Liverpool will be the top seed among some prestigious names when the Europa League third qualifying round draw is made at 12.30pm on Friday.
The Reds have a higher UEFA coefficient than any other side in the hat and so will avoid the likes of Juventus, Galatasaray, Stuttgart or Sporting Lisbon.
These teams are among 30 contenders who will join 40 second qualifying round victors in the Nyon draw.
Roy Hodgson's quest for a successive Europa final will then begin on July 29, with the second leg a week later.
The 30 teams already through to the third qualifying round (along with their UEFA coefficients) are:
1 Liverpool FC (ENG) 115.371
2 Juventus (ITA) 59.867
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 57.659
4 VfB Stuttgart (GER) 52.841
5 AZ Alkmaar (NED) 48.309
6 Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) 43.890
7 Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) 19.775
8 PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) 15.400
9 Odense BK (DEN) 14.970
10 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 14.910
11 FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 13.300
12 Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE) 12.979
13 FC Timişoara (ROU) 11.898
14 Montpellier Hérault SC (FRA) 10.748
15 FC Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS) 8.758
16 KRC Genk (BEL) 8.080
17 SK Sturm Graz (AUT) [CW] 6.915
18 Hibernian FC (SCO) 6.158
19 FC Luzern (SUI) 5.675
20 FC Nordsjælland (DEN) [CW] 5.470
21 ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) [CW] 4.666
22 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (BUL) [CW] 4.400
23 FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) [CW] 4.395
24 FK Jablonec 97 (CZE) 4.395
25 IFK Göteborg (SWE) 3.838
26 Apollon Limassol FC (CYP) [CW] 3.599
27 Aalesunds FK (NOR) [CW] 3.480
28 HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) [CW] 3.466
29 FC Inter Turku (FIN) [CW] 2.899
30 Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) [CW] 2.508
Author: Jimmy Rice
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12th Jul 2010 15:26