When and where is the draw?
The draw begins at 13:00CET on Friday 25 August at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. It will be streamed live on UEFA.com.
Who is involved in the draw?
Arsenal (ENG) coefficient 105.192
Lyon (FRA) 68.833
Villarreal (ESP) 64.999
Lazio (ITA) 56.666
Real Sociedad (ESP) 27.499
Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) 20.606
Hertha Berlin (GER) 16.899
Köln (GER) 15.899
Vitória SC (POR) 14.866
Atalanta (ITA) 14.666
Zulte Waregem (BEL) 14.480
Zorya Luhansk (UKR) 13.526
Konyaspor (TUR) 9.840
Vitesse (NED) 9.212
Zlín (CZE) 6.635
Lugano (SUI) 6.415
22 play-off winners to be confirmed
10 transferring from UEFA Champions League play-offs to be confirmed
How will the draw work?
The 48 entrants are 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.
The 22 play-off winners, the ten losing teams from the UEFA Champions League play-offs and the 16 sides entering at this stage make up the 48 clubs that go into the group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum.
No team can play a club from their own association, with the exact draw procedure confirmed before the ceremony.
The UEFA Europa League Player of the Season award will also be presented during the ceremony.
When are the group stage games?
Matchday one: 14 September
Matchday two: 28 September
Matchday three: 19 October
Matchday four: 2 November
Matchday five: 23 November
Matchday six: 7 December
What comes next?
The top two in the 12 UEFA Europa League groups will join the eight third-placed sides from the UEFA Champions League groups in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 draw, which takes place in Nyon on 11 December at 13:00CET.
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