THE Europa League playoff draw takes place TODAY.
There will be a different approach to the Europa League draw this season, with the teams who have dropped out of the Champions League – such as Barcelona – going into today’s draw.
The Champions League dropouts will be unseeded in the playoff draw today with the Europa League second-placed sides seeded.
Europa League group winners will not feature in today’s draw and have received a bye to the Last 16.
FULL CONFERENCE LEAGUE DRAW
- Marseille vs Qarabag
- PSV Eindhoven vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Fenerbahce vs Slavia Prague
- Midtjylland vs PAOK
- Leicester vs Randers
- Celtic vs Bodo/Glimt
- Sparta Prague vs Partizan Belgrade
- Rapid Vienna vs Tottenham/Vitesse
First leg – February 17
Second leg – February 24
.Credit: Getty RAPID VIENNA VS TOTTENHAM/VITESSE
And finally…
SPARTA PRAGUE VS PARTIZAN BELGRADE
After a short delay for more technical problems in Nyon. We have the next tie.
CELTIC VS BODO/GLIMT
A good draw for the Scottish side.
LEICESTER VS RANDERS
I think they’ll be happy with that at the King Power Stadium.
MIDTJYLLAND VS PAOK
FENERBAHCE VS SLAVIA PRAGUE
PSV EINDHOVEN VS MACCABI TEL AVIV
MARSEILLE VS QARABAG
The first tie out.
LET’S GO
OK. The road to Tirana continues right here.
We’re ready to go.
MOVING ON UP
The eight Europa Conference League group winners will skip this round and go straight to the last 16. They are:
LASK, Gent, Roma, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord, Copenhagen, Basel… and one other to be confirmed.
DRAW TIME
OK, let’s tie up the loose ends here.
Seven of the eight seeded teams are confirmed for this Europa Conference League draw.
Seeded teams: Bodo/Glimt, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, PAOK, Partizan Belgrade, Qarabag, Randers, Slavia Prague… plus one more.
Unseeded teams: Celtic, Fenerbahce, Leicester, Marseille, Midtjylland, PSV Eindhoven, Rapid Vienna, Sparta Prague.
BREAKING NEWS
The Champions League draw will be redone at 2pm today after the farce of this morning.
PART THREE
Right then, one more draw today coming up shortly.
It’s the Europa Conference League playoff round.
We still don’t know what combination of Tottenham/Vitesse/Rennes will be in the hat after the Covid postponement last week.
Twenty four teams are still left in this competition.
The eight group winners have a bye at this stage and will join the tournament in the last 16.
In this round we will have the eight group runners-up as well as the eight third—placed teams from the Europa League groups.
DON’T GO ANYWHERE
The Europa Conference League draw is coming up.
If you thought the Champions League draw was a bit of a mess this morning, we don’t even know the full list of teams in this one.
.Credit: Getty
TIE OF THE ROUND
It has to be Barcelona vs Napoli, but Dortmund vs Rangers will be a tasty one as well.
Quite like the looks of Porto vs Lazio as well.
Ties to be played in February.
FULL EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF DRAW
- Sevilla vs Dinamo Zagreb
- Atalanta vs Olympiakos
- Leipzig vs Real Sociedad
- Barcelona vs Napoli
- Zenit vs Real Betis
- Dortmund vs Rangers
- Sheriff Tiraspor vs Braga
- Porto vs Lazio
First leg – February 17
Second leg – February 24
PORTO VS LAZIO
And a lovely big tie to finish off.
SHERIFF TIRASPOL VS BRAGA
DORTMUND VS RANGERS
They’re licking their lips in Glasgow.
Erling Haaland is off to Ibrox. Just for one night, that’s not a transfer rumour.
ZENIT VS REAL BETIS
BARCELONA VS NAPOLI
That’s a biggy. What a tie!
LEIPZIG VS REAL SOCIEDAD
ATALANTA VS OLYMPIAKOS
SEVILLA VS DINAMO ZAGREB
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
