It is a second Celtic followers have been made to attend for however that'll certainly make its arrival all of the sweeter..
The Parkhead membership will return to the Champions League group stage subsequent season for the primary time since 2017/18.
There will be no slog by means of the dreaded qualifiers this time round because of Scotland's improved UEFA coefficient.
And it means supporters can look forward and daydream of some enormous nights coming again to Celtic Park.
This season's competitors takes on a novel format owed to the Qatar World Cup happening in November.
UEFA have truncated the six group stage fixtures so as to keep away from clashing with the worldwide event nevertheless it's a call which makes an already packed calendar much more gruelling.
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However, in fact, the joy begins lengthy earlier than a ball is kicked and often reaches fever pitch when the lengthy awaited group stage draw is made.
Beneath are the important thing dates for Celtic followers to notice over the approaching months.
Key Champions League dates
Group stage draw - August 25, 2022
Match day 1 - September 6/7, 2022
Match day 2 - September 13/14, 2022
Match day 3 - October 4/5, 2022
Match day 4 - October 11/12, 2022
Match day 5 - October 24/25, 2022
Match day 6 - November 1/2, 2022
Potential opponents
However who might lie in wait on these six enormous nights? The seeding system places Celtic, sadly, on the backside of the pile in Pot 4 which implies they might probably draw some very heavy hitters.
There are a large number of choices - together with the chance Celtic could possibly be drawn alongside each final season's winners and runners-up Actual Madrid and Chelsea.
Beneath are the Pots as they stand, with six locations nonetheless to be determined through this summer time's qualifiers which might deliver within the likes of Benfica, Crimson Star Belgrade and Rangers, though the latter two Celtic couldn't draw anyway.
Pot 1
Actual Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester Metropolis, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, PSG, Porto, Ajax.
Pot 2
Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham Hotspur
Pot 3
Borussia Dortmund, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter, Napoli, Sporting, Bayer Leverkusen, TBC.
Pot 4
Marseille, Membership Brugge, Celtic, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC.