48 HOPEFULS AND THE HIGHEST RANKED TEAM SURROUNDED BY POTENTIAL RIVALS

Following a long summer of qualifiers, we now know the names of the 48 teams who will make up the Europa League Group Stages. As was already known and after they fought their way through the three qualifiers, Sevilla FC will be the first team in Pot 1, finding themselves in the company of prestigious European clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Zenit St. Petersburg and Bayer Leverkusen - these teams are immediately below Sevilla and therefore will avoid playing Pablo Machín's team.

The draw, held in Nyon, will have Sevilla drawn against a team from each of the other pots - 2, 3, and 4. The only team they cannot face, as they are both from Spain, is Real Betis who are in Pot 3. This is the composition of each group.

Pot 1: Sevilla FC, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, FC Zenit, Bayer Leverkusen, FC Dynamo Kiev, Besiktas JK, FC Salzburg, Olympiakos FC, Villarreal CF, RSC Anderlecht and SS Lazio.

Pot 2: Sporting Clube Portugal, Ludogorets Razgrad, FC København, Olympique Marseille, Celtic FC, FC PAOK, AC Milan, Racing Genk, FC Krasnodar, Fenerbahçe SK, FK Astana and Rapid Viena.

Pot 3: Real Betis, Bate Borisov, Qarabag FK, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, RB Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt, Malmö FF, FC Spartak Moscú, Standard Lieja, FC Zürich, Girondins Burdeos and Stade Rennais.

Pot 4: Apollon Limassol, Rosenborg BK, FC Vorskla Poltava, SK Slavia Praga, Akhisar Belediyespor, FK Jablonec, AEK Larnaca, FC Vidi, Rangers FC, Spartak Trnava, F91 Dudelange, and Sarpsborg 08.