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West Ham to face Romanian opposition in Europa League

West Ham to face Romanian opposition in Europa League


West Ham to face Romanian opposition in Europa League

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. 



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