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Champions League: BBC Sport NI to stream Linfield-Shelbourne matches on iPlayer


BBC Sport NI is to broadcast live coverage of both legs of the Champions League first qualifying round tie between Irish Premiership champions Linfield and Irish Premier Division winners Shelbourne.

The sides were paired in the recent draw for the European competition.

The first leg will be played at Tolka Park in Dublin on Wednesday 9 July, with a 19:45 BST kick-off.

The second leg takes place at Windsor Park in Belfast on 16 July, again with a 19:45 start.

Both matches will also be available to view on the BBC Sport website and app.

The winners of the tie will face Azerbaijan club Qarabag in the second qualifying round, with the losers dropping into the Uefa Conference League second round to play the defeated side between FK Zalgiris of Lithuania and Hamrun Spartans of Malta.

Shelbourne, whose title-winning manager Damien Duff resigned on Sunday, collected their first League of Ireland crown in 18 years in 2024.

David Healy’s Linfield won the Irish Premiership by 22 points in an impressive campaign for the Blues.

Linfield last faced Shels in the 2006 Setanta Cup group stages, winning 2-0 at Windsor Park before a goalless draw in the return fixture.

One year earlier, David Jeffrey’s side won the cross-border tournament by beating Shelbourne 2-0 in the final at Tolka Park.



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