Celtic have been drawn against Zenit St Petersburg in the last 32 of the UEFA Europa League 2017-18 while Arsenal will face Swedish club FK Ostersunds.
Arsenal, who won their Europa League group and were one of the seeded teams, will travel to Sweden first.
he second legs will be played on 22 February.
Meanwhile, 2010 winners Atletico Madrid will play FC Copenhagen, Napoli face RB Leipzig and German club Borussia Dortmund play Italian side Atalanta, who defeated Everton twice in the group stage.
Of the 16 pairings which were made in Nyon, only two have happened before in UEFA club competition. Atlético beat København 2-0 in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage while Marseille and Braga managed a win apiece in the UEFA Europa League group phase two seasons ago.
Sporting CP and Astana will complete the longest journeys in UEFA football history for their tie, the 6,173km trip between Portugal and Kazakhstan matching the distance covered by Benfica and Astana in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage.
No team could play a club from their UEFA Europa League group or a side from the same national association. Based on decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn together either.
Games will be played in principle on Thursdays 15 and 22 February at 19:00CET and 21:05CET, with the seeded teams playing at home in the second leg. The final will take place at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais on 16 May 2018.
Europa League last-32 Full draw
Borussia Dortmund vs Atalanta
Nice vs Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Copenhagen vs Atletico Madrid
Spartak Moscow vs Athletic Bilbao
AEK Athens vs Dynamo Kiev
Celtic Glasgow vs Zenit St Petersburg
SSC Napoli vs RB Leipzig
Red Star Belgrade vs CSKA Moscow
Olympique Lyon vs Villarreal
Real Sociedad vs Red Bull Salzburg
Partizan Belgrade vs Viktoria Plzen
FCSB vs SS Lazio
Ludogorets vs AC Milan
Astana vs Sporting Lisbon
FK Ostersunds vs Arsenal
Marseille vs Sporting Braga
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