Serie A giant AC Milan will travel to Romanian side Universitatea Craiova in the first leg of the third round of qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.

Milan has embarked upon an ambitious close-season of spending under the ownership of Yonghong Li's Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux group and scored a significant transfer coup by signing Italy centre-back Leonardo Bonucci from Juventus.

Vincenzo Montella's side will has ambitions to go deep into Europe's secondary club competition as it looks to re-establish itself as a major force and its first hurdle comes against a Craiova team that came fifth in Romania's Liga I last term.

Everton, buoyed by the return of Wayne Rooney, will face Ruzomberok of Slovakia or Norwegian side SK Brann.

PSV, Eredivisie champion in 2015-2016, is pitted against Osijek or Luzern, while Zenit, now under the tutelage of former Inter Milan and Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, will take on Trencin or Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv.

Marseille, like Milan a former European champion eager to recapture its glory days, must get past Oostende of Belgium, while the latter's counterpart Gent must try to match its run to the Round of 16 last season by conquering Altach of Austria or Belarus's Dinamo Brest.

Fenerbahce will travel to Sturm Graz or Mladost Podgorica, while its Turkish League rival Galatasaray will need to negotiate Swedish club Ostersunds before considering a tie with either Inter Baku or Fola Esch of Luxembourg.

LaLiga side Athletic Bilbao, continuing life under Jose Angel Ziganda after head coach Ernesto Valverde left to take charge of Barcelona, takes on Dinamo Bucharest.