West Ham United were placed in the same group as Anderlecht in the draw for this season’s Europa Conference League on Friday, while Hearts will play against Serie A side Fiorentina.
West Ham fans face a trip down memory lane after being paired with Anderlecht. The two sides met in the 1975-76 European Cup Winners’ Cup final when the Belgian side won 4-2 in Brussels.
The Hammers, Europa League semi-finalists last season, have also been paired with Romania’s Bucharest-based FCSB and Danish side Silkeborg in Group B.
Europa Conference League group stage draw
Group A: Istanbul Basaksehir, Fiorentina, Hearts, RFS
Group B: West Ham, FCSB, Anderlecht, Silkeborg
Group C: Villarreal, Napoli, Austria Vienna, Lech Poznan
Group D: AZ Alkmaar, Koln, Nice, Slovacko
Group E: KAA Gent, Hapoel Be’er-Sheva, Vaduz, Dnipro
Group F: FK Partizan, Molde, Shamrock Rovers, Djurgardens
Group G: Slavia Prague, CFR Cluj, Sivasspor, Ballkani
Group H: FC Basel, Slovan Bratislava, Zalgiris Vilnius, Pyunik
