Rangers face seasoned European campaigners if they’re to succeed in the play-off stage of both the Champions League or Europa League following Monday’s newest attracts.
Russell Martin’s aspect will face Viktoria Plzen of the Czech Republic or Servette of Switzerland within the Champions League third qualifying spherical ought to they defeat Panathinaikos.
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Like Rangers, each Plzen and Servette completed distant runners-up of their home leagues final season – Plzen to Slavia Prague and Servette to Basel.
Plzen completed sixteenth within the Europa League final season – eight locations behind Rangers – earlier than dropping to Lazio within the final 16.
Nevertheless, they defeated Hearts to succeed in the brand new league stage, successful each legs of their play-off spherical tie 1-0.
The earlier season, Viktoria reached the Convention League quarter finals, dropping to Fiorentina.
They final reached the Champions League three seasons in the past, dropping all their video games in a bunch containing, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.
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Rangers defeated Servette on the identical third qualifying spherical stage of the Europa League in 2023, 3-2 on combination.
They had been overwhelmed by Braga in Europa League qualifying final season earlier than dropping narrowly to eventual winners Chelsea within the Convention League play-off spherical.
The third spherical fixtures happen on 5/6 August and 12 August.
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If Martin’s aspect lose to the Greeks, they face an equally tough tie within the Europa League third qualifying spherical after they had been drawn in opposition to both Beskitas of Turkey or Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Besiktas had been fourth within the Turkish Tremendous Lig final season and completed a disappointing twenty eighth within the Europa League.
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Shakhtar, who’ve suffered by being homeless in current seasons as a result of Russian invasion of Ukraine, had been twenty seventh within the Champions League final season and have already needed to come by means of one spherical of Europa League qualifying – beating Ilves of Finland 6-0 on combination.
The Europa League third qualifying spherical video games happen on August 7 and August 14.