Manchester United will journey to Turkish giants Fenerbahce, now coached by Jose Mourinho, amongst their eight video games within the league section of the new-look Europa League, the draw for which passed off in Monaco on Friday. The Old Trafford membership gained the Europa League with Mourinho as coach in 2017. He not too long ago grew to become coach of Fenerbahce, who have been knocked out of the Champions League within the third qualifying spherical. United may also notably play at residence to 2022 Europa League runners-up Rangers and go to Portugal to play Porto, one other of Mourinho’s previous sides.
Tottenham Hotspur, the opposite English consultant within the competitors, may also tackle Rangers, of their case away from residence.
In addition, Ange Postecoglou’s facet will play at residence to Roma and go to Istanbul to face Turkish champions Galatasaray.
The format of the Europa League has modified for this season, alongside the identical strains of the new-look Champions League.
The variety of golf equipment within the competitors correct is now 36, all of whom are positioned into one league however cut up into 4 pots of seeds.
Each participant performs eight video games, dealing with two golf equipment from every pot, one at residence and one away.
For Rangers, different opponents will embody Lyon at residence, Olympiakos away, and Nice away in France.
Other golf equipment concerned within the competitors embody former European champions in Ajax in addition to FCSB of Romania, who gained the 1986 European Cup as Steaua Bucharest.
Eintracht Frankfurt, who beat Rangers within the closing two years in the past, are current together with Athletic Bilbao, whose stadium will host this season’s closing.
The high eight on the finish of the league section — which runs till the tip of January — will advance to the final 16, whereas the groups ending from ninth to twenty fourth will advance to a play-off spherical to resolve the remaining last-16 spots.
The backside 12 within the league section can be eradicated, with no golf equipment dropping down into the Conference League forward of the knockouts, and no groups parachuting down from the Champions League as prior to now.
UEFA have stated that dates for all fixtures can be introduced on Saturday. The first group video games can be performed on September 25 and 26, every week after the opening matchday of the Champions League.
This season’s Europa League closing can be performed in Bilbao on May 21 subsequent 12 months. Atalanta gained the trophy final season, beating Bayer Leverkusen within the closing in Dublin.
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