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Deutsch2006–07 UEFA Cup
 Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 80 (competition proper) 131 (qualifying) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sevilla (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Espanyol |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 219 |
| Goals scored | 565 (2.58 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,905,559 (17,834 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Walter Pandiani (Espanyol) 11 goals |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → | |
The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th edition of the UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Sevilla became the second side to win the competition for two consecutive seasons, following the hiatus of the original record holder Real Madrid achieved in 1985 and 1986.
Walter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goals scorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals.
Association team allocation
[edit]A total of 155 teams from 52 UEFA associations competed for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2005 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2000–01 to 2004–05.[1]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup:[2]
- Associations 1–6, 16–21 each have three teams qualify
- Associations 7 and 8 each have four teams qualify
- Associations 9–15, 22–39, 41-50 each have two teams qualify
- Associations 40, 51 and 52 each have one team qualify
- The top three associations of the 2005–06 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
- Eleven winning teams from the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
- 24 teams from the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League (eight third-placed teams from the group stage and the sixteen losers of the third qualifying round)
Association ranking
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- Notes
- (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, Belgium, Sweden).
- Number of teams do not include teams transferred from the Intertoto Cup.
Distribution
[edit]The title holder would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through domestic performance; however, this additional entry was not necessary as Sevilla, winners of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, qualified for the UEFA Cup through domestic performance. This means that the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:
- The first UEFA Cup qualifying entrant of association 14 (Austria) gained direct access to the 1st round – Pasching.
- The domestic cup winners of associations 19 and 20 (Switzerland and Norway) are moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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| First qualifying round (70 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (64 teams) |
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| First round (80 teams) |
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| 16 losers from 2006–07 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round |
| Group stage (40 teams) |
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| Round 3 (32 teams) |
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Teams
[edit]The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3]
- TH: Title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- Nth: League position
- PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
- IC: Intertoto Cup
- FP: Fair play
- CL: Relegated from the Champions League
- GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
- Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
- Notes
- ^ Italy (ITA): Based on the initial final league positions, Roma, Lazio and Chievo earned direct entries to the UEFA Cup first round. Following 2006 Italian football scandal investigations (resulting in massive points deductions), Lazio lost their European entry entirely while Roma and Chievo were promoted to Champions League. Three Italian UEFA Cup berths were given to Palermo, Livorno, and Parma.[4]
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- ^ Serbia (SRB): Serbia and Montenegro 3rd-placed team Voždovac failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by the 4th-placed team, Hajduk Kula.[6] All Serbian club qualified for this season's UEFA competitions though Serbia and Montenegro domestic tournaments, but represented its official successor Serbia.[7]
- ^ Kazakhstan (KAZ): Kazakhstan Cup winners Astana failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by Cup runners-up, Kairat.[6]
Early issues
[edit]Italian match-fixing scandal
[edit]The 2006 Serie A scandal resulted in major changes to the clubs that originally qualified in Italy. Originally, Roma took the cup winners' place as losing finalists in the 2006 Coppa Italia, as the winners, Internazionale finished in the top four in the league and qualified for the Champions League. The other two UEFA Cup places initially went to Lazio and Chievo.
Lazio, however, as well as the remaining three Champions League qualifiers (Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina), were formally indicted on 22 June on charges relating to the scandal.[8]
On 14 July, all four of the indicated clubs were penalised by an Italian court and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Results of the FIGC appeal were announced on 25 July. The impact on the UEFA Cup was:
- Lazio were barred from European competition.
- Roma and Chievo were promoted to the Champions League.
- Palermo, Livorno and Parma were granted Italy's places in the UEFA Cup.
Greek Football Federation
[edit]FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of "political interference in sport" after the Greek government passed a law, giving it control of the sports authorities in Greece. After the law was amended to address FIFA's objections, FIFA reinstated the HFF on 12 July. The Greek government in response, decided to withdraw all of its funding to the Hellenic Football Federation.[9]
Qualifying rounds
[edit]First qualifying round
[edit]These matches were held on 13 July and 27 July 2006.
Second qualifying round
[edit]These matches were held on 8 and 10 August (first leg) and 24 August (second leg) 2006.
1Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Hapoel Tel Aviv's home match was moved to Tilburg, Netherlands, Beitar Jerusalem's to Sofia, Bulgaria and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv's to Senec, Slovakia
First round
[edit]The matches were held on 14 September (first leg) and 28 September 2006 (second leg).
4Due to the armed conflict in Israel, UEFA had ruled that European tournament matches could not be played in Israel until further notice. Maccabi Haifa's home leg on 14 September was moved to Nijmegen, Netherlands. On 15 September, UEFA lifted the ban, allowing future matches to be played in the Tel Aviv area.[10] Hapoel Tel Aviv were able to play their home leg in Tel Aviv on 28 September.
5UEFA ordered Trabzonspor's home leg on 14 September to be played behind closed doors after objects were thrown at visiting fans and the fourth official, and a smoke bomb ignited in the stands, during their second qualifying round home leg against Cypriots APOEL. Trabzonspor appealed, and UEFA rejected the appeal on 13 September. Trabzonspor's penalty includes a second closed-doors game, a penalty which has been deferred for two years and will be removed if no further incidents occur.
Group stage
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Red: Group A; 
Yellow: Group B; 
Green: Group C; 
Black: Group D;
Purple: Group E; 
Pink: Group F; 
Blue: Group G; 
Orange: Group H.The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[11]
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored away in all group matches played;
- higher number of wins;
- higher number of away wins;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations).
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAN | MHA | LIV | AUX | PTZ | |
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| 1 |  Rangers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 1–0 | |
| 2 |  Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | — | — | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 |  Livorno | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 |  Auxerre | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — | ||
| 5 |  Partizan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | — |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | DB | LEV | BJK | BRU | |
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| 1 |  Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | — | — | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  Dinamo București | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | ||
| 3 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | 0–1 | — | — | 2–1 | — | ||
| 4 |  Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 2–1 | ||
| 5 |  Club Brugge | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — |
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | SEV | BRA | LIB | GRA | |
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| 1 |  AZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | |
| 2 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — | — | ||
| 3 |  Braga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | — | — | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 |  Slovan Liberec | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 4–1 | ||
| 5 |  Grasshopper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | 2–5 | 0–4 | — | — | — |
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | OSA | LEN | ODE | HVN | |
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| 1 | Parma | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–3 | — | — | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Osasuna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | — | — | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | Lens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 |  Odense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — | ||
| 5 | Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | — | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |
Group E
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BLB | NAN | FEY | WIS | BSL | |
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| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | — | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Nancy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | ||
| 3 | Feyenoord | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | 0–0 | — | — | 3–1 | — | ||
| 4 |  Wisła Kraków | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Basel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | — |
Group F
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | AJX | ZWA | PRA | AUS | |
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| 1 | Espanyol | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 6–2 | — | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | — | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | — | ||
| 4 | Sparta Prague | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 |  Austria Wien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | — | — | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |
Group G
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAN | PSG | HTA | RAP | MLA | |
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| 1 |  Panathinaikos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | 4–0 | — | 2–4 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Rapid București | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
Group H
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEW | CEL | FEN | PAL | EIN | |
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| 1 | Newcastle United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Celta Vigo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | — | — | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Palermo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 0–0 | — | — | 1–2 | — |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 CSKA Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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