Celtic are set to play Malmo FF in a home friendly on March 6.

The Allsvenskan side, who knocked Scottish Premier League champions Rangers out of this season's Champions League, will return to Glasgow as part of their pre-season preparations.

Malmo will travel to Glasgow on the invitation of Celtic, with the SPL side saying the game will be played behind closed doors as a game involving their "development squad".

"Although we do not play competitive games in Europe this year, we want to constantly measure ourselves internationally,” the club’s sporting director, Per Agren, said on Malmo’s website.

After defeating Ally McCoist’s side 2-1 on aggregate in the Champions League qualifying round, Malmo boss Rikard Norling had thanked current Celtic assistant boss Johan Mjallby and club great Henrik Larsson for their advice in the build-up to the European tie.

“They have intelligent football minds and an understanding of what we wanted,” Norling said at the time.

"That knowledge of how Rangers play was important to us."

Malmo will also travel to the USA to take on DC United and Columbus Crew, followed by their match with Celtic and final game against Norwegian side Viking Stavanger on March 10.