The Europa League Draw - Friday 28th

[Spursidol]

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2016/draws/index.html

13.00CET, 28 August, Monaco (12 noon UK time)

Spurs are 4th highest rated team so will be in Pot 1 (the highest seeds)

The 48 teams are split into four seeding pots based on their club coefficients, with each of the 12 groups containing one team from each tier.

The contenders :
FC Schalke 04 (GER) coefficient 111.883
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 84.875
SSC Napoli (ITA) 84.102
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 84.078
AFC Ajax (NED) 66.195
Villarreal CF (ESP) 58.999
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) 57.099
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 56.276
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 55.483
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 52.033
SC Braga (POR) 51.776
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) 49.102
SS Lazio (ITA) 49.102
RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 47.440
Liverpool FC (ENG) 47.078
AZ Alkmaar (NED) 46.695
Club Brugge KV (BEL) 41.440
PAOK FC (GRE) 40.880
Celtic FC (SCO) 39.080
Beşiktaş JK (TUR) 36.520
APOEL FC (CYP) 35.460
AS Monaco FC (FRA) 31.483
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 30.825
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) 30.020
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 24.483
FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 23.099
KKS Lech Poznań (POL) 17.300
AS Saint-Étienne (FRA) 16.983
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) 16.325
FC Augsburg (GER) 15.883
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) 15.635
FC Krasnodar (RUS) 15.099
FK Partizan (SRB) 14.775
Asteras Tripolis FC (GRE) 13.380
Rosenborg BK (NOR) 11.875
Qarabağ FK (AZE) 11.500
FC Groningen (NED) 8.695
FC Sion (SUI) 8.375KF
Skënderbeu (ALB) 5.575
Qäbälä FK (AZE) 2.750
Play-off winners tbc

• No team can play a club from their own association with the exact draw procedure confirmed before the ceremony.

• Matches will be held on 17 September, 1 and 22 October, 5 and 26 November, and 10 December.

 

[Gbspurs]

Still some toughish games. We could get Monaco or Fenerbache in our group. Would love a trip to Monaco though!

 

[Spursidol]

Still some toughish games. We could get Monaco or Fenerbache in our group. Would love a trip to Monaco though!

Lots of tough opponents - at least we will not face Villareal and Soldado in the group stages though.

 

[Gbspurs]

Lots of tough opponents - at least we will not face Villareal and Soldado in the group stages though.

Yeah although it's a dead cert in the knockouts!!

No doubt we will draw one of the Azerbaijani sides.

 

[Spursidol]

A few much easier games though - Celtic or APOEL FC (Cyprus) out of Pot 2 could be the easiest though

 

[JohanTheYid]

Liverpool in 2nd pot

 

[dk-yid]

I can't seem to find the SCBC ....

 

[dk-yid]

Liverpool in 2nd pot

I hope they draw Villareal and Soldad smashes in a hattrick against them ...

 

[LSUY]

There's some good teams and nice cities in there. What's the betting we don't get them and instead get the crap teams that play in the arse cracks of Europe

 

[Spursidol]

Yeah although it's a dead cert in the knockouts!!

No doubt we will draw one of the Azerbaijani sides.

A couple of the Russian sides (outside of Moscow) will not be the easiest travel either - Krasnador or Kazan (although we've been there before I think)

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Imagine a group of us, Lazio, Monaco and the team that knocked Southampton out...

 

[LSUY]

Imagine a group of us, Lazio, Monaco and the team that knocked Southampton out...

We're going to end up with either Qarabag or Gabala and a nice little away trip to a country bordering Iran. And because the football gods hate us they'll be extra douchey and make us play Arsenal or Chelsea on the Sunday afterwards.

 

[EnfieldYiddo]

Pick your most ideal group, by ease of opposition, prestige, nice away day city or just least distant travelled

I would go for mixture of small distance to travel and nice away days against relatively easy opposition.

Tottenham
Anderlecht
Saint-Etienne
Molde

Nightmare group would be:

Tottenham
Lazio
Monaco
Midjtylland

 

[Marty]

Best case:

Pot 2: Celtic, AZ, Plzen or Brugge
Pot 3: Poznan, Liberec or Rapid Wien
Pot 4, Rosenborg, Molde or Groningen

Worst case:
Pot 2: Fiorentina, Lazio or Besiktas
Pot 3: Monaco, Fenerbahce, Moscow or Krasnodar
Pot 4: Partizan, Qarabaq, Galaba or Skenderbeu

 

[nightgoat]

Hopefully;

Spurs
Club Brugge
Rapid Wien
Sion

Dortmund
Liverpool
Moncaco
Qarabag

We'll probably end up with Lazio, Lokomotiv Moscow and Qarabag.

 

[LSUY]

Hopefully;

Spurs
Club Brugge
Rapid Wien
Sion

Dortmund
Liverpool
Moncaco
Qarabag

We'll probably end up with Lazio, Lokomotiv Moscow and Qarabag.

Replace Sion with Groningen and that's the ideal group for me - not too far to travel, teams we can beat and away legs in cities I might actually want to visit.

 

[carpediem991]

Imagine a group of us, Lazio, Monaco and the team that knocked Southampton out...

Pot 2 wish: Celtic
Pot 3 wish: Augsburg(!), St. Etienne
Pot 4 wish: Sion or a Norwegian/ Danish team

 

[spurs9]

If we got Lazio or Fiorentina, Monaco and Partizan, that is arguably harder than Chelsea's CL group.

 

[EnfieldYiddo]

Replace Sion with Groningen and that's the ideal group for me - not too far to travel, teams we can beat and away legs in cities I might actually want to visit.

Disagree on the choice of Belgian team... Brugge are far stronger than Anderhlecht.

 

[kaz Hirai]

Spurs
Celtic
Monaco
Groningen

Be a fun to watch group