Who can Tottenham face in Europa League draw? Group-stage pot confirmed and procedure explained

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·28 August 2024

Who can Tottenham face in Europa League draw? Group-stage pot confirmed and procedure explained

Spurs will discover opponents on Friday

The draw for the Europa League group stage takes place this week as Tottenham await their fate in the newly-revamped competition.

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After two seasons away from UEFA’s second-tier competition, Spurs will enter the 36-team league to play eight games, four at home and four away, against a wide variety of opponents.

Friday’s lunchtime Europa League draw will be semi-automated but still features Tottenham being drawn out of a hat to learn which far reaches of the continent they are destined for.

Plenty of potential opponents are still to be learned given the play-offs for both the Champions League and Europa League are still taking place.

But Spurs have at least already learned which pot they are in and when each matchday will take place.

Which pot are Tottenham in for the Europa League draw?

Spurs will be in Pot 1 with top seeding for the draw, owing to their superior UEFA coefficient ranking.

Who can Tottenham face in the Europa League draw?

Spurs will be drawn against two teams from each pot, including their own Pot 1.

They cannot face English opponents (Manchester United) and can only play a maximum of two teams from one other nation.

Pot 1: Roma, Porto, Rangers, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio

Pot 2: Olympiacos, Lyon

Pot 1 or 2: Real Sociedad, AZ

Pot 3 or 4: Malmo, Athletic Club, Hoffenheim, Nice, Twente, Ludogorets Razgrad or Petrocub, RFS or APOEL, Anderlecht or Dinamo Minsk, Besiktas or Lugano

Pot to be decided: Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, USG, Dynamo Kyiv, Red Star Belgrade or Bodo/Glimt, Lille or Slavia Prague, Dinamo Zagreb or Qarabag, Midtjylland or Slovan Bratislava, Ajax or Jagiellonia Bialystok, LASK or FCSB, Maccabi Tel Aviv or TSC, Shamrock Rovers or PAOK, Ferencvaros or Borac Banja Luka, Molde or Elfsborg, Braga or Rapid Wien, Hearts or Viktoria Plzen