Rangers might need to play TEN European video games earlier than the season breaks for the World Cup if they're to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League.
And it isn't significantly better for Hearts who themselves should cram 27 matches within the 4 months earlier than Qatar 2022 will get beneath approach.
The winter World Cup means UEFA and the SPFL have needed to drastically modify their schedules to compensate for the month-long break.
Champions League, Europa League and Convention League matches have all been introduced ahead with a view to get the group stage accomplished in time for November 21 - three weeks sooner than regular.
It signifies that groups enjoying at that stage could have even tighter schedules than ordinary.
That will get much more intense for the groups going through qualifiers earlier than they even get there, and Rangers look set to bear the brunt.
It stays a definite chance that Rangers will win the Europa League and in the event that they achieve this they are going to go straight via to the Champions League group stage.
However they're close to sure to complete the league season as runners as much as Celtic, so in the event that they fall brief in Europe, they might go into the Champions League second qualifying spherical.
That leaves them going through 4 video games earlier than the group stage will get underway on September 6.
Gio van Bronckhorst's crew kick off with two legs on 19/20 and 26/27 July. If profitable, they might transfer onto the playoff spherical - which takes place on August 2/3 and 9.
In the event that they had been to lose their second qualifying spherical conflict, they might drop into the Europa League playoff - on August 18 and 25.
Ought to they lose that , they might drop into the Convention League correct - that means it doesn't matter what, they are going to play six event video games in addition to 4 qualifiers.
Add these ten matches to the 17 Premiership rounds and two League Cup video games they may face, and it is a most of 29 video games for Rangers earlier than the season breaks off.
In the meantime Hearts face an equally condensed schedule. They go into the Europa League playoff as a reward for his or her third-placed end, that means their European journey begins on August 18.
They are going to already be two video games into their league season by the point that begins that means match health will not be a problem - a welcome and unfamiliar luxurious for a Scottish membership in Europe.
Much like Rangers, they're assured group stage soccer even when they lose with the Convention League a ample comfort prize.
And whereas the novelty of qualifying for a Euro event will take some time to put on off, the scheduling points it creates will probably be felt by Robbie Neilson's squad.
Whereas the qualifying rounds happen on separate schedules, the group stage of all three tournaments then sync up with Champions League video games on Tuesday/Wednesday and Europa and Convention League video games on Thursdays.
The Premier Sports activities Cup schedule has been designed to not conflict with these dates with the second spherical going down on 30/31 August and the quarter-finals on 18-20 October.
UEFA competitions schedule 2022/23
Matchweek 1 - W/B 5 September
Matchweek 2 - W/B 12 September
Matchweek 3 - W/B 3 October
Matchweek 4 - W/B 10 October
Matchweek 5 - W/B 24 October
Matchweek 6 - W/B 31 October