EUROPA LEAGUE 2023 DRAW. The draw for the group stage of the Europa League was rather lenient for all the French clubs even if it will be necessary to make big trips.
After the Champions League, it’s now time for the Europa League. This year, France will be very well represented with three French clubs, Rennes, Nantes and AS Monaco. For this first day played this Thursday, September 8, Rennes will play against Larnaca, a Cypriot club. For AS Monaco, it will already be time for a perilous trip to Red Star Belgrade. For Nantes, the task will certainly be the most difficult against the Greek club Olympiakos.
Among the big teams involved in this Europa League, the English Arsenal or Manchester United can claim final victory. AS Rome, Lazio Rome, PSV Eindhoven are outsiders in this Europa League.
For this 2022-2023 Europa League season, three French clubs are involved with AS Monaco, donated from the Champions League, Stade Rennais, qualified by the French championship and FC Nantes, qualified after winning the last French Cup.
- Group A : Arsenal / PSV Eindhoven / Bodo Glimt / Zürich
- Group B : Dynamo Kyiv / Stade Rennais / Fenerbahce / Larnaca
- Group C : AS Roma / Ludogorets / Real Betis / Helsinki
- Group D : SC Braga / Malmö / Union Berlin / Union Saint-Gilles
- Group E : Manchester United / Real Sociedad / Sheriff / Omonia
- Group F : Lazio Roma / Feyenoord / Midtjylland / Sturm Graz
- Group G : Olympiakos / Qarabag / Freiburg / Nantes
- Group H : Red Star Belgrade / Monaco / Ferencvaros / Trabzonspor
The group stage of the Europa Football League is played from Thursday September 8, 2022 to Thursday November 3, 2022 while the knockout stage will be played from Thursday February 16, 2023 to Thursday May 18, 2023. As for the final, it is scheduled on May 31, 2023 at the Puskas Arena stadium in Budapest (Hungary). The calendar was then drawn up as follows by UEFA:
- Groups
- Day 1: September 8, 2022
- Day 2: September 15, 2022
- Day 3: October 6, 2022
- Day 4: October 13, 2022
- Day 5: October 27, 2022
- Day 6: November 3, 2022
- Direct elimination
- Knockout stage play-offs: February 16 and 23, 2023
- Round of 16: March 9 and 16, 2023
- Quarter-finals: April 13 and 20, 2023
- Semi-finals: May 11 and 18, 2023
- Final: May 31, 2023 at the Puskas Arena stadium in Budapest (Hungary)
The Rennes calendar
- Thursday 8 September at 6.45 p.m.: Larnaca-Rennes
- Thursday September 15 at 9 p.m.: Rennes-Fenerbahçe
- Thursday 6 October at 9 p.m.: Rennes-Dynamo kyiv
- Thursday 13 October at 6.45 p.m.: Dynamo kyiv-Rennes
- Thursday 27 October at 6.45 p.m.: Fenerbahçe-Rennes
- Thursday 3 November at 9 p.m.: Rennes-Larnaca
The Monaco calendar
- Thursday 8 September at 9 p.m.: Red Star Belgrade-Monaco
- Thursday 15 September at 6.45 p.m.: Monaco-Ferencvaros
- Thursday 6 October at 6.45 p.m.: Monaco-Trabzonspor
- Thursday 13 October at 9 p.m.: Trabzonspor-Monaco
- Thursday 27 October at 9 p.m.: Ferencvaros-Monaco
- Thursday 3 November at 6.45 p.m.: Monaco-Red Star Belgrade
The Nantes calendar
- Thursday September 8 at 9 p.m.: Nantes-Olympiakos
- Thursday 15 September at 6.45 p.m.: Qarabag-Nantes
- Thursday 6 October at 9 p.m.: Fribourg-Nantes
- Thursday 13 October at 6.45 p.m.: Nantes-Fribourg
- Thursday 27 October at 9 p.m.: Nantes-Qarabag
- Thursday 3 November at 6.45 p.m.: Olympiakos-Nantes
As last season, UEFA has awarded the 2022/2023 Europa League French TV rights to RMC Sport, M6 and Canal+ which will ensure the broadcast until the end of the 2023/2024 season. Canal + will co-broadcast with M6 the poster for each Thursday and RMC Sport offers all the remaining matches. M6 will broadcast the final scheduled for May 31, 2023.