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anyone interested ?draw just finished with the following groups

Europa League group stage draw
Group A: Valencia, Swansea, Kuban, St Gallen

Group B: PSV Eindhoven, Dinamo Zagreb, Chornomorets, Ludogorets

Group C: Standard Liege, Red Bull Salzburg, Elfsborg, Esbjerg

Group D: Rubin Kazan, Wigan, Maribor, Zulte Waregem

Group E: Fiorentina, Dnipro, Pacos de Ferreira, Pandurii Targu Jiu

Group F: Bordeaux, APOEL, Eintracht Frankfurt, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Group G: Dynamo Kiev, Genk, Rapid Vienna, Thun

Group H: Sevilla, Freiburg, Estoril, Slovan Liberec

Group I: Lyon, Real Betis, Vitoria, Rijeka

Group J: Lazio, Trabzonspor, Legia Warsaw, Apollon Limassol

Group K: Tottenham, Anzhi, Sheriff, Tromso

Group L: AZ Alkmaar, PAOK, Maccabi Haifa, Shakhter Karagandy

should be easy for the spuds

Meh.

the Europa league is totally uninteresting until the last couple of rounds. Unless City is in it, that is.

There are some names there I have NEVER seen before. Good stuff.

Looks a lot more evenly balanced in there than previous years, with a few teams with decent (historical) European experience throughout the draw. Although I'd expect us to top most of the groups in there, I don't think I'd bet my house on it with any of them...

mr_nool wrote:Meh.

the Europa league is totally uninteresting until the last couple of rounds. Unless City is in it, that is.

Don't tempt fate.

patrickblue wrote:

mr_nool wrote:Meh.

the Europa league is totally uninteresting until the last couple of rounds. Unless City is in it, that is.

Don't tempt fate.

Don't worry, we will end up fourth in the group ;-)

dazby wrote:There are some names there I have NEVER seen before. Good stuff.

Chornomorets
Ludogorets
Esbjerg
Pandurii Targu Jiu
Rijeka

whoooooooooooooo??????

Nigels Tackle wrote:

dazby wrote:There are some names there I have NEVER seen before. Good stuff.

Pandurii Targu Jiu

whoooooooooooooo??????

Those lads are at their first european experience ever.

Nigels Tackle wrote:

dazby wrote:There are some names there I have NEVER seen before. Good stuff.

Chornomorets
Ludogorets
Esbjerg
Pandurii Targu Jiu
Rijeka

whoooooooooooooo??????

Rijeka have been on the verge of qualifying for a while now. Reached the Cup Winners' Cup QF in the late '70s. Ludogorets Razgrad only entered the Bulgarian league a couple of years ago.