2007–08 UEFA Cup

2007–08 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 September 2007 – 14 May 2008
Teams80
Final positions
Champions Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st title)
Runners-up Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played221
Goals scored563 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)
10 goals each

The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's former second-tier club football tournament. The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov, to claim their first UEFA Cup title. The first qualifying games were played on 19 July 2007 and the main tournament commenced on 20 September 2007. A total of 157 football clubs took part in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds).

Each European football nation is represented by a different number of its associate clubs, depending on the UEFA coefficients. Budućnost Podgorica and Rudar Pljevlja were the first teams from Montenegro to enter the competition.

The semi-final between Zenit and Bayern Munich was alleged to have been fixed. Both clubs denied the allegations, and the UEFA probe found no wrongdoing on either part.[1][2][3]

Sevilla could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and also reached the knockout stage.

The tournament's top scorers were Pavel Pogrebnyak of Zenit Saint Petersburg and Luca Toni of Bayern Munich, each with 10 goals.[4]

Association team allocation

A total of 157 teams from all 53 UEFA member associations participated in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]

  • Associations 1–6 and 16–21 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–15 and 22–53 (except Liechtenstein, San Marino and Andorra) each had two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein (as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league), San Marino and Andorra had only one team that qualified.

Moreover, the following teams also qualified for the competition:

Association ranking

For the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2006 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.[6]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (IC) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • (FP) – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking
Association ranking for 2007–08 UEFA Cup
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  Spain 72.748 3 +1 (IC)
2  Italy 66.731 +1 (IC)
3  England 63.486 +1 (IC)
4  France 50.781 +1 (IC)
+2 (UCL)
5  Germany 48.364 +1 (IC)
+1 (UCL)
6  Portugal 44.041 +1 (IC)
+2 (UCL)
7  Netherlands 41.331 4 +2 (UCL)
8  Greece 32.081 +1 (UCL)
9  Russia 31.833 2 +1 (UCL)
10  Romania 31.457 +1 (IC)
+1 (UCL)
11  Scotland 30.375 +1 (UCL)
12  Belgium 30.250 +1 (UCL)
13  Ukraine 26.600
14  Czech Republic 26.575 +2 (UCL)
15  Turkey 26.166
16  Switzerland 25.875 3 +1 (UCL)
17  Bulgaria 24.290
18  Israel 21.541
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19  Norway 20.975 3 +1 (FP)
+1 (UCL)
20  Austria 20.375 +1 (IC)
+1 (UCL)
21  Serbia 19.999 +1 (UCL)
22  Poland 18.500 2
23  Denmark 16.950 +1 (IC)
+1 (UCL)
24  Hungary 14.665
25  Croatia 14.083 +1 (UCL)
26  Sweden 13.249 +1 (FP)
+1 (IC)
+1 (UCL)
27  Slovakia 12.332
28  Cyprus 10.165
29  Slovenia 10.165
30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.165 +1 (UCL)
31  Finland 7.373 +1 (FP)
+1 (UCL)
32  Latvia 7.164
33  Moldova 6.832
34  Georgia 6.331
35  Lithuania 5.832
36  Macedonia 5.331
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37  Iceland 4.832 2
38  Liechtenstein 4.500 1
39  Belarus 4.415 2 +1 (UCL)
40  Republic of Ireland 4.331
41  Albania 3.665
42  Armenia 2.998
43  Estonia 2.665
44  Malta 2.665
45  Wales 2.332
46  Northern Ireland 2.332
47  Azerbaijan 1.999
48  Luxembourg 1.832
49  Kazakhstan 1.666 +1 (IC)
50  Faroe Islands 1.665
51  San Marino 0.000 1
52  Andorra 0.000
53  Montenegro 0.000 2

Distribution

The following was the access list for this season.[7]

Access list for 2007–08 UEFA Cup
Round Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round Teams transferred from Champions League or Intertoto Cup
First qualifying round
(74 teams)
  • 33 domestic cup winners from associations 21–53
  • 32 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–53 (except Liechtenstein, San Marino and Andorra)
  • 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
Second qualifying round
(64 teams)
  • 6 domestic cup winners from associations 15–20
  • 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 7 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–15
  • 37 winners from the first qualifying round
  • 11 winners from UEFA Intertoto Cup third round
First round
(80 teams)
  • 14 domestic cup winners from associations 1–14
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8 (league cup winners for France)
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (league cup winners for England)
  • 32 winners from the second qualifying round
  • 16 losers from Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(40 teams)
  • 40 winners from the first round
Knockout stage
(32 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 group third-placed teams from the group stage
  • 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Due to the UEFA Cup title holder (Sevilla) qualifying for the Champions League via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 14 (Czech Republic) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the second qualifying round.
  • The cup winners of association 19 and 20 (Norway and Austria) entered the UEFA Cup second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • CW: Domestic cup winners
  • CR: Domestic cup runners-up
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position of the previous season
  • LC: League cup winners
  • PO: End-of-season UEFA Cup play-offs winners
  • IC: Intertoto Cup third round winners
  • FP: Qualified via Fair Play ranking
  • CL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
Round of 32
Marseille (CL GS) Sporting CP (CL GS) PSV Eindhoven (CL GS) Slavia Prague (CL GS)
Werder Bremen (CL GS) Benfica (CL GS) Rangers (CL GS) Rosenborg (CL GS)
First round
Villarreal (5th) 1. FC Nürnberg (CW) Aris (4th) Dinamo București (CL Q3)
Zaragoza (6th) Bayern Munich (4th) Panionios (5th) Anderlecht (CL Q3)
Getafe (CR) Bayer Leverkusen (5th) Lokomotiv Moscow (CW) Sparta Prague (CL Q3)
Palermo (5th) Braga (4th) Rapid București (CW) Zürich (CL Q3)
Fiorentina (6th) Belenenses (5th) Aberdeen (3rd) Red Bull Salzburg (CL Q3)
Empoli (7th) Paços de Ferreira (6th) Club Brugge (CW) Red Star Belgrade (CL Q3)
Tottenham Hotspur (5th) AZ (PO) Metalist Kharkiv (3rd) Copenhagen (CL Q3)
Everton (6th) Twente (PO) Mladá Boleslav (3rd) Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)
Bolton Wanderers (7th) Heerenveen (PO) Toulouse (CL Q3) IF Elfsborg (CL Q3)
Sochaux (CW) Groningen (PO) Ajax (CL Q3) Sarajevo (CL Q3)
Rennes (4th) AEL (CW) AEK Athens (CL Q3) Tampere United (CL Q3)
Bordeaux (LC) Panathinaikos (3rd) Spartak Moscow (CL Q3) BATE Borisov (CL Q3)
Second qualifying round
Zenit Saint Petersburg (4th) Kayseri Erciyesspor (CR) Fredrikstad (CW) União de Leiria (IC)
CFR Cluj (3rd) Basel (CW) Austria Wien (CW) Oțelul Galați (IC)
Dunfermline Athletic (CR) Sion (3rd) Atlético Madrid (IC) Rapid Wien (IC)
Standard Liège (3rd) CSKA Sofia (2nd) Sampdoria (IC) AaB (IC)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) Lokomotiv Sofia (3rd) Blackburn Rovers (IC) Hammarby IF (IC)
Jablonec (CR) Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW) Lens (IC) Tobol (IC)
Galatasaray (3rd) Maccabi Netanya (2nd) Hamburger SV (IC)
First qualifying round
Young Boys (4th) AIK (2nd) Vardar (CW) Rhyl (2nd)
Litex Lovech (4th) ViOn Zlaté Moravce (CW) Rabotnicki (2nd) Glentoran (2nd)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd) Artmedia Petržalka (2nd) Keflavík (CW) Dungannon Swifts (CR)
Brann (2nd) Anorthosis Famagusta (CW) KR (2nd) Neftçi (2nd)
Vålerenga (3rd) Omonia (2nd) Vaduz (CW) MKT Araz (CR)
Ried (2nd) Koper (CW) Dynamo Brest (CW) Etzella Ettelbruck (2nd)
Mattersburg (3rd) HIT Gorica (2nd) Dinamo Minsk (2nd) Käerjéng 97 (CR)
Partizan (2nd) Široki Brijeg (CW) Drogheda United (3rd) Alma-Ata (CW)
Vojvodina (3rd) Zrinjski Mostar (2nd) St Patrick's Athletic (CR)[Note IRL] Aktobe (3rd)
Bežanija (4th) HJK (CW) Besa (CW) B36 (CW)
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (CW) Haka (3rd) Teuta (2nd) EB/Streymur (2nd)
Bełchatów (2nd) Liepājas Metalurgs (CW) Banants (CW) Libertas (CR)
Odense (CW) Skonto (3rd) Mika (3rd) FC Santa Coloma (CW)
Midtjylland (2nd) Zimbru Chișinău (CW) Narva Trans (2nd) Rudar Pljevlja (CW)
Honvéd (CW) Nistru Otaci (3rd) Flora (3rd) Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)
MTK Budapest (2nd) Ameri Tbilisi (CW) Hibernians (CW) BK Häcken (FP)
Hajduk Split (2nd) Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd) Sliema Wanderers (2nd) Lillestrøm (FP)
Slaven Belupo (CR) Sūduva (CW) Carmarthen Town (CW) MYPA (FP)
Helsingborgs IF (CW) Ekranas (2nd)
Notes
  1. ^
    Republic of Ireland (IRL): Second-placed Derry City (also 2006 FAI Cup winners) were admitted to Champions League after last year champions Shelbourne were denied a Premier Division license for 2007 due to financial violations. FAI Cup runners-up St Patrick's Athletic were added to the UEFA Cup to fill for Derry City.[8]

Round and draw dates

Schedule for 2007–08 UEFA Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 29 June 2007 19 July 2007 2 August 2007
Second qualifying round 3 August 2007 16 August 2007 30 August 2007
First round 31 August 2007 20 September 2007 4 October 2007
Group stage Matchday 1 9 October 2007 25 October 2007
Matchday 2 8 November 2007
Matchday 3 29 November 2007
Matchday 4 5–6 December 2007
Matchday 5 19–20 December 2007
Knockout stage Round of 32 21 December 2007 13–14 February 2008 21 February 2008
Round of 16 6 March 2008 12–13 March 2008
Quarter-finals 14 March 2008 3 April 2008 10 April 2008
Semi-finals 24 April 2008 1 May 2008
Final 14 May 2008 at City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 13:30 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 19 July and 2 August 2007.[9]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Southern region
Budućnost Podgorica 1–2 Hajduk Split1–10–1
Omonia 4–0 Rudar Pljevlja2–02–0
Slaven Belupo 8–4 Teuta6–22–2
Bežanija 2–2 (a) Besa2–20–0
Sliema Wanderers 0–7 Litex Lovech0–30–4
Vojvodina 7–1 Hibernians5–12–0
FC Santa Coloma 1–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv1–00–4
Široki Brijeg 6–3 Koper3–13–2
Vardar 0–2 Anorthosis Famagusta0–10–1
HIT Gorica 2–4 Rabotnicki1–21–2
Zrinjski Mostar w/o[a] Partizan1–60–5
Central–East region
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 4–2 Alma-Ata3–11–1
MTK Budapest 2–2 (a) Mika2–10–1
MKT Araz 0–1 Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski0–00–1
Bełchatów 2–2 (4–2 p) Ameri Tbilisi2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Artmedia Petržalka 3–3 (a) Zimbru Chișinău1–12–2
Banants 1–5 Young Boys1–10–4
Nistru Otaci 2–2 (4–5 p) Honvéd1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Ried 4–3 Neftçi3–11–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 Vaduz2–00–0
Aktobe 3–4 Mattersburg1–02–4
Northern region
B36 3–6 Ekranas1–32–3
Libertas 1–4 Drogheda United1–10–3
Rhyl 3–3 (a) Haka3–10–2
Carmarthen Town 3–14 Brann0–83–6
Flora 0–2 Vålerenga0–10–1
MYPA 2–1 EB/Streymur1–01–1
Dungannon Swifts 1–4 Sūduva1–00–4
Lillestrøm 2–2 (a) Käerjéng 972–10–1
Liepājas Metalurgs 3–2 Dynamo Brest1–12–1
Helsingborgs IF 9–0 Narva Trans6–03–0
Keflavík 4–4 (a) Midtjylland3–21–2
BK Häcken 2–1 KR1–11–0
St Patrick's Athletic 0–5 Odense0–00–5
HJK 3–0 Etzella Ettelbruck2–01–0
Glentoran 0–9 AIK0–50–4
Skonto 1–3 Dinamo Minsk1–10–2
Notes:
  1. ^ UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007–08 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA adjudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble,[10] but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed.[11] However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar advanced on a walkover.[12]

Second qualifying round

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football, was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 16 and 30 August 2007.[13]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Southern region
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 Oțelul Galați3–10–0
CFR Cluj 1–3 Anorthosis Famagusta1–30–0
Rabotnicki 2–1 Zrinjski Mostar0–02–1
Slaven Belupo 2–4 Galatasaray1–21–2
União de Leiria 1–0 Maccabi Netanya0–01–0
Hajduk Split 1–2 Sampdoria0–11–1
Besa 0–6 Litex Lovech0–30–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–4 Kayseri Erciyesspor1–11–3
Atlético Madrid 5–1 Vojvodina3–02–1
Široki Brijeg 0–6 Hapoel Tel Aviv0–30–3
Omonia 2–3 CSKA Sofia1–11–2
Central–East region
Basel 6–1 Mattersburg2–14–0
Ried 1–4 Sion1–10–3
Mika 2–3 Artmedia Petržalka2–10–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 5–3 Bełchatów1–14–2
Honvéd 0–4 Hamburger SV0–00–4
Young Boys 2–6 Lens1–11–5
Tobol 0–3 Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski0–10–2
Austria Wien 5–4 Jablonec4–31–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–5 Zenit Saint Petersburg0–20–3
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–8 Rapid Wien0–30–5
Northern region
MYPA 0–3 Blackburn Rovers0–10–2
Drogheda United 1–4 Helsingborgs IF1–10–3
Liepājas Metalurgs 3–4 AIK3–20–2
HJK 2–4 AaB2–10–3
Ekranas 1–7 Vålerenga1–10–6
Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 BK Häcken1–10–1
Brann 6–4 Sūduva2–14–3
Haka 3–7 Midtjylland1–22–5
Dinamo Minsk 1–5 Odense1–10–4
Käerjéng 97 0–4 Standard Liège0–30–1
Hammarby IF 3–2 Fredrikstad2–11–1

First round

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Gérard Houllier, the winning coach in the 2000–01 tournament, was held on Friday, 31 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Monaco. The matches were played on 20 September and 4 October 2007.[14]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Midtjylland 1–5 Lokomotiv Moscow1–30–2
Groningen 2–2 (3–4 p) Fiorentina1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Rabotnicki 1–2 Bolton Wanderers1–10–1
AEK Athens 3–1 Red Bull Salzburg3–00–1
1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 (a) Rapid București0–02–2
Everton 4–3 Metalist Kharkiv1–13–2
Zenit Saint Petersburg 4–1 Standard Liège3–01–1
Bayer Leverkusen 5–4 União de Leiria3–12–3
Villarreal 6–1 BATE Borisov4–12–0
Sion 4–7 Galatasaray3–21–5
Atlético Madrid 9–0 Kayseri Erciyesspor4–05–0
Tampere United 3–4 Bordeaux2–31–1
Artmedia Petržalka 1–5 Panathinaikos1–20–3
Sparta Prague 0–0 (4–3 p) Odense0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
Empoli 2–4 Zürich2–10–3
Sochaux 1–2 Panionios0–21–0
Anderlecht 2–1 Rapid Wien1–11–0
Paços de Ferreira 0–1 AZ0–10–0
Sampdoria 2–2 (a) AaB2–20–0
Spartak Moscow 8–1 BK Häcken5–03–1
Hammarby IF 2–5 Braga2–10–4
AEL 3–2 Blackburn Rovers2–01–2
Mladá Boleslav 1–1 (4–2 p) Palermo0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Dinamo Zagreb 3–3 (a) Ajax0–13–2 (a.e.t.)
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–4 Rennes1–32–1
Brann 2–2 (a) Club Brugge0–12–1
Bayern Munich 3–0 Belenenses1–02–0
Aberdeen 1–1 (a) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk0–01–1
Heerenveen 6–8 Helsingborgs IF5–31–5
Toulouse 1–1 (a) CSKA Sofia0–01–1
Litex Lovech 1–4 Hamburger SV0–11–3
Sarajevo 1–8 Basel1–20–6
Austria Wien 4–2 Vålerenga2–02–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 AIK0–01–0
Aris 2–2 (a) Zaragoza1–01–2
Dinamo București 2–2 (a) IF Elfsborg1–21–0
Tottenham Hotspur 7–2 Anorthosis Famagusta6–11–1
Lens 2–3 Copenhagen1–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Getafe 3–3 (a) Twente1–02–3 (a.e.t.)
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski 0–2 Red Star Belgrade0–10–1

Group stage

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA's director of professional football Giorgio Marchetti and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland.

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 were equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:[15]

  1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  2. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
  3. higher number of goals scored away in all group matches played;
  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 (see paragraph 8.03 of the UEFA regulations).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EVE NÜR ZEN AZ AEL
1 Everton 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 3–1
2 1. FC Nürnberg 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 0–2 2–1
3 Zenit Saint Petersburg 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5 2–2 1–1
4 AZ 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 2–3 1–0
5 AEL 4 0 0 4 4 10 −6 0 1–3 2–3
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL PAN ABE FCK LOK
1 Atlético Madrid 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 2–0
2 Panathinaikos 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 3–0 2–0
3 Aberdeen 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 4–0 1–1
4 Copenhagen 4 1 0 3 1 7 −6 3 0–2 0–1
5 Lokomotiv Moscow 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 3–3 0–1
Source:

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL FIO AEK MLA ELF
1 Villarreal 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 2–0
2 Fiorentina 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8 2–1 6–1
3 AEK Athens 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 1–2 1–1
4 Mladá Boleslav 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1 3 1–2 0–1
5 IF Elfsborg 4 0 1 3 3 12 −9 1 1–1 1–3
Source:

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HSV BAS BRA DZ REN
1 Hamburger SV 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 3–0
2 Basel 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8 1–0 1–0
3 Brann 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 0–1 2–1
4 Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 0–2 0–0
5 Rennes 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2 1–1 1–1
Source:

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEV SPM ZÜR PRA TOU
1 Bayer Leverkusen 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 1–0
2 Spartak Moscow 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 2–1 1–0
3 Zürich 4 2 0 2 4 7 −3 6 0–5 2–0
4 Sparta Prague 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4 0–0 1–2
5 Toulouse 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 2–1 2–3
Source:

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY BRA BOL ARI RSB
1 Bayern Munich 4 2 2 0 12 5 +7 8 Advance to knockout stage 2–2 6–0
2 Braga 4 1 3 0 5 3 +2 6 1–1 2–0
3 Bolton Wanderers 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 6 1–1 1–1
4 Aris 4 1 2 1 5 8 −3 5 1–1 3–0
5 Red Star Belgrade 4 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0 2–3 0–1
Source:

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GET TOT AND AAB HTA
1 Getafe 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 1–2
2 Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 1–2 3–2
3 Anderlecht 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5 1–1 2–0
4 AaB 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4 1–2 1–1
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 3 0–2 1–3
Source:

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BDX HEL GAL PAN AUS
1 Bordeaux 4 4 0 0 9 5 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 2–1
2 Helsingborgs IF 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7 1–1 3–0
3 Galatasaray 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 4 2–3 0–0
4 Panionios 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4 2–3 0–3
5 Austria Wien 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1 1–2 0–1
Source:

Knockout stage

All of the rounds in the final phase are two-legged, except for the final. 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.

Bracket

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Anderlecht213
Bordeaux112 Anderlecht022
Aberdeen213 Bayern Munich516
Bayern Munich257 Bayern Munich (a.e.t.; a)134
Benfica123 Getafe134
1. FC Nürnberg022 Benfica101
AEK Athens101 Getafe213
Getafe134 Bayern Munich101
Galatasaray011 Zenit Saint Petersburg145
Bayer Leverkusen055 Bayer Leverkusen (a)123
Zürich101 Hamburger SV033
Hamburger SV303 Bayer Leverkusen112
Marseille303 Zenit Saint Petersburg404
Spartak Moscow022 Marseille303
Zenit Saint Petersburg (a)112 Zenit Saint Petersburg (a)123 14 May – Manchester
Villarreal022 Zenit Saint Petersburg2
Rangers (a)011 Rangers0
Panathinaikos011 Rangers202
Werder Bremen314 Werder Bremen011
Braga000 Rangers022
Bolton Wanderers101 Sporting CP000
Atlético Madrid000 Bolton Wanderers101
Sporting CP235 Sporting CP112
Basel000 Rangers (p)000 (4)
Rosenborg011 Fiorentina000 (2)
Fiorentina123 Fiorentina (p)202 (4)
Brann011 Everton022 (2)
Everton268 Fiorentina123
Slavia Prague112 PSV Eindhoven101
Tottenham Hotspur213 Tottenham Hotspur011 (5)
PSV Eindhoven224 PSV Eindhoven (p)101 (6)
Helsingborgs IF011

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together. The first legs were played on 13 and 14 February 2008. The second legs were played on 21 February 2008.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Aberdeen 3–7 Bayern Munich2–21–5
AEK Athens 1–4 Getafe1–10–3
Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Atlético Madrid1–00–0
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–2 (a) Villarreal1–01–2
Galatasaray 1–5 Bayer Leverkusen0–01–5
Anderlecht 3–2 Bordeaux2–11–1
Brann 1–8 Everton0–21–6
Zürich 1–3 Hamburger SV1–30–0
Rangers 1–1 (a) Panathinaikos0–01–1
PSV Eindhoven 4–1 Helsingborgs IF2–02–1
Slavia Prague 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur1–21–1
Rosenborg 1–3 Fiorentina0–11–2
Sporting CP 5–0 Basel2–03–0
Werder Bremen 4–0 Braga3–01–0
Benfica 3–2 1. FC Nürnberg1–02–2
Marseille 3–2 Spartak Moscow3–00–2

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was also held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. Unlike the previous rounds, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the round of 16 onwards. The first legs were played on 6 March 2008. The second legs were played on 12 and 13 March 2008.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Anderlecht 2–6 Bayern Munich0–52–1
Rangers 2–1 Werder Bremen2–00–1
Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Sporting CP1–10–1
Bayer Leverkusen 3–3 (a) Hamburger SV1–02–3
Benfica 1–3 Getafe1–20–1
Fiorentina 2–2 (4–2 p) Everton2–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (5–6 p) PSV Eindhoven0–11–0 (a.e.t.)
Marseille 3–3 (a) Zenit Saint Petersburg3–10–2

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Denis Law, the ambassador for the final in Manchester, was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 14:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 3 April and the second legs were played on 10 April 2008.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bayer Leverkusen 2–4 Zenit Saint Petersburg1–41–0
Rangers 2–0 Sporting CP0–02–0
Bayern Munich 4–4 (a) Getafe1–13–3 (a.e.t.)
Fiorentina 3–1 PSV Eindhoven1–12–0

Semi-finals

The semi-final matches were played on 24 April and 1 May 2008.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bayern Munich 1–5 Zenit Saint Petersburg1–10–4
Rangers 0–0 (4–2 p) Fiorentina0–00–0 (a.e.t.)

Final

The final took place on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England.

Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 Rangers
  • Denisov 72'
  • Zyryanov 90+4'
Report

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup are the following:[17]

Rank Name Team Goals Appearances
1 Pavel Pogrebnyak Zenit Saint Petersburg 10 13
Luca Toni Bayern Munich 10 11
3 Stefan Kießling Bayer Leverkusen 7 12
4 Adrian Mutu Fiorentina 6 10
Henrik Larsson Helsingborgs IF 6 8
Razak Omotoyossi Helsingborgs IF 6 8
7 Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid 5 7
Dimitar Berbatov Tottenham Hotspur 5 8
Fernando Cavenaghi Bordeaux 5 7
Miroslav Klose Bayern Munich 5 12
Roland Linz Braga 5 8
Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panathinaikos 5 7
Lukas Podolski Bayern Munich 5 12
Jon Dahl Tomasson Villarreal 5 8

See also

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