Liverpool face Trabzonspor
and Aston Villa have Rapid
Vienna in the Europa League playoff round.
Roy Hodgson's side will meet the club based in Trabzon, who have
won the Turkish league six times, on August 19 and 26.
The play-off is the final hurdle before qualifying for the group
stage, with Friday's draw involving 74 clubs.
Trabzonspor won the Turkish cup last season but have not claimed
the league title since 1984.
Aston Villa face Rapid Vienna
- Austria's most successful club with 32 championships.
The pair met in the same round last season with Villa crashing
out of the competition on away goals.
Big-spending Manchester City
travel to Romania for the first leg of their play-off after being
paired with Timisoara.
The Romanian minnows, established since 2002, finished fifth in
their domestic league last season.
Welsh outfit TNS also travel for their first leg, heading to
Bulgaria to meet CSKA Sofia.
SPL giants Celtic will take
on Dutch side Utrecht.
The Hoops' dropped down to European club football's second tier
competition after being knocked out of the Champions League
qualifiers by Braga on Wednesday night on a 4-2 aggregate.
Neil Lennon's side, who were seeded for the draw in Nyon, will
play the first game at home on August 19 before travelling to
Holland a week later.
Motherwell will fancy their chances of making the group stages
for the first time after being drawn to play Odense, with the first
leg in Denmark.
Craig Brown's men have come through two qualifying rounds
against Icelandic side Breidablik and Aalesund.
The Norwegian side were beaten 3-0 at Fir Park on Wednesday as
the home side cruised through to the play-offs with a a 4-1
aggregate win.
Dundee United will make their
first appearance in the Europa League this season when they take on
AEK Athens.
The Active Nation Scottish Cup holders were drawn at home in the
first leg and will be looking to take a decent lead to Greece for
the return game.
Matches will be played on August 19 and 26.