UEFA Cup Thread 08/09

Full draw:

AC Milan v FC Zurich

Politehnica Timisoara v Partizan Belgrade

Hertha Berlin v St Patricks

Banik Ostrava v Spartak Moscow

Metalist Kharkiv v Besiktas

Portsmouth v Guimaraes

Kayserispor v PSG

Sevilla v SV Red Bull Salzburg

Wolfsburg v Rapid Bucuresti

Sampdoria v FBK Kaunas

Maritimo v Valencia

Dinamo Zagreb v Sparta Prague

Man City v Omonia Nicosia

Young Boys v Club Brugge

AS Nancy v Motherwell

Everton v Standard Liège

Napoli v Benfica

AC Bellinzona v Galatasaray

NEC v Dinamo Bucuresti

Racing Santander v FC Honka

APOEL Nicosia v Schalke 04

Litex Lovech v Aston Villa

FK Austria Magna v Lech Poznan

Vitoria Setubal v Heerenveen

SK Brann v Deportivo La Coruna

Slavia Prague v Vaslui

Slaven Koprivnica v CSKA Moscow

Brondby v Rosenborg

Cherno More v VfB Stuttgart

Rennes v FC Twente

Ajax v Borac

Tottenham v Wisla Krakow

FC Copenhagen v FC Moscow

MSK Zilina v Levski Sofia

Borussia Dortmund v Udinese

Braga v Artmedia Petrzalka

Feyenoord v Kalmar FF

Hamburg v Unirea Urziceni

Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Saint Etienne

FC Nordsjaelland v Olympiacos


EDIT ; full draw now

 

Some tough teams in there man.

 

thats everton out at the first hurdle again! liege look like a good side

 

See Rangers missed out on a bumper tie wi Sampdoria, after they wouldve lost to Aalborg, if they'd had a good day against Kaunas.

Don't fancy Moterwell's chances despite the name of their opponents.

Napoli tie should be a cracker.

 

i just realised benfica are in it. glad we're not playing them in the CL this year, good side.

anyone else think there should be seedings in the draw? seems a shame either benfica or napoli will go out so soon

 

Some good sides in the UEFA Cup this year Milan, Ajax (Sno will be a star) etc. Hope Motherwell manage to beat Nancy though I think they'll struggle.

 

Hunnish draw for both. I fancy Benfica though.

 

Some really interesting ties there , possibility of an upset or 2 , Villa got an easy tie by the looks of it , Liege should beat Everton imo , Motherwell will struggle against Nancy ( hard team , even if they do play in pink ) , Spurs v Wisla could be one to watch .

 

i'd go for benfica too, i just assumed they'd be in the CL this year

 

I would rather it went back to cup format , home and away legs , best team wins , after all it is a cup competition . That could be where the seedings could come into play , possibly with seeded teams coming in at the 2nd round stage

 

i liked that better too. we had some amazing nights at parkhead when it was over 2 legs. i think the fact that 4 teams from some countries are in the CL has killed the uefa cup though

 

some good teams in there

 

milan in the uefa cup dont look right,great to see st.pats in the draw

does it not do that group system anymore?

 

Yes mate , still do the groups , just have to whittle the teams down to 40 , I think it is

 

Yes mate , i agree with your point on the 4 teams , they are changing the format though ,starting in the season 2009-10. The biggest change is that there will be a group stage with 12 groups of 4 (in a double round robin) instead of 8 groups of 5.

Although it doesn't really affect the ( too many teams aspect ) at least they will play each other H and A , which I think is a bit fairer

 

sounds a bit fairer but the uefa cup has lost its appeal for me, you used to regularly have top teams in it while now even the manky mob can make the final

 

just put a tenner on standard liege at 150/1 ........worth a punt i thought

 

After watching them against Liverpool definately worth a punt mate , fingers crossed for you , unless of course we end up in uefa cup fingers will be rapidly uncrossed :icon_mrgreen:

 

Dinamo Zagreb - Sparta Prague will be interesting, not the game, but fans. Sparta fans made a support transparent for Mladic and Karadzic in the beginning of the season in Czech Republic, i think there will be blood on both games.
And how stupid they have to be to do that? Do they know that Karadzic ordered killing of 14 czechs in one czech village in croatia? serbs throw granate between them and killed them all...

 

we could win that