Football: UEFA Europa League playoff draws made

ANKARA (AA) - The playoff round draw of the UEFA Europa League was held on Friday.

The televised draw revealed which football teams will be competing against each other to make it to the group stages of the 2016-2017 UEFA Europa League season.

The first leg of the matches will be played on Aug. 18, while the second and decisive leg is set for Aug. 25.

Istanbul giant Fenerbahce are paired with Swiss team Grasshoppers, while Ankara team Osmanlispor are paired with Denmark's Midtjylland, and Basaksehir, another Istanbul side, will play against Ukraine’s Shakthar Donetsk.

Fenerbahce’s rival Galatasaray was excluded from the draw under a one-season ban from European competition for breaking financial fair play rules.

Here are the draws:

Astana (KAZ) v BATE Borisov (BLR)

AEK Larnaca (Greek Cypriot Administration) v Slovan Liberec (CZE)

Arouca (POR) v Olympiacos (GRE)

Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v PAOK (GRE)

Midtjylland (DEN) v Osmanlispor (TUR)

Austria Wien (AUT) v Rosenborg (NOR)

Trencin (SVK) v Rapid Wien (AUT)

Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) v Saint-Etienne (FRA)

Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO) v Genk (BEL)

Vojvodina (SRB) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)

Maribor (SVN) v Qabala (AZE)

Gent (BEL) v Shkendija (MKD)

Slavia Praha (CZE) v Anderlecht (BEL)

Istanbul Basaksehir (TUR) v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

Astra Giurgiu (ROU) v West Ham United (ENG)

SonderjyskE (DEN) v Sparta Praha (CZE)

Fenerbahce (TUR) v Grasshoppers (SUI)

Sassuolo (ITA) v Crvena zvezda (SRB)

Brondby (DEN) v Panathinaikos (GRE)

IFK Goteborg (SWE) v Qarabag (AZE)

Krasnodar (RUS) v Partizani Tirana (ALB)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Hajduk Split (CRO)