The group stage draw of the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League was carried out at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco earlier today.
The draw of the 12 groups with 48 participating teams brought out of interesting and intriguing match-ups with the most interesting one being Group E with French Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais, English Premier League’s Everton FC, Italian Serie A side Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) and Apollon Limassol FC of Cyprus.
2017/18 UEFA Europa League group stage draw
Group A: Villarreal CF (ESP), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR), FC Astana (KAZ), SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Group B: FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), BSC Young Boys Berne (SUI), FK Partizan Belgrade (SER), KF Skenderbeu (ALB)
Group C: SC Braga (POR), PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL), TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER), Istanbul Basaksehir (TUR)
Group D: AC Milan (ITA), FK Austria Wien (AUT), HNK Rijeka (CRO), AEK Athens FC (GRE)
Group E: Olympique Lyonnais (FRA), Everton FC (ENG), Atalanta Bergamo (ITA), Apollon Limassol FC (CYP)
Group F: FC Copenhagen (DEN), FC Lokomotiv Mosvya (RUS), FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA), FC Zlin (CZE)
Group G: FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE), FC Steaua Bucharest (ROM), Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR), FC Lugano (SUI)
Group H: Arsenal FC (ENG), FC BATE Borisov (BLR), 1.FC Köln (GER), FC Crvena Zvezda (SER)
Group I: FC Salzburg (AUT), Olympique de Marseille (FRA), Vitoria Guimaraes SC (POR), Konyaspor (TUR)
Group J: Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP), Hertha BSC Berlin (GER), FC Zorya Luhansk (URK), Östersunds FK (SWE)
Group K: SS Lazio Roma (ITA), OGC Nice (FRA), SV Zulte Waregem (BEL), Vitesse Arnhem (NED)
Group L: FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS), Real Sociedad San Sebastian (ESP), Rosenburg Trondheim (NOR), FK Vardar Skopje (MKD)