Europa League play-off draw lineup

The 44-team lineup for the UEFA Europa League play-off draw has been confirmed with the ceremony streamed live in the UEFA.com DrawCentre from 13.00CET on Friday.

Panathinaikos are one of 44 sides in play-off draware one of 44 sides in the play-off draw

• The 29 third qualifying round winners have been joined by the 15 losers from the same stage of the UEFA Champions League.

• The seeding arrangements will be confirmed ahead of the draw on Friday.

Clubs (coefficient):
Borussia Dortmund (GER) 99.883
AFC Ajax (NED) 66.195
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) 57.099
Athletic Club (ESP) 56.999
AZ Alkmaar (NED) 46.695
FC Salzburg (AUT) 43.135
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 41.825
PAOK FC (GRE) 40.880
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) 40.259
BSC Young Boys (SUI) 31.375
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 30.825
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) 30.020
R. Standard de Liège (BEL) 25.440
Legia Warszawa (POL) 24.800
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 24.483
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) 19.880
KKS Lech Poznań (POL) 17.300
AS Saint-Étienne (FRA) 16.983
Southampton FC (ENG) 16.078
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) 16.325
FC Krasnodar (RUS) 15.099
CS Os Belenenses (POR) 12.276
Rosenborg BK (NOR) 11.875
Qarabağ FK (AZE) 11.500
HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) 11.200
HJK Helsinki (FIN) 11.140
Atromitos FC (GRE) 10.880
FC Zorya Luhansk (UKR) 10.533
Molde FK (NOR) 10.375
FC Thun (SUI) 10.375
FC Astra Giurgiu (ROU) 9.759
FK Jablonec (CZE) 9.325
FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 9.135
MŠK Žilina (SVK) 8.750
FC Midtjylland (DEN) 7.960
Videoton FC (HUN) 7.950
Brøndby IF (DEN) 7.460
FK Vojvodina (SRB) 6.275
SCR Altach (AUT) 5.135
FK Rabotnicki (MKD) 4.675
FC Milsami Orhei (MDA) 3.750
Odds BK (NOR) 2.875
Qäbälä FK (AZE) 2.750
FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ) 2.575

Draw procedure
• All the clubs are seeded according to their coefficient and then split into different group.

• All the clubs within the groups are ordered randomly and identified by a number.

• Two bowls will be prepared, one containing the balls with slips of paper numbered for the seeded teams and the other containing the balls with slips of paper numbered for the unseeded teams.

• A ball will be taken from each bowl and placed into an empty 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.The result of this draw applies for all groups.

• The same procedure is carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the pairings.

Matches
• Ties are played on 20 and 27 August with the 22 winners going into the group stage draw in Monaco on 28 August along with 16 automatic entrants and the ten teams defeated in the UEFA Champions 

League play-off draw

Bye to group stage: FC Schalke 04 (GER), SSC Napoli (ITA), Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG), Villarreal CF (ESP), Olympique de Marseille (FRA), FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR), SC Braga (POR), ACF Fiorentina (ITA) , RSC Anderlecht (BEL), Liverpool FC (ENG), Beşiktaş JK (TUR), FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS), FC Augsburg (GER), Asteras Tripolis FC (GRE), FC Groningen (NED), FC Sion (SUI)

Road to Basel
Group stage ...
Matchday one: 17 September
Matchday two: 1 October
Matchday three: 22 October
Matchday four: 5 November
Matchday five: 26 November
Matchday six: 10 December

Transfer to round of 32 from UEFA Champions League: 8 third-place group finishers

Round of 32 draw: 14 December, Nyon
Round of 32, first leg: 18 February
Round of 32, second leg: 25 February
Round of 16 draw: 26 February (tbc), Nyon
Round of 16, first leg: 10 March
Round of 16, second leg: 17 March
Quarter-final draw: 18 March, Nyon
Quarter-final, first leg: 7 April
Quarter-final, second leg: 14 April
Semi-final draw: 15 April
Semi-final, first leg: 28 Apeil
Semi-final, second leg: 5 May
Final: 20.45CET, 18 May, St. Jakob-Park