Liverpool, Spurs and Celtic get tricky Europa League draws
Friday 28 August 2015 19:25, UK
Liverpool, Tottenham and Celtic have all been given tough draws in the group stage of this season's Europa League.
Liverpool will face a long trip to Rubin Kazan - the Russian city is 500 miles east of Moscow - with French side Bordeaux and Sion of Switzerland the other teams in their group.
Tottenham have a particularly tough draw. They face Belgian side Anderlecht, last season's Champions League quarter-finalists Monaco, and Qarabag of Azerbaijan - who ran Celtic close in the Champions League qualifying rounds earlier this season.
Celtic, Scotland's last representatives in Europe this season, also have a tricky task to advance. They take on Ajax Amsterdam, Robin van Persie's Fenerbahce and Molde of Norway.
GROUP A:
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Celtic (Scotland)
Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Molde (Norway)
GROUP B:
Rubin Kazan (Russia)
Liverpool (England)
Bordeaux (France)
Sion (Switzerland)
GROUP C:
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
PAOK Salonika (Greece)
Krasnodar (Russia)
Qabala (Azerbaijan)
GROUP D:
Napoli (Italy)
Club Brugge (Belgium)
Legia Warsaw (Poland)
Midtjylland (Denmark)
GROUP E:
Villarreal (Spain)
Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
Rapid Vienna (Austria)
Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)
GROUP F:
Olympique Marseille (France)
Braga (Portugal)
Liberec (Czech Republic)
Groningen (Netherlands)
GROUP G:
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
Lazio (Italy)
St Etienne (France)
Rosenborg (Norway)
GROUP H:
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
Besiktas (Turkey)
Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
Skenderbeu (Albania)
GROUP I:
Basel (Switzerland)
Fiorentina (Italy)
Lech Poznan (Poland)
Belenenses (Portugal)
GROUP J:
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Anderlecht (Belgium)
Monaco (France)
Qarabag (Azerbaijan)
GROUP K:
Schalke 04 (Germany)
APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Asteras (Greece)
GROUP L:
Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
Augsburg (Germany)
Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
