The draw for the Europa League group stages has been made this Friday lunchtime, with Liverpool being drawn against Italian side Udinese, Young Boys of Switzerland and Anzhi Makhachkala of Russia.
It will be a journey into the unknown, with Liverpool having never faced any of their group A opponents in a competitive fixture before.
Anzhi are the side owned by billionaire Suleyman Kerimov, managed by Guus Hiddink and captained by Samuel Eto’o. They also have former Blackburn captain Chris Samba and Chelsea midfiedler Yuri Zhirkov.
Udinese finished third in Serie A last season, they play at Stadio Friuli, which holds 30,000.
Young Boys also finished third, in the Swiss Super League. Their stadium, Stade de Suisse, was built in 2005 in Bern and has a capacity of 32,000.
Liverpool saw off Scottish side Hearts 2-1 on aggregate to progress to the group stages.
FULL DRAW:
GROUP A
Liverpool
Udinese
Young Boys
Anzhi
GROUP B
Atletico Madrid
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Viktoria Plezn
Academica
GROUP C
Marseille
Fenerbahce
Borussia Monchengladbach
AEL
GROUP D
Bordeaux
Club Brugge
Newcastle
Maritimo
GROUP E
Stuttgart
FC Copenhagen
Steaua Bucharest
Molde
GROUP F
PSV Eindhoven
Napoli
Dnipro
AIK
GROUP G
Sporting Lisbon
Basle
Genk
Videoton
GROUP H
Inter Milan
Rubin Kazan
Partizan Belgrade
Neftci
GROUP I
Lyon
Athletic Bilbao
Sparta Prague
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
GROUP J
Tottenham
Panathinaikos
Lazio
Maribor
GROUP K
Bayer Leverkusen
Metalist
Rosenborg
Rapid Vienna
GROUP L
Twente
Hannover
Levante
Helsingborg
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