n and s are set to find their e opponents for the 2026-27 season on Friday afternoon: Right here is the whole lot you have to know concerning the draw and the Italian sides’ potential match-ups.
Milan and Juventus are the 2 Italian representatives within the 2026-27 version of the Europa League following their respective fifth and sixth-place finishes in Serie A final season.
Each Italian sides might be in Pot 1 in Friday’s Europa League league section draw, which is happening at 12.00 BST.
Irish former soccer worldwide John O’Shea holds up the paper slip of AC Milan in the course of the draw for the spherical of 16 of the 2023-2024 UEFA Europa League soccer event on the Home of European Soccer in Nyon, on February 23, 2024. (Picture by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Picture by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
They’ll every be drawn in opposition to two groups from Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and can face 4 groups at residence and 4 groups away over the course of the 2026-27 Europa League league section.
2026-27 Europa League pots
Pot 1
Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica. Juventus, Lyon, Milan, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiacos, Actual Sociedad, Marseille.
Pot 2
Ferencvaros, Viktoria Plzen, Union SG, Dinamo Zagreb, RB Salzburg, Celtic, Sparta Prague, Rennes, Anderlecht.
Pot 3
AFC Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Sturm Graz, Lech Poznan, Sunderland, Celje, Jagiellonia Bialystok, Omonia.
Pot 4
Hoffenheim, Besiktas, Torreense, Hapoel Be’er Sheva, NEC Nihmegen, OFI Crete, Lillestrom, Aarat-Armenia, Levski Sofia.
When will Europa League matches be performed?
FROSINONE, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Luciano Spalletti head coach of FC Juventus gestures in the course of the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on August 23, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Pictures)
Week 1: September 16-17
Week 2: October 15
Week 3: October 22
Week 4: November 5
Week 5: November 26
Week 6: December 10
Week 7: January 21, 2027
Week 8; January 28, 2027