Shelbourne could be drawn against Linfield in today’s Champions League qualifying draw after UEFA confirmed the regionalised pots. Damien Duff’s reds are unseeded in today’s first round draw which takes place at 1.00pm at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. Shels will play one of five teams; Belfast giants Linfield, Breidablick of Iceland, FC Drita of Kosovo, FCSB - better known as Steaua Bucharest, of Romania - or Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar. Last night, Shelbourne won 1-0 away to St Pat’s and while Duff is awaiting news of today’s European draw, he insists nothing is more important than the league. “Here it's amazing, the draw, and I'm sure all you guys will be watching and the players will hopefully watch it together and the fans will probably be slipping off from work. “It's amazing, everybody's so excited, for the players, but the league's still the most important thing,” he said. Duff continued: “Sounds bizarre. We want to go and do well in Europe and give a great account of ourselves, but the league is still paramount. Whatever league I'm in, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, wherever, the league's the most important.” Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic will join Shelbourne in this week’s European draws but Drogheda United have been controversially dumped out. They are victims of UEFA’s dual club ownership rules and an appeal to the Court of Arbitration failed yesterday, meaning they won’t be in the Conference League. Shels boss Duff has sympathy with his league rivals and said: “I'm gutted for them, for the league, for Kevin (Doherty), he's a great guy, a good ex-Shels man. “There's a lot of players there that I'm really, really fond of. They mightn't be fond of me letting them go. But I am, even Ryan Brennan. “I let him go and there's always been that bit of friction. I want to see his quality and the servant he's been to the league, to Shelbourne, to Drogheda. “I want to see him in Europe. I don't know the ins and outs. (You hoped) that common sense will prevail,come on, let them in. But it hasn't. So I'm gutted for them and I'm gutted for the league also.” Meanwhile, Duff hailed his team for showing both sides of their game after a classic game of two halves against St Pat’s. Shels were dominant before half-time, scoring through a deflected Ali Coote goal before St Pat’s took control in the second-half but just couldn’t finish. Shels are 12 points behind league leaders Rovers but Duff said: “No two halves of football are the same. We were brilliant in the first-half with the ball. Showed our quality, showed why we're champions. “And the second-half, here, we couldn't string two passes together. And it was the other side of us, of champions and of how to win a football match. “Just working hard for each other, connected, defensively sound. We felt calm without the ball. That was the other reason why I think we deserved to win.” Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email.