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| Quartet discover fate in Uefa Cup | Quartet discover fate in Uefa Cup |
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| Newcastle face a tough test after being drawn with Celta Vigo, Fenerbahce, Palermo and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Uefa Cup group stage. | Newcastle face a tough test after being drawn with Celta Vigo, Fenerbahce, Palermo and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Uefa Cup group stage. |
| Palermo beat West Ham in the last round and will meet the Magpies in Group H. | Palermo beat West Ham in the last round and will meet the Magpies in Group H. |
| Tottenham will play Bayer Leverkusen, Club Bruges, Besiktas and Dinamo Bucharest after being drawn in Group B. | |
| Blackburn face Feyenoord, Basle, Wisla Krakow and Nancy in Group E, while Rangers play Auxerre, Livorno, Partizan Belgrade and Maccabi Haifa in Group A. | Blackburn face Feyenoord, Basle, Wisla Krakow and Nancy in Group E, while Rangers play Auxerre, Livorno, Partizan Belgrade and Maccabi Haifa in Group A. |
| The top three teams from each group will progress through to the knockout stages. | The top three teams from each group will progress through to the knockout stages. |
| The 24 qualifiers will be joined by the eight clubs who finish third in their Champions League groups. | The 24 qualifiers will be joined by the eight clubs who finish third in their Champions League groups. |
| There are four matches per club in each group, with two at home and two away against different opposition. | |
| If we keep everyone fit and free from suspension then you'd like to think we could qualify Newcastle assistant Terry McDermott | |
| Newcastle face home games against Fenerbahce and Celta Vigo but travel to Sicily to take on Palermo and end the group with a trip to Frankfurt. | |
| Despite a difficult looking draw Magpies assistant boss Terry McDermott was confident Newcastle would qualify. | |
| "I don't think it's daunting," he said "I think it's a very difficult draw we've got, but there's two home games and two away games, and if you win your home games you'd expect to qualify. | |
| "If we keep everyone fit and free from suspension then you'd like to think we could qualify and go through." | |
| Blackburn start with an away trip at Polish side Wisla Krakow before entertaining Basle. | |
| Rovers then travel to Holland to face Feyenoord before ending the group stage with the visit of Nancy. | |
| And Blackburn chief executive John Williams felt his team had a good chance of qualifying. | |
| "We have to be optimistic and the group gives us a chance," said Williams. | "We have to be optimistic and the group gives us a chance," said Williams. |
| "This competition is important for us, we have not had a good record and it is time to put that right." | "This competition is important for us, we have not had a good record and it is time to put that right." |
| 606 VIEW class="" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A15848878">It's quite a tough draw for Spurs, but it could have been a lot worse JL class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/606/default.stm">606: Have your say Rangers have avoided a trip to Israel. They open their Group A campaign at Italian side Livorno away, host Israeli side Maccabi Haifa, travel to French side Auxerre away before finishing at home against Partizan Belgrade. | |
| Tottenham face a tricky opening match in Turkey against Besiktas before playing Bruges at White Hart Lane. | |
| Martin Jol's team then travel to Bayer Leverkusen and finish at home to Dinamo Bucharest. | |
| "It will be an exciting journey for us," said Jol. | |
| "I think we have done OK, we have Bruges at home and if we can get a good result in that it would set us up for the difficult trip to Leverkusen." | |
| Defending champions Sevilla - who thrashed Middlesbrough 4-0 in last season's final - have been drawn with AZ Alkmaar, Slovan Liberec, Grasshoppers and Braga. | |
| The group stage runs from 19 October to 14 December before the competition closes down until 14 February, when the knockout phase begins. | The group stage runs from 19 October to 14 December before the competition closes down until 14 February, when the knockout phase begins. |
| A computer was used to work out the fixtures, with factors such as climatic conditions and possible stadium clashes taken into account. | |
| GROUP AAuxerreRANGERSP BelgradeLivornoMaccabi Haifa GROUP BBayer LeverkusenClub BruggeBesiktasDinamo BucharestTOTTENHAM | GROUP AAuxerreRANGERSP BelgradeLivornoMaccabi Haifa GROUP BBayer LeverkusenClub BruggeBesiktasDinamo BucharestTOTTENHAM |
| GROUP CSevillaAZ AlkmaarSlovan LiberecGrasshopperBraga GROUP DParmaLensHeerenveenOsasunaOdense | GROUP CSevillaAZ AlkmaarSlovan LiberecGrasshopperBraga GROUP DParmaLensHeerenveenOsasunaOdense |
| GROUP EFeyenoordBasleWisla KrakowBLACKBURNNancy GROUP FAjaxSparta PragueEspanyolAustria WienZulte Waregem | GROUP EFeyenoordBasleWisla KrakowBLACKBURNNancy GROUP FAjaxSparta PragueEspanyolAustria WienZulte Waregem |
| GROUP GPanathinaikosParis St GermainRapid BucharestHapoel Tel AvivMlada Boleslav GROUP HNEWCASTLECelta VigoPalermoFenerbahceEintracht Frankfurt | GROUP GPanathinaikosParis St GermainRapid BucharestHapoel Tel AvivMlada Boleslav GROUP HNEWCASTLECelta VigoPalermoFenerbahceEintracht Frankfurt |