Manchester United to face this La Liga giant and some other minnows in 2022-23 Europa League group stage

Manchester United will face La Liga outfit Real Sociedad in the group stage of the 2022-23 Europa League and a pair of relative minnows, after being drawn in Group E alongside Real Sociedad, Sheriff Tiraspol and Omonoia. This will be Erik ten Hag’s first continental challenge since taking over as United boss with all six group ties set to take place ahead of the break for the winter World Cup.

Manchester United had faced Sociedad back when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in charge and got the better of them in the Round of 32 stage. Sheriff are famous for their victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League group stages last season. Omonia will be a brand-new opponent for United.

The Red Devils will have to keep their eye on the ball right from the word go due to the current format which incentivizes finishing top in the group. If United do end up runners-up in their group, they will have to go through an extra round this time around. The extra play-off knockout round will feature the eight teams who finished third in their Champions League group and dropped down to the Europa stage.

The first game of the campaign will be on Thursday, September 8 with the next matchday arriving on September 15. Manchester United’s last trophy triumph came in the Europa League back in 2016-17, when Mourinho was at their helm.

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Arsenal have reached at least the semi-finals in three of their last four Europa League campaigns and will go up against Dutch outfit PSV in Group A as they look to go further and lift the trophy. The Premier League duo are among the favourites to win the trophy, which was claimed by Eintracht Frankfurt last season with a win in the final against Rangers.

The Europa League group stage draw also brought Arsenal a meeting with old foe Ruud van Nistelrooy’s PSV Eindhoven, who were knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers by Rangers. Bodø/Glimt of Norway and Zurich complete the lineup in Group A for Mikel Arteta’s team.

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