When is the Europa League draw?

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The draw for the Europa League round of 32 takes place on Monday, with up to five British clubs in the pot. Can they face each other?

When is the draw?

The draw for the last 32 of the Europa League takes place on Monday December 16 in Nyon, with proceedings set to start at 12pm, UK time.

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Who is in the draw? (seeded teams in bold)

• Ajax*
• APOEL Nicosia
• AZ Alkmaar
• FC Basel
• Benfica*
• Braga
• Club Brugge*
• Celtic
• Espanyol
• Gent
• Inter Milan*
• LASK
• Leverkusen*
• Manchester United
• Olympiakos*
• Salzburg*
• Sevilla
• Shakhtar Donetsk*
• Sporting
• Vfl Wolfsburg
• Wolves
• More teams to be confirmed

* transferring from Champions League

How does the draw work?

The 12 group winners, plus the four best third-placed teams from the Champions League, go into the draw as seeded teams. The runners-up and remaining Champions League sides are the unseeded teams.

Seeded teams are drawn against unseeded sides with the first leg at the home of the unseeded teams, before a second leg at the home stadium of the seeded side a week later.

Teams from the same group or same country cannot be drawn together for the round of 32, meaning Rangers and Celtic or any Premier League club can’t be drawn together. However, Celtic or Rangers could be drawn against the Premier League clubs.

When are the last-32 ties?

• 20 February: Round of 32, first leg
• 27 February: Round of 32, second leg
• 28 February: Round of 16 draw, Nyon

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