Friday, August 29, 2008

UEFA CUP Drawing


Benfica has drawn Italy's Napoli for the UEFA CUP's first round.
Benfica will first travel to Naples on the 18th of September and then host the Italians on October second.
Not a very friendly draw for Benfica, but an accessible adversary nonetheless.
Napoli is far from being the the superpower they were in the 80's, but still demands attention.


Here's the rest of the drawing, the 40 teams that advance from this first round will be paired up into 8 groups of 5.

Milan (Ita)-Zurique (Sui)
Timisoara (Rom)-Partizan (Ser)
Hertha (Ale)-St. Patricks (Irl)
Banik (Che)-Spartak (Rus)
Metalist (Ucr)-Besiktas (Tur)
Portsmouth (Ing)-V. GUIMARÃES (POR)
Kayserispor (Tur)-PSG (Fra)
Sevilha (Esp)-Salzburgo (Aut)
Wolfsburgo (Ale)-Rapid Bucareste (Rom)
Sampdoria (Ita)-Kaunas (Lit)
MARÍTIMO (POR)-Valência (Esp)
Dínamo Zagreb (Cro)-Sparta (Che)
Manchester City (Ing)-Omonia (Chi)
Young Boys (Sui)-Brugge (Bel)
Nancy (Fra)-Motherwell (Esc)
Everton (Ing)-Standard (Bel)
Nápoles (Ita)-BENFICA (POR)
Bellinzona (Sui)-Galatasaray (Tur)
NEC (Hol)-Dínamo Bucareste (Rom)
Racing Santander (Esp)-Honka (Fin)
Apoel (Chi)-Schalke 04 (Ale)
Litex (Bul)-Aston Villa (Ing)
Austria Viena (Aut)-Lech Poznan (Pol)
V. SETÚBAL (POR)-Heerenveen (Hol)
Brann (Nor)-Deportivo Corunha (Esp)
Slavia Praga (Che)-Vaslui (Rom)
Slaven (Cro)-CSKA Moscovo (Rus)
Brondby (Din)-Rosenborg (Nor)
Cherno More (Bul)-Estugarda (Ale)
Rennes (Fra)-Twente (Hol)
Ajax (Hol)-Borac (Ser)
Tottenham (Ing)-Wisla Cracóvia (Pol)
Copenhaga (Din)-FC Moscovo (Rus)
Zilina (Slk)-Levski (Bul)
B. Dortmund (Ale)-Udinese (Ita)
SP. BRAGA (POR)-Artmedia (Slk)
Feyenoord (Hol)-Kalmar (Sue)
Hamburgo (Ale)-Unirea Urziceni (Rom)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Isr)-St.-Étienne (Fra)
Nordsjaelland (Nor)-Olympiakos (Gre)

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