Europa League play-off draw LIVE: Tottenham, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Motherwell discover fate
Re-live the draw as British clubs found out who they need to beat to enter the Europa League group stage
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Your support makes all the difference.The Europa League play-off draw took place on Friday as Tottenham, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Motherwell discovered their fates.
All five clubs still need to get through the next round before reaching the play-offs, and all were part of the complicated play-off draw, which was made even more complex by Uefa’s ruling that only certain stadiums can be used, meaning clubs without a certified stadium cannot play each other.
Celtic are in the ‘champions path’ while Spurs and the other Scottish clubs are in with the muggles or ‘main path’.
Here’s the draw in its entirety:
Champions Path
Group 1:
Young Boys (SUI) vs Tirana (ALB)
GNK Dinamo (CRO) vs Floriana (MLT) / Flora Tallinn (EST)
Djurgården (SWE) / CFR Cluj (ROU) vs KuPS (FIN) / Sūduva (LTU)
Group 2:
Ararat-Armenia (ARM) / Celje (SVN) vs Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Dynamo Brest (BLR) vs Ludogorets (BUL)
Sarajevo (BIH) / Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) vs Riga (LVA) / Celtic (SCO)
Group 3:
Legia (POL) / Drita (KOS) vs Qarabağ (AZE)
Sheriff (MDA) / Dundalk (IRL) vs KÍ (FRO) / Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
Main Path
Group 1
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) / Motherwell (SCO) vs Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / SønderjyskE (DEN)
Rosenborg (NOR) / Alanyaspor (TUR) vs Mura (SVN) / PSV Eindhoven (NED)
St. Gallen (SUI) / AEK Athens (GRE) vs Wolfsburg (GER) / Desna Chernihiv (UKR)
Group 2:
Basel (SUI) vs Anorthosis (CYP) vs CSKA-Sofia (BUL) / B36 (FRO)
Sporting CP (POR) / Aberdeen (SCO) vs LASK (AUT) / Dunajská Streda (SVK)
Charleroi (BEL) / Partizan (SRB) vs Apollon Limassol (CYP) / Lech (POL)
Group 3:
Beşiktaş (TUR) / Rio Ave (POR) vs AC Milan (ITA) / Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
Copenhagen (DEN) / Piast Gliwice (POL) vs Rijeka (CRO) / Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)
Malmö (SWE) / Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO) vs Granada (ESP) / Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO)
Group 4:
Shkëndija (MKD) / Tottenham (ENG) vs Rostov (RUS) / Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
FCSB (ROU) / Slovan Liberec (CZE) vs APOEL (CYP) / Zrinjski (BIH)
Standard Liège (BEL) / Vojvodina (SRB) vs Fehérvár (HUN) / Reims (FRA)
Willem II (NED) / Rangers (SCO) vs Galatasaray (TUR) / Hajduk Split (CRO)
ANY SECOND NOW!
Uefa are counting down to the draw and we’re a matter of seconds away.
NEARLY TIME...
We’re about 15 minutes away from the start of the draw!
MOURINHO ON RELATIONSHIP WITH NDOMBELE
Spurs coach Jose Mourinho hasn’t always enjoyed the smoothest relationship with Tanguy Ndombele, but here’s what the manager had to say after the midfielder’s winning goal against Plovdiv:
Jose Mourinho still has faith in Tanguy Ndombele after Europa League goal
Midfielder scored the winner as Spurs survived a scare against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on Thursday
TOTTENHAM SURVIVE SCARE IN QUALIFIER
Here’s a look at how Tottenham got on against Lokomotiv Plovdiv last night…
Tottenham survive Europa League qualifying scare to beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Premier League side’s opponents had two men sent off in the final moments
WHEN ARE THE TIES?
Ties take place on 1 October, with extra time and a penalty shoot-outs if required. Winners advance to the Europa League group stage.
HOW THE DRAW WILL WORK
“The Uefa administration has formed groups for the draw to avoid clubs without an approved stadium being drawn against each other, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Sides from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. Any further restrictions will be confirmed before the draw.”
SEEDINGS
The teams in the Champions Path who were eliminated in the third qualifying round of the Uefa Champions League are seeded. For the Main Path, clubs were divided equally between seeded and unseeded clubs in accordance with the club coefficient rankings.
MAIN PATH
Group 4
Seeded: 1 Galatasaray (TUR) / Hajduk Split (CRO), 2 Shkëndija (MKD) / Tottenham (ENG), 3 Standard Liège (BEL) / Vojvodina (SRB), 4 APOEL (CYP) / Zrinjski (BIH)
Unseeded: 5 Rostov (RUS) / Maccabi Haifa (ISR), 6 Willem II (NED) / Rangers (SCO), 7 Fehérvár (HUN) / Reims (FRA), 8 FCSB (ROU) / Slovan Liberec (CZE)
MAIN PATH
Group 3
Seeded: 1 Charleroi (BEL) / Partizan (SRB), 2 Wolfsburg (GER) / Desna Chernihiv (UKR), 3 Malmö (SWE) / Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)
Unseeded: 4 Apollon Limassol (CYP) / Lech (POL), 5 Granada (ESP) / Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO), 6 St. Gallen (SUI) / AEK Athens (GRE)
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