When and where is the draw?

The draw begins at 13:00CET on Friday 31 August at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Who is involved in the draw and what are the pots?

Arsenal and Chelsea are among the contenders ©Getty Images

Pot 1

Sevilla (ESP) coefficient 113.000*

Arsenal (ENG) 93.000

Chelsea (ENG) 82.000

Zenit (RUS) 78.000*

Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 66.000

Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 62.000**

Beşiktaş (TUR) 57.000*

Salzburg (AUT) 55.500**

Olympiacos (GRE) 54.000*

Villarreal (ESP) 52.000

Anderlecht (BEL) 48.000

Lazio (ITA) 41.000

Pot 2

Sporting CP (POR) 40.000

Ludogorets (BUL) 37.000*

København (DEN) 34.000*

Marseille (FRA) 32.000

Celtic (SCO) 31.000*

PAOK (GRE) 29.500**

AC Milan (ITA) 28.000

Genk (BEL) 27.000*

Fenerbahçe (TUR) 23.500***

Krasnodar (RUS) 23.500

Astana (KAZ) 21.750*

Rapid Wien (AUT) 21.500*

Leipzig qualified via the play-offs ©Getty Images

Pot 3

Real Betis (ESP) 21.399

BATE Borisov (BLR) 20.500**

Qarabağ (AZE) 20.500*

Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 17.500**

RB Leipzig (GER) 17.000*

Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 14.285

Malmö (SWE) 14.000*

Spartak Moskva (RUS) 13.500***

Standard Liège (BEL) 12.500***

Zürich (SUI) 12.000

Bordeaux (FRA) 11.283*

Rennes (FRA) 11.283

Pot 4

Apollon (CYP) 10.000*

Rosenborg (NOR) 9.000*

Vorskla Poltava (UKR) 8.226

Slavia Praha (CZE) 7.500***

Akhisar Belediyespor (TUR) 7.160

Jablonec (CZE) 6.035

AEK Larnaca (CYP) 4.310*

Vidi (HUN) 4.250**

Rangers (SCO) 3.725*

Dudelange (LUX) 3.500*

Spartak Trnava (SVK) 3.500*

Sarpsborg (NOR) 3.485*

17 teams qualified automatically

* 21 teams advanced from the play-off round

** 6 teams defeated in UEFA Champions League play-off round

*** 4 teams defeated in UEFA Champions League third qualifying round league path

HOW THE NEW COMPETITION SYSTEM WORKS

How will the draw work?

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The 48 entrants have been split into four seeding pots based on their club coefficients, with each of the eventual 12 groups to contain one team from each seeding tier.

Under a new system, club coefficients are determined either by the sum of all points won in the previous five years or by the association coefficient over the same period – whichever is higher.

No team can play a club from their own association and, based on decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, clubs from Russia and Ukraine must not be drawn in the same group.

Why are some clubs paired?

In the case of associations with two or more representatives, clubs have been paired so that they play with different kick-off times (18.55CET and 21:00CET) for the benefit of TV audiences. The pairings are:



Sevilla & Real Betis

Arsenal & Chelsea

Zenit & Spartak Moskva

Dynamo Kyiv & Vorskla

Beşiktaş & Fenerbahçe

Salzburg & Rapid Wien

Olympiacos & PAOK

Anderlecht & Standard Liège

Lazio & AC Milan

Marseille & Bordeaux

Celtic & Rangers

RB Leipzig & Eintracht Frankfurt

Apollon Limassol & AEK Larnaca

Rosenborg & Sarpsborg

Slavia Praha & Jablonec



If a paired club is drawn, for example, in groups A, B, C, D, E or F the other paired club – once drawn – will automatically be assigned to the first available group of G, H, I, J, K or L.

UEFA Europa League Player of the Season

The 2017/18 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season award will also be presented during the ceremony. Diego Godín, Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet are in the running.

When are the group stage 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 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 & 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



Wednesday 29 May: Final – Olympic Stadium, Baku