Tag: Group Stage Draw

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

    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