32 TEAMS HAVE been confirmed for the Europa League knock-out stages, and are consequently just five games away from a spot in the Champions League following tonight’s final round of group games.

Check them out below and note that there is country protection for the last 32 draw, but none thereafter, so Everton could face Liverpool or Tottenham as early as the last 16.

The seeding system is also dispensed with come the last 16.

Seeded teams:

• Salzburg (AUT)
• Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
• Inter Milan (ITA)
• Everton (ENG)
• Fiorentina (ITA)
• FC Bruges (BEL)
• Moenchengladbach (GER)
• Besiktas (TUR)
• Feyenoord (NED)
• Napoli (ITA)
• Dynamo Kiev (UKR)
• Legia Warsaw (POL)
• Olympiakos (GRE/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)
• Zenit Saint-Petersburg (RUS/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)
• Sporting Lisbon (POR/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)
• Athletic Bilbao (ESP/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)

Unseeded teams:

• Celtic (SCO)
• PSV Eindhoven (NED)
• Dniepropetrovsk (UKR)
• Tottenham (ENG)
• Villarreal (ESP)
• Torino (ITA)
• Wolfsburg (GER)
• Young Boys (SUI)
• Aalborg (DEN)
• Guingamp (FRA)
• Trabzonspor (TUR)
• Sevilla (ESP)
• Anderlecht (BEL/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)
• AS Roma (ITA/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)
• Ajax Amsterdam (NED/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)
• Liverpool (ENG/dropped into Europa League from Champions League)

The draw for the last 32 will take place in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday 15 December at approximately 11am Irish time.

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