Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn against their eight opponents for the League Phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League, with the ties which are taking place at home or away also learned.
Pot 1 opponents: AS Roma (H), Rangers (A)
Pot 2 opponents: AZ Alkmaar (H), Ferencvárosi (A)
Pot 3 opponents: Qarabag (H), Galatasaray (A)
Pot 4 opponents: Elfsborg (H), Hoffenheim (A)
Under the new format, The Lilywhites are drawn against two teams from each pot, with one game at home and the other away. A position of 8th and above must be obtained to ensure safe passage to the Round of Sixteen, whilst a finish in 9th-24th will mean a Play-Off match must be played before the last sixteen.
Unlike previous years, due to the new format, Tottenham's allocation to pot one did not stop them from being drawn against other clubs from that seeding - the only exception was fellow English side Manchester United.
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The good and the ugly
The Good
Spurs beat Wolves in the 1972 UEFA Cup Final
The inaugural UEFA Cup, the former name for the Europa League, saw two English sides go head-to-head in the final, with Bill Nicholson's legendary side coming out on top.
Holding a slender one-goal from the first leg at Molineux thanks to Martin Chivers' brace, Spurs only needed to avoid defeat at White Hart Lane to become not only the first English side to lift the trophy, but the first-ever side on the continent.
Allan Mullery put Tottenham in full control, and they held out for the victory despite Dave Wagstaffe scoring for Wolves five minutes before half-time.
Chivers' 25-yard screamer late on in the first leg proved to be the decisive goal after 180 minutes of football had been played, meaning Bill Nicholson's penultimate title as Spurs boss was a historic one.
Spurs win second UEFA Cup Final
Twelve years on from winning the first-ever edition of the competition, Tottenham won the UEFA Cup for a second time, beating holders Anderlecht in a two-legged final.
In Belgium, in the first leg, the two sides played out a score draw, with proceedings finishing 1-1, setting up an almighty tie at White Hart Lane to decide the winner.
After Alexandre Czerniatynski had put Paars-wit ahead on the night, and on aggregate with a 60th-minute goal, Spurs needed to salvage something late on. Up stepped captain Graham Roberts to bundle the ball over the line and send the tie to extra time with just six minutes remaining.
The additional 30 minutes ended goalless meaning a gut-wrenching penalty shootout on home soil awaited Keith Burkinshaw's team. Roberts, Mark Falco, Gary Stevens and Steve Archibald all scored, and due to Morten Olsen's miss, the hosts were in the driving seat.
Steve Thomas just had to score to bring home the crown, but he failed to find the back of the net, leaving the result in jeopardy. With the final hanging in the balance, the 46,00+ Spurs fans chanted the name of Thomas as he made the walk back to the hallway line, and goalkeeper Tony Parks reduced his teammate.
He stopped Arnór Guðjohnsen's spot kick, meaning Tottenham sealed a second UEFA Cup title, and it still stands as the latest European trophy they have won.
In bizarre circumstances, it would emerge, in 1997, that the Belgian side had tipped off a referee en route to the final, with a dubious penalty decision being awarded against Nottingham Forest in the semi-final.
The Ugly
Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 Tottenham (Zagreb win 3-2 on aggregate)
The loss at Stadion Maksimir is arguably one of the darkest nights in recent Tottenham history.
Spurs travelled to Croatia with a 2-0 lead from the first leg in London, thanks to a Harry Kane brace. However, Jose Mourinho opted to make seven changes, and that decision ultimately backfired, sparking the beginning of the end of his time at the club.
A wonderful Mislav Orsic hat-trick spun the tie on its head, sending the North Londoners crashing out of Europe's second-tier competition in embarrassing fashion at the Round of Sixteen stage.
In the week between the two legs, the Croatian giants were rocked by a monumental scandal. Manager Zoran Mamic was forced to resign having been handed a four-year prison sentence for fraud - his assistant, Damir Krznar, took the reigns for this European clash and led Modri to a historic victory.
The visitors did attempt to rescue things, with Mourinho using all of the attacking options at his disposal, but missed chances meant that Tottenham could not override their shocking display from the opening 96 minutes.
Captain Hugo Lloris, speaking to BT Sport after the game, labelled the performance as a "disgrace," in an explosive interview which lasted more than seven minutes. He also hoped that "everyone in the changing room feels responsible for the situation," as he brought a close to a bitter night with a rotten interview.
Tottenham 2-2 K.A.A Gent (Gent win 3-2 on aggregate)
Having been relegated to the Europa League after a third-place finish in their rather favourable Champions League group, Tottenham's European campaign during the 2016/17 season was hardly going to plan, and things got even worse on an embarrassing evening at Wembley Stadium.
In the first leg in Belgium, a Jeremy Perbet strike sent Gent to North London with a slim advantage, but after just ten minutes on home soil, the hosts equalised through Christian Eriksen and looked like they were going to run away with the contest after a blistering start.
However, that was not the case, and in fact, the opposite occurred. Kane headed past his own goalkeeper with twenty minutes on the clock, before Dele was given his marching orders for a high challenge shortly before half-time.
A goal down and a man down, Mauricio Pochettino's men were facing an uphill battle, but Victor Wanyama brought life back into the home faithful with a thunderous effort on the hour mark.
The Kenyan's goal would not be enough to save Spurs, with their opponents still leading via the away goal rule, and with The Lilywhites pushing up the pitch in order to try and salvage something, they were punished on the counter-attack. Perbet, who opened proceedings seven days prior, struck again, sending Pochettino's side tumbling out of Europe.
