Bohemians draw on Spanish incentive

Bohemians will play Spanish giants Deportivo La Coruna in the third qualifying round of the Champions League if they overcome…

Bohemians will play Spanish giants Deportivo La Coruna in the third qualifying round of the Champions League if they overcome Rosenborg of Norway in the next fortnight.

Stephen Kenny's side beat first-round opponents BATE Borisov 3-1 on aggregate and now meet the Norwegian champions with the first leg being played at Dalymount Park next Wednesday.

Despite the lure of the Spanish giants, the Bohemians players and management team are trying not to look beyond the games with Rosenborg - a game the Norwegians are strong favourites to win.

Celtic have been pitted against MTK Hungaria or HJK Helsinki. The Hoops lost to FC Basle at this stage last season but reached the final of the UEFA Cup. HJK beat Irish League champions Glentoran in the first qualifying round.

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Damien Duff's Chelsea have been drawn against Slovakian side SK Zilina or Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel; Newcastle will face Partizan Belgrade or Swedish side Djurgarden.

DRAW:

CSKA Moscow or Vardar v Sparta Prague

MTK Hungaria/HJK Helsinki v FBK Kaunas or Celtic

Rangers v FC Copenhagen or Sliema Wanderers

Austria Vienna v Marseille

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund

Sheriff Tiraspol or Shakhtar Donetsk v Lokomotiv Mosow

Lazio v Benfica

Dynamo Kiev v Maribor or Dinamo Zagreb

Bohemians or Rosenborg v Deportivo La Coruna

Grasshoppers v AEK Athens

MSK Zilina or Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Chelsea

Celta Vigo v Leotar or Slavia Prague

Partizan Belgrade or Djurgarden v Newcastle

Galatasaray v Pyunik or CSKA Sofia

Rapid Bucuresti or Anderlecht v Wisla Krakow or Omonia Nicosia

SK Tirana or Graz AK v Ajax

(First Leg ties will be played August 12/13. Second Leg ties will be played August 26/27.)