Europa: Liverpool to face LASK, Brighton get Ajax, Marseille

The Europa League for 2023/2024 seasoned has been revealed on Friday as Liverpool will play LASK of Austria, Union Saint-Gilloise of Belgium and French Cup holders Toulouse in Group E in the group stage

Also, its Premier League rivals Brighton and Hove Albion will look forward to meeting European giants Ajax and Marseille in their first ever foray into continental competition.

Jurgen Klopp’s are appearing in the Europa League for the first time since 2015/16, when they lost the final to Sevilla, after finishing fifth in last season’s Premier League.

Brighton finished sixth domestically last season to qualify for Europe for the first time in their history and have been rewarded with a glamour draw in Group B.

The Seagulls will play Ajax, the four-time former European champions and UEFA Cup winners in 1992, as well as 1993 Champions League winners Marseille and Greek champions AEK Athens.

Last season’s Europa Conference League winners West Ham United will also go to Greece to play Olympiakos in Group A, which will also contain German Bundesliga side Freiburg and TSC Backa Topola of Serbia.

TSC are making a rare foray into Europe after coming second in the Serbian league last season.

Following their defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League play-offs, 2022 Europa League runners-up Rangers were drawn in Group C with Real Betis, Czech champions Sparta Prague and Aris Limassol, the Cypriot title-holders.

Jose Mourinho’s Roma, who lost last season’s final on penalties to Sevilla, will play Slavia Prague, Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova and Servette of Geneva in Group G.

The first round of group-stage matches will be played on September 21, with this season’s Europa League final being held in Dublin on May 22, 2024.

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗔:

West Ham
Olympiacos
Freiburg
TSC Backa Topola

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗕:
Ajax
Marseille
Brighton
AEK Athens

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗖:
Rangers
Real Betis
Sparta Prague
Aris Limassol

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗗:
Atalanta
Sporting CP
Sturm Graz
Raków Częstochowa

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗘:
Liverpool
LASK
Union Saint-Gilloise
Toulouse

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗙:
Villarreal
Rennes
Maccabi Haifa
Panathinaikos

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗚
AS Roma
Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol
Servette

𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗛:
Leverkusen
Qarabag
Molde
Häcken