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Europa League Draw: Everton face stiff test, Spurs and Celtic handed comfortable ties
IT will take 48 teams and 18 games to reach the final of the Europa League and should they be successful - an elusive spot in the Champions League awaits.
Tottenham were unfortunate to draw the tricky Turkish side Besiktas - who narrowly lost to Arsenal on Wednesday night - and are by far the sternest test Mauricio Pochettino's men will face.
Meanwhile Everton have been handed a very difficult route to the knock-out stages, and must face competition from Lille and Wolfsburg, as well as Russian side FC Krasnodar.
Ronny Deila should be delighted with the Scottish side's fixtures after the the disappointment of crashing out of the Champions League - even given their unprecedented reprieve.
Europa League draw in full:
Group A: Villarreal, Borussia M'gladbach, FC Zurich, Apollon Limassol
Group B: FC Copenhagen, Club Brugge, Torino, HJK Helsinki
Group C: Tottenham Hotspur, Besiktas, Partizan Belgrade, Asteras Tripoli
Group D: SV Red Bull Salzburg, Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb, FC Astra Giurgiu
Group E: PSV, Panathinaikos, Estoril Praia, Dynamo Moscow
Group F: Inter Milan, Dnipro, St Etienne, FK Karabakh
Group G: Sevilla, Standard Liege, Feyenoord, Rijeka
Group H: Lille, Wolfsburg, Everton, Krasnodar
Group I: Napoli, Sparta Prague, Young Boys, Slovan Bratislava
Group J: Dynamo Kiev, Steaua Bucuresti, Rio Ave, AaB
Group K: Fiorentina, PAOK Salonika, Guingamp, Dinamo Minsk
Group L: FC Metalist Kharkiv, Tranzonspor, Legia Warsaw, Lokeren