2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage
The drawing to decide the groups happened on 26th August 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. There were 32 teams, and they were split into eight groups, each containing four teams. To make it fair, the teams were separated into four pots, each pot having eight teams. This separation was based on how well the teams did in the 2022 UEFA club rankings. Teams from the same country couldn't end up in the same group. Before the drawing, UEFA matched up teams from the same country and decided which groups they would go in. This was done to make sure that these teams had different starting times for their matches. They did this based on which teams had more people watching on TV.