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01/08/08

English (UK)   UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Draw  -  Categories: UEFA Cup  -  @ 12:26:34 pm

For the clubs that weren't quite good enough to get into the Champions League, there is the UEFA Cup, a consolation tournament of sorts that is analagous to the NIT Basketball tournament for American college teams. But for clubs who are not among the elite of European football, the UEFA Cup provides them with a chance to compete for silverware against other second tier clubs. This year, the second qualifying round is divided into three region sections. The complete draw is listed below. For the neutral fan, keeping up with the UEFA cup at this stage can serve as a valuable geography lesson. Do you know where the following clubs are from: Haka Valkeakoski, Vojvodina Novi Sad, or Metalurgs Liepaja? Scroll down for the answer.

 

NORTHERN SECTION

Djurgarden (Sweden) v Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway)
MANCHESTER CITY v Midtjylland (Denmark)
FC Honka (Finland) v Viking Stavanger (Norway)
QUEEN OF SOUTH v Nordsjaelland (Denmark)
Ghent (Belgium) v Kalmar (Sweden)
ASTON VILLA v FH (Iceland)
Stabaek (Norway) v Stade Rennes (France)
Haka Valkeakoski (Finland) v Brondby (Denmark)
FC Copenhagen (Denmark) v Lillestrom (Norway)
Elfsborg Boras (Sweden) v St. Patrick's Athletic (Ireland)

 

SOUTHERN SECTION

Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia) v Besiktas (Turkey)
Braga (Portugal) v Zrinjski (Bosnia)
Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgaria) v Borac Cacak (Serbia)
Aris Salonika (Greece) v Slaven Belupo Koprivnica (Croatia)
Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) v AEK Athens (Greece)
Vllaznia Shkoder (Albania) v Napoli (Italy)
APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) v Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
Deportivo Coruna (Spain) v Hajduk Split (Croatia)
Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) v Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (Israel)
Vojvodina Novi Sad (Serbia) v Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
Maccabi Netanya (Israel) v Cherno More Varna (Bulgaria)

 

CENTRAL-EAST SECTION

VfB Stuttgart (Germany) v Gyor ETO (Hungary)
FC Zurich (Switzerland) v Sturm Graz (Austria)
Lech Poznan (Poland) v Grasshoppers (Switzerland)
Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) v Zilina (Slovakia)
Metalurgs Liepaja (Latvia) v Vaslui (Romania)
Young Boys (Switzerland) v Debrecen (Hungary)
WIT Georgia Tbilisi (Georgia) v Austria Vienna (Austria)
Suduva Marijampole (Lithuania) v Salzburg (Austria)
Interblock Ljubljana (Slovenia) v Hertha Berlin (Germany)
Legia Warsaw (Poland) v FC Moscow (Russia)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) v AC Bellinzona (Switzerland)

 

First legs to be played August 14, second legs to be played August 28.

 

ANSWER: Haka Valkeakoski - Finland; Vojvodina Novi Sad - Serbia; Metalurgs Liepaja - Latvia.

 

09/10/07

English (UK)   UEFA Cup Draw  -  Categories: UEFA Cup  -  @ 06:34:31 am

Group A
AZ Alkmaar (Holland)
Zenit St Petersburg (Russia)
Everton (England)
Nuremburg (Germany)
Larissa (Greece)

 

Group B
Panathinaikos (Greece)
Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Aberdeen (Scotland)

 

Group C
Villarreal (Spain)
AEK Athens (Greece)
Fiorentina (Italy)
Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic)
Elfsborg (Sweden)

 

Group D
Basel (Switzereland)
Hamburg (Germany)
Stade Rennais (France)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Brann (Norway)

 

Group E
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)
Toulouse (France)
FC Zurich (Switzerland)

 

Group F
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Bolton (England)
Braga (Portugal)
Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
Aris Thessaloniki (Greece)

 

Group G
Anderlecht (Belgium)
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Getafe (Spain)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Israel)
Aalborg (Denmark)

 

Group H
Bordeaux (France)
Austria Vienna (Austria)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
Panionios (Greece)
Helsingsborgs (Sweden)

 

The obligatory Group of Death? How about Bolton's Group F with Bayern Munich, Sporting Braga, and Red Star Belgrade.

 

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