Fulham to Learn Opponents

Fulham will learn their next UEFA Europa League qualification opponents this lunchtime when the draw from the Play-Off stage takes place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Fulham have been placed in draw Group 4. The teams were divided into seven groups for the draw – four of ten teams and three of 12. Within the seven groups an equal number of sides are seeded and unseeded in accordance with the club rankings established at the beginning of the season.

A ball will be taken from each of the bowls containing seeded and unseeded teams, and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle where they will be shuffled. The first club drawn will play its first match at home, sides from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

The fixtures will be contested over two legs on 18 and 25 August with the winners qualifying for the group stage proper, which gets under way on 15 September.