Everton Europa League draw: AC Milan, Lazio and Villarreal among most dangerous potential opponents
Ronald Koeman's men are hoping to use the Europa League as a springboard to the Champions League
EVERTON are back in Europe and hoping to use the Europa League as a springboard to Champions League football.
Ronald Koeman's side could face a wide variety of different sides in Uefa's second competition.
Here is all you need to know about their potential opponents.
Who will Everton definitely not be drawn against?
Everton are in Pot 2 alongside Mario Balotelli's Nice, Dmitri Payet's Marseille and Spanish side Real Sociedad.
Also in the pot are Steaua Bucharest (FCSB), Ludogorets, BATE Borisov, Young Boys, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lokomotiv Moscow, Austria Vienna and Hertha Berlin.
The Toffees will also avoid Arsenal as they cannot be drawn against other English sides until the knockout stages.
Who can Everton be drawn against?
Pot 1 has a number of daunting potential match ups.
AC Milan are top of the list of sides Ronald Koeman will be looking to avoid, along with Everton's conquerors on their only trip to the Champions League - Villarreal.
Zenit St Petersburg, Lazio, Lyon, Dynamo Kiev, and Athletic Bilbao are also best avoided.
But the Toffees would be very happy if they ended up with Viktoria Plzen, Red Bull Salzburg, FC Copenhagen or Braga.
The highest quality teams in Pot 3 are Italian side Atalanta and German duo 1.FC Koln and Hoffenheim.
Alternatively, Everton could face Astana, Partizan Belgrade, Rijeka, Vitoria Guimaraes, Zulte Waregem, Zorya Luhansk, Sheriff Tiraspol, Hapoel Beer Sheva or Rosenborg.
In Pot 4, the standout club are arguably Vitesse Arnhem - Chelsea's finishing school.
The pot's sides are Red Star Belgrade, Istanbul Basaksehir, Apollon Limassol, Konyaspor, Slavia Prague, Skenderbeu Korce, Fastav Zlin, AEK Athens, Lugano, Vardar and Ostersund.
What are Everton's best and worst possible groups?
Best possible group: Viktoria Plzen, EVERTON, Zulte Waregem, Lugano
Worst possible group: AC Milan, EVERTON, Hoffenheim, Istanbul Basaksehir
