Clubs await Uefa Cup draw

Sevilla added their name to the bottom of the Uefa Cup in 2006

A strong contingent of British clubs go into the draw for the first round of the Uefa Cup on Friday at 1200 BST.

Blackburn, Tottenham, West Ham and Rangers are automatic qualifiers while Hearts also go in after their Champions League loss to AEK Athens.

Newcastle and Derry City will join them after coming through their final qualifying matches on Thursday, but Llanelli, Drogheda and Gretna are out.

The first-round matches are played over two legs on 14 and 28 September.

A total of 40 teams will then advance to the group stages, where pools of five teams vie to reach the knockout stages.

The winner, runner-up and third-placed team from each group advance to the last 32 where they are joined by eight clubs knocked out of the Champions League.

The competition will culminate in the final at Hampden Park 16 May.

Spanish side Sevilla are in the first-round draw and will aim to defend the title they won at the expense of Middlesbrough last year.

Schalke, semi-finalists in 2006, are also back in the hunt along with fellow German club Bayer Leverkusen, winners in 1988.

Tougth job for the portuguese teams, all bottom seeded...

Braga, Vitoria Setubal and Nacional are in the the verge of facing a far bigger team.

We will talk in an hour...

Tottenham vs Slavia Prague!

Good game in prespective!!!

About the Portuguese:

Sp. Braga - Chievo Verona (Ita)
Vit. Setubal - Heerenveen (Hol)
Rapid Bucareste (Rom) - Nacional da Madeira

Not the best of the draws, but it won't be a scandle if all three go through, although it would be always surprising! Braga has a good squad, but has on the other side one of the strongest teams of this Uefa Cup.

The Full Concise draw

Levadia Tallinn v Newcastle
Molde FK v RANGERS
DERRY CITY v Paris St Germain
Sparta Prague v HEARTS
FC Salzburg v Blackburn
West Ham v Palermo
Slavia Prague v Tottenham
Chornomorets v Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Braga v Chievo
Standard Liege v Celta Vigo
Maccabi Haifa v Liteks Lovetch
Hertha Berlin v Odense BK
Legia Warsaw v Austria Magna
Panathinaikos v Metallurg Zaporizhzhya
Lokomotiv Moscow v Zulte-Wargerem
Fenerbahce v Randers FC
Schalke 04 v AS Nancy
Ethnikos Achnas v Lens
Liberec v Crvena Zvezda
AZ v Kayserispor
Rubin Kazan v Parma
Brondby v Eitracht Frankfurt
Atromitos v Sevilla
Besiktas v CSKA Sofia
Vitoria Setubal v Heerenveen
Marseille v Mlada Boleslav
Atvidabergs FF v Grasshopers
Rapid Bucuresti v Nacional
Trabzonspor v Osasuna
Basle v Rabotnicki Kometal
Feyenoord v Lokomotiv Sofia
SCP Ruzomberok v Club Brugge
FC Sion v Bayer Leverkusen
Partizan Belgrade v FC Groningen
FC Xanthi v Dinamo Bucuresti
IK Start v Ajax
Artmedia Bratislava v Espanyol
Wisla Krakow v Iraklis
Livorno v FC Superfund
Dinamo Zagreb v Auxerre

Tough draw for us but I'm sure the lads can pull through.

Yea it will be a bit tough for you lot but I have faith you will come thru it

Derry got an ok draw, Paris SG will obviously go into it as favourites but I think derry could surprise them. I would love to see them in the group stages and im trying to get tickets for the home game!
Unlucky Drogheda last night, beaten 11-10 on penalties but it deffinitely shows that our league is hugely improving over the last few years!

Yido we will beat Slavia easily

That's an ok draw? I'm gonna see if I can get tickets to the home leg!

What i mean is it should be a good game to see! I think Derry could surprise them though, they are actually a good team and if PSG underestimate them then Derry could surprise them. I still expect PSG to win but wouldnt be too surprised if Derry pulled off a shock. Im trying to get tickts too, i might see you at the game!

Come on We got Molde NK.

Final - In My View Will Be

Ajax vs Lyon

come on you spurrs, lets beat slavia

You think Lyon will get knocked out the CL ?

I swear Wigan were sposed to be in UEFA CUP

I think its only the winners of the carling cup that get into europe..

Yeah and winners or maybe runners up in the FA Cup like West Ham this year.

good luck to all the british teams, i'll be rooting for you all, i'm gonna really miss the UEFA Cup this season, it was a remarkable and incredible journey that will go down as the biggest achievement in our history reaching the final

Hope one of the british teams can go that step further and bring the trophy home

Senior, I will miss watching you this season, boro made the comp so exciting from a neutral point of view

I really hope Tottenham do really well in tha uefa cup