Europa League 2022-2023 guide: when does it start, qualified teams, draws, format and calendar – Goal.com

We tell you all the details about the new edition of the second continental tournament in importance. The Europa League is already with us. The 2022/23 campaign is the 52nd season of this club competition, the 14th since it changed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League, and the second since the introduction of the new format. It began on August 4, 2022 and runs until the final on May 31, 2023. Next, in Goal we tell you everything you need to know about the new edition of the continental competition that saw Eintracht Frankfurt as the champion of the 2021-2022 season.Europa League Guide 2022-2023When are the Europa League qualifying matches?Third qualifying round: August 4 and 11, 2022Play-offs: August 18 and 25, 2022When are the tournament draws?Third qualifying round: July 18, 2022Play-off round: August 2, 2022Group stage: August 26, 2022Play-off knockout round: November 7, 2022Round of 16: 24 February 2023Quarter-finals and semi-finals: March 17, 2023Group Stage DrawThe 2022-23 Europa League Group Stage draw will take place on Friday 26 August 2022. It will take place in Istanbul, Turkey , and will start around 1:00 p.m. CET. All teams will know their rivals in the Group Stage. More information here.Which teams participate?The Europa League Group Stage will feature the participation of 32 teams. They are not all confirmed, as some are still playing the preliminary phase. The complete list will be known on Thursday, August 25. These are the confirmed teams that will participate in the group stage of the Europa League 2022-23: Roma (ITA) Man. United (ENG)Arsenal (ENG)Lazio (ITA)Braga (POR)Feyenoord (NED)Rennes (FRA)Real Sociedad (ESP)Real Betis (ESP)Union Berlin (GER)Freiburg (GER)Nantes (FRA)Monaco (FRA )**Sturm Graz (AUT)**Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)**Midtjylland (DEN)**Red Star (SRB)**Dynamo kyiv (UKR)**Qarabağ (AZE)**12 automatically qualified participants
*10 Europa League play-off winners
**10 teams from the Champions League play-offs (6) or the main path third roundGetty ImagesHow does the group stage draw work?The 32 clubs are drawn into four groups of eight, according with the club coefficient ranking established at the beginning of the season and with the principles established by the Club Competition Committee. The teams will be divided into eight groups of four, each of which will contain one team from each seeding pot. series.Clubs from the same federation cannot play against each other. Further restrictions will be announced before the draw. To ensure that paired clubs from the same country (including those playing in the UEFA Europa Conference League) have different kick-off times where possible, the eight groups will be colour-coded: Groups A to D in red and groups E to H in blue. When a paired club is drawn, for example, in one of the red groups, the other paired club, once drawn, will automatically be assigned to one of the blue groups. Pairings will be confirmed before the draw.When does the Europa League 22-23 Group Stage start?The Europa League 2022-23 Group Stage kicks off with several matches on Thursday 8 September 2022. The Group Stage It consists of a total of six matchdays, with the last one being played on November 3, 2022. Matchday 1: September 8, 2022 Matchday 2: September 15, 2022 Matchday 3: October 6, 2022 Matchday 4: October 13, 2022 Matchday 5: October 27, 2022Matchday 6: November 3, 2022When is the Europa League knockout stage?Play-off knockout round: February 16 and 23Round of 16: March 9 and 16, 2023Quarter finals: 13 and April 20, 2023Semi-finals: May 11 and 18, 2023Final: May 31, 2023Matches are generally played on Thursdays (except the final) and, in principle, are divided equally into two time slots: 18:45CET and 21:00CET.Where is the 2023 UEFA Europa League final? Budapest will be the scene of its first major men’s European final, as the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League final takes place at the Puskás Aréna. The venue was originally scheduled to host the 2022 final, but in June 2020 it was agreed that the Puskás Aréna would host the 2023 final.