Europa league - Group stage draw

[camaj]

So it's that time of the season where we learn who we'll be facing in Europe after tonights 2nd leg games in the first round. The draw will be on Friday morning in Monaco and presumably it'll be on SSN or Eurosport. Like last season there's 4 teams in a group, we play the other teams twice making 6 games in total. I'm pretty sure we'll be in the top seeds so as long as we don't play a completely rubbish team, like last season, we shouldn't find it too hard to go through.

Draw from Noon friday

This year we've gone straight in at the group stage. The cup winning teams from the top 6 leagues got this although we seem to have been given that privilege rather than Liverpool.

Also the group stage finishes a week earlier than before, the last few games were previously played on weeks when the CL games weren't on but this year all european games will be played in the same week, which is probably fairer domestically.

Lazio (h), Thursday, September 20, 8.05pm BST
Panathinaikos (a), Thursday, October 4, 6pm BST
Maribor(a), Thursday, October 25, 6pm BST
Maribor(h), November 8, 8.05pm GMT
Lazio(a), November 22, 6pm GMT
Panathinaikos(h), Thursday, December 6, 8.05pm GMT

Pot 1 coef.
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Atlético Madrid (TH) Esp 100.837
Internazionale Ita 104.996
Liverpool Eng 90.882
Olympique Lyon Fra 94.835
Olympique Marseille Fra 85.835
Sporting CP Lisbon Por 82.069
PSV Eindhoven Ned 76.103
Tottenham Hotspur Eng 66.882
Bayer Leverkusen Ger 60.037
Girondins Bordeaux Fra 58.835
FC Twente Enschede Ned 57.103

Pot 2 coef.
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VfB Stuttgart Ger 55.037
FC Basel Sui 53.360
Metalist Kharkiv Ukr 52.526
Panathinaikos @4Gre 50.920
Athletic Bilbao Esp 47.837
FC København Den 46.505
Fenerbahçe Tur 41.310
Rubin Kazan Rus 40.566
Napoli Ita 39.996
Udinese Ita 38.996
Club Brugge Bel 35.480
Hapoel Tel-Aviv Isr 31.400
Hannover 96 Ger 31.037
Pot 3 coef.
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Lazio Roma Ita 29.996
Steaua Bucuresti Rom 26.764
Sparta Praha Cze 25.570
Rosenborg BK Nor 20.935
Newcastle United Eng 16.882
Young Boys Sui 16.860
Levante UD Esp 16.837
Racing Genk Bel 16.480
Borussia Mönchengladb @4 Ger 15.037
Partizan Belgrade Srb 14.350
Viktoria Plzen Cze 14.070
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukr 14.026

Pot 4 coef.
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Helsingborg IF Swe 12.680
Maritimo Por 12.569
Rapid Vienna Aut 12.265
Académica Coimbra Por 11.069
Anzhi Makhachkala Rus 9.566
NK Maribor Slo 6.424
AIK Stockholm Swe 5.680
AEL Limassol Cyp 5.099
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Isr 4.400 Molde FK @3 Nor 3.935
Videoton FC Fehérvár Hun 3.450
Neftchi Baku Azb 2.241

Source Wikipedia and UEFA european Cup football

 

[carpediem991]

Want to go to the final to Amsterdam

Do it for Verts

For tomorrow I hope for sth like Basel, Mönchengladbach, Leverkusen, Stuttgart or another switzerland team so I can plan a trip

 

[Vedi]

Want to go to the final to Amsterdam

Do it for Verts

For tomorrow I hope for sth like Basel, Mönchengladbach, Leverkusen, Stuttgart or another switzerland team so I can plan a trip

You around from this region? I hope the same just without Basel, couldnt decide between Spurs or my home town.

 

[carpediem991]

You around from this region? I hope the same just without Basel, couldnt decide between Spurs or my home town.

I am from Schwenningen, South Germany....around 100kms away from Stuttgart.

Always these expensive trips for a student like me. So I hope they one time come to me
(Ironically, when Spurs played at Bern, I was in London)

 

[Vedi]

I am from Schwenningen, South Germany....around 100kms away from Stuttgart.

Always these expensive trips for a student like me. So I hope they one time come to me
(Ironically, when Spurs played at Bern, I was in London)

I guess that's like around the corner then

Gladly I was at the game then, exactly behind the goal, remember Pavs goal like it was yesterday.

Im hoping they get Bern again, enough big stadium to easily get tickets. Luzern will most likely be sold out.

 

[parklane1]

Hopefully our new manager will actually try and win this trophy.

 

[camaj]

Hopefully our new manager will actually try and win this trophy.

I hope so. I don't mind so much if we don't win it but we should at least try. FFS we were so close under Jol and Boro got to the final. If the premier league is so good then we should prove it by winning the Europa league, I don't get the arrogant attitude that the EL doesn't count. If you want to win the CL then why not see if you can win the EL at least.

 

[ShelfSide18]

I actually can't wait for the Europa, I want to see a fringe & yoot team in the group stage like Harry did last season - we were unlucky not to progress with 10 points.

The latter stages and the EL turns into a hugely exciting competition, would love to be a part of it to be honest.

 

[Misfit]

Let's win this bitch.

 

[camaj]

I actually can't wait for the Europa, I want to see a fringe & yoot team in the group stage like Harry did last season - we were unlucky not to progress with 10 points.

We weren't unlucky, we played a severely understrength team. For years I've felt that an weakened team should be played in the EL but Harry went too far. We've got a squad of 25 amazing players, we don't need to have half a team that most fans would go "who?" at. By all means play the likes of Harry kane, that'd be fantastic, but the kids should be gradually introduced along side the first team not thrown in and left to get on with it.

 

[ShelfSide18]

We weren't unlucky, we played a severely understrength team. For years I've felt that an weakened team should be played in the EL but Harry went too far. We've got a squad of 25 amazing players, we don't need to have half a team that most fans would go "who?" at. By all means play the likes of Harry kane, that'd be fantastic, but the kids should be gradually introduced along side the first team not thrown in and left to get on with it.

Unlucky in the sense that 10 points normally means you qualify.

 

[camaj]

Unlucky in the sense that 10 points normally means you qualify.

Sure but it was still poor. 10pts out of 18pts is poor for a team that's seeded in the top pot.

 

[leffe186]

Sure but it was still poor. 10pts out of 30pts is poor for a team that's seeded in the top pot.

Eh? 10 out of 18, surely?

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I'd like us to win this too. A bit of silverware will go a long way to restoring some glory.

 

[Wolver]

I really enjoyed watching the europa last season, Bilbao provided some great games. Like others have said, I hope we take this competition seriously this year, it is a trophy after all. If we have ambitions of playing in the champions league, the first team need to get all the experience they can, also will get them used to playing midweek games and then again at the weekend.

 

[Spurs in Belgium]

Love the European always, especially as I can get to them relatively cheap from here. Germany, France, Holland or Belgium please. Cracking away trips in Bremen, Milan, Madrid and Twente in CL. Hope we take it more seriously than last Europa League, embarrassed that I didn't get to any EL games last time!

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Love the European always, especially as I can get to them relatively cheap from here. Germany, France, Holland or Belgium please. Cracking away trips in Bremen, Milan, Madrid and Twente in CL. Hope we take it more seriously than last Europa League, embarrassed that I didn't get to any EL games last time!

IMO There's no better buzz in football than European away nights. I hope we get some interesting destinations this time round.

 

[werty]

Just had a quick skim read of the results tonight and there been a few decent teams knocked out. CSKA Moscow, Apoel, Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaar probably being the biggest teams.

 

[nightgoat]

So it's that time of the season where we learn who we'll be facing in Europe after tonights 2nd leg games in the first round. The draw will be on Friday morning in Monaco and presumably it'll be on SSN or Eurosport. Like last season there's 4 teams in a group, we play the other teams twice making 6 games in total. I'm pretty sure we'll be in the top seeds so as long as we don't play a completely rubbish team, like last season, we shouldn't find it too hard to go through.

There's 12 groups, we're the seventh highest ranked team on coefficients, so we'll comfortably make pot one.

Having a quick look at the teams qualified, our toughest possible group would be something like Athletic Bilbao, Lazio and Anzhi Makhachkala. Easiest would be something like Club Brugge, Sparta Prague and Molde.

 

[werty]

We weren't unlucky, we played a severely understrength team. For years I've felt that an weakened team should be played in the EL but Harry went too far. We've got a squad of 25 amazing players, we don't need to have half a team that most fans would go "who?" at. By all means play the likes of Harry kane, that'd be fantastic, but the kids should be gradually introduced along side the first team not thrown in and left to get on with it.

We would have been fine if we had beaten or even taken a point from PAOK at home. The side we had that day* was hardly a team of unknowns, although a few were lacking match sharpness. It was probably the best team we put out in the group stage actually.

* Gomes​

Corluka Gallas Bassong Rose​

Lennon Livermore Modric Pienaar​

Kane Defoe​

Bale and Walker came on in the game as well. It should have been enough to get at least a draw.