40 teams for the UEFA Cup Group stage

Duras

Well actually it's 39 more as Odense BK (DEN) already qualified beating Herta Berlin 3-2 on agg.

The other games and the first round results:

Mladá Boleslav (CZE) - Marseille (FRA) 0-1
Nancy (FRA) - Schalke (GER) 0-1
Lens (FRA) - Achnas (CYP) 0-0
Brøndby (DEN) - Eintracht (GER) 0-4
Parma (ITA) - Rubin (RUS) 1-0
Pasching (AUT) - Livorno (ITA) 0-2
Heerenveen (HOL) - Setúbal (POR) 3-0
Zulte Waregem (BEL) - Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 1-2
H. Tel-Aviv (ISR) - Chornomorets (UKR) 1-0
CSKA Sofia (BUL) - Beşiktaş (TUR) 0-2
Kayserispor (TUR) - AZ (HOL) 2-3
Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM) - Xanthi (GRE) 4-3
Newcastle (ENG) - Levadia (EST) 1-0
Rabotnicki (MKD) - Basel (SUI) 2-6
Auxerre (FRA) - Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2-1
Grasshoppers (SUI) - Åtvidaberg (SWE) 3-0
Blackburn (ENG) - Salzburg (AUT) 2-2
Rangers (SCO) - Molde (NOR) 0-0
Feyenoord (HOL) - Loko Sofia (BUL) 2-2
Groningen (HOL) - Partizan (YUG) 2-4
Nacional (POR) - Rapid Bucuresti (ROM) 0-1
Crvena Zvezda (YUG) - Liberec (CZE) 0-2
Tottenham (ENG) - Slavia (CZE) 1-0
Leverkusen (GER) - Sion (SUI) 0-0
Club Brugge (BEL) - Ružomberok (SVK) 1-0
Randers (DEN) - Fenerbahçe (TUR) 1-2
Osasuna (ESP) - Trabzonspor (TUR) 2-2
Austria (AUT) - Legia (POL) 1-1
Ajax (HOL) - Start (NOR) 5-2
Chievo (ITA) - Braga (POR) 0-2
Palermo (ITA) - West Ham (ENG) 1-0
Sparta (CZE) - Hearts (SCO) 2-0
PSG (FRA) - Derry (IRL) 0-0
Litex (BUL) - M. Haifa (ISR) 1-1
Celta (ESP) - Standard (BEL) 1-0
Zaporizhya (UKR) - Panathinaikos (GRE) 1-1
Espanyol (ESP) - Artmedia (SVK) 2-2
Iraklis (GRE) - Wisła (POL) 1-0
Sevilla (ESP) - Atromitos (GRE) 2-1

Duras

In the groups already:
OB (DEN)

Mladá Boleslav (CZE)
Liberec (CZE)

Nancy (FRA)
Lens (FRA)
Auxerre(FRA)

Eintracht(GER)

Livorno(ITA)
Parma(ITA)

Heerenveen (HOL)
Feyenoord (HOL)
AZ (HOL)

Zulte Waregem (BEL)

H. Tel-Aviv (ISR)
M. Haifa (ISR)

Basel(SUI)
Greasshoppers(SUI)

Besiktas (TUR)

Partizan (YUG)

Dinamo Bucuresti(ROM)

The other games still playing.

Lemlin

Blackburn 2-0 up and winning 4-2 on aggregate. I was worried this competition would be too much for the small squad but since the first game, they haven't lost a match in the League.

Rikand

Duras wrote:

In the groups already:
OB (DEN)

Mladá Boleslav (CZE)
Liberec (CZE)

Nancy (FRA)
Lens (FRA)
Auxerre(FRA)

Eintracht(GER)

Livorno(ITA)
Parma(ITA)

Heerenveen (HOL)
Feyenoord (HOL)
AZ (HOL)

Zulte Waregem (BEL)

H. Tel-Aviv (ISR)
M. Haifa (ISR)

Basel(SUI)
Greasshoppers(SUI)

Besiktas (TUR)

Partizan (YUG)

Dinamo Bucuresti(ROM)

The other games still playing.

Ajax
Austria Manga
Bayer Leverkusen
Blackburn
Braga
Celta Vigo
Club Brugge
Espanyol
Wisla Krakow
Panathanaikos
Newcastle
Osasuna
PSG
Palermo
Fenerbache
Rangers
Sevilla
Sparta Prague
Tottenham


complete the set, i think

mike65

Saw the second half of Spurs - Slavia game. Boy they are pants this season.
Keanes goal the only good thing they did.

Mike.

eirebhoy

The draw is next Tuesday. Here's the seeds.

Pot 1
Sevilla (TH)
Newcastle United
Panathinaikos
AC Parma
Ajax
Bayer Leverkusen
Feyenoord
AJ Auxerre

Pot 2
Club Brugge
FC Basel
AZ Alkmaar
Sparta Praha
Glasgow Rangers
Celta de Vigo
Paris Saint-Germain
RC Lens

Pot 3
Besiktas
Palermo
Espanyol
Heerenveen
Partizan Belgrade
Rapid Bucuresti
Wisla Kraków
Slovan Liberec

Pot 4
Fenerbahçe
Austria Wien
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Osasuna
Blackburn Rovers
Grasshoppers Zürich
Dinamo Bucuresti
Livorno

Pot 5
Tottenham Hotspur
Maccabi Haifa
Sporting Braga
AS Nancy Lorraine
Eintracht Frankfurt
Zulte Waregem
Mladá Boleslav
OB Odense

Guy:Incognito

Spurs a 5th seed? Are they not one of the favourites with the bookies?


EDIT. Quick check and they are 2nd favs with pp @ 9/1

kinaldo

Up the TOON! Screw the bookies we're number 2 seeds behind holders Sevilla and rightly so!

Chucky the tree

Stekelly wrote:

Spurs a 5th seed? Are they not one of the favourites with the bookies?


EDIT. Quick check and they are 2nd favs with pp @ 9/1

eh, the seeding isnt decided on how well the bookies think you will do.

Guy:Incognito

Chucky the tree wrote:

eh, the seeding isnt decided on how well the bookies think you will do.

Eh, yes but how many times is a bottom seed so high up the betting. How many times does a bottom seed win the tournament?


You dont see them offering 50/1 on AC Milan for the CL do you?

kinaldo

So what are u saying, that Spurs should be higher up the seeding ranks?

kinaldo

For anyone who missed it here's Martins' brilliant second goal for Newcastle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uILuQ6eNMI

I haven't seen any of the other goals but that surely has to be the most spectacular strike of the night! His first goal wasn't bad either.

Lemlin

Great 2-0 win for Blackburn and another fine display to make sure there's more European football at Ewood this season. Hopefully the team can carry that form through to the Sunday game against Wigan.

Jivin Turkey

Stekelly wrote:

Eh, yes but how many times is a bottom seed so high up the betting. How many times does a bottom seed win the tournament?


You dont see them offering 50/1 on AC Milan for the CL do you?

Seeding is based on European performanaces over the last number of years.

I think it is about ten since Spurs even qualified for Europe hence they will have a woeful seeding.

loyatemu

i thought it was a combination of the club and country coefficients and that Spurs would be seeded higher purely by virtue of being english.

obviously not...

eirebhoy

loyatemu wrote:

i thought it was a combination of the club and country coefficients and that Spurs would be seeded higher purely by virtue of being english.

obviously not...

You're team ranking is made up of your own coefficient plus 33% of your country coefficient. Spurs got 33% of England's coefficient. Even if it was Accrington Stanley in the UEFA cup they'd have got the same seeding as Spurs.

Xterminator

Can teams from the same country be drawn against each other?

X

Andrew 83

Xterminator wrote:

Can teams from the same country be drawn against each other?

X

I don't think they can in the group phase anyway

therecklessone

Jivin Turkey wrote:

I think it is about ten since Spurs even qualified for Europe hence they will have a woeful seeding.

7 years.

Xterminator wrote:

Can teams from the same country be drawn against each other?

No.

Draw next Tuesday. From a competitive point of view I'd like Leverkusen, Celta Vigo, Slovan Liberec, and Austria Wien. From a partying point of view, I'd like Ajax (away), Rangers (home), Espanyol (away), and Hapoel Tel-Aviv (home).