Europa League groups: who did Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic and Rangers draw?

The draw has been made for the 2018-2019 Uefa Europa League group stage.

Arsenal, who reached last season’s semi-finals, are in group E and will face Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon, Azerbaijan side Qarabag and Vorskla of the Ukraine. Chelsea will take on PAOK (Greece), BATE Borisov (Belarus) and Vidi (Hungary) in group L.

After progressing from the qualifying stages, Scottish champions Celtic are in group B with RB Salzburg (Austria), RB Leipzig (Germany) and Rosenborg (Norway). Salzburg vs. Leipzig will be the “Red Bull derby”.

Celtic’s Glasgow rivals Rangers play in group G with Villarreal (Spain), Rapid Vienna (Austria) and Spartak Moscow (Russia).

Group stage matchday one is on Thursday 20 September and the final will be played on 29 May 2019 in Baku.

Europa League group stage full draw

• Group A: Bayer Leverkusen, Ludogorets, FC Zurich, AEK Larnaca 
• Group B: RB Salzburg, Celtic, RB Leipzig, Rosenborg 
• Group C: Zenit, FC Copenhagen, Bordeaux, Slavia Prague 
• Group D: Anderlecht, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Zagreb, Spartak Trnava 
• Group E: Arsenal, Sporting Lisbon, Qarabag, Vorskla 
• Group F: Olympiacos, AC Milan, Real Betis, Dudelange 
• Group G: Villarreal, Rapid Vienna, Spartak Moscow, Rangers 
• Group H: Lazio, Marseille, Eintracht Frankfurt, Apollon Limassol 
• Group I: Besiktaş, Genk, Malmo, Sarpsborg 
• Group J: Sevilla, Krasnodar, Standard Liege, Akhisar 
• Group K: Dynamo Kiev, Astana, Rennes, Jablonec 
• Group L: Chelsea, PAOK, BATE Borisov, Vidi

2018-2019 Europa League 

When will group matches be played?

• 20 September: group stage, matchday one 
• 4 October: group stage, matchday two 
• 25 October: group stage, matchday three 
• 8 November: group stage, matchday four 
• 29 November: group stage, matchday five 
• 13 December: group stage, matchday six

Europa League 2018-2019 key dates

• 17 December: round of 32 draw 
• 14 February: round of 32 first leg 
• 21 February: round of 32, second leg 
• 22 February: round of 16 draw 
• 7 March: round of 16, first leg 
• 14 March: round of 16, second leg 
• 15 March: quarter-final and semi-final draw 
• 11 April: quarter-finals, first leg 
• 18 April: quarter-finals, second leg 
• 2 May: semi-finals, first leg 
• 9 May: semi-finals, second leg

What date is the Europa League final?

The 2019 Europa League final will be played on Wednesday 29 May at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan