Everton face Ukrainian opposition

Everton have been paired with Ukrainian outfit Metalist Kharkiv in the draw for the first round of the Uefa Cup.

Everton have been paired with Ukrainian outfit Metalist Kharkiv in the draw for the first round of the Uefa Cup.

David Moyes' men will play the first-leg tie at Goodison Park before tackling the return trip against a side that finished third in their league last season.

Bolton were drawn against Macedonian outfit FK Rabotnicki. Sammy Lee's men face an away trip first before returning to the Reebok Stadium against the league runners-up in Macedonia last season.

The first legs will be played on September 20th with the return fixtures on October 4th.

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Blackburn were drawn against Greek outfit Larissa with the first leg in Greece for Mark Hughes' men while Tottenham will face Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta with the first leg-tie at White Hart Lane.

Aberdeen will face Ukrainian side Dnipro.

Jimmy Calderwood's side secured automatic qualification for the tournament by finishing third in last season's Scottish Premier League.

The Dons, who were not seeded for the draw in Monaco, are Scotland's only representatives after Dunfermline's elimination in qualifying.

Henrik Larsson's Helsingborg eliminated Drogheda United from the competition last night and are rewarded with a tie against Dutch side Heerenveen.  The Swedes play away in the first leg.

Group One
Nurnberg (Germany) v Rapid Bucharest (Romania)
Midtjylland (Denmark) v Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
Rabotnicki (Macedonia) v Bolton Wanderers(England)
Groningen (Netherlands) v Fiorentina (Italy)

Group Two
Villareal (Spain)              v BATE Borisov (Belaurus)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)     v Uniao Leiria (Portugal)
Zenit St Petersburg (Russia)   v Standard Liege (Belgium)
Sion (Switzerland)             v Galatasary (Turkey)
Everton (England)              v Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)

Group Three
Panathinaikos (Greece)         v Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)
Bordeaux (France)              v Tampere United (Finland)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) v OB Odense (Denmark)
Atletico Madrid (Spain)        v Erciyesspor (Turkey)
FC Zurich (Switzerland)        v Empoli (Italy)

Group Four
Pacos de Ferreira (Portugal)   v AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
Rapid Vienna (Austria)         v Anderlect (Belgium)
Sochaux (France)               v Panionios (Greece)
Sampdoria (Italy)              v AaB Aalborg (Denmark)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)        v Hacken (Sweden)

Group Five
Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia)        v Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic) v Palermo (Italy)
Larisa (Greece)                v Blackburn Rovers (England)
Hammerby (Sweden)              v Braga (Portugal)
Stade Rennes (France)          v Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgaria)

Group Six
Bayern Munich (Germany)        v Belenenses (Portugal)
Brann Bergen (Norway)          v Brugge (Belgium)
Heerenveen (Netherlands)       v Helsingborg (Sweden)
Aberdeen (Scotland)            v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk(Ukraine)
Toulouse (France)              v CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)

Group Seven
Sarajevo (Bosnia)              v Basel (Switzerland)
Aris Salonika (Greece)         v Real Zaragoza (Spain)
Hamburg SV (Germany)           v Litex Lovech (Bulgaria)
Austria Vienna (Austria)       v Valerenga (Norway)
AIK Stockholm (Sweden)         v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Israel)

Group Eight
Racing Lens (France)           v FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
Tottenham (England)            v Anorthosis (Cyprus)
Dinamo Bucharest (Romania)     v Elfsborg Boras (Sweden)
Getafe (Spain)                 v Twente Enschede (Netherlands)
Groclin Grodzisk (Poland)      v Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)