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Olympiacos and Beşiktaş discover fate

The draws for the UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying rounds have been made with Olympiacos FC pitted against KS Besa and Beşiktaş JK taking on Faroese side Vikingur.

Olympiacos and Beşiktaş discover fate
Olympiacos and Beşiktaş discover fate ©UEFA.com

Olympiacos FC and Beşiktaş JK are among the teams that have discovered their opposition after the draws for the UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying rounds were made.

The competition will begin on 1 and 8 July with the first qualifying round. Among the 26 ties, 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage participants Anorthosis Famagusta FC will play FC Banants of Armenia. Fair Play winners Randers FC, Gefle IF and Myllykosken Pallo-47 respectively take on F91 Dudelange, NSÍ Runavík and JK Trans Narva.

Joining the winners from that round are 54 clubs entering in the second qualifying round. That includes three of last season's UEFA Champions League group stage contenders; with Olympiacos playing Albania's KS Besa, Beşiktaş up against Faroese side Vikingur and APOEL FC meeting the winner of the first qualifying round tie between Llanelli AFC and FK Tauras.

Those 40 ties will be played on 15 and 22 July and the day after the first leg the third qualifying round draw will be made with 30 clubs making their bow including Liverpool FC and Juventus. That will be followed by the play-off round with more clubs being introduced including 15 sides from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round before the group stage lineup is confirmed with only one team already ensured entry: holders Club Atlético de Madrid. The final is at the Dublin Arena on 18 May 2011

2010/11 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round draw
First leg:
1 July
Second leg:
8 July
Seeds in bold
*Fixtures reversed in accordance with Article 12 of the Regulations of the UEFA Europa League, 2010/11 competition

2010/11 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round draw
First leg: 15 July
Second leg: 22 July
Seeds in bold
MatchFixture
1Cercle Brugge KSV (BEL)vFC TPS Turku (FIN) or Port Talbot Town FC (WAL)
2Motherwell FC (SCO)vBreidablik (ISL)
3HNK Šibenik (CRO) or Sliema Wanderers FC (MLT)
vAnorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP) or FC Banants (ARM)
4FC Lausanne-Sport (SUI)vFK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
5KFK Šiauliai (LTU)vWisła Kraków (POL)
6Kalmar FF (SWE) or EB/Streymur (FRO)
vFC Dacia Chisinau (MDA) or FK Zeta (MNE)
7FC Utrecht
vKF Tirana (ALB) or Zalaegerszegi TE (HUN)
8ND Gorica (SVN)vRanders FC (DEN) or F91 Dudelange (LUX)
9CS Marítimo (POR)vSporting Fingal FC (IRL)
10FK Sūduva (LTU)vSK Rapid Wien (AUT)
11FK Ventspils (LVA)vFK Teteks (MKD)
12OFK Beograd (SRB)vFC Torpedo Zhodino (BLR) or Fylkir (ISL)
13FK Khazar Lankaran (AZE) or FC Olimpia Bălţi (MDA)
vFC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU)
14JK Trans Narva (EST) or Myllykosken Pallo-47 (FIN)
vUE Sant Julià (AND)
15FC Videoton (HUN)vNK Maribor (SVN)
16Brøndby IF (DEN)vFC Vaduz (LIE)
17Stabæk IF (NOR)vKF Laçi (ALB) or FC Dnepr Mogilev (BLR)
18Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
vFC Ulisses (ARM) or Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
19IF Elfsborg (SWE)vFC Iskra-Stali (MDA)
20KR Reykjavík (ISL) or Glentoran FC (NIR)
vFC Karpaty Lviv (UKR)
21Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)vUE Santa Coloma (AND) or FK Mogren (MNE)
22FK Austria Wien (AUT)
vNK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) or NK Široki Brijeg (BIH)
23Llanelli AFC (WAL) or FK Tauras (LTU)
vAPOEL FC (CYP)
24Molde FK (NOR)vFK Jelgava (LVA)
25FC Zestafoni (GEO) or SC Faetano (SMR)
vFK Dukla Banská Bystrica (SVK)
26FC Honka Espoo (FIN)vBangor City FC (WAL)
27PFC Levski Sofia (BUL)
vDundalk FC (IRL) or CS Grevenmacher (LUX)
28FC WIT Georgia (GEO)vFC Baník Ostrava (CZE)
29FC Lusitans (AND) or FK Rabotnicki (MKD)vFC Mika (ARM)
30FK Atyrau (KAZ)vFC Nitra (SVK) or Gyõri ETO FC (HUN)
31FK Qarabağ (AZE) or FK Metalurg Skopje (MKD)vPortadown FC (NIR) or Skonto FC (LVA)
32Beşiktaş JK (TUR)vVikingur (FRO)
33FC Differdange 03 (LUX)vFK Spartak Zlatibor Voda (SRB)
34FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)vJK Sillamäe Kalev (EST)
35Valletta FC (MLT)
vFC Shakhtyor Karagandy (KAZ) or KS Ruch Chorzów (POL)
36FK Bakı (AZE)vFK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
37FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) or NK Zrinjski (BIH)
vSP Tre Penne (SMR)
38FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) or FC Flora (EST)
vNSÍ Runavík (FRO) or Gefle IF (SWE)
39HNK Cibalia (CRO)
vCliftonville FC (NIR)
40KS Besa (ALB)vOlympiacos FC (GRE)