Europa League Draw - 2014/15

[Armstrong_11]

The UEFA Europa League group stage draw

GROUP A
Villarreal, Borussia Monchengladbach, FC Zurich, Apollon.

GROUP B
FC Copenhagen, Club Bruges, Torino, HJK Helsinki.

GROUP C
Tottenham, Besiktas, Partizan Belgrade, Asteras.

GROUP D
Red Bull Salzburg, Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb, FC Astra.

GROUP E
PSV Eindhoven, Panathinaikos, Estoril Praia, Dinamo Moscow.

GROUP F
Inter Milan, Dnipro, St Etienne, Qarabag.

GROUP G
Sevilla, Standard Liege, Feyenoord, Rijeka.

GROUP H
Lille, Wolfsburg, Everton, Krasnodar.

GROUP I
Napoli, Sparta Prague, Young Boys, Slovan Bratislava.


GROUP J
Dynamo Kiev, Steaua Bucharest, Rio Ave, Aalborg.

GROUP K
Fiorentina, PAOK, Guingamp, Dinamo Minsk.

GROUP L
Metalist, Trabzonspor, Legia Warsaw, Lokeren.



29 Aug 1pm CET, 12noon UK.
Live Stream: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2015/draws/index.html

Group stage draw
Pot 1
Sevilla FC (ESP, holders)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
SSC Napoli (ITA)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
FC Salzburg (AUT)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
LOSC Lille (FRA)
FC København (DEN)

Pot 2
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
PAOK FC (GRE)
Celtic FC (SCO)
Beşiktaş JK (TUR)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

Pot 3
Everton FC (ENG)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
FC Zürich (SUI)
Estoril Praia (POR)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
FK Partizan (SRB)
Torino FC (ITA)
Feyenoord (NED)
AS Saint-Étienne (FRA)
EA Guingamp (FRA)
Rio Ave FC (POR)

Pot 4
FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)
FC Krasnodar (RUS)
HNK Rijeka (CRO)
KSC Lokeren OV (BEL)
Asteras Tripolis FC (GRE)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Apollon Limassol FC (CYP)
Qarabağ FK (AZE)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
FC Astra Giurgiu (ROU)
FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Aalborg BK (DEN)

 

[Armstrong_11]

Lyon is out on away goal.... Feyenoord, some how found a goal in injury time. Hull is in trouble. Twente and Sociedad are out too.

 

[tototoner]

Locomotiv Moscow out also, lost 1-4 at home to a Cypriot side

 

[Armstrong_11]

Hull are out...... on away goal.

 

[Marty]

Sociedad thumped by Krasnodar, that's a bit of a shocker. And as for Lyon dumped out on away goals to a Romanian side, that's just pathetic.

Loads of established teams fallen at this hurdle, clearly not taking it seriously. Once again CL dropouts will probably be our biggest threat.

 

[MightyModric]

Is this the part where we get fucked off to Russia, Serbia and Belarus

 

[beats1]

Possible teams we can face

Seeding pot 2: Steaua Bucuresti, Standard Liege, PAOK, Celtic, Besiktas, Wolfsburg, Club Brugge, Dnipro, Trabzonspor, Panathinaikos, Sparta Prague and Borussia Monchengladbach

Seeding Pot 3: Everton(we cant play them), Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb, Zurich, Legia Warsaw, Estoril, Partizan, Torino, Feyenoord and Guingamp

Seeding Pot 3 or 4: Dynamo Moscow

Seeding Pot 4:Krasnodar, Rijeka, Lokeren, Asteras Tripoli, Slovan Limassol, Qarabag, HJK, Dinamo Minsk and Aab

I prefer Celtic, Guingamp and Lokeren. We could be back before midnight

 

[Reece]

Torino, Estoril & Brugge please.

Edit - Okay Lokeren as well.

Double Edit - Cannot have two Belgians so I guess; Celtic, Estoril, Lokeren for third time lucky.

 

[JerryGarcia]

Is this the part where we get fucked off to Russia, Serbia and Belarus

What with luxury first class travel and service I'm not sure this is still something to worry about? From the stuff the players put on twitter it seems they spend half the time sleeping and the other half playing FIFA and then doing pranks on the sleeping people. How tiring can it really be, being flown around Europe and treated like a king? This is all they have to do for the whole trip --->

 

[Stoof]

What with luxury first class travel and service I'm not sure this is still something to worry about? From the stuff the players put on twitter it seems they spend half the time sleeping and the other half playing FIFA and then doing pranks on the sleeping people. How tiring can it really be, being flown around Europe and treated like a king? This is all they have to do for the whole trip --->

Doesn't flying fuck with your muscles/blood/some sort of biological thing?

 

[JerryGarcia]

Doesn't flying fuck with your muscles/blood/some sort of biological thing?

So I've heard, I also heard that air travel increases your risk of picking up the sniffles but I've never had any problems and it would be difficult to describe me as an athlete.

 

[carpediem991]

A german and a swiss Team please.

 

[Yid-ol]

Possible teams we can face

Seeding pot 2: Steaua Bucuresti, Standard Liege, PAOK, Celtic, Besiktas, Wolfsburg, Club Brugge, Dnipro, Trabzonspor, Panathinaikos, Sparta Prague and Borussia Monchengladbach

Seeding Pot 3: Everton(we cant play them), Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb, Zurich, Legia Warsaw, Estoril, Partizan, Torino, Feyenoord and Guingamp

Seeding Pot 3 or 4: Dynamo Moscow

Seeding Pot 4:Krasnodar, Rijeka, Lokeren, Asteras Tripoli, Slovan Limassol, Qarabag, HJK, Dinamo Minsk and Aab

I prefer Celtic, Guingamp and Lokeren. We could be back before midnight

I would take Celtic, Torino or guingamp, and lokeren

So not much difference if any from your picks.

 

[Sweech]

Doesn't flying fuck with your muscles/blood/some sort of biological thing?

Doesn't seem to play a big influence on American sports teams to be fair.

 

[FinnYid]

Pot 4 has two rather difficult teams in Dynamo Moscow and Krasnodar. Pot 3 seems decent enough given we can't draw Everton. Torino probably team to avoid, we should beat them comfortably, but rather take some easier team. On pot 2 avoid Germans and Besiktas.

 

[TottenhamLegend]

Pot 3 is looking superb for an away day. Just need to avoid Partizan, Legia and to a lesser extent Dinamo Zagreb, and all the remaining teams would make for a great trip!

 

[Cavehillspur]

Would be very intersting if we end up in a group with Celtic and Legia Warsaw

 

[FinnYid]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/uefa-separates-ukrainian-russian-teams-in-draw/

With two Ukrainian teams on pot 1 and two tough Russian teams on pot 4, it affects our draw.

 

[nightgoat]

Something like Club Brugge, Zürich and Aalborg would be ideal. Or it might be nice to get Young Boys again.

Wankdorf. Hur hur hur.

 

[XSuicideBunnyX]

Which is further from London - Azerbaijan or Belarus? It's just that I'm trying to figure out which team we're getting from pot four.

Disregarding that, we're the best team in the group stages, so we needn't fear anyone. The only problems we'll have is the travel distance. Now if only there weren't the Champions League drop-outs...

Actually I'm going to do some expert (read: 5 second) analysis on the potential drop-outs:

Group A: Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Olympiacos, Malmo
I wouldn't like to see AM or Juve, but we're a step above the Greeks and Malmo.

Group B: Real Madrid, Basel, Liverpool, Ludogorets
Would love to face Madrid or Pool, but I think they'll cruise through, and we've improved a lot since we last faced Basel. If we get Ludogorets we're dreaming!

Group C: Benfica, Zenit, Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco
All the teams here could finish third, all would give us problems. Damn.

Group D: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Anderlecht
Arsenal are going to qualify, just because they're them. Dortmund should go through, but if they third, then we're done in EL terms imo. Then again, if they finish third, that will probably mean that Arsenal have beaten them, and if them, why not us? We're better than Gala and Anderlecht.

Group E: Bayern Munich, Manchester City, CSKA Moscow, Roma
This is the same as group C. All dangerous teams.

Group F: Barcelona, PSG, Ajax, Apoel
I think we should beat Ajax. This group is almost set in stone. PSG would cause problems, however.

Group G: Chelsea, Schalke, Sporting Lisbon, Maribor
Another group almost set in stone. We are stronger than the non-English teams here.

Group H: Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Athletic Bilbao, Bate Borisov
I wouldn't like to face any of the three teams here likely to finish third. But I reckon we could take 'em.

Conclusion: Unless a big team fails (and they will), then we should still be the best team in the EL.