UEFA Cup Draw

Twinblade · 9 Oct 2007 at 11:22

Can some kind soul post the draw for the UEFA Cup for me. The IT guys in the office have blocked all Sports Websites so cannot check out who has who.

Thanks in advance.

Chong Warrior · 9 Oct 2007 at 11:24

Anderlecht
Spurs
Getafe
Tel Aviv
AaB - Who?

Not a bad draw for Spurs

Bolton got Bayern

Chong Warrior · 9 Oct 2007 at 11:26

http://www.uefa.com/live/competitions/uefacup/draw/2008.gs/draw_basic.html

JohnnyG · 9 Oct 2007 at 11:28

Group A
AZ Alkmaar
Zenit St Petersburg
EVERTON
Nuremburg
Larissa

Group B
Panathinaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Atletico Madrid
Copenhagen
ABERDEEN

Group C
Villarreal
AEK Athens
Fiorentina
Mlada Boleslav
Elfsborg

Group D
Basle
Hamburg
Stade Rennais
Dinamo Zagreb
Brann

Group E
Bayer Leverkusen
Sparta Prague
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse
FC Zurich

Group F
Bayern Munich
BOLTON
Braga
Red Star Belgrade
Aris Thessaloniki

Group G
Anderlecht
TOTTENHAM
Getafe
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Aalborg

Group H
Bordeaux
Austria Vienna
Galatasaray
Panionios
Helsingsborgs

Top 3 go through from each group apparently.

Ex-RoNiN · 9 Oct 2007 at 11:32

Poor AEK, seem to have caught the hardest group :eek:

Panathinaikos should get through it too, Panionios have a good chance, but I fear for Aris (not really :evil: ) - as for Larissa, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain, which might well work in their favour.

Twinblade · 9 Oct 2007 at 11:39

Thats not too bad a draw for us. We should be able to see off AaB and Hapoel, depending on what games we have to play at home.

Anderlecht aren't a bad side, but we should be able to beat them, and Spain is always a hard place to go, and Getafe were a decent side last season, not sure how they are doing this season.

That said, we need to start winning games otherwise we won't be progressing.

They announced who the home/away fixtures are against yet?

Chong Warrior · 9 Oct 2007 at 12:03

Getafe are doing aswell as Spurs this season... they're also in the bottom 3 lol

Tute · 9 Oct 2007 at 12:05

JohnnyG said:
Top 3 go through from each group apparently.

To make 24 in the next round? :confused:

I don't get this anyway - I thought the UEFA cup was an "old fashoned" knockout competition... why are there groups?

JohnnyG · 9 Oct 2007 at 12:07

It's a money spinning footballing spamfest now, just like the CL

Chong Warrior · 9 Oct 2007 at 12:09

Tute said:
To make 24 in the next round?

Yes but 8 teams from the Champions league drop into the UEFA Cup in the next stage making the numbers up to 32

Tute said:
I don't get this anyway - I thought the UEFA cup was an "old fashoned" knockout competition... why are there groups?

Same reason as there are groups in the CL... money

BFCTom · 9 Oct 2007 at 13:29

If the top 3 out of 5 all qualify I'd expect all the english clubs to do so.

On the otherhand Aberdeen have a nightmare group imo.

div0 · 9 Oct 2007 at 13:58

Yeah, Aberdeen have managed to avoid all the 'big guns', but they've managed to get themselves in possibly the worst group with regards to qualification

In most of the other groups, I reckon that 3rd place looks a realistic possibility - but in this group they could finish anywhere. None of the teams are particularly weak in the group (except maybe us

) Still will be good to see the Dons back in Europe!!

Tunney · 9 Oct 2007 at 14:27

I was hoping we'd get Aberdeen in our group.

Any idea of who is playing home/away? Spurs got a nightmare draw last time!

mad_allan · 9 Oct 2007 at 14:53

I'm happy with our draw, Anderlecht will be the toughest game.

BFCTom · 9 Oct 2007 at 15:12

Just been on SSN, the bookies are offering 2/1 on any other team than the top so many winning it.

Any Other Team 2/1
Bayern Munich 4/1
Tottenham 9/1
Atletico Madrid 12/1
Villarreal 14/1
Fiorentina 16/1
Everton 20/1
Leverkusen 25/1
Hamburg 25/1
Az Alkmaar 25/1

Premier · 9 Oct 2007 at 15:24

On the surface it looks like we've stayed away from some of the bigger teams in the tournament and could well progress.

but we seriously need to look at our defending set peice's and give robinson a rest for a few games and let him get his head back together.

Twinblade · 9 Oct 2007 at 16:47

Tunney said:
I was hoping we'd get Aberdeen in our group.

Any idea of who is playing home/away? Spurs got a nightmare draw last time!

I think this seasons draw is harder than last seasons. In all fairness we fell against the only really decent side we played in last seasons competition, and that was because of a dodgy referee and a shocking opening half hour at White Hart Lane.

Ripper · 9 Oct 2007 at 17:02

Ouch, Bolton aren't having much luck this season. Chances are they'll have a new manager anyway before those fixtures take place

mad_allan · 9 Oct 2007 at 17:11

Premier said:
On the surface it looks like we've stayed away from some of the bigger teams in the tournament and could well progress.

but we seriously need to look at our defending set peice's and give robinson a rest for a few games and let him get his head back together.

I've said it numerous times on numerous forums, we miss a leader. Dawson / Kaboul are not leaders, Keane, IMO, isn't, Robbo is struggling.

I think Zokora would be a good captain. He's a battler, can now speak the language and looks to have finally settled into English football.

Weebull · 9 Oct 2007 at 19:30

I reckon Spurs might struggle. Two tricky sides (Hapoel and Anderlecht) away, and Getafe at home. They'll still most likely go through, but it'll help if they remember how to win by then.

Bolton could get third without too much trouble, and Everton look to have a simple enough group. Harsh on Aberdeen, but at least they should get to play some big teams.