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Hearts to start at home


By Alex Livie

Hearts will play Shakhtyor of Belarus or Siroki Brijeg of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.

The Tynecastle outfit booked their place at Europe's top table when holding off Rangers in the battle for second place behind Celtic in last season's SPL.

The draw for the first couple of rounds has been made, with Hearts set to face the winner of the tie between Shakhtyor and Siroki Brijeg.

Hearts will play the first leg at home on July 25 or 26, with the return leg a week later.

Liverpool and Arsenal will enter at the third qualifying round while Premiership winners Chelsea, Manchester United and Celtic go straight into the group stages.

First qualifying round
1 KS Elbasani (ALB) v FK Ekranas (LTU)
2 FC TVMK Tallinn (EST) v FH Hafnarfjordur (ISL)
3 FHK Liepajas Metalurgs (LAT) v FK Aktobe (KAZ)
4 MY-PA 47 (FIN) v The New Saints FC (WAL)
5 Cork City (IRL) v Apollon Limassol FC (CYP)
6 FC Sioni Bolnisi (GEO) v FK Baku (AZE)
7 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
8 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLS) v NK Siroki Brijeg (BIH)
9 Birkirkara FC (MLT) v B36 Torshavn (FAR)
10 Linfield FC (NIR) v NK Gorica (SLO)
11 FC Pyunik (ARM) v FC Sheriff (MOL)

First leg matches will be played on July 11 and 12. Second leg matches will be played on July 18 and 19.

Second qualifying round
Winners Match 10 v FC Steaua Bucharest (ROU)
Levski Sofia (BUL) v Winners Match 6
FC Zurich (SUI) v SV Austria Salzburg (AUT)
Djurgardens IF (SWE) v MFK Ruzomberok (SVK)
Debrecen (HUN) v Winners Match 7
Winners Match 5 v Crvena Zvezda (SCG)
Fenerbahce SK (TUR) v Winnners Match 9
FK Mlada Boleslav (CZE) v Valerenga IF (NOR)
Winners Match 11 v FC Spartak Moscow (RUS)
Winners Match 3 v FC Dynamo Kiev (UKR)
Winners Match 2 v Legia Warsaw (POL)
FC Copenhagen (DEN) v Winners Match 4
Winners Match 1 v NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Hearts (SCO) v Winners Match 8

First leg matches will be played on July 25 or 26. Second leg matches will be played on August 1 and 2.


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