Maribor were sent to Europe's second-strongest club competition by Viktoria Plzen of the Czech Republic, which defeated the Slovenian champions in the play-off for the UEFA Champions League.

The group stage of the UEFA Europa League will start on 19 September and conclude on 12 December.

* UEFA Europa League groups:
- Group A: Valencia, Swansea, Krasnodar Kuban, St. Gallen;
- Group B: PSV Eindhoven, Dinamo Zagreb, Chornomorets Odesa, Ludogorec;
- Group C: Standard Liege, Red Bull Salzburg, Elfsborg, Esbjerg;
- Group D: Rubin Kazan, Wigan, Maribor, Zulte Waregem;
- Group E: Fiorentina, Dnipro, Pacos Ferreira, Panduri;
- Group F: Bordeaux, APOEL, Eintracht Frankfurt, Maccabi Tel Aviv;
- Group G: Dinamo Kyiv, Genk, Rapid Vienna, Thun;
- Group H: Sevilla, Freiburg, Estoril, Slovan Liberec;
- Group I: Lyon, Betis, Vitoria Giumaraes, Rijeka;
- Group J: Lazio, Trabzonspor, Legia Warsaw, Apollon;
- Group K: Tottenham, Anzhi Makhachkala, Sheriff Tiraspol, Tromsoe;
- Group L: AZ Alkmaar, PAOK, Maccabi Haifa, Shakhter Karagandy.