Hearts will face Linfield or Swiss champions FC Zurich in the Europa League play-offs. Robbie Neilson’s side are due to travel for the first leg on August 18 before the second leg at Tynecastle seven days later.
The Scottish Cup runners-up are guaranteed group-stage football with the losers of their play-off dropping into the Europa Conference League.
Linfield host the Swiss side on Thursday in the first leg of the third qualifying round. Hearts manager Robbie Neilson welcomed the draw. “It’s a good draw for us,” he said on a club video. “One or the other would be great. “It’s where we want the club to be.
We want to get in the Europa League. It’s a great opportunity for us against one of these teams. “We fancy ourselves to go and win that game and if we do that then it would be brilliant for the club.” David Healy’s side have had contrasting fortunes in Europe this season, overcoming The New Saints in their Champions League opener with the help of a stoppage-time equaliser in Belfast and an extra-time winner.