The RANGERS have discovered their destiny in the Champions League draw with a tricky third qualifying round ahead of them.
Philippe Clement’s men will face Dynamo kyiv or Partizan Belgrade to publicize their bid to triumph in the promised land of European football.
These two teams face each other in the second qualifying round midweek and the following, with the winners advancing to face the Rangers.
Dynamo or Partizan will play at home first (or at an impartial stadium if the Ukrainian team advances) and then play in Glasgow.
It will be played on August 6 and 7 and August 13.
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It’s all done and dusted off at UEFA HQ and we’re also about to sign, so here’s a little reminder of what’s in store for Rangers.
Here is the third qualifying round of Rangers’ Champions League from the league segment in its entirety:
The matches will be played on August 6, 7 and August 13 and the winners will qualify for the play-offs.
Rangers would be seeded for the play-offs, as would the winners of the tie between Slavia Prague and USG.
If Rangers advance, they will face Red Bull Salzburg/Twente or Lille/Lugano/Fenerbahce.
The Rangers once faced Dynamo Kyiv in a European festival and it wasn’t yesterday!
The two met in the first round of the 1987 European Cup.
Aleksiy Mykhaylychenko, who would later play for Rangers, scored the winning goal for Dynamo in the first leg, before goals from Mark Falco and Ally McCoist turned the tide at Ibrox.
The Light Blues went 2-0 up on the night and 2-1 on aggregate.
The Rangers also faced Partizan once.
Alan Hutton scored the winning goal at Ibrox in a UEFA Cup organisation held in December 2006 in its most historic encounter.
This was the organisation of the UEFA Cup at the time: Rangers only faced Partizan once, meaning they never travelled to Serbia for a second leg.
Rangers will face either Dynamo Kyiv or Partizan Belgrade in the third qualifying round.
If the Ukrainian team advances, the scenario will be that NO team will play their tie at home.
Due to the ongoing clash in their home country, the Dynamo will host their match in Poland, while the Rangers, of course, will start their “home” matches this season at Hampden Park.
There you have it! Rangers will face the current winner of the qualifying round between Dynamo kyiv and Partizan Belgrade.
In any case, there will be a draw.
The Rangers will start first, before the second leg in Glasgow, but NOT, of course, in Ibrox.
Red Bull Salzburg vs Twente is the final match.
It’s Dynamo kyiv or Partizan and they will face others. . .
RANGER.
Lille leaves. And they will face Lugano or Fenerbahce.
The Rangers will not travel to Bélgica. Es Slavia, which opposes Union St-Gilloise.
Slavia Prague are the first seeded team to lose their knowledge
So let’s go.
The Rangers ARE about to find out who they will face in a moment. . . .
The following 3 matches have come out of the pots:
Rangers may not be able to face any of those groups in the qualification process, but here’s the draw for the champions’ path to the third qualifying round, at least the first few games:
Rangers fans, you’ll have to wait a little longer to find out who you’ll be facing.
The draw begins but they will start first with the address of the champion.
This is the component of the table that brings together the national champions who are still confident of a position in the championship phase.
The Rangers are ready for this draft.
However, the giveaway continues!
Go straight to the draw here!
UEFA’s senior director of competitions, Tom Barlow, is in charge of the proceedings and is currently reviewing the aspects ahead of the draw.
UEFA’s Tobias Hedtstuck welcomes us to the draw.
It is for the governing body’s calendar and club competitions.
The draw begins at UEFA’s headquarters and we may not have to wait long to see who Rangers will face.
As we get closer to the start of the draw, here’s a rundown of what it means for the Rangers.
Go brew that cup of tea and come back: it’s all about to begin!
All of Rangers’ prospective warring parties are family names in European football or, in USG’s case, familiar foes from years past.
This is with the exception of Lugano.
Last season they finished in the Swiss Super League ahead of Servette, Zurich and St. Gallen.
This is the second time that Lugano has qualified for the Champions League qualifiers, the last time being in 2001, when they were eliminated by Shakhtar Donetsk.
However, he reached the Europa League level twice and last season in the Conference League.
They finished at the bottom of their organization despite a very good 3-2 win over Turkish giants Besiktas after trailing 2-0.
Less than an hour wait!
Who will you draw, Rangers fans?
Twente were a wonder in the Eredivisie last season, finishing in the top three for the first time in over a decade.
And with that, they will have a chance to succeed in the Champions League for the second time.
In 2010/11 they were part of the organisational level and will return to the European elite with Joseph Oosting.
This is how the draw will be carried out.
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The draw for the Champions League qualifying round will begin at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon in about 40 minutes.
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