Galatasaray will compete in Group B which kicks off on October 23rd and ends on December 18th. Three teams from each group will advance to the knockout stages.

2008-09 UEFA Cup group stage draw is as follows:

GROUP A

Schalke 04 (Germany)

Paris St Germain (France)

Manchester City (England)

Racing Santander (Spain)

Twente Enschede (Netherlands)

GROUP B

Benfica (Portugal)

Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece)

Galatasaray (Turkey)

Hertha Berlin (Germany)

Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)

GROUP C

Sevilla (Spain)

VfB Stuttgart (Germany)

Sampdoria (Italy)

Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)

Standard Liege (Belgium)

GROUP D

Tottenham Hotspur (England)

Spartak Moscow (Russia)

Udinese (Italy)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

NEC Nijmegen (Netherlands)

GROUP E

AC Milan (Italy)

Heerenveen (Netherlands)

Braga (Portugal)

Portsmouth (England)

VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)

GROUP F

Hamburg SV (Germany)

Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

Aston Villa (England)

Zilina (Slovakia)

GROUP G

Valencia (Spain)

Club Bruges (Belgium)

Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway)

FC Copenhagen (Denmark)

St Etienne (France)

GROUP H

CSKA Moscow (Russia)

Deportivo Coruna (Spain)

Feyenoord (Netherlands)

AS Nancy (France)

Lech Poznan (Poland)

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