[spellbound]

Group A
Schalke 04
Paris St Germain
MANCHESTER CITY
Racing Santander
FC Twente



Group B
Benfica
Olympiakos
Galatasaray
Hertha Berlin
Metalist Kharkiv



Group C
Sevilla
Stuttgart
Sampdoria
Partizan Belgrade
Standard Liege



Group D
TOTTENHAM
Spartak Moscow
Udinese
Dinamo Zagreb
NEC Nijmegen



Group E
AC Milan
Heerenveen
SC Braga
PORTSMOUTH
Vfl Wolfsburg



Group F
Hamburg
Ajax
Slavia Prague
ASTON VILLA
MSK Zilina



Group G
Valencia
Club Brugge
Rosenborg
FC Copenhagen
Saint-Etienne



Group H
CSKA Moscow
Deportiva La Coruna
Feyenoord
Nancy
Lech Poznan


PORTSMOUTH UEFA CUP FIXTURES
23 Oct: Braga v Portsmouth
27 Nov: Portsmouth v AC Milan
4 Dec: Wolfsburg v Portsmouth
17 Dec: Portsmouth v H'veen

MAN CITY UEFA CUP FIXTURES
6 Nov: Man City v Twente
27 Nov: Schalke v Man City
3 Dec: Man City v PSG
18 Dec: Santander v Man City

TOTTENHAM UEFA CUP FIXTURES
23 Oct: Udinese v Spurs
6 Nov: Spurs v Dinamo Zagreb
27 Nov: NEC v Spurs
18 Dec: Spurs v Spartak

ASTON VILLA UEFA CUP FIXTURES
23 Oct: Villa v Ajax
6 Nov: Slavia Prague v Villa
4 Dec: Villa v Zilina
17 Dec: Hamburg v Villa

Each team is in a five-team group and will play two opponents at home and the other two away, with the opening games to be played on 23 October.

Three teams from each group qualify for the next knockout round.

The final is in Istanbul on 20 May.

How many of the PL teams will go through from the group stage?

 

[scottsati]

pretty much the same in terms of strength of teams in each group, but considering 3 teams get through from each group i'd expect most of the english sides to qualify for the next round to be honest.

 

[reddwarf]

Pompey v AC Milan will be an interesting game. Not sure what Ronaldinho & co will make of Fratton Park.

We just can't get rid of Steve McClaren. He's back in England again as Twente come to the council house.

With the top 3 in each group going through I'd be disappointed if at at least 2 of the English teams don't get through the group stage.