Friday, August 31, 2012

Europa Leage Group-Stage Draw

The draw for the group stage for the Europa League took place in Monaco on Friday.

Action takes place starting on September 20 with each team playing each of the other teams in its group twice.  The top two finishers in each group will advance to the group stage, joined by the third-placed clubs from the eight UEFA Champions League groups.

Group A:

Liverpool (England)
Udines (Italy)
BSC Young Boys (Switzerland)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia)

Group B:

Atletico Madrid (Spain; titleholders)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
FC Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
Academica de Coimbra (Portugal)

Group C:

Marseille (France)
Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)
AEL Limassol (Cyprus)

Group D:

Bordeuax (France)
Club Brugge (Belgium)
Newcastle United (England)
CS Maritimo (Portugal)

Group E:

VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
Steaua Bucharest (Romania)
Molde FK (Norway)

Group F:

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Napoli (Italy)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
AIK Solna (Sweden)

Group G:

Sporting CP (Portugal)
FC Basel (Switzerland)
KRC Genk (Belgium)
Videoton FC (Hungary)

Group H:

Inter Milan (Italy)
Rubin Kazan (Russia)
Partizan Belgrad (Serbia)
Netchi Baku (Azerbaijan)

Group I:

Lyon (France)
Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Ironi Kiryat Shmona (Israel)

Group J:

Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Panathinaikos (Greece)
Lazio (Italy)
NK Maribor (Slovenia)

Group K:

Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Rosenborg (Norway)
Rapid Vienna (Austria)

Group L:

FC Twente (Netherlands)
Hannover 96 (Germany)
Levante (Spain)
Helsingborg (Sweden)

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