Club Brugge will meet Bodö Glimt, Besiktas and Lugano
Blauw-zwart, last season’s eighth finalist in the Champions League, was seed in the draw. Bodö Glimt came from pot two, Besiktas from pot three and Lugano from pot four.
The group stage will be played from September 21 to December 14. The group winners advance to the eighth finals. The runner-ups play a play-off round against a number three from the Europa League.
Club Brugge struggled through the last preliminary round against Osasuna on Thursday evening. After the 1-2 victory of the team from Bruges last week in Pamplona, the Spaniards took a 0-2 lead in the Jan Breydel stadium. Club was able to reverse the lopsided situation in the final phase and qualified for the group stage with a 2-2 draw.