They entered the Uefa Cup after going out of the Champions League group stages.
Ventspils lost 1-0 to Newcastle over two legs in the Uefa Cup last year.
Everton are playing for a place in the Uefa Cup against United next Sunday.
The club is also still challenging for the Scottish Cup and the Uefa Cup.
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Milan will play in the Uefa Cup next season after missing out on Champions League qualification.
With eight games of the season remaining, Yobo knows the Uefa Cup is a fully achievable target.
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Meanwhile, Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and Dublin's rebuilt Lansdowne Road are in contention for the Uefa Cup final.
The Scot has played twice in the Champions League and five times in the Uefa Cup for Rangers.
Portsmouth won the 2008 FA Cup final under previous boss Harry Redknapp and qualified for the Uefa Cup.
That first season in the top flight culminated in a third-place finish and entry to the Uefa Cup.
The consolation of the Uefa Cup appeared to do little to excite the Scottish champions or their fans.
There are also a host of British and Irish teams in the first qualifying round of the Uefa Cup.
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Motherwell made the short trip from Lanarkshire having lost narrowly away to Nancy in the Uefa Cup on Thursday.
In contrast, the UEFA Cup never produced such a star-studded field since it adopted the group-stage format in 2004.
Thierry Henry, Emmanuel Petit and Patrick Vieira all represented Arsenal in the Uefa Cup final and came through unscathed.
"You have got to try and push for that top seven and try for the Uefa Cup places, " explained Woodgate.
Sir Bobby, who twice steered Newcastle United into the Champions League, led the club to the Uefa Cup semi-final in 2004.
He made his name as a manager at Ipswich, winning the FA Cup in 1978 and the Uefa Cup in 1981.
He was replaced by Valencia's Rafael Benitez, whose impressive credentials included winning Spain's La Liga and the Uefa Cup last season.
Galliani said he did not believe Ronaldinho would be deterred by the prospect of playing in the Uefa Cup next season.
Portsmouth were seventh in the league and still in the Uefa Cup when Harry Redknapp left for Spurs on 26 October.
Rangers have been unhappy with the number of fixtures they have had to play en route to the Uefa Cup final.
In the Uefa Cup first qualifying round, Rhyl will play against Haka of Finland while Carmarthen Town will face Norwegian side Brann.
Lemerre was hoping that players from Arsenal and Chelsea will be injury free following the Uefa Cup and FA Cup finals respectively.
He also featured in the club's historic run to the Uefa Cup final in 2003, which ended in defeat by Porto in Seville.
Nordsjaelland, from Farum in the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, qualified for the Uefa Cup with a Fair Play place.
Waregem but two years ago they reached the last 32 of the UEFA Cup, where they were knocked out 4-1 on aggregate by Newcastle.
Derry City will face former winners IFK Gothenburg in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup while Irish compatriots Drogheda face HJK Helsinki.
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But, should Rangers beat Fiorentina to reach the Uefa Cup final, St Mirren will have to host the Glasgow outfit on Tuesday 20 May.
Fifa also approved a trial to use two extra assistant referees behind the goallines for next season's Europa League - formerly the UEFA Cup.
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