Announced the groups of the UEFA Europa League 2023-24
In the UEFA Europa League the draw for the group stage of the 2023-24 season was held.
In the second major organization at club level in European football, the groups were determined by draw held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
In the tournament 32 teams will compete in 8 groups of four. The group winners will advance directly to the round of 16. The teams that finished third in the Europa League group runners-up and UEFA Champions League groups will meet in the play-off round to qualify for the last 16 rounds.
Group matches will begin on September 21 and end on December 14. Finally, the Europa League final, which the Spanish team brought to the Seville museum, will be played on May 22, 2024 at the homonymous stadium in the capital of the Republic of Ireland, Dublin.
The 8 groups determined as a result of the draw are the following:
- Group A: West Ham, Olympiacos, Freiburg, Backa Topola
- B Group: Ajax, Olympic Marseille, Brighton Hove Albion, AEK
- Group C: Rangers, Real Betis, Sparta Prague, Aris Limassol
- Group D: Atalanta, Sporting Lisbon, Sturm Graz, Raków
- Group E: Liverpool, LASK, Union Saint-Gilloise, Toulouse
- Group F: Villarreal, Rennes, Maccabi Haifa, Panathinaikos
- Group G: Rome, Slavia Prague, Sheriff, Servette
- Group H: Bayer Leverkusen, Karabakh, Molde, Hacken.
Defined the group stage 2023/24 #sorteoUEL pic.twitter.com/rKmamwpJyf
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