Europa League draw LIVE: Man Utd, Tottenham, Rangers learn fixtures plus Chelsea in Conference League
Rangers will play both Manchester United and Tottenham, as Jose Mourinho faces one of his former teams with new club Fenerbahce
The draws for the Europa League and Conference League took 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 and the Blues will play Gent from Belgium, Heidenheim from Germany, Astana from Kazakhstan, Shamrock Rovers from Ireland, Panathinaikos from Greece, and Noah from Armenia.
They are joined by Hearts from Scotland, The New Saints from Wales and Larne from Northern Ireland, who found out their fixtures during the draw.
Follow all the latest updates from the Europa League and Uefa Conference League draws, below
How will the Europa League draw work?
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?
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
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.
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