Europa League draw - Man Utd set for 6,000-mile round trip to Astana, Arsenal take on Frankfurt

ByEurosport

Updated 30/08/2019 at 15:10 GMT

Manchester United will embark on a gruelling 6,000-mile round trip during the Europa League group stage after they were drawn against Astana of Kazakhstan.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side will also face Serbian outfit Partizan Belgrade and AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands in Group L following the draw on Friday in Monaco.

Arsenal, last season's runners-up, have been placed in Group F alongside Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liege and Vitoria while Wolves will face Besiktas, Braga and Slovan Bratislava in their first European campaign since 1980.

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Celtic will come up against Cluj, the side that knocked them out of the Champions League third qualifying round earlier this month.

Neil Lennon's men will also face Serie A club Lazio and Rennes of France in what is a very difficult group for the Scottish champions.

Rangers booked their place in the draw on Thursday after a 1-0 win over Legia Warsaw, and they will face Porto, Young Boys and Feyenoord.

Ashley Cole was the special guest who conducted the draw in Monaco

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The Ibrox club will have to close a section of their home ground for their first Europa League group game in Glasgow after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting.

Rangers will have to leave at least 3,000 seats empty, the same punishment served during the second leg with Legia Warsaw on Thursday, after a similar offence against St Joseph's in the first qualifying round.

The group stage begins on September 19 while the final will take place in Gdansk, Poland on May 27.

Group A: Sevilla, APOEL, Qarabag, Dudelange

Group B: Dyanmo Kiev, Copenhagen, Malmo, Lugano

Group C: Basle, Krasnodar, Getafe, Trabzonspor

Group D: Sporting, PSV, Rosenborg, LASK

Group E: Lazio, Celtic, Rennes, Cluj

Group F: Arsenal, Frankfurt, Standard Liege, Vitoria

Group G: Porto, Young Boys, Feyenoord, Rangers

Group H: CKSA Moscow, Ludogorets, Espanyol, Ferencvaros

Group I: Wolfsburg, Gent, Saint-Etienne, Olexandriya

Group J: Roma, Monchengladbach, Istanbul Basaksehir, Wolfsberger

Group K: Besiktas, Braga, Wolves, Slovan Bratislava