Europa League group-stage draw: Liverpool, West Ham, Brighton and Rangers learn fates

Jurgen Klopp’s side qualified for the Europa League after finishing fifth last term (Picture: Getty)

The Europa League group-stage draw was revealed on Friday as Premier League trio Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton learned their fates.

Liverpool have been placed in Group E along with Austrian club LASK, Belgium’s Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse of France.

West Ham, who won the UEFA Conference League last term, are in Group A alongside Greek side Olympiacos, Bundesliga team Freiburg and Serbian club FK TSC Backa Topola.

Brighton are playing in the Europa League for the first time in the club’s history and find themselves in Group B with Dutch giants Ajax, French side Marseille and AEK Athens of Greece.

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP A

West Ham

Olympiacos

Freiburg

FK TSC Backa Topola

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP B

Ajax

Marseille

Brighton

AEK Athens

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP C

Rangers

Real Betis

Sparta Prague

Aris Limassol

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP E

Liverpool

LASK

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Toulouse

Scottish runners-up Rangers dropped into the Europa League after losing to PSV in Champions League qualifying and the Glasgow side will take on La Liga team Real Betis, Czech champions Sparta Prague and Cyprus’ Aris Limassol in Group C.

Jose Mourinho’s Roma, who finished as Europa League runners-up last term, have been paired with Slavia Prague, Sheriff Tiraspol and Servette in Group G.

Group D will see Italian side Atalanta and Sporting Lisbon battle it out with Sturm Graz and Rakow Czestochowa.

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In Group F, Spanish club Villarreal take on Rennes, Maccabi Haifa and Panathinaikos.

The last four teams taking part in Group H include Bayer Leverkusen, Qarabag, Molde and Hacken.

Sevilla are the current Europa League champions and they will face Arsenal in their Champions League group after the draw was made on Thursday.


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