In the same day we’ve got Europa League groups, the draw has also been made for Europe’s third-tier international club competition, the Europa Conference League. The competition that was won by Roma in its inauguration season will see the likes of West Ham, Villareal, Napoli, Molde, OGC Nice, Fiorentina…Even though there are many unknown clubs, and clubs with little experience in European cups, the first season proved an exciting one, partly because of its novelty. Many sets of fans are getting the chance to travel to different countries to follow their teams for the first time, resulting in increased levels of passion and interest.Jose Mourinho got a tattoo to celebrate winning the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League 🎨📸 IG/josemourinho pic.twitter.com/uy6Z1J9RQy— GOAL (@goal) July 17, 2022 West Ham will face FCSB, Anderlecht and Silkeborg in the Group B of the Europa Conference League. David Moyes’ side reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last season, before losing to eventual winners Eintracht Frankfurt, and they will be eyeing another deep European run this time.Group D is the only one where two clubs from European Top 5 leagues have been drawn together. German sleeping giants Koln and French club Nice are joined by the 1966 European Cup runners-up Partizan Belgrade from Serbia and Czech team Slovacko.##NAJAVA_MECA_6596464##The match dates have been announced, and will be completed in a tighter schedule than normal owing to the World Cup in Qatar. The final will take place at the Eden Arena, Prague, on 7 June 2023.These are the UEFA Europa Conference League groups in full:Group A: Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey), Fiorentina (Italy), Hearts (Scotland), RFS (Latvia)Group B: West Ham United (England), FCSB (Romania), Anderlecht (Belgium), Silkeborg (Denmark)Group C: Villarreal (Spain), Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel), Austria Vienna (Austria), Lech Poznan (Poland)Group D: Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), Koln (Germany), Nice (France), FC Slovacko (Czech Republic)Group E: AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), Apollon Limassol (Cyprus), FC Vaduz (Liechenstein), Dnipro-1 (Ukraine)Group F: Gent (Belgium), Molde (Norway), Shamrock Rovers (Republic of Ireland), Djurgardens (Sweden)Group G: Slavia Prague (Czech Republic), CFR Cluj (Romania), Sivasspor (Turkey), Ballkani (Serbia)Group H: Basel (Switzerland), Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia), Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania), Pyunik (Armenia)
