Europa League group-stage draw: Liverpool, West Ham and Rangers in Pot 1
Posted by  badge Boss on Sep 01, 2023 - 10:58AM
The Europa League group-stage draw starts on Friday at midday (UEFA via Getty)

, andare all in Pot 1 ahead of the group-stage draw today.

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

Pot 1 includes West Ham, who won the Europa Conference League last season, Liverpool and Rangers alongside Roma, , Villarreal, Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta. Brighton, who qualified for the Europa League by finishing sixth in the last season, are in Pot 3.

Clubs from the same nation cannot play each other in the group stage.

The winners of each Europa League group will go through to the round of 16. The runners-up move into the knockout round play-offs .

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

This season’s final will be held at the Dublin Arena in the Republic of Ireland on May 22, 2024.

What time is the Europa League group stage draw?

The Europa League group stage draw will take place today (Friday, September 1) at 12pm BST.

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

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 23-24 SCHEDULE

GROUP STAGE
Matchday 1: September 21
Matchday 2: October 5
Matchday 3: October 26
Matchday 4: November 9
Matchday 5: November 30
Matchday 6: December 14

KNOCKOUT PHASE
Knockout round play-offs: February 15 and 22, 2024
Round of 16: March 7 and 14, 2024
Quarter-finals: April 11 and 18, 2024
Semi-finals: May 2 and 9, 2024
Final: May 22, 2024

How to watch the Europa League draw live

The draw will be shown live on TNT Sport 1 and via their .

UEFA’s website will also be streaming a live broadcast of the draw.

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