Uefa Cup Groups Stage draw today (Tuesday 11 am)

DubDani

Today at 12 CET the groups for the second round of the Uefa Cup will be drawn. Of course not as prestigious as the Champions League, but there seems to be a lot of quality in all of the Pots this year. Very few really small teams.

POT1
AC Milan
Sevilla
Valencia
Benfica
Schalke 04
CSKA Moscow
Tottenham Hotspur
Hamburger SV

POT2
VfB Stuttgart
Ajax
Olympiakos Piraeus
Deportivo La Coruña
Club Brugge
Spartak Moscow
Paris Saint-Germain
Heerenveen

POT3
Rosenborg BK
Udinese
Feyenoord
Sporting Braga
Slavia Prag
Manchester City
Galatasaray
Sampdoria

POT4
Hertha BSC
Partizan Belgrade
AS Nancy Lorraine
Portsmouth FC
Aston Villa
Racing Santander
FC København
Dinamo Zagreb

POT5
AS Saint-Étienne
VfL Wolfsburg
Standard Liège
FC Twente Enschede
NEC Nijmegen
Metalist Kharkiv
Lech Posen
MSK Zilina

The draw could bring up some interesting groups like:

AC Milan
AJAX
Man City
Santander
Standard Liege

or

Sevilla
Stuttgart
Udinese
Aston Villa
AS Saint-Étienne

Looking forward to the draw, and hoping that my team (Hamburg) gets a decent (i.e. doable and attractive) group.

Xavi6

Knowing our luck, City will get Milan, Belgrade, Zagreb and Liege.

Green Giant

Xavi6 wrote: »

Knowing our luck, City will get Milan, Belgrade, Zagreb and Liege.

And if they did, I'm confident they'd get through. Remember, it's three from five progressing and City will only have to play two of those teams away. Places like Belgrade and Zagreb could be a tad hostile but I don't think City would have anything to fear if the four teams you mentioned were their group opponents.

delija_sever029

Come on Olympiacos!!!!!

Partizan is very tough to play against in Belgrade,no matter which team is guest;)
They are in good shape so its better to skip them at the moment

Burial

This group would be interesting:

AC Milan/Sevilla/Hamburg
Ajax/VfB Stuttgart/Deportivo La Coruña
Manchester City/Feyenoord/Galatasaray
Hertha BSC/Portsmouth FC/Aston Villa/Dinamo Zagreb
Standard Liège/VfL Wolfsburg

Any mixture of those would be great groups imo.

This would be a dire group:

Tottenham Hotspur
Club Brugge
Slavia Prag
FC København
Lech Posen

delija_sever029

Where is live draw on internet?

Xavi6

UEFA CUP DRAW

GROUP A: Schalke 04, Paris SG

GROUP B: Benfica

GROUP C: Sevilla

GROUP TOTTENHAM

GROUP E: AC Milan

GROUP F: Hamburg

GROUP G: Valencia

GROUP H: CSKA Moscow

Xavi6

GROUP A: Schalke 04, Paris SG

GROUP B: Benfica, Olympiacos

GROUP C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart

GROUP TOTTENHAM, Spartak Moscow

GROUP E: AC Milan, Heerenveen

GROUP F: Hamburg, Ajax

GROUP G: Valencia, Club Brugge

GROUP H: CSKA Moscow, Deportivo La Coruna

Xavi6

Schalke and PSG for City

delija_sever029

Olympiacos against Benfica,not so bad,not so bad

Xavi6

GROUP A: Schalke 04, Paris SG, MANCHESTER CITY

GROUP B: Benfica, Olympiacos, Galatasaray

GROUP C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart, Sampdoria

GROUP TOTTENHAM, Spartak Moscow, Udinese

GROUP E: AC Milan, Heerenveen, SC Braga

GROUP F: Hamburg, Ajax, Slavia Prague

GROUP G: Valencia, Club Brugge, Rosenborg

GROUP H: CSKA Moscow, Deportivo La Coruna, Feyenoord

monkey9

delija_sever029 wrote: »

Olympiacos against Benfica,not so bad,not so bad

How come you're so interested in Olympiacos??

delija_sever029

HOLY CRAP!!!!:eek:

Olympiacos-Galatasaray,Greece-Turkey,what madness thats gonna be:eek:

Xavi6

Pompey could be fooked -

GROUP A: Schalke 04, Paris SG, MANCHESTER CITY, Racing Santander

GROUP B: Benfica, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, Hertha Berlin

GROUP C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrade

GROUP TOTTENHAM, Spartak Moscow, Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb

GROUP E: AC Milan, Heerenveen, SC Braga, PORTSMOUTH,

GROUP F: Hamburg, Ajax, Slavia Prague, ASTON VILLA,

GROUP G: Valencia, Club Brugge, Rosenborg, FC Copenhagen

GROUP H: CSKA Moscow, Deportivo La Coruna, Feyenoord, Nancy

delija_sever029

monkey9 wrote: »

How come you're so interested in Olympiacos??

Red Star and Olympiacos are in brotherhood for more than 20 years,we support them and they support us,fans have brotherhood names Orthodox brothers,we go in Greece and they come on our games ,wikipedia have something about it;)

delija_sever029

Tough draw for Partizan and Olympiacos....

Xavi6

PMSL we got McClown! Can't wait for the press conferences!

matrim

So far I'd say Portsmouth have the easiest group of all the english teams

monkey9

delija_sever029 wrote: »

Red Star and Olympiacos are in brotherhood for more than 20 years,we support them and they support us,fans have brotherhood names Orthodox brothers,we go in Greece and they come on our games ,wikipedia have something about it;)

Forget the brotherhood! The GA Eagles are now your team!!

delija_sever029

monkey9 wrote: »

Forget the brotherhood! The GA Eagles are now you're team!!

matrim

monkey9 wrote: »

Forget the brotherhood! The GA Eagles are now your team!!

What is this GA Eagles thing?

Villain

Group F Draw: Hamburg, Ajax, Slavia, Aston Villa, MSK Zilina

Xavi6

Draw in full -

UEFA CUP DRAW

GROUP A: Schalke 04, Paris SG, MANCHESTER CITY, Racing Santander, FC Twente

GROUP B: Benfica, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, Hertha Berlin, Metalist Kharkiv

GROUP C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrade, Standard Liege

GROUP TOTTENHAM, Spartak Moscow, Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb, NEC Nijmegen

GROUP E: AC Milan, Heerenveen, SC Braga, PORTSMOUTH, VfL Wolfsburg

GROUP F: Hamburg, Ajax, Slavia Prague, ASTON VILLA, MSK Zilina

GROUP G: Valencia, Club Brugge, Rosenborg, FC Copenhagen, Saint-Etienne

GROUP H: CSKA Moscow, Deportivo La Coruna, Feyenoord, Nancy, Lech Poznan

Quite happy with ours. Can definitely get out of it but it'll be tough.

delija_sever029

matrim wrote: »

What is this GA Eagles thing?

:D:D:D:pac::pac::pac:

monkey9

matrim wrote: »

What is this GA Eagles thing?

It's Boards adopted team to support. We're still trying to get over the one nil defeat to Zwolle.

delija_sever029

GROUP C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrade, Standard Liege


partizan to be destroyed in this group:D

delija_sever029

GROUP H: CSKA Moscow, Deportivo La Coruna, Feyenoord, Nancy, Lech Poznan

Worst group ever

Xavi6

matrim wrote: »

What is this GA Eagles thing?

http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Go_Ahead_Eagles

Fratton Fred

matrim wrote: »

So far I'd say Portsmouth have the easiest group of all the english teams

Other than the small matter of AC Milan, it doesn't look too difficult tbh.

DubDani

Nice draw for Hamburg. I think A, C & F are the most interesting groups on paper, A & C being the strongest on paper.

MementoMori

The thing to remember is that it's three from five to go through, which isnt exactly massively difficult.

I think Milan aside Portsmouth's group is pretty reasonable.

I'd also expect Villa to go through too.

Spurs if they continue playing like they have been no chance - however if they actually start playing like they should might manage it

Man City - I would expect them to go through handily enough

DubDani

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Other than the small matter of AC Milan, it doesn't look too difficult tbh.

Heerenveen has been one of the best dutch teams the last few years. Very offensive and attractive team.

Wolfsburg one of the up and coming german teams. Invested quite big the last 2 seasons with Volkswagens help.

Not the easiest draw for pompey, but in most of these groups all the teams seem to have a decent chance of getting through. Depends always a bit who you get at home and who you play away.

Xavi6

MementoMori wrote: »

The thing to remember is that it's three from five to go through, which isnt exactly massively difficult.

That's really the main point in all this.

delija_sever029

Partizan with no chance,Olympiacos have tough group but i believe they can go through
Manchester City,Villa and Portsmouth needs to pass through, out of these groups
Tottenham got medium tough group and they need to pass too,but if they keep playing like so far i am not so sure about it...

mike65

I would not bet on any English sides quaifying at the moment, I'm sure some will but they are all tricky groups. Villa have some quality opposition - Hamburg, Ajax, Sparta all tough opponents while Spurs are sunk unless something pretty dramatic happens.

Mike

Villa and Pompey IMO are gone. I'll be praying i'm wrong but I think Citeh will get out of their group.

Helix

we only need 6 points, should pick them up and qualify

delija_sever029

Where i can see full fixtures?

One Cold Hand

Helix wrote: »

we only need 6 points, should pick them up and qualify

See I think this could be tricky.
Obviously nothing is guaranteed, I think we will beat Zilina.
Getting anything against Hamburg will be tough. So to get 6 points we either need to beat Ajax at home or Slavia Prague away.

estebancambias

spurs got a nice and easy group. should finish third anyway.

Fratton Fred

We've drawn AC Milan at home, i would have preferred them away and get th "Smaller" teams at home to try and gaurantee the 6 points needed. Still, you do what ya gotta do.

Incidentally, Ten years ago to the day that we drew AC Milan in the UEFA cup, we lost 2 - nil to Stockport County to go 20th in Division one.

Seems like only yesterday.

DSB

Deleted User wrote: »

Villa and Pompey IMO are gone. I'll be praying i'm wrong but I think Citeh will get out of their group.

Villa will win their group.

delija_sever029

That sounds very optimistic....

DSB

delija_sever029 wrote: »

That sounds very optimistic....

Hamburg and Ajax aren't that great. The Dutch and German leagues really aren't great, and these teams aren't close to the best in them. Obviously I'm nervous about the prospect of Huntelaar but I genuinely believe Villa are far better than those 2. Ajax are a thing of the past and Hamburg aren't anything at all.

delija_sever029

Dude after premier league German Bundesliga is my 2nd favorite league and i am watching it live every weekend,believe me its very good and atractive to watch.
Hamburg is in very good shape this season,they have 5-1-1 so far in the league and holding 1st place,they are in the best form in the last few years definitly and this could be their season.

They have good fixture so they will play at home against Villa and Ajax and away games against Zilina and Slavia

Tbh Villa should be very happy with draw against them

Ajax played against Borac from Serbia last round...well they look like you can never know with them,they played some good and crapy games so far in this season so who knows what performance they will show against Villa

Hamburg to get number 1 in this group is my opinion

DSB

delija_sever029 wrote: »

Dude after premier league German Bundesliga is my 2nd favorite league and i am watching it live every weekend,believe me its very good and atractive to watch.
Hamburg is in very good shape this season,they have 5-1-1 so far in the league and holding 1st place,they are in the best form in the last few years definitly and this could be their season.

They have good fixture so they will play at home against Villa and Ajax and away games against Zilina and Slavia

Tbh Villa should be very happy with draw against them

Ajax played against Borac from Serbia last round...well they look like you can never know with them,they played some good and crapy games so far in this season so who knows what performance they will show against Villa

Hamburg to get number 1 in this group is my opinion

The Bundesliga is really poor in comparison to the Premiership, La Liga, and Serie A. I reckon the French League is probably of a higher standard also. Stuttgart and Werder Bremen were embarassing in the Champions League last season. Villa are a far better side.

Helix

id be inclined to agree

hamburg 1, villa 2, ajax 3

delija_sever029

DSB wrote: »

The Bundesliga is really poor in comparison to the Premiership, La Liga, and Serie A. I reckon the French League is probably of a higher standard also. Stuttgart and Werder Bremen were embarassing in the Champions League last season. Villa are a far better side.

How often do you watch Bundesliga?

DSB

I wouldn't be an avid fan or anything but I've seen plenty of Hamburg, Bayern, Schalke, Stuttgart and Werder Bremen and I've never been bowled over. Perhaps you enjoy it as a spectacle but that doesn't make it near the standard of the big 3 leagues.

delija_sever029

DSB wrote: »

I wouldn't be an avid fan or anything but I've seen plenty of Hamburg, Bayern, Schalke, Stuttgart and Werder Bremen and I've never been bowled over. Perhaps you enjoy it as a spectacle but that doesn't make it near the standard of the big 3 leagues.

Well i watch it for 5 years every weekend and i rank it as 3rd league in europe after premier and la liga,and to confirm my opinion i heard 2 months ago that latest results showed that german bundesliga is ranked before serie a by quality

French league and even Serie A are funny comparing to Bundesliga

DSB

delija_sever029 wrote: »

Well i watch it for 5 years every weekend and i rank it as 3rd league in europe after premier and la liga,and to confirm my opinion i heard 2 months ago that latest results showed that german bundesliga is ranked before serie a by quality

French league and even Serie A are funny comparing to Bundesliga

And what players in the Bundesliga come close to the quality of Kaka, Ibrahimovic, Pato, Gattuso, Pirlo, Totti, De Rossi, Milito? The list could go on.