Shamrock Rovers kick off Champions League qualifying round with visit to Reykjavik

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley celebrates

Just 37 days after Real Madrid lifted the Champions League trophy at Wembley, Shamrock Rovers kick off the new edition by facing Vikingur in Reykjavik.

Their failure to break Icelanders Bredablik at this stage last year was costly for the Hoops, squandering a route to the group stages of the subsidiary Conference League they’d secured in 2022.