2008 UEFA Cup final

June 2017 2008 UEFA Cup final 2008 UEFA Cup Final programme.jpg Match programme cover 2007–08 UEFA Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg RUS 30px 2 Rangers SCO 30px 0 14 May 2008 City of Manchester Stadium Manchester Andrey Arshavin (Zenit Saint Petersburg) Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) 43,878 Sunny16 °C °F43% humidityhttps://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2008/301605_LU.pdf Line-ups UEFA Union of European Football Associations 14 May 2008 28 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160319034922/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2008/301605_LU.pdf 19 March 2016 live 2007 2009 The 2008 UEFA Cup final was a football match that took place on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England.Mark Chaplin Moscow chosen for 2008 final http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=464106.html 28 August 2007 4 October 2006 UEFA Union of European Football Associations https://web.archive.org/web/20090925093911/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=464106.html 25 September 2009 dead It was the 37th annual final of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second tier club football tournament. The match, which was contested by Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia and Rangers of Scotland, was won 2–0 by Zenit, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7393752.stm Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 Rangers 14 May 2008 BBC Sport 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311080213/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7393752.stm 11 March 2012 live to claim their first UEFA Cup title, making them only the second Russian side to win the competition, after CSKA Moscow in 2004–05. Zenit went on to play in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup, which they won after beating 2007–08 UEFA Champions League winners Manchester United 2–1. The fixture is notable for having the largest travelling support in football history, with close to 200,000 Rangers fans travelling to Manchester for the occasion.Rangers invasion: your views https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/05/15/150508_rangers_invasion_feature.shtml 17 December 2019 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20150925071448/http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/05/15/150508_rangers_invasion_feature.shtml 25 September 2015 live 175,000-strong Rangers support the biggest in world football https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/175000-strong-rangers-support-the-biggest-in-world-977339 Daily Record 14 May 2008 17 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191217180033/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/175000-strong-rangers-support-the-biggest-in-world-977339 17 December 2019 live Background Zenit and Rangers had never previously met in European competition, although Rangers had played Russian opposition on 10 prior occasions, winning seven – including a 3–2 win over Dynamo Moscow in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – drawing two and losing one. Zenit had never played against Scottish opposition, although they had played in England three times, winning once against Bradford City in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup and losing to Bolton Wanderers in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup and Everton earlier in 2007–08. Rangers' European record was significantly better than Zenit's going into this match, having reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup three times – in 1961, 1967 and 1972, winning the last one. By winning the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup, Rangers also played in the 1972 European Super Cup, losing to Ajax of the Netherlands, although this is not considered official by UEFA. Rangers went into the final four points behind Glasgow rivals Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, albeit with three games left to play, compared to Celtic's one.Scottish Premier League 2007-2008 Table on 13.05.2008 http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/premier-league/2007-2008/table/2008-05-13 statto.com Statto Organisation 19 July 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064458/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/premier-league/2007-2008/table/2008-05-13 4 March 2016 dmy-all However, they had already won the League Cup against Dundee United two months earlier and were due to play in the Scottish Cup Final against Queen of the South 10 days after the UEFA Cup final. Because of the difference between the Russian and Scottish football calendars at the time – Russia operated a March–November calendar until 2011 – Zenit had only played six games of their 2008 league season by the time of the UEFA Cup final; however, they had finished the previous season in November 2007 as league winners, as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the 2007–08 Russian Cup and beating Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Super Cup in March 2008. The final pitched former Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, then the manager of Zenit, against incumbent Rangers boss Walter Smith, both of whom had completed the Scottish domestic treble; Smith in 1993, Advocaat in 1999. Venue The City of Manchester Stadium was selected as the venue for the 2008 UEFA Cup final at the October 2006 meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Ljubljana, Slovenia.UEFA Executive Committee decisions Ljubljana http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=943462.html https://archive.today/20130205014509/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=943462.html dead 5 February 2013 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 4 October 2006 19 July 2012 Other candidates to host the match included the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Germany; the Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania; the Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District, Israel; and the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, which was awarded the 2009 UEFA Cup final.UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Ljubljana http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=943463.html https://archive.today/20130205193521/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=943463.html dead 5 February 2013 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 27 September 2006 19 July 2012 The stadium was initially built as the primary venue for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, hosted in Manchester, but the athletics track was removed when Manchester City moved from their old Maine Road stadium in 2003. The conversion increased the capacity of the stadium from 41,000 for the Commonwealth Games to almost 48,000. In 2005, the stadium was selected as one of the venues for UEFA Women's Euro 2005, played in five towns across north-west England. The only previous major European final held in Manchester was the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final at Old Trafford between Juventus and Milan.Paul Saffer Türker Tozer 'Terrific news' for host stadiums http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=464235.html https://archive.today/20130105005556/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=464235.html dead 5 January 2013 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 5 October 2006 19 July 2012 Route to the final 2007–08 UEFA Champions League 2007–08 UEFA Cup Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). RUS Zenit Saint PetersburgRoundSCO RangersUEFA CupChampions LeagueOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legInitial phaseQualifying phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSVK ViOn Zlaté Moravce5–02–0 (A)3–0 (H)Second qualifying roundMNE Zeta3–02–0 (H)1–0 (A)BEL Standard Liège4–13–0 (H)1–1 (A)First roundThird qualifying roundSRB 2004 Red Star Belgrade1–01–0 (H)0–0 (A)OpponentResultGroup stage (UC, CL)OpponentResultNED AZ1–1 (H)Matchday 1GER VfB Stuttgart2–1 (H)GRE AEL3–2 (A)Matchday 2FRA 1974 Lyon3–0 (A)GER 1. FC Nürnberg2–2 (H)Matchday 3ESP Barcelona0–0 (H)ENG Everton0–1 (A)Matchday 4ESP Barcelona0–2 (A)ByeMatchday 5GER VfB Stuttgart2–3 (A)N/AMatchday 6FRA 1974 Lyon0–3 (H)Group A third place Group A yes no ZENFinal standingsGroup E third place Group E yes no RANUEFA CupOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legESP Villarreal2–2 (a)1–0 (H)1–2 (A)Round of 32GRE Panathinaikos1–1 (a)0–0 (H)1–1 (A)FRA 1974 Marseille3–3 (a)1–3 (A)2–0 (H)Round of 16GER Werder Bremen2–12–0 (H)0–1 (A)GER Bayer Leverkusen4–24–1 (A)0–1 (H)Quarter-finalsPOR Sporting CP2–00–0 (H)2–0 (A)GER Bayern Munich5–11–1 (A)4–0 (H)Semi-finalsITA Fiorentina0–0 4–20–0 (H)0–0 (A) Throughout the season in Europe, Rangers had developed a reputation for being involved in tight games, principally due to their disciplined, defensive tactics which nullified opponents – scoring 16 goals and only conceding 11 in their 18 matches in the two competitions.https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/13332515.rangers-2008-uefa-cup-how-the-light-blues-made-it-to-manchester/ Rangers... 2008 UEFA Cup: How the Light Blues made it to Manchester Christopher Jack Glasgow Times 12 June 2015https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52521046 Rangers' long and winding road to Manchester for 2008 Uefa Cup final Andy Campbell David Currie BBC Sport 5 June 2020 This approach intensified after dropping into the UEFA Cup, with none of their matches involving more than two goals; there were four 0–0 draws amongst the eight matches. This cautious tactical approach drew both criticism (for the largely unexciting and unattractive football which resulted from the tactics) and praise (for successfully limiting the opportunities created by their opponents, all of whom were considered to have more skilful, dangerous players than Rangers). Zenit were considered by the clubs of Western Europe to be a more unpredictable opponent (although not an unknown quantity, as they had reached the quarterfinals of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup and had won the 2007 Russian Premier League). In contrast to their opponents in the final, they scored 28 and conceded 15 in their 16 UEFA Cup games, which included impressive wins over Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich by large margins, but also defeats by Everton, Villarreal and Marseille which had seen them close to elimination. Pre-match Identity For the past few years, like the Champions League final, each UEFA Cup final was branded with a unique visual identity. The identity of the 2008 final, unveiled at a ceremony at the City of Manchester Stadium on 6 December 2007, was created by Manchester artist Liam Spencer, who is known for his paintings of the Manchester area; the series of paintings produced for the 2008 UEFA Cup final combines inspiration taken from both the UEFA Cup branding and the City of Manchester Stadium itself.'A great opportunity for Manchester' https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01c8-0e6ece98880c-618081d5de17-1000--a-great-opportunity-for-manchester/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 6 December 2007 19 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20191019144706/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=632797.html 19 October 2019 live Ambassador European Cup winner and Manchester United legend Denis Law, who also played for Manchester City was appointed as ambassador of the final. Ticketing Zenit and Michel Platini asked the British government to ease visa procedures for Russian fans, despite Russia having cancelled visas for British fans travelling to 2008 UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow. However, the Director for British Visa Services for the CIS, Mandy Ivemy, said that "for the U.K. government, visas and biometric checks are a vital part of immigration policy, and we are not prepared to waive them".Max Delany 50,000 British Fans Coming to Town http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1010/42/362560.htm The Moscow Times Sanoma Independent Media 7 May 2008 19 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20080609194036/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1010/42/362560.htm 9 June 2008 live Meanwhile, there was a mass flow of Rangers fans into Manchester. An estimated 150,000-200,000 Rangers supporters descended upon the city, despite the club's official ticket allocation being just 13,000 and police requests for fans to stay at home. The influx of people resulted in there being no vacant hotel rooms in a twenty-mile radius of the city and the total amount of money that was ploughed into the local economy was estimated to be around £25 million.Fans sought over Uefa Cup rioting http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7844997.stm 16 January 2017 BBC News 27 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090215143516/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7844997.stm 15 February 2009 live Rangers' home ground, Ibrox, was opened to show a live beamback of the match to 25,000 spectators. Fans were turned away when the capacity was reached more than two hours before kick-off.2008-05-14 Uefa Cup final as it happened https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7398078.stm 2025-01-14 en-GB Team selection Zenit were without the competition's top scorer, Pavel Pogrebnyak, who had picked up two bookings in the knockout stages of the tournament and was therefore suspended.Tom Fordyce Who are Zenit? https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7398400.stm BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 13 May 2008 15 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090225114803/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7398400.stm 25 February 2009 live However, they were able to call upon their other star names such as attacking midfielders Andrey Arshavin and Konstantin Zyryanov, as well as holding midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk. Rangers manager Walter Smith started with Jean-Claude Darcheville on his own up-front, with a five-man midfield supporting him comprising Steven Davis, Kevin Thomson, Steven Whittaker, Barry Ferguson and Brahim Hemdani. Neil Alexander was making his tenth start in goal for Rangers following his arrival in January 2008, with first choice keeper Allan McGregor injured. Other notable absentees included right-back Alan Hutton who had transferred to Tottenham Hotspur,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7215221.stm Spurs complete signing of Hutton BBC Sport 30 January 2008 12 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20090306123150/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7215221.stm 6 March 2009 live and forward Steven Naismith who had sustained a serious injury.https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/2008/04/21/st-johnstone-1-1-rangers-86908-20390145/ St Johnstone 1–1 Rangers 21 April 2008 Daily Record 12 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20121016072929/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/st-johnstone-1-1-rangers-974947 16 October 2012 live Match thumb|Zenit won the match 2–0 to claim their first UEFA Cup title. Details 2008 5 14 y 20:45 BST Zenit Saint Petersburg RUS 2–0 SCO Rangers Denisov 72 Zyryanov 90+4 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester 43,878https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2008/301605_FR.pdf Full Time Report Final – Zenit Saint Petersburg v Rangers UEFA Union of European Football Associations 15 May 2008 15 May 2008 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220628023157/https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2008/301605_FR.pdf 28 June 2022 Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/301605/ _aek0708T FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF ZenitSaint Petersburg _rangers0708h _rangers0708h _rangers0708h _rangers0607h2 _whitetop 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Rangers GK 16RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev 90+2CB 44UKR Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (c)CB 4 CRO Ivica KrižanacCB 27RUS Igor Denisov 72RM 22RUS Aleksandr AnyukovCM 18RUS Konstantin ZyryanovCM 20RUS Viktor Fayzulin 90+3CM 15RUS Roman ShirokovLM 11CZE Radek ŠírlSS 10RUS Andrey ArshavinCF 9 TUR Fatih TekkeSubstitutes:GK 1 SVK Kamil ČontofalskýDF 5 KOR 1997 Kim Dong-jin 90+3MF 2 RUS Vladislav RadimovMF 25NED Fernando RicksenMF 88UKR Oleksandr HorshkovFW 7 ARG Alejandro DomínguezFW 57RUS Aleksei IonovManager:NED Dick Advocaat300px GK 13SCO Neil AlexanderRB 7 ALG Brahim Hemdani 80CB 3 SCO David WeirCB 24ESP Carlos CuéllarLB 6 SCO Barry Ferguson (c)RM 21SCO Kirk Broadfoot 90+4CM 8 SCO Kevin ThomsonCM 35NIR Steven DavisLM 5 BIH Saša Papac 77SS 28SCO Steven Whittaker 86CF 19FRA 1974 Jean-Claude DarchevilleSubstitutes:GK 16SCO Graeme SmithDF 30SCO Christian DaillyMF 11SCO Charlie AdamMF 39SEN Amdy FayeFW 9 SCO Kris Boyd 86FW 10ESP Nacho Novo 77FW 27SCO Lee McCulloch 80Manager:SCO Walter Smith Man of the Match: Andrey Arshavin (Zenit Saint Petersburg)Eugene Ravdin Proud Arshavin spent by star turn https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01cd-0e70d05f4035-75a38b37f24f-1000--proud-arshavin-spent-by-star-turn/ UEFA Union of European Football Associations 14 May 2008 19 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070645/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=696278.html 12 February 2019 live Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden) Henrik Andrén (Sweden) Fourth official: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions Statistics +First halfStatisticZenit Saint PetersburgRangersGoals scored00Total shots103Shots on target40Saves04Ball possession59%41%Corner kicks40Fouls committed74Offsides10Yellow cards00Red cards00 +Second halfStatisticZenit Saint PetersburgRangersGoals scored20Total shots95Shots on target43Saves21Ball possession53%47%Corner kicks52Fouls committed58Offsides20Yellow cards21Red cards00 +OverallStatisticZenit Saint PetersburgRangersGoals scored20Total shots198Shots on target83Saves25Ball possession56%44%Corner kicks92Fouls committed1212Offsides30Yellow cards21Red cards00 Fan violence thumb|Police split Zenit and Rangers fans 2008 UEFA Cup final riots The event was marred by Rangers supporters rioting in Manchester city centre; these riots started after a big screen that was due to show the match had failed. BBC News 24 interrupted normal programming to broadcast the riots live on televisionOctober 2009 and ITN's flagship News at Ten programme gave extensive coverage to the riots.Paul Taylor Pub Closed After Brawl http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049692_pub_closed_after_brawl Manchester Evening News M.E.N. Media 14 May 2008 14 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080705173638/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049692_pub_closed_after_brawl 5 July 2008 live Violence marrs Uefa showpiece http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049714_violence_marrs_uefa_showpiece Manchester Evening News M.E.N. Media 14 May 2008 15 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080708230359/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049714_violence_marrs_uefa_showpiece 8 July 2008 live The Uefa Cup Final day in video http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7401188.stm BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation 14 May 2008 19 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20090112014013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7401188.stm 12 January 2009 live Violence mars Uefa final http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Violence-mars-Uefa-final-521932830.html Independent Television News 14 May 2008 14 May 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080517145455/http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Violence-mars-Uefa-final-521932830.html 17 May 2008 dmy-all A Zenit fan was also attacked and stabbed, although it was later established that Rangers supporters were not responsible.Andy Bloxham Man stabbed in Manchester following Glasgow Rangers' Uefa defeat https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1956368/Man-stabbed-in-Manchester-following-Glasgow-Rangers-Uefa-defeat.html Telegraph.co.uk Telegraph Media Group 15 May 2008 6 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100710062914/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1956368/Man-stabbed-in-Manchester-following-Glasgow-Rangers-Uefa-defeat.html 10 July 2010 live Eleven people were convicted of rioting and given prison sentences varying from six months to 3 1 2 years in September 2010.Mark Ogden Rangers fans jailed over Manchester riot following Uefa Cup final defeat https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/7981012/Rangers-fans-jailed-over-Manchester-riot-following-Uefa-Cup-final-defeat.html Telegraph.co.uk Telegraph Media Group London 3 September 2010 4 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100906225210/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/7981012/Rangers-fans-jailed-over-Manchester-riot-following-Uefa-Cup-final-defeat.html 6 September 2010 live See also 2008 UEFA Champions League final 2008 UEFA Super Cup FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in European football Rangers F.C. in European football 2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season 2007–08 Rangers F.C. season References External links 2007–08 season at UEFA.com 2008 Final UEFA Cup Final UEFA Cup Final UEFA Cup Final UEFA Cup Final UEFA Cup Final 2008 UEFA Cup Final 2008 Category:Men's football finals in England Category:May 2008 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Football matches in Manchester 2008