EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW SEEDING POTS

The UEFA Europa League group stage draw will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 13.00CET today and all 48 contenders now decided and the seeding pots confirmed.

Sixteen teams will begin their European season in this round, while ten  clubs have transferred after losing UEFA Champions League play-offs. On Thursday, the UEFA Europa League play-off second legs took place, filling a further 22 spots.

The 48 entrants are split into four seeding pots based on their club coefficients, with each of the 12 groups to contain one team from each tier. No club can meet a side from their own association and no team from Russia can play one from Ukraine.

Pot 1: Schalke (GER), Borussia Dortmund (GER), FC Basel (SUI), Napoli (ITA), Tottenham (ENG), Ajax (NED), Villarreal CF (ESP), Rubin Kazan (RUS), Athletic Club (ESP), Sporting CP (POR), Marsiglia (FRA), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)

Pot 2: Braga (POR), Fiorentina (ITA), Lazio (ITA), Anderlecht (BEL), Liverpool (ENG), AZ Alkmaar (NED), Viktoria Plzeň (CZE), Club Brugge (BEL), PAOK (GRE), Celtic (SCO), Beşiktaş (TUR), APOEL (CYP)

Pot 3: Monaco (FRA), Sparta Praha (CZE), Fenerbahçe (TUR), Legia Warszawa (POL), Bordeaux (FRA), Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS), Lech Poznań (POL), Saint-Étienne (FRA), Slovan Liberec (CZE), Augsburg (GER), Rapid Wien (AUT), Krasnodar (RUS)

Pot 4: Partizan (SRB), Asteras Tripolis (GRE), Belenenses (POR), Rosenborg (NOR), Qarabağ (AZE), Molde (NOR), Dinamo Minsk (BLR), Groningen (NED), Sion (SUI), Midtjylland (DEN), Skënderbeu (ALB), Qäbälä (AZE)

(Photo LaPresse)