Source: Daily_Mail
EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW: Liverpool, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Celtic learn play-off opponents
Liverpool have drawn Turkish side Trabzonspor in the Europa League play-off 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 today's draw involving 74 clubs.Heads we win: David Ngog helps Liverpool past RabotnickiEUROPA LEAGUE DRAWLiverpool v TrabzonsporTimisoara v Manchester CityRapid Vienna v Aston VillaCeltic v UtrechtOdense v MotherwellDundee United v AEK AthensCSKA Sofia v The New SaintsMatches will be played August 19 and 29OTHERS: Paris Saint-Germain v Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bayer Leverkusen v Tavriya Simferopol, CSKA Moscow v Anorthosis Famagusta, Hajduk Split v Unirea Urziceni, Feyenoord v Ghent, Genk v Porto, Debreceni v Litex Lovech, Aris v Austria Vienna, Galatasaray v Karpaty Lviv, Palermo v Maribor, Brugge v Dinamo Minsk, Omonia v Metalist Kharkiv, Vaslui v Lille, Napoli v Elfsborg, Sporting Lisbon v Brondby, Grasshoppers v Steaua Bucharest, Borussia Dortmund v Qarabag, AIK Stockholm v Levski Sofia, Sturm Graz v Juventus, Getafe v APOEL, AZ Alkmaar v Aktobe, Dnepr Dnipropetrovsk v Lech Poznan, Besiktas v HJK Helsinki, Slovan Bratislava v Stuttgart, Sibir Novosibirsk v PSV Eindhoven, BATE Borisov v Maritimo, Lausanne v Lokomotiv Moscow, Gyor v Dinamo Zagreb, PAOK Thessaloniki v Fenerbahce, Villarreal v Dnepr Mogilev.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 rivals 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 The New Saints also travel for their first leg, heading to Bulgaria to meet CSKA Sofia.Neil LennonCeltic, who were knocked out of the Champions League by Braga on Wednesday, will take on Dutch side Utrecht.Neil Lennon's side, who were seeded, 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. Ready for action: Emmanuel Adebayor in action against Inter Milan on City's pre-season tour of AmericaThe 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. Liverpool 2 Rabotnicki 0 (4-0 agg): Ngog and Gerrard seal Reds cruiseSign up to our FREE Fantasy Football game - with £40,000 in prize money up for grabsDream draw for Spurs as Redknapp's men take on Young Boys in play-off