West Ham are set to face a tough draw in the first round of the UEFA Cup.
The Hammers will play against one of Feyenoord (8th seed), FC Basel (11th), Palermo (22nd), Rapid Bucharest (27th) or Osasuna (33rd) in the first round of the competition, after they were placed in Group 6 or the draw.The tie will take place over two legs, to be played on September 14th and 28th. West Ham, as one of the unseeded teams, are likely to play at home in the first leg.
The draw begins at midday today; we'll be bringing you all the latest from Monaco in order to continue KUMB's extensive UEFA Cup coverage.
Full groups as follows:
Group 1: Seeded
Newcastle, Rangers, Celta de Vigo, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Chievo Verona.
Group 1: Unseeded
Standard de Liège, SC Braga, Molde FK, Chornomorets Odesa, Levadia Tallinn.
Group 2: Seeded
Panathinaikos, Hertha Berlin, Paris Saint-Germain, Austria Wien, Litex Lovech.
Group 2: Unseeded
Maccabi Haifa, Legia Warszawa, Metalurg Zaporizhzhya, Odense, Derry City.
Group 3: Seeded
FC Schalke, Sparta Praha, Lokomotiv Moskva, Fenerbahçe, Blackburn Rovers.
Group 3: Unseeded
Hearts, Nancy, Sulte Waregem, Salzburg, Randers.
Group 4: Seeded
Parma, AZ Alkmaar, Lens, Slovan Liberec, Brøndby.
Group 4: Unseeded
Crvena Zvezda, Eintracht Frankfurt, Rubin Kazan, Kayserispor, Ethnikos Achnas.
Group 5: Seeded
Seville, Marseille, Beşiktaş, Heerenveen, Grasshoppers.
Group 5: Unseeded
CSKA Sofia, Vitória, Atromitos, Mladá Boleslav, Åtvidabergs.
Group 6: Seeded
Feyenoord, FC Basel, Palermo, Rapid Bucharest, Osasuna.
Group 6: Unseeded
West Ham United, Nacional, Trabzonspor, Lokomotiv Sofia, Rabotnicki.
Group 7: Seeded
Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge, Slavia Praha, Partizan, Dinamo Bucharest.
Group 7: Unseeded
Tottenham, FC Groningen, Skoda Xanthi, FC Sion, Ružomberok.
Group 8: Seeded
Ajax, Auxerre, Espanyol, Wisła Kraków, Livorno.
Group 8: Unseeded
Dinamo Zagreb, Artmedia, Iraklis, IK Start, Pasching.
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