The draws for the Europa League and Conference League take place this afternoon ahead of the start of a new era for European football.
Following on from the new-look Champions League draw yesterday, both the Europa League and Conference League will embrace new formats ahead of this season. The new competitions will look similar to the Champions League, as a 36-team league format replaces the previous group stage. As a result, the draw will look different too: teams will be handed fixtures, rather than being selected into groups.
Rangers will play both Manchester United and Tottenham in the Europa League group stage, adding to fixtures against Lyon, Olympiacos, and Nice. United face a trip to Fenerbahce, where they will play former manager Jose Mourinho, as well as Porto. Spurs, meanwhile, host Roma and face a trip to Galatasaray among their fixtures.
In the Uefa Conference League, Chelsea are the only Premier League team in the hat – the Blues qualified through the play-offs after beating Servette on Thursday night. They are joined, though, by Hearts from Scotland, The New Saints from Wales, Larne from Northern Ireland and Shamrock Rovers from the Republic of Ireland.
Follow all the latest updates from the Europa League and Uefa Conference League draws, below
Europa League and Conference League draws LIVE: Latest updates and fixtures
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Europa League draw takes place at 12pm; Conference League at 1:30pm
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Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers to learn Europa League fixtures
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Rangers drawn against both Manchester United and Tottenham
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Manchester United to face Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce and Porto
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Tottenham to host Roma and travel to Galatasaray
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Chelsea, Hearts, the New Saints, Larne all involved in Europa Conference League
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Both tournaments to follow new format, after new Champions League draw yesterday
Europa League draw LIVE
12:52 , Jamie Braidwood
The fixture dates will be confirmed tomorrow, we’ll take a break now before the Uefa Conference League draw at 1:30pm.
It will involve teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the first time.
Chelsea, Hearts, the New Saints, Larne and Shamrock Rovers are all included in the 36-team draw.
Europa League draw LIVE
12:51 , Jamie Braidwood
That concludes the draw – there are a lot of fixtures to go through, but we’ll leave you with a reminder of the British club – as Rangers face both Manchester United and Tottenham.
Manchester United: Rangers (h), Porto (a), PAOK (h), Fenerbahce (a), Bodo/Glimt (h), Victoria Plzen (a), Twente (h), FCSB (a)
Tottenham: Roma (h), Rangers (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Ferencvaros (a), Qarabag (h), Galatasaray (a), Elfsborg (h), Hoffenheim (a)
Rangers: Tottenham (h), Manchester United (a), Lyon (h), Olympiacos (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Malmo (a), FCSB (h), Nice (a)
Europa League draw LIVE
12:46 , Jamie Braidwood
POT 3 + 4 selected club fixtures
Galatasaray: Tottenham (h), Ajax (a), PAOK (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Malmo (a), Elfsborg (h), RFS (a)
Athletic Club: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Fenerbahce (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Elfsborg (h), Besiktas (a)
Europa League draw LIVE
12:38 , Jamie Braidwood
POT 2 – selected club fixtures
Fenerbahce – Manchester United (h), Slavia Prague (a), Lyon (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Union SG (h), Midtjylland (a), Athletic Club (h), Twente (a)
Lyon: Lazio (h), Rangers (a), Olympiacos (h), Fenerbahce (a), Ludogorets (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), Hoffenheim (a)
Europa League draw LIVE
12:31 , Jamie Braidwood
FULL POT 1 fixtures
Manchester United: Rangers (h), Porto (a), PAOK (h), Fenerbahce (a), Bodo/Glimt (h), Victoria Plzen (a), Twente (h), FCSB (a)
Tottenham: Roma (h), Rangers (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Ferencvaros (a), Qarabag (h), Galatasaray (a), Elfsborg (h), Hoffenheim (a)
Rangers: Tottenham (h), Manchester United (a), Lyon (h), Olympiacos (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Malmo (a), FCSB (h), Nice (a)
Roma: Frankfurt (h), Tottenham (a), Braga (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a), Athletic Club (h), Elfsborg (a)
Frankfurt: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), Ferencvaros (h), Lyon (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Midtjylland (a), RFS (h), Besiktas
Porto: Manchester United (h), Lazio (a), Olympiacos (h), Macabi Tel-Aviv (a), Midtjylland (h), Bodo/Glimt (a), Hoffenheim (h), Anderlecht (a)
Ajax: Lazio (h), Slavia Prague (a), Macabi Tel-Aviv (h), Real Sociedad (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), RFS (a)
Lazio: Porto (h), Ajax (a), Real Sociedad (h), Braga (a), Ludogorets (h), Kyiv (a), Nice (h), Twente (a)
Slavia Prague: Ajax (h), Frankfurt (a), Fenerbahce (h), PAOK (a), Malmo (h), Ludogorets (a), Anderlecht (h), Athletic Club (a)
Europa League draw LIVE
12:26 , Jamie Braidwood
Tottenham: We know they will face Rangers, too, as well as Roma
Roma (h), Rangers (a), AZ Alkmaar (h), Ferencvaros (a), Qarabag (h), Galatasaray (a), Elfsborg (h), Hoffenheim (a)
Europa League draw LIVE
12:23 , Jamie Braidwood
Manchester United: We knew already they would play Rangers at home. And they draw Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce!
Rangers (h), Porto (a), PAOK (h), Fenerbahce (a), Bodo/Glimt (h), Victoria Plzen (a), Twente (h), FCSB (a)
Tasty!
Europa League draw LIVE
12:21 , Jamie Braidwood
Roma: Frankfurt (h), Tottenham (a), Braga (h), AZ Alkmaar (a), Kviv (h), Union Saint-Gilloise (a), Athletic Club (h), Elfsborg (a)
Frankfurt: Slavia Prague (h), Roma (a), Ferencvaros (h), Lyon (a), Victoria Plzen (h), Midtjylland (a), RFS (h), Besiktas
Porto: Manchester United (h), Lazio (a), Olympiacos (h), Macabi Tel-Aviv (a), Midtjylland (h), Bodo/Glimt (a), Hoffemheim (h), Anderlecht (a)
Ajax: Lazio (h), Slavia Prague (a), Macabi Tel-Aviv (h), Real Sociedad (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a), Besiktas (h), RFS (a)
Lazio: Porto (h), Ajax (a), Real Sociedad (h), Braga (a), Ludogorets (h), Kyiv (a), Nice (h), Twente (a)
Slavia Prague: Ajax (h), Frankfurt (a), Fenerbahce (h), PAOK (a), Malmo (h), Ludogorets (a), Anderlecht (h), Athletic Club (a)
Europa League draw LIVE
12:18 , Jamie Braidwood
Rangers! First name out of the hat –
They will play: Tottenham (h), Manchester United (a), Lyon (h), Olympiacos (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Malmo (a), FCSB (h), Nice (a)
Tottenham and Manchester United! What a start.
Europa League draw LIVE
12:17 , Jamie Braidwood
We’re ready to begin! And we’ll start with Pot 1:
Roma (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Ajax (NED)
Rangers (SCO)
Frankfurt (GER)
Lazio (ITA)
Tottenham (ENG)
Slavia Praha (CZE)
How will the Europa League draw work?
12:12 , Jamie Braidwood
All eight matches will be played against different teams, with four at home and four away, and organised by seeding. All the results would contribute to the overall league ranking.
Teams will be seeded in four pots based on their individual club coefficient at the beginning of the season. Each team will then be drawn against two opponents from each pot, one of which will be at home and one away.
In the league phase teams cannot face opponents from their country and can be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same country.
All 36 teams will be manually drawn using physical balls. For every team manually drawn, a designated automated software will randomly draw eight opponents across the four pots, who will be revealed on screen in the draw hall and on television. The software will also decide which matches will be at home and which ones away.
The Conference League draw is the same, but only six matches are draw.
Europa League draw
12:11 , Jamie Braidwood
The preamble continues as Aritz Aduriz takes to the stage. Athetlic Bilbao are in Pot 4 and will be among the favourites for the title, led by Spain star Nico Williams.
Europa League draw
12:07 , Jamie Braidwood
We start with a montage of last season’s Europa League highlights – many of the teams involved in the latter stages of the competition are actually in the Champions League final this season.
Of course, Atalanta stunned Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin as Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick to defeat Xabi Alonso’s side. Both teams are in the Champions League this year – Atalanta actually drew Real Madrid and Barcelona yesterday.
Marseille and Roma, who reached the semi-finals, did not qualify for the Europa League while the likes of Milan and Liverpool are in the Champions League this season.
Aritz Aduriz to assist from Europa League draw
12:01 , Jamie Braidwood
With the final to be held in Bilbao, former Athletic Club striker Aritz Aduriz will help with the draw.
Aduriz was the top scorer in the Europa League in 2015/16 and 2017/18.
Vintage Europa.
Rangers in the Europa League
11:55 , Jamie Braidwood
Rangers have the fifth-best Uefa coefficient of the 36 teams in the Europa League draw, owing much to their run to the Europa League final in 2022.
The Ibrox side lost on penalties to Eintracht Frankfurt in Seville, which was followed by a run to the last-16 of the Europa League last season, losing to Benfica.
Rangers also reached the final of the old Uefa Cup in 2008, losing to Zenit St Petersburg in Manchester.
Tottenham in the Europa League
11:43 , Jamie Braidwood
Tottenham are back in the Europa League after not playing in Europe at all last season. They were strong contenders for a Champions League place under Ange Postecoglou, but they fell away over the second half of the season and finished behind Aston Villa.
Spurs were regulars in the Europa League around a decade ago, playing in five consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2016. However, they only reached the quarter-finals on one occasion, and their trophy drought now stands at 16 years.
Ange Postecoglou took charge of Celtic in the Europa League two seasons ago.
Manchester United in the Europa League
11:32 , Jamie Braidwood
Manchester United return to the Europa League for the fourth time in seven seasons – they have not played consecutive Champions League seasons since 2017/18 and 2018/19.
United won the Europa League in 2017, however, beating Ajax under Jose Mourinho. Since then, they reached another final in 2021, losing to Villarreal under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and the quarter-finals in 2023, losing to Sevilla under Erik ten Hag.
United were knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage last season.
Europa League: Key dates
11:20 , Jamie Braidwood
League phase
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Matchday 1: 25/26 September 2024
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Matchday 2: 3 October 2024
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Matchday 3: 24 October 2024
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Matchday 4: 7 November 2024
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Matchday 5: 28 November 2024
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Matchday 6: 12 December 2024
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Matchday 7: 23 January 2025
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Matchday 8: 30 January 2025
Knockout stage
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Knockout round play-offs: 13 & 20 February 2025
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Round of 16: 6 & 13 March 2025
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Quarter-finals: 10 & 17 April 2025
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Semi-finals: 1 & 8 May 2025
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Final: 21 May 2025
Where is the final?
It will be played at the San Mames, in Bilbao.
What could a Europa League draw look like?
11:00 , Jamie Braidwood
The pots themselves don’t matter as much now anyway, as teams will be drawn against two teams from each pot, inlcuding their own.
Every team in the draw will play two games against a team from Pot 1, for example, whether you are Manchester United or Elfsborg.
A draw for Manchester United, therefore, could look like this: Erik ten Hag’s side will play two teams from each pot, including their own, to give them eight fixtures overall.
One match from each pot would be home, the other away. And you can’t draw teams from your country.
Pot 1 – Roma (h), Rangers (a)
Pot 2 – Real Sociedad (h), Fenerbache (a)
Pot 3 – Dynamov Kyiv (h), Malmo (a)
Pot 4 – Nice (h), Athletic Club (a)
Europa League: What are the pots?
10:40 , Jamie Braidwood
Pot 4
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Athletic Club (ESP)
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Hoffenheim (GER)
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Nice (FRA)
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Anderlecht (BEL)
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Twente (NED)
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Besiktas (TUR)
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FCSB (ROU)
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RFS (LVA)
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Elfsborg (SWE)
Europa League: What are the pots?
10:20 , Jamie Braidwood
Pot 3
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Qarabag (AZE)
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Galatasaray (TUR)
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Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
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Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
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Union SG (BEL)
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Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
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Ludogorets (BUL)
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Midtjylland (DEN)
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Malmo (SWE)
Europa League: What are the pots?
10:00 , Jamie Braidwood
Pot 2
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Real Sociedad (ESP)
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AZ Alkmaar (NED)
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Braga (POR)
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Olympiacos (GRE)
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Lyon (FRA)
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PAOK (GRE)
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Fenerbahçe (TUR)
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M. Tel-Aviv (ISR)
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Ferencváros (HUN)
Europa League: What are the pots?
09:40 , Jamie Braidwood
Pot 1
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Roma (ITA)
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Manchester United (ENG)
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Porto (POR)
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Ajax (NED)
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Rangers (SCO)
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Frankfurt (GER)
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Lazio (ITA)
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Tottenham (ENG)
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Slavia Praha (CZE)
Europa League: Who’s in the draw?
09:20 , Jamie Braidwood
Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers are all in the 36-team draw for the Europa League: watch out for Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce, Athletic and Real Sociedad from Spain, and Lazio and Roma from Italy.
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Netherlands (3): Ajax, AZ, Twente
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Türkiye (3): Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray
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Belgium (2): Anderlecht, Union Saint-Gilloise
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Czechia (2): Slavia Praha, Viktoria Plzeň
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England (2): Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur
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France (2): Nice, Lyon
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Germany (2): Eintracht Frankfurt, Hoffenheim
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Greece (2): Olympiacos, PAOK
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Italy (2): Lazio, Roma
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Portugal (2): Braga, Porto
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Spain (2): Athletic Club, Real Sociedad
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Sweden (2): Elfsborg, Malmo
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Azerbaijan (1): Qarabag
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Bulgaria (1): Ludogorets
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Denmark (1): Midtjylland
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Hungary (1): Ferencváros
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Israel (1): M. Tel-AvivLatvia (1): RFS
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Norway (1): Bodø/Glimt
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Romania (1): FCSB
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Scotland (1): Rangers
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Ukraine (1): Dynamo Kyiv
How will the Europa League draw work?
09:05 , Jamie Braidwood
All eight matches will be played against different teams, with four at home and four away, and organised by seeding. All the results would contribute to the overall league ranking.
Teams will be seeded in four pots based on their individual club coefficient at the beginning of the season. Each team will then be drawn against two opponents from each pot, one of which will be at home and one away.
In the league phase teams cannot face opponents from their country and can be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same country.
All 36 teams will be manually drawn using physical balls. For every team manually drawn, a designated automated software will randomly draw eight opponents across the four pots, who will be revealed on screen in the draw hall and on television. The software will also decide which matches will be at home and which ones away.
The Conference League draw is the same, but only six matches are drawn.
What will the new Europa League and Conference League look like?
09:04 , Jamie Braidwood
Under the new Europa League format, teams will play eight matches against eight different teams, rather than three teams twice as was previously the case.
Four extra clubs will be added to take the number up to 36, and a single league format will be used. The league phase will determine an overall ranking – from 1st to 36th, with three points for a win and one for a draw as usual.
The top eight teams will advance to the last 16, with the 16 teams finishing between ninth and 24th entering the play-off round over two legs, with a victory securing passage to the last 16.
The same applies for the Conference League, except teams will play six matches against six different teams, rather than eight.
Good morning
09:03 , Jamie Braidwood
Welcome to our live coverage of this afternoon’s Europa League and Uefa Conference League draws.
We’ll start with the Europa League at 12pm, following by the Conference League at 1:30pm.
Both draws will be streamed live online via the Uefa website and Uefa YouTube channel.
