2007–08 UEFA Cup

37th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA February 2021 UEFA Cup 2007–08 City Of Manc Stadium.jpg 275px City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester hosted the final. 20 September 2007 – 14 May 2008 80 RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 SCO Rangers 221 563 Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit Saint Petersburg)Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)10 goals each 2006–07 2008–09 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.https://www.eurosport.com/football/zenit-bayern-in-fix-row_sto1715554/story.shtml Zenit, Bayern in fix row October 2008https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1772221/ex-zenit-st-petersburg-defender-erik-hagen-makes-match-fixing-allegations Ex-Zenit defender makes match-fixing allegations 2 April 2014https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/europa-league/3121167/Zenit-St-Petersburg-deny-Uefa-Cup-match-fixing-claims-by-Spanish-media-Football.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/europa-league/3121167/Zenit-St-Petersburg-deny-Uefa-Cup-match-fixing-claims-by-Spanish-media-Football.html 12 January 2022 subscription live Zenit St Petersburg deny Uefa Cup match-fixing claims by Spanish media 2 October 2008 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.Player Stats - Goals https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/seasons/2008/statistics/players/goals/?sortBy=goals UEFA Union of European Football Associations 8 June 2022 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:https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/access2007.html The access list from UEFA European Cup Football 20 June 2007 Bert Kassies February 2007 UEFA European Cup Football 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: 24 teams eliminated from the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the UEFA Cup. 11 teams advancing from the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup were transferred to the UEFA Cup. 3 associations had one additional team qualify via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking. 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.https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method3/crank2007.html UEFA Country Ranking 2007 4 February 2025 Bert Kassies UEFA European Cup Football 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 CupRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1ESP72.7483+1 (IC)2ITA66.731+1 (IC)3ENG63.486+1 (IC)4FRA 197450.781+1 (IC)+2 (UCL)5GER48.364+1 (IC)+1 (UCL)6POR44.041+1 (IC)+2 (UCL)7NED41.3314+2 (UCL)8GRE32.081+1 (UCL)9RUS31.8332+1 (UCL)10ROU31.457+1 (IC)+1 (UCL)11SCO30.375+1 (UCL)12BEL30.250+1 (UCL)13UKR26.60014CZE26.575+2 (UCL)15TUR26.16616SUI25.8753+1 (UCL)17BUL24.29018ISR21.541RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes19NOR20.9753+1 (FP)+1 (UCL)20AUT20.375+1 (IC)+1 (UCL)21SRB 200419.999+1 (UCL)22POL18.500223DEN16.950+1 (IC)+1 (UCL)24HUN14.66525CRO14.083+1 (UCL)26SWE13.249+1 (FP)+1 (IC)+1 (UCL)27SVK12.33228CYP10.16529SVN10.16530BIH8.165+1 (UCL)31FIN7.373+1 (FP)+1 (UCL)32LVA7.16433MDA6.83234GEO6.33135LTU5.83236MKD Macedonia5.331RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes37ISL4.832238LIE4.500139BLR 19954.4152+1 (UCL)40IRL4.33141ALB3.66542ARM2.99843EST2.66544MLT2.66545WAL2.33246NIR2.33247AZE1.99948LUX1.83249KAZ1.666+1 (IC)50FRO1.66551SMR 18620.000152AND0.00053MNE0.0002 Distribution The following was the access list for this season.https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/index2007.html Year 2007/2008 4 February 2025 Bert Kassies UEFA European Cup Football +Access list for 2007–08 UEFA CupRoundTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from the previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League or Intertoto CupFirst 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 rankingSecond 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 roundFirst 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 roundGroup stage(40 teams) 40 winners from the first roundKnockout 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 32FRA 1974 Marseille (CL GS)POR Sporting CP (CL GS)NED PSV Eindhoven (CL GS)CZE Slavia Prague (CL GS)GER Werder Bremen (CL GS)POR Benfica (CL GS)SCO Rangers (CL GS)NOR Rosenborg (CL GS)First roundESP Villarreal (5th)GER 1. FC Nürnberg (CW)GRE Aris (4th)ROU Dinamo București (CL Q3)ESP Zaragoza (6th)GER Bayern Munich (4th)GRE Panionios (5th)BEL Anderlecht (CL Q3)ESP Getafe (CR)GER Bayer Leverkusen (5th)RUS Lokomotiv Moscow (CW)CZE Sparta Prague (CL Q3)ITA Palermo (5th)POR Braga (4th)ROU Rapid București (CW)SUI Zürich (CL Q3)ITA Fiorentina (6th)POR Belenenses (5th)SCO Aberdeen (3rd)AUT Red Bull Salzburg (CL Q3)ITA Empoli (7th)POR Paços de Ferreira (6th)BEL Club Brugge (CW)SRB 2004 Crvena zvezda (CL Q3)ENG Tottenham Hotspur (5th)NED AZ (PO)UKR Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)DEN Copenhagen (CL Q3)ENG Everton (6th)NED Twente (PO)CZE Mladá Boleslav (3rd)CRO Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)ENG Bolton Wanderers (7th)NED Heerenveen (PO)FRA 1974 Toulouse (CL Q3)SWE IF Elfsborg (CL Q3)FRA 1974 Sochaux (CW)NED Groningen (PO)NED Ajax (CL Q3)BIH Sarajevo (CL Q3)FRA 1974 Rennes (4th)GRE AEL (CW)GRE AEK Athens (CL Q3)FIN Tampere United (CL Q3)FRA 1974 Bordeaux (LC)GRE Panathinaikos (3rd)RUS Spartak Moscow (CL Q3)BLR 1995 BATE Borisov (CL Q3)Second qualifying roundRUS Zenit Saint Petersburg (4th)TUR Kayseri Erciyesspor (CR)NOR Fredrikstad (CW)POR União de Leiria (IC)ROU CFR Cluj (3rd)SUI Basel (CW)AUT Austria Wien (CW)ROU Oțelul Galați (IC)SCO Dunfermline Athletic (CR)SUI Sion (3rd)ESP Atlético Madrid (IC)AUT Rapid Wien (IC)BEL Standard Liège (3rd)BUL CSKA Sofia (2nd)ITA Sampdoria (IC)DEN AaB (IC)UKR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)BUL Lokomotiv Sofia (3rd)ENG Blackburn Rovers (IC)SWE Hammarby IF (IC)CZE Jablonec (CR)ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)FRA 1974 Lens (IC)KAZ Tobol (IC)TUR Galatasaray (3rd)ISR Maccabi Netanya (2nd)GER Hamburger SV (IC)First qualifying roundSUI Young Boys (4th)SWE AIK (2nd)MKD Vardar (CW)WAL Rhyl (2nd)BUL Litex Lovech (4th)SVK ViOn Zlaté Moravce (CW)MKD Rabotnicki (2nd)NIR Glentoran (2nd)ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd)SVK Artmedia Petržalka (2nd)ISL Keflavík (CW)NIR Dungannon Swifts (CR)NOR Brann (2nd)CYP Anorthosis Famagusta (CW)ISL KR (2nd)AZE Neftçi (2nd)NOR Vålerenga (3rd)CYP Omonia (2nd)LIE Vaduz (CW)AZE MKT Araz (CR)AUT Ried (2nd)SVN Koper (CW)BLR 1995 Dynamo Brest (CW)LUX Etzella Ettelbruck (2nd)AUT Mattersburg (3rd)SVN HIT Gorica (2nd)BLR 1995 Dinamo Minsk (2nd)LUX Käerjéng 97 (CR)SRB 2004 Partizan (2nd)BIH Široki Brijeg (CW)IRL Drogheda United (3rd)KAZ Alma-Ata (CW)SRB 2004 Vojvodina (3rd)BIH Zrinjski Mostar (2nd)IRL St Patrick's Athletic (CR)Note IRLKAZ Aktobe (3rd)SRB 2004 Bežanija (4th)FIN HJK (CW)ALB Besa (CW)FRO B36 (CW)POL Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (CW)FIN Haka (3rd)ALB Teuta (2nd)FRO EB/Streymur (2nd)POL Bełchatów (2nd)LVA Liepājas Metalurgs (CW)ARM Banants (CW)SMR 1862 Libertas (CR)DEN Odense (CW)LVA Skonto (3rd)ARM Mika (3rd)AND FC Santa Coloma (CW)DEN Midtjylland (2nd)MDA Zimbru Chișinău (CW)EST Narva Trans (2nd)MNE Rudar Pljevlja (CW)HUN Honvéd (CW)MDA Nistru Otaci (3rd)EST Flora (3rd)MNE Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)HUN MTK Budapest (2nd)GEO Ameri Tbilisi (CW)MLT Hibernians (CW)SWE BK Häcken (FP)CRO Hajduk Split (2nd)GEO Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)MLT Sliema Wanderers (2nd)NOR Lillestrøm (FP)CRO Slaven Belupo (CR)LTU Sūduva (CW)WAL Carmarthen Town (CW)FIN MYPA (FP)SWE Helsingborgs IF (CW)LTU Ekranas (2nd) Notes Note IRL 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 licence 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.https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0330/216108-shelbourne/ Raidió Teilifís Éireann Shels relinquish Champions League place Round and draw dates +Schedule for 2007–08 UEFA CupPhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round29 June 200719 July 20072 August 2007Second qualifying round3 August 200716 August 200730 August 2007First round31 August 200720 September 20074 October 2007Group stageMatchday 19 October 200725 October 2007Matchday 28 November 2007Matchday 329 November 2007Matchday 45–6 December 2007Matchday 519–20 December 2007Knockout stageRound of 3221 December 200713–14 February 200821 February 2008Round of 166 March 200812–13 March 2008Quarter-finals14 March 20083 April 200810 April 2008Semi-finals24 April 20081 May 2008Final14 May 2008 at City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Qualifying rounds 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds First qualifying round Q1 Second qualifying round Q2 First round 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round R1 Group stage 2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage Europe 600 right Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup8px Red: Group A; 8px Yellow: Group B; 8px Green: Group C; 8px Black: Group D; 8px Purple: Group E; 8px Pink: Group F; 8px Blue: Group G; 8px Orange: Group H. Europe 48.162306 16.386714 Austria Orange pog.svg Europe 50.834194 4.298361 Anderlecht Blue pog.svg left Europe 45.818858 16.018078 Dinamo Black pog.svg Europe 50.099803 14.415911 Sparta Purple pog.svg left Europe 50.427083 14.914783 Mladá Boleslav Green pog.svg Europe 57.0515 9.8991 AaB Blue pog.svg left Europe 55.702469 12.572203 Copenhagen Yellow pog.svg Europe 53.438889 -2.966389 Everton Red pog.svg left Europe 53.580556 -2.535556 Bolton Pink pog.svg Europe 51.603333 -0.065833 Tottenham Blue pog.svg Europe 40.325556 -3.714722 Getafe Blue pog.svg left Europe 40.401719 -3.720606 Atlético Yellow pog.svg Europe 39.944167 -0.103611 Villarreal Green pog.svg Europe 44.829167 -0.597778 Bordeaux Orange pog.svg Europe 43.583056 1.434167 Toulouse Purple pog.svg Europe 48.107458 -1.712839 Rennes Black pog.svg Europe 51.038256 7.002206 Leverkusen Purple pog.svg Europe 48.218775 11.624753 Bayern Pink pog.svg left Europe 49.426111 11.125833 Nürnberg Red pog.svg left Europe 53.587158 9.898617 Hamburg Black pog.svg Europe 37.943033 23.709225 Panionios Orange pog.svg left Europe 37.987169 23.754194 Panathinaikos Yellow pog.svg Europe 38.036092 23.787633 AEK Green pog.svg bottom Europe 39.648711 22.412111 AEL Larissa Red pog.svg Europe 40.600069 22.9695 Aris Pink pog.svg Europe 32.051728 34.761439 H. Tel Aviv Blue pog.svg right Europe 43.780822 11.282258 Fiorentina Green pog.svg Europe 52.612778 4.742222 AZ Red pog.svg Europe 60.366389 5.356944 Brann Black pog.svg Europe 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga Pink pog.svg Europe 59.972953 30.220533 Zenit Red pog.svg Europe 55.8175 37.435556 Spartak Purple pog.svg right Europe 55.803611 37.741111 Lokomotiv Yellow pog.svg Europe 57.159167 -2.088889 Aberdeen Yellow pog.svg Europe 44.7832 20.4649 Crvena zvezda Pink pog.svg Europe 47.541575 7.620181 Basel Black pog.svg left Europe 47.382794 8.504364 Zürich Purple pog.svg bottom Europe 56.049444 12.706944 Helsingborg Orange pog.svg left Europe 57.735556 12.935278 Elfsborg Green pog.svg Europe 41.102869 28.990419 Galatasaray Orange pog.svg 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:https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19070.pdf Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2007-08 UEFA live https://web.archive.org/web/20060629100814/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19070.pdf 29 June 2006 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 8.03 of the UEFA regulations). Group A Group A yes no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B yes no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C yes no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D yes no_hide_class_rules Group E Group E yes no_hide_class_rules Group F Group F yes no_hide_class_rules Group G Group G yes no_hide_class_rules Group H Group H yes no_hide_class_rules Knockout stage 2007–08 UEFA Cup 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 Bracket Round of 32 R32 Round of 16 R16 Quarter-finals QF Semi-finals SF Final F Top goalscorers The top scorers in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup are the following:http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2008/md14_1_6.pdf Top Scorers Final – Wednesday 14 May 2008 (after match) UEFA 14 May 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090327013722/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2008/md14_1_6.pdf 27 March 2009 RankNameTeamGoalsAppearances1RUS Pavel PogrebnyakRUS Zenit Saint Petersburg1013ITA Luca ToniGER Bayern Munich10113GER Stefan KießlingGER Bayer Leverkusen7124ROU Adrian MutuITA Fiorentina610SWE Henrik LarssonSWE Helsingborgs IF68BEN Razak OmotoyossiSWE Helsingborgs IF687ARG Sergio AgüeroESP Atlético Madrid57BUL Dimitar BerbatovENG Tottenham Hotspur58ARG Fernando CavenaghiFRA 1974 Bordeaux57GER Miroslav KloseGER Bayern Munich512AUT Roland LinzPOR Braga58GRE Dimitrios PapadopoulosGRE Panathinaikos57GER Lukas PodolskiGER Bayern Munich512DEN Jon Dahl TomassonESP Villarreal58 See also 2007–08 UEFA Champions League 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 UEFA Super Cup References External links 2007–08 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website All scorers 2007–08 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round 2007/08 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive) Category:UEFA Europa League seasons 2