For the third time in their history, Maccabi Tel Aviv will take part in the group stages of the UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE following a dramatic victory on penalties last evening against Hajduk Split in the playoff round. 
Today, the group stage draw took place in Monaco as Maccabi were in ranked in Pot 3 and it was determined that they would face in Group D:
Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)
Alkmaar (Holland)
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dundalk (Ireland)
The first match will be held on September 15th while the match calendar will be available soon.
In response to the EUROPA League group stage draw, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s coach Shota Arveladze told the club’s official website: “We were informed of the draw results on the plane whilst making our way back from Split. Zenit St Petersburg, AZ Alkmaar and Dundalk is by all means a very tough draw as both Zenit and AZ are the top two teams in each one of their respective pots as far as coefficient ranking. Dundalk on the other hand are ranked bottom of their pot but make no mistake as they are a stubborn side which knocked Bate Borisov out of the Champions League qualifiers both this season and last season. Alkmaar will be an emotional return for me to a club I spent time both as a player and a coach, while Zenit is one of the strongest teams in Europe who play at one of the prettiest cities in the world”.
