Spanish membership, Barcelona's 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich within the Champions League this week means they are going to play Europa League soccer in 2022.
The LaLiga giants are among the many 24 groups that will likely be in Monday's draw for Europe's second tier competitors.
Xavi Hernandez's staff will likely be trying to win the Europa League for the primary time of their historical past.
Barca can face Braga, Dynamo Zagreb, Lazio, Napoli, Olympiacos or Rangers within the knockout play-off spherical.
The spherical of 32 has been eradicated from the Europa League format. As a substitute, the highest two groups from eight teams will be part of the golf equipment that completed in third place within the Champions League, to make up the sector for the knockout stage.
The group winners will basically obtain a bye within the subsequent spherical and gained't begin their knockout stage journey till the spherical of 16.
They may wait till the UEL group runners-up and the UCL third-place finishers duel within the knockout play-offs, which can slender the sector down from 24 to 16 by the tip of February.