Liverpool face Trabzonspor and Aston Villa have Rapid Vienna in the Europa League playoff 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 Friday's draw involving 74 clubs.

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 pair 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 TNS also travel for their first leg, heading to Bulgaria to meet CSKA Sofia.

SPL giants Celtic will take on Dutch side Utrecht.

The Hoops' dropped down to European club football's second tier competition after being knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers by Braga on Wednesday night on a 4-2 aggregate.

Neil Lennon's side, who were seeded for the draw in Nyon, 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.

The 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.

Matches will be played on August 19 and 26.