Who Tottenham and Man Utd can face in Europa League draw as 12 remaining places to be decided

Tottenham fans won't have to wait too much longer to discover the team's Europa League opponents in the 2024/25 campaign. Following a year out of European competition after finishing eighth in the 2022/23 season, Ange Postecoglou guided the Lilywhites back into Europe in May after securing a fifth-place finish.

The Europa League will have a rather different look about it this season with all three of UEFA's club competitions operating with a new format. Rather than the traditional group phase of the competition comprising of 32 teams, 36 clubs will instead take part in a league format and play eight games in total before the knockout round begins in 2025.

As ever, clubs will be split into four different pots for Friday's draw at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, with teams then drawn against two teams from each pot to determine the eight fixtures. In the league phase teams cannot face opponents from their own country and can be drawn against a maximum of two sides from the same nation.

With the Champions League draw in the schedule for Thursday, August 29, the draws for both the Europa League (12pm BST) and Europa Conference League (1.30pm BST) take place the following day. UEFA have already announced that the pots for the league phase draw will be confirmed at 7:30am (BST) on the day of the draw.

So who exactly could Tottenham be paired against in the Europa League league phase? Tuesday evening saw three further teams confirmed for the draw after exiting the Champions League play-off round.

Galatasaray, Malmo and Dynamo Kyiv will now play in the Europa League after failing to qualify for UEFA's premier competition. Qarabag, Midtjylland, Bodo/Glimt and Slavia Prague also join them after losing their respective Champions League play-off ties on Wednesday evening.

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A further 12 teams will be confirmed on Thursday as the Europa League play-off round reaches its conclusion. Teams such as Ajax, Ludogorets Razgrad, Maccabi Tel Aviv and PAOK all look on course to join Tottenham in the league phase after recording healthy wins in the first leg of their play-off ties.

Here we take a look at the teams who have already qualified for the Europa League and the teams who could be set to secure their place.

Teams already qualified

Tottenham, Manchester United, Olympiacos, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hoffenheim, Roma, Lazio, Nice, Lyon, AZ, Porto, Galatasaray, Malmo, Dynamo Kyiv, Twente, Union Saint-Gilloise, Rangers, Fenerbahce, Qarabag, Midtjylland, Bodo/Glimt, Slavia Prague.

Teams to qualify from Europa League play-offs

Anderlecht (1) vs (0) Dinamo Minsk

Ajax (4) vs (1) Jagiellonia Bialystok

Petrocub Hincesti (0) vs (4) Ludogorets Razgrad

Besiktas (3) vs (3) Lugano

FCSB (1) vs (1) LASK

APOEL (1) vs (2) RFS

TSC (0) vs (3) Maccabi Tel Aviv

Shamrock Rovers (0) vs (4) PAOK

Borac Banja Luka (0) vs (0) Ferencvaros

Elfsborg (1) vs (0) Molde

Rapid Wien (1) vs (2) Braga

Hearts (0) vs (1) Viktoria Plzen

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