2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage

The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage will begin on 14 September and end on 7 December 2017. A total of 48 teams compete in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

The draw for the group stage will be held on 25 August 2017, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

The 48 teams are drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on their 2017 UEFA club coefficients.

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.

Moreover, the draw is controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of four groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage. On each matchday, one set of six groups play their matches at 19:00 CEST/CET, while the other set of six groups play their matches at 21:05 CEST/CET, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday.

The fixtures are decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 15.02):

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

There are certain scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general do not play at home on the same matchday (UEFA tries to avoid teams from the same city playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams in certain countries (e.g., Russia) do not play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather and simultaneous kick-off times).

Below are the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They include 16 teams which enter in this stage, the 22 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route).

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