Everton's Uefa Cup draw latest news

Oct 9 2007 Liverpool Daily Post

EVERTON have been drawn against AZ Alkmaar, Zenit St Petersburg, Nuremberg and Larissa in the group stage of the Uefa Cup.

Representatives of Tottenham, Everton, Bolton and Aberdeen were in Switzerland this morning to witness the draw for the group stages of the Uefa Cup.

The Blues will play each of the sides in their group (Group A) once - with two games at home and two games away.

The top three teams from the group will then go forward to the knockout stages next year.

Uefa rules meant that the English teams in the draw were able avoid each other.

The selection of home and away games is random and will be confirmed later.

Bolton were drawn against stiff opposition in the form of Bayern Munich, while Spurs face a reunion with Anderlecht, the team they beat in the 1984 final. Aberdeen face Panathinaikos and Atletico Madrid.

The Uefa Cup final is set to be played at the City of Manchester Stadium, home of Manchester City, in May 2008.

The draw in full:

Group A
AZ Alkmaar
Zenit St Petersburg
EVERTON
Nuremburg
Larissa

Group B
Panathinaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Atletico Madrid
Copenhagen
ABERDEEN

Group C
Villarreal
AEK Athens
Fiorentina
Mlada Boleslav
Elfsborg

Group D
Basle
Hamburg
Stade Rennais
Dinamo Zagreb
Brann

Group E
Bayer Leverkusen
Sparta Prague
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse
FC Zurich

Group F
Bayern Munich
BOLTON
Braga
Red Star Belgrade
Aris Thessaloniki

Group G
Anderlecht
TOTTENHAM
Getafe
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Aalborg

Group H
Bordeaux
Austria Vienna
Galatasaray
Panionios
Helsingsborgs