Shamrock Rovers face Swedish trip

Shamrock Rovers were handed an away first leg tie against Swedish club Djurgardens following the draw for the UEFA Cup qualifying round in Geneva today.

FAI Cup winners Dundalk will also play away first against Croatian side Varteks.

Ipswich Town have been handed a favourable draw against little-known Luxembourg side Avenir Beggen.

Ipswich, relegated from the Premiership but handed a place in the competition through the fair play award, will play Avenir away in the first leg on August 15 and now have a golden opportunity to get back into Europe against a side who won the domestic Cup in Luxembourg but were also relegated from the top flight.

Scottish Premier League club Livingston have been handed a favourable tie against FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein, with the first leg to be played in Liechtenstein.

Vaduz play in the Swiss second division due to the fact that Liechtenstein does not have a professional league.

Aberdeen will face Moldovan outfit Nistru Otaci, who they will tackle away from home in the first leg.

Northern Ireland Smirnoff Premiership runners-up Glentoran will take on Polish club Wisla Krakow, while fellow Northern Irish side Linfield were paired with Norwegian club Stabaek, who they will play away first.

The first legs of the qualifying round will be played on 15 August while the return matches have been scheduled for 29 August.

UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round draw:

Group 1: Liteks Lovetch v FK Atlantas, FC Encamp v Zenit St Petersburg, FK Atyrau v Matador Puchov, Glentoran v Wisla Krakow.

Group 2: FK Pobeda v FC Midtjyiland, NK Primorje v Zvartnots, FK Ventspils v Lugano, Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Partisani Tirana.

Group 3: Apollon Limassol v Ferencvaros, Hajduk Split v GI Gota, SK Brann v FK Suduva, Amica Wronki v T.N.S.

Group 4: FC Copenhagen v Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FK Metalurgs v FC Karnten, FC Vaduz v Livingston, Silema Wanderers v Polonia Warsaw.

Group 5: Anorthosis Famagusta v CS Grevenmacher, FC Levadia Talinn v Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Leixoes v FK Belasica, Stabaek v Linfield.

Group 6: Olomouc v FK Sarajevo, Zimbru Chisinau v IFK, Ujpesti v Klaksvik, MyPa v Odense BK.

Group 7: Dinamo Minsk v CSKA Sofia, TVMK Talinn v Dinamo Tbilisi, Servette v Spartak Yerevan, Djurgardens IF v Shamrock Rovers.

Group 8: Varteks v Dundalk, Gomel v HJK Helsinki, FC Nistru Otaci v Aberdeen, IBV Vestmannaeyja v AIK Solna.

Group 9 Rapid Bucuresti v HIT Gorica, Domagnano v Zizkov, Kairat Almaty v Crvena Zvezda, Metalurg Zaporizhzhya v Birkirkara.

Group 10 Bangor City v FK Sartid, FK VTJ KOBA Senec v Siroki Brijeg, SK Tirana v National Bucuresti, Beggen v Ipswich, Fylkir v Excelsior Mouscron.

First leg ties to be played August 15. Second leg ties to be played August 29.