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.
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