Europa League Playoff-Round Draw

The draw for the playoff round of the Europa League took place on Friday at Nyon, Switzerland:

The opening contests will take place on August 21 with the return matches to be played on August 28.  The game-one hosts are listed first.

FK Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) vs. Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)

Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) vs. Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)

AC Astana (Kazakhstan) vs. Villarreal (Spain)

BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) vs. Debreceni VSC (Hungary)

PEC Zwolle (Netherlands) vs. Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

FC Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) vs. FC Zurich (Switzerland)

Asteras Tripoli FC (Greece) vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

AEL Limassol (Cyprus) vs. Tottenham Hotspur (England)

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) vs. Hajduk Split (Croatia)

FC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) vs. CD Nacional (Portugal)

Qarabag FK (Azerbaijan) vs. FC Twente (Netherlands)

FC Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

HJK Helsinki (Finland) vs. Rapid Vienna (Austria)

Trabzonspor (Turkey) vs. FC Rostov (Russia)

FC Zimbru Chisinau (Moldova) vs. PAOK FC (Greece)

RNK Split (Croatia) vs. Torino FC (Italy)

AC Omonia (Cyprus) vs. Dynamo Moscow (Russia)

FC Aktobe (Kazakhstan) vs. Legia Warsaw (Poland)

Lyon (France) vs. FC Astra Giurgiu (Romania)

KSC Lokeren (Belgium) vs. Hull City AFC (England)

Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan) vs. Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)

Ruch Chorzow (Poland) vs. FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)

IF Elfsborg (Sweden) vs. Rio Ave (Portugal)

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) vs. FC Shaktyor Salihorsk (Belarus)

Karabukspor (Turkey) vs. Saint-Etienne (France)

Stjarnan (Iceland) vs. Inter Milan (Italy)

Panathinaikos (Greece) vs. FC Midtjylland (Denmark)

Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands) vs. FC Zorya Luhansk (Ukraine)

Grasshoppers (Switzerland) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium)

Real Sociedad (Spain) vs. FC Krasnodar (Russia)

HNK Rijeka (Croatia) vs. FC Sheriff (Moldova)

The winners would advance to the Europa League's group stage along with the ten losers from the Champions League's playoff round.

Already qualified for the group stage:

Sevilla (Spain; won tournament last season)

Everton (England)

VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)

Fiorentina (Italy)

Estoril (Portugal)

Guingamp (France)

Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)