Arsenal Draw Fenerbahçe - Full Champions League Playoff Draw

champions league English Premier League side Arsenal have drawn Turkish Süper Lig opponents in the form of Fenerbahçe in the playoff round of the Champions League. The Turkish side were originally given a two-year ban from European competition in June for match-fixing allegations but were later reinstated whilst an appeal is being heard. Fenerbahçe finished runners-up behind Galatasaray in last season€™s Turkish league. No decision has yet been made regarding the event of Fenerbahçe winning their tie versus Arsenal and losing their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The full draw for the Champions League playoff round is as follows: Dinamo Zagreb vs Austria Vienna Fenerbahçe vs Arsenal Ludogorets Razgrad vs FC Basel Lyon vs Real Sociedad Paços de Ferreira vs Zenit St Petersburg Viktoria Plzeˆ vs NK Maribor PSV Eindhoven vs AC Milan Schalke 04 vs Metalist Kharkiv Shakhter Karagandy vs Celtic Steaua Bucharest vs Legia Warsaw The first legs take place on 20-21 August with the second leg a week later.
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