Europa League / Conference League 23/24

[Samid]

When is the Europa League group stage draw?
The draw ceremony will begin at 13:00 CET on Friday 1 September.

How does the group stage draw work?
The 32 teams have been split into four seeding pots based on the club coefficient rankings.

No team can play a side from their own association. Paired clubs from the same country play on separate days. The full draw procedure is available here.

Pot 1
West Ham United FC (ENG) – pairing A
Liverpool FC (ENG) – A
AS Roma (ITA) – B
AFC Ajax (NED) – UECL C
Villarreal CF (ESP) – D
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) – E
Atalanta BC (ITA) – B
Rangers FC (SCO) – UECL F

Pot 2
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
SK Slavia Praha (CZE) – G
Stade Rennais FC (FRA) – H
Olympiacos FC (GRE) – I
Real Betis Balompié (ESP) – D
LASK (AUT) – J
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) – H
Qarabağ FK (AZE)

Pot 3
Molde FK (NOR) – UECL K
Brighton & Hove Albion (ENG) – UECL L
FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
R. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) – UECL M
SC Freiburg (GER) – E
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) – G
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) – UECL N
SK Sturm Graz (AUT) – J

Pot 4
Toulouse FC (FRA) – UECL O
AEK Athens FC (GRE) – UECL P
FK TSC Bačka Topola (SRB) – UECL Q
Servette FC (SUI) – UECL R
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) – I
Raków Czestochowa (POL) – UECL S
Aris Limassol (CYP)
BK Häcken (SWE)

 

[Lay]

We should have a Europa league and conference joint thread

 

[Dumbstar]

3 times CL finalist manager in the last 5 years now playing in the EL. Can you guess who it is yet?

Don't worry folks parity will be restored next Aug.

 

[V.O.]

Let's see... Azerbaijan, Israel, and whatever team in pot 4 has a horrible fecking plastic pitch, please.

 

[Markolan]

Should be a quite comfortable win for Liverpool this one, the only team they might be afraid of are whoever end 3rd in the UCL Group F (PSG, BVB, AC Milan, Newcastle) but among current UEL teams no one are Liverpool level imho.

 

[Samid]

FAO Liverpool fans

 

[Utd heap]

Some top top banter in here already, just superb.

 

[Sly]

I bet we will get Liverpool with our luck

 

[Dumbstar]

FAO Liverpool fans

Thanks.

 

[tomaldinho1]

Im so happy we’re not in this again. Thursday games, terrible opponents, awful pitches and long journeys. Used to hate the standard argument on here ‘well we should try and win it if we’re in it’ and now we can see RAWK have that debate all season.

 

[Fr. Todd Unctious]

Dippers to get Qarbag, Haifa and Limmasol long travels but the usual handy draw for the cnuts from an opponents point of view

 

[Sly]

O'Shea will bring us some luck.

 

[Markolan]

Already lucky draw for Liverpool.. they got the easiest team from pot2..
City, Arsenal and Liverpool really helped in the past 2 days..

 

[Sly]

Ajax, Marseille and Brighton. Interesting group

 

[Sly]

Atalanta, Sporting and Sturm Graz. Can't complain.

 

[Samid]

Ajax, Marseille and Brighton. Interesting group

Are Marseille the French hipsters?

 

[Zebs]

That's a great draw for Brighton fans. As good as they could get glamour tie wise.

 

[Sly]

Are Marseille the French hipsters?

Probably. Better appeal than Toulouse I suppose.

So we get Atalanta, Sturm Graz and Rakow. Accessible group I think, just a pity I don't find any of those aways appealing. Guess I'll save some money.

 

[IRELANDUNITED]

Actually forgot this shite was on. Assume the dippers got the easiest group possible?

 

[Sly]

Actually forgot this shite was on. Assume the dippers got the easiest group possible?

Liverpool, Lask Linz, Union Saint Gilloise and Toulouse. Not the easiest but not the hardest. Toulouse and Saint Gilloise are decent teams.

 

[DJBillRemfry]

Full group line-ups
Group A: West Ham, Olympiacos, Freiburg, TSC Bracka Topola
Group B: Ajax, Marseille, Brighton, AEK Athens
Group C: Rangers, Real Betis, Sparta Prague, Aris Limassol
Group D: Atalanta, Sporting Lisbon, Sturm Graz, Rakow Czestochowa
Group E: Liverpool, LASK, Union St-Gilloise, Toulouse
Group F: Villarreal, Rennes, Maccabi Haifa, Panathinaikos
Group G: Roma, Slavia Prague, Sheriff Tiraspol, Servette
Group H: Bayer Leverkusen, Qarabag, Molde, Hacken

There's likely to be a few strong third-place drop downs into the conference from these groups as well to join Eintracht, Lille, Brugge, Fiorentina, Fenerbahçe and Villa etc. That 'easy' competition will start to look wide open at the last 16 stage,

 

[Plastic Evra]

Are Marseille the French hipsters?

OM may or may not come good this year. Change of coach and a lot of lateral movement in transfers but they had a decent start of the season on the pitch (despite losing to Pana to advance to the UCL).

 

[Adebisi's Hat]

Great to see John O'Shea, i was hoping he could stuff up Liverpool again in the draw.

Brighton though, group of death that one

 

[RaddyRed]

For travelling Brighton fans that's a cracker of a draw. Three great cities.

 

[Dumbstar]

I forgot this was on too. Or maybe didn't care so much.

So Liverpool will be traveling to France, Austria and Belgium? These rotten Thursday night fixtures in the far east of nowhere.

Whereas, Utd have a pleasant 4+ hours trip to Hell.

 

[Plastic Evra]

For travelling Brighton fans that's a cracker of a draw. Three great cities.

Only clubs with pedigree and loud stadiums.

 

[RobinLFC]

Liverpool coming to Brussels

 

[Camara]

 

[Pintu]

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) date

 

[Dumbstar]

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) date

 

[massi83]

Real football is back!

 

[Dumbstar]

Real football is back!

It's finally Doaksday!

 

[NicolaSacco]

Klopp not taking this overly seriously!

 

[Samid]

Where do you watch these smaller competitions? Do these even get televised?

 

[Manncunian]

Hahahahahaha

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Where do you watch these smaller competitions? Do these even get televised?

Watching on TNT/BT.

 

[Gazautd18]

Good Flecker

 

[narnar]

Nunez should have buried that

 

[Krny]

Frankfurt 1-1 Aberdeen

 

[Josh 76]

Klopp not taking this overly seriously!

They will comfortably get through.