Friday’s live Europa League organisation theatre draw: all we need to know

When and where is a draw?

The pull starts during 13:00CET on Friday 31 Aug during a Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. It will be streamed live on UEFA.com alongside content updates.

Who is concerned in a draw?

Arsenal and Chelsea are among a contenders©Getty Images

Arsenal (ENG) fellow 93.000
Chelsea (ENG) 82.000
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 66.000
Villarreal (ESP) 52.000
Anderlecht (BEL) 48.000
Lazio (ITA) 41.000
Sporting CP (POR) 40.000
Marseille (FRA) 32.000
AC Milan (ITA) 28.000
Fenerbahçe (TUR) 23.500***
Krasnodar (RUS) 23.500
Real Betis (ESP) 21.399
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 14.285
Spartak Moskva (RUS) 13.500***
Standard Liège (BEL) 12.500***
Zürich (SUI) 12.000
Rennes (FRA) 11.283
Vorskla Poltava (UKR) 8.226
Slavia Praha (CZE) 7.500***
Akhisar Belediyespor (TUR) 7.160
Jablonec (CZE) 6.035

17 teams competent automatically
* 21 teams modernized from a play-off round
** 6 teams degraded in UEFA Champions League play-off round
*** 4 teams degraded in UEFA Champions League third subordinate turn joining path

HOW THE NEW COMPETITION SYSTEM WORKS

How will a pull work?

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The 48 entrants are separate into 4 seeding pots formed on their bar coefficients, with any of a contingent 12 groups to enclose one organisation from any seeding tier.

Under a new system, club coefficients are dynamic possibly by a sum of all points won in a prior 5 years or by a organisation fellow over a same period – whichever is higher.

No organisation can play a bar from their possess association, with a accurate pull procession reliable before a ceremony.

UEFA Europa League Players of a Season

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The 2017/18 UEFA Europa League Player of a Season endowment will also be presented during a ceremony. Diego Godín, Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet are a 3 contenders.

When are a organisation theatre games?

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

What comes after that?

Final venue: Baku’s Olympic Stadium©Getty Images

17 December: Round of 32 draw
14 February: Round of 32 initial leg
21 February: Round of 32, second leg
22 February: Round of 16 draw
7 March: Round of 16, initial leg
14 March: Round of 16, second leg
15 March: Quarter-final semi-final draw
11 April: Quarter-finals, initial leg
18 April: Quarter-finals, second leg
2 May: Semi-finals, initial leg
9 May: Semi-finals, second leg

Wednesday 29 May: Final – Olympic Stadium, Baku