English clubs Arsenal and Chelsea today knew their Europa League group opponents after the draw took place in Monaco.

 Arsenal were pooled with Sporting Lisbon of Portugal, Arzebajian's Qarabág and Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava in Group E, as coach Unai Emery's men are seen as favourites to come out tops.

While Chelsea are expected to advance to the knockout phase after being pitted with Greek side POAK, BATE Borisov of Belarus and Videoton of Hungary.

Group stage full draw

Group A: Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Ludogorets (BUL), Zürich (SUI), AEK Larnaca (CYP)

Group B: Salzburg (AUT), Celtic (SCO), RB Leipzig (GER), Rosenborg (NOR)

Group C: Zenit (RUS), København (DEN), Bordeaux (FRA), Slavia Praha (CZE)

Group D: Anderlecht (BEL), Fenerbahçe (TUR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Spartak Trnava (SVK)

Group E: Arsenal (ENG), Sporting CP (POR), Qarabağ (AZE), Vorskla Poltava (UKR)

Group F: Olympiacos (GRE), AC Milan (ITA), Real Betis (ESP), Dudelange (LUX)

Group G Villarreal (ESP), Rapid Wien (AUT), Spartak Moskva (RUS), Rangers (SCO)
Group H: Lazio (ITA), Marseille (FRA), Eintracht Frankfurt (GER), Apollon (CYP)

Group I: Beşiktaş (TUR), Genk (BEL), Malmö (SWE), Sarpsborg (NOR)

Group J: Sevilla (ESP), Krasnodar (RUS), Standard Liège (BEL), Akhisar Belediyespor (TUR)

Group K: Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Astana (KAZ), Rennes (FRA), Jablonec (CZE)

Group L: Chelsea (ENG), PAOK (GRE), BATE Borisov (BLR), Vidi (HUN)


Meanwhile, Antoine Grizemann of France and Atlético de Madrid have been named the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season.

Grizemann saw off competitions from Dimitri Payet of Olympique Marseille, fellow club teammate Diego Godin and seven others to winning the award.

The Frenchman had a remarkable year with club and country, as he scored twice in Atlético's 3-0 defeat of Marseille in the Europa League final.

He carried on with his blistering form into the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and helped his country to emerged champions after France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final.

Below are the top ten players of last term UEFA Europa League competition.

1. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético) – 388 points
2. Dimitri Payet (Marseille) – 103 points
3. Diego Godín (Atlético) – 84 points
4. Jan Oblak (Atlético) – 43 points
5. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) – 26 points
6. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic) – 16 points
6. Koke (Atlético) – 16 points
8. Luiz Gustavo (Marseille) – 10 points
8. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) – 10 points
10. Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio) – 8 points

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