SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2015 MONACO: The final draw for the Europa League groups are displayed on an electronic board, after the Europa League draw ceremony of the first round of the 2015/2016 Europa League, at the Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, yesterday. — AP Ajax, Celtic meet in Europa League MONACO: Former European champions Ajax were draw with Club Bruges, Legia Warsaw Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa faces a quick will host the final. Portugal’s Sporting face Amsterdam and Celtic, who both suffered the and Midtjylland in Group D while Borussia return to FC Basel, the team he led to the Swiss Besiktas, Lokomotiv Moscow and indignity of being knocked of the Champions Dortmund must face PAOK, Krasnodar and league title last season, after their were paired Skenderbeu, the first Albanian side to qualify League qualifiers by underdogs this season, Qabala in Group C. in Group I, which also features Lech Poznan for the group stage of a European competi- will meet in the Europa League after being Liverpool were drawn against Swiss side and Belenenses. Basel’s St Jakob Park stadium tion, in Group H. — Reuters drawn together in the group stage yesterday. Sion, who they beat 6-3 at Anfield in 1996, Four-times European champions Ajax, beaten Girondins Bordeaux and Rubin Kazan in Group by Rapid Vienna in the premier competition, B. Ukraine’s Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, last sea- and Celtic, who were ousted by Malmo, were son’s runners-up, will face Lazio, St Etienne and placed in Group A alongside Turkey’s Rosenborg in Group G. “Lazio are a very good Matches on TV Fenerbahce and Norwegian side Molde. side, but their defeat by Leverkusen (in the “It almost feels like a Champions League Champions League playoffs) suggests they do (Local Timings) group,” said former Netherlands goalkeeper not have enough experience,” Dnipro coach Edwin van der Sar, now an Ajax director, after Myron Markevych said. English Premier League AC Milan v Empoli 21:45 his side were drawn in arguably the toughest “As we were the finalists last year, we need beIN SPORTS 3 HD of the 12 groups. at least to qualify from our group.” Bundesliga Newcastle United v Arsenal 14:45 Anderlecht will meet Tottenham Hotspur in side Augsburg, making their European debut beIN SPORTS 1 HD German Bundesliga a repeat of the 1984 final after they were this season, must face Athletic Bilbao, AZ Bournemouth v Leicester City 17:00 Stuttgart v Eintracht 16:30 drawn in Group J alongside Monaco and Alkmaar and Partizan Belgrade in Group L. beIN SPORTS 3 HD beIN SPORTS Qarabag. The English Premier League side won “Every match in the Europa League is a Liverpool v West Ham United 17:00 Augsburg v Ingolstadt 16:30 the UEFA Cup 31 years ago on penalties after present for us,” said Augsburg president Klaus beIN SPORTS 8 HD both legs against Anderlecht ended 1-1. Napoli Hofmann. “We will enjoy the games.” Chelsea v Crystal Palace 17 :00 beIN SPORTS beIN SPORTS 11 HD FSV Mainz v Hannover 16:30 Aston Villa v Sunderland 17:00 beIN SPORTS Europa League groups beIN SPORTS 6 HD FC Koln v Hamburger 16:30 Manchester City v Watford 17:00 beIN SPORTS 2 HD beIN SPORTS 1 HD Darmstadt v Hoffenheim 16:30 MONACO: Europa League groups following Group H: Sporting Lisbon (POR), Besiktas Stoke City v West Bromwich 17:00 beIN SPORTS 4 HD yesterday’s draw in Monaco: (TUR), Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS), beIN SPORTS 7 HD Bayern Munich v Bayer 04 19:30 Skenderbeu (ALB). Tottenham v Everton 19:30 beIN SPORTS 4 HD Group A: Ajax (NED), Celtic (SCO), Group I: Basel (SUI), Fiorentina (ITA), Lech beIN SPORTS 1 HD Fenerbahce (TUR), Molde (NOR). Poznan (POL), Belenenses (POR). Group B: Rubin Kazan (RUS), Liverpool Group J: Tottenham (ENG), Anderlecht Spanish League French League (ENG), Bordeaux (FRA), Sion (SUI). (BEL), Monaco (FRA), Qarabag (AZE). Caen v Olympique Lyonnais 18:00 Group C: Borussia Dortmund (GER), PAOK Group K: Schalke 04 (GER), Apoel Nicosia Real Sociedad v Sporting Gijon 19:30 beIN SPORTS 5 HD (GRE), Krasnodar (RUS), Qabala (AZE) . (CYP), Sparta Prague (CZE), Asteras Tripolis beIN SPORTS 10 HD Troyes v Montpellier 21:00 Group D: Napoli (ITA), Club Brugge (BEL), (GRE). FC Barcelona v Malaga 21:30 beIN SPORTS 7 HD Legia Warsaw (POL), Midjtylland (DEN). Group L: Athletic Bilbao (ESP), AZ Alkmaar beIN SPORTS 2 HD Angers v OGC Nice 21:00 Group E: Villarreal (ESP), Viktoria Plzen (NED), Augsburg (GER), Partizan Belgrade Celta de Vigo v Rayo Vallecano 23:00 beIN SPORTS 6 HD (CZE), Rapid Vienna (AUT), Dinamo Minsk (SRB). beIN SPORTS 1 HD Lille OSC v Ajaccio 21:00 (BLR). Note: The group phase will be played from Real Madrid v Real Betis 23:30 beIN SPORTS Group F: Marseille (FRA), Sporting Braga September 17 to December 10 with the top beIN SPORTS 2 HD (POR), Slovan Liberec (CZE), Groningen two from each group reaching the knock- Stade de Reims v Lorient 21:00 (NED). out rounds where they will be joined by Italian Calcio League beIN SPORTS 9 HD Group G: Dnipropetrovsk (UKR), Lazio (ITA), eight teams eliminated from the Bologna v Sassuolo Calcio 19:00 Stade Rennes v Toulouse 21:00 Saint-Etienne (FRA), Rosenborg (NOR). Champions League. — AFP beIN SPORTS 3 HD beIN SPORTS 5 HD.