Arsenal handed tough trip to Turkey as Fenerbahce bid to block Champions League path
Saturday, 10th August 2013
Published: 9 August 2013
By AKSHAY PATEL
Arsenal have been drawn against Turkish side Fenerbache in the Champions League play-off round.
Arsene Wenger's men are looking to qualify for the Champions League group stages for the 15th consecutive season, but will have to defeat the side which finished second in the Turkish Super League last season.
Fenerbache were banned from European competitions by UEFA in a match fixing case but they were reinstated pending an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
A final decision will be made by CAS on 28 August, a day after the second leg, but Uefa have said no decision has yet been made regarding what would happen in the event of Fenerbahce winning the tie against Arsenal and losing their appeal.
The teams met in Group G of the competition in 5 years ago, with Arsenal winning 5-2 in Turkey and the return at the Emirates finishing goal-less.
Meanwhile, morth London rivals Spurs have been drawn against Georgian side Dinamo Tbilisi in the Europa League.
The full draw is as follows:
Dinamo Zagreb v FK Austria Vienna
Ludogorets v Basle
Plzen v Maribor
Shakhtyor Karaganda v Celtic
Steaua Bucuresti v Legia Warsaw
Lyon v Real Sociedad
Schalke 04 v FC Metalist Kharkiv
Pacos Ferreira v Zenit St Petersburg
PSV v AC Milan
Fenerbahce v Arsenal
