Caernarfon Town kick off their UEFA Conference League campaign on Thursday night with their first home game at The Oval in over a year.

The Welsh Cup holders take on Estonian league leaders FCI Levadia Tallinn in the first leg of their first qualifying round clash (6.30pm) in front of a sell-out home crowd.

A £1 million revamp has brought The Oval up to UEFA standards, having already played host to group games in the U19s European Championship.

The Cofis secured their place in the Conference League for the second time in three years after their historic Welsh Cup victory last April.

Two years ago, Richard Davies' side famously beat Belfast club Crusaders on penalties in their European debut, before bowing out to Polish giants Legia Warsaw.

And while Caernarfon's Cymru Premier campaign doesn't get underway until the end of the month, their opponents from the Estonian capital are currently in the middle of their domestic season, sitting top of the table with just one defeat from 18 games.

FCI Levadia are eleven-times Estonian champions and regularly feature in the qualifying stages of European club football - most famously reaching the play-off stages in the Europa League in 2009, before going out to Galatasaray.

They have also faced Welsh clubs twice before, beating The New Saints in 2000 and Bala Town in 2013.

Back at The Oval, the summer transfer window has seen the return of Cofi favourites Sion Bradley and Zack Clarke from The New Saints and Noah Edwards from Connah's Quay Nomads, with the club paying a substantial transfer fee for the experienced defender.

Welsh Cup hero Adam Davies has left Caernarfon to join Colwyn Bay with Gruff John becoming a free agent while Brad Young has moved to The New Saints.

Whatever the result, it will be a proud moment for the club as they return to play European football in their hometown for the first time.

Chairman Paul Evans told the FAW's website: "The club is in a very good place. It’s an exciting time for us and an exciting time to be a part of the club."

"I’m honoured to be chairman of the club, but I’m a supporter first and foremost. We’re home for the first leg and we’re going to really go for it. It’s going to be amazing."

He added: “It’s a tough test, but no match is going to be easy in Europe...you want to play against really good teams, that’s why you qualify, and we’ll have 1,200 fans here making plenty of noise and putting plenty of pressure on them. I’m confident we can do something."