Celtic have been reinstated to the Champions League after Legia Warsaw were punished by Uefa for fielding an ineligible player.

Legia won the third qualifying-round tie 6-1 on aggregate but brought on Bartosz Bereszynski for the last four minutes of their 2-0 second-leg victory at Murrayfield, while he was supposed to be serving a suspension following a red card for violent conduct in last season’s Europa League.

Celtic will now play Maribor of Slovenia in the final qualifying round.

Ronny Deila admitted he has sympathy for Legia Warsaw after his side’s dramatic reinstatement. Speaking at the club’s Lennoxtown training complex, Celtic’s new manager said: “It is very strange, I have to say that. First of all I feel very sorry for Legia, and my friends from Norway there.

“It is tough to think of that and now we are in the Champions League. That is what Uefa said, we haven’t been involved in anything. I am a football manager and I have to go with it and now we are preparing for Maribor.”