St Patrick's Athletic will face Hertha Berlin in the first round of the Uefa Cup after their 4-3 aggregate win over Swedish side IF Elfsborg last night. The draw is a tough one for John McDonnell's side but their performance over two legs against high class opposition will have them brimming with confidence.
The first leg will take place in Berlin on the 18th September, while Pat's have confirmed that the return leg will be staged at the RDS on October 2nd because Richmond Park is does not meet the standard required for the Uefa Cup proper.
Standard Liege, meanwhile, will be back on Merseyside, this time to face Everton, after their cruel exit from the Champions League qualifiers at the hands of Liverpool.
Harry Redknapp will test the European credentials of his Portsmouth side against Portuguese side Vitoria SC, who are also known as Guimaraes.
Portsmouth qualified for the competition after winning last season's FA Cup.
Manchester City will face Cypriot side Omonia. Mark Hughes' side came back from a 1-0 first-leg deficit to beat FC Midtjylland in Denmark last night after extra-time and penalties to secure their place in the first-round draw.
Aston Villa are to play Bulgarian outfit Litex Lovech and Tottenham will be up against Polish club Wisla Krakow.
Clydesdale Bank Premier League outfit Motherwell will play French club Nancy.
Former England coach Steve McClaren will see his FC Twente side up against French club Rennes.
McClaren had seen the Dutch club go out of the Champions League qualifiers after defeat by Arsenal.
The draw for the first round of the Uefa Cup is as follows:
AC Milan v FC Zurich
Politehnica Timisoara v Partizan Belgrade
Hertha Berlin v St Patricks Athletic
Banik Ostrava v Spartak Moscow
Metalist Kharkiv v Besiktas
Portsmouth v Guimaraes
Kayserispor v PSG
Sevilla v SV Red Bull Salzburg
Wolfsburg v Rapid Bucuresti
Sampdoria v FBK Kaunas
Maritimo v Valencia
Dinamo Zagreb v Sparta Prague
Man City v Omonia Nicosia
Young Boys v Club Brugge
AS Nancy v Motherwell
Everton v Standard Liege
Napoli v Benfica
AC Bellinzona v Galatasaray
NEC v Dinamo Bucuresti
Racing Santander v FC Honka
APOEL Nicosia v Schalke 04
Litex Lovech v Aston Villa
FK Austria Magna v Lech Poznan
Vitoria Setubal v Heerenveen
SK Brann v Deportivo La Coruna
Slavia Prague v Vaslui
Slaven Koprivnica v CSKA Moscow
Brondby v Rosenborg
Cherno More v VfB Stuttgart
Rennes v FC Twente
Ajax v Borac
Tottenham v Wisla Krakow
FC Copenhagen v FC Moscow
MSK Zilina v Levski Sofia
Borussia Dortmund v Udinese
Braga v Artmedia Petrzalka
Feyenoord v Kalmar FF
Hamburg v Unirea Urziceni
Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Saint Etienne
FC Nordsjaelland v Olympiacos
