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Robert Hynes

Dundalk's potential opponents in Europa League group stage: Who the Lilywhites could face

Dundalk will today learn who they will face in the Europa League group stage.

The Lilywhites secured their place in the competition with a 3-1 win over Faroese side KI at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday night.

Goals from Sean Murray, Daniel Cleary and Daniel Kelly gave Filippo Giovagnoli's side a famous win as the Italian became just the third manager after Michael O'Neill and Stephen Kenny to lead a League of Ireland club to the group stages of a major European competition.

Dundalk will be in Pot 4 for Friday's draw and could face the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham, Roma, Napoli, AC Milan, Celtic, Leicester or Rangers.

Here are the pots in full for the draw, which is due to take place at 12pm Irish time:

Pot 1: Arsenal, Tottenham, Roma, Napoli, Benfica, Bayer Leverkusen, Villarreal, CSKA Moscow, Braga, Gent, PSV, Celtic

Pot 2: Dinamo Zagreb, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague, Ludogorets, Young Boys, Red Star Belgrade, Rapid Vienna, Leicester, Qarabag, PAOK, Standard Liege, Real Sociedad

Pot 3: Granada, AC Milan, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, AEK Athens, Rangers, Molde, Hoffenheim, LASK, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Cluj

Pot 4: Zorya Luhansk, Nice, Lille, NK Rijeka, Dundalk, Slovan Liberec, Royal Antwerp, Lech Poznan, Sivasspor, Wolfsberg, Omonia, CSKA Sofia

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