MIDDLESBROUGH and Newcastle United have both been handed tricky ties after the first round draw for the Uefa Cup was made in Monaco today.

Boro's first venture into Europe sees them face Czech champions Banik Ostrava, while Newcastle were paired with Israeli cup winners, BNEI Sakhnin.

Championship side Millwall were drawn against Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros.

Full draw:

Graz AK v Litex Lovech

Lazio v Metalurg Donetsk

Bodo/Glimt v Besiktas

Shelbourne v Lille

Hearts v Braga

Austria Vienna v Legia Warsaw

Banska Bystrica v Benfica

Partizan Belgrade v Dinamo Bucharest

Parma v Maribor

Real Zaragoza v Sigma Olomouc

Sporting Lisbon v Rapid Vienna

Newcastle v Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin

Steaua Bucharest v CSKA Sofia

Wisla Krakow v Dinamo Tblisi

Utrecht v Djurgardens

Millwall v Ferencvaros

Schalke v Liepajas Metalurgs

Maccabi Haifa v Dnipr Dnipropetrovsk

Terek Grozny v Basel

Odd Grenland v Feyenoord

Aalborg v Auxerre

Sevilla v Nacional Madeira

NK Gorica v AEK Athens

Standard Liege v Bochum

Crvena Zvezda v Zenit St Petersburg

Trabzonspor v Athletic Bilbao

Ujpest v Stuttgart

Maccabi Petach Tikva v Heerenveen

Panionios v Udinese

Levski Sofia v Beveren

Dinamo Zagreb v Elfsborg

Hafnarfjordur v Aachen

Middlesbrough v Banik Ostrava

Club Brugge v Chateauroux

PAOK v AZ Alkmaar

Ventspils v Amica Wronki

Sochaux v Stabaek

Egaleo v Genclerbirligi

Rangers v Maritimo

Villarreal v Hammarby

First legs to be played on Thursday September 16 with the second legs on Thursday September 30.