Brit septet draw EL opponents

Published: Friday, 5. August, 2011 in category Fulham
Europa League trophy: What they all want to win

Harry Redknapp's men, in the competition after a successful foray into the Champions League last season, qualified for the play-offs automatically and will travel to Edinburgh on August 18, with the return leg at White Hart Lane a week later.

Hearts, who booked their place in the play-offs with a 4-1 win over PAKS, are now under the management of Paulo Sergio, who took the job earlier this week following the shock exit of Jim Jefferies.

It will be the first ever competitive meeting between the two sides and, in drawing each other, they avoided tricky-looking ties against the likes of Spartak Moscow and Trabzonspor.

Fulham's reward for getting past RNK Split with a comfortable 2-0 home win is a clash against Ukrainian outfit Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Martin Jol's side, who have been in action in the competition since qualifying started at the end of June, will play the first leg at the Dnipro Arena, before returning to Craven Cottage.

Scottish champions Rangers will look to put their Champions League disappointment behind them against Slovenian side Maribor.

Darko Milanic's team won the Slovenian title for a ninth time last season, while Rangers were surprise casualties from the Champions League when they went out to Malmo in a two-legged play-off.

Europa League play-off round draw:

Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Panathinaikos

Atletico Madrid v Vitoria SC

Shamrock Rovers v Partizan Belgrade

Metalist Kharkiv v Sochaux

Besiktas v Alania Vladikavkaz

Rosenborg v AEK Larnaca

Vorskla Poltava v Dinamo Bucharest

Bursaspor v Anderlecht

Roma v Slovan Bratislava

Olympiakos Volou v PSG

Legia Warsaw v Spartak Moscow

Ekranas v Hapoel Tel-Aviv

PAOK v Karpaty Lviv

Trabzonspor v Athletic Bilbao

Hearts v Tottenham

NK Maribor v Rangers

Steaua Bucharest v CSKA Sofia

Nordsjaelland v Sporting Lisbon

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Fulham

Lokomotiv Moscow v Spartak Trnava

Sion v Celtic

Slask Wroclaw v Rapid Bucharest

Litex Lovech v Dynamo Kiev

Lazio v Rabotnicki

Nacional v Birmingham

PSV Eindhoven v SV Ried

Thun v Stoke

Aalesunds v AZ Alkmaar

Vaslui v Sparta Prague

AC Omonia v FC Salzburg

Zestafoni v Club Brugge

Hannover v Sevilla

HJK Helsinki v Schalke

Dinamo Tbilisi v AEK Athens

Rennes v Crvena Zvezda

Gaz Metan Medias v Austria Wien

Braga v Young Boys

Standard Liege v Helsingborgs

Ties to be played on August 18 and 25.