UEFA Cup draw: Everton to face Standard Liege

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Everton will have the chance to add to Belgian club Standard Liege's Merseysidemisery after being drawn with them in the first round of the UEFA Cup.
David Moyes' team will face the team who were knocked out of the ChampionsLeague qualifiers by Liverpool, with the tie to be contested over two legs.Harry Redknapp will test the European credentials of his Portsmouth sideagainst 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 froma 1-0 first-leg deficit to beat FC Midtjylland in Denmark last night afterextra-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 upagainst Polish club Wisla Krakow.Clydesdale Bank Premier League outfit Motherwell will play French clubNancy. St Patrick's Athletic will face German side Hertha Berlin in thefirst round.The eircom League outfit made the first round with a 4-3 aggregate win overSwedish side Elfsborg.Former England coach Steve McClaren will see his FC Twente side up againstFrench club Rennes.McClaren had seen the Dutch club go out of the Champions League qualifiersafter defeat by Arsenal.   

Ties will be played on September 18 and October 2, 2008.

FC Timisoara (ROU)   v   FK Partizan (SRB)

AC Milan (ITA) v FC Zürich (SUI)

Hertha Berlin (GER)    v   St Patrick's Athletic (IRL)

Baník Ostrava (CZE) v Spartak Moskva (RUS)

Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) v Besiktas (TUR)

Portsmouth (ENG) v   Vitória SC (POR)

Kayserispor (TUR)   v    Paris St Germain (FRA)

FC Sevilla (ESP) v FC Salzburg (AUT)

VfL Wolfsburg (GER)    v   Rapid Bucharest (ROU)

Sampdoria (ITA)   v   FBK Kaunas (LTU)

Marítimo (POR) v    Valencia CF (ESP)

Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v    Sparta Prague (CZE)

Manchester City (ENG)   v   Omonia (CYP)

Young Boys (SUI)    v    Club Brugge (BEL)

AS Nancy-Lorraine (FRA) v   Motherwell (SCO)

Everton (ENG) v    Standard Liege (BEL)

Napoli (ITA)   v   Benfica (POR)

Bellinzona (SUI) v    Galatasaray (TUR)

NEC Nijmegen (NED) v   Dinamo Bucharest (ROU)

Racing Santander (ESP)    v FC Honka (FIN)

APOEL (CYP) v Schalke 04 (GER)

Litex Lovech (BUL)   v Aston Villa FC (ENG)

Austria Vienna (AUT)    v Lech Poznan (POL)

Vitória FC (POR) v Heerenveen (NED)

SK Brann (NOR)   v    Deportivo La Coruña (ESP)

Slavia Prague (CZE)   v    Vaslui (ROU)

Slaven Koprivnica (CRO)   v CSKA Moskow (RUS)

Brøndby IF (DEN)   v Rosenborg BK (NOR)

Cherno More Varna (BUL) v    VfB Stuttgart (GER)

Stade Rennes (FRA)   v    FC Twente (NED)

Ajax Amsterdam (NED) v   FK Borac (SRB)

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) v    Wisla Kraków (POL)

FC Copenhagen (DEN)   v   FC Moskow (RUS)

M`K }ilina (SVK)   v Levski Sofia (BUL)

Borussia Dortmund (GER) v    Udinese (ITA)

SC Braga (POR) v    Artmedia Petr~alka (SVK)

Feyenoord (NED)   v   Kalmar (SWE)

Hamburg (GER) v    Unirea Urziceni (ROU)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Saint Etienne (FRA)

FC Nordsjælland (DEN) v    Olympiakos (GRE)