Villa face Danish opponents in Intertoto Cup.
The big hitters enter the Intertoto cup in the next round, and if tre were any doubt as tohow seriously clubs have taken this competition one look as some of the 8 newclubs entering at this stage will assure people.
Former European Cup winners Aston Villa, are joined by Stuttgart, German champions in 2006/07, Deortivo La Coruna of Spain, Napoli of Italy and Champions League veterans Rosenborg of Norway amongst others who are looking to get past their opponents and into th 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
The first legs if this round will be played on 19/20th July with the return legs on 26/27th July.
The full draw is:
Bnei Sakhnin (ISR) v Deportivo La Coruña (ESP) Panionios (GRE) v Napoli (ITA)
Sivasspor (TUR) v SC Braga (POR) Grasshopper(SUI) v Chernomorets Burgas (BUL)
FC Saturn (RUS) v VfB Stuttgart (GER) Neftçi (AZE) v SC Vaslui (ROM) Rennes (FRA) v
Simferopol (UKR) Sturm Graz (AUT) v Honvéd (HUN) NAC Breda (NED) v
Rosenborg (NOR) Odense (DEN) v Aston Villa (ENG)Elfsborg (SWE) v FK Rīga (LVA)