FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU)
Winner match 10 v Trabzonspor (TUR)

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