Europa League draw as it happened: Tottenham face 5,800-mile round trip to Azerbaijan

Top draw: Spurs will avoid the big guns in the group stages
Getty Images
Sam Long28 August 2015

Welcome to Standard Sport's live coverage of the Europa League draw as Tottenham and Liverpool learn their fate ahead of the start of continental competition in September.

Spurs go straight into pot one and will avoid the big guns in the group stages. Mauricio Pochettino's side boast one of the highest Uefa coefficient rankings in the Europa League after qualifying through the groups in each of the last three seasons.

Liverpool, however, face the prospect of a group stage match-up with Schalke, Napoli or 2013 Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund as they will be in pot two for Friday's draw. The Reds will avoid Tottenham as the rules dictate that no side can be draw against another from their own association.

Follow regular updates from Monaco in our live blog below

Pot one

Schalke (GER), Borussia Dortmund (GER), FC Basel (SUI), Napoli (ITA), Tottenham (ENG), Ajax (NED), Villarreal (ESP), Rubin Kazan (RUS), Athletic Club (ESP), Sporting CP (POR), Marseille (FRA), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)

Pot two

Braga (POR), Fiorentina (ITA), Lazio (ITA), Anderlecht (BEL), Liverpool (ENG), AZ Alkmaar (NED), Viktoria Plzeň (CZE), Club Brugge (BEL), PAOK (GRE), Celtic (SCO), Beşiktaş (TUR), APOEL (CYP)

Pot three

Monaco (FRA), Sparta Praha (CZE), Fenerbahçe (TUR), Legia Warszawa (POL), Bordeaux (FRA), Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS), Lech Poznań (POL), Saint-Étienne (FRA), Slovan Liberec (CZE), Augsburg (GER), Rapid Wien (AUT), Krasnodar (RUS)

Pot four

Partizan (SRB), Asteras Tripolis (GRE), Belenenses (POR), Rosenborg (NOR), Qarabağ (AZE), Molde (NOR), Dinamo Minsk (BLR), Groningen (NED), Sion (SUI), Midtjylland (DEN), Skënderbeu (ALB), Qäbälä (AZE)

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT