Newcastle and Liverpool were handed tricky UEFA Cup second round draws this morning after being paired with FC Basel and Steua Bucharest respectively.
Manchester City should have little to fear from Polish minnows Groclin Grodzisk while Hearts have a mountain to climb after being drawn against Bordeaux.
Liverpool, who played in Bucharest against Rapid three years ago, will play in the Romanian capital in the first leg of the tie.
Former European Cup winners Steaua secured their place in the draw by seeing off Liverpool's Premiership rivals Southampton in midweek. Gerard Houllier's side came through with victory over Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana.
Newcastle face an away trip to Switzerland to face Christian Gross's Basle. The Swiss upset a couple of British sides last season by knocking out both Celtic and Liverpool from the Champions League, while the brothers Yakin (Hakin and Murat) form the backbone of the side and will be all-to0 familiar Irish fans.
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) v Sochaux (France)
Manchester Cityv Groclin Grodzisk (Poland)
Barcelona (Spain) v Panionios (Greece)
Benfica (Portugal) v Molde (Norway)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) v Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway) v Red Star Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)
Valencia (Spain) v Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Spartak Moscow (Russia) v Dinamo Bucharest (Romania)
Gaziantepspor (Turkey) v RC Lens (France)
Brondby (Denmark) v Schalke 04 (Germany)
Aris Salonika (Greece) v Perugia (Italy)
Utrecht (Netherlands) v AJ Auxerre (France)
Steua Bucharest (Romania) v
Liverpool
Valerenga (Norway) v Wisla Krakow (Poland)
PAOK Salonika (Greece) v Debrecen (Hungary)
FC Copenhagen (Denmark) v Real Mallorca (Spain)
Parma (Italy) v Salzburg (Austria)
Basel (Switzerland) v
Newcastle United
Hajduk Split (Croatia) v AS Roma (Italy)
Genclerbirligi (Turkey) v Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
Torpedo Moscow (Russia) v Villarreal (Spain)
Feyenoord (Netherlands) v Teplice (Czech Republic)
Girondins Bordeaux (France) v Hearts
- First team drawn will play first leg at home, subject to any later reversals.
First leg - November 6th, Second leg - November 27th