Dundalk have been handed a difficult Europa League draw.
Stephen Kenny’s side were unfortunate not to become the first Irish team to reach the group stages of the Champions League earlier this week. Dundalk drew 1-1 with Legia Warsaw on Tuesday in Poland, going out of the competition 3-1 on aggregate to the Polish side.
However, the Europa League group stages, and a guarantee of at least six more European fixtures this season, isn’t a bad consolation prize.
Dundalk were in Pot 4 for Friday’s draw, and were therefore bound to receive a tough group.
The Irish champions have been drawn alongside Russian side Zenit St Petersburg, AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands and Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Here’s the draw in full:
Group A
Manchester United
Fenerbahçe
Feyenoord
Zorya Luhansk
Group B
Olympiakos
APOEL
Young Boys
Astana
Group C
Anderlecht
St-Étienne
Mainz
Qäbälä
Group D
Zenit St Petersburg
AZ
M. Tel-Aviv
Dundalk
Group E
Viktoria Plzeň
Roma
Austria Wien
Astra
Group F
Athletic Bilbao
Genk
Rapid Wien
Sassuolo
Group G
Ajax
Standard Liège
Celta
Panathinaikos
Group H
Shakhtar Donetsk
Braga
Gent
Konyaspor
Group I
Schalke
Salzburg
Krasnodar
Nice
Group J
Fiorentina
PAOK
Liberec
Qarabağ
Group K
Inter Milan
Sparta Praha
Southampton
H. Beer-Sheva
Group L
Villarreal
Steaua
Zürich
Osmanlıspor
The official result of the #UELdraw pic.twitter.com/5Aw0eSrGaf
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 26, 2016
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