Manchester City will face Steaua in Champions League qualify round

Manchester City will challenge Romanian side Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League qualify round.

New City chief pep Guardiola has won the Champions League twice as an manager – with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011.

The Spaniard has lost in the semi-finals of the confinement in each of the previous four seasons, once with Barca and three times with Bayern Munich.

City are needing to battle in the champions league group match for the sisth successivve season.

Steaua, who won the European Cup in 1986 and were runners-up in 1989, completed second to Astra Giurgiu in the Romanian top flight.

City director  Txiki Begiristain said: “It will be a troublesome tie in light of the way that Steaua are on the up again in Europe and have a considerable measure of limit.”

The victors of the binds will advance to the Champions League group stage while the looser will drop into the Europa League.