After last night's beautiful thrashing of NAC Breda (I didn't get to see it, but from what I could tell from the Catalan radio commentary, it was beautiful!), Villarreal today faced the group stage draw. They came up in Group G, against Lazio, Levski, and Salzburg.
Here is the full draw:
| Group A | Group B |
| AFC Ajax (NED) | Valencia CF (ESP) |
| RSC Anderlecht (BEL) | LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) |
| NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) | SK Slavia Praha (CZE) |
| FC Timisoara (ROU) | Genoa CFC (ITA) |
| Group C | Group D |
| Hamburger SV (GER) | Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) |
| Celtic FC (SCO) | SC Heerenveen (NED) |
| Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) | Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) |
| SK Rapid Wien (AUT) | FK Ventspils (LVA) |
| Group E | Group F |
| AS Roma (ITA) | Panathinaikos FC (GRE) |
| FC Basel 1893 (SUI) | Galatasaray SK (TUR) |
| Fulham FC (ENG) | FC Dinamo 1948 Bucure?ti (ROU) |
| PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) | SK Sturm Graz (AUT) |
| Group G | Group H |
| VILLARREAL CF | FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) |
| S.S. Lazio (ITA) | Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) |
| PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) | FC Twente (NED) |
| FC Salzburg (AUT) | FC Sheriff (MDA) |
| Group I | Group J |
| SL Benfica (POR) | FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) |
| Everton FC (ENG) | Club Brugge KV (BEL) |
| AEK Athens FC (GRE) | FK Partizan (SRB) |
| FC BATE Borisov (BLR) | Toulouse FC (FRA) |
| Group K | Group L |
| PSV Eindhoven (NED) | Werder Bremen (GER) |
| FC København (DEN) | FK Austria Wien (AUT) |
| AC Sparta Praha (CZE) | Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) |
| CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) | CD Nacional (POR) |
The first match of the group stage will be September 17th. I think Levski and Salzburg are not too happy with this draw.