When Are The Europa League And Conference League Group Stage Draws

Europa League and Conference League group-stage draws: When are they and who could Man Utd, Tottenham, Chelsea and Rangers face?

When are the Europa League and Conference League group-stage draws?

The draws for both the Europa League and the Conference League will take place on Friday, August 26. The Europa League draw will begin at 12pm BST, while the Conference League draw will start at 2pm BST.

Who could Man Utd, Tottenham, Chelsea and Rangers face?

Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea and Rangers will all be seeded in the Europa League group stage. This means they will avoid facing each other in the draw. The other seeded teams in the Europa League are Arsenal, Roma, Lazio and Feyenoord.

The unseeded teams in the Europa League include Real Betis, Union Berlin, Braga, Freiburg, Ferencvaros, Nantes, Malmo and Sheriff Tiraspol.

Chelsea are the highest-ranked English team in the Europa League, so they will be seeded in Pot 1. Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal will be in Pot 2, while Rangers will be in Pot 3.

In the Conference League, West Ham and Hearts will both be seeded in the group stage draw. The other seeded teams in the Conference League are Villarreal, Nice, Basel and Anderlecht.

The unseeded teams in the Conference League include Fiorentina, Sivasspor, Cluj, Slavia Prague, AZ Alkmaar, Lech Poznan, Dnipro-1 and Vaduz.

West Ham will be seeded in Pot 1 for the Conference League draw, while Hearts will be in Pot 2.

The group stage of the Europa League and the Conference League will begin on Thursday, September 8.