Europa League group stage draw: When do Arsenal, Spurs, Leicester, Celtic and Rangers learn fate?
The Europa League group stage draw will see the big hitters enter the competition following the qualifying stage with Arsenal, Spurs, Leicester, Celtic and Rangers among the 48 clubs.
Teams will be split into four seeded pots based on their European coefficient. Arsenal are the highest ranked team just ahead of Tottenham, while Celtic also squeeze into pot 1. Leicester are in pot 2 and Rangers are in pot 3.
Dangerous potential opponents for Leicester and Rangers include Roma, Napoli, Benfica and Bayer Leverkusen, while Arsenal, Spurs and Celtic could meet opposition like Braga, Gent, Sparta Prague, Real Sociedad and Feyenoord.
No team can play another club from their country in the group stage.
When is the Europa League draw?
The Europa League draw will take place on Friday 2 October in Nyon, Switzerland. It is scheduled to start around 12pm BST.
How to watch?
The Europa League draw can be streamed live online via the Uefa website and on Uefa’s YouTube channel.
The pots
POT 1
Arsenal
Tottenham
Roma
Napoli
Benfica
Leverkusen
Villarreal
CSKA Moskva
Braga
Gent
PSV
Celtic
POT 2
Dinamo Zagreb
Sparta Praha
Slavia Praha
Ludogorets
Young Boys
Crvena zvezda
Rapid Wien
Leicester
Qarabağ
PAOK
Standard Liège
Real Sociedad
POT 3
Granada
Milan
AZ Alkmaar
Feyenoord
AEK
M. Tel-Aviv
Rangers
Molde
Hoffenheim
LASK
H. Beer-Sheva
CFR Cluj
POT 4
Zorya Luhansk
LOSC
Nice
Rijeka
Dundalk
Liberec
Antwerp
Lech
Sivasspor
Wolfsberg
Omonoia
CSKA-Sofia
Match dates
Matchday 1: 22 October
Matchday 2: 29 October
Matchday 3: 5 November
Matchday 4: 26 November
Matchday 5: 3 December
Matchday 6: 10 December.
