The 1. FC Köln has got an interesting group in the Conference League.

The Bundesliga club will face OGC Nice with coach Lucien Favre and former Bayern defender Dante, Partizan Belgrade and Czech Cup winners FC Slovacko in the main round. This was the result of the draw in Istanbul on Friday.

Cologne, seventh in the Bundesliga in the pre-season, had beaten Fehérvár FC from Hungary in the play-offs. After a 1:2 at home, the Rhinelanders won 3:0 in Hungary on Thursday. The first group match will take place on 8 September, the last on 3 November. The knockout rounds continue from February. The final will take place in Prague on 7 June 2023. The exact scheduling of the match days is to be made by Saturday at 12.00 p.m.

The groups in overview

Group A

Basaksehir Istanbul

AC Florence

Heart of Midlothian

FK Riga

Group B

West Ham United

FCSB Bucharest

RSC Anderlecht

Silkeborg IF

Group C

FC Villarreal

Hapoel Beer Sheva

Austria Vienna

Lech Poznan

Group D

Partizan Belgrade

1st FC Cologne

OGC Nice

1 FC Slovacko

Group E

AZ Alkmaar

Apollon Limassol

FC Vaduz

SC Dnipro-1

Group F

KAA Gent

Molde FK

Shamrock Rovers

Djurgardens IF

Group G

Slavia Prague

CFR Cluj

Sivasspor

KF Balkani

Group H

FC Basel

Slovan Bratislava

Zalgiris Vilnius

FC Pyunik Erewan