Arsenal will face Fenerbahce in the play-off round of the Champions League.
Arsene Wenger's side will travel to Sukru Saracoglu Stadium for the first leg on August 21, before hosting the Turkish side at Emirates Stadium six days later.
According to Uefa, the participation of Fenerbahçe and Metalist Kharkiv in the competition is subject to pending disciplinary and CAS proceedings.
Matchday One:
Fenerbahçe SK v Arsenal
Wednesday, August 21
Kick Off: 19.45 London Local Time/ 21.45 Istanbul Local Time
Matchday Two:
Arsenal v Fenerbahçe SK
Tuesday, August 27
Kick Off: 19.45 London Local Time/ 21.45 Istanbul Local Time
'Non-champions' draw in full:
Lyon v Real Sociedad
Schalke 04 v FC Metalist Kharkiv
Pacos Ferreira v Zenit St Petersburg
PSV Eindhoven v AC Milan
Fenerbahce v ARSENAL
Fenerbahce background:
- Fenerbahce came second in the Turkish Super Lig last season
- They beat Salzburg 4-2 on aggregate to qualify for the play-off stage
- Their ground - the Sukru Saracoglu – has a capacity of 50,509
- They have won the Turkish league 18 times, most recently in 2010/11
- New manager Ersun Yanal is an experienced coach in Turkish football who managed a host of other teams before being appointed at Fenerbahce in June. He served as Turkey national team manager in 2004 and 2005
- Captain Emre Belozoglu played for Newcastle from 2005 to 2008
- Senegalese striker Moussa Sow has scored 22 goals in 42 league appearances since signing for the club in January 2012
Previous matches against Fenerbahce:
Champions League group stage 2008/09
Fenerbahce 2 Arsenal 5
Arsenal 0 Fenerbahce 0
European Cup Winners’ Cup first round 1979/80
Arsenal 2 Fenerbahce 0
Fenerbahce 0 Arsenal 0
Arsenal's previous Champions League qualifying matches:
- 2011/12: Arsenal 1 Udinese 0 and Udinese 1 Arsenal 2
- 2009/10: Celtic 0 Arsenal 2 and Arsenal 3 Celtic 1
- 2008/09: FC Twente 0 Arsenal 2 and Arsenal 4 FC Twente 0
- 2007/08: Sparta Prague 0 Arsenal 2 and Arsenal 3 Sparta Prague 0
- 2006/07: Dynamo Zagreb 0 Arsenal 3 and Arsenal 2 Dynamo Zagreb 1
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