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2008–09 UEFA Cup
The 2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul on 20 May 2009.[1] This season was the final one to use the UEFA Cup format;[2] starting in 2009, the competition was known as the UEFA Europa League. Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk beat Werder Bremen 2–1 after extra time to win their first European title.[3] Zenit Saint Petersburg were the defending champions but were eliminated by Udinese in the Round of 16.
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final. | |
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| Dates | 17 July 2008 – 20 May 2009 |
| Teams | 80 (competition proper) 157 (qualifying) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Werder Bremen |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 221 |
| Goals scored | 572 (2.59 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow) 11 goals |
← 2007–08 (Europa League) 2009–10 → | |
Association team allocation edit
A total of 157 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2007 UEFA league coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2002–03 to 2006–07.[4]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup:[5]
- Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7 and 8 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 9–15 and 22-51 each have two teams qualify, except Liechtenstein, which has one team qualify (as Liechtenstein only has a domestic cup and no domestic league)
- Associations 16–21 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 52 and 53 each have one team qualify
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- The top three associations of the 2007–08 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
- 11 winners of the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup
- 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
- 8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage
Association ranking edit
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- Notes
- (FP): Additional fair play berth (Denmark, England, Germany)[6][7][8][9][10]
- (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
Distribution edit
Since the winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, Zenit Saint Petersburg, qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the playoff round was vacated. As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:[11]
- The domestic cup winners of associations 14 (Turkey) was promoted from the second qualifying round to the play-off round.
- The first UEFA Cup entrant of associations 19 and 20 (Israel and Serbia) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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Redistribution rules edit
A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualifies for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:[5]
- When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifiers within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the European competitions.
- When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers that finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the UEFA Cup.
- A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the UEFA Cup.
- A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table that has not yet qualified for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup.
Teams edit
- Notes
- ^ Bulgaria (BUL): After Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia failed to obtain a UEFA licence and replaced in the Champions League by runners-up Levski Sofia, league 3rd-placed team Lokomotiv Sofia moved up from First to Second qualifying round, while 5th-placed team Cherno More were awarded a spot in the First qualifying round.[12]
- ^ Serbia (SER): 2007–08 Serbian Cup runners-up FK Zemun failed to obtain a UEFA licence and were replaced by Serbian Superliga 4th-placed team Borac Čačak.[13]
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- ^ Poland (POL): Polish Ekstraklasa 3rd-placed team Dyskobolia lost their UEFA Cup spot after merger with Polonia Warsaw and were replaced by 4th-placed team Lech Poznań.[15]
- ^ Northern Ireland (NIR): 2007–08 Irish Cup runners-up Coleraine failed to obtain UEFA license and were replaced by Irish Premier League 3rd-placed team Cliftonville.[16]
Round and draw dates edit
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.[11]
| Date | Event | Date | Event |
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| 1 July 2008 | Draw for first qualifying round | 17 December 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 5 |
| 17 July 2008 | First qualifying round, first leg | 18 December 2008 | |
| 31 July 2008 | First qualifying round, second leg | 19 December 2008 | Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 16 |
| 1 August 2008 | Draw for second qualifying round | 18 February 2009 | Round of 32, first leg |
| 14 August 2008 | Second qualifying round, first leg | 19 February 2009 | |
| 28 August 2008 | Second qualifying round, second leg | 26 February 2009 | Round of 32, second leg |
| 29 August 2008 | Draw for first round | 12 March 2009 | Round of 16, first leg |
| 18 September 2008 | First round, first leg | 18 March 2009 | Round of 16, second leg |
| 2 October 2008 | First round, second leg | 19 March 2009 | |
| 7 October 2008 | Draw for group stage | 20 March 2009 | Draw for remaining rounds |
| 23 October 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 1 | 9 April 2009 | Quarter-finals, first leg |
| 6 November 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 2 | 16 April 2009 | Quarter-finals, second leg |
| 27 November 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 3 | 30 April 2009 | Semi-finals, first leg |
| 3 December 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 4 | 7 May 2009 | Semi-finals, second leg |
| 4 December 2008 | 20 May 2009 | Final in Istanbul, Turkey |
Qualifying rounds edit
First qualifying round edit
The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008.[17] The first legs were played on 17 July 2008 and the second legs were played on 31 July 2008, with the exception of the Nordsjælland vs TVMK match, which was played on 29 July 2008.
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- ^ Played in Berlin at Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark because Olympiastadion was occupied by another event.[18]
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- ^ Manchester City played their home game at Oakwell Stadium, home of Barnsley, because the pitch at their home ground needed to be relaid after a Bon Jovi concert.[19]
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- ^ Midtjylland were originally drawn to play at home in the first leg, but the order of the games was reversed.
- ^ Bangor City's home leg was played at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, as their own ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
In each region of the draw for the first qualifying round, teams were divided into two pots, on the basis of UEFA coefficients. The lower pots contained unranked teams from associations 34–53, together with Vėtra of Lithuania (the 33rd association). The higher pots contained teams from associations 1–32, together with Sūduva of Lithuania, and FH (who had a team ranking, 209).
Three of the 37 ties were won by the lower ranked team, all involving teams whose ranking was that of their association: WIT Georgia (Georgia, ranked 38) beat Spartak Trnava (Slovakia, 24); Vllaznia (Albania, 43) beat Koper (Slovenia, 29); and St Patrick's Athletic (Ireland, 35) beat Olimps (Latvia, 31).
Second qualifying round edit
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 1 August 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland,[20] and featured 16 teams entering directly at the second qualifying round, as well as the 37 winners from the previous round and the 11 third round winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The first legs were played on 14 August 2008 and the second leg on 28 August 2008.
Because there are an odd number of teams in the Central and Northern groups in the 2nd qualifying round, UEFA moved Rennes from the Central-East group to the Northern group. Furthermore, Liepājas Metalurgs and Sūduva were moved from the Northern group to the Central-East group, and Vaslui and Interblock Ljubljana were moved from the Southern-Mediterranean group to the Central-East group. It is unknown why UEFA decided on these last moves since it is not strictly required. One of the reasons could be[original research?] to have more balance in the groups with respect to the coefficients.
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- ^ The return leg was played in AFG Arena, St. Gallen as Grasshoppers' home ground, the Letzigrund is occupied by a Golden League athletics meet the following day.[21]
- ^ Due to the current conflict in Georgia and the ensuing safety concerns, UEFA ordered the first leg to be cancelled. The match was held as a single leg tie in Vienna.[22]
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- ^ Played at Arena Petrol in Celje as Interblock's home ground in Ljubljana did not meet UEFA criteria.
- ^ Played at Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark because Hertha BSC's usual home ground, Olympiastadion, was occupied with a Madonna concert.
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- ^ Played at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie as Queen of the South's home ground in Dumfries did not meet UEFA criteria.
- ^ Order of legs reversed at the request of both clubs.[23]
In each region of the draw for the second qualifying round, teams were divided into two pots, on the basis of UEFA coefficients. The higher pots contained teams with a ranking of 176 or higher, and unranked teams from associations ranked 1 to 15 (or 17 in the Southern-Mediterranean region).
12 of the 32 ties were won by the lower-ranked team. The 12 teams that lost to a lower team were: AEK Athens, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Aris, Red Star Belgrade, Grasshopper, Slovan Liberec, Viking, Lokomotiv Sofia, Elfsborg, Gent, Queen of the South and Debrecen. St Patrick's Athletic were the only team to beat a higher-seeded team in each of the two qualifying rounds.
First round edit
32 teams entered the tournament at the first round, along with the 32 winners from the previous round and the 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round. The 80 teams were then split into eight groups of ten teams; five seeded teams and five unseeded teams. The draw was based on their coefficient ranking with one exception: no country can have multiple teams in any group. Teams ranked 108 or higher were seeded, as were unranked teams from England and Spain.
The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on Friday, 29 August 2008 at 13:00 CET in Monaco. The matches were played on 18 September and 2 October 2008.
Nine of the 40 ties were won by the unseeded team. The nine seeded losing teams, with their ranking, were: Everton (50), Rapid București (58), Beşiktaş (60), Sparta Prague (68), Dinamo București (69), Levski Sofia (80), Austria Wien (82), Rennes (97) and Hapoel Tel Aviv (108).
Group stage edit
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The 2008 09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Cup football tournament The final was played at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium home ground of Fenerbahce in Istanbul on 20 May 2009 1 This season was the final one to use the UEFA Cup format 2 starting in 2009 the competition was known as the UEFA Europa League Ukraine s Shakhtar Donetsk beat Werder Bremen 2 1 after extra time to win their first European title 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg were the defending champions but were eliminated by Udinese in the Round of 16 2008 09 UEFA CupSukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final Tournament detailsDates17 July 2008 20 May 2009Teams80 competition proper 157 qualifying Final positionsChampionsShakhtar Donetsk 1st title Runners upWerder BremenTournament statisticsMatches played221Goals scored572 2 59 per match Top scorer s Vagner Love CSKA Moscow 11 goals 2007 08 Europa League 2009 10 Contents 1 Association team allocation 1 1 Association ranking 1 2 Distribution 1 3 Redistribution rules 1 4 Teams 2 Round and draw dates 3 Qualifying rounds 3 1 First qualifying round 3 2 Second qualifying round 4 First round 5 Group stage 5 1 Group A 5 2 Group B 5 3 Group C 5 4 Group D 5 5 Group E 5 6 Group F 5 7 Group G 5 8 Group H 6 Knockout stage 6 1 Bracket 6 2 Round of 32 6 3 Round of 16 6 4 Quarter finals 6 5 Semi finals 6 6 Final 7 Top goalscorers 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksAssociation team allocation editA total of 157 teams from 53 UEFA associations participated in the 2008 09 UEFA Cup Associations were allocated places according to their 2007 UEFA league coefficients which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2002 03 to 2006 07 4 Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008 09 UEFA Cup 5 Associations 1 6 each have three teams qualify Associations 7 and 8 each have four teams qualify Associations 9 15 and 22 51 each have two teams qualify except Liechtenstein which has one team qualify as Liechtenstein only has a domestic cup and no domestic league Associations 16 21 each have three teams qualify Associations 52 and 53 each have one team qualifyplus The top three associations of the 2007 08 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth 11 winners of the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round 8 third placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stageAssociation ranking edit Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes1 nbsp Spain 76 891 3 1 IT 2 nbsp England 68 540 1 FP 1 IT 3 nbsp Italy 66 088 1 UCL 1 IT 4 nbsp France 53 656 2 UCL 1 IT 5 nbsp Germany 44 364 2 UCL 1 IT 1 FP 6 nbsp Portugal 42 749 1 UCL 1 IT 7 nbsp Romania 40 165 4 1 IT 8 nbsp Netherlands 39 379 1 UCL 9 nbsp Russia 36 125 2 2 UCL 10 nbsp Scotland 30 50011 nbsp Ukraine 29 475 2 UCL 12 nbsp Belgium 29 075 1 UCL 13 nbsp Czech Republic 26 825 2 UCL 14 nbsp Turkey 26 641 1 UCL 15 nbsp Greece 25 497 1 UCL 16 nbsp Bulgaria 24 582 3 1 UCL 17 nbsp Switzerland 23 850 1 IT 18 nbsp Norway 19 725 1 UCL 1 IT Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes19 nbsp Israel 19 208 320 nbsp Serbia 18 958 1 UCL 21 nbsp Denmark 18 575 1 UCL 1 FP 22 nbsp Austria 19 575 2 1 IT 23 nbsp Poland 17 000 1 UCL 24 nbsp Hungary 14 16525 nbsp Slovakia 10 832 1 UCL 26 nbsp Croatia 10 708 1 UCL 27 nbsp Cyprus 10 58228 nbsp Sweden 10 541 1 IT 29 nbsp Slovenia 9 91530 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 66531 nbsp Latvia 8 66432 nbsp Lithuania 7 332 1 UCL 33 nbsp Finland 7 33134 nbsp Moldova 7 16635 nbsp Republic of Ireland 6 49836 nbsp Georgia 6 164 Rank Association Coeff Teams Notes37 nbsp Liechtenstein 6 000 138 nbsp Macedonia 5 831 239 nbsp Iceland 4 99940 nbsp Belarus 4 66541 nbsp Albania 3 83242 nbsp Estonia 3 66543 nbsp Armenia 3 49844 nbsp Azerbaijan 3 16645 nbsp Kazakhstan 2 33246 nbsp Northern Ireland 2 16547 nbsp Wales 1 99848 nbsp Faroe Islands 1 66549 nbsp Luxembourg 1 66550 nbsp Malta 1 66551 nbsp Montenegro 0 00052 nbsp Andorra 0 000 153 nbsp San Marino 0 000Notes FP Additional fair play berth Denmark England Germany 6 7 8 9 10 UCL Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions LeagueDistribution edit Since the winners of the 2007 08 UEFA Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the 2008 09 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance the title holder spot reserved for them in the playoff round was vacated As a result the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage 11 The domestic cup winners of associations 14 Turkey was promoted from the second qualifying round to the play off round The first UEFA Cup entrant of associations 19 and 20 Israel and Serbia were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League Teams transferred from Intertoto CupFirst qualifying round 74 teams 33 cup winners from associations 21 53 32 runners up from associations 19 37 39 50 and 53 6 third place finishers from associations 16 21 3 entries through UEFA Fair PlaySecond qualifying round 64 teams 6 cup winners from associations 15 20 7 third place finishers from associations 9 15 3 runners up from associations 16 18 37 winners from the first qualifying round 11 entries from UEFA Intertoto CupFirst round 80 teams 14 national cup winners from associations 1 14 2 third place finishers from associations 7 8 5 fourth place finishers from associations 4 8 7 fifth place finishers from associations 1 3 5 8 2 sixth place finishers from associations 1 2 2 League Cup winners from associations 3 4 32 winners from the second qualifying round 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying roundGroup stage 40 teams 40 winners from the First RoundKnockout phase 32 teams 24 top three finishers from the group stage 8 entries from UEFA Champions League group stageRedistribution rules edit A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup or qualifies for the UEFA Cup by more than one method When a place is vacated it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules 5 When the domestic cup winners considered as the highest placed qualifiers within the national association also qualify for the Champions League their UEFA Cup place is vacated and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place with the final place with the earliest starting round taken by the domestic cup runners up provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup Otherwise this place is taken by the highest placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the European competitions When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position their place through the league position is vacated and the UEFA Cup qualifiers that finish lower in the league are moved up one place with the final place taken by the highest placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the UEFA Cup A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the UEFA Cup A Fair Play place is taken by the highest ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table that has not yet qualified for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup Teams edit Round of 32 nbsp Fiorentina CL GS nbsp Marseille CL GS nbsp Zenit Saint PetersburgTH CL GS nbsp Dynamo Kyiv CL GS nbsp Bordeaux CL GS nbsp Werder Bremen CL GS nbsp Shakhtar Donetsk CL GS nbsp Aalborg BK CL GS First round nbsp Valencia CW nbsp Hamburg 4th nbsp Heerenveen PO nbsp Standard Liege CL Q3 nbsp Sevilla 5th nbsp Wolfsburg 5th nbsp NEC PO nbsp Slavia Prague CL Q3 nbsp Racing Santander 6th nbsp Dortmund CR nbsp CSKA Moscow CW nbsp Sparta Prague CL Q3 nbsp Portsmouth CW nbsp Benfica 4th nbsp Motherwell 3rd nbsp Galatasaray CL Q3 nbsp Everton 5th nbsp Maritimo 5th nbsp Metalist Kharkiv 3rd nbsp Olympiacos CL Q3 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur LC nbsp Vitoria Setubal 6th nbsp Club Brugge 3rd nbsp Levski Sofia CL Q3 nbsp Milan 5th nbsp Rapid București 3rd nbsp Banik Ostrava 3rd nbsp Brann CL Q3 nbsp Sampdoria 6th nbsp Dinamo București 4th nbsp Kayserispor CW nbsp Partizan CL Q3 nbsp Udinese 7th nbsp Unirea Urziceni 5th nbsp Schalke 04 CL Q3 nbsp Wisla Krakow CL Q3 nbsp Nancy 4th nbsp Timișoara 6th nbsp Vitoria Guimaraes CL Q3 nbsp Artmedia Petrzalka CL Q3 nbsp Saint Etienne 5th nbsp Feyenoord CW nbsp Twente CL Q3 nbsp Dinamo Zagreb CL Q3 nbsp Paris Saint Germain CR nbsp Ajax PO nbsp Spartak Moscow CL Q3 nbsp FBK Kaunas CL Q3 Second qualifying round nbsp Moscow 4th nbsp Aris 4th nbsp Maccabi Netanya 2nd nbsp Braga IC nbsp Queen of the South CR nbsp Litex Lovech CW nbsp Red Star Belgrade 2nd nbsp Vaslui IC nbsp Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4th nbsp Lokomotiv Sofia 3rd Note BUL nbsp Deportivo La Coruna IC nbsp Grasshopper IC nbsp Gent CR nbsp Young Boys 2nd nbsp Aston Villa IC nbsp Rosenborg IC nbsp Slovan Liberec CR nbsp Zurich 3rd nbsp Napoli IC nbsp Sturm Graz IC nbsp Besiktas 3rd nbsp Lillestrom CW nbsp Rennes IC nbsp Elfsborg IC nbsp AEK Athens 3rd nbsp Stabaek 2nd nbsp Stuttgart IC First qualifying round nbsp Cherno More 5th Note BUL nbsp Hajduk Split CR nbsp Zestaponi CW nbsp Shakhter Karagandy 3rd nbsp Bellinzona CR nbsp APOEL CW nbsp WIT Georgia 2nd nbsp Glentoran 2nd nbsp Viking 3rd nbsp Omonia 3rd nbsp Vaduz CW nbsp Cliftonville 3rd Note NIR nbsp Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3rd nbsp Kalmar FF CW nbsp Milano 2nd nbsp Bangor City CW nbsp Hapoel Tel Aviv CR nbsp Djurgarden 3rd nbsp Pelister 3rd nbsp The New Saints 2nd nbsp Vojvodina 3rd nbsp Interblock Ljubljana CW nbsp FH CW nbsp EB Streymur CW nbsp Borac Cacak 4th Note SER nbsp Koper 2nd nbsp IA 3rd nbsp B36 Torshavn 3rd nbsp Brondby CW nbsp Zrinjski Mostar CW nbsp MTZ RIPO Minsk CW nbsp Grevenmacher CW nbsp Midtjylland 2nd nbsp Siroki Brijeg 2nd nbsp Gomel 2nd nbsp Racing FC 2nd nbsp Copenhagen 3rd nbsp Liepajas Metalurgs 2nd nbsp Vllaznia CW nbsp Birkirkara CW nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 2nd nbsp Olimps CR nbsp Partizani 2nd nbsp Marsaxlokk 2nd nbsp Austria Wien 3rd Note AUT nbsp Suduva 2nd nbsp Flora CW nbsp Mogren CW nbsp Legia Warsaw CW nbsp Vetra CR nbsp TVMK 3rd nbsp Zeta 2nd nbsp Lech Poznan 4th Note POL nbsp Haka 2nd nbsp Ararat Yerevan CW nbsp Sant Julia CW nbsp Debrecen CW nbsp Honka CR nbsp Banants Yerevan 2nd nbsp Juvenes Dogana CR nbsp Gyori ETO 3rd nbsp Dacia Chișinău 2nd nbsp Khazar Lankaran CW nbsp Manchester City FP nbsp Zilina 2nd nbsp Nistru Otaci 3rd nbsp Olimpik Baku 2nd nbsp Hertha FP nbsp Spartak Trnava CR nbsp Cork City CW nbsp Tobol CW nbsp Nordsjaelland FP nbsp Slaven Belupo 2nd nbsp St Patrick s Athletic 2nd Notes Bulgaria BUL After Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia failed to obtain a UEFA licence and replaced in the Champions League by runners up Levski Sofia league 3rd placed team Lokomotiv Sofia moved up from First to Second qualifying round while 5th placed team Cherno More were awarded a spot in the First qualifying round 12 Serbia SER 2007 08 Serbian Cup runners up FK Zemun failed to obtain a UEFA licence and were replaced by Serbian Superliga 4th placed team Borac Cacak 13 Austria AUT 2007 08 Austrian Cup winners SV Horn were not admitted to UEFA Cup as the Austrian Cup was limited to amateur clubs that season Austrian Bundesliga 3rd placed club admitted to UEFA Cup instead 14 Poland POL Polish Ekstraklasa 3rd placed team Dyskobolia lost their UEFA Cup spot after merger with Polonia Warsaw and were replaced by 4th placed team Lech Poznan 15 Northern Ireland NIR 2007 08 Irish Cup runners up Coleraine failed to obtain UEFA license and were replaced by Irish Premier League 3rd placed team Cliftonville 16 Round and draw dates editThe calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw 11 Date Event Date Event1 July 2008 Draw for first qualifying round 17 December 2008 Group stage Matchday 517 July 2008 First qualifying round first leg 18 December 200831 July 2008 First qualifying round second leg 19 December 2008 Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 161 August 2008 Draw for second qualifying round 18 February 2009 Round of 32 first leg14 August 2008 Second qualifying round first leg 19 February 200928 August 2008 Second qualifying round second leg 26 February 2009 Round of 32 second leg29 August 2008 Draw for first round 12 March 2009 Round of 16 first leg18 September 2008 First round first leg 18 March 2009 Round of 16 second leg2 October 2008 First round second leg 19 March 20097 October 2008 Draw for group stage 20 March 2009 Draw for remaining rounds23 October 2008 Group stage Matchday 1 9 April 2009 Quarter finals first leg6 November 2008 Group stage Matchday 2 16 April 2009 Quarter finals second leg27 November 2008 Group stage Matchday 3 30 April 2009 Semi finals first leg3 December 2008 Group stage Matchday 4 7 May 2009 Semi finals second leg4 December 2008 20 May 2009 Final in Istanbul TurkeyQualifying rounds editMain article 2008 09 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds nbsp The three UEFA Cup regions used for the regionalised qualifying stage draws in a mapFirst qualifying round edit The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008 17 The first legs were played on 17 July 2008 and the second legs were played on 31 July 2008 with the exception of the Nordsjaelland vs TVMK match which was played on 29 July 2008 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legSouthern Mediterranean regionCherno More nbsp 9 0 nbsp Sant Julia 4 0 5 0Pelister nbsp 0 1 nbsp APOEL 0 0 0 1Vaduz nbsp 1 5 nbsp Zrinjski Mostar 1 2 0 3Siroki Brijeg nbsp 3 1 nbsp Partizani 0 0 3 1Ironi Kiryat Shmona nbsp 4 1 nbsp Mogren 1 1 3 0Koper nbsp 1 2 nbsp Vllaznia 1 2 0 0Zeta nbsp 1 2 nbsp Interblock Ljubljana 1 1 0 1Hapoel Tel Aviv nbsp 5 0 nbsp Juvenes Dogana 3 0 2 0Hajduk Split nbsp 7 0 nbsp Birkirkara 4 0 3 0Omonia nbsp 4 1 nbsp Milano 2 0 2 1Marsaxlokk nbsp 0 8 nbsp Slaven Belupo 0 4 0 4Central East regionRed Bull Salzburg nbsp 10 0 nbsp Banants Yerevan 7 0 3 0Gyori ETO nbsp 3 2 nbsp Zestaponi 1 1 2 1Ararat Yerevan nbsp 1 4 nbsp Bellinzona 0 1 1 3Dacia Chișinău nbsp 2 4 nbsp Borac Cacak 1 1 1 3 5 Tobol nbsp 1 2 nbsp Austria Wien 1 0 0 2Hertha BSC nbsp 8 1 nbsp Nistru Otaci 8 1 6 0 0 7 Khazar Lankaran nbsp 1 5 nbsp Lech Poznan 0 1 1 4Legia Warsaw nbsp 4 1 nbsp Gomel 0 0 4 1Spartak Trnava nbsp 2 3 nbsp WIT Georgia 2 2 0 1MTZ RIPO Minsk nbsp 2 3 nbsp Zilina 2 2 0 1Shakhter Karagandy nbsp 1 2 nbsp Debrecen 1 1 0 1Vojvodina nbsp 2 1 nbsp Olimpik Baku 1 0 1 1Northern regionFH nbsp 8 3 nbsp Grevenmacher 3 2 5 1Vetra nbsp 1 2 nbsp Viking 1 0 0 2Racing nbsp 1 10 nbsp Kalmar FF 0 3 1 7Honka nbsp 4 2 nbsp IA 3 0 1 2Glentoran nbsp 1 3 nbsp Liepajas Metalurgs 1 1 0 2Brondby nbsp 3 0 nbsp B36 Torshavn 1 0 2 0TVMK nbsp 0 8 nbsp Nordsjaelland 0 3 0 5EB Streymur nbsp 0 4 nbsp Manchester City 0 2 8 0 2 9 Olimps nbsp 0 3 nbsp St Patrick s Athletic 0 1 0 2Djurgarden nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Flora 0 0 10 2 2Suduva nbsp 2 0 nbsp The New Saints 1 0 1 0Cliftonville nbsp 0 11 nbsp Copenhagen 0 4 0 7Cork City nbsp 2 6 nbsp Haka 2 2 0 4Bangor City nbsp 1 10 11 nbsp Midtjylland 0 4 1 6 12 Played in Smederevo at Fortress Stadium as Borac Cacak s home ground did not meet UEFA criteria Played in Berlin at Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark because Olympiastadion was occupied by another event 18 Played in Chisinău at Zimbru Stadium as Nistru Otaci s home ground did not meet UEFA criteria Played at Torsvollur as EB Streymur s home ground did not meet UEFA criteria Manchester City played their home game at Oakwell Stadium home of Barnsley because the pitch at their home ground needed to be relaid after a Bon Jovi concert 19 Played at Rasunda Stadium as Djurgarden s home ground did not meet UEFA criteria Midtjylland were originally drawn to play at home in the first leg but the order of the games was reversed Bangor City s home leg was played at Wrexham s Racecourse Ground as their own ground did not meet UEFA criteria In each region of the draw for the first qualifying round teams were divided into two pots on the basis of UEFA coefficients The lower pots contained unranked teams from associations 34 53 together with Vetra of Lithuania the 33rd association The higher pots contained teams from associations 1 32 together with Suduva of Lithuania and FH who had a team ranking 209 Three of the 37 ties were won by the lower ranked team all involving teams whose ranking was that of their association WIT Georgia Georgia ranked 38 beat Spartak Trnava Slovakia 24 Vllaznia Albania 43 beat Koper Slovenia 29 and St Patrick s Athletic Ireland 35 beat Olimps Latvia 31 Second qualifying round edit The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 1 August 2008 in Nyon Switzerland 20 and featured 16 teams entering directly at the second qualifying round as well as the 37 winners from the previous round and the 11 third round winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup The first legs were played on 14 August 2008 and the second leg on 28 August 2008 Because there are an odd number of teams in the Central and Northern groups in the 2nd qualifying round UEFA moved Rennes from the Central East group to the Northern group Furthermore Liepajas Metalurgs and Suduva were moved from the Northern group to the Central East group and Vaslui and Interblock Ljubljana were moved from the Southern Mediterranean group to the Central East group It is unknown why UEFA decided on these last moves since it is not strictly required One of the reasons could be original research to have more balance in the groups with respect to the coefficients Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legSouthern Mediterranean regionSiroki Brijeg nbsp 1 6 nbsp Besiktas 1 2 0 4Braga nbsp 3 0 nbsp Zrinjski Mostar 1 0 2 0Borac Cacak nbsp 2 1 nbsp Lokomotiv Sofia 1 0 13 1 1Vojvodina nbsp 0 3 nbsp Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 0 0 3Aris nbsp 1 2 nbsp Slaven Belupo 1 0 0 2Litex Lovech nbsp 2 1 nbsp Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0 0 2 1Deportivo La Coruna nbsp 2 0 nbsp Hajduk Split 0 0 2 0APOEL nbsp 5 5 a nbsp Red Star Belgrade 2 2 3 3 aet Vllaznia nbsp 0 8 nbsp Napoli 0 3 0 5Maccabi Netanya nbsp 1 3 nbsp Cherno More 1 1 0 2AEK Athens nbsp 2 3 14 nbsp Omonia 0 1 2 2Central East regionLiepajas Metalurgs nbsp 1 5 nbsp Vaslui 0 2 1 3Zurich nbsp 2 2 4 2 p nbsp Sturm Graz 1 1 1 1 aet Stuttgart nbsp 6 2 nbsp Gyori ETO 2 1 4 1Lech Poznan nbsp 6 0 nbsp Grasshopper 6 0 0 0 15 Slovan Liberec nbsp 2 4 nbsp Zilina 1 2 1 2WIT Georgia nbsp 0 2 nbsp Austria Wien cancelled 16 0 2Young Boys nbsp 7 3 nbsp Debrecen 4 1 3 2Legia Warsaw nbsp 1 4 nbsp FC Moscow 1 2 0 2Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk nbsp 4 4 a nbsp Bellinzona 3 2 1 2 17 Interblock Ljubljana nbsp 0 3 nbsp Hertha BSC 0 2 18 0 1 19 Suduva nbsp 2 4 nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 1 4 1 0Northern regionDjurgarden nbsp 2 6 nbsp Rosenborg 2 1 20 0 5Queen of the South nbsp 2 4 nbsp Nordsjaelland 1 2 21 1 2Gent nbsp 2 5 nbsp Kalmar FF 2 1 0 4Manchester City nbsp 1 1 4 2 p nbsp Midtjylland 0 1 1 0 aet Honka nbsp 2 1 nbsp Viking 0 0 2 1Haka nbsp 0 6 nbsp Brondby 0 4 0 2Stabaek nbsp 2 3 nbsp Rennes 2 1 0 2Copenhagen nbsp 7 3 nbsp Lillestrom 3 1 4 2Elfsborg nbsp 3 4 nbsp St Patrick s Athletic 2 2 1 2FH nbsp 2 5 22 nbsp Aston Villa 1 4 1 1 Played at Fortress Stadium in Smederevo as Borac Cacak s home ground did not meet UEFA criteria Order of legs reversed due to APOEL playing the same day at Omonia s stadium The return leg was played in AFG Arena St Gallen as Grasshoppers home ground the Letzigrund is occupied by a Golden League athletics meet the following day 21 Due to the current conflict in Georgia and the ensuing safety concerns UEFA ordered the first leg to be cancelled The match was held as a single leg tie in Vienna 22 Played at Stadio Cornaredo in Lugano as Stadio Comunale in Bellinzona did not meet UEFA criteria Played at Arena Petrol in Celje as Interblock s home ground in Ljubljana did not meet UEFA criteria Played at Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark because Hertha BSC s usual home ground Olympiastadion was occupied with a Madonna concert Played at Rasunda Stadium as Djurgarden s home ground did not meet UEFA criteria Played at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie as Queen of the South s home ground in Dumfries did not meet UEFA criteria Order of legs reversed at the request of both clubs 23 In each region of the draw for the second qualifying round teams were divided into two pots on the basis of UEFA coefficients The higher pots contained teams with a ranking of 176 or higher and unranked teams from associations ranked 1 to 15 or 17 in the Southern Mediterranean region 12 of the 32 ties were won by the lower ranked team The 12 teams that lost to a lower team were AEK Athens Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Aris Red Star Belgrade Grasshopper Slovan Liberec Viking Lokomotiv Sofia Elfsborg Gent Queen of the South and Debrecen St Patrick s Athletic were the only team to beat a higher seeded team in each of the two qualifying rounds First round editMain article 2008 09 UEFA Cup first round nbsp The number of each teams from each nation which qualified for the First Round32 teams entered the tournament at the first round along with the 32 winners from the previous round and the 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round The 80 teams were then split into eight groups of ten teams five seeded teams and five unseeded teams The draw was based on their coefficient ranking with one exception no country can have multiple teams in any group Teams ranked 108 or higher were seeded as were unranked teams from England and Spain The draw which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor was held on Friday 29 August 2008 at 13 00 CET in Monaco The matches were played on 18 September and 2 October 2008 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legGroup 1Milan nbsp 4 1 nbsp Zurich 3 1 1 0Timișoara nbsp 1 3 nbsp Partizan 1 2 0 1Hertha BSC nbsp 2 0 nbsp St Patrick s Athletic 2 0 0 0Banik Ostrava nbsp 1 2 nbsp Spartak Moscow 0 1 1 1Besiktas nbsp 2 4 22 nbsp Metalist Kharkiv 1 0 1 4Group 2Portsmouth nbsp 4 2 nbsp Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 2 2 aet Kayserispor nbsp 1 2 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 1 2 0 0Sevilla nbsp 4 0 nbsp Red Bull Salzburg 2 0 2 0Wolfsburg nbsp 2 1 nbsp Rapid București 1 0 1 1Sampdoria nbsp 7 1 nbsp Kaunas 5 0 2 1Group 3Maritimo nbsp 1 3 nbsp Valencia 0 1 1 2Dinamo Zagreb nbsp 3 3 a nbsp Sparta Prague 0 0 3 3Omonia nbsp 2 4 23 nbsp Manchester City 1 2 1 2Young Boys nbsp 2 4 nbsp Club Brugge 2 2 0 2Nancy nbsp 3 0 nbsp Motherwell 1 0 2 0Group 4Everton nbsp 3 4 nbsp Standard Liege 2 2 1 2Napoli nbsp 3 4 nbsp Benfica 3 2 0 2Bellinzona nbsp 4 6 nbsp Galatasaray 3 4 1 2NEC nbsp 1 0 nbsp Dinamo București 1 0 0 0Racing Santander nbsp 2 0 nbsp Honka 1 0 1 0Group 5APOEL nbsp 2 5 nbsp Schalke 04 1 4 1 1Litex Lovech nbsp 2 4 nbsp Aston Villa 1 3 1 1Austria Wien nbsp 4 5 nbsp Lech Poznan 2 1 2 4 aet Vitoria Setubal nbsp 3 6 nbsp Heerenveen 1 1 24 2 5Brann nbsp 2 2 2 3 p nbsp Deportivo La Coruna 2 0 0 2 aet Group 6Slavia Prague nbsp 1 1 a nbsp Vaslui 0 0 1 1Slaven Belupo nbsp 1 3 nbsp CSKA Moscow 1 2 0 1Brondby nbsp 3 5 nbsp Rosenborg 1 2 2 3Cherno More nbsp 3 4 nbsp Stuttgart 1 2 2 2Rennes nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Twente 2 1 0 1Group 7Borac Cacak nbsp 1 6 22 nbsp Ajax 1 4 0 2Tottenham Hotspur nbsp 3 2 nbsp Wisla Krakow 2 1 1 1FC Moscow nbsp 2 3 25 nbsp Copenhagen 1 2 1 1Zilina nbsp 2 1 nbsp Levski Sofia 1 1 1 0Borussia Dortmund nbsp 2 2 3 4 p nbsp Udinese 0 2 2 0 aet Group 8Braga nbsp 6 0 nbsp Artmedia Petrzalka 4 0 2 0Feyenoord nbsp 2 2 a nbsp Kalmar FF 0 1 2 1 26 Hamburg nbsp 2 0 nbsp Unirea Urziceni 0 0 2 0Hapoel Tel Aviv nbsp 2 4 nbsp Saint Etienne 1 2 1 2Nordsjaelland nbsp 0 7 nbsp Olympiacos 0 2 0 5 Order of legs reversed Order of legs reversed due to AC Omonia s ground share fixture congestion Played at Alvalade XXI since Vitoria FC s homeground at Setubal does not meet UEFA criteria Order of legs reversed due to Spartak Moscow playing the same day in Moscow Played at Boras Arena as Kalmar FF s home ground did not meet UEFA criteria Nine of the 40 ties were won by the unseeded team The nine seeded losing teams with their ranking were Everton 50 Rapid București 58 Besiktas 60 Sparta Prague 68 Dinamo București 69 Levski Sofia 80 Austria Wien 82 Rennes 97 and Hapoel Tel Aviv 108 Group stage editMain article 2008 09 UEFA Cup group stage nbsp nbsp Club Brugge nbsp Standard nbsp Din Zagreb nbsp Slavia nbsp Copenhagen nbsp Portsmouth nbsp Aston Villa nbsp Man City nbsp Tottenham nbsp Sevilla nbsp Deportivo nbsp Valencia nbsp Racing nbsp St Etienne nbsp PSG nbsp Nancy nbsp Stuttgart nbsp Schalke nbsp Wolfsburg nbsp Hamburg nbsp Hertha nbsp Olympiacos nbsp Sampdoria nbsp Milan nbsp Udinese nbsp Feyenoord nbsp Ajax div, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,