STRUGGLING Tottenham will face Spartak Moscow, Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb and NEC Nijmegen in the next stage of their UEFA Cup campaign.
Spurs are bottom of the Premier League after a miserable start to the season but they reached the group phase of the UEFA Cup with victory against Wisla Krakow over two legs.
Juande Ramos' side at least received the fillip of a top seeding in the
draw, meaning they avoided some of the top-ranked sides such as AC Milan and Sevilla in their group.
They were placed in Group D and will play each other side once - with two home and two away fixtures - and the clash against Dinamo Zagreb will see summer signing Luka Modric come up against his old club.
UEFA CUP GROUP PHASE DRAW
GROUP ASchalke, Paris St Germain,
Manchester City, Racing Santander, FC Twente.
GROUP BBenfica, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, Hertha Berlin, Metalist Kharkiv.
GROUP CSevilla, Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrade, Standard Liege.
GROUP DTottenham, Spartak Moscow, Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb, NEC Nijmegen.
GROUP EAC Milan, Heerenveen, Braga,
Portsmouth, Wolfsburg.
GROUP FHamburg, Ajax, Slavia Prague,
Aston Villa, MSK Zilina.
GROUP GValencia, Club Bruges, Rosenborg, FC Copenhagen, St Etienne.
GROUP HCSKA Moscow, Deportivo La Coruna, Feyenoord, Nancy, Lech Poznan.
Each team plays two matches at home and two away, with the top three teams from each group qualifying for the last 32.
Ties to be played on October 23, November 6, November 27, December 3/4 and December 17/18.
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