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With the Champions League format undergoing major changes this season, the Europa League is also undergoing a makeover for the 2024-25 campaign.
Manchester United and Tottenham will be the Premier League’s representatives in Europe’s second tier competition this season with the competition format undergoing major changes.
The end goal is the same – a major piece of silverware and automatic qualification for next season’s Champions League.
But the road to the final is now rather different.
What is the new Europa League format?
Like the Champions League, the old group stage phase has been done away with. 36 teams will now compete in a league format with each club facing eight different opponents, with four home fixtures and four away fixtures.
Once the dust settles on that packed schedule – each team will play two more games than they did in its previous guise – the top eight progress directly to the round of 16.
Teams that finished ninth to 24th head into knock-out play-offs with the remaining sides eliminated.
The knockout stage of the competition is a little more familiar, comprising of two-legged ties leading up to the final.
When is the Europa League draw?
The Europa League draw takes place on Friday August 30 from Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Proceedings will get underway from 12pm.
How to watch the Europa League draw on TV
The Champions League draw will be available to watch live on TNT Sports 1.
The draw will also be available to stream for free on the TNT Sports YouTube channel, the UEFA website and the BBC Sport website.
Who can Man Utd and Tottenham face in Europa League draw?
United and Tottenham will each be drawn to face two teams from each pot. Clubs from the same nation cannot be drawn together and can only play a maximum of two teams from the same country.
Which teams are in the 2024/25 Europa League? Pots revealed
There is still quite a bit to be resolved tonight before pots are finalised.
Europa League pots so far
Pot 1: Roma, Man Utd, Porto, Rangers, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio, Tottenham
Pot 2: Olympiacos, Lyon
Pot 1 or 2: Real Sociedad, AZ Alkmaar
Pot 3 or 4: Malmo, Athletic Club, Hoffenheim, Nice, Twente, Ludogorets Razgrad or Petrocub, RFS or APOEL, Anderlecht or Dinamo Minsk, Besiktas or Lugano
Europa League play-offs to be decided tonight
A number of Europa League play-off games are still to be decided on Thursday night.
Wednesday's play-off ties
APOEL vs Rigas (1-2 on aggregate)
Elfsborg vs Molde (1-0 on aggregate)
Petrocub vs Ludogorets (0-4 on aggregate)
Ajax vs Jagiellonia Białystok (4-1 on aggregate)
Anderlecht vs Dinao Minsk (1-0 on aggregate)
Besiktas vs Lugano (3-3 on aggregate)
FCSB vs LASK (1-1 on aggregate)
Hearts vs Viktoria Plzen (0-1 on aggregate)
Borac Banja Luka vs Ferencvaros (0-0 on aggregate)
Rapid Vienna vs Braga (1-2 on aggregate)
Shamrock Rovers vs PAOK (0-4 on aggregate)
TSC vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (0-3 on aggregate)
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