Europa League draw

28 August 2009 13:00
Fulham, Everton and Celtic have been handed tough draws in the Europa League. Roy Hodgson's men will face Italian giants Roma, Basle and CSKA Sofia in Group E. Everton will tackle Portuguese titans Benfica,AEK Athens and BATE Borisov in Group E Celtic, who dropped into the Europa League after being knocked out of the Champions League by Arsenal, have been drawn in Group C, alongside Hamburg, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Aston Villa's conquerors Rapid Vienna. The first round of matches will be played on Thursday, 17th September, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the last 32, where they will be joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group phase. Full draw: Group A Ajax Anderlecht Dinamo Zagreb Politehnica Timisoara Group B Valencia Lille Slavia Prague Genoa Group C Hamburg Celtic Hapoel Tel-Aviv Rapid Vienna Group D Sporting Heerenveen Hertha Berlin FK Ventspils Group E Roma Basle Fulham CSKA Sofia Group F Panathinaikos Galatasaray Dinamo Bucuresti SK Sturm Graz Group G Villarreal Lazio Levski Sofia SV Red Bull Salzbug Group H Steaua Bucuresti Fenerbahce FC Twente FC Sheriff Group I Benfica Everton AEK Athens BATE Group J Shakhtar Donetsk Club Brugge Partizan Belgrade Toulouse Group K PSV FC Copenhagen Sparta Prague CFR Cluj-Napoca Group L Werder Bremen FK Austria Vienna Athletic Bilbao Nacional

Source: SKY_Sports