Man Utd v Ajax And Man City v Porto In Europa League Draw

Manchester City and Manchester United both face difficult ties in the Europa League following their elimination from the Champions League.

City will face Portuguese Liga joint leaders FC Porto in the Round of 32 while United meet Dutch side Ajax.

Stoke City‘s reward for progressing from the group stage of the Europa League is a tie against Spanish outfit Valencia, who are third in La Liga.

In the Round of 16, Manchester City would not meet neighbours United.

Porto, who won the trophy last year under the guidance of now Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas, host Manchester City in the first leg before a return fixture at Etihad Stadium, while Manchester United will play in the Amsterdam ArenA first.

The games are scheduled for 16 and 23 February, 2012, but may be altered because both Manchester clubs are due to play at home in the second legs.

Round of 32, first legs
Tuesday February 14
Braga v Besiktas – Buy Braga v Besiktas Tickets

Thursday February 16
Porto v Manchester City – Buy Porto v Manchester City Tickets
Ajax v Manchester United – Buy Ajax v Man United Tickets
Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao
Salzburg v Metalist Kharkiv
Stoke v Valencia
Rubin Kazan v Olympiacos
AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht
Lazio v Atletico Madrid – Buy Lazio v Athletic Madrid Tickets
Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente
Viktoria Plzen v Schalke
Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege
Udinese v PAOK – Buy Udinese v PAOK Tickets
Trabzonspor v PSV Eindhoven
Hannover v Club Brugge – Buy Hanover v Club Brugge Tickets
Legia Warsaw v Sporting Lisbon

Round of 32, second legs
Wednesday February 22
Manchester City v Porto – Buy Man City v Porto Tickets

Thursday February 23
Besiktas v Braga
Manchester United v Ajax – Buy Man United v Ajax Tickets
Athletic Bilbao v Lokomotiv Moscow
Metalist Kharkiv v Salzburg
Valencia v Stoke – Buy Valencia v Stoke ickets
Olympiacos v Rubin Kazan
Anderlecht v AZ Alkmaar
Atletico Madrid v Lazio – Buy Atletico Madrid v Lazio Tickets
FC Twente v Steaua Bucharest
Schalke v Viktoria Plzen – Buy Schalke v Plzen Tickets
Standard Liege v Wisla Krakow
PAOK v Udinese
PSV Eindhoven v Trabzonspor
Club Brugge v Hannover
Sporting Lisbon v Legia Warsaw

EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 DRAW
SV Salzburg/Metalist v Rubin K/Olympiakos
Legia W/Sporting v Porto/Man City
Steaua/Twente v Plzen/Schalke
Wisla K/Standard L v Hannover/Club Brugge
Stoke/Valencia v Trabzonspor/PSV
Az Alkmaar/Andrelecht v Udinese/PAOK
Lazio/Atletico M v SC Braga/Besiktas
Ajax/Man Utd v Lokomotiv M/Ahtletic B

Ties scheduled for 8 and 15 March