Bayern to play CF Belenenses (POR) in UEFA Cup First Round! - TalkSoccer

**Trim** · 30-08-2007, 05:56 PM

Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski of Poland, Macedonian outfit FK Rabotnicki Skopje, Irish League side Drogheda United, FC Midtjylland from Denmark and Armenian club FC Mika Eriwan may not be especially familiar names to anyone outside their own local support and truly well-informed football stattos.

Ottmar Hitzfeld and his men may soon be learning a lot more about one of them, as they are all potential opponents in the UEFA Cup first round. “We’ll take what comes and approach the tie appropriately,” the Bayern coach commented ahead of Friday’s draw in Monaco.

80 contenders

After a decade in the Champions League, Bayern’s return to the UEFA Cup is likely to see them entering unfamiliar territory. “We’re all intrigued about who we might draw,” Philipp Lahm declared. The Germany international is one of the few members of the current squad with experience of the UEFA Cup, picked up in the 2004-5 campaign with VfB Stuttgart.

Hitzfeld and his men may be required to undertake an arduous journey, but are unlikely to face a big-name rival, as the 80 clubs involved in the first round are divided into eight groups of ten teams according to certain regional criteria. The teams will not be finally sorted into pots until the final round of qualifiers on Thursday evening.

First leg on 20 September

Bayern cannot be drawn against fellow German opponents in the first round. Ties will be played on 20 September and 4 October. The draw for the Group phase, which begins on 25 October, takes place at midday on 9 October in Nyon. The 40 first round winners are drawn into eight groups of five, with each club playing two games at home and two away. The top three in each group progress to the knockout stage.

As of that point, the Reds could do battle with higher profile teams such as Girondins Bordeaux, Tottenham Hotspur or Fiorentina, but for now, the likes of Lithuanian representatives SK Liepajas Metalurgs or NK Siroki Brijeg from Bosnia-Herzegovina will provide the opposition. All will become clear on Friday afternoon at around 1.30 pm.

**Trim** · 31-08-2007, 10:05 AM

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For the draw, the clubs have been split into eight groups of ten, with five seeds in each pool to be drawn against any of the five unseeded sides. The teams that emerge victorious from the two-legged ties, scheduled for 20 September and 4 October, will be divided into eight sections of five, with the first of five group-stage Matchdays on 25 October.

Bayern have been seeded in Group 6.

Unseeded teams in Group 6 are:
Toulouse FC (FRA), CF Os Belenenses (POR), Aberdeen FC (SCO), SK Brann (NOR), Helsingborgs IF (SWE).

Which means, we'll face one of those, right?

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Buddha14 · 31-08-2007, 10:18 AM

Wouldn't like to play at helsingborgs not with larrson still there

**Trim** · 31-08-2007, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Trim17

Bayern have been seeded in Group 6.

Unseeded teams in Group 6 are:
Toulouse FC (FRA), CF Os Belenenses (POR), Aberdeen FC (SCO), SK Brann (NOR), Helsingborgs IF (SWE).

Which means, we'll face one of those, right?

Bayern's official website confirms it aswell.
We'll face one of the teams listed above.

Buddha14 · 31-08-2007, 10:42 AM

who would you like to play trim?

**Trim** · 31-08-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddha14

who would you like to play trim?

I was just asking myself.
I don't really know.

**Trim** · 31-08-2007, 11:03 AM

You can watch/hear the draw live now, here: UEFA Cup Draw

Select AUDIO or VIDEO!

Buddha14 · 31-08-2007, 11:08 AM

Hearing it now.

Poldi · 31-08-2007, 11:27 AM

Bayern vs Belenenses!!!!!

Buddha14 · 31-08-2007, 11:30 AM

Your at home great news guys

**Trim** · 31-08-2007, 11:40 AM

Yeah, we'll play Os Belenenses from Portugal.

We play the first leg home, the return away.

It's okay. Not a bad draw.

I'd have liked the first match away, but it's all good.

Buddha14 · 31-08-2007, 11:41 AM

Wont be easy they have nothing to lose and you guys do.You have G-14 pride on the line

**Trim** · 31-08-2007, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddha14

Wont be easy they have nothing to lose and you guys do.You have G-14 pride on the line

Bayern never ever underestimated their oponents, for your information!

We always play our game, regardless who we face.

Buddha14 · 31-08-2007, 11:48 AM

The first match is always tough tho not matter what. But Bayern will definitely win barring injuries

ScaryJeff · 31-08-2007, 11:59 AM

Miguel will be able to tell us more about them i guess.

He must be over the moon if he hears the draw and be the first to buy a ticket for the game in lisbon