BBC Scotland's Liam McLeod profiles Celtic's first Champions League opponent
The Slovak giants, then part of the former Czechoslovakia, slayed the great Barcelona at Basel's St Jakob Stadium in 1969 to lift the Cup Winners' Cup, their solitary European honour to date.
And the rest is history for Slovakia's Sky Blues; they argue it was the most memorable moment in Czechoslovakian football history.It is a club that has since struggled in Europe, though there have been recent flickers of life with Europa League and Conference League campaigns, with the most recent in the latter producing knock-out European tournament football.
As far as Champions League fixtures go, Celtic may never have had a better chance to win their opening game of the tournament proper for the first time since its 1990s rebrand. Weiss - who is hoping to overcome a virus to make the trip to Glasgow - has previous when it comes to shocking Celtic having been in charge of Artmedia Bratislava when they infamously ruined Gordon Strachan's bow at the club in 2005.
Indeed, striker David Strelec, who started all four in Germany, set up their goal against Gareth Southgate's team and has five in 13 so far this season.
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