LOI clubs learn their fates

Sligo Rovers are in the first qualifying round against Albanian side Vllnazia Shkoder with their first leg on Thursday July 2nd. If they progress they will face Austrian side Rapid Vienna in the second qualifying round.

St Pats and Derry don't start in the Europa League until the second qualifying round, 2 weeks after the start of the competition. St Patricks Athletic are unsure who they face until the first qualifying roundis finished. They face either Valletta of Malta or Iceland's Keflavik.

Derry City meet Skonto Riga, who finished third in the Latvian league last season. Skonto were the Latvian giant club and won 14 successive Latvian titles from 1991 until 2004.