The UEFA Europa League group stage will wrap up today, and several Americans are hoping their
respective team is still standing after the dust has settled.
Jozy Altidore is one of those players, as he and AZ Alkmaar need a win over already-qualified FC
Metalist Kharkiv in Group G in order to secure qualification.
By Chris Wright
Pies' pick of the 15 best photos from last night's Europa League action...
Lokomotiv Moscow's Felipe Caicedo celebrates his injury time goal against AEK Athens as he
passes AEK keeper Giannis Arabatzis
The Britannia Stadium sits empty an hour or so before Stoke City kicked off against Maccabi
Tel Aviv
Besiktas' Filip Holosko and Dynamo Kiev's Betao gurn away while tussling in the air over
Kiev
Birmingham fans decorate the square in the centre of Bruges before kick-off
Standard Liege's Yoni Buyens almost has his face pummelled by Vorskla Poltava goalkeeper
Serhiy Dolganskiy
Club Brugge 'keeper Colin Cooseman celebrates his side's early lead against Birmingham,
though it didn't last with Brum eventually winning it 2-1 in the 9th minute of injury time
Kenwyne Jones celebrates in customary style after scoring the opening goal for Stoke against
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Legia Warszawa's Maciej Rybus gets crumpled in a pile-up with Rapid Bucharest duo Rui Duarte
and 'keeper Danut Coman
Tottenham's Danny Rose is fouled on the edge of the box by Rubin Kazan captain Roman
Sharonov.
Group ATottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
PAOK FC (GRE)
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
Group B
FC København (DEN)
R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
Hannover 96 (GER)
FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)
Group C
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FC Rapid Bucureşti (ROU)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
Group D
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
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Legia Warszawa (also called Legia Warsaw) is a professional soccer club based in Warsaw, Poland.
Amongst Poland's most successful club's. Legia has won eight Polish championships (Ekstraklasas)
and a record fourteen Polish Cups. On Wednesday, the Legia Warszawa adidas 2011/12 home and away
kits were launched via the club's website.
Legia Warszawa (also called Legia Warsaw) is a professional soccer club based in Warsaw, Poland.
Amongst Poland's most successful club's. Legia has won eight Polish championships (Ekstraklasas)
and a record fourteen Polish Cups. On Wednesday, the Legia Warszawa adidas 2011/12 home and away
kits were launched via the club's website.
The fields for the groups stages of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League are nearly set,
with just one play-in round remaining in each competition.
The 10 Champions League play-in ties are highlighted by an Arsenal-Udinese matchup. The teams
that win those 10 ties will be entered into the draw for the UCL group stage, while the 10 losers
will drop to the Europa League group-stage draw.
The Derby of Poland Lech Poznań 1-0 Legia Warszawa (16:04:11) Making his EFW debut, Bartosz
Gazda..... When somebody says 'derby,' most of you would probably think first of the Gran Derby,
Derby d'Italia, Old Firm or Belgrade derby. The atmosphere there is electric, it's true, but on
this sunny Saturday afternoon Poland also had its all-eye-catching fixture which could surely be
labelled as
