Sports
WEST Ham United were on Friday drawn to face RSC Anderlecht in the 2022/2023 Europa Conference League group stage.
Both sides’ Group B also includes Denmark’s Silkeborg and Romanian side FCSB in the first round of Europe’s third-tier event which runs from Sept. 8 to Nov. 3.
Anderlecht beat West Ham 4-2 in their only previous meeting, in the 1976 Cup Winners’ Cup final in Brussels.
In other selected groups, Italy’s Fiorentina are up against Turkey’s Basaksehir, RFS of Latvia and Scotland’s Hearts of Midlothian in Group A.
Spain’s Villarreal are in Group C along with Hapoel Beer-Sheva of Israel, Austria Vienna and Poland’s Lech Poznan.
Bundesliga club Cologne are in Group D with Partizan Belgrade, Ligue 1 side Nice and Czech club Slovacko.
The final is scheduled for June 7, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The draw in full
Group A: Istanbul Basaksehir, Fiorentina, Hearts, RFS
Group B: West Ham, FCSB, Anderlecht, Silkeborg
Group C: Villarreal, Napoli, Austria Vienna, Lech Poznan
Group D: AZ Alkmaar, Koln, Nice, Slovacko,
Group E: KAA Gent, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Vaduz, Dnipro
Group F: FK Partizan, Molde, Shamrock Rovers, Djurgardens
Group G: Slavia Prague, FC Cluj, Sivasspor, Ballkani
Group H: FC Basel, Slovan Bratislava, Zalgiris Vilnius, Pyunik
(dpa/NAN)
KN
Tags: FCSB Lech Poznan RSC Anderlecht West Ham United
