Europa Cup: Liverpool, West Ham, others to know group stage opponents today

The draws for the group stage of Europe second tier club football, Europa League will be conducted on Friday from 12 pm.

Liverpool, West Ham, and Rangers will all be in Pot 1.

The 32 teams have been placed in four seeding pots based on UEFA’s club coefficient rankings.

In the group stage of the competition, clubs from the same country cannot play each other in the group stage.

The winners of each group qualify for the round of 16, while the runners-up go into the knockout round play-offs and will face the teams who finish third in their Champions League group.

The third-placed teams in each Europa League group will go into the Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs, where they will face the Europa Conference League group runners-up for spots in the last 16.

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW POT 1
West Ham
Liverpool
Roma
Ajax
Villarreal
Bayer Leverkusen
Atalanta
Rangers

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW POT 2
Sporting CP
Slavia Prague
Rennes
Olympiakos
Real Betis
LASK
Marseille
Qarabag

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW POT 3
Molde
Brighton
FC Sheriff
Union Saint-Gilloise
Freiburg
Sparta Prague
Maccabi Haifa
Sturm Graz

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW POT 4
Toulouse
AEK Athens
Backa Topola
Servette
Panathinaikos
Rakow Czestochowa
Aris Limassol
BK Hacken