Famous name
Twenty-five clubs made it through after the conclusion of the first qualifying round on Thursday, including Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05, who like Viking FK and Esbjerg fB received Fair Play entry. Along with the first Faroe Islands team to win a tie in the competition, B36 Tórshavn, they join the 37 clubs starting at this stage for the draw at 14.00CET at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Among the newcomers will be former European champions FK Crvena Zvezda. The two-legged ties will be played on 11 and 25 August.
Seeds separate
The participating sides have been divided into three sub-divisions - Southern-Mediterranean, Central-East and Northern - for the purposes of the draw. Within each pool, there will be two groups, each containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded clubs. Teams from the same association cannot meet.
Future path
The 31 second qualifying round survivors will advance to the first round proper, where 49 other sides will lie in wait, including holders PFC CSKA Moskva, the 16 clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the three UEFA Intertoto Cup winners. The first-round victors will enter the UEFA Cup group stage.
Second qualifying round draw:
Northern - Group 1
| Seeded: | Unseeded: | | KRC Genk (BEL) | FHK Liepajas Metalurgs (LAT) | | Halmstads BK (SWE) | AC Allianssi (FIN) | | Viking FK (NOR) | Linfield FC (NIR) | | FC Midtjylland (DEN) | Rhyl FC (WAL) | | SK Brann (NOR) | B36 Tórshavn (FAR) |
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Northern - Group 2
| Seeded: | Unseeded: | | 1. FSV Mainz 05 (GER) | Tromsø IL (NOR) | | FC København (DEN) | Myllykosken Pallo-47 (FIN) | | Dundee United FC (SCO) | Keflavík (ISL) | | Djurgårdens IF (SWE) | Cork City FC (IRL) | | Esbjerg fB (DEN) | Carmarthen Town AFC (WAL) |
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Central-East - Group 1
| Seeded: | Unseeded: | | FK Austria Wien (AUT) | Wisla Plock (POL) | | Grazer AK (AUT) | MFC Sopron (HUN) | | Grasshopper-Club (SUI) | MŠK Žilina (SVK) | | FC Metalurh Donetsk (UKR) | FC Nistru Otaci (MOL) | | FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (RUS) | FC BATE Borisov (BLR) |
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Central-East - Group 2
| Seeded: | Unseeded: | | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) | SV Pasching (AUT) | | FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) | FC Zürich (SUI) | | FK Teplice (CZE) | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica (SVK) | | Legia Warszawa (POL) | FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk (BLR) | | Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (POL) | FC Banants (ARM) |
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Southern-Mediterranean - Group 1
| Seeded: | Unseeded: | | FK Crvena Zvezda (SCG) | PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) | | Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) | NK Inter Zaprešic (CRO) | | FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) | APOEL FC (CYP) | | Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC (ISR) | AC Omonia (CYP) | | OFK Beograd (SCG) | FK Baskimi (MKD) |
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Southern-Mediterranean - Group 2
| Seeded: | Unseeded: | | Besiktas JK (TUR) | HNK Rijeka (CRO) | | PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) | NK Publikim (SLO) | | PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) | NK Domžale (SLO) | | AFC Rapid Bucuresti (ROU) | FK Vardar (MKD) | | FC Ashdod (ISR) | NK Široki Brijeg (BIH) | | FK Zeta (SCG) | FC Vaduz (LIE) |
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