"At least we have one team we know we can beat in the group," joked the Austrian, having previously seen Belgium, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan drawn in the Group A along with his home nation and Germany. 1899 team-mate Andreas Beck called it a "difficult and evenly-matched group". Qualifying for EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine (9 June until 1 July) begins on 3 September 2010 and finishes on 11 October 2011. The winners of the nine groups and the best runners-up will qualify for the finals, with the rest of the second-placed teams competing in a playoff round in November 2011.

Groups with probable involvement of Hoffenheim players:

Group A: Germany, Turkey, Belgium, Austria, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan.
Group D: Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Romania, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg.
Group E: Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Hungary, Moldova, San Marino.
Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia, Malta.

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