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Manchester United to face Mourinho's Fenerbahce, Rangers and PAOK in Europa League

Spurs will also face Rangers in the new-look league phase.

MANCHESTER UNITED WILL travel to Turkish side Fenerbahce, now coached by Jose Mourinho, among their eight games in the league phase of the new-look Europa League, the draw for which took place in Monaco on Friday.

The Old Trafford club won the Europa League with Mourinho as coach in 2017. He recently became coach of Fenerbahce, who were knocked out of the Champions League in the third qualifying round.

United will also notably play at home to 2022 Europa League runners-up Rangers and go to Portugal to play Porto, another of Mourinhoโ€™s old sides.

They will also face PAOK at home. The Greek side beat Shamrock Rovers in the playoff.

Tottenham Hotspur, the other English representative in the competition, will also take on Rangers, in their case away from home.

Ange Postecoglouโ€™s side will also play at home to Roma and go to Istanbul to face Turkish champions Galatasaray.

They will also face Ireland striker and former Spurs player Troy Parrottโ€™s AZ Alkmaar. 

The format of the Europa League has changed for this season, along the same lines of the new-look Champions League.

The number of clubs in the competition proper is now 36, all of whom are placed into one league but split into four pots of seeds.

Each participant plays eight games, facing two clubs from each pot, one at home and one away.

The top eight at the end of the league phase โ€” which runs until the end of January โ€” will advance to the last 16, while the teams finishing from ninth to 24th will advance to a playoff round to decide the remaining last-16 spots.

The bottom 12 in the league phase will be eliminated, with no clubs dropping down into the Conference League ahead of the knockouts, and no teams parachuting down from the Champions League as in the past.

Manchester Utdโ€™s fixtures: Rangers (H), Porto (A), PAOK (H), Fenerbahce (A), Bodo/Glimt (H), Viktoria Plzen (A), Twente (H), FCSB (A).

Tottenhamโ€™s fixtures: Roma (H), Rangers (A), AZ Alkmaar (H), Ferencvaros (A), Qarabag (H), Galatasaray (A), Elfsborg (H), Hoffenheim (A).

โ€“ ยฉ AFP 2024

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    Aug 30th 2024, 1:10 PM

    At a glance, Man utd would appear to have faired better than Tottenham with regards to the fixtures.

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    Aug 30th 2024, 1:21 PM

    Troy Parrot back to face spurs

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    Aug 30th 2024, 2:33 PM

    @Tony Oโ€™Connor: Hows he doing in holland

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    Aug 30th 2024, 2:52 PM

    @NICE GUY: he has been trying to figure out the language, but was all double dutch to him supposedly!

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