Europa League play-off draw LIVE: Tottenham, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Motherwell discover fate

Re-live the draw as British clubs found out who they need to beat to enter the Europa League group stage

The Europa League trophy (Getty Images)

The Europa League play-off draw took place on Friday as Tottenham, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Motherwell discovered their fates. 

All five clubs still need to get through the next round before reaching the play-offs, and all were part of the complicated play-off draw, which was made even more complex by Uefa’s ruling that only certain stadiums can be used, meaning clubs without a certified stadium cannot play each other.

Celtic are in the ‘champions path’ while Spurs and the other Scottish clubs are in with the muggles or ‘main path’. 

Here’s the draw in its entirety:

Champions Path

Group 1:

Young Boys (SUI) vs Tirana (ALB)

GNK Dinamo (CRO) vs Floriana (MLT) / Flora Tallinn (EST)

Djurgården (SWE) / CFR Cluj (ROU) vs KuPS (FIN) / Sūduva (LTU)

Group 2:

Ararat-Armenia (ARM) / Celje (SVN) vs Crvena zvezda (SRB)

Dynamo Brest (BLR) vs Ludogorets (BUL)

Sarajevo (BIH) / Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) vs Riga (LVA) / Celtic (SCO)

Group 3:

Legia (POL) / Drita (KOS) vs Qarabağ (AZE)

Sheriff (MDA) / Dundalk (IRL) vs KÍ (FRO) / Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Main Path

Group 1

Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) / Motherwell (SCO) vs Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / SønderjyskE (DEN)

Rosenborg (NOR) / Alanyaspor (TUR) vs Mura (SVN) / PSV Eindhoven (NED)

St. Gallen (SUI) / AEK Athens (GRE) vs Wolfsburg (GER) / Desna Chernihiv (UKR)

Group 2:

Basel (SUI) vs Anorthosis (CYP) vs CSKA-Sofia (BUL) / B36 (FRO)

Sporting CP (POR) / Aberdeen (SCO) vs LASK (AUT) / Dunajská Streda (SVK)

Charleroi (BEL) / Partizan (SRB) vs Apollon Limassol (CYP) / Lech (POL)

Group 3:

Beşiktaş (TUR) / Rio Ave (POR) vs AC Milan (ITA) / Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Copenhagen (DEN) / Piast Gliwice (POL) vs Rijeka (CRO) / Kolos Kovalivka (UKR)

Malmö (SWE) / Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO) vs Granada (ESP) / Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO)

Group 4:

Shkëndija (MKD) / Tottenham (ENG) vs Rostov (RUS) / Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

FCSB (ROU) / Slovan Liberec (CZE) vs APOEL (CYP) / Zrinjski (BIH)

Standard Liège (BEL) / Vojvodina (SRB) vs Fehérvár (HUN) / Reims (FRA)

Willem II (NED) / Rangers (SCO) vs Galatasaray (TUR) / Hajduk Split (CRO)

Key points

• Celtic are in ‘champions path’
• Spurs and other Scottish clubs in ‘main path’
• No two teams without approved grounds can play each other

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WE’RE UNDERWAY!

Here we go…

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ANY SECOND NOW!

Uefa are counting down to the draw and we’re a matter of seconds away.

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NEARLY TIME...

We’re about 15 minutes away from the start of the draw!

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MOURINHO ON RELATIONSHIP WITH NDOMBELE

Spurs coach Jose Mourinho hasn’t always enjoyed the smoothest relationship with Tanguy Ndombele, but here’s what the manager had to say after the midfielder’s winning goal against Plovdiv:

[18 September 2020 12:14 · Alex Pattle]

TOTTENHAM SURVIVE SCARE IN QUALIFIER

Here’s a look at how Tottenham got on against Lokomotiv Plovdiv last night…

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WHEN ARE THE TIES?

Ties take place on 1 October, with extra time and a penalty shoot-outs if required. Winners advance to the Europa League group stage.

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HOW THE DRAW WILL WORK

“The Uefa administration has formed groups for the draw to avoid clubs without an approved stadium being drawn against each other, in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Sides from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. Any further restrictions will be confirmed before the draw.”

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SEEDINGS

The teams in the Champions Path who were eliminated in the third qualifying round of the Uefa Champions League are seeded. For the Main Path, clubs were divided equally between seeded and unseeded clubs in accordance with the club coefficient rankings.

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MAIN PATH

Group 4

Seeded: 1 Galatasaray (TUR)  / Hajduk Split (CRO), 2 Shkëndija (MKD) / Tottenham (ENG), 3 Standard Liège (BEL) / Vojvodina (SRB), 4 APOEL (CYP) / Zrinjski (BIH)  

Unseeded: 5 Rostov (RUS) / Maccabi Haifa (ISR), 6 Willem II (NED)  / Rangers (SCO), 7 Fehérvár (HUN) / Reims (FRA), 8 FCSB (ROU) / Slovan Liberec (CZE)

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MAIN PATH

Group 3

Seeded: 1 Charleroi (BEL)  / Partizan (SRB), 2 Wolfsburg (GER) / Desna Chernihiv (UKR), 3 Malmö (SWE) / Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)

Unseeded: 4 Apollon Limassol (CYP)  / Lech (POL), 5 Granada (ESP) / Locomotive Tbilisi (GEO), 6 St. Gallen (SUI) / AEK Athens (GRE)