Unlike OL, who will begin at the beginning of August with the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, and AS Monaco, who are now qualified for the Conference League play-offs at the end of August, OM and Stade Rennais will enter directly into the first phase of the Europa League in September. The victory of RC Lens in the final of the Coupe de France, Friday against OGC Nice (3-1), allows the Bretons to access the Europa League and the Monegasques to recover the folding seat for the Conference.
Thanks to their respective UEFA coefficient, Marseille and Rennes will appear in pot 2 of the draw scheduled for August 3 in Switzerland. As in C1, the participants of the Europa League will face two teams from each pot, one at home and another away. Among the top seeds, Martin Terrier’s Leverkusen, King’s Cup winner Real Sociedad and Dutch Cup winner Aklmaar are already guaranteed to participate in the Europa League. Hoffenheim, 5th in the Bundesliga, and Celta de Vigo, who finished 6th in the Liga, will make up the third hat.
Three possible English clubs for OM and Rennes
The Premier League then Serie A offer their outcome this Sunday. Bournemouth is almost guaranteed to compete in the Europa League, while Brighton, 7th in England, must do as well as Chelsea, 8th, knowing that the Seagulls host Manchester United and that the Blues travel to Sunderland. Crystal Palace will join the Europa League in the event of a Conference victory on Wednesday against Rayo. In Italy, Como and Juventus, 5th and 6th, can still hope to overtake AC Milan and Roma, tied for 3rd place. Otherwise, they will enter directly into the Europa League.
The rest of the field in the Europa League will only be known at the end of the Champions League and Europa League qualifications. Benfica, OL, Braga, Olympiakos and Fenerbahçe could be transferred to the Europa League, as planned Football Rankings. OM and Stade Rennais will obviously not be able to inherit OL, which would be placed in hat 1.
