- Bournemouth, Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Celtic are preparing for the Europa League draw on Friday 28 August at 12pm BST, which will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max.
- Bournemouth have achieved European qualification for the first time in their history, while Sunderland return to continental competition for the first time since 1974.
- Celtic entered the Europa League following a play-off second-leg collapse against LASK, joining last season's Conference League winners Crystal Palace and major European sides such as Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica and Juventus.
- The updated 36-team first phase will see each club allocated eight fixtures, playing four home and four away matches against two opponents drawn from each of the four seeding pots.
- Brighton & Hove Albion and Heart of Midlothian will subsequently learn their group stage opponents when the Conference League draw takes place at approximately 1pm BST.
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