By Brenz
October 3 2006
This morning the group stages for the UEFA cup were drawn. Newcastle United are facing Palermo, Celta de Vigo, Fenerbahce and Eintracht Frankfurt while Tottenham Hotspur are drawn in a group with Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge, Besiktas and Dinamo Bucharest.
Both Premier League clubs have drawn quality opposition and the UEFA cup will now turn into serious business. The other Premiership outfit, Blackburn Rovers, are drawn in a group with Feyenoord (winners in 2002), FC Basel, Wisla Krakow and AS Nancy.
The UEFA cup group stages as drawn on October 3rd.
Group A:
Auxerre, Glasgow Rangers, Partizan Belgrade, Livorno, Maccabi Haifa
Group B:
Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge, Besiktas, Dinamo Bucharest, Tottenham Hotspur
Group C:
Sevilla, AZ Alkmaar, Slovan Liberec, Grasshoppers, Sporting Braga
Group D:
Parma, RC Lens, SC Heerenveen, Osasuna, OB Odense
Group E:
Feyenoord, FC Basel, Wisla Krakow, Blackburn Rovers, AS Nancy
Group F:
Ajax, Sparta Prague, Espanyol, Austria Wien, Zulte-Waregem
Group G:
Panathinaikos, Paris St Germain, Rapid Bucharest, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Mlada Boleslav
Group H:
Newcastle United, Celta de Vigo, Palermo, Fenebahçe, Eintracht Frankfurt
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