Group Stage preview
14th September - 7th December, 2017
Kick-off 19h00 & 21h05 CAT
The 2017/18 UEFA Europa League group stage will kick off this week with match day one taking place on Thursday. English giants Arsenal, who are making their debut in this tournament, will host German side FC Koln at the Emirates Stadium in a Group H match.
In Belgrade, Serbia, Red Star Belgrade are scheduled to face off with Belarus' BATE Borisov in another Group H encounter. English oufit Everton will travel to Italy to face Serie A side Atalanta in a Group E match at the Mapei Stadium. Group E also features French giants Olympique Lyon, who will take on Cyprus' Apollon Limassol in Nicosia. German club 1899 Hoffenheim will be action against Portuguese oufit Braga in a Group C match at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena.
Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir and Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad are set to face off in another Group C game in Istanbul. In Group I, French giants Olympique Marseille will welcome Turkey's Konyaspor with new signing Lebogang Manyama from South Africa in their ranks at the Stade Vélodrome. At the same time, Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães will be hosting Austrian side Red Bull Leipzig in Portugal in another Group I match. Spanish outfit Villarreal are set to lock horns with Kazakhstan's Astana in a Group A encounter at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
In Prague, Czech Republic, Slavia Prague will play host to Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv in another Group A game. Russian giants Zenit Saint Petersburg are set to travel to Macedonia to face Vardar in a Group L match at the Philip II Arena. Another Group L match will feature Spanish club Real Sociedad against Norway's Rosenborg in Spain. In Group J, Ukrainian club Zorya Luhansk are set to host Swedish side Östersund at the Arena Lviv. Germany's Hertha BSC will square off with Spanish outfit Athletic Bilbao in another Group J match in Berlin.
Italian football powerhouse AC Milan will travel to Austria to take on Austria Wien at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in a Group D match. In Rijeka Croatia, Greek side AEK Athens will be away to Rijeka in another Group D encounter. Swiss side Young Boys are set face off with Sebian club Partizan in a Group B match in Bern, Switzerland. Another Group B game will feature Albania's Skënderbeu Korçë and Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyviv at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium.
In Group K, Belgium's Zulte Waregem will welcome French outfit Nice at the Regenboogstadion. Dutch side Vitesse will also be at home against Italy's Lazio in another Group K match in Arnhem. Hapoel Be'er Sheva, an Israeli club, are set to lock horns with Switzerland's Lugano at the Turner Stadium in a Group G clash. At the same time, Steaua Bucure?ti from Romania, will be hosting Czech Republic's Viktoria Plzen in another Group G match in Bucharest. Viktoria Plzen, who are also from Czech Republic, will meet Romanian side Sheriff Tiraspol in a Group F match at the Andruv stadion. In Copenhagen, Denmark, Lokomotiv Moscow are scheduled to face Copenhagen in another Group F match.