Malmo produced a stirring display and benefitted from a moment of refereeing controversy to beat Celtic 2-0 and reach the UEFA Champions League group stages.
The result handed Age Hareide's team a 4-3 aggregate victory - a reward for the attacking intent they showed throughout the tie.
Experienced striker Markus Rosenberg handed them a first-half advantage before Nir Bitton had a goal harshly ruled out for Celtic on the stroke of half time.
Further set-piece frailties undermined Ronny Deila's men as Dedryck Boyata put through his own goal after the interval.
For Celtic, they fall short at the final hurdle for the second season in succession having lost to Maribor last term, and the wait goes on for European football's elite to return to Celtic Park.
Having battled to win a corner, Rosenberg rose unchallenged in front of keeper Craig Gordon to divert in Yoshimar Yotun’s inswinger.
Leigh Griffiths was a touch fortunate to only be booked after tangling with Malmo defender Anton Tinnerholm and Celtic's frustrations were further increased when Bitton converted Stuart Armstrong's corner, only for the referee to award a free-kick in Malmo’s favour despite their defender Kari Arnason appearing to handle the ball.
Malmo continued where they left off in the second period as Rosenberg flashed narrowly wide from Djurdjic’s cutback.
The goalkeeper made a magnificent double save, denying Vladimir Rodic on the angle and responding to Rosenberg's follow-up but, from the resulting corner, Felipe Carvalho got ahead of the Celtic defence at the near post again and Boyata could only turn into his own net on the line.
Celtic now needed to score twice and the urgency of their situation was summed up as Griffiths sliced wasteful over from a Stefan Johansen flick-on - their attacking becoming more fitful.
Delia's men battled gamely until the end but were left to rue their set-piece flimsiness as Malmo celebrated securing their place in the group stage.
