Europa League: Emenike to face Man Utd; Ogu gets Inter Milan

Nigeria forward, Emmanuel Emenike, will come up against Manchester United in Group A of the 2016/17 Europa League after his Turkish club Fenerbahçe were drawn with the English side on Friday.

Emenike, 29, has had a career revival since his return to Istanbul after disappointing loan spells at West Ham and Al Ain.

His teammate, Robin van Persie, will face an emotional return to Old Trafford where he played between 2012 and 2015.

They also play Dutch giants, Feyenoord, and Zorya Luhansk who finished fourth in the Ukrainian Premier League last season.

It is a similar situation for John Ogu whose Israeli side, Hapoel Be’er Sheva, are in Group K alongside Italian heavyweight, Inter Milan, Southampton and Sparta Prague.

Brown Ideye, who scored in the play-offs on Thursday night for Olympiacos, will be up against APOEL, Young Boys and Astana in Group B.

Moses Simon’s Belgian club Gent are in Group H with Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga of Portugal and Turkey’s Konyaspor.

A clash against Austria Vienna, Astra Giurgiu and Viktoria Plzen awaits Dream Team VI revelation, Sadiq Umar, whose Italian side, AS Roma are drawn in Group E.

For Leon Balogun, his German team, Mainz, will come up against Belgian side, Anderlecht, St Etienne and FK Qabala.

The first round of matches will take place on September 15.

Europa League 2016/17 full draw

GROUP A

Manchester United

Fenerbahce

Feyenoord

Zorya Luhansk

GROUP B

Olympiakos

APOEL

Young Boys

FK Astana

GROUP C

Anderlecht

St Etienne

Mainz

FK Qabala

GROUP D

Zenit St Petersburg

AZ Alkmaar

Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Dundalk

GROUP E

Viktoria Plzen

AS Roma

Austria Vienna

Astra Giurgiu

GROUP F

Athletic Bilbao

Genk

Rapid Vienna

Sassuolo

GROUP G

Ajax

Standard Liege

Celta Vigo

Panathinaikos

GROUP H

Shakhtar Donetsk

Braga

Gent

Konyaspor

GROUP I

Schalke

Salzburg

Krasnodar

Nice

GROUP J

Fiorentina

PAOK

Slovan Liberec

FK Qarabag

GROUP K

Inter Milan

Sparta Prague

Southampton

Hapoel Beer-Sheva

GROUP L

Villarreal

Steaua Bucharest

FC Zurich

Osmanlispor