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Deutsch2008–09 UEFA Cup
 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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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 → | |
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.
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
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- (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.
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League | Teams transferred from Intertoto Cup | |
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| First qualifying round (74 teams) |
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| Group stage (40 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (32 teams) |
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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]
- ^ 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 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
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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 29 and 31 July 2008. Three of the 37 ties were won by the team with the lower UEFA coefficient, 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).
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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.
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. 12 of the 32 ties were won by the team with the lower UEFA coefficient. The 12 teams that lost to a lower team were: AEK Athens, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Aris, Red Star Belgrade, Grasshopper, Slovan Liberec, Viking, Lokomotiv Sofia, IF 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.
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- ^ The return leg was played in AFG Arena, St. Gallen as Grasshopper's 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]
First round
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The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 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
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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 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]
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored;
- higher number of goals scored away;
- 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.
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MC | TWE | PSG | RSA | SCH | |
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| 1 |  Manchester City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | — | |
| 2 |  Twente | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 |  Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | — | 4–0 | — | 2–2 | — | ||
| 4 |  Racing Santander | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | 3–1 | — | — | — | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MET | GAL | OLY | HER | BEN | |
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| 1 | Metalist Kharkiv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | |
| 2 |  Galatasaray | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | — | — | ||
| 3 |  Olympiacos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | — | — | — | 4–0 | 5–1 | ||
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 | — | 0–1 | — | — | 1–1 | ||
| 5 |  Benfica | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — |
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STD | STU | SAM | SEV | PTZ | |
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| 1 |  Standard Liège | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 3–0 | — | — | — | 2–0 | ||
| 3 |  Sampdoria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | — | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | — | 2–0 | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 |  Partizan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | — | — |
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UDI | TOT | NEC | SPA | DZ | |
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| 1 | Udinese | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | — | — | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | NEC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 |  Spartak Moscow | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | — | — | ||
| 5 |  Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | — | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | — |
Group E
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | ACM | BRA | POR | HVN | |
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| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–2 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Milan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Braga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | 2–3 | — | — | 3–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | — | 2–2 | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Heerenveen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | — |
Group F
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HSV | AJA | AST | ZIL | SLA | |
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| 1 | Hamburger SV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | — | |
| 2 | Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | — | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | — | ||
| 4 |  Žilina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 0–0 | ||
| 5 |  Slavia Prague | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
Group G
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STE | VAL | FCK | BRU | ROS | |
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| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | — | — | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Valencia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | ||
| 3 |  Copenhagen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | 1–3 | — | — | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Club Brugge | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |