Hearts learn potential next opponents in Champions League qualifying bid

Hearts will face Turkish side Fenerbahce or Gornik Zabrze from Poland in the third qualifying round of the Champions League if they get past Sturm Graz. The Edinburgh side, under the tutelage of new head coach Wouter Vrancken, will face the Austrians in the first leg of their second qualifier on Tuesday before the second leg at Tynecastle next week. The draw which was made on Monday revealed that, should Irish side Shamrock Rovers get past Armenian side Ararat-Armenia, they will face Egnatia of Albania or Celje from Slovenia. If Northern Irish outfit Larne overcome Crvena Zvezda of Serbia, they will take on the winners of Vikingur Reykjavik and Hapoel Beer-Shava in the third qualifying round. Derek McInnes’ first European game as Rangers boss will see the Light Blues take on Polish side Jagiellonia Bialystok in the Europa League third qualifying round. While his former side Hearts vies for Champions League qualification, Derek McInnes knows the start of Rangers' route to the Europa League (PA) The Gers are scheduled to play away on 6 August with the return game at Ibrox on 13 August, subject to any necessary calendar adjustments. In a rather complicated draw, Hearts, Larne and Shamrock Rovers also discovered their Euro fate should they not progress through their Champions League second qualifier. The Jambos will face St Gallen from Switzerland or Portuguese giants Benfica in the third Europa League qualifier, with Larne taking on the losers of the FC Iberia 1999 Tbilisi and Slovan Bratislava tie, while the defeated side in Shamrock Rovers’ League second qualifying round tie will play the losers of Egnatia versus Celje. There was also UK and Irish interest in the Conference League third qualifying round draw. Should Motherwell, under the guidance of new boss Alfred Johansson, get past Faroese outfit HB, they will face Northern Ireland’s Coleraine or HJK Helsinki of Finland. Alfred Johansson is the new Motherwell manager (Getty) If Hibernian battle past Kosova’s FK Malisheva, they will take on NK Bravo from Slovenia or Macedonian side KF Shkendija. If Irish side Shelbourne get the better of Nomme Kalju, they have Serbian side FK Vojvodina or Dutch giants Ajax awaiting. Derry City, from the League of Ireland Premier Division, have to get past NJ Rijeka of Croatia but if they do they will meet Stjarnan from Iceland or Finnish side Ilves Tampere. Another Irish side, Bohemians, have to see off the challenge of Kosovan side Ballkani to earn the right to play Besiktas from Turkey or Denmark’s FC Midtjylland. Meanwhile, the winner of Welsh side The New Saints and Estonia’s Flora Tallinn will face Andorran champions, Inter Club d’Escaldes. PA