Reds Learn Euro Fate

United will play Valencia, Rangers and Turkish side Bursaspor in Group C of this season's Champions League.

The Reds' four previous meetings with Valencia in the competition - during the 1999/00 and 2000/01 campaigns - yielded three draws and a victory.

The clashes with Rangers will be particularly special for Sir Alex - he supported the Ibrox club and spent two years as a player there in the late 1960s, while his opposite number Walter Smith was his ally at Old Trafford for a period towards the end of 2003/04. The only two competitive meetings between the two sides took place in the Champions League that same season, with United winning 1-0 at Ibrox and 3-0 on home turf.

Bursaspor (based in Bursa in north west Turkey and brilliantly nicknamed the Green Crocodiles) are the unknown quantity in Group C having never played in the competition before, although they are the current Turkish champions.

Champions League Fixtures

Tue 14 Sep - Rangers H
Wed 29 Sep - Valencia A
Wed 20 Oct - Bursaspor H
Tue 2 Nov - Bursaspor A
Wed 24 Nov - Rangers A
Tue 7 Dec - Valencia H

Full draw
Group A - Internazionale, Werder Bremen, Tottenham, FC Twente

Group B - Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv

Group C - United, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor

Group D - Barcelona, Panathinaikos, FC Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan

Group E - Bayern Munich, AS Roma, FC Basel, CFR Cluj

Group F - Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina

Group G - AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre