What is the Europa League and how many teams from Scotland will be taking part?
The Europa League is the re-branded and re-structured UEFA Cup. The format is more like the Champions League in the hope of making it more lucrative. Four SPL teams will enter next season. It was initially meant to be three but Scotland have been handed an extra place through the Fair Play Award. This place is likely to go to Motherwell. How many qualifying rounds are there? There are officially three qualifying rounds and a play-off round before the group stage starts. At what stage do Scottish clubs enter? In every nation the cup winners are given preferential treatment and entered in at the latest possible round allocated to the country. In Scotland the cup winners will enter the play-off round, with the team finishing third in the SPL entering the third qualifying round and the fourth-placed side entering the second qualifying round. The Fair Play team enters at the first qualifying round. What happens if Rangers win the Scottish Cup? If Rangers, already assured of (at the very lea
