UEFA Europa League 2024-25: Group stage draw results

The UEFA Europa League 2024-2025 season has completed its group draw, revealing the opponents for Besiktas, Galatasaray, and Fenerbahce. The new format has placed the three Turkish representatives in separate groups.

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Galatasaray pre-match photo, Konya, Türkiye, August 17, 2024. (AA Photo)Fenerbahce and Adana Demirspor met in the first week of the Trendyol Super League, Istanbul, August 11, 2024 (AA Poto)Galatasaray and Besiktas teams met in the Turkcell Super Cup match at Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Türkiye, Aug. 3 2024 (AA Photo)

Galatasaray's Opponents:

• Tottenham (England)
• Ajax (Netherlands)
• PAOK (Greece)
• AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
• Malmö (Sweden)
• Dinamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
• Elfsborg (Sweden)
• RFS (Latvia)

Fenerbahce's Opponents:

• Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
• Manchester United (England)
• Olympique Lyonnais (France)
• AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
• Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium)
• Midtjylland (Denmark)
• Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
• Twente (Netherlands)

Besiktas' Opponents:

• Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
• Ajax (Netherlands)
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
• Olympique Lyonnais (France)
• Malmö (Sweden)
• Bodø/Glimt (Norway)
• Twente (Netherlands)
• Athletic Bilbao (Spain)

UEFA Europa League's new format

This season the UEFA Europa League will adopt a new format, called the Swedish model. Teams will play eight matches in total, four of which will be home matches and four away matches.

The teams finishing in the top eight will advance directly to the last 16 rounds. The teams that finish between ninth and 24th will play playoff matches. The first matches of the tournament will be played on Sept. 25-26, and the final will take place on May 21, 2025, at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain.

August 30, 2024 03:27 PM GMT+03:00