Europa League Group Stage Draw 2017/2018

It's nearly time for the main event. 12:00 UK time tomorrow.

Pot 1: Arsenal, Zenit St. Petersburg, Lyon, Dyanmo Kyiv, Villareal, Athletic Bilbao, Lazio, AC Milan, Viktoria Plzen, Red Bull Salzburg, Copenhagen, Braga

Pot 2: Steaua Bucharest, Ludogorets, BATE, Everton, Young Boys, Marseille, Real Sociedad, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lokomotiv Moscow, Hertha Berlin, Austria Wien, Nice

Pot 3: Astana, Partizan Belgrade, Hoffenheim, Koln, Rijeka, Vitoria de Guimaraes, Atalanta, Zulte Waregem, Zorya Lushank, Rosenborg, Sheriff, Hapoel Beer Sheva

Pot 4: Apollon Limassol,  Istanbul Basaksehir, Konyaspor, Vitesse, Slavia Prague, Red Star Belgrade Skerdenbeu, Fastav Ziln, AEK Athens, Lugano, Vardar, Ostersund

Arsenal should win EL and bring more points for England.
Everton must make the semis.
Zenit will eventually loose with some scrubs.
I don't know what to say about AC Milan to be honest.
Lazio & Lyon can be a surprise and make the final.
I don't know much about Marseille.
Steaua won't get in the last 32. They have a decent squad with a few very talented players but their management is awful.

Let's see how the groups will be.

FCK might be the worst 1st seed in history

Hope we avoid Everton and Nice

Any EL experts @Firenze @Glory know the regulations of R32/R16? Do pots not matter after groups?

Need to ban individual threads for this tournament IMO. What's next? individual threads for the Carabao Cup? smh. Keep it in the EL general thread. Can't even pronounce 75% of the names in this draw.

Arsenal should be favorite, however I'm expecting some strong teams to be in this via CL exit and one of them will probably end up taking it all, if they want it.

A: Villareal, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Astana, Slavia Prague

B: Dynamo Kyiv, Young Boys, Partizan Belgrade, Skenderbeu

C: Braga, Ludogorets, Hoffenheim, Istanbul Basaksehir

D: AC Milan, Austria Wien, Rijeka, AEK Athens

E: Lyon, Everton, Atalanta, Apollon Limassol

F: Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sheriff, Fastav Zlin

G: Viktoria Plzen, FC FCSB, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Lugano

H: Arsenal, BATE, FC Koln, Red Star Belgrade

I: Salzburg, Marseille, Vitoria de Guimaraes, Konyaspor

J: Athletic Bilbao, Hertha Berlin, Zorya Luhansk, Ostersunds

K: Lazio, Nice, Zulte Waregem, Vitesse

L: Zenit, Real Sociedad, Rosenborg, Vardar

Group E is a RIP

Should make it out of our group fairly easy

Hoffenheim and Everton's group look decent

I assume when United finishes 3rd they get seeded to the R16?

Much as I'd love to ruin you. We're going all the way in CL lad. Hopefully you can get into the CL sometime in the next few seasons so we can humble you, if the likes of Rijeka don't do so first.

ES talking shit with his team full of provincial players

Put some respect on Zantellato, Zapata, Storari, Mauri, etc.

wb Lingard, Fosu Mensah, Tuanzebe (), Fellaini, etc

UEFA should just stop messing around and display 2 champions League, one for the let's say top 10 leagues, and a second one for all other federations. Includes a league relegation system as well.

Looking at these 12 groups, i realize of much of an unfair bullshit competition Europa League is and always was. You have charity tournaments in the summer that are more entertaining than this, and at least for a good cause.

Tough group for Milan, without injuries in their squad they might be able to finish 1st.

Atalanta will reach round of 128, i've watched Everton recently: unimpressive at best.

ES wrote:wb Lingard, Fosu Mensah, Tuanzebe (), Fellaini, etc

none of them starters

Suso and Borini prides of Liverpool

That feeling when Suso gets called up for Spain but Mata doesn't

borini=Lingard so no idea what you trying to do here

Lingard is a europa league champion

show some respect

Jay29 wrote:A: Villareal, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Astana, Slavia Prague

B: Dynamo Kyiv, Young Boys, Partizan Belgrade, Skenderbeu

C: Braga, Ludogorets, Hoffenheim, Istanbul Basaksehir

D: AC Milan, Austria Wien, Rijeka, AEK Athens

E: Lyon, Everton, Atalanta, Apollon Limassol

F: Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sheriff, Fastav Zlin

G: Viktoria Plzen, FC FCSB, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Lugano

H: Arsenal, BATE, FC Koln, Red Star Belgrade

I: Salzburg, Marseille, Vitoria de Guimaraes, Konyaspor

J: Athletic Bilbao, Hertha Berlin, Zorya Luhansk, Ostersunds

K: Lazio, Nice, Zulte Waregem, Vitesse

L: Zenit, Real Sociedad, Rosenborg, Vardar

Very competitive

Top 1 seeds in Europa League should be swapped with Pot 4 in UCL.

This comptition is a joke.

Interman wrote:Top 1 seeds in Europa League should be swapped with Pot 4 in UCL.

This comptition is a joke.

This should be a 32 team competition. Remove the bottom 16 teams and it's a pretty decent competition.