
Aston Villa will host Coppa Italia winners Bologna and visit Feyenoord in the Europa League opening stage, while Scottish sides Celtic and Rangers will both welcome AS Roma as Friday’s draw also set up a clash between Nottingham Forest and Porto.
Forest, who last played in Europe in 1995-96, also face Sweden’s Malmo, who they beat in the European Cup final in 1979.
The draw, which split the 36 participating