Europa League draw LIVE: AC Milan and Roma discover fates for play-off round
The Champions League third-place finishers take on the Europa League group stage runners-up in a play-off clash to see which teams will reach the last 16
The draw for the Europa League play-off round takes place today as the teams who finished second in their groups will take on the clubs dropping down from the Champions League for a spot in the last-16.
There are eight play-offs and the Champions League clubs falling down into the Europa League play-offs include big names like Galatasaray, Benfica and Feyenoord. They will be pitched up against the likes of Sporting, Marseille and Roma.
The Europa League play-off draw decides which club plays which, and the eight winners of those matches will progress to the last-16 draw, where they will join the eight Europa League group winners in the latter knockout stages.
Follow all the updates from the draw below and get the latest betting offers right here:
Europa League play-off round draw
The first team out of the pot is Feyenoord...
... they are playing Roma!
Europa League play-off round draw
The former Champions League clubs will be drawn out of the pots first with the Europa League clubs playing their home legs second.
Again, clubs from the same domestic leagues cannot play each other.
Europa League play-off round draw
Two-time Europa League winner, Julien Escude, is the man who will be drawing the teams out of the pots. The Frenchman won the competition twice with Sevilla in consecutive seasons.
Europa League play-off round draw
Here’s a reminder of the teams in the draw:
Seeded teams Freiburg (GER) Marseille (FRA) Qarabağ (AZE) Rennes (FRA) Roma (ITA) Sparta Praha (CZE) Sporting CP (POR) Toulouse (FRA)
Unseeded teams Benfica (POR) Braga (POR) Feyenoord (NED) Galatasaray (TUR) Lens (FRA) Milan (ITA) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) Young Boys (SUI)
Europa League play-off round draw
Now it’s time for the Europa League play-off round draw. We’re back in Nyon for this one and are awaiting the arrival of Giorgio Marchetti again.
The 16 teams in this draw are being introduced before the Uefa Deputy Secretary General comes onto the stage.
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When will the Europa League last-16 play-off ties be played?
The fixtures will take place across two legs on 15 and 22 February 2024. The draw for the round-of-16 knockout stage will take place the day after the play-off second legs, on 23 February.
Which clubs will be in the play-off draw?
The following teams finished second in their Europa League group:
Freiburg
Marseille
Sparta Prague
Sporting
Toulouse
Rennes
Roma
Qarabag FK
Which clubs will be in the play-off draw?
The following teams finished third in their Champions League group:
Galatasaray
Lens
Braga
Benfica
Feyenoord
Milan
Young Boys
Shakhtar Donetsk
When is the Europa League play-off draw?
The draw will take place on Monday 18 December in Nyon, Switzerland, with the start time set for noon, GMT.
The Europa League play-off draw will be streamed live on Uefa’s YouTube channel.
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