Draw for UEFA Cup Group Stage 2008

Draw for group stage to be held at UEFA Headquarters on 7 October 2008

The draw for the group stage of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup will take place on Tuesday 7 October, at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, starting at 12.00 CET.

The draw ceremony will be conducted by David Taylor, General Secretary of UEFA and Can Bartu, the Ambassador to this season’s final in Istanbul.

The forty participants will be drawn into eight groups of five, with each team playing two home and two away matches.

The following principles will be used for the draw:

• The forty teams will be allocated to five pots, in accordance with their respective club coefficient. Pot 1 will comprise the top eight clubs in the club coefficient rankings, Pot 2 the following eight clubs in the rankings, and so on for pots 3, 4 and 5.

• Clubs from the same national association will not be drawn in the same group.

The draw will be transmitted live on Eurosport and uefa.com.