[UEL] Round of 32 & 16 Draws

The draws for the UEFA Europa League last 32 and last 16 were held in Switzerland today with the Italian duo of Juventus and Roma handed tough routes into the quarter-finals.

Juventus dropped into the Europa League after a disappointing UEFA Champions League campaign and Ciro Ferrara's men have been drawn with Dutch giants Ajax in the first knock-out round.

Roma, who were the only Serie A side to progress from the Europa League group stage after the elimination of Genoa and city rivals Lazio, will meet Greek outfit Panathinaikos.

Having been seeded for the draw, both Juve and Roma will play the first leg of their ties away from home on 18 February, with the return matches scheduled for 25 February.

The round of 16 draw was also made on Friday and there are some mouthwatering potential lineups. Should Juve get through against Ajax, they will meet either Fulham or last season's UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk in March, and if Claudio Ranieri's Roma manage to negotiate Panathinaikos they will come up against either Standard Liege or Salzburg.

UEFA Europa League 2009-10
Round of 32 First Leg
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Everton v Sporting Lisbon (1745)
Thursday 18 February 2010
Ajax v Juventus (1800)
Club Brugge v Valencia (1800)
Lille v Fenerbahce (1800)
Rubin Kazan v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (1800)
Standard Liege v Salzburg (1800)
Twente v Werder Bremen (1800)
Villarreal v Wolfsburg (1800)
Athletic Bilbao v Anderlecht (2005)
Atletico Madrid v Galatasaray (2005)
Copenhagen v Marseille (2005)
Fulham v Shakhtar Donetsk (2005)
Hamburg v PSV Eindhoven (2005)
Hertha Berlin v Benfica (2005)
Liverpool v Unirea Urziceni (2005)
Panathinaikos v Roma (2005)
Round of 32 Second Leg
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Benfica v Hertha Berlin (1700)
Thursday 25 February 2010
Anderlecht v Athletic Bilbao (1800)
Galatasaray v Atletico Madrid (1800)
Marseille v Copenhagen (1800)
PSV Eindhoven v Hamburg (1800)
Roma v Panathinaikos (1800)
Shakhtar Donetsk v Fulham (1800)
Unirea Urziceni v Liverpool (1800)
Fenerbahce v Lille (2005)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Rubin Kazan (2005)
Juventus v Ajax (2005)
Salzburg v Standard Liege (2005)
Sporting Lisbon v Everton (2005)
Valencia v Club Brugge (2005)
Werder Bremen v Twente (2005)
Wolfsburg v Villarreal (2005)

UEFA Europa League 2009-10
Round of 16 First Leg
Thursday 11 March 2010
Ajax/Juventus v Fulham/Shakhtar Donetsk
Atletico Madrid/Galatasaray v Everton/Sporting Lisbon
Club Brugge/Valencia v Twente/Werder Bremen
Hamburg/PSV Eindhoven v Athletic Bilbao/Anderlecht
Hertha Berlin/Benfica v Copenhagen/Marseille
Lille/Fenerbahce v Liverpool/Unirea Urziceni
Panathinaikos/Roma v Standard Liege/Salzburg
Rubin Kazan/Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Villarreal/Wolfsburg
Round of 16 Second Leg
Thursday 18 March 2010
Athletic Bilbao/Anderlecht v Hamburg/PSV Eindhoven
Copenhagen/Marseille v Hertha Berlin/Benfica
Everton/Sporting Lisbon v Atletico Madrid/Galatasaray
Fulham/Shakhtar Donetsk v Ajax/Juventus
Liverpool/Unirea Urziceni v Lille/Fenerbahce
Standard Liege/Salzburg v Panathinaikos/Roma
Twente/Werder Bremen v Club Brugge/Valencia
Villarreal/Wolfsburg v Rubin Kazan/Hapoel Tel-Aviv

Source: UEFA