Europa League draw: West Ham and Liverpool study group stage opponents
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est Ham will face Olympiacos, Freiburg and FK TSC on this season’s Europa League group stage as David Moyes’s aspect goal extra European glory.
The Conference League champions from final season seem to have benefited from a comparatively sort draw, however Brighton’s first foray into Europe has seen them handed a troublesome group alongside Ajax, Marseille and AEK Athens.
Liverpool, in the meantime, will probably be robust favourites to qualify from Group E, which additionally consists of LASK, Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse, whereas Rangers are in Group C with Aris Limassol, Sparta Prague and Real Betis, teeing up a return to Seville, the place the Scottish aspect have been overwhelmed on penalties by Eintracht Frankfurt within the 2022 last.
West Ham certified robotically for the group stage of this season’s competitors after profitable the Europa Conference League final time period and have been the primary group out of the hat throughout at present’s attract Switzerland.
Olympiacos completed third in Greece final season, whereas Freiburg loved a effective marketing campaign to be fifth within the Bundesliga. Serbian aspect FK TSC, in the meantime, are concerned within the group stage of European competitors for the very first time.
The group stage fixtures will probably be confirmed sooner or later, however West Ham followers will probably be unable to attend their first away sport as punishment for his or her behaviour throughout final yr’s Conference League last in Prague, when Fiorentina captain Cristiano Biraghi was left bloodied by objects thrown from the gang.
Europa League group stage attract full
Group A: West Ham, Olympiacos, Freiburg, TSC Backa Topola
Group B: Ajax, Marseille, Brighton, AEK Athens
Group C: Rangers, Real Betis, Sparta Prague, Aris Limassol
Group D: Atalanta, Sporting, Sturm Graz, Rakow Czestochowa
Group E: Liverpool, LASK, Union SG, Toulouse
Group F: Villarreal, Rennes, Maccabi Haifa, Panathinaikos
Group G: Roma, Slavia Prague, Sheriff Tiraspol, Servette
Group H: Leverkusen, Qarabag, Molde, Hacken