Europa League Play Off Round Draw – Rapid A Possible Opponent

Written by Dan on August 6, 2010

Following on from the preview yesterday, UEFA have now divided the 74 teams into 7 pots and Rapid Vienna have been placed in Group 6 along with Aston Villa, so there’s now a 1 in 6 chance of a rematch.

The 6 unseeded sides that we can be drawn against in Group 6 are:-

  • SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
  • FC Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS)
  • CS Marítimo (POR)
  • ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
  • HJK Helsinki (FIN)
  • The New Saints FC (WAL)

The 7 Pots in full:-

Seeded
Unseeded
Group 1
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) SC Tavriya Simferopol (UKR)
Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) KAA Gent (BEL)
FC Unirea Urziceni (ROU) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Feyenoord (NED) HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)
Group 2 FC Porto (POR) Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE)
Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) KRC Genk (BEL)
US Città di Palermo (ITA) FC Karpaty Lviv (UKR)
FK Austria Wien (AUT) Debreceni VSC (HUN)
PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) NK Maribor (SVN)
Group 3 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) Brøndby IF (DEN)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) SC Vaslui (ROU)
Club Brugge KV (BEL) IF Elfsborg (SWE)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) AC Omonia (CYP)
SSC Napoli (ITA) FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Group 4 Liverpool FC (ENG) Grasshopper-Club (SUI)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)
Celtic FC (SCO) FC Utrecht (NED)
PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) AIK (SWE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) FK Qarabağ (AZE)
Group 5 Juventus (ITA) APOEL FC (CYP)
AZ Alkmaar (NED) KKS Lech Poznań (POL)
Getafe CF (ESP) SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
AEK Athens FC (GRE) Dundee United FC (SCO)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) FK Aktobe (KAZ)
Group 6 PSV Eindhoven (NED) SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) FC Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS)
Beşiktaş JK (TUR) CS Marítimo (POR)
Aston Villa FC (ENG) ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) HJK Helsinki (FIN)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) The New Saints FC (WAL)
Group 7 Villarreal CF (ESP)* FC Timişoara (ROU)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) PAOK FC (GRE)
Manchester City FC (ENG) Motherwell FC (SCO)
FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) FC Lausanne-Sport (SUI)
Odense BK (DEN) FC Dnepr Mogilev (BLR)
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Győri ETO FC (HUN)

I’ll update a live post with the draw as it’s made at 12.30pm.