UEFA President Michel Platini helped conduct the inaugural UEFA Europa League draw in Nyon, while FC Tobol Kostanay, from Kazakhstan, were handed a second qualifying round date with Turkish giants Galatasaray AŞ.
Guiding hand
Mr Platini drew the opening first qualifying round tie, between FC MTZ-RIPO Minska and FK Sutjeska, in person, while the same stage of the competition will see last season's UEFA Champions League group stage contenders Anorthosis Famagusta FC return to European competition with a tie against UN Käerjéng 97 of Luxembourg.
Galatasaray tie
Tobol may have been handed the toughest draw in the second qualifying round, where they take on Galatasaray, but FK Slavija Sarajevo did not have an easy ride either, drawing last season's UEFA Champions League group stage battlers Aalborg BK. Meanwhile, two of the most famous clubs in central Europe will meet at the same stage, as Romania's FC Steaua Bucureşti take on Újpest FC from neighbouring Hungary.
Important dates
The draw for the third qualifying round will take place on 17 July at 13.30CET. The final of this season's competition will be held at the Arena Hamburg in Hamburg on Wednesday 12 May 2010.
2009/10 UEFA Europa League
First qualifying round draw
First leg: 02 July
Second leg: 09 July | | Match | Fixture | | 1* | FK Sutjeska (MNE) | v | FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk (BLR) | | 2 | FC Lahti (FIN) | v | KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB)
| | 3* | CS Grevenmacher (LUX) | v | FK Vėtra (LTU) | | 4* | NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
| v | Rosenborg BK (NOR) | | 5 | Haladás FC (HUN) | v | FC Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ) | | 6 | Sligo Rovers FC (IRL) | v | KS Vllaznia (ALB) | | 7 | FC Olimpi Rustavi (GEO) | v | B36 Tórshavn (FRO) | | 8 | Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP) | v | UN Käerjéng 97 (LUX)
| | 9 | NK Slaven Koprivnica (CRO)
| v | Birkirkara FC (MLT)
| | 10 | FC Zimbru Chişinău (MDA)
| v | FC Okzheptes Kokshetau (KAZ)
| | 11 | Lisburn Distillery FC (NIR)
| v | FC Zestafoni (GEO)
| | 12 | Helsingborgs IF (SWE) | v | FC MIKA (ARM) | | 13 | Valletta FC (MLT)
| v | Keflavík (ISL) | | 14 | FC Dinaburg (LVA)
| v | JK Nõmme Kalju (EST) | | 15 | FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) | v | KSP Polonia Warszawa (POL) | | 16* | JK Trans Narva (EST) | v | NK Rudar Velenje (SVN) | | 17 | Motherwell FC (SCO)
| v | Llanelli AFC (WAL)
| | 18* | FC Banants (ARM) | v | NK Široki Brijeg (BIH) | | 19 | FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)
| v | FC Inter Baki (AZE)
| | 20 | FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
| v | FK Renova (MKD) | | 21 | Randers FC (DEN) | v | Linfield FC (NIR) | | 22 | Simurq PFC (AZE) | v | Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) | | 23* | Fram Reykjavík (ISL) | v | The New Saints FC (WAL) |
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2009/10 UEFA Europa League
Second qualifying round draw
First leg: 16 July
Second leg: 23 July | | Match | Fixture | | 1 | Winners Match 4
| v | FK Qarabağ (AZE) | | 2 | FC Paços de Ferreira (POR) | v | Winners Match 10
| | 3 | Winners Match 15 | v | AC Juvenes-Dogana (SMR) | | 4 | SK Sturm Graz (AUT) | v | Winners Match 18
| | 5 | FC Basel 1893 (SUI) | v | FC Santa Coloma (AND) | | 6 | FC Honka Espoo (FIN) | v | Bangor City FC (WAL) | | 7 | MŠK Žilina (SVK) | v | FC Dacia Chişinău (MDA)
| | 8 | Winners Match 8
| v | FK Petrovac (MNE) | | 9 | Saint Patrick's Athletic FC (IRL) | v | Winners Match 13 | | 10 | AC Omonia (CYP) | v | HB Tórshavn (FRO) | | 11 | NK Gorica (SVN) | v | Winners Match 2 | | 12 | SK Sigma Olomouc (CZE) | v | Winners Match 23 | | 13 | Legia Warszawa (POL) | v | Winners Match 7
| | 14 | Falkirk FC (SCO) | v | FC Vaduz (LIE) | | 15 | IF Elfsborg (SWE) | v | Winners Match 5
| | 16 | SK Rapid Wien (AUT) | v | Winners Match 6
| | 17 | FC Naftan Novopolotsk (BLR) | v | KAA Gent (BEL) | | 18 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs (LVA) | v | FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) | | 19 | FC Differdange 03 (LUX) | v | HNK Rijeka (CRO) | | 20 | FK Sūduva (LTU) | v | Winners Match 21 | | 21 | Winners Match 3
| v | HJK Helsinki (FIN) | | 22 | FK Milano (MKD) | v | Winners Match 9
| | 23 | Winners Match 20 | v | Tromsø IL (NOR) | | 24 | KR Reykjavík (ISL) | v | Larissa FC (GRE) | | 25 | Brøndby IF (DEN) | v | FC Flora (EST) | | 26 | Aalborg BK (DEN) | v | FK Slavija Sarajevo (BIH)
| | 27 | FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) | v | Újpest FC (HUN) | | 28 | FC Metalurh Donetsk (UKR) | v | Winners Match 1 | | 29 | FK Rabotnicki (MKD) | v | Crusaders FC (NIR) | | 30 | Winners Match 22
| v | Winners Match 14
| | 31 | NAC Breda (NED) | v | FC Gandzasar Kapan (ARM) | | 32 | PFC Cherno More Varna (BUL) | v | FC Iskra-Stali (MDA) | | 33 | FBK Kaunas (LTU) | v | FK Sevojno (SRB) | | 34 | KS Flamurtari (ALB) | v | Winners Match 17 | | 35 | Winners Match 11
| v | Winners Match 12
| | 36 | Skonto FC (LVA) | v | Derry City FC (IRL) | | 37 | Sliema Wanderers FC (MLT) | v | Maccabi Netanya FC (ISR) | | 38 | FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) | v | Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) | | 39 | Winners Match 16 | v | FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) | | 40 | FK Sarajevo (BIH) | v | Winners Match 19
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Seeded teams in bold
* tie reversed following draw
