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2007–08 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates 20 September 2007 – 14 May 2008
Teams 88
Final positions
Champions Russia Zenit St. Petersburg (1st title)
Runners-up Scotland Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played 221
Goals scored 563 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pavel Pogrebnyak (10 goals)
Luca Toni (10 goals)
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The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th UEFA Cup. It is UEFA's second level club football tournament. The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008. The final was played between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit St. Petersburg of Russia. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov. It was their first UEFA Cup title. The first qualifying games were played on 19 July 2007. The main tournament began on 20 September 2007. A total of 123 football clubs took part in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds).

Each European football nation is represented by a different number of its clubs. This number depends on the UEFA coefficients. One new nation has entered their Cup winner and second-placed football team: Montenegro.

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

Round and draw dates

The calendar from UEFA.com.

Date Event
29 June 2007 Draw for first qualifying round
19 July 2007 First qualifying round, first leg
2 August 2007 First qualifying round, second leg
3 August 2007 Draw for second qualifying round
16 August 2007 Second qualifying round, first leg
30 August 2007 Second qualifying round, second leg
31 August 2007 Draw for first round
20 September 2007 First round, first leg
4 October 2007 First round, second leg
9 October 2007 Draw for group stage
25 October 2007 Group stage, 1st matchday
8 November 2007 Group stage, 2nd matchday
29 November 2007 Group stage, 3rd matchday
5 December / 6 December 2007 Group stage, 4th matchday
19 December / 20 December 2007 Group stage, 5th matchday
21 December 2007 Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 16
13 February / 14 February 2008 Round of 32, first leg
21 February 2008 Round of 32, second leg
6 March 2008 Round of 16, first leg
12 March / 13 March 2008 Round of 16, second leg
14 March 2008 Draw for remaining rounds
3 April 2008 Quarter-finals, first leg
10 April 2008 Quarter-finals, second leg
24 April 2008 Semi-finals, first leg
1 May 2008 Semi-finals, second leg
14 May 2008 Final in Manchester

Qualifying stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Southern-Mediterranean region
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–2 Croatia Hajduk Split 1–1 0–1
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 4–0 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 2–0 2–0
Slaven Koprivnica Croatia 8–4 Albania Teuta 6–2 2–2
Bežanija Serbia 2–2 (a) Albania Besa Kavajë 2–21 0–0
Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–7 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0–3 0–4
Vojvodina Serbia 7–1 Malta Hibernians 5–1 2–0
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 1–4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 0–4
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 6–3 Slovenia Koper 3–1 3–2
Vardar Skopje North Macedonia 0–2 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 0–1
Gorica Slovenia 2–4 North Macedonia Rabotnički 1–2 1–2
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–112 Serbia Partizan 1–6 0–5
Central-East region
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Slovakia 4–2 Kazakhstan Alma-Ata 3–1 1–1
MTK Budapest Hungary 2–2 (a) Armenia MIKA 2–13 0–1
MKT Araz Azerbaijan 0–1 Poland Dyskobolia Grodzisk 0–0 0–1
GKS Bełchatów Poland 2–2 (4–2p) Georgia (country) Ameri Tbilisi 2–0 0–2 (aet)
Artmedia Bratislava Slovakia 3–3 (a) Moldova Zimbru Chişinău 1–1 2–2
Banants Armenia 1–5 Switzerland Young Boys 1–1 0–4
Nistru Otaci Moldova 2–2 (4–5p) Hungary Budapest Honvéd 1–14 1–1 (aet)
Ried Austria 4–3 Azerbaijan Neftchi 3–1 1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz 2–0 0–0
Aktobe Kazakhstan 3–4 Austria Mattersburg 1–0 2–4
Northern region
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 3–6 Lithuania Ekranas 1–3 2–3
Libertas San Marino 1–4 Republic of Ireland Drogheda United 1–1 0–3
Rhyl Wales 3–3 (a) Finland Haka 3–1 0–2
Carmarthen Town Wales 3–14 Norway Brann 0–8 3–6
Flora Tallinn Estonia 0–2 Norway Vålerenga 0–1 0–1
MyPa Finland 2–1 Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 1–0 1–1
Dungannon Swifts Northern Ireland 1–4 Lithuania Sūduva 1–0 0–4
Lillestrøm Norway 2–2 (a) Luxembourg Käerjeng 97 2–1 0–1
Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 3–2 Belarus Dinamo Brest 1–1 2–1
Helsingborg Sweden 9–0 Estonia Narva Trans 6–0 3–0
Keflavík Iceland 4–4 (a) Denmark Midtjylland 3–2 1–2
Häcken Sweden 2–1 Iceland KR Reykjavík 1–1 1–0
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 0–5 Denmark Odense Boldklub 0–0 0–5
HJK Finland 3–0 Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbrück 2–0 1–0
Glentoran Northern Ireland 0–9 Sweden AIK 0–5 0–4
Skonto Riga Latvia 1–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–2

1 This match was played at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade.
2 UEFA removed Partizan from the 2007–08 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar. The trouble forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA judged travelling Partizan fans to have been responsible for the trouble., Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed. However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified.
3 This match was played at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest because MTK Budapest's ground in Budapest does not meet UEFA standards.
4 This match was played at Zimbru Stadium in Chişinău because FC Nistru Otaci's ground in Otaci does not meet UEFA standards.

Second qualifying round

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

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Southern-Mediterranean region
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 3–1 Romania Oţelul Galaţi 3–1 0–0
CFR Cluj Romania 1–3 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 1–3 0–0
Rabotnički North Macedonia 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 0–0 2–1
Slaven Koprivnica Croatia 2–4 Turkey Galatasaray 1–2 1–2
União de Leiria Portugal 1–0 Israel Maccabi Netanya 0–0 1–0
Hajduk Split Croatia 1–2 Italy Sampdoria 0–1 1–1
Besa Kavajë Albania 0–6 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0–3 0–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–4 Turkey Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–1 1–3
Atlético Madrid Spain 5–1 Serbia Vojvodina 3–0 2–1
Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–6 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–3 0–3
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 2–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–1 1–2
Central-East region
Basel Switzerland 6–1 Austria Mattersburg 2–1 4–0
Ried Austria 1–4 Switzerland Sion 1–1 0–3
MIKA Armenia 2–3 Slovakia Artmedia Bratislava 2–1 0–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 5–3 Poland GKS Bełchatów 1–1 4–2
Budapest Honvéd Hungary 0–4 Germany Hamburg 0–0 0–4
Young Boys Switzerland 2–6 France Lens 1–1 1–5
Tobol Kostanay Kazakhstan 0–3 Poland Dyskobolia Grodzisk 0–1 0–2
Austria Wien Austria 5–4 Czech Republic Jablonec 97 4–3 1–1
Zlaté Moravce Slovakia 0–5 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 0–2 0–3
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 0–8 Austria Rapid Wien 0–3 0–5
Northern region
MyPa Finland 0–3 England Blackburn Rovers 0–1 0–2
Drogheda United Republic of Ireland 1–4 Sweden Helsingborg 1–1 0–3
Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 3–4 Sweden AIK 3–2 0–2
HJK Helsinki Finland 2–4 Denmark Aalborg BK 2–1 0–3
Ekranas Lithuania 1–7 Norway Vålerenga 1–1 0–6
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland 1–2 Sweden BK Häcken 1–1 0–1
Brann Norway 6–4 Lithuania Sūduva 2–1 4–3
Haka Finland 3–7 Denmark Midtjylland 1–2 2–5
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–5 Denmark Odense 1–1 0–4
Käerjeng 97 Luxembourg 0–4 Belgium Standard Liège 0–3 0–1
Hammarby Sweden 3–2 Norway Fredrikstad 2–1 1–1

First round

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round

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

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Group 1
Midtjylland Denmark 1–5 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–3 0–2
Groningen Netherlands 2–2 (3–4p) Italy Fiorentina 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Rabotnički North Macedonia 1–2 England Bolton Wanderers 1–1 0–1
AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 0–1
Nuremberg Germany 2–2 (a) Romania Rapid Bucureşti 0–0 2–2
Group 2
Everton England 4–3 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 1–1 3–2
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 4–1 Belgium Standard Liège 3–0 1–1
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 5–4 Portugal União de Leiria 3–1 2–3
Villarreal Spain 6–1 Belarus BATE Borisov 4–1 2–0
Sion Switzerland 4–7 Turkey Galatasaray 3–2 1–5
Group 3
Atlético Madrid Spain 9–0 Turkey Kayseri Erciyesspor 4–0 5–0
Tampere United Finland 3–4 France Bordeaux 2–3 1–1
Artmedia Bratislava Slovakia 1–5 Greece Panathinaikos 1–2 0–3
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–0 (4–3p) Denmark Odense Boldklub 0–0 0–0 (aet)
Empoli Italy 2–4 Switzerland Zürich 2–1 0–3
Group 4
Sochaux France 1–2 Greece Panionios 0–2 1–0
Anderlecht Belgium 2–1 Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 1–0
Paços de Ferreira Portugal 0–1 Netherlands AZ 0–1 0–0
Sampdoria Italy 2–2 (a) Denmark Aalborg BK 2–2 0–0
Spartak Moscow Russia 8–1 Sweden Häcken 5–0 3–1
Group 5
Hammarby Sweden 2–5 Portugal Braga 2–1 0–4
Larissa Greece 3–2 England Blackburn Rovers 2–01 1–2
Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic 1–1 (4–2p) Italy Palermo 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–3 (a) Netherlands Ajax 0–1 3–2 (aet)
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 3–4 France Rennes 1–3 2–1
Group 6
Brann Norway 2–2 (a) Belgium Club Brugge 0–1 2–1
Bayern Munich Germany 3–0 Portugal Os Belenenses 1–0 2–0
Aberdeen Scotland 1–1 (a) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–0 1–1
Heerenveen Netherlands 6–8 Sweden Helsingborg 5–3 1–5
Toulouse France 1–1 (a) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0–0 1–1
Group 7
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 1–4 Germany Hamburg 0–1 1–3
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–8 Switzerland Basel 1–2 0–6
Austria Wien Austria 4–2 Norway Vålerenga 2–0 2–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 1–0 Sweden AIK 0–0 1–0
Aris Thessaloniki Greece 2–2 (a) Spain Real Zaragoza 1–0 1–2
Group 8
Dinamo Bucureşti Romania 2–2 (a) Sweden Elfsborg 1–2 1–0
Tottenham Hotspur England 7–2 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 6–1 1–1
Lens France 2–3 Denmark Copenhagen 1–1 1–2 (aet)
Getafe Spain 3–3 (a) Netherlands Twente 1–0 2–3 (aet)
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Poland 0–2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–1

1 This match was played at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos because AE Larissa's ground (Alkazar Stadium in Larissa) would not meet UEFA standards.

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria

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 used to determine the rankings:

  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).

Key:

  • Teams highlighted in green qualified for the next round.

Final Phase

Main article: 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

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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 February and 14 February 2008. The second legs were played on 21 February 2008.

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Aberdeen Scotland 3–7 Germany Bayern Munich 2–2 1–5
AEK Athens Greece 1–4 Spain Getafe 1–1 0–3
Bolton Wanderers England 1–0 Spain Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–0
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 2–2 (a) Spain Villarreal 1–0 1–2
Galatasaray Turkey 1–5 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 1–5
Anderlecht Belgium 3–2 France Bordeaux 2–1 1–1
Brann Norway 1–8 England Everton 0–2 1–6
Zürich Switzerland 1–3 Germany Hamburg 1–3 0–0
Rangers Scotland 1–1 (a) Greece Panathinaikos 0–0 1–1
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 4–1 Sweden Helsingborg 2–0 2–1
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 2–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 1–1
Rosenborg Norway 1–3 Italy Fiorentina 0–1 1–2
Sporting CP Portugal 5–0 Switzerland Basel 2–0 3–0
Werder Bremen Germany 4–0 Portugal Braga 3–0 1–0
Benfica Portugal 3–2 Germany Nuremberg 1–0 2–2
Marseille France 3–2 Russia Spartak Moscow 3–0 0–2

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. The first legs were played on 6 March 2008. The second legs were played on 12 and 13 March 2008. Unlike the previous rounds, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the round of 16 onwards.

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Anderlecht Belgium 2–6 Germany Bayern Munich 0–5 2–1
Rangers Scotland 2–1 Germany Werder Bremen 2–0 0–1
Bolton Wanderers England 1–2 Portugal Sporting CP 1–1 0–1
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 3–3 (a) Germany Hamburg 1–0 2–3
Benfica Portugal 1–3 Spain Getafe 1–2 0–1
Fiorentina Italy 2–2 (4–2p) England Everton 2–0 0–2 (aet)
Tottenham Hotspur England 1–1 (5–6p) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Marseille France 3–3 (a) Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 0–2

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 of the quarter-finals were played on 3 April and the second legs were played on 10 April 2008.

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–4 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 1–4 1–0
Rangers Scotland 2–0 Portugal Sporting CP 0–0 2–0
Bayern Munich Germany 4–4 (a) Spain Getafe 1–1 3–3 (aet)
Fiorentina Italy 3–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–1 2–0

Semi-finals

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

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bayern Munich Germany 1–5 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 0–4
Rangers Scotland 0–0 (4–2p) Italy Fiorentina 0–0 0–0 (aet)

Final

Main article: 2008 UEFA Cup Final

The final was contested by Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg and Scottish side Rangers on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov coming in the last 20 minutes of the game to give Zenit their first UEFA Cup title.

The night was marred by rioting by a minority of Rangers supporters in Manchester city centre.

14 May 2008
 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 2 – 0 Scotland Rangers City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 43,878
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
Denisov Goal 72'
Zyryanov Goal 90+4'		 (Report)
UEFA Cup
2007–08 Winner
Russia
FC Zenit St. Petersburg
First Title

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals Appearances
1 Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 10 13
Italy Luca Toni Germany Bayern Munich 10 11
3 Germany Stefan Kießling Germany Bayer Leverkusen 7 12
4 Sweden Henrik Larsson Sweden Helsingborg 6 8
Romania Adrian Mutu Italy Fiorentina 6 10
Benin Razak Omotoyossi Sweden Helsingborg 6 8
7 Argentina Sergio Agüero Spain Atlético Madrid 5 7
Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov England Tottenham Hotspur 5 8
Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi France Bordeaux 5 7
Germany Miroslav Klose Germany Bayern Munich 5 12
Austria Roland Linz Portugal Braga 5 8
Greece Dimitrios Papadopoulos Greece Panathinaikos 5 7
Germany Lukas Podolski Germany Bayern Munich 5 12
Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson Spain Villarreal 5 8

Sources: Top Scorers Final - Wednesday 14 May 2008 (after match)]

See also

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