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TOM DUTTON, Tom Doyle

Europa League Groups 2019-20: Teams, dates and fixtures for this season’s competition

The 2019-20 Europa League draw has left Manchester United facing the prospect of a long trip east to Kazakhstan. while Arsenal must avoid any early slip-ups in what could prove to be a difficult group.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United have been pitted against FK Partizan, AZ Alkmaar and FC Astana in Group L, with the latter meaning a 6,000 round-journey to Kazakhstan.

As for last season's finalists Arsenal, they face shorter - but tougher - journeys to face Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liege and Vitoria Guimaraes in Group F.

Wolves have been handed a winnable Group K with Besiktas their biggest threat, while Celtic and Rangers both have plenty of work to do with tough opponents in Groups E and G respectively.

Here is the Europa League Groups for the 2019-20 season…

GROUP A
Sevilla Spain
APOEL Cyprus
Qarabag Azerbaijan
Dundelange Luxembourg

GROUP B
Dynamo Kiev Ukraine
Copanhagen Denmark
Malmo Sweden
Lugano Switzerland

GROUP C
Basel Switzerland
Krasnador Russia
Getafe Spain
Trabzonspor Turkey

GROUP D
Sporting Lisbon Portugal
PSV Netherlands
Rosenborg Norway
LASK Linz Austria

GROUP E
Lazio Italy
Celtic Scotland
Rennes France
CFR Cruj Romania

GROUP F
Arsenal England
Frankfurt Germany
Standard Liege Belgium
Vitoria SC Portugal

GROUP G
Porto Portugal
BSC Young Boys Switzerland
Feyenoord Netherlands
Rangers Scotland

GROUP H
CSKA Moscow Russia
Ludogorets Bulgaria
Espanyol Spain
Ferencvaros Hungary

GROUP I
Wolfsburg Germany
Gent Belgium
Saint-Etienne France
Olexandriya Ukraine

GROUP J
AS Roma Italy
Borussia Monchengladbach Germany
İstanbul Basaksehir Turkey
Wolfsberger Austria

GROUP K
Besiktas Turkey
Braga Portugal
Wolves England
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia

GROUP L
Man Utd England
Astana Kazakhstan
Partizan Belgrade Serbia
AZ Alkmaar Netherlands

Fixtures and Key dates

Group Stage

  • Match day one: 19 September
  • Match day two: 3 October
  • Match day three: 24 October
  • Match day four: 7 November
  • Match day five: 28 November
  • Match day six: 12 December

Knockout stage

  • Last 32 draw: 16 December
  • Round of 32 first leg: 20 February
  • Round of 32 second leg: 27 February
  • Last 16 draw: 28 February
  • Round of 16 first leg: 12 March
  • Round of 16 second leg: 19 March
  • Quarter-final and semi-final draw: 20 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

Stadion Energa Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

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