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Tuesday, 04 October 2005
Both Premiership clubs were drawn against tough opponents in a Uefa Cup group stages draw held in Switzerland.
Middlesbrough was drawn against Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in group D, alongside Grasshopper Zurich, Dnipro and Litex Lovech. AZ Alkmaar, who are leaders of the top Duch League reached the semi-finals in the last years Uefa Cup competition.
Bolton will play in Group H, together with Vitoria Guimaraes, Sevilla, Besiktas and FC Zenit. Three clubs from each group will qualify for next round. Boro reached the last 16 in the last Uefa Cup season where they lost to Sporting Lisbon, while Bolton is taking part in their first ever European campaign.
The Groups after today's draw are: Group A
AS Monaco
Slavia Prague
Hamburg
CSKA Sofia
Viking Stavanger
Group B
Lokomotiv Moscow
Espanyol
Palermo
Brondby
Maccabi Petah-Tikva
Group C
Hertha Berlin
Lens
Sampdoria
Steaua Bucharest
Halmstad
Group D
AZ Alkmaar
Middlesbrough
FC Dnipro
Grasshopper Zurich
Litex Lovech
Group E
AS Roma
Basel
C Zvezda
Strasbourg
Tromso
Group F
CSKA Moscow
Marseille
Heerenveen
Levski Sofia
Dinamo Bucharest
Group G
Vfb Stuttgart
PAOK Salonika
Shakhtar Donetsk
Rennes
Rapid Bucharest
Group H
Besiktas
Sevilla
Bolton
St Petersburg
Vitoria Guimaraes
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