Brown will make his first European appearance for Celtic on Wednesday in the first leg of the third qualifying round clash against Spartak Moscow.

The lure of Champions League football was one of the reasons the 22-year-old chose Celtic ahead of a move to England when he completed his $11million transfer from Hibernian in the summer.

And Brown is determined to achieve that goal with the help of a good performance against the Russian league leaders.

He said: "I want to play in the Champions League.

"There are a few of the other lads who have just come as well who are desperate to play in it so we are all looking forward to it.

"Getting an away goal over there would be phenomenal.

"If we win over there we'll be doing really well and if we get a draw we will be doing really well too."

Celtic's task is all the trickier given that the match will be played on artificial turf in the Luzhniki Stadium.

Gordon Strachan's men trained on a similar pitch in Glasgow ahead of their journey to Moscow today.

And Brown is optimistic the surface will not affect his game.

"It's not too bad," he said. "It's not the best surface in the world but I'm sure we can deal with it.

"So we are getting used to it and I'm sure we will have a training session on it the day before the game and see how it goes."

After opening their Clydesdale Bank Premier League campaign with a goalless draw at home to Kilmarnock, Celtic hit form with a 4-1 win at Falkirk on Saturday.

Strikes from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Kenny Miller and Shunsuke Nakamura, and a Kenny Milne own goal, gave Celtic the sort of emphatic victory that they struggled to come up with towards the end of last season.

The manner of their triumph has eased some concerns that the Parkhead outfit will not be able to match the sharpness of a Spartak side who lead the Russian league 20 matches through their campaign.

Brown said: "All the lads are feeling quite fit. Quite a lot of us played 90 minutes on Saturday.

"It helps when it's not always the strikers that score.

"They need some help from the midfielders and defenders as well.

"I think if we can all muck in then hopefully we can get a good result."

Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc is struggling to recover from a shoulder injury in time to make the game, with Mark Brown set to continue deputising.

And midfielder Brown is sure his namesake will not let anyone down.

The former Hibernian player said: "We've got lots of confidence in him, he had some good saves on Saturday and in training he is very good.

"'Brownie' came in and has done very well but Artur is a big miss for us as well. I'm sure whoever plays will do a job.

"If Artur plays it's just the same, he is a very good 'keeper. We've got faith in both of them."