The road to Dublin begins on Thursday evening for Liverpool, who travel to the Raiffeisen Arena to tackle Austrian outfit LASK Linz in their opening Europa League Group E encounter.
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The Reds were demoted to the second tier of European football on account of their fifth-placed Premier League finish last term, while the hosts overcame Zrinjski Mostar 3-2 in qualifying to prolong their continental journey.
With Sturm Graz advancing to Champions League qualifying, the third-placed Linz crop entered the preliminary rounds of the Europa League at the final hurdle, where Bosnian minnows Zrinjski were bested 3-2 by Thomas Sageder's troops, who propelled the Black-Whites into the group stages for only the third time.
Only recently making waves in European football, Sturm Graz's Europa League debut in 2019-20 ended in a last-16 loss to Manchester United, while they failed to make it beyond the group stage a year later, before a shot at Europa Conference League glory in 2021-22 culminated in another early knockout exit to Slavia Prague.
However, on current form, the one-time Austrian champions may fancy their chances of pipping fellow Group E foes Toulouse and Union SG to one of the top two spots in the section - with second place guaranteeing a spot in the knockout round playoffs - as LASK enter Thursday's opener unbeaten in seven competitive games.
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