CYP (1): Omonoia Rangers meanwhile will, like Leicester,  be heading to Portugal after drawing one of the tougher opponents in Benfica, while Hoffenheim will also pose a challenge. The draw for the 2020/21 Europa League group stage draw has been made at UEFA HQ in Nyon, Switzerland. The Europa League group stage draw 2020-21 took place on October 2, 2020 with the first round of group stage matches being played on October 22. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City all learned their Europa League opponents this season following the group stage draw on Friday, while Scottish sides Celtic and Rangers were handed tricky ties for the 2020/21 campaign. Published: 11:00 BST, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 00:53 BST, 3 October 2020. Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA deputy general secretary, is giving his rehearsed spiel on how the draw works which means one thing - we are almost there. PAOK (GRE) The Portuguese boss was sat with his feet up as he watched on from the club's Enfield training ground. The 94 teams (87 directly qualified and 7 pairs of teams from the preliminary round) were divided into seven groups (groups 1 to 7) of ten teams and two groups (groups 8 to 9) of 12 teams. The next Europa League draw date is 14 December when we'll be back in Nyon to discover the Round of 32 pairings with the top two sides from each … Follow the latest updates from Nyon as the draw for the 2020/21 Europa League … No team could play a club from their own association. Both will see a realistic shot at silverware in this competition. The 48 competing clubs have been divided into the usual 12 groups of four, with seedings determined by their UEFA ranking and country protection in use as per the norm for this stage of the competition. Group K: CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Zagreb, Feyenoord, Wolsberg. ENG (3): Leicester, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur Milan were trailing 2-1 until Rio Ave defender Toni Borekovic handled in the area and Hakan Calhanoglu made it 2-2 from the spot with the last kick of the match. Each year, Gerrard and his players have found a way through. Group I: Villarreal, Qarabag, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Sivasspor. Group F: Napoli, Real Sociedad, AZ Alkmaar, Rijeka. Lawrence Ostlere @lawrenceostlere. This time, his Spurs team faces Ludogorets, LASK and Antwerp. Celtic did go away and beat Lazio in this competition last season and so won't be too fearful. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Rijeka (CRO) Molde (NOR) CRO (2): Dinamo Zagreb, Rijeka The draw is scheduled to begin at midday but as always with UEFA, it is never a quick operation so stick with me as I keep you across it all. Once again, thank you for joining me and sticking with it in what was a hectic draw for the group stage of the 2020-21 Europa League but we made it. Nice (FRA) LASK (AUT) Lukaku said: 'I want to thank God for putting me in this position to do the job I love. Follow the latest updates from Nyon as the draw for the 2020/21 Europa League group stage takes place with Celtic and Rangers joining the three Premier League sides in the hat, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Feyenoord (NED) CSKA Moscow and GNK Dinamo for Feyenoord. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. A tricky long distance trip to Ukraine to face Zorya Luhansk also beckons, though the Foxes will still quietly fancy their chances of topping the group. Matchday 1: October 22Matchday 2: October 29Matchday 3: November 5Matchday 4: November 26Matchday 5: December 3Matchday 6: December 10. Today, the Europa League draw will announce/present just one award as outlined earlier but there are more teams and groups to fill. - Valentín Beato, 44 - 28037 Madrid [España] - Tel. Pot 1Arsenal (ENG)Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)Roma (ITA)Napoli (ITA)Benfica (POR)Bayer Leverkusen (GER)Villarreal (ESP)CSKA Moskva (RUS)Braga (POR)Gent (BEL)PSV Eindhoven (NED)Celtic (SCO), Pot 2GNK Dinamo (CRO)Sparta Prague (CZE)Slavia Prague (CZE)Ludogorets (BUL)Young Boys (SUI)Red Star Belgrade (SRB)Rapid Vienna (AUT)Leicester (ENG)Qarabağ (AZE)PAOK (GRE)Standard Liège (BEL)Real Sociedad (ESP), Pot 3Granada (ESP)AC Milan (ITA) AZ Alkmaar (NED)Feyenoord (NED)AEK Athens (GRE)Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)Rangers (SCO)Molde (NOR)Hoffenheim (GER)LASK (AUT)Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)CFR Cluj (ROU), Zorya Luhansk (UKR)LOSC (FRA)Nice (FRA)Rijeka (CRO)Dundalk (IRL)Slovan Liberec (SVK)Royal Antwerp (BEL)Lech Poznań (POL)Sivasspor (TUR)Wolfsberg (AUT)Omonoia (CYP)CSKA-Sofia (BUL). Use of UEFA.com signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Group D: Benfica, Standard Liege, Rangers, Lech. Group A: AS Roma, Young Boys, CFR Cluj, CSKA Sofia. BUL (2): Ludogorets, CSKA-Sofia y haber iniciado sesión. Simple draw regulations at this stage of the competition. Rangers were drawn in group D with Benfica, The Bhoys  were drawn in group H against Italian giants AC Milan, The Gunners were drawn in group B with the Austrian side Rapid Vienna. Rangers were drawn in group D with Benfica . Now straight onto pot 2 when things start to get interesting. Europa League draw 2020: Manchester United, Wolves, Rangers and more learn quarter-final and semi-final fate. Royal Antwerp (BEL) Now they have cut to a highlight reel of last season's tournament, which saw Sevilla beat Inter Milan in the final. 48 teams in today's draw and so lots of balls to select and lots of groups to fill. ⚫️⚪️ Here we go... pic.twitter.com/Yp1kpRImpY. That's pretty kind. What you need to know ahead of the Europa League draw in Switzerland. Use of UEFA.com signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Based on decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, clubs from Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. The … AC Milan and Celtic is a high profile draw in a group alongside Sparta Prague and Lille. POL (1): Lech Poznań I want to congratulate Sevilla personally. Matchday 5: 3 December Ask Crouchie! VAR will still be used in the knockout stage, with introduction for the group stage in the 2021/22 season. The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. With the award confirmed, it looks like it will be a full, uninterrupted draw ahead as the 48 teams discover their opponents as we fill groups A through to L. Lukalu wins the Europa League 'Player of the Season' 2019/20. Not sure who can get who, which teams cannot be paired together... or unsure on some of the teams in pots three and four? At times it wasn't pretty but big players step up in the biggest moments and that was what happened against FK Sarajevo for the Scottish champions. Boy did Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co get an almighty scare in the final qualifying round. SRB (1): Red Star Belgrade They had some scares in qualifying, not least away in Bulgaria against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but there were no such worries at home to Maccabi Haifa on Thursday night. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.