CELTIC will discover their Europa League rivals when the draw is made in Monaco at noon today.
Thirty-six teams will be involved in the League Phase draw, but the champions cannot be paired with Ibrox opposition at this stage of the competition due to UEFA rules.
Brendan Rodgers’ side will be drawn against two teams from four pots, including their own which will result in a total of eight opponents, playing four of these teams at home and four away.
It is an identical set-up as last season when the Hoops were competing in the Champions League.
The final draw line-up, in order of coefficient, reads:
POT 1: Roma, Porto, Rangers, Feyenoord, Lille, Dinamo Zagreb, Real Betis, RB Salzburg, Aston Villa.
POT 2: Fenerbahce, Sporting Braga, Red Star Belgrade, Lyon, PAOK, Viktoria Plzen, Ferencváros, CELTIC, Maccabi Tel Aviv.
POT 3: Young Boys, Basel, Midtjylland, Freiburg, Ludogorets, Nottingham Forest, Sturm Graz, FCSB, Nice.
POT 4: Bologna, Celta Vigo, Stuttgart, Panathinaikos, Malmo, Utrecht, Go Ahead Eagles, Genk, Brann.
The League Phase comprises of a 36-team table. The clubs placed first eighth to eighth after the completion of the eight-game schedule will qualify for the Last 16 of the tournament.
Those in ninth to 16th will be seeded for the Knock-out Play-Off Round. Teams finishing 17th to 24th will be unseeded for the same round, which determines the eight clubs who complete the last 16.
Teams placed 25th to 36th will exit the competition. There is no parachute into the Europa Conference League.
Dates for the league phase are as follows:
Matchday 1: September 24/25
Matchday 2: October 2
Matchday 3: October 23
Matchday 4: November 6
Matchday 5: November 27
Matchday 6: December 11
Matchday 7: January 22 2026
Matchday 8: January 29
The knock-out rounds then commence from February to the Final on at the Besiktas Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on May 20 2026.
