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Manchester United will play Belgium’s Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League play-off round.

Brugge finished top of the Belgian league last season but were second in the title play-offs while United finished fourth in the Barclays Premier League.

The first legs of the play-off tie will take place on August 18-19 with the second matches on August 25-26.

Southampton face Danes FC Midtjylland in the Europa League play-off round.

The Saints, who beat Vitesse Arnhem in the last round, are at home for the first leg on August 20, before travelling to Denmark a week later.

The winners of the Champions League and Europa League play-off rounds will progress to the group stages of their respective competitions.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND DRAW

Astana (Kazakhstan) v APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus)

Lazio (Italy) v Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)

Skenderbeu (Albania) v Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Manchester United (England) v Club Brugge (Belgium)

Celtic (Scotland) v Malmo (Sweden)

Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) v CSKA Moscow (Russia)

Basel (Switzerland) v Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

Rapid Vienna (Austria) v Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

BATE Borisov (Belarus) v Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)

Valencia (Spain) v Monaco (France)

EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ROUND DRAW

Altach (Austria) v Belenenses (Portugal)

Panathinaikos (Greece) v Qabala (Azerbaijan)

Milsami Orhei (Moldova) v Saint-Etienne (France)

Lech Poznan (Poland) v Videoton (Hungary)

Zilina (Slovakia) v Athletic Bilbao (Spain)

Southampton (England) v Midtjylland (Denmark)

Jablonec (Czech Republic) v Ajax (Netherlands)

Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) v Salzburg (Austria)

Steaua Bucharest (Romania) v Rosenborg (Norway)

Astra Giurgiu (Romania) v AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)

Young Boys (Switzerland) v Qarabag (Azerbaijan)

Rabotnicki (Macedonia) v Rubin Kazan (Russia)

Zorya Luhansk (Ukraine) v Legia Warsaw (Poland)

Odds (Norway) v Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

Molde (Norway) v Standard Liege (Belgium)

Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) v Hajduk Split (Croatia)

Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) v Vojvodina (Serbia)

Krasnodar (Russia) v HJK Helsinki (Finland)

PAOK (Greece) v Brondby (Denmark)

Atromitos (Greece) v Fenerbahce (Turkey)

Bordeaux (France) v Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Thun (Switzerland) v Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)