Who Crystal Palace can face in Europa League as special European nights loom

17 teams have directly qualified for this season’s Europa League, while Palace automatically qualified as Conference League holders.The 36-team tournament will be completed by seven losing teams transferring from the Champions League play-offs and the 12 teams that will qualify through the Europa League play-off round.Fellow Premier League teams, Sunderland and Bournemouth, also join Palace in the draw after securing qualification through their league position last season.Conference League winners: Crystal PalaceGettySerie A giants Juventus and AC Milan have also qualified for the Europa League, as have Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen and 10-time Ligue 1 champions Marseille.The Europa League league phase draw takes place at 12pm BST on Friday, 28 August, with the Conference League draw