UEFA Cup Draw Made

Last updated : 05 October 2004 By Sam
Newcastle have been drawn alongside Sporting Lisbon, Sochaux, Panionios and Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia.

"I'm very pleased with that draw, I don't think it's too bad for Newcastle," chairman Freddie Shepherd commented.

"We've got trips to Portugal, France, Greece and Georgia.

"It's a fair spread, so the supporters will be happy, they're good travellers.

"They've had a fair spread in the past, a trip to the Middle East last week so it's another one for them coming up."

Full UEFA Draw:

Group A
Feyenoord, Schalke 04, Basle, Hearts, Ferencvaros.

Group B
Parma, Besiktas, Athletic Bilbao, Steaua Bucharest, Standard Liege.

Group C
Club Brugge, Real Zaragoza, Utrecht, Dnipro, Austria Vienna.

Group D
NEWCASTLE, Sporting Lisbon, Sochaux, Panionios, Dinamo Tblisi.

Group E
Lazio, Villarreal, Middlesbrough, Partizan Belgrade, Egaleo

Group F
Rangers, Auxerre, Grazer AK, Amica Wronki, AZ Alkmaar

Group G
Vfb Stuttgart, Benfica, Dinamo Zagreb, Heerenveen, Beveren.

Group H
AEK Athens, Lille, Sevilla, Alemania Aachen, Zenit St Petersburg.

The first match day will be on 21st October.