Former UEFA Cup winners Ajax will begin their UEFA Europa League campaign against Jablonec after the draw for the 2015/16 play-offs was made in Nyon, Switzerland.
Champions in 1992, Ajax were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round by Rapid Wien this week and will travel to the Czech Republic for the first leg against Jablonec. In other high-profile ties, Borussia Dortmund take on Norway’s Odd and Bordeaux meet Kairat – with a distance of 5,947km between the two clubs.
Elsewhere, European debutants Altach, of Austria, meet Portugal’s Belenenses while Rabotnicki, bidding to become the first club from FYR Macedonia to reach the group stage, take on Rubin Kazan.
Play-off round draw
Altach (AUT) v Belenenses (POR)
Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) v Vojvodina (SRB)
Jablonec (CZE) v Ajax (NED)
Molde (NOR) v Standard Liège (BEL)
Žilina (SVK) v Athletic Club (ESP)
Zorya Luhansk (UKR) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
Milsami Orhei (MDA) v Saint-Étienne (FRA)
Young Boys (SUI) v Qarabağ (AZE)
PAOK (GRE) v Brøndby (DEN)
Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) v Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
Dinamo Minsk (BLR) v FC Salzburg (AUT)
Slovan Liberec (CZE) v Hajduk Split (CRO)
Panathinaikos (GRE) v Qäbälä (AZE)
Astra Giurgiu (ROU) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
FC Krasnodar (RUS) v HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Lech Poznań (POL) v Videoton (HUN)
Rabotnicki (MKD) v Rubin Kazan (RUS)
Atromitos (GRE) v Fenerbahçe (TUR)
Southampton (ENG) v Midtjylland (DEN)
Odds BK (NOR) v Borussia Dortmund (GER)
FC Thun (SUI) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
Matches
• Ties are played on 20 and 27 August with the 22 winners going into the group stage draw in Monaco on 28 August along with 16 automatic entrants and the ten teams defeated in the UEFA Champions League play-off draw