Bolton to meet Bayern in Uefa Cup

[khay 10]

Bolton were drawn in the same Uefa Cup group as German giants Bayern Munich, but Everton and Tottenham will fancy their chances of making progress.

Spurs face a reunion with Anderlecht, the team they beat in the 1984 final, while Everton's main threat is likely to come from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.

 

Aberdeen must overcome Greek outfit Panathinaikos and Atletico Madrid.

 

But it is Bolton, with Portuguese side Braga and Red Star Belgrade joining Bayern, who face the stiffest test.

 

 

Each team will play two matches at home and two away with the group stage starting on 25 October and the top three going through.

 

They will be joined by eight third-placed teams from the Champions League groups for the knockout round.

 

 

 

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UEFA CUP DRAW

 

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

 

Aberdeen is away to Madrid, was looking forward to a decent team at home.

[newcastlebroon 0]

Can see aberdeen, everton and bolton struggling tbh.

[Dr Gloom 22524]

some shocking teams in the group stages. it's hard to be jealous of other teams competing in the uefa cup at this stage - the thursday and sunday cycle of games, the micky mouse opponents.

 

it's when you hit the next knock out stage that it becomes interestying again. they should scrap the group stage tbh.

[Bombadil 0]

some shocking teams in the group stages. it's hard to be jealous of other teams competing in the uefa cup at this stage - the thursday and sunday cycle of games, the micky mouse opponents.

 

it's when you hit the next knock out stage that it becomes interestying again. they should scrap the group stage tbh.

 

I don't agree at all - how many 'shocking' teams and minnows would you say there are? Not many from what I can see, I'd say 4-5. Some of these groups are going to be very interesting.