Who's in Group E?

Spartak Moskva (RUS)

• UEFA coefficient ranking: 104

• How they qualified: first in Russian Premier League

• Previous group stage campaigns: 11 (last appearance: 2012/13)

• Last season: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round

• Best European Cup performance: semi-finals (1990/91)

Sevilla (ESP)

• UEFA coefficient ranking: 8

• How they qualified: fourth in Spanish Liga, play-off winners

• Previous group stage campaigns: 4 (last appearance: 2016/17)

• Last season: UEFA Champions League round of 16

• Best European Cup performance: quarter-finals (1957/58)

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Liverpool (ENG)

• UEFA coefficient ranking: 34

• How they qualified: fourth in English Premier League, play-off winners

• Previous group stage campaigns: 9 (last appearance: 2014/15)

• Last season: not in UEFA competition

• Best European Cup performance: winners x 5 (1976/77, 1977/78, 1980/81, 1983/84, 2004/05)

Maribor (SVN)

• UEFA coefficient ranking: 94

• How they qualified: first in Slovenian First League, play-off winners

• Previous group stage campaigns: 2 (last appearance: 2014/15)

• Last season: UEFA Europa League play-offs

• Best European Cup performance: group stage (1999/2000, 2014/15, 2017/18)

Matchday one fixtures (Wednesday 13 September)

Maribor v Spartak

Liverpool v Sevilla

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Key facts

• Sevilla and Liverpool met in the 2016 UEFA Europa League final in Basel, the Spanish side coming from behind to win 3-1 in Basel. Six of those Sevilla players remain at the club, while ten of Liverpool's starting XI are still at Anfield.

• Liverpool's Spanish full-back Alberto Moreno came through the ranks at home-town club Sevilla, making 62 first-team appearances before joining the Reds in 2014.

• Sevilla beat Maribor en route to their 2013/14 UEFA Europa League triumph, winning 4-3 on aggregate in the round of 32.

• Maribor have never played Spartak or Liverpool.

• Spartak beat Liverpool 6-2 in the 1992/93 European Cup Winners' Cup third round, winning 4-2 at home and 2-0 away. The English club came out on top emphatically in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League first group stage though, winning 5-0 at home and 3-1 away.