Europa League draw in full as Aston Villa, Forest, Celtic and Rangers learn opponents

Here is the moment when Crystal Palace fans learnt their European opponents...

Aberdeen have also learnt their fate...

Shakhtar H, Sparta Praha A, Strasbourg H, AEK Athens A, Noah H, AEK Larnaca A

Crystal Palace now know their six league phase opponents!

AZ Alkmaar H, Dynamo Kyiv A, KuPS Kuopio H, Strasbourg A, AEK Larnaca H, Shelbourne A

A trip to Ireland for Oliver Glasner's side!

Chelsea icon Eden Hazard will be the button presser for the Conference League draw!

Crystal Palace are joined by Aberdeen for this one, while Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers represent the Republic of Ireland.

Here we go.

Take a look at all 36 Europa League clubs' fixtures for the league phase!

The Europa League draw has now been complete.

We're finishing off with a rendition of Imagine Dragons' hit 'Believer', with highlights of last year's Europa League and Conference League.

It's now time for Crystal Palace to learn their fate!

And now for pot 3. We're flying through these!

Nottingham Forest's opponents are as follows...

Porto H, Real Betis A, Ferencvaros H, Braga A, Midtjylland H, Sturm Graz A, Malmo H, Utrecht A

Some BIG meetings there to mark Forest's return to Europe.

Trips to Spain, Portugal, Austria and the Netherlands for their supporters, too.

Onto pot 2 now, and Celtic have learned their opponents!

Roma H, Feyenoord A, Braga H, Red Star A, Sturm Graz H, Midtjylland A, Utrecht H, Bologna A

Roma will visit Glasgow TWICE! What a mouth-watering tie that is at Celtic Park.

Here is how Aston Villa's league phase will look...

Salzburg H, Feyenoord A, Maccabi Tel-Aviv H, Fenerbahce A, Young Boys H, Basel A, Bologna H, Go Ahead Eagles A

Unai Emery should fancy his side in many of those games. There will be no showdown with Jose Mourinho at Fenerbahce after his sacking this morning.

Teams from Pot 1 are now learning their eight opponents. Here is who Rangers will face in the league phase...

Roma H, Porto A, Braga H, Ferencvaros A, Ludogorets G, Sturm Graz A, Genk H, Brann A

It doesn't get much more difficult in terms of the pot 1 opponents...

Aston Villa are up next!

Alright, that was certainly something.

We actually are getting underway now.

Let's do this!

UEFA's Deputy General Secretary Giorgio Marchetti is now on stage. You already know that means we're getting down to business.

But first, an illusionist has taken to the stage and is playing around with the Europa League draw balls. Yes, seriously. He's just made them disappear in a puff of smoke.

This is to demonstrate that they no longer use the traditional draw method as part of the new format. A supercomputer does it all now, at the best of a big button...

The ceremony begins with a rendition of the Europa League theme song from harmonising singers and violinists.

Highlights of iconic Europa League moments were playing over the top to really get us in the mood...

Here comes Jurgen Klinsmann to help conduct the draw.

Coverage is about to begin...

Stay tuned!

Aston Villa are the early bookies' favourites to win the Europa League this season, with Nottingham Forest also heavily fancied.

Europa League winner odds with talkSPORT Bet:

Aston Villa 5/1

Nottingham Forest 6/1

Roma 9/1

Real Betis 9/1

Porto 12/1

Bologna 14/1

Lyon 16/1

Celta Vigo 20/1

Stuttgart 20/1

Lille 25/1

Basel 25/1

Nice 25/1

Feyenoord 33/1

Salzburg 33/1

Fenerbahce 33/1

Freiburg 33/1

Braga 40/1

Celtic 40/1

Young Boys 50/1

Panathinaikos 50/1

Utrecht 50/1

Rangers 66/1

Crvena Zvezda 66/1

PAOK 66/1

Viktoria Plzen 66/1

Midtjylland 66/1

Genk 66/1

Brann 66/1

Dinamo Zagreb 100/1

Ferencvaros 100/1

Ludogorets 100/1

Sturm Graz 100/1

FCSB 100/1

Malmo 100/1

Go Ahead Eagles 100/1

Maccabi Tel Aviv 150/1

Celtic and Rangers are both in the Europa League draw, but there will be serious disappointment across the Glasgow rivals...

Both Scottish giants had the chance to qualify for the Champions League this week but failed miserably.

Celtic suffered a humiliating defeat to Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan, crashing out on penalties after failing to score in both legs.

Meanwhile, Rangers were ripped to shreds by Club Brugge, losing 9-1 on aggregate to increase the early pressure on Russell Martin.

UEFA will also host the Conference League draw after completing the Europa League draw.

Here are your timings for each draw...

12.17: Europa League draw begins

12.30: Europa League draw ends

12.43: Conference League draw begins

12.56: Conference League draw ends

There are some glamorous potential opponents from pot one in store for Aston Villa, most notably AS Roma.

Porto, Rangers, Feyenoord, Lille, Real Betis, RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb make up pot one.

Every team will play two teams from each pot, one home and one away.

Get these Europa League dates in your diary...

Match 1 | September 24/25 2025

Match 2 | October 2 2025

Match 3 | October 23 2025

Match 4 | November 6 2025

Match 5 | November 27 2025

Match 6 | December 11 2025

Matchday 7 | January 22 2026

Matchday 8 | January 29 2026

Knockout play-offs | February 19/26 2026

Last 16 | March | 12/19 2026

Quarter-finals | April 9/16 2026

Semi-finals | April 30/ May 7 2026

Final | May 20 2026

In case you forgot, this is the second year in which the draw takes a league phase format instead of group stages.

That means all 36 teams into one single league table.

Instead of playing three teams twice, home and away, to determine the two teams to advance into the knockouts, every club now plays eight different opponents - four home and four away.

The top eight in the table automatically advance to the round of 16, their eight opponents will come from the teams who finish 9th to 24th.

Those teams will take each other on in a playoff round to determine who advances to the last 16.

The teams 25th to 36th are all automatically eliminated.

UEFA have now confirmed the four pots ahead of the Europa League draw, which begins at 12pm.

Let's address the elephant in the room, shall we?

Aston Villa are in the Europa League on merit after finishing sixth in the Premier League last season.

Meanwhile, Celtic and Rangers are involved after losing their respective Champions League qualifying matches.

Nottingham Forest, however...

They have replaced Crystal Palace, who qualified via their historic FA Cup win in May.

UEFA booted Palace out after determining that American businessman John Textor had control or influence at both the Eagles and French club Lyon.

Textor has since sold his Palace shares, but Oliver Glasner's side will compete in the Conference League instead.

The Champions League took centre stage in Nyon, Switzerland, yesterday, and now it's the Europa League's turn!

UEFA will host the Europa League draw at 12pm UK time, with four British clubs awaiting to learn their fate.

Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are the Premier League representatives, with Celtic and Rangers also in the mix.

Stay tuned for live coverage of the league phase draw.