Europa League draw: Watch full replay Uefa group stage 2019 draw as Man Utd and Arsenal learnt fate
Watch a full replay of the 2019/20 Uefa Europa League group stage draw
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United face a couple of long-distance midweek trips after being drawn in a Europa League group with Astana of Kazakhstan, Partizan Belgrade and AZ Alkmaar.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team are set to play in Group L and their away clash with Astana will see United make a 6,000 mile round trip to Nur-Sultan.
Last season's finalists Arsenal have been drawn against Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liege and Vitoria Guimaraes. Frankfurt reached the semi-finals last term before being knocked out by Chelsea.
Wolves have been put in a group with Besiktas, Braga and Slovan Bratislava.
Scottish Champions Celtic will play Lazio, Rennes and Cluj - the Romanian club who knocked them out of Champions League qualifying.
Rangers, meanwhile, were placed with Porto, Young Boys and Feyenoord.
When do the games take place?
- Matchday one: 19 September
- Matchday two: 3 October
- Matchday three: 24 October
- Matchday four: 7 November
- Matchday five: 28 November
- Matchday six: 12 December
Latest updates:
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There are eight former Europa League winners in this year's group stage draw:
Feyenoord (winners in 1974, 2002)
Mönchengladbach (1975, 1979)
PSV (1978)
Frankfurt (1980)
Porto (2003, 2011)
CSKA Moskva (2005)
Sevilla (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Manchester United (2017)
Right, the guests are in their seats, the club representatives have assembled themselves, and we are ready to go in Monaco.
Through last season's best bits we rattle, through goals long forgotten by even the most hardcore of Europa League fans, and eventually we see the lively hoisting of the trophy by Chelsea in Baku.
Proper business now - the awarding of the Europa League Player of the Season.
The nominees are: Olivier Giroud, Eden Hazard and Luka Jovic.
Eden Hazard is the 2018/19 Europa League Player of the Season
Hazard is not in Monaco to collect his award, but he delivers a pre-recorded two-line thank you.
Not even a single clap of applause as the host congratulates him. Onwards we go...
A bit of breaking news from Uefa: Rangers have been charged with racist behaviour and ordered to close a section of their stadium.
Match: UEFA Europa League play-off first-leg match between Legia Warszawa and Rangers FC (0-0), played on 22 August in PolandCharges against Rangers FC:
- Racist behaviour (sectarian chants) - Art. 14 of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations (DR)
Decision:
The Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has decided to order a partial closure of the Rangers FC stadium during the next one (1) UEFA competition match in which Rangers FC will play as the host club, for the racist behaviour of its supporters. Rangers FC shall inform UEFA of the sector(s) to be closed, which shall at least comprehend 3,000 seats. The Scottish club is ordered to display a banner with the wording “#EqualGame”, with the UEFA logo on it.
Ashley Cole has been brought out for a chat, with the former left-back excited to start his coaching career with Chelsea's under-15s.
Short but sweet. He reminisces briefly about Chelsea's Europa League win of 2013, and then strides into the shadowy corners at the back of the stage.
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