UEFA Cup - Bolton drawn against Bayern

Eurosport - Tue, 09 Oct 18:35:00 2007

Bolton Wanderers have been drawn against favourites Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup group stages while Tottenham Hotspur will face their opponents in the 1984 final, Anderlecht. Everton have the easiest draw of the three on paper and Aberdeen one of the hardest.

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Bayern, who usually compete in the Champions League and won the elite European competition in 2001, struggled last season and went on a spending spree in the summer.

They added Luca Toni, Miroslav Klose and Franck Ribery to their squad among others and already lead the Bundesliga by five points having gone the opening nine games of the season unbeaten.

The Trotters will also face former European champions Red Star Belgrade of Serbia, Portuguese club FC Braga and Greeks Aris Thessaloniki in Group F.

Spurs will face Anderlecht, who they beat on penalties in '84, in Group G as well as Liga outfit Getafe - making their European debut - Hapoel Tel Aviv and AaB Aalborg.

Belgian club Anderlecht were later found to be guilty of bribing the referee in their '84 semi-final against Nottingham Forest. They have won both the UEFA Cup and now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup in the past.

Everton will face Dutch team AZ Alkmaar, Russia's Zenit St Petersburg, Nuernberg of the Bundesliga and Greek Cup holders Larissa, conquerors of Blackburn Rovers in the final elimination round.

Scottish club Aberdeen have perhaps the most difficult task ahead. Greek giants Panathinaikos, Russians Lokomotiv Moscow, Liga team Atletico Madrid and Copenhagen of Denmark are all in Group B with them.

Full draw

Group A

AZ Alkmar

Zenit St Petersburg

Everton

Nuernberg

Larissa

Group B

Panathinaikos

Lokomotiv Moscow

Atletico Madrid

Copenhagen

Aberdeen

Group C

Villarreal

AEK Athens

Fiorentina

Mlada Boleslav

Elfsborg

Group D

Basel

Hamburg

Rennes

Dinamo Zagreb

Brann

Group E

Bayer Leverkusen

Sparta Prague

Spartak Moscow

Toulouse

FC Zurich

Group F

Bayern Munich

Bolton Wanderers

FC Braga

Red Star Belgrade

Aris Thessaloniki

Group G

Anderlecht

Tottenham Hotspur

Getafe

Hapoel Tel Aviv

AaB Aalborg

Group H

Bordeaux

Austria Vienna

Galatasaray

Panionios

Helsingborgs

Jonathan Symcox / Eurosport

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	27	6	5	+58	87
2	Chelsea	38	25	10	3	+39	85
3	Arsenal	38	24	11	3	+43	83
4	Liverpool	38	21	13	4	+39	76
5	Everton	38	19	8	11	+22	65
6	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	+20	60
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	+2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	+8	57
9	Manchester City	38	15	10	13	-8	55
10	West Ham United	38	13	10	15	-8	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14	+5	46
12	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	-20	43
13	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	-10	42
14	Wigan Athletic	38	10	10	18	-17	40
15	Sunderland	38	11	6	21	-23	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	10	19	-18	37
17	Fulham	38	8	12	18	-22	36
18	Reading	38	10	6	22	-25	36
19	Birmingham City	38	8	11	19	-16	35
20	Derby County	38	1	8	29	-69	11

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	46	23	12	11	+33	81
2	Stoke City	46	21	16	9	+14	79
3	Hull City	46	21	12	13	+18	75
4	Bristol City	46	20	14	12	+1	74
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	+16	71
6	Watford	46	18	16	12	+6	70
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	+5	70
8	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	+9	69
9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	+5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	+10	64
11	Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	+5	64
12	Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	+4	64
13	Burnley	46	16	14	16	-7	62
14	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	-6	58
15	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	-6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	-1	55
17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	-10	55
18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	-13	55
19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	-5	54
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	-16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	-12	53
22	Leicester City	46	12	16	18	-3	52
23	Scunthorpe United	46	11	13	22	-23	46
24	Colchester United	46	7	17	22	-24	38

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Swansea City	46	27	11	8	+40	92
2	Nottingham Forest	46	22	16	8	+32	82
3	Doncaster Rovers	46	23	11	12	+24	80
4	Carlisle United	46	23	11	12	+18	80
5	Leeds United	46	27	10	9	+34	76
6	Southend United	46	22	10	14	+15	76
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	12	15	+8	69
8	Oldham Athletic	46	18	13	15	+12	67
9	Northampton Town	46	17	15	14	+5	66
10	Huddersfield Town	46	20	6	20	-12	66
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	18	11	17	+5	65
12	Walsall	46	16	16	14	+6	64
13	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	+7	61
14	Leyton Orient	46	16	12	18	-14	60
15	Hartlepool United	46	15	9	22	-3	54
16	Bristol Rovers	46	12	17	17	-8	53
17	Millwall	46	14	10	22	-15	52
18	Yeovil Town	46	14	10	22	-21	52
19	Cheltenham Town	46	13	12	21	-22	51
20	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	-18	50
21	AFC Bournemouth	46	17	7	22	-10	48
22	Gillingham	46	11	13	22	-29	46
23	Port Vale	46	9	11	26	-34	38
24	Luton Town	46	11	10	25	-20	33

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Milton Keynes Dons FC	46	29	10	7	+45	97
2	Peterborough United	46	28	8	10	+41	92
3	Hereford United	46	26	10	10	+31	88
4	Stockport County	46	24	10	12	+18	82
5	Rochdale	46	23	11	12	+23	80
6	Darlington	46	22	12	12	+27	78
7	Wycombe Wanderers	46	22	12	12	+14	78
8	Chesterfield	46	19	12	15	+20	69
9	Rotherham United	46	21	11	14	+4	64
10	Bradford City	46	17	11	18	+2	62
11	Morecambe	46	16	12	18	-4	60
12	Barnet	46	16	12	18	-7	60
13	Bury	46	16	11	19	-3	59
14	Brentford	46	17	8	21	-18	59
15	Lincoln City	46	18	4	24	-16	58
16	Grimsby Town	46	15	10	21	-11	55
17	Accrington Stanley	46	16	3	27	-34	51
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	14	20	-9	50
19	Macclesfield Town	46	11	17	18	-17	50
20	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	13	10	23	-21	49
21	Notts County	46	10	18	18	-16	48
22	Chester City	46	12	11	23	-17	47
23	Mansfield Town	46	11	9	26	-20	42
24	Wrexham	46	10	10	26	-32	40