Europa League draw: Manchester United to face Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce

The UEFA Europa League first-round draw took place on Friday, with a clash between Manchester United and Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce in Turkey headlining the fixtures.

Mourinho won the Europa League while in charge of United in 2017, and moved to the Istanbul-based club this summer.

Erik ten Hag's team also face a trip to Porto's Estádio do Dragão.

As with the Champions League, UEFA has amended the format by creating an eight-game league phase and expanded the competition to 36 teams.

Unlike in previous years, no teams will drop down from the Champions League after the first round.

Tottenham, meanwhile, will play Daniele De Rossi's Roma at home in their opener as well as a trip to Galatasaray.

Rangers were drawn against both United and Tottenham, with the game at Old Trafford coming in the first matchweek.

About the competition

The format of the Europa League has changed for this season, along the same lines of the new-look Champions League.

The number of clubs in the competition proper is now 36, all of whom are placed into one league but split into four pots of seeds.

Each participant plays eight games, facing two clubs from each pot, one at home and one away.

The top eight at the end of the league phase - which runs until the end of January - will advance to the last 16, while the teams finishing from ninth to 24th will advance to a playoff round to decide the remaining last-16 spots.

The bottom 12 in the league phase will be eliminated, with no clubs dropping down into the Conference League ahead of the knockouts, and no teams parachuting down from the Champions League as in the past.

The full draw for British teams:

Rangers: Tottenham (h), Manchester United (a), Lyon (h), Olympiacos (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Malmo (a), FCSB (h), Nice (a)

Manchester United: Rangers (h), Porto (a), PAOK (h), Fenerbache (a), Bodo/Glimt (h), Victoria Plzen (a), Twente (h), FCSB (a)

Tottenham Hotspur: Roma (h), Rangers (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Ferencvaros (a), Qarabag (h), Galatasaray (a), Elfsborg (h), Hoffenheim (a)

Full draw for pot one teams

Roma: Frankfurt (h), Tottenham (a), Braga (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a), Athletic Club (h), Elfsborg (a)

Frankfurt: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), Ferencvaros (h), Lyon (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Midtjylland (a), RFS (h), Besiktas

Porto: Manchester United (h), Lazio (a), Olympiacos (h), Macabi Tel-Aviv (a), Midtjylland (h), Bodo/Glimt (a), Hoffemheim (h), Anderlecht (a)

Ajax: Lazio (h), Slavia Prague (a), Macabi Tel-Aviv (h), Real Sociedad (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), RFS (a)

Lazio: Porto (h), Ajax (a), Real Sociedad (h), Braga (a), Ludogorets (h), Kyiv (a), Nice (h), Twente (a)

Slavia Prague: Ajax (h), Frankfurt (a), Fenerbahce (h), PAOK (a), Malmo (h), Ludogorets (a), Anderlecht (h), Athletic Club (a)