Celtic & Rangers' Champions League draw LIVE as Old Firm discover play-off opponents – stream FREE, latest updates
IT'S a massive day for Celtic and Rangers' Champions League ambitions.
Both of the Glasgow giants will be drawn out of the hat in this morning's Champions League play-off round draw.
This is the last round of qualifiers that stand in the way of teams and a place in the promised land - the Champions League league phase.
Scottish champions Celtic will kick-start their European journey this season at that stage, but Rangers still have work to do just to get there.
Russell Martin's men will have to overcome Viktoria Plzen over the next week to punch their own ticket to the play-offs - but they WILL know who lies in wait.
Aberdeen will also enter the Europa League draw later today before Dundee United and Hibs find out what could lie ahead in Conference League qualifying - we'll keep you right across ALL of today's big European draws.
When are the Scottish clubs' European draws taking place?
Celtic & Rangers will enter the Champions League play-off draw at 11am
Aberdeen will enter the Europa League play-off draw at 12pm
Dundee United & Hibs will enter the Conference League play-off draw at 1pm
We will keep you across all of it right here on SunSport's LIVE blog
Who can Celtic and Rangers face in the Champions League play-off draw?
Celtic and Rangers are in separate paths of the draw
The Hoops are in the Champions Path with Rangers entering the League Path should they get there
with Rangers entering the should they get there Celtic are seeded for the draw and have five potential opponents
The Hoops will face one of Kairat/Slovan Bratislava, Basel, Shkendija/Qarabag, Dynamo Kyiv/Pafos, Sturm Graz
Rangers are unseeded for their draw
The Gers/Viktoria Plzen will be drawn against one of two potential match-ups, either Nice/Benfica or Red Bull Salzburg/Club Brugge
The draw will be live streamed on Uefa.com
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