Three-time winners Inter have been pitted against
Icelandic minnows Stjarnan in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
Inter won the competition on three occasions in the 1990s
under its UEFA Cup guise and will be hoping to do so again this season under
Walter Mazzarri.
However, Inter will need to be wary of a Stjarnan team
that claimed a surprise 1-0 aggregate win over Lech Poznan to reach the final
qualifying stage.
Like Inter, Tottenham and Feyenoord are fancied to
challenge for Europa League honours and will start their respective quests
against AEL and Zorya.
Last season's FA Cup finalists Hull City, who scraped
past Trencin 2-1 on Thursday, will continue their maiden European adventure
against Belgian outfit Lokeren.
Polish side Legia Warsaw were demoted from the UEFA
Champions League on Friday for fielding an ineligible player in the second leg
of their 6-1 aggregate victory over Celtic, who have been progressed to the
play-off stage of that tournament by default.
And the gulf between the two competitions was perfectly
illustrated as Legia were handed a meeting with Aktobe of Kazakhstan.
Torino, competing in Europe for the first time in 20
years, were rewarded for a 7-0 aggregate triumph over Brommapojkarna with a tie
against RNK Split, while Real Sociedad will take on Russian team Krasnodar.
Meanwhile, Borussia Monchengladbach face Sarajevo and
Lyon and PSV have been drawn against Astra and Shakhtyor respectively.
The first legs are to be played on August 21, with the
return legs taking place seven days later.
Draw in full:
Sarajevo v Borussia Monchengladbach, Spartak Trnava v
Zurich, Qarabag v Twente, Neftci v Partizan, RNK Split v Torino, Asteras
Tripolis v Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Omonia Nicosia v Dinamo Moscow, Apollon v
Lokomotiv Moscow, Petrolul v Dinamo Zagreb, Aktobe v Legia Warsaw, Ruch Chorzow
v Metalist, Astana v Villarreal, HJK v Rapid Vienna, Lyon v Astra, Elfsborg v
Rio Ave, Young Boys v Debrecen, AEL v Tottenham, Dinamo Minsk v Nacional,
Trabzonspor v Rostov, Lokeren v Hull City, PSV v Shakhtyor, Zwolle v Sparta
Prague, Dnipro v Hajduk Split, Zimbru v PAOK, Karabukspor v Saint-Etienne,
Stjarnan v Inter, Panathinaikos v Midtjylland, Feyenoord v Zorya, Grasshopper v
Club Brugge, Real Sociedad v Krasnodar, Rijeka v Sheriff.
Culled from Soccerway
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