Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao have both been dealt favourable hands in the Europa League group stage following Friday's draw in Monaco.
The Yellow Submarine have been paired with Viktoria Plzen, Rapid Vienna and Dinamo Minsk in Group E, while Los Leones will face AZ, Augsburg and Partizan Belgrade in Group L.
As La Liga's two representatives were among the top seeds, they avoided the likes of Napoli, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax, Sporting CP and Michel's new club Marseille.
Europa League draw in full:
Group A: Ajax, Celtic, Fenerbahce, Molde
Group B: Rubin Kazan, Liverpool, Bordeaux, Sion
Group C: Borussia Dortmund, PAOK, Kuban Krasnodar, Qabala
Group D: Napoli, Club Brugge, Legia Warsaw, Midtjylland
Group E: Villarreal, Viktoria Plzen, Rapid Vienna, Dinamo Minsk
Group F: Marseille, Braga, Slovan Liberec, Groningen
Group G: Dnipro, Lazio, Saint-Etienne, Rosenborg
Group H: Sporting CP, Besiktas, Lokomotiv Moscow, Skenderbeu
Group I: Basel, Fiorentina, Lech Poznan, Belenenses
Group J: Tottenham Hotspur, Anderlecht, Monaco, Qarabag
Group K: Schalke, APOEL, Sparta Prague, Asteras
Group L: Athletic Bilbao, AZ, Augsburg, Partizan
