UEFA Europa League: The Draw

Manchester City and Manchester United both face difficult ties in the Europa League following their elimination from the Champions League. City will face Portuguese Liga joint leaders FC Porto in the Round of 32 while United meet Dutch side Ajax. Stoke City's reward for progressing from the group stage of the Europa League is a tie against Spanish outfit Valencia, who are third in La Liga. In the Round of 16, Manchester City would not meet neighbours United.

1 FC Porto* (POR) v Manchester City FC* (ENG)
2 AFC Ajax* (NED) v Manchester United FC* (ENG)
3 FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) v Athletic Club (ESP)
4 FC Salzburg (AUT) v FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
5 Stoke City FC (ENG) v Valencia CF* (ESP)
6 FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) v Olympiacos FC* (GRE)
7 AZ Alkmaar (NED) v RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
8 S.S. Lazio (ITA) v Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
9 FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) v FC Twente (NED)
10 FC Viktoria Plzeň* (CZE) v FC Schalke 04 (GER)
11 Wisła Kraków (POL) v R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
12 SC Braga (POR) v Beşiktaş JK (TUR)
13 Udinese Calcio (ITA) v PAOK FC (GRE)
14 Trabzonspor AŞ* (TUR) v PSV Eindhoven (NED)
15 Hannover 96 (GER) v Club Brugge KV (BEL)
16 Legia Warszawa (POL) v Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

 In principle the first legs will be played on 16 February, with the returns taking place the following Thursday, 23 February. Final schedule to be confirmed.
*Transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Round of 16 draw:
Salzburg/Metalist v Rubin/Olympiacos
Legia/Sporting v Porto/Manchester City
Steaua/Twente v Plzeň/Schalke
Wisła/Standard v Hannover/Club Brugge
Stoke/Valencia v Trabzonspor/PSV
AZ/Anderlecht v Udinese/PAOK
Lazio/Atlético v Braga/Beşiktaş
 Ajax/Manchester United v Lokomotiv/Athletic

In principle the first legs will be played on 8 March, with the returns taking place the following Thursday, 15 March. Final schedule to be confirmed.