The Scottish champions, who were seeded, have been drawn at home for the first leg against either the champions of Slovakia or the Swiss double winners.

Celtic manager Martin O'Neill admitted he would have preferred to have played the first leg away from home, and insisted he anticipated a tough tie whoever the opposition.

"Whoever we get at this stage of the competition will be difficult opponents," the manager told Celtic's official website.

"We are still trying to find our feet in the Champions League but we will go out and give it absolutely everything to make it into the group stages again.

"After our performance against Ajax in Amsterdam last year at this stage of the competition, I don't think we should fear anyone."

Striker John Hartson admitted he knew very litle about either team, but agreed that they might turn to Lubo Moravcik for some information on the Slovaks.

"Basel won the Swiss league last season so they must be a good side but, apart from that, none of the lads know an awful lot about the two teams," Hartson said.

"Obviously, if we can avoid the bigger teams, we have have been lucky, but it still won't be a stroll in the park for us."

Both MSK Zilina and FC Basel went straight into the second qualifying round of the competition and they meet in the first leg on 31 July, with the second leg a week later.