Friday, August 26, 2011

Europa League Group-Stage Draw

The draw for the Europa League's group stage took place at Monte Carlo, Monaco on Friday.


GROUP A:


Tottenham Hotspur (England)
FC Rubin Kazan (Russia)
PAOK FC (Greece)
Shamrock Rovers (Ireland)


GROUP B:


FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
Standard Liege (Belgium)
Hannover 96 (Germany)
FC Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine)


GROUP C:


PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
Rapid Bucharest (Romania)
Legia Warsaw (Poland)


GROUP D:


Sporting CP (Portugal)
Lazio (Italy)
FC Zurich (Switzerland)
FC Vaslui (Romania)


GROUP E:


Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Besiktas (Turkey)
Stoke City (England)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)


GROUP F:


Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
FC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)


GROUP G:


AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Austria Vienna (Austria)
Malmo FF (Sweden)


GROUP H:


Sporting Braga (Portugal)
Club Brugge (Belgium)
Birmingham City (England)
NK Maribor (Slovenia)


GROUP I:


Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Udinese (Italy)
Rennes (France)
FC Sion (Switzerland)


GROUP J:


FC Schalke 04 (Germany)
Steaua Bucharest (Romania)
Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
AEK Larneca (Cyprus)


GROUP K:


FC Twente (Netherlands)
Fulham (England)
Odense Bollklub (Denmark)
Wisla Krakow (Poland)


GROUP L:


RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)
AEK Athens (Greece)
Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
SK Sturm Graz (Austria)


Each team plays each other team in its' group twice.  The top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage, beginning with the Round of 32, where they will be joined by the eight third-place clubs from the UEFA Champions League's group stage.  Action starts on September 15.

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