2019/20 Europa League organisation theatre as it stands

This season’s UEFA Europa League winners will be crowned on Wednesday when Chelsea take on Arsenal in Baku, though a 2019/20 organisation theatre is holding figure already.

Seventeen teams validate automatically for a organisation stage, with 11 sides now confirmed. Among them are former winners Sevilla (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016), Manchester United (2017) and Mönchengladbach (1975, 1979). Ukraine’s Oleksandriya will make their UEFA organisation theatre debut, while for KV Mechelen a initial European debate in 26 years looms large.

2019/20 UEFA Europa League organisation theatre as it stands

Five-time winners Sevilla return©AFP/Getty Images

ESP: Getafe, Sevilla
ENG: Arsenal, Manchester United
ITA: Lazio, AC Milan
GER: Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg
FRA: Rennes, Saint-Étienne
RUS: Spartak Moskva
POR: Sporting CP
UKR: Oleksandriya
BEL: KV Mechelen
TUR: Beşiktaş
AUT: Wolfsberg
SUI: Luzern

Teams in confidant have competent theme to final acknowledgment by UEFA

What if Arsenal win a 2018/19 UEFA Europa League?

If a Gunners delight in Baku afterwards they validate for a UEFA Champions League organisation stage. Their UEFA Europa League berth would be upheld to Sparta Praha as a tip qualifiers from a inhabitant organisation ranked 13th (Czech Republic).

United’s 2017 Europa League triumph

Who else will line adult in a 2019/20 organisation stage?

In all, there will be 48 sides in a organisation stage:

17 involuntary qualifiers
21 play-off winners
6 UEFA Champions League play-off losing teams
4 UEFA Champions League third subordinate turn losing teams

Do we know a pull seedings?

For a organisation theatre draw, a teams are divided into 4 pots formed on their UEFA bar coefficients. So distant we have:

104.000 Sevilla (ESP)
78.000 Manchester United (ENG)
50.000 Sporting CP (POR)
40.000 Wolfsburg (GER)
37.000 Lazio (ITA)
29.000 Mönchengladbach (GER)
23.000 Saint-Étienne (FRA)
20.713 Getafe (ESP)
11.699 Rennes (FRA)
7.980 KV Mechelen (BEL)
7.780 Oleksandriya (UKR)

*Standings accurate adult to and including Thursday 23 May

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