Porto (Pot 1) and Braga (Pot 2) already know their possible opponents in the Europa League stage, the draw for which will take place tomorrow at 12:00. Like the Champions League, UEFA’s second tournament will also use a single group format with 36 teams, following the same logic: the first 8 directly qualify for the round of 16, 9th to 24th places compete in a two-legged playoff and from the 25th are eliminated from all European competitions, meaning they do not even qualify for the Conference League.
As in the Champions League, each team in the Europa League will face two teams from each pot, for a total of eight opponents (four at home and four away). They cannot play teams from the same country and can only play a maximum of two teams from the same association.
POT 1
Pomegranate
Manchester United
FC PORTO
Ajax
Glasgow Rangers
Eintracht Frankfurt
Lazio
Tottenham
Slavia Prague
POT 2
Real Sociedad
AZ Alkmaar
SP BRAGA
Olympiakos
Lyon
PAOK
Fenerbahce
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ferencvaros
POT 3
Karabakh
Galatasaray
Bodo
Victoria Plzen
Union Saint-Gilloise
Dynamo Kyiv
Ludogorets
Midtjylland
Malmo
POT 4
Athletic Bilbao
Hoffenheim
Good
Anderlecht
Twente
Besiktas
Steaua Bucharest
Riga FS
Elfsborg