Eircom League champions Shelbourne will not meet European Champions Liverpool in next month’s first qualifying round.
Last season’s good performances by Shels means that the Reds will be one of the seeded teams in the draw in a fortnight. Liverpool will also be seeded and so they can not be paired.
However, Shels could meet Levadia Tallinn of Estonia, who knocked Bohemians out of the UEFA Cup last summer.
The draw takes place in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday June 24.
UEFA Champions League first qualifying round:
Seeded teams: Shelbourne (Ireland), Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia), NK Gorica (Slovenia), Sheriff (Moldova), Liverpool FC (England), Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus), FC Skonto (Latvia), FC Haka (Finland), NK Zrinjski (Bosnia-H), Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia), FH Hafnarfjordur (Iceland), FBK Kaunas (Lithuania).
Unseeded teams: Glentoran (Northern Ireland), FK Rabotnicki (Macedonia), Dinamo Minsk (Belarus), Sliema Wanderers FC (Malta), FC Pyunik (Armenia), TNS (Wales), HB Torshavn (Faroe Islands), KF Tirana (Albania), Levadia Tallinn (Estonia), F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg), PFC Neftchi or FK Khazar Lenkoran (Azerbaijan), Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan).
