Aston Villa’s opponents include Feyenoord
Rangers and Celtic will play Roma at home
Nottingham Forest will host a rerun of their 1979 European Cup final win over Malmö on their return to continental action after 20 years away.
The Swedish champions will visit the City Ground for one of Forest’s eight Europa League ties, evoking memories of Trevor Francis’s winning goal in the first of their back-to-back European titles. Forest will compete on this stage after swapping places with Crystal Palace, who were controversially demoted to the Conference League for breaching multi-club ownership rules. The pick of Palace’s ties are trips to face Dynamo Kyiv, probably to be staged in Poland, and the Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.
Aston Villa joined Forest in the Europa League draw and, under tournament specialist Unai Emery, will feel confident of navigating a schedule that brings visits to Feyenoord, a José Mourinho-less Fenerbahce, Basel and Go Ahead Eagles. They will host Red Bull Salzburg, Young Boys and Bologna, as well as the potential logistical headache of a tie against the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
