The draw for the UEFA Europa League league phase takes place today (Friday, August 29).

A day after the Champions League first-phase schedule was laid out, teams in Europe's secondary competition will discover their opponents across the first eight matchdays.

Last season's finalists might not be involved (Tottenham are in the Champions League, and Manchester United did not qualify for Europe), but there are plenty of major clubs taking part. Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are the Premier League's representatives, while Rangers, Celtic, Lyon, Roma, and Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce are all involved.

The Sporting News will compile the league-phase draw below once it is completed.

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This table will be completed once the draw has been carried out. It takes place at 1 p.m. CET (7 a.m. ET).

1 hour to draw time: Welcome to today's UEFA Europa League draw! This is the second season of the "Swiss model" format, in which 36 teams compete in a league format to determine who goes through to the knockout phase.

The Champions League draw was completed yesterday, so today the Europa and Conference League draws will be completed, now that the playoff rounds have been contested.

Below are the 36 teams in the draw for the Europa League "league phase". The teams were divided into four seeding pots, and each side will be drawn to face one team from each pot.