Villarreal, Real Sociedad and Granada You already know who your rivals will be in this group stage of the 2020-21 Europa League. The draw was held in Nyon and matched the 48 teams into twelve groups of four, with the usual conditions: Teams from the same federation and clubs from Russia (CKSA Moscow) and Ukraine (Zorya) cannot be played against each other for political reasons. The format does not change and from these twelve groups, two will qualify for the round of 32, to which will be added the eight thirds of the Champions League group stage. Ciro Ferrara, legend of Italian football, was the innocent hand.
During the ceremony, the award to 2019-21 Europa League Player of the Season that went to Lukaku after leading Inter to reach the final they lost to Sevilla. He scored seven goals, five of them in the Germany finals, and gave two assists in six games. Banega and Bruno Fernandes were also nominated.
This is how the groups look:
GROUP A: Roma, Young Boys, Cluj and CSKA Sofia.
B GROUP: Arsenal, Rapid Vienna, Molde and Dundalk.
GROUP C: Bayer Leverkusen, Slavia Prague, Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Nice.
GROUP D: Benfica, Standard Liege, Rangers and Lech Poznan.
GROUP E: PSV, PAOK, Pomegranate and Omonia.
GROUP F: Naples, Real Society, AZ Alkmaar and Rijeka.
GROUP G: Sporting Braga, Leicester, AEK Athens and Zorya.
GROUP H: Celtic, Sparta Prague, Milan and Lille.
GROUP I: Villarreal, Qarabag, Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Sivasspor.
GROUP J: Tottenham, Ludogorets, LASK and Royal Antwerp.
GROUP K: CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Zagreb, Feyenoord and Wolfsberger.
GROUP L: Gent, Red Star, Hoffenheim and Slovan Liberec.
THE DATES
DAY 1: October 22
DAY 2: October 29th
DAY 3: November 5th
DAY 4: November 26
DAY 5: December 3
DAY 6: December 10