Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know

When is it? 

The draw happens at UEFA central command in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday 16 December. The live stream will start here at 13:00 CET.

Who is included? 

The draw includes the 12 gathering victors and 12 sprinters up, in addition to eight groups moving from the UEFA Champions League subsequent to completing third in their areas.

Seeded

Ajax (NED)*

Arsenal (ENG)

Basel (SUI)

Benfica (POR)*

Braga (POR)

Celtic (SCO)

Espanyol (ESP)

Gent (BEL)

Internazionale Milano (ITA)*

Istanbul Başakşehir (TUR)

LASK (AUT)

Malmö (SWE)

Manchester United (ENG)

Porto (POR)

Salzburg (AUT)*

Sevilla (ESP)

Unseeded

APOEL (CYP)

AZ Alkmaar (NED)

Bayer Leverkusen (GER)*

CFR Cluj (ROU)

Club Brugge (BEL)*

Copenhagen (DEN)

Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)

Getafe (ESP)

Ludogorets (BUL)

Olympiacos (GRE)*

Rangers (SCO)

Roma (ITA)

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)*

Sporting CP (POR)

Wolfsburg (GER)

Wolves (ENG)

*transferring from UEFA Champions League

How was seeding decided? 

The clubs are part into two pots, with the 12 gathering victors and the four best third-positioned groups in the UEFA Champions League bunch organize all seeded.

How does the draw work? 

The seeded groups play at home in the subsequent legs.

No group can play a club from their UEFA Europa League gathering or a side from a similar national affiliation.

Further confinements will be affirmed before the draw.

When do ties occur? 

The main legs are planned for Thursday 20 February, with the second legs on 27 February. Commencement times are part between 18:55 CET and 21:00 CET, as they were in the gathering stage. The round of 16 draw is on 28 February.