Hearts, Rangers, Hibs and Motherwell discover potential European foes - and when Celtic learn fate
UEFA release ‘groupings’ ahead of Monday ceremony in Nyon
Four Scottish clubs will learn their potential European opponents later on Monday when the third qualifying round draws are made for the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
Hearts, Rangers, Hibs and Motherwell will all be represented when UEFA hosts the draws in Nyon, Switzerland, starting at 11am BST.
Prior to the draws, UEFA have narrowed down options by putting teams into ‘groupings’ - meaning the Scottish quartet now have a better idea of who they could play.


Hearts begin their Champions League campaign on Tuesday when they face Sturm Graz in Austria and should they progress across the two legs, they will face one of Lyon (FRA), Bodo/Glimt (NOR), Olimpiacos (GRE) or Fenerbahce (TUR)/Gornik Zabrze (POL).
Should Hearts lose to Sturm Graz, they will drop into the Europa League third qualifying round. They know who awaits them if that is the case - either St Gallen (SUI)/Benfica (POR), Twente (NED)/Ferencvaros (HUN) or Qarabag (AZE)/CSKA Sofia (BUL).
Rangers enter the Europa League in the third qualifying round as a seeded team and will play either Hammarby (SWE)/Anderlecht (BEL), Hajduk Split (CRO)/Pafos (CYP), Jagellonia Bialystok (POL) or Tromso (NOR)/Hradec Kralove (CZE).
Hibs and Motherwell are currently Scotland’s representatives in the Conference League and they have also discovered their potential third qualifying round opponents.
Hibs, who face Kosovan side FK Malisheva in the second qualifying round, will be paired against either NK Bravo (SVN)/KF Shkendija (MKD), FC Santa Coloma (AND)/SK Rapid (AUT), Rakow (POL)/Valetta (MLT), NK Rijeka (CRO)/Derry City (IRL) or FC Polissya (UKR)/FC Copenhagen (DEN).
Motherwell are up against Faroese outfit HB in the second qualifying round and should they advance, they will play either LNZ Cherkasy (UKR)/Gent (BEL), Besiktas (TUR)/FC Midtjylland (DEN), HJK Helsinki (FIN)/Coleraine (NIR), Twente (NED)/Ferencvaros (HUN) or RFS (Lat)/Vestri (ISL).
The third qualifying rounds are two-legged matches and are played across the first two midweeks of August.
Celtic are Scotland’s other European representative, but do not enter the Champions League until the play-off round. The draw for that is made on August 3.
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