Hearts drawn alongside Fiorentina in Europa Conference League group

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Heart of Midlothian v FC Zurich – UEFA Europa League – Play Offs – Second Leg – Tynecastle Park
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Hearts have been drawn alongside Italian outfit Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League.

The Tynecastle side, who lost to FC Zurich in their Europa League play-off, will also be joined in Group A by Turkish team Istanbul Basaksehir and Latvian side RFS.

The Florence-based outfit finished seventh in the Italian top flight last term. Basaksehir – for whom Mesut Ozil plays – were fourth in the Turkish Super Lig last season.

Riga-based RFS, who only qualified for the group stage following a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Linfield in the play-off, won the Latvian league title last year and are currently third with three games remaining of this year’s campaign.

The group stage fixtures are due to begin on September 8.