The Premier League is now underway, but soon attention will be turning to European competitions again.
Arsenal will be in the Europa League again this season after losing out to Chelsea in the final of the competition at the end of last season. A
After only finishing in fifth place in the Premier League at the end of 2018/19, and the loss it that final, the Gunners will now have to settle for a place in the Europa League along with Manchester United, who finished one place behind Unai Emery's men in the Premier League.
Wolverhampton Wanderers could also look to be joining the duo to make it a trio of Premier League teams in the draw. A seventh place finish last season along with Manchester City winning both the FA and League Cup earned them a place in the qualifying rounds. They currently lead Armenian side Pyunik by four goals to nil going into the second leg of the third qualifying round.
When is the draw for the group stage?
The draw for the group stages of the competition will take place in Monaco on Friday August 30th, although no official time has been set for the ceremony, the traditional time is 5pm BST
This is when Arsenal, United a Wolves will find out who they will face in the group stage, where they will face three other sides as the competition is split into 12 groups of four.
Who are the potential opponents Arsenal could face in the group stage?
The likely pots for the draw can be found below, although the pots are yet to be fully confirmed. Arsenal and Manchester United are included in pot 1, while Wolves would be in pot 4 should they confirm their qualification. The only jurisdiction in the draw is that teams from the same country can not be drawn in the same group.
Pot 1
Sevilla
Arsenal
Roma
Man Utd
Besiktas
Basel
Sporting
CSKA Moscow
Olympiacos
Wolfsburg
Club Brugge
Lazio
Pot 2
PSV
Sparta Prague
Krasnodar
Viktoria Plzen
Braga
Gent
Borussia Monchengladbach
BATE Borisov
Young Boys
Ludogorets
APOEL
Legia Warsaw
Pot 3
PAOK
FCSB
Saint-Etienne
Qarabag
Eintracht Frankfurt
Feyenoord
Slavia Prague
Getafe
Espanyol
Malmo
Maribor
Partizan
Pot 4
Standard Liege
Wolves
Red Star Belgrade
Maccabi Tel-Aviv
FC Sheriff
Rennes
Istanbul Basaksehir
FC Oleksandriya
F91 Dudelange
LASK
Wolfsberger AC
FC Lugano
When are the group stage matches?
The six group stage matches will then take place between September and December, with matchday one coming on 19th September. The dates of the other group matches can be found below.
Matchday two - 3rd October
Matchday three - 24th October
Matchday four - 7th November
Matchday five - 28th November
Matchday six - 12th December
When will the knockout stages take place?
The round of 32 matches will be in February, before the draw for the round of 16 on February 28.
The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals will then take place on March 20, the day after the round of 16 ties are completed.
And the final will be at the Gdansk Stadium on May 27, 2020.
The key dates for the knockout stages can be found below:
Round of 32 first leg - 20 February
Round of 32 second leg - 27 February
Round of 16 first leg - 12 March
Round of 16 second leg - 19 March
Quarter-final first leg - 9 April
Quarter-final second leg - 16 April
Semi-final first leg - 30 April
Semi-final second leg - 7 May
Final - 27 May
