LONDON: Former European champions Bayern Munich and Red Star Belgrade came out together in the draw for the group stages of the UEFA Cup yesterday.
Forty teams were drawn into eight groups of five with the top three going through to form the last 32 alongside eight sides from the Champions League.
Spanish club Villareal face a tough task in Group C where they will face AEK Athens, Fiorentina, Czech outfit Mlada Boleslav and Swedish club Elfsborg Boras.
Amongst the other top-seeded teams in the competition, Panathinaikos must face Lokomotiv Moscow, Atletico Madrid and 1983 winners Aberdeen, while Bayer Leverkusen are also up against Russian opposition in the form of Spartak Moscow.
Anderlecht will meet twice winners Tottenham Hotspur in a repeat of the 1984 UEFA Cup final. They are joined in Group G by Spanish club Getafe and Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Turkish club Galatasaray, winners in 2000, will be hopeful of finishing in the top three of Group H, which also includes Girondins Bordeaux and Austria Vienna.
Clubs play two matches at home and two matches away in the groups. The fixture schedule will be announced later.
Sevilla, winners for the past two seasons, are playing in the Champions League although could still end up in the UEFA Cup if they finish third in their group. – Reuters
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