This season’s UEFA Europa League winners shall be topped on Wednesday when Chelsea tackle Arsenal in Baku, however the 2019/20 group stage is taking form already.
Seventeen groups qualify routinely for the group stage, with 11 sides now confirmed. Among them are former winners Sevilla (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016), Manchester United (2017) and Mönchengladbach (1975, 1979). Ukraine’s Oleksandriya will make their UEFA group stage debut, whereas for KV Mechelen a primary European marketing campaign in 26 years looms giant.