British quartet set for Euro draw

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Liverpool, Arsenal, Celtic and Rangers are in the draw for the Champions League third qualifying round at 1100 BST in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday.

All four teams are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other for the two-leg ties, which take place on 14/15 August and 28/29 August.

There will be 16 ties but 46 teams in the draw - with 28 yet to complete their second qualifying rounds.

These include Rangers, who hold a 2-0 lead over FK Zeta.

The unseeded clubs include Spartak Moscow, AEK Athens, Sparta Prague and Fenebahce - all of whom reached the group stage last season.

The 16 teams who win their third qualifying round ties will join a further 16 clubs who have qualified automatically for the group stage, which starts in September.

Manchester United and Chelsea will enter the competition at the group stage, with their first fixtures on either 18 or 19 September.

The final takes place in Moscow on 21 May 2008.



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Seeded teams:

Liverpool
Arsenal
Valencia
Sevilla
Benfica
Ajax
Werder Bremen
Celtic
Zaglebie Lubin or Steaua Bucuresti
Lazio
Rangers or FK Zeta
Pyunik or Shakhtar Donetsk
Sheriff or Besiktas
Anderlecht
Dynamo Kiev
Tampere United or Levski Sofia


Unseeded teams:

Sparta Prague
Fenerbahce
AEK Athens
Dinamo Bucuresti
MSK Zilina or SK Slavia Prague
Astana or Rosenborg
Spartak Moscow
FK Crvena Zvezda or Levadia Tallinn
FC Copenhagen or Beitar Jerusalem
Toulouse
NK Domzale or Dinamo Zagreb
Genk or FK Sarajevo
Debreceni or IF Elfsborg
FC Zurich
FK Ventspils or FC Salzburg
FH Hafnarfjördur or FC BATE Borisov