UEFA CUP DRAW EVERTON HAVE been drawn against Standard Liege in the first knockout round of the Uefa Cup.

David Moyes's team will be at home for the first leg as they take on the Belgian side that narrowly lost to Liverpool in the Champions League.

Portsmouth play Portuguese outfit Guimaraes, Manchester City take on Cypriot side Omonia and Aston Villa face Litex Lovech of Bulgaria. Tottenham play Wisla Krakow of Poland and Motherwell take on Nancy.

In addition to Everton, Portsmouth, City and Spurs are at home in the first leg.

Portsmouth's opponents are officially known as Vitoria SC - and the Premier League side's manager Harry Redknapp said: "It is not an easy draw. They are a good side.

"The Portuguese league is a tough one with teams like FC Porto, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica - but Vitoria finished third last season so they can't be bad."

Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie spoke of his pride at representing Portsmouth at the draw: "I am sure lots of our fans were watching the draw at home and are probably still pinching themselves we are in the Uefa Cup. It is great history for the club."

Portsmouth qualified for the competition after winning last season's FA Cup.

Manchester City will face Omonia after Mark Hughes's side came back from a 1-0 first-leg deficit to beat FC Midtjylland in Denmark on Thursday night after extra-time and penalties to secure their place in the first-round draw.

Tottenham director of football Damien Comolli said the London club will have to be careful against Polish side Wisla Krakow. "The second leg will be away. They beat Barcelona the other night," said Comolli. "They are very passionate fans so we will have to do very well at home to start with. It will be a competitive tie for sure."

Dutch side FC Twente, now coached by former England manager Steve McClaren, will play French club Rennes after their defeat at the hands of Arsenal in their Champions League qualifying tie.

Seven-times European champions AC Milan face Swiss outfit FC Zurich in the opening round while Sevilla, who won the Uefa Cup in successive seasons under coach Juande Ramos in 2006 and 2007, play FC Salzburg of Austria.

The first-leg ties will be played on September 18th with the return legs taking place on October 2nd.

The 40 teams that progress from this round will reach the group stage of the competition.

The final takes place on May 20th at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium, the home ground of Turkish club Fenerbahce.