The five Greek sides in the UEFA Cup will find out this afternoon who they will face in the group stage of the competition, following the draw in Switzerland.

Greece has more teams than any other country in this round of the UEFA Cup. Germany is next with four out of the 40 sides that have qualified. England has three and World Cup holders Italy only have one representative - Fiorentina.

Panathinaikos are the top seeded Greek team and will go in Pot 1 based on UEFA's coefficient system. This means the Greens will avoid the likes of Villareal, Bayern Munich and Anderlecht.

However, AEK, who are in Pot 2 could get drawn against one of these sides. Panionios are in Pot 2 but Larissa and Aris face the toughest tasks as they are the lowest ranked Greek sides and have been placed in Pot 5.

The draw is due to begin at 1 p.m. Greek time.

The participants will be drawn into eight groups of five with each side playing two games at home and two away.

The winners, runners-up and third-placed sides from each group progress to the last 32 where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage.

At this point, the traditional two-game format is used with the exception of the final, which is a one-off game that will be played at the City of Manchester Stadium, the home of Manchester City FC on 14 May 2008.

2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage participants

Grouped according to coefficients

Pot 1

Villarreal CF (ESP) 78.374

FC Bayern München (GER) 73.640

AZ Alkmaar (NED) 63.995

Panathinaikos FC (GRE) 55.415

FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 54.869

FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 49.706

Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 45.640

RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 41.594

Pot 2

Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)  40.618

FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)  38.920

FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS)  38.920

AC Sparta Praha (CZE)  37.851

AEK Athens FC (GRE)  36.415

Hamburger SV (GER)  34.640

Bolton Wanderers FC (ENG)  32.618

FK Austria Wien (AUT)  30.104

Pot 3

FC Spartak Moskva (RUS)  27.920

SC Braga (POR)  27.107

Galatasaray SK (TUR)  26.791

Getafe CF (ESP)  25.374

Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)  25.374

Everton FC (ENG)  24.618

ACF Fiorentina (ITA)  21.808

Stade Rennais FC (FRA)  20.706

Pot 4

Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)  19.338

FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)  19.256

FC København (DEN)  19.129

Toulouse FC (FRA)  17.706

NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)  17.533

Panionios GSS (GRE)  16.415

1. FC Nürnberg (GER)  14.640

FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE)  13.851

Pot 5

Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE)  13.415

Aberdeen FC (SCO)  11.064

FC Zürich (SUI)  9.869

Larissa FC (GRE)  8.415

Aalborg BK (DEN) 7.129

SK Brann (NOR) 6.509

IF Elfsborg (SWE)  4.478

Helsingborgs IF (SWE)  3.478