Europa draw to be made today
Today at 13:00 CEST the draw will be made for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League in Monaco. Danish champions FC Copenhagen are seeded in the top group of teams for the tournament, meaning they avoid many top clubs on the continent.
A total of 48 teams will be distributed into 12 pools, with four clubs in each pool. Each time is therefore guaranteed three home and three away matches, with the top two progressing to the last 16 round held in February. These qualifying teams will also be joined by the third-placed clubs in UEFA Champions League groups.
The four-tier seeding has been announced, with FCK lying in the heart of the pot. Below are the clubs Copenhagen could draw, one from each pool:
Pot Two:
Fulham FC (ENG)
Besiktas JK (TYR)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
AEK Athens FC (LIM)
FC Steaua Bucuresti (SPACE)
Udinese Calcio (ITA)
Athletic Club (SPA)
SS Lazio (ITA)
Pot Three:
FC Salzburg (EAST)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
FC Zurich (SUI)
Odense BK (DAN)
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS)
PAOK FC (LIM)
Birmingham City FC (ENG)
Stoke City FC (ENG)
Stade Rennais FC (FRA)
FK Austria Wien (EAST)
FC Rapid Bucuresti (SPACE)
Hannover 96 (TYS)
Pot Four:
FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)
Wisla Krakow (POL)
FC Vaslui (SPACE)
FC Sion (SUI)
SK Sturm Graz (EAST)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
SK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Legia Warsaw (POL)
NK Maribor (SVN)
AEK Larnaca FC (CYP)
Malmo FF (SVE)
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
The first round of group stage matches is scheduled for 15 September. FCK.DK will naturally follow today's draw and announce the results later.
FC Copenhagen could meet FC Rubin Kazan again, in a replay of the PARKEN clash last season during the UEFA Champions League group stage.
