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Europa League draw LIVE: Man Utd, Arsenal, Wolves, Celtic and Rangers learn Uefa 2019 group stage fate

The Premier League’s Manchester United, Arsenal and Wolves were all in the hat in Monaco as well as Scottish rivals Celtic and Rangers

Lawrence Ostlere,Harry Latham-Coyle
Friday 30 August 2019 16:49 BST
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Join us LIVE for the 2019/20 Europa League group stage draw as five British sides – Manchester United, Arsenal, Wolves, Celtic and Rangers – all discovered their opponents.

Manchester United face a nightmare travel schedule with trips to Astana in Kazakhstan and Partizan Belgrade in Serbia with AZ Alkmaar also drawn in Group L. Arsenal have an altogether easier set of fixtures with Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liege and Vitoria Guimaraes of Portugal joining them in Group F. Elsewhere, Wolves will take on Besiktas, Braga and Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia.

Celtic have the toughest task of the Scottish Premiership sides with Lazio, Rennes and Cluj joining them in Group E with Rangers set to play Porto, Young Boys and Feyenoord.

What time is it?

The draw takes place on Friday 30 August. It is due to get underway at midday, UK time.

Where is it?

The draw will take place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Where can I watch it?

The draw will be streamed live on Uefa's website. It will also be shown live on BT Sport 2.

Which teams are in which pots?

Pot 1 (Uefa coefficient, team, nation)

104.000 Sevilla (ESP)

101.000 Arsenal (ENG)

93.000 Porto (POR)

81.000 Roma (ITA)

78.000 Manchester United (ENG)

65.000 Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

62.000 Beşiktaş (TUR)

54.500 Basel (SUI)

50.000 Sporting CP (POR)

48.000 CSKA Moskva (RUS)

40.000 Wolfsburg (GER)

37.000 Lazio (ITA)

Pot 2

37.000 PSV Eindhoven (NED)

34.500 Krasnodar (RUS)

31.000 Celtic (SCO)

31.000 København (DEN)

31.000 Braga (POR)

29.500 Gent (BEL)

29.000 Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

27.500 Young Boys (SUI)

27.500 Astana (KAZ)

27.000 Ludogorets (BUL)

25.500 APOEL (CYP)

24.000 Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)

Pot 3

23.000 St-Étienne (FRA)

22.000 Qarabağ (AZE)

22.000 Feyenoord (NED)

20.713 Getafe (ESP)

20.713 Espanyol (ESP)

20.000 Malmö (SWE)

18.000 Partizan (SRB)

17.500 Standard Liège (BEL)

17.092 Wolves (ENG)

11.699 Rennes (FRA)

11.500 Rosenborg (NOR)

10.500 İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)

Pot 4

10.500 AZ Alkmaar (NED)

9.646 Vitória SC (POR)

8.000 Trabzonspor (TUR)

7.780 Olexandriya (UKR)

6.250 Dudelange (LUX)

6.250 LASK (AUT)

6.250 Wolfsberg (AUT)

6.000 Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

6.000 Lugano (SUI)

5.250 Rangers (SCO)

3.500 CFR Cluj (ROU)

3.500 Ferencváros (HUN)

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"Very much Europe’s second-tier competition in terms of feeling as much as status, the Europa League is at this point pretty much what you make it, so it is quite the coincidence that the group stage draw conforms to how the British clubs see it.

For Manchester United, it seems an inconvenience, especially after winning it two years ago, and that’s certainly the way to describe a trip to Astana. For Arsenal, it still feels a trophy to be won and a route back into the Champions League for the first time in three seasons, and their group looks like a proper challenge in that regard. For Wolves, it’s a grand adventure, which is again exactly what trips to Braga, Besiktas and Slovan Bratislava represent. There’s a pleasing variety to that, too, going to very different football corners of Europe."

Miguel Delaney is in Monaco, and has some thoughts on today's Europa League draw:

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Some good news from Uefa, who have confirmed a cap on away ticket prices in this season's European competitions

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Steven Gerrard has reacted to Rangers' Europa League draw:

"It's a fantastic draw for us. There's some really tasty games in there and some nice countries to visit.

"But we're not in that group to make up the numbers. We want to give a good account of ourselves. We want to do our fans proud and surprise a few.

"We know we go in as the underdogs, but we'll give it our best shot and do everything we can to get out of the group.

"On paper it certainly looks difficult. But football doesn't always go to script. Football is there to shock people and that's what we'll try to do."

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