2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage draw

Group A
1. AZ Alkmaar (NED)
2. FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS)
3. Everton FC (ENG)
4. 1. FC Nürnberg (GER)
5. Larissa FC (GRE)

Group B
1. Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
2. FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
3. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
4. FC København (DEN)
5. Aberdeen FC (SCO)

Group C
1. Villarreal CF (ESP)
2. AEK Athens FC (GRE)
3. ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
4. FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE)
5. IF Elfsborg (SWE)

Group D
1. FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
2. Hamburger SV (GER)
3. Stade Rennais FC (FRA)
4. NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
5. SK Brann (NOR)

Group E
1. Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
2. AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
3. FC Spartak Moskva (RUS)
4. Toulouse FC (FRA)
5. FC Zürich (SUI)

Group F
1. FC Bayern München (GER)
2. Bolton Wanderers FC (ENG)
3. SC Braga (POR)
4. FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
5. Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE)

Group G
1. RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
2. Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
3. Getafe CF (ESP)
4. Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
5. Aalborg BK (DEN)

Group H
1. FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
2. FK Austria Wien (AUT)
3. Galatasaray SK (TUR)
4. Panionios GSS (GRE)
5. Helsingborgs IF (SWE)


I would think all english teams will finish top three, tougher for Aberdeen though

I'd say Everton's group is a bit of a toughie, too

on paper i'd agree, but i think all four of the other teams are doing badly in tehir domestic leagues, it may depend if they have to go to st petersberg or not, tough away but should win at home

So Bolton get to play 4 time European Champions Bayern Munich , good luck

I went to the bookies to put money on Bayern doing a Bundesliga and UEFA Cup double (sorry Garage Joe!) and 9/2 on the UEFA Cup and 1/9 on for the Bundesliga, which I didn't take. The next highest odds for a team was 11/1, so it shows how fancied Bayern are (quite right, too, considering the quality they've brought in over the summer)

Yeah, we've not done too badly but it could have been easier. Fortunately the home draws are the ones we'd have wanted - the two furthest away! Whilst Alkmaar and Nurnberg are struggling in their respective leagues, I certainly wouldn;t write them off. Zenit are top of theirs and Larissa put out a decent Blackburn side.