The draw for the group stages of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup has been made, and we have some excellent fixtures within.
Portsmouth, in their debut season in Europe, will get a chance to play AC Milan at Fratton Park. Pompey are in Group E along with Herenveen, Braga and Wolfsburg.
There are eight groups in all, and 3 teams from each group qualify for the next round. They will be joined by the eight third placed teams in each Champions League group.
Group A :-
Schalke ( Germany)
Paris St.Germain ( France)
Manchester City ( England)
Racing Santander ( Spain)
FC Twente ( Netherlands)
Group B :-
Benfica ( Portugal)
Olympiakos ( Greece)
Galatasaray ( Turkey)
Hertha Berlin ( Germany)
Metalist Kharkiv ( Ukraine)
Group C :-
Sevilla ( Spain)
VFB Stuttgart ( Germany)
Sampdoria ( Italy)
Partizan Belgrade ( Serbia)
Standard Liege ( Belgium)
Group D :-
Tottenham Hotspur ( England)
Spartak Moscow ( Russia)
Udinese ( Italy)
Dinamo Zagreb ( Croatia)
NEC Nijmegen ( Netherlands)
Group E :-
AC Milan ( Italy)
Heerenveen ( Netherlands)
SC Braga ( Portugal)
Portsmouth ( England)
Vfl Wolfsburg ( Germany)
Group F:-
Hamburg ( Germany)
Ajax ( Netherlands)
Slavia Prague ( Czech Republic)
Aston Villa ( England)
MSK Zilina ( Slovakia)
Group G :-
Valencia ( Spain)
Club Brugge ( Belgium)
Rosenborg ( Norway)
FC Copenhagen ( Denmark)
Saint-Etienne ( France)
Group H :-
CSKA Moscow ( Russia)
Deportiva La Coruna ( Spain)
Feyenoord ( Netherlands)
Nancy ( France)
Lech Poznan ( Poland)