after Sunday’s first leg, Elena Sadiku’s side superbly finished the job on Thursday night in Airdrie thanks to goals from Emma Lawton and Shannon McGregor

It’s the first time a Scottish side has qualified for this group stage format and represents a big step forward for the project at Celtic. It’ll be a fantastic representation for the club and the SWPL as a whole.

It was a nervy, tense opening 45 minutes at the start of tonight’s second leg. Celtic and Vorskla went into the interval with the tie still very much in the balance.

However, Sadiku inspired her charges to come out and attack the game in the second half.

The breakthrough came after fine work from Lucy Ashworth-Clifford, who got the bye line and delivered a tempting cross for Lawton to expertly head home in the 52nd minute.

Then, 11 minutes later, Murphy Agnew delivered a menacing ball for McGregor to fire home from close range, putting the tie beyond all doubt.

That effectively killed things off as a contest but the Ghirls showed their professionalism to see through the result, even threatening to fire in more goals late on.

The breakthrough came after fine work from Lucy Ashworth-Clifford, who got the bye line and delivered a tempting cross for Lawton to expertly head home in the 52nd minute.

Then, 11 minutes later, Murphy Agnew delivered a menacing ball for McGregor to fire home from close range, putting the tie beyond all doubt.

That effectively killed things off as a contest but the Ghirls showed their professionalism to see through the result, even threatening to fire in more goals late on.