With the Champions League draws already completed, the Europa League has followed suit. As many as 12 groups have been drafted by the board, with 68 teams competing to qualify to the knockout stages.
Group K, with CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Zagreb, Wolfsburg and Feyenoord is one of the most competitive groups in the competition. However, Group H takes the cake for the group of death in the Europa League this season with AC Milan returning to European competition, competing with Lille, Celtic and Sparta Prague.
While the full fixture list has not been released by UEFA yet, it is presumable that the matchdays will fall right after the Champions League matchdays, as they have been for most of the recent years.
UEFA Europa League groups:
Here is the full group stage draw:
Group A: Roma, Young Boys, CFR Cluj, CSKA Sofia
Group B: Arsenal, Rapid Wien, Molde, Dundalk
Group C: Leverkusen, Slavia Praha, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Nice
Group D: Benfica, Standard Liège, Rangers, Lech Poznań
Group E: PSV Eindhoven, PAOK, Granada, Omonoia
Group F: Napoli, Real Sociedad, AZ Alkmaar, Rijeka
Group G: Braga, Leicester, AEK Athens, Zorya Luhansk
Group H: Celtic, Sparta Praha, AC Milan, LOSC Lille
Group I: Villarreal, Qarabağ, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Sivasspor
Group J: Tottenham, Ludogorets, LASK, Royal Antwerp
Group K: CSKA Moskva, Dinamo Zagreb, Feyenoord, Wolfsberg
Group L: Gent, Crvena zvezda, Hoffenheim, Slovan Liberec
Road to Gdańsk
Here are the list of the matchdays, from UEFA’s official website:
Group stage
- Matchday 1: 22 October
- Matchday 2: 29 October
- Matchday 3: 5 November
- Matchday 4: 26 November
- Matchday 5: 3 December
- Matchday 6: 10 December
Round of 32
Draw: 14 December
First legs: 18 February
Second legs: 25 February
Round of 16
Draw: 26 February
First legs: 11 March
Second legs: 18 March
Quarter-finals
Draw: 19 March
First legs: 8 April
Second legs: 15 April
Semi-finals
Draw: 19 March
First legs: 29 April
Second legs: 6 May
Final
Gdańsk Stadium, Poland: 26 May
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