Ipswich Town have been handed a favourable draw against little-known Luxembourg side Avenir Beggen in the UEFA Cup qualifying round which took place in Geneva.

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.

Shamrock Rovers, of the Republic of Ireland were handed an away first leg tie against Swedish club Djurgardens, while their countrymen Dundalk will also play away first against Croatian side Varteks.

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

Full 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
Sliema 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 KI 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

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.