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UEFA Cup 2008–09

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2008–09 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Teams 80 (competition proper)
157 (qualifying)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 160
Goals scored 417 (2.61 per match)
Infobox last updated on: 22:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
The three UEFA Cup regions, used for the regionalised qualifying stage draws, in a map

The UEFA Cup 2008–09 is the 38th edition of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final will be played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul, Turkey on 20 May 2009.[1] This season will be the final one using the current format; starting in 2009, the event will be known as the UEFA Europa League.

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[edit] Qualification

119 teams qualified directly for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup from 53 UEFA associations. An additional three teams qualified via the UEFA Fair Play league, while 35 further teams will qualify from the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Each association enters a certain number of teams to the UEFA Cup based on its league coefficient. Through domestic competitions (national championships and cups and league cups in certain countries) an association may qualify up to four teams. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup:

  • Associations 1–6 each have 3 teams qualify
  • Associations 7–8 each have 4 teams qualify
  • Associations 9–15 each have 2 teams qualify
  • Associations 16–21 each have 3 teams qualify
  • Associations 22–53 each have 2 teams qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein (38), Andorra (51) and San Marino (52) who have 1 team

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First 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 Play

Second qualifying round: (64 teams)

  • 37 winners from the first qualifying round
  • 6 cup winners from associations 15–20
  • 7 third-place finishers from associations 9–15
  • 3 runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 11 entries from UEFA Intertoto Cup

First round: (80 teams)

  • 32 winners from the second qualifying round
  • 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
  • 16 entries from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round

Group stage: (40 teams)

  • 40 winners from the First Round

Knockout stage: (32 teams)

Round of 32
Flag of Italy Fiorentina1 Flag of France Marseille1 Flag of Russia Zenit St. Petersburg1 Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv1
Flag of France Bordeaux1 Flag of Germany Werder Bremen1 Flag of Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk1 Flag of Denmark Aalborg BK1
First round
Flag of Spain Valencia Flag of Germany Hamburg Flag of the Netherlands Heerenveen Flag of Belgium Standard Liège2
Flag of Spain Sevilla Flag of Germany Wolfsburg Flag of the Netherlands NEC Flag of the Czech Republic Slavia Prague2
Flag of Spain Racing Santander Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund Flag of Russia CSKA Moscow Flag of Turkey Galatasaray2
Flag of England Portsmouth Flag of Portugal Benfica Flag of Scotland Motherwell Flag of Greece Olympiacos2
Flag of England Everton Flag of Portugal Marítimo Flag of Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv Flag of Bulgaria Levski Sofia2
Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur Flag of Portugal Vitória Setúbal Flag of Belgium Club Brugge Flag of the Czech Republic Sparta Prague2
Flag of Italy Milan Flag of Romania Rapid Bucureşti Flag of the Czech Republic Baník Ostrava Flag of Norway Brann2
Flag of Italy Sampdoria Flag of Romania Dinamo Bucureşti Flag of Turkey Kayserispor3 Flag of Serbia Partizan2
Flag of Italy Udinese Flag of Romania Unirea Urziceni Flag of Germany Schalke 042 Flag of Poland Wisła Kraków2
Flag of France Nancy Flag of Romania Timişoara Flag of Portugal Vitória Guimarães2 Flag of Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka2
Flag of France Saint-Étienne Flag of the Netherlands Feyenoord Flag of the Netherlands Twente2 Flag of Croatia Dinamo Zagreb2
Flag of France Paris St-Germain Flag of the Netherlands Ajax Flag of Russia Spartak Moscow2 Flag of Lithuania Kaunas2
Second qualifying round
Flag of Russia FC Moscow Flag of Greece Aris Thessaloniki Flag of Israel Maccabi Netanya3 Flag of Portugal Braga4
Flag of Scotland Queen of the South Flag of Bulgaria Litex Lovech Flag of Serbia Red Star Belgrade3 Flag of Romania Vaslui4
Flag of Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Flag of Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruña4 Flag of Switzerland Grasshopper4
Flag of Belgium Gent Flag of Switzerland Young Boys Flag of England Aston Villa4 Flag of Norway Rosenborg4
Flag of the Czech Republic Slovan Liberec Flag of Switzerland Zürich Flag of Italy Napoli4 Flag of Austria Sturm Graz4
Flag of Turkey Beşiktaş Flag of Norway Lillestrøm Flag of France Rennes4 Flag of Sweden Elfsborg4
Flag of Greece AEK Athens Flag of Norway Stabæk Flag of Germany Stuttgart4
First qualifying round
Flag of Bulgaria Cherno More Flag of Croatia Hajduk Split Flag of Georgia (country) Zestaponi Flag of Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
Flag of Switzerland Bellinzona Flag of Cyprus APOEL Flag of Georgia (country) WIT Georgia Flag of Northern Ireland Glentoran
Flag of Norway Viking Flag of Cyprus Omonia Flag of Liechtenstein FC Vaduz Flag of Northern Ireland Cliftonville[2]
Flag of Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Flag of Sweden Kalmar Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Milano Flag of Wales Bangor City
Flag of Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv Flag of Sweden Djurgården Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Pelister Flag of Wales The New Saints
Flag of Serbia Vojvodina Flag of Slovenia Interblock Ljubljana Flag of Iceland FH Flag of the Faroe Islands EB/Streymur
Flag of Serbia Borac Čačak[3] Flag of Slovenia Koper Flag of Iceland ÍA Flag of the Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn
Flag of Denmark Brøndby Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar Flag of Belarus MTZ-RIPO Flag of Luxembourg Grevenmacher
Flag of Denmark Midtjylland Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg Flag of Belarus Gomel Flag of Luxembourg Racing
Flag of Denmark Copenhagen Flag of Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs Flag of Albania Vllaznia Shkodër Flag of Malta Birkirkara
Flag of Austria Red Bull Salzburg Flag of Latvia Olimps Flag of Albania Partizani Flag of Malta Marsaxlokk
Flag of Austria Austria Wien[4] Flag of Lithuania Sūduva Flag of Estonia Flora Flag of Andorra Sant Julià
Flag of Poland Legia Warsaw Flag of Lithuania Vėtra Flag of Estonia TVMK Flag of San Marino Juvenes/Dogana
Flag of Poland Lech Poznań Flag of Finland Haka Flag of Armenia Ararat Yerevan Flag of Montenegro Mogren
Flag of Hungary Győri ETO Flag of Finland Honka Flag of Armenia Banants Yerevan Flag of Montenegro Zeta
Flag of Hungary Debrecen Flag of Moldova Dacia Chişinău Flag of Azerbaijan Khazar Lenkoran Flag of England Manchester City[5][6]
Flag of Slovakia Žilina Flag of Moldova Nistru Otaci Flag of Azerbaijan Olimpik Baku Flag of Denmark Nordsjælland[7][8]
Flag of Slovakia Spartak Trnava Flag of Ireland Cork City Flag of Kazakhstan Tobol Flag of Germany Hertha BSC[7][9]
Flag of Croatia Slaven Belupo Flag of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic

[edit] Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.

Date Event Date Event
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

[edit] Qualifying rounds

[edit] First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008.[10] 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.

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   Home leg     Away leg  
Southern-Mediterranean region
Cherno More Flag of Bulgaria 9–0 Flag of Andorra Sant Julià 4–0 5–0
Pelister Flag of the Republic of Macedonia 0–1 Flag of Cyprus APOEL 0–0 0–1
Vaduz Flag of Liechtenstein 1–5 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–2 0–3
Široki Brijeg Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1 Flag of Albania Partizani 0–0 3–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Flag of Israel 4–1 Flag of Montenegro Mogren 1–1 3–0
Koper Flag of Slovenia 1–2 Flag of Albania Vllaznia Shkodër 1–2 0–0
Zeta Flag of Montenegro 1–2 Flag of Slovenia Interblock Ljubljana 1–1 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv Flag of Israel 5–0 Flag of San Marino Juvenes/Dogana 3–0 2–0
Hajduk Split Flag of Croatia 7–0 Flag of Malta Birkirkara 4–0 3–0
Omonia Flag of Cyprus 4–1 Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Milano 2–0 2–1
Marsaxlokk Flag of Malta 0–8 Flag of Croatia Slaven Belupo 0–4 0–4
Central-East region
Red Bull Salzburg Flag of Austria 10–0 Flag of Armenia Banants Yerevan 7–0 3–0
Győri ETO Flag of Hungary 3–2 Flag of Georgia (country) Zestaponi 1–1 2–1
Ararat Yerevan Flag of Armenia 1–4 Flag of Switzerland Bellinzona 0–1 1–3
Dacia Chişinău Flag of Moldova 2–4 Flag of Serbia Borac Čačak 1–1 1–35
Tobol Flag of Kazakhstan 1–2 Flag of Austria Austria Wien 1–0 0–2
Hertha BSC Flag of Germany 8–1 Flag of Moldova Nistru Otaci 8–16 0–07
Khazar Lenkoran Flag of Azerbaijan 1–5 Flag of Poland Lech Poznań 0–1 1–4
Legia Warsaw Flag of Poland 4–1 Flag of Belarus Gomel 0–0 4–1
Spartak Trnava Flag of Slovakia 2–3 Flag of Georgia (country) WIT Georgia 2–2 0–1
MTZ-RIPO Flag of Belarus 2–3 Flag of Slovakia Žilina 2–2 0–1
Shakhter Karagandy Flag of Kazakhstan 1–2 Flag of Hungary Debrecen 1–1 0–1
Vojvodina Flag of Serbia 2–1 Flag of Azerbaijan Olimpik Baku 1–0 1–1
Northern region
FH Flag of Iceland 8–3 Flag of Luxembourg Grevenmacher 3–2 5–1
Vėtra Flag of Lithuania 1–2 Flag of Norway Viking 1–0 0–2
Racing Flag of Luxembourg 1–10 Flag of Sweden Kalmar 0–3 1–7
Honka Flag of Finland 4–2 Flag of Iceland ÍA 3–0 1–2
Glentoran Flag of Northern Ireland 1–3 Flag of Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs 1–1 0–2
Brøndby Flag of Denmark 3–0 Flag of the Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1–0 2–0
TVMK Flag of Estonia 0–8 Flag of Denmark Nordsjælland 0–3 0–5
EB/Streymur Flag of the Faroe Islands 0–4 Flag of England Manchester City 0–28 0–29
Olimps Flag of Latvia 0–3 Flag of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 0–1 0–2
Djurgården Flag of Sweden (a) 2–2 Flag of Estonia Flora 0–010 2–2
Sūduva