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] It was the final season 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 Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 July 2008 – 20 May 2009
Teams80 (competition proper)
157 (qualifying)
Final positions
ChampionsUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st title)
Runners-upGermany Werder Bremen
Tournament statistics
Matches played221
Goals scored572 (2.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)
11 goals
(Europa League) 2009–10

Association team allocation

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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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Association ranking

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RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
1 Spain76.8913+1(IT)
2 England68.540+1(FP)
+1(IT)
3 Italy66.088+1(UCL)
+1(IT)
4 France53.656+2(UCL)
+1(IT)
5 Germany44.364+2(UCL)
+1(IT)
+1(FP)
6 Portugal42.749+1(UCL)
+1(IT)
7 Romania40.1654+1(IT)
8 Netherlands39.379+1(UCL)
9 Russia36.1252+2(UCL)
10 Scotland30.500
11 Ukraine29.475+2(UCL)
12 Belgium29.075+1(UCL)
13 Czech Republic26.825+2(UCL)
14 Turkey26.641+1(UCL)
15 Greece25.497+1(UCL)
16 Bulgaria24.5823+1(UCL)
17 Switzerland23.850+1(IT)
18 Norway19.725+1(UCL)
+1(IT)
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
19 Israel19.2083
20 Serbia18.958+1(UCL)
21 Denmark18.575+1(UCL)
+1(FP)
22 Austria18.5002+1(IT)
23 Poland17.000+1(UCL)
24 Hungary14.165
25 Slovakia10.832+1(UCL)
26 Croatia10.708+1(UCL)
27 Cyprus10.582
28 Sweden10.541+1(IT)
29 Slovenia9.915
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina9.665
31 Latvia8.664
32 Lithuania7.332+1(UCL)
33 Finland7.331
34 Moldova7.166
35 Republic of Ireland6.498
36 Georgia6.164
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
37 Liechtenstein6.0001
38 Macedonia5.8312
39 Iceland4.999
40 Belarus4.665
41 Albania3.832
42 Estonia3.665
43 Armenia3.498
44 Azerbaijan3.166
45 Kazakhstan2.332
46 Northern Ireland2.165
47 Wales1.998
48 Faroe Islands1.665
49 Luxembourg1.665
50 Malta1.665
51 Montenegro0.000
52 Andorra0.0001
53 San Marino0.000
Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Denmark, England, Germany)[6][7][8][9][10]
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Distribution

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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 roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions LeagueTeams transferred from Intertoto Cup
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)
  • 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
First 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
Group stage
(40 teams)
  • 40 winners from the First Round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 24 top-three finishers from the group stage

Redistribution rules

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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

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Round of 32
Fiorentina (CL GS) Marseille (CL GS) Zenit Saint PetersburgTH (CL GS) Dynamo Kyiv (CL GS)
Bordeaux (CL GS) Werder Bremen (CL GS) Shakhtar Donetsk (CL GS) Aalborg BK (CL GS)
First round
Valencia (CW) Hamburg (4th) Heerenveen (PO) Standard Liège (CL Q3)
Sevilla (5th) Wolfsburg (5th) NEC (PO) Slavia Prague (CL Q3)
Racing Santander (6th) Dortmund (CR) CSKA Moscow (CW) Sparta Prague (CL Q3)
Portsmouth (CW) Benfica (4th) Motherwell (3rd) Galatasaray (CL Q3)
Everton (5th) Marítimo (5th) Metalist Kharkiv (3rd) Olympiacos (CL Q3)
Tottenham Hotspur (LC) Vitória Setúbal (6th) Club Brugge (3rd) Levski Sofia (CL Q3)
Milan (5th) Rapid București (3rd) Baník Ostrava (3rd) Brann (CL Q3)
Sampdoria (6th) Dinamo București (4th) Kayserispor (CW) Partizan (CL Q3)
Udinese (7th) Unirea Urziceni (5th) Schalke 04 (CL Q3) Wisła Kraków (CL Q3)
Nancy (4th) Timișoara (6th) Vitória Guimarães (CL Q3) Artmedia Petržalka (CL Q3)
Saint-Étienne (5th) Feyenoord (CW) Twente (CL Q3) Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)
Paris Saint-Germain (CR) Ajax (PO) Spartak Moscow (CL Q3) FBK Kaunas (CL Q3)
Second qualifying round
Moscow (4th) Aris (4th) Maccabi Netanya (2nd) Braga (IC)
Queen of the South (CR) Litex Lovech (CW) Red Star Belgrade (2nd) Vaslui (IC)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) Lokomotiv Sofia (3rd)[Note BUL] Deportivo La Coruña (IC) Grasshopper (IC)
Gent (CR) Young Boys (2nd) Aston Villa (IC) Rosenborg (IC)
Slovan Liberec (CR) Zürich (3rd) Napoli (IC) Sturm Graz (IC)
Beşiktaş (3rd) Lillestrøm (CW) Rennes (IC) Elfsborg (IC)
AEK Athens (3rd) Stabæk (2nd) Stuttgart (IC)
First qualifying round
Cherno More (5th)[Note BUL] Hajduk Split (CR) Zestaponi (CW) Shakhter Karagandy (3rd)
Bellinzona (CR) APOEL (CW) WIT Georgia (2nd) Glentoran (2nd)
Viking (3rd) Omonia (3rd) Vaduz (CW) Cliftonville (3rd)[Note NIR]
Ironi Kiryat Shmona (3rd) Kalmar FF (CW) Milano (2nd) Bangor City (CW)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (CR) Djurgården (3rd) Pelister (3rd) The New Saints (2nd)
Vojvodina (3rd) Interblock Ljubljana (CW) FH (CW) EB/Streymur (CW)
Borac Čačak (4th)[Note SER] Koper (2nd) ÍA (3rd) B36 Tórshavn (3rd)
Brøndby (CW) Zrinjski Mostar (CW) MTZ-RIPO Minsk (CW) Grevenmacher (CW)
Midtjylland (2nd) Široki Brijeg (2nd) Gomel (2nd) Racing FC (2nd)
Copenhagen (3rd) Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd) Vllaznia (CW) Birkirkara (CW)
Red Bull Salzburg (2nd) Olimps (CR) Partizani (2nd) Marsaxlokk (2nd)
Austria Wien (3rd)[Note AUT] Sūduva (2nd) Flora (CW) Mogren (CW)
Legia Warsaw (CW) Vėtra (CR) TVMK (3rd) Zeta (2nd)
Lech Poznań (4th)[Note POL] Haka (2nd) Ararat Yerevan (CW) Sant Julià (CW)
Debrecen (CW) Honka (CR) Banants Yerevan (2nd) Juvenes/Dogana (CR)
Győri ETO (3rd) Dacia Chișinău (2nd) Khazar Lankaran (CW) Manchester City (FP)
Žilina (2nd) Nistru Otaci (3rd) Olimpik Baku (2nd) Hertha (FP)
Spartak Trnava (CR) Cork City (CW) Tobol (CW) Nordsjælland (FP)
Slaven Belupo (2nd) St Patrick's Athletic (2nd)
Notes
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    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]
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    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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    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]
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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]
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    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

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The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.[11]

DateEventDateEvent
1 July 2008Draw for first qualifying round17 December 2008Group stage, Matchday 5
17 July 2008First qualifying round, first leg18 December 2008
31 July 2008First qualifying round, second leg19 December 2008Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 16
1 August 2008Draw for second qualifying round18 February 2009Round of 32, first leg
14 August 2008Second qualifying round, first leg19 February 2009
28 August 2008Second qualifying round, second leg26 February 2009Round of 32, second leg
29 August 2008Draw for first round12 March 2009Round of 16, first leg
18 September 2008First round, first leg18 March 2009Round of 16, second leg
2 October 2008First round, second leg19 March 2009
7 October 2008Draw for group stage20 March 2009Draw for remaining rounds
23 October 2008Group stage, Matchday 19 April 2009Quarter-finals, first leg
6 November 2008Group stage, Matchday 216 April 2009Quarter-finals, second leg
27 November 2008Group stage, Matchday 330 April 2009Semi-finals, first leg
3 December 2008Group stage, Matchday 47 May 2009Semi-finals, second leg
4 December 200820 May 2009Final in Istanbul, Turkey

Qualifying rounds

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The three UEFA Cup regions, used for the regionalised qualifying stage draws, in a map

First qualifying round

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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.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
Cherno More 9–0 Sant Julià4–05–0
Pelister 0–1 APOEL0–00–1
Vaduz 1–5 Zrinjski Mostar1–20–3
Široki Brijeg 3–1 Partizani0–03–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4–1 Mogren1–13–0
Koper 1–2 Vllaznia1–20–0
Zeta 1–2 Interblock Ljubljana1–10–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–0 Juvenes/Dogana3–02–0
Hajduk Split 7–0 Birkirkara4–03–0
Omonia 4–1 Milano2–02–1
Marsaxlokk 0–8 Slaven Belupo0–40–4
Central-East region
Red Bull Salzburg 10–0 Banants Yerevan7–03–0
Győri ETO 3–2 Zestaponi1–12–1
Ararat Yerevan 1–4 Bellinzona0–11–3
Dacia Chișinău 2–4 Borac Čačak1–11–3[5]
Tobol 1–2 Austria Wien1–00–2
Hertha BSC 8–1 Nistru Otaci8–1[6]0–0[7]
Khazar Lankaran 1–5 Lech Poznań0–11–4
Legia Warsaw 4–1 Gomel0–04–1
Spartak Trnava 2–3 WIT Georgia2–20–1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 2–3 Žilina2–20–1
Shakhter Karagandy 1–2 Debrecen1–10–1
Vojvodina 2–1 Olimpik Baku1–01–1
Northern region
FH 8–3 Grevenmacher3–25–1
Vėtra 1–2 Viking1–00–2
Racing 1–10 Kalmar FF0–31–7
Honka 4–2 ÍA3–01–2
Glentoran 1–3 Liepājas Metalurgs1–10–2
Brøndby 3–0 B36 Tórshavn1–02–0
TVMK 0–8 Nordsjælland0–30–5
EB/Streymur 0–4 Manchester City0–2[8]0–2[9]
Olimps 0–3 St Patrick's Athletic0–10–2
Djurgården 2–2 (a) Flora0–0[10]2–2
Sūduva 2–0 The New Saints1–01–0
Cliftonville 0–11 Copenhagen0–40–7
Cork City 2–6 Haka2–20–4
Bangor City 1–10[11] Midtjylland0–41–6[12]
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    Played in Smederevo at Fortress Stadium as Borac Čačak's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
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    Played in Berlin at Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark because Olympiastadion was occupied by another event.[18]
  3. ^
    Played in Chişinău at Zimbru Stadium as Nistru Otaci's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
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    Played at Tórsvøllur as EB/Streymur's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
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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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    Played at Råsunda Stadium as Djurgården's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
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    Midtjylland were originally drawn to play at home in the first leg, but the order of the games was reversed.
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    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

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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.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
Široki Brijeg 1–6 Beşiktaş1–20–4
Braga 3–0 Zrinjski Mostar1–02–0
Borac Čačak 2–1 Lokomotiv Sofia1–0[13]1–1
Vojvodina 0–3 Hapoel Tel Aviv0–00–3
Aris 1–2 Slaven Belupo1–00–2
Litex Lovech 2–1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–02–1
Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 Hajduk Split0–02–0
APOEL 5–5 (a) Red Star Belgrade2–23–3 (aet)
Vllaznia 0–8 Napoli0–30–5
Maccabi Netanya 1–3 Cherno More1–10–2
AEK Athens 2–3[14] Omonia0–12–2
Central-East region
Liepājas Metalurgs 1–5 Vaslui0–21–3
Zürich 2–2 (4–2 p) Sturm Graz1–11–1 (aet)
Stuttgart 6–2 Győri ETO2–14–1
Lech Poznań 6–0 Grasshopper6–00–0[15]
Slovan Liberec 2–4 Žilina1–21–2
WIT Georgia 0–2 Austria Wiencancelled[16]0–2
Young Boys 7–3 Debrecen4–13–2
Legia Warsaw 1–4 FC Moscow1–20–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–4 (a) Bellinzona3–21–2[17]
Interblock Ljubljana 0–3 Hertha BSC0–2[18]0–1[19]
Sūduva 2–4 Red Bull Salzburg1–41–0
Northern region
Djurgården 2–6 Rosenborg2–1[20]0–5
Queen of the South 2–4 Nordsjælland1–2[21]1–2
Gent 2–5 Kalmar FF2–10–4
Manchester City 1–1 (4–2 p) Midtjylland0–11–0 (aet)
Honka 2–1 Viking0–02–1
Haka 0–6 Brøndby0–40–2
Stabæk 2–3 Rennes2–10–2
Copenhagen 7–3 Lillestrøm3–14–2
Elfsborg 3–4 St Patrick's Athletic2–21–2
FH 2–5[22] Aston Villa1–41–1
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    Played at Fortress Stadium in Smederevo as Borac Čačak's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
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    Order of legs reversed due to APOEL playing the same day at Omonia's stadium
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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]
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    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 Stadio Cornaredo in Lugano as Stadio Comunale in Bellinzona did not meet UEFA criteria.
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    Played at Arena Petrol in Celje as Interblock's home ground in Ljubljana did not meet UEFA criteria.
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    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 Råsunda Stadium as Djurgården's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
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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.
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    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

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The number of each teams from each nation which qualified for the First Round

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.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Group 1
Milan 4–1 Zürich3–11–0
Timișoara 1–3 Partizan1–20–1
Hertha BSC 2–0 St Patrick's Athletic2–00–0
Baník Ostrava 1–2 Spartak Moscow0–11–1
Beşiktaş 2–4[22] Metalist Kharkiv1–01–4
Group 2
Portsmouth 4–2 Vitória Guimarães2–02–2 (aet)
Kayserispor 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain1–20–0
Sevilla 4–0 Red Bull Salzburg2–02–0
Wolfsburg 2–1 Rapid București1–01–1
Sampdoria 7–1 Kaunas5–02–1
Group 3
Marítimo 1–3 Valencia0–11–2
Dinamo Zagreb 3–3 (a) Sparta Prague0–03–3
Omonia 2–4[23] Manchester City1–21–2
Young Boys 2–4 Club Brugge2–20–2
Nancy 3–0 Motherwell1–02–0
Group 4
Everton 3–4 Standard Liège2–21–2
Napoli 3–4 Benfica3–20–2
Bellinzona 4–6 Galatasaray3–41–2
NEC 1–0 Dinamo București1–00–0
Racing Santander 2–0 Honka1–01–0
Group 5
APOEL 2–5 Schalke 041–41–1
Litex Lovech 2–4 Aston Villa1–31–1
Austria Wien 4–5 Lech Poznań2–12–4 (aet)
Vitória Setúbal 3–6 Heerenveen1–1[24]2–5
Brann 2–2 (2–3 p) Deportivo La Coruña2–00–2 (aet)
Group 6
Slavia Prague 1–1 (a) Vaslui0–01–1
Slaven Belupo 1–3 CSKA Moscow1–20–1
Brøndby 3–5 Rosenborg1–22–3
Cherno More 3–4 Stuttgart1–22–2
Rennes 2–2 (a) Twente2–10–1
Group 7
Borac Čačak 1–6[22] Ajax1–40–2
Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Wisła Kraków2–11–1
FC Moscow 2–3[25] Copenhagen1–21–1
Žilina 2–1 Levski Sofia1–11–0
Borussia Dortmund 2–2 (3–4 p) Udinese0–22–0 (aet)
Group 8
Braga 6–0 Artmedia Petržalka4–02–0
Feyenoord 2–2 (a) Kalmar FF0–12–1[26]
Hamburg 2–0 Unirea Urziceni0–02–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–4 Saint-Étienne1–21–2
Nordsjælland 0–7 Olympiacos0–20–5
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    Order of legs reversed.
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    Order of legs reversed due to AC Omonia's ground-share fixture congestion.
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    Played at Alvalade XXI, since Vitória FC's homeground at Setúbal does not meet UEFA criteria
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    Order of legs reversed due to Spartak Moscow playing the same day in Moscow.
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    Played at Borås 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), Beşiktaş (60), Sparta Prague (68), Dinamo București (69), Levski Sofia (80), Austria Wien (82), Rennes (97) and Hapoel Tel Aviv (108).

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup was held at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 7 October 2008. The 40 teams in the draw were divided into five pots based on their UEFA coefficients. The eight teams with the highest UEFA coefficient were allocated to Pot 1, the next eight teams to Pot 2, and so on. One team from each pot was drawn for each group, with the restriction that no team could be drawn with one from the same country.[24]

The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[5]

  1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  2. higher number of goals scored;
  3. higher number of goals scored away;
  4. higher number of wins;
  5. higher number of away wins;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Group A

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MC TWE PSG RSA SCH
1 Manchester City421165+17Advance to knockout stage3–20–0
2 Twente420258−361–02–1
3 Paris Saint-Germain412175+254–02–2
4 Racing Santander412165+153–11–1
5 Schalke 04411256−140–23–1
Source: RSSSF

Group B

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MET GAL OLY HER BEN
1 Metalist Kharkiv431030+310Advance to knockout stage1–00–0
2 Galatasaray430141+390–11–0
3 Olympiacos420293+664–05–1
4 Hertha BSC402216−520–11–1
5 Benfica401329−710–10–2
Source: RSSSF

Group C

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification STD STU SAM SEV PTZ
1 Standard Liège430153+29Advance to knockout stage3–01–0
2 Stuttgart421163+373–02–0
3 Sampdoria421145−171–11–0
4 Sevilla420252+362–03–0
5 Partizan400418−700–11–2
Source: RSSSF

Group D

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification UDI TOT NEC SPA DZ
1 Udinese430164+29Advance to knockout stage2–02–1
2 Tottenham Hotspur421174+372–24–0
3 NEC420265+162–00–1
4 Spartak Moscow411256−141–21–2
5 Dinamo Zagreb410349−533–20–1
Source: RSSSF

Group E

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification WOL ACM BRA POR HVN
1 Wolfsburg4310137+610Advance to knockout stage3–25–1
2 Milan422085+382–21–0
3 Braga420275+262–33–0
4 Portsmouth411278−142–23–0
5 Heerenveen4004313−1001–31–2
Source: RSSSF

Group F

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification HSV AJA AST ZIL SLA
1 Hamburg430173+49Advance to knockout stage0–13–1
2 Ajax421154+171–02–2
3 Aston Villa420256−162–11–2
4 Žilina411234−141–20–0
5 Slavia Prague402225−320–20–1
Source: RSSSF

Group G

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification STE VAL FCK BRU ROS
1 Saint-Étienne422094+58Advance to knockout stage2–23–0
2 Valencia413084+461–11–1
3 Copenhagen412145−151–31–1
4 Club Brugge403123−131–10–1
5 Rosenborg402218−720–40–0
Source: RSSSF

Group H

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CSK DEP LPO NAN FEY
1 CSKA Moscow4400125+712Advance to knockout stage3–02–1
2 Deportivo La Coruña421154+171–03–0
3 Lech Poznań412155051–12–2
4 Nancy411287+143–43–0
5 Feyenoord4004110−901–30–1
Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

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Except for the final round, the rounds in the final phase are two-legged. In the event of aggregate scores being equal after normal time in the second leg, the winning team will be that which scored more goals on their away leg: if the scores in the two matches were identical, extra time is played. The away goals rule also applies if scores are equal at the end of extra time. If there are no goals scored in extra time, the tie is decided on a penalty shoot-out. The team first out of the hat in each tie plays the first leg of their tie at home, and the second leg away.

The draw for the Round of 32 was held on Friday, 19 December 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football and 2009 UEFA Cup Final ambassador Can Bartu. In this round, each UEFA Cup group winner paired with the third-placed team from another UEFA Cup group and each UEFA Cup group runner-up paired with a third-placed team from the UEFA Champions League, with the only restriction on the draw being that teams from the same national association could not be drawn together. The UEFA Cup group winners and runners-up each played the second leg of their Round of 32 ties at home.[25]

The draw for the Round of 16 also took place on 19 December 2008, immediately after the draw for the Round of 32. Each tie in the Round of 32 was numbered, and teams were drawn for the Round of 16 as "Winners of match 1", "Winners of match 2", etc. Unlike the Round of 32, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the Round of 16 onwards, meaning that they were entirely randomly drawn.

The draws for the quarterfinals and semifinals were both held on Friday, 20 March 2009 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by David Taylor and Can Bartu.

Bracket

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Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Paris Saint-Germain235
Wolfsburg011 Paris Saint-Germain011
Braga314 Braga000
Standard Liège011 Paris Saint-Germain000
Dynamo Kyiv (a)123 Dynamo Kyiv033
Valencia123 Dynamo Kyiv (a)123
Sampdoria000 Metalist Kharkiv033
Metalist Kharkiv123 Dynamo Kyiv112
Aston Villa101 Shakhtar Donetsk123
CSKA Moscow123 CSKA Moscow101
Shakhtar Donetsk213 Shakhtar Donetsk022
Tottenham Hotspur011 Shakhtar Donetsk224
Marseille (p)011(7) Marseille011
Twente101(6) Marseille224
Fiorentina011 Ajax213
Ajax112 Shakhtar Donetsk2
Werder Bremen (a)123 Werder Bremen1
Milan123 Werder Bremen123
Olympiacos112 Saint-Étienne022
Saint-Étienne235 Werder Bremen336
Lech Poznań213 Udinese134
Udinese224 Udinese202
Zenit224 Zenit011
Stuttgart112 Werder Bremen (a)033
NEC000 Hamburg123
Hamburg314 Hamburg134
Bordeaux033 Galatasaray123
Galatasaray044 Hamburg314
Copenhagen213 Manchester City123
Manchester City224 Manchester City (p)202(4)
Aalborg BK336 Aalborg BK022(3)
Deportivo011

Round of 32

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The first legs were played on 18 February and 19 February, and the second leg matches were played on 26 February 2009.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain 5–1 Wolfsburg2–03–1
Copenhagen 3–4 Manchester City2–21–2
NEC 0–4 Hamburg0–30–1
Sampdoria 0–3 Metalist Kharkiv0–10–2
Braga 4–1 Standard Liège3–01–1
Aston Villa 1–3 CSKA Moscow1–10–2
Lech Poznań 3–4 Udinese2–21–2
Olympiacos 2–5 Saint-Étienne1–31–2
Fiorentina 1–2 Ajax0–11–1
AaB 6–1 Deportivo La Coruña3–03–1
Werder Bremen 3–3 (a) Milan1–12–2
Bordeaux 3–4 Galatasaray0–03–4
Dynamo Kyiv 3–3 (a) Valencia1–12–2
Zenit St. Petersburg 4–2 Stuttgart2–12–1
Marseille 1–1 (7–6 p) Twente0–11–0 (aet)
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur2–01–1

Manchester City were the only team from the first qualifying round to reach the Round of 16. Braga were the only team from the Intertoto Cup to reach the Round of 16 and were therefore awarded the title of Intertoto Cup winners.

Of the eight teams who had been placed in Pot 5 of the group stage draw, only Metalist Kharkiv and Saint-Étienne reached the Round of 16. Of the eight teams that entered the Round of the 32 from the UEFA Champions League group stage, two lost: Fiorentina and Bordeaux. Of the eight ties between a third-placed team and a first-placed team from the UEFA Cup group stage, two were won by the third-placed team; the winners were Braga and Paris Saint-Germain.

Round of 16

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The first leg matches were played on 12 March, and the second leg matches were played on 18 March and 19 March 2009.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Werder Bremen 3–2 Saint-Étienne1–02–2
CSKA Moscow 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk1–00–2
Udinese 2–1 Zenit St. Petersburg2–00–1
Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Braga0–01–0
Dynamo Kyiv 3–3 (a) Metalist Kharkiv1–02–3
Manchester City 2–2 (4–3 p) AaB2–00–2 (aet)
Marseille 4–3 Ajax2–12–2 (aet)
Hamburg 4–3 Galatasaray1–13–2

Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 9 April and the second legs were played on 16 April.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Hamburg 4–3 Manchester City3–11–2
Paris Saint-Germain 0–3 Dynamo Kyiv0–00–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 Marseille2–02–1
Werder Bremen 6–4 Udinese3–13–3

Semi-finals

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The first legs were played on 30 April and the second legs on 7 May.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Werder Bremen 3–3 (a) Hamburg0–13–2
Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 Shakhtar Donetsk1–11–2

Final

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The final of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup was held on 20 May 2009 at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first time that the UEFA Cup Final had been held in Turkey and followed the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, which was held in Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium.

Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (a.e.t.) Werder Bremen
Luiz Adriano 25'
Jádson 97'
ReportNaldo 35'

Top goalscorers

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RankNameTeamGoals
1 Vágner Love CSKA Moscow11
2 Ivica Olić Hamburg9
3 Fabio Quagliarella Udinese8
4 Diego Werder Bremen6
Mario Gómez Stuttgart6
Luis Aguiar Braga6
Peguy Luyindula Paris Saint-Germain6
8 Milan Baroš Galatasaray5
Diogo Olympiacos5
Ilan Saint-Étienne5
Albert Meyong Braga5
Mladen Petrić Hamburg5
Claudio Pizarro Werder Bremen5
Hernán Rengifo Lech Poznań5
Luis Suárez Ajax5

Source: Hammond, Mike, ed (2009). The European Football Yearbook 2009/10. London: Carlton Books. ISBN 978-1-84732-360-6.

See also

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