UEFA Cup draw

therecklessone

Takes place on Tuesday chaps, could be a very interesting draw for us. Here are the pots for the draw:

Pot 1
Sevilla (TH)
Newcastle United
Panathinaikos
AC Parma
Ajax
Bayer Leverkusen
Feyenoord
AJ Auxerre

Pot 2
Club Brugge
FC Basel
AZ Alkmaar
Sparta Praha
Glasgow Rangers
Celta de Vigo
Paris Saint-Germain
RC Lens

Pot 3
Besiktas
Palermo
Espanyol
Heerenveen
Partizan Belgrade
Rapid Bucuresti
Wisla Kraków
Slovan Liberec

Pot 4
Fenerbahçe
Austria Wien
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Osasuna
Blackburn Rovers
Grasshoppers Zürich
Dinamo Bucuresti
Livorno

Pot 5
Tottenham Hotspur
Maccabi Haifa
Sporting Braga
AS Nancy Lorraine
Eintracht Frankfurt
Zulte Waregem
Mladá Boleslav
OB Odense

To advance, I'd like a draw along the lines of Leverkusen, Celta Vigo, Slovan Liberec, and Austria Wien.

For the entertainment value, I'd like away trips to Ajax and Espanyol, and home to Rangers and Hapoel Tel Aviv.

el diablo

therecklessone wrote:

Takes place on Tuesday chaps, could be a very interesting draw for us. Here are the pots for the draw:

Pot 1
Sevilla (TH)
Newcastle United
Panathinaikos
AC Parma
Ajax
Bayer Leverkusen
Feyenoord
AJ Auxerre

Pot 2
Club Brugge
FC Basel
AZ Alkmaar
Sparta Praha
Glasgow Rangers
Celta de Vigo
Paris Saint-Germain
RC Lens

Pot 3
Besiktas
Palermo
Espanyol
Heerenveen
Partizan Belgrade
Rapid Bucuresti
Wisla Kraków
Slovan Liberec

Pot 4
Fenerbahçe
Austria Wien
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Osasuna
Blackburn Rovers
Grasshoppers Zürich
Dinamo Bucuresti
Livorno

Pot 5
Tottenham Hotspur
Maccabi Haifa
Sporting Braga
AS Nancy Lorraine
Eintracht Frankfurt
Zulte Waregem
Mladá Boleslav
OB Odense

To advance, I'd like a draw along the lines of Leverkusen, Celta Vigo, Slovan Liberec, and Austria Wien.

For the entertainment value, I'd like away trips to Ajax and Espanyol, and home to Rangers and Hapoel Tel Aviv.

yes, should be interesting but I'd be scared of teams such as Ajax, Sevilla,
Panathinaikos, Feyenoord etc. but I'm not really sure how it works. is it seeded?

therecklessone

el diablo wrote:

but I'm not really sure how it works. is it seeded?

One team from each pot into each group. Seeding groups are ranked 1-5 as numbered.

el diablo

therecklessone wrote:

One team from each pot into each group. Seeding groups are ranked 1-5 as numbered.

that's what I thought, but how did Newcastle Utd manage to get into ther top group?? and how are teams such as Blackburn seeded ahead of us?


and apparently we are second favourites for the UEFA Cup...:rolleyes:

therecklessone

el diablo wrote:

that's what I thought, but how did Newcastle Utd manage to get into ther top group?? and how are teams such as Blackburn seeded ahead of us?

Club coefficients are calculated over the last 5 years, we have been out of Europe for 7. Since we have not competed in the last 5 years our coefficient is the country coefficient, i.e. England's is 20.950 so both ourselves and West Ham had that.

Blackburn are seeded ahead of us because they've played in Europe in the last 5 years, UEFA Cup in seasons 2002/03 (after defeating us in the League Cup 01/02) and 2003/04 (through the league)

Newcastle have had SF and QF appearances in the Uefa Cup in the last 5 years as well as reaching the 2nd Group Stage of the CL in 2002/03.

and apparently we are second favourites for the UEFA Cup...:rolleyes:

Bookies don't decide the seedings.

This website is essential reading.

el diablo

therecklessone wrote:

Club coefficients are calculated over the last 5 years, we have been out of Europe for 7. Since we have not competed in the last 5 years our coefficient is the country coefficient, i.e. England's is 20.950 so both ourselves and West Ham had that.

Blackburn are seeded ahead of us because they've played in Europe in the last 5 years, UEFA Cup in seasons 2002/03 (after defeating us in the League Cup 01/02) and 2003/04 (through the league)

Newcastle have had SF and QF appearances in the Uefa Cup in the last 5 years as well as reaching the 2nd Group Stage of the CL in 2002/03.



Bookies don't decide the seedings.

This website is essential reading.

ok, thanks for the info and the links....:)