SHAMROCK ROVERS MADE history last night by becoming the first Irish side to make the Europa League group stages, and now they play Tottenham. Here’s how the draw worked out…
26 Aug 2011
12:05PM
We’re ready to go… First of all, here are the pots…
Pot 1 Tottenham Hotspur – PSV Eindhoven – Atlético Madrid – Sporting Lisbon – SC Braga – Schalke 04 – Dynamo Kyiv – Paris Saint-Germain – FC København – AZ Alkmaar – Anderlecht – FC Twente
Pot 2 Fulham – Besiktas – Hapoel Tel-Aviv – Metalist Kharkiv – Standard Liège – Rubin Kazan – Club Brugge – AEK Athens – Steaua Bucuresti – Udinese Calcio – Athletic Bilbao – Lazio
Pot 3
FC Salzburg – Maccabi Haifa – FC Zürich – Odense BK – Lokomotiv Moscow – PAOK – Birmingham City – Stoke City – Stade Rennes – Austria Wien – Rapid Bucuresti – Hannover 96
Pot 4
FC Vorskla Poltava – Wisla Kraków – FC Vaslui – FC Sion – Sturm Graz – Maccabi Tel-Aviv – Slovan Bratislava – Legia Warsaw – NK Maribor – AEK Larnaca – Malmö – Shamrock Rovers
26 Aug 2011
12:08PM
It’s the usual preamble, a recap of last season’s competition…
26 Aug 2011
12:15PM
The are 48 clubs, with twelve groups of four to be drawn… The draw proper begins…
26 Aug 2011
12:43PM
Short break now as Radamel Falcao – who scored 17 goals in last year’s competition for winners Porto – is handed an award by Michel Platini.
26 Aug 2011
12:44PM
Group A: Tottenham Hotspur, Rubin Kazan, PAOK, Shamrock Rovers.
Group B: FC Copenhagen, Standard Liège, Hannover 96, Vorskla Poltava.
Group C: PSV Eindhoven, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Rapid Bucuresti, Legia Warsaw.
Group D: Sporting Lisbon, Lazio, FC Zurich, FC Vaslui.
Group E: Dynamo Kiev, Besiktas, Stoke City, Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
Group F: Paris St. Germain, Athletic Bilbao, FC Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava.
Group G: AZ Alkmaar, Metalist Kharkiv, Austria Wien, Malmö.
Group H: Sporting Braga, Club Brugge, Birmingham City, NK Maribor.
Group I: Atletico Madrid, Udinese, Stade Rennes, FC Sion.
Group J: FC Schalke, Steaua Bucuresti, Maccabi Haifa, AEK Larnaca.
Group K: FC Twente, Fulham, Odense BK, Wisla Krakow.
Group L: Anderlecht, AEK Athens, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sturm Graz.
26 Aug 2011
1:05PM
Arguably the best draw that Shamrock Rovers could get – they take on Tottenham in Group A of the Europa League. What were the odds???
26 Aug 2011
1:07PM
Meanwhile, Tony Pulis brings Stoke to the Ukraine, Turkey and Israel, Birmingham get Braga, Bruges and NK Maribor, while the 2010 finalists Fulham take on FC Twente, Odense and Wisla Krakow…
26 Aug 2011
1:09PM
That’s all from us – it’s going to be an exciting campaign for the Hoops who, we might add, also play Rubin Kazan and PAOK of Greece. Time to start saving!
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SHAMROCK ROVERS MADE history last night by becoming the first Irish side to make the Europa League group stages, and now they play Tottenham. Here’s how the draw worked out…
We’re ready to go… First of all, here are the pots…
Pot 1
Tottenham Hotspur – PSV Eindhoven – Atlético Madrid – Sporting Lisbon – SC Braga – Schalke 04 – Dynamo Kyiv – Paris Saint-Germain – FC København – AZ Alkmaar – Anderlecht – FC Twente
Pot 2
Fulham – Besiktas – Hapoel Tel-Aviv – Metalist Kharkiv – Standard Liège – Rubin Kazan – Club Brugge – AEK Athens – Steaua Bucuresti – Udinese Calcio – Athletic Bilbao – Lazio
Pot 3
FC Salzburg – Maccabi Haifa – FC Zürich – Odense BK – Lokomotiv Moscow – PAOK – Birmingham City – Stoke City – Stade Rennes – Austria Wien – Rapid Bucuresti – Hannover 96
Pot 4
FC Vorskla Poltava – Wisla Kraków – FC Vaslui – FC Sion – Sturm Graz – Maccabi Tel-Aviv – Slovan Bratislava – Legia Warsaw – NK Maribor – AEK Larnaca – Malmö – Shamrock Rovers
It’s the usual preamble, a recap of last season’s competition…
The are 48 clubs, with twelve groups of four to be drawn… The draw proper begins…
Short break now as Radamel Falcao – who scored 17 goals in last year’s competition for winners Porto – is handed an award by Michel Platini.
Group A: Tottenham Hotspur, Rubin Kazan, PAOK, Shamrock Rovers.
Group B: FC Copenhagen, Standard Liège, Hannover 96, Vorskla Poltava.
Group C: PSV Eindhoven, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Rapid Bucuresti, Legia Warsaw.
Group D: Sporting Lisbon, Lazio, FC Zurich, FC Vaslui.
Group E: Dynamo Kiev, Besiktas, Stoke City, Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
Group F: Paris St. Germain, Athletic Bilbao, FC Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava.
Group G: AZ Alkmaar, Metalist Kharkiv, Austria Wien, Malmö.
Group H: Sporting Braga, Club Brugge, Birmingham City, NK Maribor.
Group I: Atletico Madrid, Udinese, Stade Rennes, FC Sion.
Group J: FC Schalke, Steaua Bucuresti, Maccabi Haifa, AEK Larnaca.
Group K: FC Twente, Fulham, Odense BK, Wisla Krakow.
Group L: Anderlecht, AEK Athens, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sturm Graz.
Arguably the best draw that Shamrock Rovers could get – they take on Tottenham in Group A of the Europa League. What were the odds???
Meanwhile, Tony Pulis brings Stoke to the Ukraine, Turkey and Israel, Birmingham get Braga, Bruges and NK Maribor, while the 2010 finalists Fulham take on FC Twente, Odense and Wisla Krakow…
That’s all from us – it’s going to be an exciting campaign for the Hoops who, we might add, also play Rubin Kazan and PAOK of Greece. Time to start saving!
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