DFB-Pokal Round of 16 and UEFA Cup Group Stage Draw
By: Jan | October 7th, 2008The DFB-Pokal Round of 16 draw took place on Sunday, and the UEFA Cup group stage draw just concluded an hour ago.
DFB-Pokal Round of 16
SC Freiburg – FSV Mainz 05
VfB Stuttgart – Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen – Energie Cottbus
Hamburger SV – 1860 Munich
Karlsruher SC – SV Wehen Wiesbaden
VfL Wolfsburg – Hansa Rostock
Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Schalke 04
Borussia Dortmund – Werder Bremen
Matches will be played on January 27th/28th 2009. We can look forward to a promising looking rematch of last year’s round of 16 clash between Dortmund and Bremen, while Stuttgart vs Bayern is obviously the one to watch in this round. Carl Zeiss Jena are the lone remaining third division (and lower) side and will take on Schalke.
UEFA Cup Group Stage
Group A: Schalke 04 (GER), Paris Saint Germain (FRA), Mancherster City (ABU DHABI), Racing Santander (ESP), FC Twente (NED)
23.10.08 Schalke – Paris Saint Germain
06.11.08 Racing Santander – Schalke
27.11.08 Schalke 04 – Manchester City
03.12.08 FC Twente – Schalke
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An attractive and tough group for Schalke. Fred Rutten gets to play his former club FC Twente featuring Steve van Klaren. The home game against Man City looks promising.
Group B: SL Benfica (POR), Olympiacos (GRE), Galatasaray (TUR), Hertha Berlin (GER), Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
23.10.08 Hertha – Benfica
06.11.08 Metalist – Hertha
27.11.08 -
03.12.08 Hertha – Galatasaray
17.12.08 Olympiacos – Hertha
Hertha’s manager Dieter Hoeness will probably have some € signs in his eyes at the moment. Hertha got an attractive group with home games against Benfica and Galatasaray. Lucien Favre might be worried that the game against Galatasaray could turn into a hostile away match, with a large Turkish community living in Berlin probably ready to send a delegation over to the Olympiastadion. The away matches look tricky as well.
Group C: Sevilla FC (ESP), VfB Stuttgart (GER), UC Sampdoria (ITA), FK Partizan (SRB), Standard de Liège (BEL)
23.10.08 Sevilla – Stuttgart
06.11.08 Stuttgart – Partizan
27.11.08 Sampdoria – Stuttgart
03.12.08 -
17.12.08 Stuttgart – Standard de Liege
A though group for Stuttgart and to make matters worse, they aren’t even getting any of the revenue guaranteeing home games against Sevilla and/or Sampdoria. Stuttgart will probably just hope to get out of the group.
Group E: AC Milan (ITA), SC Heerenveen (NED), SC Braga (POR), Portsmouth FC (ENG), VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
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06.11.08 Wolfsburg – Heerenveen
27.11.08 Braga – Wolfsburg
03.12.08 Wolfsburg – Portsmouth
17.12.08 AC Milan – Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg play against AC Milan – just not at home, which is probably a bit of a disappointment for Wolfsburg’s fans.
Group F: Hamburg (GER), Ajax Amsterdam (NED), Slavia Praha (CZE), Aston Villa (ENG), MŠK Žilina (SVK)
23.10.08: MŠK Žilina – Hamburg
06.11.08: -
27.11.08: Hamburg – Ajax Amsterdam
04.12.08: Slavia Praha – HSV
17.12.08: Hamburg – Aston Villa
Hamburg fans can look forward to attractive home games against Ajax and Aston Villa, while planning a short holiday in the beautiful city of Prague. David Jarolim can look forward to a small family reunion, as Slavia is managed by his father and a cousin of him is in the squad.
Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, DFB-Pokal, Energie Cottbus, Europa League, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, FSV Mainz 05, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, TSV 1860 Munich, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen
Tags: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, DFB-Pokal, Energie Cottbus, Europa League, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, FSV Mainz 05, Hamburger SV, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, TSV 1860 Munich, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenSubscribe
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Agreed with you on the Stuttgart-Bayern being the one to watch in the DFB-Pokal’s round of 16. Ah, Stuttgart taking on the reigning DFB-Pokal winners.
Regarding the UEFA Cup, I remembered reading Dieter Hoeness was saying that he wanted Hertha to get AC Milan. Now that goes to Wolfsburg.
And now, don’t get me started on the nickname of Fred Rutten’s successor at Twente. I always get sick of reading that. As if the ‘Wally with the Brolly’ is not enough. IMO, those two nicknames (including the one you mentioned, Jan) are of the worst ever nicknames I had ever read about in football. You are lucky that I had long finished my dinner here given I could had vomitted whatever I had in front of the computer (when the draw was going on, it’s around early evening here and I only had my dinner after the draw was done given I was actually following the draw through the UEFA website).
I have very strong views on those two nicknames, as you can tell. People may like to make fun of it, but the thought of it makes me want to – scream. Anyhow, I just choose to see Rutten being reunited with his former club.
‘Hertha’s manager Dieter Hoeness will probably have some € signs in his eyes at the moment.’
LOL.
This means, more transfer money!Posted from
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Tough job for Stuttgart. We must win both the home games
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I still can’t decide whether Group A or Group C is the toughest. HSV getting both Ajax and Villa at home is sheer luck. Someone up there likes us.
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