Extracting the draw of the UEFA Europa League group stage © EuroFootball.com

On Friday, the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League took place in Monaco.

The first matches of the group stage will be played on September 16, with the final round scheduled for December 15-16. The round of 16 will begin on February 17 next year.

The final will be held at Dublin's "Lansdowne Road" stadium on May 18, 2011.

Group A

Turin's "Juventus" (Italy) "Man City" (England) "Salzburg" (Austria) Poznan's "Lech" (Poland)

Group B

Madrid's "Atletico" (Spain) Leverkusen's "Bayer" (Germany) "Rosenborg" (Norway) Salonika's "Aris" (Greece)

Group C

Lisbon's "Sporting" (Portugal) "Lille" (France) Sofia's "Levski" (Bulgaria) "Gent" (Belgium)

Group D

"Villarreal" (Spain) "Brugge" (Belgium) Zagreb's "Dinamo" (Croatia) Salonika's PAOK (Greece)

Group E

Alkmaar's AZ (Netherlands) Kiev's "Dynamo" (Ukraine) Borisov's BATE (Belarus) Tiraspol's "Sheriff" (Moldova)

Group F

Moscow's CSKA (Russia) "Palermo" (Italy) Prague's "Sparta" (Czech Republic) Lausanne's "Lausanne-Sport" (Switzerland)

Group G

St. Petersburg's "Zenit" (Russia) Brussels' "Anderlecht" (Belgium) Athens' AEK (Greece) Split's "Hajduk" (Croatia)

Group H

"Stuttgart" (Germany) "Getafe" (Spain) "Odense" (Denmark) Bern's "Young Boys" (Switzerland)

Group I:

Eindhoven's PSV (Netherlands) Genoa's "Sampdoria" (Italy) Kharkiv's "Metalist" (Ukraine) Debrecen (Hungary)

Group J:

"Sevilla" (Spain) PSG (France) Dortmund's "Borussia" (Germany) Lviv's "Karpaty" (Ukraine)

Group K:

"Liverpool" (England) Bucharest's "Steaua" (Romania) "Napoli" (Italy) "Utrecht" (Netherlands)

Group L:

"Porto" (Portugal) Istanbul's "Besiktas" (Turkey) Sofia's CSKA (Bulgaria) Vienna's "Rapid" (Austria)