Europa Cup Draw

The draw has been made for the group stages of the Europa Cup:

Group A:
Ajax (NED)
Anderlecht (BEL)
Dynamo Zagreb (CRO)
Timisoara (ROM)

Group B:
Valencia (ESP)
Lille (FRA)
Slavia Prague (CZE)
Genoa (ITA)

Group C:
Hamburg SV (GER)
Celtic (SCO)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Rapid Vienna (AUT)

Group D:
Sporting Lisbon (POR)
Heerenveen (NED)
Hertha Berlin (GER)
Ventspils (LAT)

Group E:
AS Roma (ITA)
FC Basel (SUI)
Fulham (ENG)
CSKA Sofia (BUL)

Group F:
Panathinaikos (GRE)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Dynamo Bucharest (ROM)
Sturm Graz (AUT)

Group G:
Villarreal (ESP)
Lazio (ITA)
Levski Sofia (BUL)
Salzburg (AUT)

Group H:
Steaua Bucharest (ROM)
Fenerbahce (TUR)
Twente (NED)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL)

Group I:
Benfica (POR)
Everton (ENG)
AEK Athens (GRE)
BATE Borisov (BLR)

Group J:
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
FC Bruges (BEL)
Partizan Belgrade (SRB)
Toulouse (FRA)

Group K:
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
FC Copenhagen (DEN)
Sparta Prague (CZE)
CFR Cluj (ROM)

Group L:
Werder Bremen (GER)
Austria Vienna (AUT)
Athletic Bilbao (ESP)
Nacional Madeira (POR)

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