Lots for the group games in the UEFA Cup were drawn in Nyon in Switzerland. Beşiktaş, which participated in the drawing as the seed, matched with Sevilla, Bolton Wanderers, Zenit and Vitoria in Group H.

Our team will play total of four games, of which 2 will be played at away and the other 2 at home, and if it makes the top 3 teams, it will go to the next round. The first games in the groups will be played on 20th of October. The Groups are as follows:
GROUP A: Monaco, Slavia Prag, Hamburg, CSKA Sofia, Vikink
GROUP B: Locomotive Moscow, Espanyol, Palermo, Brondy, Maccabi Petach
GROUP C: Hertha Berlin, Lens, Sampdoria, Steaua Bucharest, Harmstads
GROUP D: AZ Alkmaar, Middlesbrough, Dnipro, Grasshoppers, Litex Lovech
GROUP E: Rome, Basel, Red Star, Strasbourg, Tromsö
GROUP F: CSKA Moscow, O. Marseille, Heerenveen, Levski Sofia, Dynamo Bucharest
GROUP G: Stuttgart, Paok, Shakhtar Donetsk, Stade Rennais, Rapid Bucharest
GROUP H: Beşiktaş, Sevilla (Spain), Bolton Wanderers (England),  Zenit (Russia), Vitoria de Guimareas (Portugal)