RANGERS will face either Danish club Aalborg or Bosnians Modrica in the Champions League third qualifying round later this month – if they get past FBK Kaunas on Tuesday night.
The Lithuanian club, in which Hearts chief Vladimir Romanov has a controlling interest, have home advantage for the second qualifying round second leg after a 0-0 draw at Ibrox on Wednesday.
Former Arsenal boss Bruce Rioch is currently in charg
e of Aalborg, the 2008 Danish SuperLiga champions.
Assuming their 5-0 first-leg lead over Modrica after the first leg is enough to progress, former Scotland captain Rioch could well face a trip to Ibrox.
Arsenal will face former England boss Steve McClaren's FC Twente.
McClaren took the reins at the Dutch side earlier this summer and the Eredivisie outfit will make their Champions League debut after beating Ajax in a play-off last season.
Liverpool were paired with Belgian former European powerhouse Standard Liege in today's draw and the ties will be played on August 12/13 or August 26/27.
Irish champions Drogheda will take on Spartak Moscow if they reverse a 2-1 first-leg deficit against Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kiev.
The British clubs involved in the draw managed to avoid Spain's Atletico Madrid, the strongest of the unseeded teams, as they were paired with German outfit Schalke.
UEFA Champions League third qualifying round: Anorthosis Famagusta or Rapid Vienna v Olympiacos; Guimaraes v IFK Goteborg or Basel; Shakhtar Donetsk v Domzale or Dinamo Zagreb; Schalke 04 v Atletico Madrid; AaB or Modrica v
Rangers or Kaunas; Barcelona v Beitar Jerusalem or Wisla Krakow; Levski Sofia v Anderlecht or BATE; Standard Liege v
Liverpool; FC Inter or Partizan Belgrade v Fenerbahce or MTK Budapest; FC Twente v
Arsenal; Spartak Moscow v Drogheda United or Dynamo Kiev; Juventus v Tampere United or Artmedia Petrzalka; Brann or Ventspils v Marseille; Fiorentina v Slavia Prague; Galatasaray v Steaua Bucuresti; Panathinaikos or Dinamo Tbilisi v Sheriff Tiraspol or Sparta Prague.
Ties to be played over two legs on Aug 12/13 & 26/27
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