After being relegated from the Champions League playoffs by Moldovan club Sheriff (0-3, 0-0), Dinamo was placed in the first strong group of the Europa League draw and today learned the rivals that stand in their way to a new European spring.
The draw in Istanbul on Friday decided that Dinamo will play in Group H of the Europa League. The Zagreb club has thus drawn Group H with Genk, West Ham, and Rapid Wien. The first match of the group stage is scheduled for September 16.
Dinamo could have had a much worse draw, and a clash against Crvena Zvezda has been avoided. Rapid will threaten Damir Krznar’s team from the fourth strong group of the team, West Ham from the third, while Genk, which knocked out Osijek and Lokomotiva from European competitions in previous years, come from the second.
EUROPE LEAGUE GROUP DRAW:
Group A
Lyon
Rangers
Sparta Prague
Brondby
Group B
Monaco
PSV Eindhoven
Real Sociedad
Sturm Graz
Group C
Napoli
Leicester City
Spartak Moscow
Legia Warsaw
Group D
Olympiakos
Eintracht Frankfurt
Fenerbahce
Royal Antwerp
Group E
Lazio
Lokomotiv Moscow
Marseille
Galatasaray
Group F
Braga
Red Star Belgrade
Ludogorets
Midtjylland
Group G
Bayer Leverkusen
Celtic
Real Betis
Ferencvaros
Group H
Dinamo Zagreb
Genk
West Ham
Rapid Vienna
Match dates: September 16 and 30, October 21, November 4 and 25, December 9
The knockout round playoffs are held on February 17 and 24 before the last 16 draw on February 25. The round of 16 is played on March 10 and 17, the quarter-finals on April 7 and 14, and the semis on April 28 and May 5. The Europa League final is on May 18 in Seville.
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