Europa League draw: Liverpool to play Rubin Kazan, Bordeaux and Sion; Tottenham face Monaco; Celtic handed tough group

The draw was made today in Monaco

The Europa League trophy (GETTY IMAGES)

Liverpool, Tottenham and Celtic have discovered their Europa League group stage fate.

Liverpool were handed arguably the kindest group during today's draw in Monaco. Brendan Rodgers side will play Rubin Kazan, Bordeaux and Sion.

Tottenham were unfortunate to be placed in the same group as Monaco, arguably the best team that they could have played from Pot 3. They must also play Anderlecht and Azerbaijan side Qarabag.

However, Celtic were handed easily the toughest group of the three British teams involved in this season's competition. After dropping into the competition after losing their Champions League play-off, they will play Ajax, Fenerbahce and Molde.

FULL DRAW...

GROUP A

Ajax (Netherlands)

Celtic (Scotland)

Fenerbahce (Turkey)

Molde (Norway)

GROUP B

Rubin Kazan (Russia)

Liverpool (England)

Bordeaux (France)

Sion (Switzerland)

GROUP C

Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

PAOK (Greece)

Krasnodar (Russia)

Qabala (Azerbaijan)

GROUP D

Napoli (Italy)

Club Brugge (Belgium)

Legia Warszawa (Poland)

Midtjylland (Denmark)

GROUP E

Villarreal (Spain)

Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic)

Rapid Wien (Austria)

Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)

GROUP F

Marseille (France)

Braga (Portugal)

Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic)

Groningen (Netherlands)

GROUP G

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)

Lazio (Italy)

Saint-Etienne (France)

Rosenborg (Norway)

GROUP H

Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)

Besiktas (Turkey)

Lokomotiv Moskva (Russia)

Skënderbeu (Albania)

GROUP I

Basel (Switzerland)

Fiorentina (Italy)

Lech Poznan (Poland)

Belenenses (Portugal)

GROUP J

Tottenham Hotspur (England)

Anderlecht (Belgium)

Monaco (France)

Qarabag (Azerbaijan)

GROUP K

Schalke (Germany)

APOEL (Cyprus)

Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

Asteras Tripolis (Greece)

GROUP L

Athletic Bilbao (Spain)

AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)

Augsburg (Germany)

Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)