Larne to host Shamrock Rovers in Conference League

Larne face trips to Norway and Slovenia as well as a mouthwatering home match against Shamrock Rovers in their debut Uefa Conference League campaign after the draw was conducted on Friday.

The Irish Premiership champions' reward for their historic play-off win over Lincoln Red Imps on Thursday sees them play away matches against Norwegian side Molde, Slovenia's Olimpija and Dinamo Minsk of Belarus, who have been playing their home matches in Hungary.

Larne, who will play their home matches at Windsor Park, will also host Belgian side Gent, Switzerland's St Gallen and Dubliners Shamrock Rovers.

League of Ireland champions Rovers were also drawn away to Premier League giants Chelsea, SK Rapid of Austria with home games against Cyprus outfit APOEL, The New Saints of Wales and Bosnia-Herzegovina's Borac.

Fixture details are due to be confirmed by Uefa on Saturday. The six matchdays take place between 3 October and 19 December.

This is the fourth season of the Conference League, Uefa's third-tier club competition behind the Champions League and the Europa League.

Previous winners include Roma, West Ham and Olympiakos. With the traditional group stage scrapped, this year's 36-team competition sees each side play six matches against six different opponents in the league phase.

At the end of the six rounds of fixtures, the top eight will advance to the round of 16, with the teams ranked ninth to 24th contesting play-offs to complete the round of 16.

Larne's Conference League fixtures

Gent (H)

Molde (A)

Olimpija (A)

Shamrock Rovers (H)

St Gallen (H)

Dinamo Minsk (A)