The Italian giants were recently punished for their part in the Serie A corruption scandals and are waiting to find out if a UEFA committee, which meets on August 2, will sanction their participation in Europe's leading club competition.

Former European Cup winners Red Star are Milan's likely opponents after they edged the first leg of their second round clash at Irish side Cork 1-0.

English Premiership club Liverpool, five times winners of the competition, could face a trip to war-torn Israel after being drawn against Maccabi Haifa.

The second leg of the tie is scheduled to be played in Israel but the on-going cross-border conflict with Lebanon means the tie is likely to be moved to a neutral venue.

Arsenal, last season's Champions League runners-up, will play Lithuania's FK Ekranas or Croatia's Dynamo Zagreb.

Arsene Wenger's side, who were beaten by Barcelona in the Paris final, will play their first European match at their new Emirates Stadium in the second leg.

Italian club Chievo Verona, who only found out they would be playing in the competition earlier this month after Juventus and Fiorentina were thrown out of the competition as a result of the Italy's match-fixing verdicts, will play either Bulgarian outfit Levski Sofia or Sioni Bolnisi of Georgia.

German club Hamburg face Spain's Osasuna in one of the ties of the round, while Dutch side Ajax, one of the competition's most successful clubs, travel to either FC Copenhagen or Mypa for their first leg match.