2024/25 #UEL League Phase Draw

[Music] oh [Music] [Music] hello and welcome to the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco for the UEFA Europa League draw today we are joined by representatives from the clubs that have qualified and a warm welcome one and all yes a warm welcome from all of us it will not be long before we find out who is playing who in this season's competition which like the UFA champions league and the UFA conference League takes a big leap forward this year with a brand new League phase replacing the current group stage we will of course explain as we go but before we do let's take a look back at the story of Le year's competition and a reminder how Atalanta made history winning their first ever European trophy [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] never given up on you you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you out of contr talk expain a thing of Wonder to seal the deal for West Ham United [Applause] [Applause] on [Applause] [Music] lman lman dribling lman [Applause] an extraordinary night hard to put into words the effort from everybody we showed the winning Spirit tonight it's a fantastic feeling being able to take this this beautiful trophy back to Burg with us yeah certainly is a beautiful Trophy and here with it is a UEFA Cup winner with IFK gothamberg and an Atlanta Legend he made 273 appearances for the club guiding them back to Sia and captaining them for four years until his retirement in 1992 he is also a former Swedish International who made more than 50 appearances for his country please welcome everyone the Atlanta Club Legend and a cult hero Glenn Stromberg [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey Glen hi there lovely to see you as always still got a fine head of hair young man a little bit less but still looks good to me um obviously you're an Atlanta stalwart Legend player uh of yester year and I'm sure still a a fan what was that night with lman and and everything against lever like for you in Dublin ah it was uh something really really special I couldn't thought that that ATA could do a thing like that thinking about my years when we played there uh we were a little bit the best small team in Italy during that time but I never thought that we could come to this level and uh we were so glad and not just the the team uh the staff the manager world but the whole bam of they've been waiting for it so long to try to win something and now they win something in Europe also there was so big for all of the people in bam went around so we were crying everyone that night yeah and it it was just it was the style and the manner in which they did it as well it was a really incredible victory yeah and I think it started already in the quarterfinal because as you know I've been doing commentator Premier League for more than 10 years 12 years or something like that 15 years and to go to Liverpool and win that game that you know you've seen Liverpool so many times playing so good football being so good at home at anfield and they're coming there not just winning they're playing in that way with risk but they did it in their way and that I think it was the most proud thing for everyone in bergam that they played in Atlanta way wonderful and you know what the excitement continues because they're now in the Champions League and if you saw the draw yesterday is Real Madrid Barcelona Arsenal as well I mean Atlanta fans have been in Dreamland all of last season it's going to continue how excited are you about that Real Madrid and Barcelona need to watch out like it and gasparin we trust okay thank you very much uh for joining us Glenn you will help us with today's UFA Europa League draw the final of which of course will be held in Spain at the home of atletic bbow the San mamees Stadium it was the venue of last season's women's UEFA Champions League final you'll recall and it's a ground this year's UFA final Ambassador knows all too well yes he does indeed he is one of b b's greatest ever players scoring more than 170 goals for the club in three different spells with Los Leones and he has quite the record in this competition as well leading the scoring charts in the UEFA Europa League on two separate occasions [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] please welcome on UA final Ambassador for this year's UA Europa League arit [Music] ad lovely to see you I want to ask AR about his best moment for [Music] yeah uh basically I mean it's difficult to pick in those three spells in one Club he loved playing they Lov playing in the Europa League as well but the most special moment was winning the Super cup against Barcelona that great Barcelona side as well in 2015 as well when you'd gone 31 years without winning a trophy with Los Leones which is incredible and an opportunity now for the town the city of bbau for the stadium of Sam you won't be surprised to know that he's pretty pleased is going to host the final and it'll be an opportunity to everybody to fall in love again I'm sure with bilau and there it's more than a stadium it's a place to go and worship for those that love athletic lovely to have you with us at for today's draw thank you now as we mentioned earlier the UA Europa League format is changing this season in line with fellow competitions if you saw the draw for the UA Champions League you'll know what the changes are and the benefits they will bring more highquality matches from the outset more competitive balance between the sides more riding on every single game it will be a season like no other to tell us more about it please welcome to the stage the way for Deputy General Secretary Georgia maretti [Applause] [Music] good afternoon ladies and gentlemen welcome to Monaco and uh we lift the curtain on the 2425 UEFA Europa League season an occasion that marks not just a usual kickoff but a new era in this competition's history throughout it's many iterations since 1971 however the essence has remained unchanged the tournament is a theater of the unexpected where the impossible becomes reality on the grandest of stages for all clubs who earn it in their domestic competitions today we launch its latest Evolution the 36 Team league phase where every single goal scored or Miss carries the weight of Destiny Victory or defeat Glory or heartbreak will hinge on the smallest of moments on pitches across Europe the stakes for sure have never been higher and this is exactly what the new format was created to do make a more Dynamic and unpredictable competition from the very first whistle so we wish the 36 clubs representing 22 National associations the very best of luck but before we unveil their Journey let's just take a moment to review the technical procedure for today's brand new draw the 36 teams that have qualified for the league phase are divided into four pots pot One features the top nine highest ranked qualified teams in the UEFA Club coefficient ranking pot two comprises the next nine qualified teams in the ranking and so on for pots three and four the draw will determine the eight opponents for each team that they will face during the new league phase to assign these teams opponents a computer software will be triggered to select at random two eligible teams from each pot it will take into account the following conditions before selecting the opponents teams from the same National Association cannot be drawn against each other teams can face a maximum of two opponents from any one other National Association starting with pot one a ball is manually drawn at random and opened to display the team at which point an automated software randomly draws eight opponents for this team two from each pot including for each opponent whether they are played at home or away the software randomly draws opponents from each pot from amongst all the valid options while ensuring that the draw can be continued until the end once a valid allocation has been drawn by the software the opponents and which matches are played at home or away will be revealed the process is repeated until all nine teams from pot one have been drawn and assigned their eight opponents any opponent that has already been drawn does not need to be revealed and will be displayed directly in the opponent's overview once all nine pot one teams have been drawn pot two will follow with a ball again manually drawn at random as all opponents of pot one have been designated the software moves immediately to draw two opponents at random from each of pots two to four again allocating which matches are played at home and which are played away pot three and pot four will be completed as per the same procedure as previous pots with only a components from the relevant remaining pots to be drawn each time it is important to note that the display of ties is shown for the Home and Away ties by pot and does not represent the order of the matches of each team the match calendar with the dates and kickoff times of the matches will be released on Saturday okay that's the technical procedure which means we are ready to begin the draw for this season's UFA Europa league for pots one and two it'll be Glenn who will be drawing the teams aritz will be pressing that all important button which reveals their opponents which the computer has allocated automatically first up then pot one funnily enough which contains teams with fantastic footballing Heritage as Roma Manchester United FC Porto IFC Ajax Rangers FC irra Frankfurt SS ltio Tottenham Hotspur and SK slavia praa so gentlemen the three wise men my right Shall We Begin georgo thank you of course we have to begin that's what everybody wants I just shuffled the balls and now thanks to Glenn's kind assistance we can kick off the throw of the new UFA Europa League and the first team drone is Rangers rangers FC first team drone from Glasgow twice finalist in 2008 and quite recently in 2022 so obviously Rangers is the first Club drone and they will be allocated to 10 different sorry eight different opponents thanks to uh arit now pressing the button thank you thank you very much arise this is who Rangers will be playing what a lineup hey pot one they are at home to Tottenham Hotspur away at ult Trafford against Manchester United really really tasty opposition from pot one from pot two they will host Olympic Leon and travel to meet the uh conference League holders Olympiacos from pot three they're at home to Union San gilois and they travel to Sweden to take on Malmo and from pot 4 it is fscb csb I should say and they are at away I should say just down the road from here in pot four against ogc n yes exciting British der how can we start better let's go ahead who comes after Rangers Here We Go Roma is Roma so is Roma Danel de Ro's boys two times finalist as well like Rangers 302 goals scored in this competition just behind sporting and T and PSB so uh we can go also with Roma uh we want to allocate to draw eight opponents to Roma press the button excellent button pushing thank you arit and here we go with Roma eight ties from pot one they are at home to irra Frankfurt and they'll travel to Spurs from pot two they host Braga and travel to AED Almar in the Netherlands from partt three a home TI against din Mo and a trip to sanis and from partt four they are at home against Athletic Club and they'll travel to Sweden to take on elburg those the eight for D rosi's team of course Tom with athletic they hope to visit athletic uh later maybe May let's see what comes now the third Club to be thrown inra Frankfurt inra Frankfurt the winners of uh 202 22 and also the 1980 so with ICT frankt what we know about them that they will play Roma away and other seven opponents Aris press the button Aris thank you the remaining seven opponents then for INR Frankfurt from pot one they will host slavia Braha from pot two they're at home to fench Vos and they travel to Olympic Leon uh from pot 3 they're at home to Victoria pilson and away in Denmark against meland and from pot 4 it is RFS and they have a trip to Turkey to take on Bish Tas yes and that was inra Frankfurt we can go ahead another B Drone here we go FC Porto FC Porto Porto is twice winners 2003 and 2011 Cup winners in Portugal last season Port West no the opponents the Ona so we will draw now eight and reveal them here come all eight opponents in for VOR Bruno side they are at home to Manchester United they travel to the Italian Capital to take on Marco Baron latio in Port two they have olympos and maab Tel Aviv home and away in Port three it's Mand of Denmark and bod glimp uh in Norway and then from pot four they're home to the Germans side hoffenheim and they travel to Belgium to take on Andel good there so we can proceed after PTO ready again slavia praga so we move to SK slavia praa now the semi-finalist of 199 96 of slavia so far they have been thrown against Frankfurt away so we can reveal now seven more opponents yeah the seven opponents then for slah slavia praa from pot one it is a home tie against Ajax from pot two ferna Bache and pook home and away from pot three they will host Malmo and travel to Bulgaria to take on Ludo gitz and from pot four they're at home to Andel and they travel to S mes to take on athletic bbow perfect that's the Journey of slavia praga in the league phase we're ready for another draw Manchester United now the Red Devils of Manchester United winners in 2017 the most recent English winner of the this competition so we're ready they will play against Rangers and Porto in port number one but please six more opponents for Man United it's already pretty tasty for ten ha's team and here's how it shapes up Beyond pot one in pot two they're at home to p and they travel to Fen aach a journey they've made in the past they're at home to B glimp of Norway they're in the uh in Czech they onone Pilsen at home to the Netherlands side of twente and fcsb is a trip to Bucharest in Romania good we know everything about Manchester United for the league phase of this season We Ready three more left Tottenham Hotspur so again in England with Tottenham hot Spurs the Spurs they the club who won the inaugural edition of this uh trophy in 1971 72 for them why we have far Roma and Rangers and arit please arit thank you very much so we know their opponents from partt one from partt two they will host AED alar the Dutch side they will travel to Hungary to take on fank varos from pot three they're at home to cabag and Away in Turkey to Galatasaray and from pot four it is elsborg at home and hoffenheim away yes two more Glen please you can thow one of the two Lazio Lazio we have Lazio now the club which has played the most times in of the any other Italian clubs in this competition we're ready for Lazio only Porto has been thrown against them we can uh proceed let's fill it up for last after Porto they'll take on Ax that's a road trip they're at home to ra sad they are in Portugal to take on Braga it's a home tie at the olympico against lud of Bulgaria they are away to din Mo at home to the French side n and they travel to 20 just a reminder these are fixtures not necessarily a calendar that will be arranged by tomorrow georgo yes of course the calendar will be published on Saturday yes so we have a lineup here of uh teams for all the 36 Ajax and finally obviously it is AFC Ajax winners of 1992 three 13 times in the competition more than any other club and for Lazio sorry for Ajax we have drown Lazio and slavia pra okay so the journey for aax is now complete pot one was already set from pot two they will host makabi Tel Aviv and travel to real s your dad from pot 3 they are at home to Galatasaray and way to carag and from pot 4 it is another Turkish side bikas at home and RFS so we did promise big games didn't we from this new league phase we've certainly delivered because the first teams have been drawn and we do already have some fantastic matchups with Manchester United taking on Rangers Roma playing Frankfurt and Lazio against Porto as well well Matt not bad not bad a good start I think it's fair to say let's move on to partt two where nine more teams are about to find out what and who they have to look forward to in this year's competition the likes of RA soad azed Almar ESS Braga olympos Olympic Leon P FC fibach makab T Aviv and ference varos Geor we're ready we can go Glen you can Shuffle well these nine balls and the league phase has taking more shape with all these nine clubs receiving their eight opponents all of them know already the on of part one maab t Aviv so maab Tel Aviv maab T Aviv the champions in their country they are been thrown in Port one against the Porto and Ajax and arit you can you press the button now to throw six more opponents okay and this is the picture for makabi Tel Aviv then from partt two they host real soad and their away in Portugal against Braga from pot 3 at home to meland and they travel to take on Bodo glimp and completing the picture for them from pot for RFS and bikas at away I should say this is it that was maab T Aviv and obviously we can continue now fet bash now fener bach fener bach Istanbul of course semi-finalist in 2013 the last Turkish Club to reach this stage of the competition fenerbache received as opponents in po one man united and slavia pra AR can we go ahead let's throw six so a certain Joseph Marine are already making plans for the visit of as one of his former teams he can look forward to the visit of Olympic Leon a 2 and his side will travel to azed alar they at home to sanis of Belgium they travel to Denmark to take on meland a home game in Istanbul against Athletic and a trip to the Netherlands to take on 20 all the plans can start JoJo yeah yeah yeah that's it this is fenerbache we go ahead please throw another team fence Vos fence Vos the Hungarian champions of fence Vos semi-finalist more than 50 years ago since 1972 we know that they will play Tottenham and Frankfurt and which other six yeah two games known already six more to go from partt two it's AED alar and pook from pot three they will host Malmo and travel to din Mo and from pot 4 it is ogc nce at home and Andel away perfect fence V is done we can proceed of course thank you so much p p we are back in Greece with P so P champions of Greece last season and for p we have already slavia praha Manchester United and fence Vos let's turn three into eight for p they travel to San Sebastian to take on sad they're at home to pilson they've got a trip to stanbul to take on Galatasaray have the Greek Champions they're at home to fcsb of Romania and they travel to laia to take on RFS good good journey also for p traveling across Europe where do we go now Braga now it's a sporting club by the brag braa finalist in the competition in the Edition 2011 they will go twice to the Italian they will play twice with the teams of the Italian Capital Lao and roma and they would play makabi Tel Aviv and another five teams yeah pretty colorful Journey then for Braga we as you say three teams already known their remaining side from pot two is Olympiacos from pot three they are at home to Bodo glimp and Away in Belgium to Union San gilas from pot four they host hoenheim and they are away against elburg yeah that's all for s c braa we can proceed we have four left in this spot two to be drawn real soad so real soad the football the real soad with their best result in 1989 with a quarter finals uh they will play Ajax Lazio in Port one and p and makabi t Aviv in Port two but uh we don't know who else in part three and four four more for Emil's team and here they are they're at home to din they travel to the team Victoria pilson in czechia they're at home to the Belgian side Andel and they are just down the road to take on N yes this is all for real soci we can continue olympos Olympiacos so the winners of the conference League of last season actually the only club which won two Club competitions in the at the end of the same season so also the youth league for olympos really successful season and olympos have thrown so far Rangers Porto and Braga we're ready yeah thank you an incredible journey for Olympiacos up until now so from excuse me from pot two their final opponent there is a home tie against Olympic Leon uh from pot three they oh sorry they're away at Leon I'm coughing at the same time apologies from pot three they are at home also to carag and Away in Sweden against Malmo and from pot 4 it's a home tie against the Dutch side FC 20 and they are away at fcsb so perfect schedule for olympos we can proceed we have only two left before we have drawn 50% of the balls adeta alar AZ Almar so the winners of the youth league in 2023 a dmar throwing against Roma Tottenham fener Bach and fence Vos Aris let's see who comes in for three and four yep four more for Martin Martin's Sid such a conveyor belt of young talent and here they come their opponents at home in P three galatas on the road in Bulgaria take on lud goret then from Port four they at home to the sweds of elsburg and they're at the SES yes to take on athletic AAR will try SES yeah good one ball only for uh before we complete yeah yeah you can Shuffle or not you decide Olympic Leon olmpic Leon of course Leon semi-finalist in 2017 and Leon up against Frankfurt Rangers olympos fener Bach and this following four teams yeah half the picture was already complete for Olympic Leon the uh next half uh goes like this from pot three they are at home to lud git and away on the road against carag and from pot four they host bikas and they travel to Germany to take on hoffenheim okay pot two then is compl complete that means we now know a few more of the tasty matches we have to look forward to in this first League stage of the Europa League just a few to pick out perhaps Fen aache against leyon as well as a home tie against united we discussed makab Tel Aviv will'll take on real sad and olympos will take on Braga lots to look forward to Russ plenty to look forward to absolutely now we're having a bit of a change over here arit did you enjoy pressing the button it was a good job you did a great job Glenn you as well what we're going to do now is switch you over I believe we're going to change your role so uh now it's difficult you need to speak this so at you will be drawing the teams and Glenn you will be pushing the button which prompts the computer to allocate the matches we just wanted to keep it interesting for you both you know can't let football long we test their skills we test their skills absolutely you stay put Georgia away good to go in part three let's have a quick look it features kabak Galatasaray FC Victoria pilson Boro glimp un sanil din M lud gett 1945 FC meland and Malmo Joo thank you of course all these teams have already received 50% of their opponents and uh now they will complete their path all of them are is you can uh yeah you can throw the first ball shil so sanil quarterfinalists in 2023 third successive participation in the group stage of this competition they have been thrown against Roma Rangers Braga and fenerbache Glenn if you don't mind you can press the button for four more opponents yeah some fantastic ties for the belgians already completed the puzzle for them then from pot three they're at home against Bodo glimp and on the road against meland and they take on ogc n and travel to the Netherlands to face FC 20 exactly so in sanila is done can we see another team lud goret we move to area with the PFC Ludo gorz Champions and they won for 13 successive Seasons the Bulgarian league title congratulations to this club they have been drawn against Lavia Lazio alar and Leon let's go thank you Glenn yeah the draw starting to speed up with some opponents known we now know the full picture for ludar they'll also take on melland at home they'll travel to CIA to take on pilson they're at home to athletic and they're in Belgium against and the Georgia perfect we are ready we can proceed with the next draw Malmo Malmo so we go now with the Swedish champions of uh Malmo playing against Rangers Lavia praa Olympia coost and fence Vos and I will ask now Glenn to press the botom for them yeah thank you very much Glenn the final four opponents then for Malmo from pot three they take on Galatasaray at home and travel to carag and from pot 4 they host fc20 and they're away in Turkey to take on another Turkish side bik yes that's it for Mal we can proceed Galatasaray and now Galatasaray 102 points in the Turkish League last season it was a record for the competition Galatasaray has drown Tottenham Ajax Po alar and Malmo so far three to find and we found them they are at home Galas right to din Mo Keef they're also at home to the swedes of elsborg and they'll travel to Ria to take on RFS good good trip for Kal Galatasaray we ready we can continue in part three we have five more teams ready to be drawn Dam KF now we have Damo KF Dam KF semi-finalist of9 they know they will play Lazio Roma ference Vos real soad and Galatasaray Glenn thank you very much just three left then for Dina M they have a home tie from pot three against Victoria pilson in pot four they also have a home tie against RFS and they travel to Germany to take on hoffenheim that's a picture of theok KV you ready we continue Midland meland so we we moved to Denmark and with meland we played The Knockout playoffs in 2023 Mand have thrown already six opponents Frankfurt PTO fenerbache makabi sanil and lud gorz yes yeah the picture gets clearer just two to find here they are they're at home to hoffenheim on meland and they're in buest to take on ftsb good only three are left waiting to learn their remaining opponents kabak now it's a azeri champion of kabak uh also Cup winners in aeran their opponents known so far are Ajax Tottenham Leon olympos and malmer yes so the league phase for carag is complete with a way tie against BTO glimp from pot three and from pot four they take on F csb and elsborg yes sir that's it that's gabag we are ready to go ahead and see one of the two remaining teams of this spot B GL that's uh the Norwegian champions of B glimp twice in the group stage of the UFA Europa League with this season so they know six Porto Manchester United makabi braa kabag and sanil two to find here they are for the Norwegians of B glimp they take on bites at home and they are down the road from us here Monaco at ogc n that's the eight oh only one easy to finish this spot Victoria piten with the Victoria pilson from CIA three times in the round of 16 six opponents known man united Frankfurt Raad P lud and Dina MV Glenn thank you very much for completing the picture for Victoria pilson at home they will host the Belgian side Andel and they travel to San mamees to take on athletic bil BAU so 27 of the 36 teams have now been drawn among matches Union sanilo taking on BTO glimp Malmo against Galatasaray lud gorit against michelan this Matrix might look complicated but easy to follow you just go across the line for your team and you're ready there's a lot of information to digest def easily done yeah yeah I hope you haven't got a headache onto the final pot now which features Athletic Club tsg 1899 hoffenheim ogc n and elect fc2 bikash fcsb RFS of lva and the SW of elburg so let's see who's getting whom for the last time georgo pot for all yours we ready to go Aris let's kick off part four beas now beas JK from Istanbul of course twice in the quarterfinals they have received as all the other the teams in this spot six opponents that we can see on the screen we can go ahead and throw the last two yeah this is where we can rattle through the draw only two teams left for bikas from pot four they host athletic bilau and they travel to the Netherlands to take on fc20 yes who comes after BAS hoffenheim that's uh hoffenheim from uh Germany they uh will play against SE already known round of 32 and 21 please push the button for the other two yep two to fine for pelino matatu side and here they come fcsb at home for hoffenheim and a trip to Belgium to take on Andel in Brussels yeah and that's all for hoffenheim as well we're ready we can continue with another team and we go back to the Netherlands with the FC T at they play seven opponents known already one needs to be drawn and we can throw them Glenn thank you very much he had just one for FS 20 to complete their journey in the league phase they'll be here not down not here just down the road at ogc n from pop four yes that's 20 we have uh another six and then everything is done elburg and we start with the Swedish side of elburg elb playing against six they need to be allocated two more Glenn please Glenn is a swed interested I'm sure elburg are at home two nice and they are at the sames to take on Athletics so nice work you two good combination play georgo yes yes testing some a mess also for ellsburg we can continue Athletic Club and that's I see from the face of AR how happy he is that when he spells this name Athletic Club actually athletic has already drawn all the opponents are Lavia praga Aroma alar fener Bach Victoria pilson lud gorz ellsburg and Vega so this is the lineup for athletic bilbow I hope you're happy happy happy underlet so underlet so the Glorious process team uh we they have already received seven different opponents and uh Glenn you will draw the last one Glenn thank you very much yes the last uh opponent from pop four is RFS and that is the journey for and then yes that was andle three more FC SB football club FC SB from Bucharest csb also know seven of their opponents with this uh button now we will reveal the eighth excellent work Glenn lovely button pushing and it is the acronym Derby fcsb their seventh of the eight opponents are RFS of Ria yes that's it let's go ahead we have only two n oh J N the team never throws they played 30 matches and never one single draw let's see if in this eight matches they will draw one but they know their eight opponents Rangers Lazio real soad ference v b glil and elg and only one left in the pot RFS the Lan side of RFS and obviously they know also the eight opponents are Ajax Frankfurt P maab Galatasaray Dina MV underl and FC SB relax Glenn your button pushing Days Are Over the draw for the UEFA Europa League is now complete let's take a quick recap of part four which sees among other ties pites taking on Athletic Club Andel against hoffenheim and N will take on fc20 it's all looking good isn't it Matt our thanks to our special guests this afternoon great multitasking Glenn and aritz well done thank you very much for helping us with the draw today Georgio as well your smooth handling of proceedings as always that is it from us here at the galdi Forum the UA Europa League gets underway on Wednesday the 25th of September with the final taking place as we've said at the one and only samame Stadium that's on Wednesday the 21st of May next year should be incredible shouldn't it good luck to all the 36 teams that have qualified for this season's competition thank you to everyone watching here in Monaco and around the world we look forward to seeing you in the competition very soon bye-bye [Music]