2019/2020 Europa League Draw and Season Calender
The draws for the 2019/2020 UEFA Europa League group stage competition was held on Friday, August 30th, 2019 in Monaco and the 48 teams have confirmed their spots.
Last seasons finalist, Arsenal were drawn in Group F where the English Football Club will slug it out with German club, Eintracht Frankfurt who were beaten at the semi-final stage last season.
Teams In 2019/2020 UEL Group Stage
Below is the full draws:
Group A: Sevilla, APOEL, Qarabag, F91 Dudelange
Group B: Dynamo Kiev, FC Copenhagen, Malmo, FC Lugano
Group C: FC Basel, Krasnodar, Getafe, Trabzonspor
Group D: Sporting, PSV Eindhoven, Rosenborg, LASK
Group E: Lazio, Celtic, Stade Rennais, CFR Cluj,
Group F: Arsenal, Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liege, Vitoria SC
Group G: Porto, Young Boys, Feyenoord, Rangers
Group H: CSKA Moscow, Ludogorets, Espanyol, Ferencvaros
Group I: Wolfsburg, Gent, Saint-Etienne, FC Olexandriya
Group J: Roma, Borussia Monchengladbach, Istanbul Basaksehir, Wolfsberger AC
Group K: Besiktas, Braga, Wolverhampton Wanderers, SK Slovan Bratislava
Group L: Manchester United, FC Astana, Partizan Belgrade, AZ Alkmaar
How The Draw Came About
Pots
Pot 1: Sevilla, Arsenal, Porto, Roma, Manchester United, Dynamo Kyiv, Beşiktaş, Basel, Sporting CP, CSKA Moskva, Wolfsburg, Lazio.
Pot 2: PSV Eindhoven, Krasnodar, Celtic, København, Braga, Gent, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Young Boys, Astana, Ludogorets, APOEL, Eintracht Frankfurt.
Pot 3: St-Étienne, Qarabağ, Feyenoord, Getafe, Espanyol, Malmö, Partizan, Standard Liège, Wolves, Rennes, Rosenborg, İstanbul Başakşehir.
Pot 4: AZ Alkmaar, Vitória SC, Trabzonspor, Olexandriya, Dudelange, LASK, Wolfsberg, Slovan Bratislava, Lugano, Rangers, CFR Cluj, Ferencváros.
How does the draw work?
The 48 entrants are split into four seeding pots based on their club coefficients, with each of the eventual 12 groups to contain one team from each seeding tier.
No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure confirmed before the ceremony
Season calendars
Group stage
Matchday one: 19 September
Matchday two: 3 October
Matchday three: 24 October
Matchday four: 7 November
Matchday five: 28 November
Matchday six: 12 December
Knockout phase
16 December: Round of 32 draw, Nyon
20 February: Round of 32, first leg
27 February: Round of 32, second leg
28 February: Round of 16 draw, Nyon
12 March: Round of 16, first leg
19 March: Round of 16, second leg
20 March: Quarter-final and semi-final draws, Nyon
9 April: Quarter-finals, first leg
16 April: Quarter-finals, second leg
30 April: Semi-finals, first leg
7 May: Semi-finals, second leg
Final
27 May: Final – Gdansk Stadium
