Liverpool Champions League draw: Who Jurgen Klopp's men could face in the play-off round

The Reds will avoid the likes of Sevilla, Napoli and Ajax but could still face a tough task in order to qualify for the Champions League proper

Liverpool have been playing in the Premier League Asia Trophy as part of their preparations for next season (AFP/Getty Images)

Liverpool will find out the team they must beat to qualify for next season's Champions League during a draw at Uefa's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 4 August.

Jurgen Klopp's men finished in the Premier League's top four for the first time in four seasons and for only the second time in eight years last term.

The Reds now face a two-legged tie against one of 10 possible opponents in a play-off round in order to make it into the group stage of Europe's premier club competition.

They are one of five clubs who have already qualified for the final play-off round - in the 'League' side of the draw - alongside Sevilla, Napoli, Sporting and Hoffenheim.

They will be joined by five more sides who win their tie in the 3rd qualifying round which begins next week.

Of the 10 teams in this side of the draw, five (including Liverpool) will be seeded (owing to their higher Uefa coefficient points) and will play against one of five unseeded sides.

Liverpool, Sevilla and Napoli are guaranteed to be seeded and will be joined by two of Dinamo Kiev, Ajax, Viktoria Plzen and CSKA Moscow depending on who wins their 3rd round ties.

Sporting and Hoffenheim will definitely be in the unseeded side of the draw alongside three of Viktoria Plzen, CSKA Moscow, Nice, Club Brugge, Istanbul Basaksehir, Young Boys, AEK Athens and Steau Bucharest.

That means Liverpool's opponents will be drawn from that group of 10:

Liverpool's possible opponents:

• Sporting - Portugal
• Hoffenheim - Germany
• Viktoria Plzen - Czech Republic
• CSKA Moscow - Russia
• Nice - France
• Club Brugge - Belgium
• Istanbul Basaksehir - Turkey
• Young Boys - Switzerland
• AEK Athens - Greece
• Steau Bucharest - Romania

If Dinamo Kiev and Ajax win their ties then they will definitely be seeded. If one of those sides loses then Viktoria Plzen will take their place and CSKA Moscow will take the fifth seeded spot if both of them lose.

The other side of the Champions League play-off draw - the 'Champions' route - is comprised of another 10 teams who won their domestic leagues - including the likes of Scotland's Celtic and Austria's RB Salzburg.

Play-off round ties will be played on 15/16 August and 22/23 August.

The 10 victorious sides from the play-off round will join 22 other sides in the Champions League group stage.