Europa League group stage draw: Liverpool Roma good sign! Jafu Marseille Brighton Death Group
At 19:00 Beijing time on September 1, the draw for the group stage of the 2023-24 Europa League season ended, and Liverpool and Roma had good luck, while Ajax, Marseille and Brighton entered the group of death.
Lottery rules
The Europa League round of 32 is divided into 8 groups of four teams each, according to the principle of avoidance of teams of the same grade and teams in the same league.
It is worth mentioning that this is the last Europa League group draw before the restructuring, and from the 2024-25 season, the Europa League group stage will be in the Swiss round.
Bin situation
First gear: West Ham, Liverpool, Roma, Villarreal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta, Rangers, Ajax
Second gear: Portuguese, Prague Slavia, Rennes, Olympiacos, Betis, Linz, Marseille, Karabakh
Third gear: Brighton, Sharif, Freiburg, St. Giros, Sparta Prague, Maccabi, Graz Storm, Molde
Fourth gear: Toulouse, Topola (Serbia), Servetus (Switzerland), Panathinaikos, Częstochowarakov (Poland), Limassol Aris (Cyprus), Gothenburg Hedges (Sweden), Athens AEK
Results of the lottery
This year's draw guests are Chinese Super League legend and Sevilla FC veteran Mbiah and Manchester United legend O'Shea.
Group A: West Ham United, Olympiacos, Freiburg, Topola
Group B: Ajax, Marseille, Brighton, Athens AEK
Group C: Rangers, Betis, Sparta Prague, Limassol Aris
Group D: Atlanta, Portuguese, Graz Storm, Częstochovarakov
Group E: Liverpool, Linz, Saint-Giros, Toulouse
Group F: Villarreal, Rennes, Maccabi, Panathinaikos
Group G: Roma, Slavia Prague, Cherif, Servet
Group H: Bayer Leverkusen, Karabakh, Molde, Gothenburg Fence
Fixtures and Qualifying Rules
First round: September 21, 2023
Second round: October 5, 2023
Third round: October 26, 2023
Round 4: November 9, 2023
Round 5: November 30, 2023
Round 6: December 14, 2023
Playoff draw: December 18, 2023
Play-offs: February 15, February 22, 2024
Round of 16 draw: 23 February 2024
After 6 rounds of home-and-away matches, the first place in each group directly advanced to the last 16 of the Europa League, the second place played a knock-off with the third place in the Champions League group to compete for another 8 places in the round of 16, the third place participated in the knockout play-off of the UEFA Europa League, and the fourth place went straight out.