Celtic placed in second pot for Europa League draw

Celtic manager Ronny Deila. Picture: John Devlin

CELTIC have been placed in the second pot of seeds for the Europa League group stage draw which takes place today at noon in Monaco. The 48 teams will be drawn into 12 groups of four.

The Parkhead side dropped into the Europa League after losing in the Champions League play-off round to Malmö. One of Celtic’s potential opponents in the Europa group stage is Qarabag, the Azerbaijani side they eliminated in the third round of Champions League qualifying.

POT ONE

Schalke 04

Borussia Dortmund

FC Basel

Napoli

Tottenham Hotspur

Ajax

Villarreal

Rubin Kazan

Athletic Bilbao

Sporting CP

Marseille

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

POT TWO

Sporting Braga

Fiorentina

Lazio

Anderlecht

Liverpool

AZ Alkmaar

Viktoria Plzen

Club Brugge

PAOK Thessaloniki

Celtic

Besiktas

APOEL Nicosia

POT THREE

Monaco

Sparta Prague

Fenerbahce

Legia Warsaw

Bordeaux

Lokomotiv Moscow

Lech Poznan

Saint Etienne

Slovan Liberec

FC Augsburg

Rapid Vienna

POT FOUR

FK Krasnodar

Partizan Belgrade

Asteras Tripoli

Belenenses OR SCR Altach

Molde

Rosenborg

Qarabag

Groningen

FC Midtjylland

Dinamo Minsk

Sion

Skenderbeu

Gabala