Waiting for the 1st round draw

The teams were divided into 8 groups, each group with seeded and non seeded sides. Each seeded sides gets an unseeded side.

Group 1:
Seeded------------------------------------------Unseeded
Sevilla FC (ESP) / AEK Athens FC (GRE)---- FC Groningen (NED)
AFC Rapid Bucuresti (ROU) -------------------FC Nürnberg (GER)
FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) -----------------FC Midtjylland (DEN)
Bolton Wanderers FC (ENG) ------------------FC Salzburg (AUT)
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) ---------------------------FK Rabotnicki (MKD)




Group 2:
Seeded--------------------------- Unseeded
Villarreal CF (ESP) ---------------UD Leiria (POR)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) ----R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) --FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
Galatasaray SK (TUR) -----------FC Sion (SUI)
Everton FC (ENG) ----------------FC BATE Borisov (BLR)




Group 3:
Seeded-------------------------------- Unseeded
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) -------------Odense BK (DEN)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) ----FC Artmedia Petržalka (SVK)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) --------------FC Zürich (SUI)
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) -------Kayseri Erciyesspor (TUR)
Empoli FC (ITA) -----------------------Tampere United (FIN)




Group 4:
Seeded-----------------------------Unseeded
AZ Alkmaar (NED) ----------------Panionios GSS (GRE)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL) ------------FC Paços de Ferreira (POR)
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA) --SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
UC Sampdoria (ITA) -------------Aalborg BK (DEN)
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS) -------BK Häcken (SWE)




Group 5:
Seeded---------------------------- Unseeded
AFC Ajax (NED) ------------------NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
US Città di Palermo (ITA) -------FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE)
Blackburn Rovers FC (ENG) -----PFC Lokomotiv Sofia (BUL)
SC Braga (POR) ------------------Larissa FC (GRE)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA) ---------Hammarby (SWE)



Group 6:
Seeded-------------------------------- Unseeded
FC Bayern München (GER)---------- Toulouse FC (FRA)
Club Brugge KV (BEL) ---------------CF Os Belenenses (POR)
SC Heerenveen (NED) ---------------Aberdeen FC (SCO)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)--- SK Brann (NOR)
PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) ---------------Helsingborgs IF (SWE)




Group 7:
Seeded-------------------------- Unseeded
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) -----------PFC Litex Lovech (BUL)
Real Zaragoza (ESP) -----------Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE)
Hamburger SV (GER) ----------Vålerenga IF (NOR)
FK Austria Wien (AUT) ---------AIK Solna (SWE)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) ------FK Sarajevo (BIH)




Group 8:
Seeded----------------------------------Unseeded
RC Lens (FRA) -------------------------FC København (DEN)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) ---------FC Twente (NED)
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti (ROU) ----Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (POL)
Getafe CF (ESP) ------------------------Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP)
FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) --------------IF Elfsborg (SWE)


Lens, I would hope for the team from cyprus.

so what happens now, the seeded team plays the unseeded team?

RC Lens - FC København.

Good draw for Lens. København won against Beytar (Israeli champions) earlier this season but they are not a strong team, you should defently go through to the group stage.

no, no, that dots do not mean that the first team plays with the second. you just see the seeded basket and unseeded. the sortition hasn't took place yet.

but the team from the first seeded basket will play with the team from first unseeded etc.

it did just now:

FC Midtjylland (DEN) - FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
FC Groningen (NED) - ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
FK Rabotnicki (MKD) - Bolton Wanderers FC (ENG)
Sevilla FC (ESP) / AEK Athens FC (GRE) - FC Salzburg (AUT)
FC Nürnberg (GER) - AFC Rapid Bucuresti (ROU)

Everton FC (ENG) - FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) - R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) - UD Leiria (POR)
Villarreal CF (ESP) - FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Sion (SUI) - Galatasaray SK (TUR)

Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) - Kayseri Erciyesspor (TUR)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) - Tampere United (FIN)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) - FC Artmedia Petržalka (SVK)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) - Odense BK (DEN)
FC Zürich (SUI) - Empoli FC (ITA)

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA) - Panionios GSS (GRE)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
FC Paços de Ferreira (POR) - AZ Alkmaar (NED)
UC Sampdoria (ITA) - Aalborg BK (DEN)
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS) - BK Häcken (SWE)

Hammarby (SWE) - SC Braga (POR)
Larissa FC (GRE) - Blackburn Rovers FC (ENG)
FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE) - US Città di Palermo (ITA)
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) - AFC Ajax (NED)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA) - PFC Lokomotiv Sofia (BUL)

SK Brann (NOR) - Club Brugge KV (BEL)
FC Bayern München (GER) - CF Os Belenenses (POR)
Aberdeen FC (SCO) - FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
SC Heerenveen (NED) - Helsingborgs IF (SWE)
Toulouse FC (FRA) - PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)

Hamburger SV (GER) - PFC Litex Lovech (BUL)
FK Sarajevo (BIH) - FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FK Austria Wien (AUT) - Vålerenga IF (NOR)
AIK Solna (SWE) - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE) - Real Zaragoza (ESP)

FC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti (ROU) - IF Elfsborg (SWE)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) - Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP)
RC Lens (FRA) - FC København (DEN)
Getafe CF (ESP) - FC Twente (NED)
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (POL) - FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)

WOW that took a lot of time to type...

not bad I think

Yes it's not a bad draw but we're not very well too.

There are good matchs in it.

Panathinaikos - Artmedia

I remember these guys scoring 5 against Celtic (the original "shamrock" team) and finishing 3rd (above Porto) in their CL group 2 seasons ago.

I've read they're weaker now.

Trivia: their goalie has had brain surgery to remove a tumor, but has made a full recovery!

Tottenham - Anorthosis

Anorthosis is a tough team. They've made the most/best transfers here in Cyprus and are considered favourites for the title this season. I expect Tottenham to win emphatically in London, but i wouldn't be surprised if Anorthosis drew with them in Cyprus.

Thanks Marios. It sounds like it could be slightly tougher than I'd first anticipated, but we should make it through quite comfortably. As you say, if Spurs can put in a top quality performance at WHL, then it'll be very difficult for them (Anorthosis) to win the fixture.