Round of 32 hopefuls await their fate
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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The draw for the UEFA Europa League rounds of 32 and 16 will take place at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon at 13.00CET, with 24 group qualifiers joined by the likes of Liverpool FC and Juventus.
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The draw for the UEFA Europa League rounds of 32 and 16 will take place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland from 13.00CET today with the full lineup now known following the conclusion of the group stage.
Qualifiers
The top two teams from each of the 12 groups have all qualified along with the eight sides transferring from the UEFA Champions League after finishing third in their pools – Juventus, VfL Wolfsburg, Olympique de Marseille, Club Atlético de Madrid, Liverpool FC, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Unirea Urziceni and R. Standard de Liège.
Draw conditions
The round of 32 draw will be made under the following conditions:
• Clubs from the same association must not be drawn against each other.
• No team can be drawn against the other qualifiers from their group.
• The four UEFA Champions League qualifiers with the best record in their group (Unirea, Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseille) are placed in a seeding pot with the UEFA Europa League group winners. The other four (Liverpool, Rubin, Standard, Atlético) are placed with the runners-up.
• The runners-up and the lowest four ranked UEFA Champions League sides will be at home in the first leg.
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 will follow once the draw for the round 32 has been completed. There will be no seeded teams. The 16 green balls containing slips of paper for 'Winners of match 1' to 'Winners of match 16' will be placed in the large central bowl and shuffled. The first team drawn will play its first match at home against the second team drawn and the same procedure will then be repeated for the other matches. There are no restrictions on the draw.
For a full season calendar up to the final in Hamburg on 12 May, click here.
| 2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 32/16 draw participants Round of 32 played 18 & 25 February 2010; Pot 2 teams at home in first leg Round of 16 played 11 & 18 March 2010 Initial letter refers to UEFA Europa League group | ||
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | |
| A: RSC Anderlecht (BEL) | A: AFC Ajax (NED) | |
| B: Valencia CF (ESP) | B: LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) | |
| C: Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) | C: Hamburger SV (GER) | |
| D: Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) | D: Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) | |
| E: AS Roma (ITA) | E: Fulham FC (ENG) | |
| F: Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) | F: Panathinaikos FC (GRE) | |
| G: FC Salzburg (AUT) | G: Villarreal CF (ESP) | |
| H: Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) | H: FC Twente (NED) | |
| I: SL Benfica (POR) | I: Everton (ENG) | |
| J: FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) | J: Club Brugge KV (BEL) | |
| K: PSV Eindhoven (NED) | K: FC København (DEN) | |
| L: Werder Bremen (GER) | L: Athletic Club (ESP) | |
| FC Unirea Urziceni (ROU)* | Liverpool FC (ENG)* | |
| Juventus (ITA)* | FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)* | |
| VfL Wolfsburg (GER)* | R. Standard de Liège (BEL)* | |
| Olympique de Marseille (FRA)* | Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)* | |
*Team transferring from UEFA Champions League