Europa League Draw 2016: Full List of Group-Stage Fixtures and Dates

Manchester United will play Fenerbahce, Feyenoord and Zorya Luhansk in the UEFA Europa League group stage, it was confirmed on Friday.

The Red Devils are the big favourites for this title having failed to qualify for European football’s top-tier competition last term.

Elsewhere, Southampton will go up against Inter Milan, Sparta Prague and Hapoel Beer-Sheva in their group. 

Here is the draw in full and a closer look at a couple of teams expected to go far in this season’s competition.

Manchester United

Having acquired one of the world’s best coaches in Jose Mourinho, a world-class forward in Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba, the most expensive player of all-time, this summer, United’s squad is one that plenty would expect to go far in the UEFA Champions League.

While their absence from that competition will be a disappointment, it means that Mourinho has a great chance of steering his side to a European title in his first season in charge. The Portuguese will be confident of overcoming Fenerbahce, Feyenoord and Zorya Luhansk, too.

He certainly has the personnel to warrant the favourites tag. Oliver Kay of the Times believes the early signs are positive for the Red Devils:

Early days, of course, but #MUFC appear to have rediscovered their mojo. Strong starts for Bailly, Pogba and particularly Ibrahimovic

— Oliver Kay …

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