Dundee United could draw Liverpool in Europa League third qualifying round

Charlie Adam could be on his way back to Scotland with Liverpool in the Europa League.SNS Group

Dundee United could be paired with Liverpool in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

The Terrors have been placed in Group Two for Friday's draw, putting them on course to face eight potential opponents.

Also potential lying in wait for Peter Houston's team are Dinamo Moscow, Bursaspor, the winners of Young Boys v Zimbru Chisinau, Steaua Bucharest and the winners of Mura 05 v CSKA Sofia.

St Johnstone will also be in the draw and will know their potential opponents should they overcome Eskişehirspor.

The Saints are in Group One and will paired with an opponent from Olympique Marseille, Sparta Prague, Khazar Lankaran/Lech Poznan, Naftan Novopolotsk/Crvena Zvezda, Differdange 03/KAA Gent or Levski Sofia/FK Sarajevo.

The Europa League third qualifying round draw will be made at 12pm on Friday, July 20.

Europa League third qualifying round draw groups:

Group One

Seeds

FC Khazar Lankaran (AZE)/Lech Poznan (POL)
Naftan Novopolotsk (BLR)/FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
Differdange 03 (LUX)/AA Gent (BEL)
Levski Sofia (BUL)/FK Sarajevo (BIH)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
AC Sparta Prague (CZE)

Non-seeds

ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)/Videoton FC (HUN)
Eskişehirspor (TUR)/Saint Johnstone FC (SCO)
JJK Jyväskylä (FIN)/FK Zeta (MNE)
VMFD Žalgiris (LTU)/VfB Admira Wacker Mödlin (AUT)
AIK (SWE)/FH (ISL)
AC Omonia (CYP)

Group Two

Seeds

FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)
Bursaspor (TUR)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)/FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
ND Mura 05 (SVN)/PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
Liverpool FC (ENG)

Non-seeds:

NK Osijek (CRO)/Kalmar FF (SWE)
FC Arsenal Kyiv (UKR)
FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)/Sligo Rovers FC (IRL)
FK Renova (MKD)/FC Gomel (BLR)
Dundee United FC (SCO)
Maccabi Netanya FC (ISR)/KuPS Kuopio (FIN)

Group Three

Seeds

Hannover 96 (GER)
Athletic Club (ESP)
SK Liepajas Metalurgs (LVA)/Legia Warszawa (POL)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS)/Budapest Honvéd FC (HUN)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)/FC Ordabasy Shymkent (KAZ)
CS Marítimo (POR)

Non-seeds:

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR)/SV Ried (AUT)
Servette FC (SUI)/ FC Gandzasar Kapan (ARM)
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 (BUL)/Vitesse (NED)
FC Inter Bakı (AZE)/Asteras Tripolis FC (GRE)
NK Široki Brijeg (BIH)/Saint Patrick's Athletic FC (IRL)
NK Slaven Koprivnica (CRO)/Portadown FC (NIR)

Group Four

Seeds

FC Metalurgi Rustavi (GEO)/FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
APOEL FC (CYP)/FK Senica (SVK)
sc Heerenveen (NED)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
FC Dacia Chisinau (MDA)/IF Elfsborg (SWE)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT)

Non-seeds:

FC Rapid Bucuresti (ROU)/Myllykosken Pallo-47 (FIN)
AC Horsens (DEN)
HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)/Skonto FC (LVA)
FK Vojvodina (SRB)/FK Suduva (LTU)
Ruch Chorzów (POL)/FK Metalurg Skopje (MKD)
KF Tirana (ALB)/Aalesunds FK (NOR)

Group Five

Seeds

FC Metalurh Donetsk (UKR)/FK Celik Nikšic (MNE)
PAOK FC (GRE)
KRC Genk (BEL)
FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)/Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP)
FC Twente (NED)/FC Inter Turku (FIN)

Non-seeds:

FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)/FC Aktobe (KAZ)
AGF Århus (DEN)/FC Dila Gori (GEO)
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)/FC Shirak (ARM)
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)/Tromsø IL (NOR)
FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE)/Thór Akureyri (ISL)

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