Europa League play-offs draw

07 August 2009 13:10
Everton have been drawn against Czech side Sigma Olomouc in the Europa League play-offs stage. David Moyes' side will be at home in the first leg against the side who knocked out Aberdeen in the third qualifying round of the competition. Elsewhere, Fulham have been handed a difficult task as they must travel to Russia to take on Amkar Perm. Amkar finished fourth in their domestic league last season but are only 12th in the 2009 campaign with just four wins from their first 16 games. Meanwhile Aston Villa will face Austrian side Rapid Vienna as Martin O'Neill's men look to improve on last season's European showing. Vienna may prove tricky opponents having recently shocked Liverpool with a 1-0 pre-season victory while finishing second in the Austrian Bundesliga last term. Scottish side Hearts have been handed an unkind draw as they must face Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb. Zagreb were dumped out of the Champions League qualifying stages by Red Star Salzburg and will provide strong opposition for Csaba Laszlo's team. All Europa League qualifying play-offs will be played on 20th and 27th August. Europa League play-off round draw in full Ajax v Slovan Bratislava Athletic Bilbao v Tromso BATE v Litex Lovech Benfica v Vorskla Poltava Brondby v Hertha Berlin Dinamo Moscow v CSKA Sofia Dinamo Zagreb v Hearts Everton v Sigma Olomouc FC Dinamo Bucuresti v Liberec FC Sion v Fenerbahce FC Twente v FK Qarabag FC Vaslui v AEK Athens FK Baku v Basle FK Sarajevo v CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca FK Teplice v Hapoel Tel-Aviv Fulham v Amkar Perm Galatasaray v FC Levadia Tallinn Genk v Lille Genoa v Odense BK Guingamp v Hamburg Lazio v Elfsborg Lech Poznan v Club Brugge Metallurg Donetsk v FK Austria Vienna NAC v Villarreal PAOK Salonika v Heerenveen PSV v Bnei Yehuda Partizan Belgrade v MSK Zilina Rapid Vienna v Aston Villa Roma v MFK Kosice SK Sturm Graz v FC Metalist Kharkiv Shakhtar Donetsk v Sivasspor Slavia Prague v Crvena Zvezda Sparta Prague v NK Maribor Stabaek v Valencia Steaua Bucuresti v St Patricks Trabzonspor v Toulouse Werder Bremen v FC Aktobe Zenit St Petersburg v Nacional

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