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Europa League draw fixtures: Who will play who? Key match dates and times
EUROPA LEAGUE draw fixtures - Find out who plays who as Express Sport brings you the key match dates for the Europa League.
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Following the Champions League draw yesterday, clubs in this season's Europa League have discovered who awaits them in the group stage.
48 teams entered the draw for this year’s competition and were split in four seeding pots based on their club coefficient ranking.
12 groups have been formed in total, with no clubs from the same association able to face each other at this stage.
Chelsea are the early bookmakers’ favourite to win the competition at 6/1, with Arsenal close behind at 8/1.
Europa League draw - Who is in which group?
Group A: Bayer Leverkusen, Ludogorets, FC Zurich, AEK Larnaca
Group B: Salzburg, Celtic, RB Leipzig, Rosenborg
Group C: Zenit St Petersburg, FC Copenhagen, Bordeaux, Slavia Prague
Group D: Anderlecht, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Zagreb, Spartak Trnava
Group E: Arsenal, Sporting CP, Qarabag, FC Vorskla Poltava
Group F: Olympiakos, AC Milan, Real Betis, Dudelange
Group G: Villareal, Rapid Wien, Spartak Moscow, Rangers
Group H: Lazio, Marseille, Eintrackt Frankfurt, Apollon Limassol
Group I: Besiktas, Genk, Malmo, Sarpsborg
Group J: Sevilla, Krasnodar, Standard Liege, Akhisar Belediyespor
Group K: Dynamo Kiev, Astana, Stade Rennais, Jablonec
Group L: Chelsea, PAOK, BATE Borisov, Vidi
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Europa League draw fixtures
The first round of fixtures will be played on September 20.
The order of these fixtures and a full schedule will be confirmed shortly, with televised games also to be announced in due course.
Matches will kick-off at 5.55pm and 8pm on Thursday nights this season, which is in line with the new Champions League start times.
This season's finalists will battle it out in Azerbaijan at the Baku Olympic Stadium in May.
Europa League draw - key dates
September 20: Group stage, matchday one
October 4: Group stage, matchday two
October 25: Group stage, matchday three
November 8: Group stage, matchday four
November 29: Group stage, matchday five
December 13: Group stage, matchday six
December 17: Round of 32 DRAW, Nyon
February 14: Round of 32, first leg
February 21: Round of 32, second leg
February 22: Round of 16 DRAW, Nyon
March 7: Round of 16, first leg
March 14: Round of 16, second leg
March 15: Quarter-final and semi-final DRAW, Nyon
April 11: Quarter-finals, first leg
April 18: Quarter-finals, second leg
May 2: Semi-finals, first leg
May 9: Semi-finals, second leg
May 29: FINAL – Baku Olympic Stadium