Europa League group stage draw LIVE: Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton to find out who they will face
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A nightmare draw for Brighton and a dream one for Liverpool. West Ham will be fairly happy too.
Jurgen Klopp's men were already favourites. Those odds just got a bit shorter.
The groups are set!Group A: West Ham, Olympiacos, Freiburg, TSC Bracka Topola
Group B: Ajax, Marseille, Brighton, AEK Athens
Group C: Rangers, Real Betis, Sparta Prague, Aris Limassol
Group D: Atalanta, Sporting Lisbon, Sturm Graz, Rakow Czestochowa
Group E: Liverpool, LASK, Union St-Gilloise, Toulouse
Group F: Villarreal, Rennes, Maccabi Haifa, Panathinaikos
Group G: Roma, Slavia Prague, Sheriff Tiraspol, Servette
Group H: Bayer Leverkusen, Qarabag, Molde, Hacken
Hacken join Leverkusen, Qarabag and MoldeThe Swedish champion round us off.
Group G: Servette join Roma, Slavia Praha and SheriffGroup F: Panathanaikos join Villarreal, Maccabi Haifa and RennesGroup E: Toulouse join Liverpool, Union SG and ToulouseGroup D: Rakow join Atalanta, Sporting and SturmGroup C: Aris Limasol join Rangers, Real Betis and Sparta PrahaGroup B: AEK Athens join Brighton, Marseille and AjaxVery strong group.
Group A: TSC Backa Topola join West Ham, Frieburg, and OlympiacosGroup H: Molde join Leverkusen and QarabagThat completes Pot 3.
Group G: Sheriff Tiraspol join Roma and Slavia PrahaMourinho should be fairly happy with this.
Group D: Sturm Graz join Atalanta and SportingGroup F: Maccabi Haifa joins Villarreal and RennesGroup E: Union SG join Liverpool and LASKThe Reds will be happy with this.
Group C: Sparta Prague join Rangers and Real BetisLooking fairly tough for the Scots...
Group B: Brighton join Ajax and MarseilleGroup of death for the Seagulls!
Group A: Freiburg join West Ham and OlympiacosGroup H: Qarabag join Bayer Leverkusenthe completes Pot 2.
Group G: Slavia Praha join RomaGroup F: Rennes join VillarrealGroup E: LASK join LiverpoolA huge game for them!
Group D: Sporting join AtalantaGroup C: Real Betis join RangersGroup B: Marseille join AjaxGroup A: Olympiacos join West HamThe Hammers will be facing the Greek side.
Now it gets interesting...
Group H for Bayer LeverkusenRoma in Group GMourinho's men fell just short last year.
Atalanta are in Group DGroup F for VillarrealLiverpool into Group EMust be a strange feeling for them...
Into Group C go Rangersthe 2022 finalists are next out.
Next out: AjaxThey go into Group B.
First name out is... West Ham!They go into Group A.
Two-time Europa League winner Stephane Mbia brings out the trophy.
Navas wins Player of the SeasonJesús Navas has been named 2022/23 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season.
Florian Wirtz of Bayer Leverkusen claims the Young Player of the Season award.
Here we goThe ceremony is underway.
First, a loo back at how Sevilla claimed the trophy for the seventh time last season.
They're in the Champions League after that triumph but they could of course end up going for an eighth should they finish third in their group.
Plenty of big teams in the mixLiverpool are the one team no one will want to face but the likes of Ajax and Roma are also in Pot 1.
Most of the pot wouldn't look out of place in the Champions league whatsoever.
The four potsPot 1: West Ham, Liverpool, Roma, Villarreal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta, Rangers
Pot 2: Sporting CP, Slavia Prague, Rennes, Olympiacos, Real Betis, LASK, Marseille, Qarabag
Pot 3: Molde, Brighton, Sheriff Tiraspol, Union SG, Freiburg, Sparta Prague, Maccabi Haifa, Sturm Graz
Pot 4: Toulouse, AEK Athens, Hacken, TSC Backa Topola, Servette, Panathinaikos, Rakow Czestochowa, Aris Limassol
30 minutes to goThe draw takes place in Monaco at 12pm. Not long now.
Good morning, everyone!How are we? Yesterday was all about the Champions League but today the focus is on the Europa League - with English trio Liverpool, Brighton and West Ham all awaiting their group-stage fate.
Well those aforementioned teams don't have long to wait with the draw beginning at midday. Follow all the build-up, the draw itself and reaction to it with Mail Sport HERE.