UEFA Cup Group Stage Draw

Here's a recap of Tuesday's draw for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup Group Stage.

Here is what the eight groups look like:

Group A:

Schalke 04 (Germany)
Paris Saint Germain (France)
Manchester City (England)
Racing Santander (Spain)
FC Twente (Netherlands)

Group B:

SL Benfica (Portugal)
Olympiacos (Greece)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
Hertha BSC Berlin (Germany)
Metalist Khariv (Ukraine)

Group C:

Sevilla (Spain)
VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Samporia (Italy)
Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
Standard Liege (Belgium)

Group D:

Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)
Udinese (Italy)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
NEC Nijmegen (Netherlands)

Group E:

AC Milan (Italy)
SC Heerenveen (Netherlands)
Sporting Braga (Portugal)
Portsmouth (England)
VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)

Group F:

Hamburg (Germany)
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Aston Villa (England)
MSK Zilina (Slovakia)

Group G:

Valencia (Spain)
Club Brugge (Belgium)
Rosenborg (Norway)
FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
Saint-Etienne (France)

Group F:
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Deportivo La Coruna (Spain)
Feyenoord (Netherlands)
AS Nancy (France)
Lech Poznan (Poland)

Each team will play each of the other four teams in its group once. The top three finishing teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage, where they will be joined by the eight third-place group finishers from the UEFA Champions League.

Group stage play begins on Thursday, October 23.