Hearts have drawn Belarus side Dinamo Minsk away in the Conference League along with Copenhagen (A), who put out Kilmarnock, German combine Heidenheim (H), Omonoia (H), one of the most successful football clubs in Cyprus, Cercle Bruges (A) from Belgium and they are at Tynecastle to face Petrocub from Hincesti in Moldova who have a capacity of 1,100 in their home stadium.
Each side faces six different teams with three home and three away games as opposed to eight in the other two Euro competitions, the Champions League and Europa League.
The top eight in the league qualify automatically for the knockout stages while the teams finishing in ninth to 24th place will compete in a two-leg play-off to secure a place in the last 16 of the competition.
Christian Karembeu, who won the Champions League with Real Madrid and the World Cup with France in 1998, was involved and Hearts were in pot four alongside Cercle Brugge, Dublin-based Shamrock Rovers, The New Saints (TNS), who made Welsh football history by securing a place in the Europa Conference League group, Swiss combine Lugano and Mlada Boleslav from the Czech First League.
Some other facts from the draw and Shamrock Rovers were among the first teams out of the hat and they will travel to London to face big-spending Chelsea who will also face Gent (H) from Belgium, German combine Heidenheim (A), Astana from Kazakhstan (A), Greek side Panathinaikos (A) who play in Athens, and Noah (H) from Armenia.
The New Saints travel to Italy to play Fiorentina who played Hearts in a previous tournament.
In the Europa League, Rangers will play both Manchester United and Tottenham, managed by ex-Celtic boss, Ange Postecoglou.
The Ibrox men entertain Spurs, travel to Old Trafford in Manchester, face Lyon at home, Olympiakos, based in Piraeus near Athens, away, Belgian side Union SG at Ibrox, go to Sweden to play Malo, they are at home against FCSB from Bucharest in Romania and also travel to France to play Nice.
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