The 30-year-old striker, who spent three seasons with Celtic, previously played for FC Twente and PSV Eindhoven.
The away-goals win over Sporting set up a last 16 tie with PSV Eindhoven.
Lafferty had been carried off with suspected knee ligament damage during Rangers' game against PSV Eindhoven.
Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven, a club Gerets has also coached, complete Group D.
Seedorf's call-up came after Sneijder was injured in Ajax's 1-0 defeat by PSV Eindhoven on Sunday.
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Ajax were eight points behind joint leaders PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar in mid-February before their unstoppable run.
But the 63-year-old Reds boss moved to cool speculation that it would be PSV Eindhoven forward Ola Toivenen he would be signing.
In 2010, while at Ajax in Amsterdam, he was banned for seven matches for biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder.
After leaving the England job in 1990, Robson then managed a string of top European clubs including PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona.
It was only after the 2002 World Cup that he joined PSV Eindhoven and proceeded to join Manchester United in 2005.
Suarez was handed a seven-match ban by Dutch football authorities in 2010 for biting PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakal while playing for Ajax.
The 20-year-old Dutch left-back, who joined Chelsea from PSV Eindhoven in 2007, spent much of last season on loan at Coventry and Newcastle.
Liverpool now face a fight with Atletico Madrid to finish top of group D, with an away game at PSV Eindhoven to come.
Meanwhile, in Group K , Otman Bakkal's first-half header was enough for PSV Eindhoven to claim their opening win at home to CFR Cluj.
He held managing spells at PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, FC Porto, and FC Barcelona, where current Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho worked as his translator.
And, if Rangers progress to the semi-final of the Uefa Cup, they will come up against either PSV Eindhoven or Fiorentina four days later.
European football's governing body is already looking into alleged abuse and missile throwing directed at Arsenal players during September's Champions league victory at PSV Eindhoven.
After negotiating PSV Eindhoven, Anderlecht and Standard Liege in the knock-out stages, Hamburg endured a frustrating evening against Roy Hodgson's well-organised west London outfit last week.
Henry will miss the rest of the season after damaging stomach and groin muscles in his team's Champions League exit to PSV Eindhoven earlier this month.
Defender Alex, outstanding in helping PSV Eindhoven to put Arsenal out of the Champions League last season, will also arrive after being granted a work permit.
La Liga's third place side Valencia also progress to the last eight thanks to a 1-1 draw against the Dutch side PSV Eindhoven at the Philips Stadion.
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His first steps in that direction came at De Graafschap, Holland, where he was assistant manager before moving to the same role at Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven.
Ferguson mistakenly thought Park had recently agreed an extension but, like Neville, insists the former PSV Eindhoven player will get a new deal when the time is right.
And Dutch side PSV Eindhoven have been given a one-match stadium ban by Uefa following crowd trouble at their Uefa Cup quarter-final match against Kaiserslautern on March 15.
Germany's Borussia Dortmund remain in second, three points behind the Gunners after goals from Jan Koller, Tomas Rosicky and Marcio Amoroso saw them win 3-1 at PSV Eindhoven .
Suarez also courted controversy in Holland while at Ajax where he was banned for seven games after biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder during a match in November 2010.
"For PSV Eindhoven, that's a terrific result, " added Smith.
He needed to have an ice-pack applied to a thigh injury - with boss Rafa Benitez hoping he will recover in time for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg against PSV Eindhoven.
The Englishman was left clutching his left knee after a collision with PSV Eindhoven's Swedish goalkeeper, Andreas Isaksson, with just a few minutes of the 1-0 defeat left to play at Ibrox.
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Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, whose performances have been called into question since his summer move from PSV Eindhoven, again looked shaky as Bolton put plenty of crosses into the box to test the Brazilian.
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