Football news - Arsenal to meet BATE, Chelsea draw Malmo, Celtic to face Valencia
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ByEurosport
Updated 17/12/2018 at 12:58 GMT
Arsenal will take on Belarusian Premier League champions BATE Borisov in the round of 32 of the Europa League after the draw at UEFA’s Swiss headquarters in Nyon on Monday.
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The tie pitches former Arsenal playmaker Alexander Hleb against his old club – the two sides met in last season’s groups stages, with the Gunners putting 10 goals past the Belarusian side over two games.
Elsewhere, 2013 winners Chelsea have been drawn against Malmo, managed by former Manchester City forward Uwe Rosler, while Celtic have been handed a tie against Valencia, who dropped down from the Champions League but sit just five points off the relegation zone in Liga.
In the tie of the round, five-time winners Sevilla take on Lazio while Eintracht Frankfurt, who won Lazio’s Group H with six wins from six, face Shakhtar Donetsk.
Napoli, who were squeezed out of the Champions League by Liverpool on matchday six, begin their quest for Europa League glory with a tie against FC Zurich.
The first legs will be played on February 14 with the return ties set for February 21.
DRAW IN FULL
- Viktoria Plzen v Dinamo Zagreb
- Club Brugge v FC Salzburg
- Rapid Wien v Inter Milan
- Slavia Prague v Genk
- Krasnodar v Leverkusen
- FC Zurich v Napoli
- Malmo v Chelsea FC
- Shakhtar Donetsk v Eintracht Frankfurt
- Celtic FC v Valencia
- Stade Rennes v Real Betis
- Olympiacos v Dynamo Kyiv
- Lazio v Sevilla
- Fenerbahce v Zenit
- Sporting v Villarreal
- BATE v Arsenal
- Galatasaray v Benfica
How the teams qualified:
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Here were the group winners and runners up.
- Group A - Leverkusen (winners), FC Zurich
- Group B – Salzburg (winners), Celtic
- Group C – FC Zenit (winners), Slavia Prague
- Group D - Dinamo Zagreb (winners), Fenerbahce
- Group E - Arsenal (winners), Sporting CP
- Group F - Real Betis (winners), Olympiacos
- Group G – Villarreal (winners), Rapid Wien
- Group H - Eintracht Frankfurt (winners), Lazio
- Group I: Genk (winners), Malmo
- Group J: Sevilla (winners), Krasnodar
- Group K: Dynamo Kyiv (winners), Rennes
- Group L: Chelsea (winners), BATE
And they were joined by the Champions League third-place teams, as follows.
- Club Brugge
- Inter Milan
- Napoli
- Galatasaray
- Benfica
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Viktoria Plzeň
- Valencia
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