Arsenal U21s face Coventry in Checkatrade Trophy
Former Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker will manage the club's under-21s side in the Checkatrade Trophy
Arsenal Under-21s will start their first season in the Checkatrade Trophy against Cheltenham, Coventry and Forest Green Rovers in the group stages.
The Gunners are one of 16 Category One academies drawn in the competition with League One and League Two clubs.
Holders Lincoln City will face Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United and Wolves Under-21s in the group stages.
The 64 teams are split into pools of four clubs, with each group having an invited academy side in it.
Other Premier League clubs involved include Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea - who reached last season's semi-finals.
The first round of fixtures is scheduled to take place in the week starting Monday, 3 September.
Lincoln City beat Shrewsbury 1-0 in last year's final - the winners' first trip to WembleyCheckatrade Trophy draw in fullNorthern sectionGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup DCarlisle UnitedBuryAccrington StanleyCrewe AlexandraMorecambeFleetwood TownBlackpoolShrewsbury TownSunderlandRochdaleMacclesfield TownTranmere RoversStoke City Under-21sLeicester City Under-21sWest Brom Under-21sManchester City Under-21sGroup EGroup FGroup GGroup HBurton AlbionBarnsleyDoncaster RoversLincoln CityPort ValeBradford CityGrimsby Town Mansfield TownWalsallOldham AthleticNotts CountyScunthorpe UnitedMiddlesbrough Under-21sEverton Under-21sNewcastle United Under-21sWolves Under-21sSouthern sectionGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup DCrawley TownCambridge UnitedNewport CountyBristol RoversGillinghamColchester UnitedPlymouth ArgyleExeter CityPortsmouthSouthend UnitedSwindon TownYeovil TownTottenham Hotspur Under-21sSouthampton Under-21sChelsea Under-21sWest Ham Under-21sGroup EGroup FGroup GGroup HCheltenham TownNorthampton TownAFC WimbledonLuton TownCoventry CityOxford UnitedCharlton AthleticMilton Keynes DonsForest Green RoversWycombe WanderersStevenagePeterborough UnitedArsenal Under-21sFulham Under-21sSwansea City Under-21sBrighton & Hove Albion Under-21s
Source: bbc.com
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