The 20 clubs participating in the draw were-
League route
Seeded: Manchester United (ENG), Valencia (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Sporting CP (POR)
Unseeded: CSKA Moskva (RUS), Lazio (ITA), Club Brugge (BEL), AS Monaco (FRA), Rapid Wien (AUT)
Champions route
Seeded: FC Basel (SUI), Celtic (SCO), APOEL (CYP), BATE Borisov (BLR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Unseeded: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), Partizan (SRB), Malmö (SWE), Skënderbeu (ALB), Astana (KAZ)
The biggest name in the draw today was three times champions of the tournament Manchester United who secured fourth place in the Premier League last season.
Ties will be played on 18/19 and 25/26 August, the ten winners joining the 22 clubs automatically qualified for the group stage.
The draws started with the Champions Route.
The results were-
FC Astana vs Apoel
Skënderbeu vs Dinamo
Celtic vs Malmo
FC Basel vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Bate vs Partizan
Then draws started for League Route-
Lazio vs Bayer Leverkusen
Manchester United vs Club Brugge
Sporting vs CSKA Moskva
Rapid Wien vs Shakhtar
Valencia vs AS Monaco
