Having topped Group B, the next big date in Albion’s Europa League campaign is on 23 February 2024 when the draw for the round of 16 is made.
Joining Albion in the draw are the other seven group winners: West Ham United, Rangers, Atalanta, Liverpool, Villarreal, Slavia Prague and Bayer Leverkusen.
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The other eight teams will be decided after the two-legged play-off round in February when the eight group runners-up are joined by eight teams who finished third in the Champions League group stage.
The Europa League group runners-up were: Freiburg, Marseille, Sparta Prague, Sporting CP, Toulouse, Rennes, Roma and Qarabag. These teams are seeded in the draw.
These teams are all seeded and will play one of the eight third-placed Champions League teams: Galatasaray, Lens, Braga, Benfica, Feyenoord, AC Milan, Young Boys, Shakhtar Donetsk.