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Rangers to face Servette or Genk in Champions League third-round qualifier

Rangers to face Servette or Genk in Champions League third-round qualifier
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Scottish giants Rangers will face either Servette or Genk in the Champions League third qualifying round.

Rangers will face either Servette or Genk in the Champions League third qualifying round.

After finishing second in the Scottish Premiership behind rivals Celtic last season, the Gers are seeking to reach the Champions League group stage for the second successive year in 2023-24.

Michael Beale's side have entered the League Path for this year's Champions League qualifiers and were categorised as a seeded team along with Braga, Marseille and PSV Eindhoven.

Rangers came from behind to beat Union SG in a third-round qualifier last year, and they could face another Belgian side at the same stage this term if Genk come out on top against Swiss club Servette in their second qualifying round tie.

Servette are scheduled to host the first leg with Genk in Geneva on Tuesday, eight days before the reverse fixture in Belgium.

Elsewhere in the draw, Portuguese club Braga will take on Serbian side Backa Topola, while Eredivisie outfit PSV Eindhoven will face Sturm Graz of Austria.

Ligue 1 giants Marseille, meanwhile, will test their mettle against either Dnipro-1 of Ukraine or Panathinaikos of Greece.

All first-leg ties are scheduled to take place on August 8/9, with the return fixtures to be played on August 15.

The winners of all third qualifying round ties will enter the Champions League playoff round at the end of August.


Champions League third qualifying round draw (League Path) in full:

Braga vs. Backa Topola
Rangers vs. Servette or Genk
Dnipro-1 or Panathinaikos vs. Marseille
PSV Eindhoven vs. Sturm Graz

Champions League third qualifying round draw (Champions Path) in full:

Group 1:
Rakow Czestochowa or Qarabag FK vs. Aris Limassol or BATE Borisov
Zrinjski Mostar or Slovan Bratislava vs. Sheriff Tiraspol or Maccabi Haifa
AEK Athens vs. Dinamo Zagreb or Astana

Group 2:
Ludogorets Razgrad or NK Olimpija Ljubljana vs. FK Zalgiris or Galatasaray
Breidablik or Copenhagen vs. Sparta Prague
KI Klaksvik or Hacken vs. HJK Helsinki or Molde

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