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West Ham to face Romanian opposition in Europa League

West Ham to face Romanian opposition in Europa League

05 August 2016 - 11:56

West Ham Utd have been drawn against Astra Giurgiu of Romania in the Europa League play-off round. The East London side defeated defeated Slovenian side NK Domzale 4-2 on aggregate following a 3-0 victory in their first competitive match at their new Olmypic stadium home on Thursday night. 

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  • Slaven Bilic's men finished seventh in last year's Premier League and they will be aiming to join Manchester United and Southampton in the group phase of Europe's second tier competition. 

    The first leg on the ties will take place on the 18th of August, with the return fixture a week later on the 25th of August.

    The full draw is: 

    Astana v BATE 

    FC Midtylland v Osmanlispor 

    As Trencin v Rapid Vienna 

    Arouca v Olympiacos 

    Lokomotiva Zagreb v Genk 

    Vojvodina v AZ 

    Dinamo Tbilisi v PAOK Salonika 

    AEK v Liberec 

    Austria Vienna v Rosenborg 

    Beitar Jerusalem v Saint Etienne 

    AA Gent v Shkendija 

    Istanbul Basaksehir v Shakhtar Donetsk 

    FC Astria Giurgiu v West Ham 

    Sonderjyske v Sparta Prague 

    Fenerbache v Grasshoppers 

    Sassuolo v Crvena Zvezda 

    Brondby v Panathinaikos 

    IFK Goteborg v FK Karabakh 

    Krasnodar v Partizani Tirani 

    Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Hajduk Split 

    Slavia Prague v Anderlecht 

    Maribor v Gabala 


    Written by Anthony Redmond




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