UEFA Cup: Group Stage draw

Parma, Palermo and Livorno have all been handed tough groups after today’s UEFA Cup draw in Nyon.

Although Parma were amongst the top seeds given their recent European pedigree, they’ve been placed in Group D with Lens of France, Holland’s Heerenveen, Osasuna of Spain and Danish minnows Odense.

Palermo, conquerors of West Ham in the first round, will play English oposition again after they were placed in Group H with Newcastle United. Spain’s Celta Vigo, Fenerbahce of Turkey and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany make up their section.

UEFA Cup debutants Livorno may also struggle to reach the next phase after they were grouped with Ligue 1 side Auxerre, Scottish giants Rangers, Partizan Belgrade and Israeli outfit Maccabi Haifa.

The top three from each group will qualify for the next round. Teams will only play each other once - two games at home, and two away.


Group A
Auxerre
Rangers
Partizan Belgrade
Livorno
Maccabi Haifa

Group B
Bayer Leverkusen
Club Brugge
Besiktas
Dinamo Bucharest
Tottenham

Group C
Sevilla
AZ Alkmaar
Slovan Liberec
Grasshoppers
Braga

Group D
Parma
Lens
Heerenveen
Osasuna
Odense

Group E
Feyenoord
Basel
Wisla Krakow
Blackburn
Nancy

Group F
Ajax
Sparta Prague
Espanyol
Austria Vienna
Zulte Waregem

Group G
Panathinaikos
Paris SG
Rapid Bucharest
H Tel-Aviv
Mlada Boleslav

Group H
Newcastle
Celta Vigo
Palermo
Fenerbahce
Eintracht Frankfurt


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