All you need to know: #UEL play-off draw
Thursday 3 August 2017
Forty-four clubs will be involved in the UEFA Europa League play-off draw, which takes place on Friday in Nyon and is streamed live on UEFA.com from 13:00CET.
When and where is the draw?
The draw begins at 13:00CET on Friday 4 August. It will take place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon and will be streamed live here on UEFA.com.
Who is involved in the draw?
Zenit (RUS) 87.106
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 67.526*
Ajax (NED) 67.212*
Athletic Club (ESP) 60.999
Fenerbahçe (TUR) 51.840
AC Milan (ITA) 47.666
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 40.635*
Salzburg (AUT) 40.570*
Club Brugge (BEL) 39.480*
PAOK (GRE) 35.080
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 34.175*
Krasnodar (RUS) 32.106
BATE Borisov (BLR) 29.475*
Everton (ENG) 29.192
Legia Warszawa (POL) 28.450*
Marseille (FRA) 28.333
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 26.050
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 23.375
Austria Wien (AUT) 17.070
Midtjylland (DEN) 16.300
Partizan (SRB) 16.075*
Panathinaikos (GRE) 15.080
Marítimo (POR) 14.866
Rosenborg (NOR) 12.665*
Hajduk Split (CRO) 11.550
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) 11.150*
Apollon Limassol (CYP) 10.710
Oleksandriya (UKR) 9.526
Videoton (HUN) 8.650
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 7.325
Skënderbeu (ALB) 6.825
Utrecht (NED) 6.712
AEK Athens (GRE) 6.580*
Altach (AUT) 6.570
AEK Larnaca (CYP) 6.210
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) 6.175*
Vitorul (ROU) 5.870*
Osijek (CRO) 5.550
Vardar (MKD) 5.125*
Domžale (SVN) 4.125
Östersund (SWE) 3.945
Shkëndija (MKD) 3.375
Sūduva (LTU) 1.825
*Transferring from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
How will the draw work?
Clubs are seeded according to their coefficient and are split into groups. All the clubs within each group are ordered randomly and identified by a number.
For each group of clubs, two bowls will be prepared, one containing balls with slips of paper numbered for the seeded teams and the other containing balls with slips of paper for the unseeded teams.
A ball will be taken from each bowl and placed into an empty third bowl in the middle, where they will be shuffled. One of the two balls is drawn at random, then opened to display the number it contains, denoting the side playing at home in the first leg.
The second ball is drawn to complete the pairing. This procedure then applies throughout. The same procedure is carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the pairings.
When are the ties?
The ties are played on 17 and 24 August.
What comes next?
The 22 winners go into the group stage draw in Monaco at 13:00CET on Friday 25 August, along with 16 automatic entrants and the ten teams defeated in the UEFA Champions League play-offs.