Ajax will field UEFA Women's EURO 2017 winners as they make their UEFA Women's Champions League debut when the qualifying round starts on Tuesday with 40 clubs involved.

Ajax are in a group including Standard Liège while fellow newcomers Shelbourne face a short trip across the Irish border to take on Linfield following the UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round draw.

A record 61 teams from 49 different associations have entered the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Champions League with Fiorentina, Ajax and Sporting CP among 12 debutants.

Apollon, Minsk, Breidablik, Medyk Konin, Zürich, Sarajevo, BIIK-Kazygurt, Avaldsnes and Twente are all through to the last 32 after topping their qualifying round groups.

The qualifying draw has been made, with the first Kosovan entrants in any European competition, Hajvalia, travelling to Cyprus for a group containing sole 16-time entrants KÍ Klaksvík.