- Venue: Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
- Date: 26 August
- Time: 1200 BST
- Coverage: Live audio on the BBC Sport website (UK users only), updates on BBC Radio 5 live, live on Sky Sports News and Eurosport
The Europa League trophy will not be heading to Scotland this season
There will be no Scottish teams in Friday's draw for the Europa League group stage after Rangers, Celtic and Hearts all lost their play-off ties.
Premier League sides Tottenham, Stoke and Fulham, though, all take their place in the draw after simple wins.
And Championship side Birmingham are also involved, as are Irish outfit Shamrock Rovers.
The 38 play-off winners and 10 losers from the Champions League play-offs are in the hat for the 1200 BST draw.
Those 48 sides will be split into four seeding pots based on Uefa's co-efficient system, with one from each drawn into 12 groups.
As well as the four English representatives, the likes of Atletico Madrid, AZ Alkmaar, PSV Eindhoven and Schalke will be among the big names involved in the draw.
Athletic Bilbao are also in the hat after their play-off opponents, Trabzonspor, were drafted into the Champions League, therefore giving the Spanish outfit a bye into the Europa League group stage.
As with the Champions League, no team can meet another from the same association.
Once the draw has been completed a computer draw will determine the final position of the sides within their group and therefore the order of the home and away matches.
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