2008–09 UEFA Cup

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2008–09 UEFA Cup
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates17 July 2008 – 20 May 2009
Teams80 (competition proper)
157 (qualifying)
Final positions
ChampionsUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st title)
Runners-upGermany Werder Bremen
Tournament statistics
Matches played221
Goals scored572 (2.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)
11 goals
(Europa League) 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of 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

A total of 157 teams from 53

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

plus

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 76.891 3 +1(IT)
2 England England 68.540 +1(FP)
+1(IT)
3 Italy Italy 66.088 +1(UCL)
+1(IT)
4 France France 53.656 +2(UCL)
+1(IT)
5 Germany Germany 44.364 +2(UCL)
+1(IT)
+1(FP)
6 Portugal Portugal 42.749 +1(UCL)
+1(IT)
7 Romania Romania 40.165 4 +1(IT)
8 Netherlands Netherlands 39.379 +1(UCL)
9 Russia Russia 36.125 2 +2(UCL)
10 Scotland Scotland 30.500
11
Ukraine
 29.475 +2(UCL)
12 Belgium Belgium 29.075 +1(UCL)
13
Czech Republic
 26.825 +2(UCL)
14 Turkey Turkey 26.641 +1(UCL)
15 Greece Greece 25.497 +1(UCL)
16 Bulgaria Bulgaria 24.582 3 +1(UCL)
17 Switzerland Switzerland 23.850 +1(IT)
18
Norway
 19.725 +1(UCL)
+1(IT)
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19 Israel Israel 19.208 3
20 Serbia Serbia 18.958 +1(UCL)
21 Denmark Denmark 18.575 +1(UCL)
+1(FP)
22 Austria Austria 18.500 2 +1(IT)
23 Poland Poland 17.000 +1(UCL)
24 Hungary Hungary 14.165
25 Slovakia Slovakia 10.832 +1(UCL)
26 Croatia Croatia 10.708 +1(UCL)
27 Cyprus Cyprus 10.582
28 Sweden Sweden 10.541 +1(IT)
29 Slovenia Slovenia 9.915
30
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 9.665
31 Latvia Latvia 8.664
32 Lithuania Lithuania 7.332 +1(UCL)
33 Finland Finland 7.331
34
Moldova
 7.166
35 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 6.498
36 Georgia (country) Georgia 6.164
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 6.000 1
38 North Macedonia Macedonia 5.831 2
39 Iceland Iceland 4.999
40 Belarus Belarus 4.665
41
Albania
 3.832
42 Estonia Estonia 3.665
43 Armenia Armenia 3.498
44 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3.166
45
Kazakhstan
 2.332
46 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2.165
47 Wales Wales 1.998
48 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1.665
49 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.665
50 Malta Malta 1.665
51 Montenegro Montenegro 0.000
52 Andorra Andorra 0.000 1
53 San Marino San Marino 0.000
Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Denmark, England, Germany)[6][7][8][9][10]
  • (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League

Distribution

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
First qualifying round
(74 teams)
  • 33 cup winners from associations 21–53
  • 32 runners-up from associations 19–37, 39–50 and 53
  • 6 third-place finishers from associations 16–21
  • 3 entries through UEFA Fair Play
Second qualifying round
(64 teams)
  • 6 cup winners from associations 15–20
  • 7 third-place finishers from associations 9–15
  • 3 runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 37 winners from the first qualifying round
First round
(80 teams)
  • 14 national cup winners from associations 1–14
  • 2 third-place finishers from associations 7–8
  • 5 fourth-place finishers from associations 4–8
  • 7 fifth-place finishers from associations 1–3, 5–8
  • 2 sixth-place finishers from associations 1–2
  • 2
    League Cup
    winners from associations 3–4
  • 32 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage
(40 teams)
  • 40 winners from the First Round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 24 top-three finishers from the group stage

Redistribution rules

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

Round of 32
Italy Fiorentina (CL GS) France Marseille (CL GS) Russia Zenit Saint PetersburgTH (CL GS) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (CL GS)
France Bordeaux (CL GS) Germany Werder Bremen (CL GS) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (CL GS) Denmark Aalborg BK (CL GS)
First round
Spain Valencia (CW) Germany Hamburg (4th) Netherlands Heerenveen (PO) Belgium Standard Liège (CL Q3)
Spain Sevilla (5th) Germany Wolfsburg (5th)
NEC (PO
) 		Czech Republic Slavia Prague (CL Q3)
Spain Racing Santander (6th) Germany Dortmund (CR) Russia CSKA Moscow (CW) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (CL Q3)
England Portsmouth (CW) Portugal Benfica (4th) Scotland Motherwell (3rd) Turkey Galatasaray (CL Q3)
England Everton (5th) Portugal Marítimo (5th) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv (3rd) Greece Olympiacos (CL Q3)
England Tottenham Hotspur (LC) Portugal Vitória Setúbal (6th) Belgium Club Brugge (3rd) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (CL Q3)
Milan (5th
) 		Romania Rapid București (3rd) Czech Republic Baník Ostrava (3rd) Norway Brann (CL Q3)
Sampdoria (6th
) 		Romania Dinamo București (4th) Turkey Kayserispor (CW) Serbia Partizan (CL Q3)
Italy Udinese (7th)
Unirea Urziceni (5th
) 		Germany Schalke 04 (CL Q3) Poland Wisła Kraków (CL Q3)
Nancy (4th
)
Timișoara (6th
) 		Portugal Vitória Guimarães (CL Q3)
Artmedia Petržalka (CL Q3
)
France Saint-Étienne (5th) Netherlands Feyenoord (CW) Netherlands Twente (CL Q3) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)
France Paris Saint-Germain (CR) Netherlands Ajax (PO) Russia Spartak Moscow (CL Q3) Lithuania FBK Kaunas (CL Q3)
Second qualifying round
Russia Moscow (4th)
4th
) 		Israel Maccabi Netanya (2nd) Portugal Braga (IC)
Scotland Queen of the South (CR)
Litex Lovech (CW
) 		Serbia Red Star Belgrade (2nd)
Vaslui (IC
)
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)
Lokomotiv Sofia (3rd)[Note BUL]
 Spain Deportivo La Coruña (IC) Switzerland Grasshopper (IC)
Belgium Gent (CR) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd) England Aston Villa (IC) Norway Rosenborg (IC)
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec (CR) Switzerland Zürich (3rd) Italy Napoli (IC) Austria Sturm Graz (IC)
Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd) Norway Lillestrøm (CW) France Rennes (IC) Sweden Elfsborg (IC)
3rd
) 		Norway Stabæk (2nd) Germany Stuttgart (IC)
First qualifying round
Bulgaria Cherno More (5th)[Note BUL] Croatia Hajduk Split (CR)
Zestaponi (CW
)
Shakhter Karagandy (3rd
)
Switzerland Bellinzona (CR) Cyprus APOEL (CW) Georgia (country) WIT Georgia (2nd) Northern Ireland Glentoran (2nd)
Norway Viking (3rd)
Omonia (3rd
) 		Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW) Northern Ireland Cliftonville (3rd)[Note NIR]
Ironi Kiryat Shmona (3rd
) 		Sweden Kalmar FF (CW) North Macedonia Milano (2nd) Wales Bangor City (CW)
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (CR) Sweden Djurgården (3rd) North Macedonia Pelister (3rd) Wales The New Saints (2nd)
Serbia Vojvodina (3rd)
Interblock Ljubljana (CW
) 		Iceland FH (CW) Faroe Islands EB/Streymur (CW)
Serbia Borac Čačak (4th)[Note SER] Slovenia Koper (2nd) Iceland ÍA (3rd) Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn (3rd)
Denmark Brøndby (CW) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (CW) Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk (CW) Luxembourg Grevenmacher (CW)
Denmark Midtjylland (2nd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (2nd) Belarus Gomel (2nd) Luxembourg Racing FC (2nd)
Denmark Copenhagen (3rd)
Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd
)
Vllaznia (CW
)
Birkirkara (CW
)
Austria Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)
Olimps (CR
)
2nd
)
Marsaxlokk (2nd
)
Austria Austria Wien (3rd)[Note AUT] Lithuania Sūduva (2nd)
Flora (CW
) 		Montenegro Mogren (CW)
Poland Legia Warsaw (CW)
Vėtra (CR
)
TVMK (3rd
) 		Montenegro Zeta (2nd)
Poland Lech Poznań (4th)[Note POL] Finland Haka (2nd) Armenia Ararat Yerevan (CW) Andorra Sant Julià (CW)
Hungary Debrecen (CW) Finland Honka (CR)
Banants Yerevan (2nd
)
Juvenes/Dogana (CR
)
Hungary Győri ETO (3rd) Moldova Dacia Chișinău (2nd)
Khazar Lankaran (CW
) 		England Manchester City (FP)
Slovakia Žilina (2nd)
Nistru Otaci (3rd
)
Olimpik Baku (2nd
) 		Germany Hertha (FP)
Spartak Trnava (CR
) 		Republic of Ireland Cork City (CW) Kazakhstan Tobol (CW) Denmark Nordsjælland (FP)
Croatia Slaven Belupo (2nd) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (2nd)
Notes
  1. 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

    The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.[11]

    Date Event Date Event
    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

    Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds
    The three UEFA Cup regions, used for the regionalised qualifying stage draws, in a map

    First qualifying round

    The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008.

    TVMK
    match, which was played on 29 July 2008.

    Team 1
    Agg.
    Tooltip Aggregate score     		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Southern-Mediterranean region
    Cherno More Bulgaria 9–0 Andorra Sant Julià 4–0 5–0
    Pelister North Macedonia 0–1 Cyprus APOEL 0–0 0–1
    Vaduz Liechtenstein 1–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–2 0–3
    Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1
    Partizani
    		 0–0 3–1
    Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel 4–1 Montenegro Mogren 1–1 3–0
    Koper Slovenia 1–2
    Vllaznia
    		 1–2 0–0
    Zeta Montenegro 1–2
    Interblock Ljubljana
    		 1–1 0–1
    Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 5–0
    Juvenes/Dogana
    		 3–0 2–0
    Hajduk Split Croatia 7–0 Malta Birkirkara 4–0 3–0
    Omonia Cyprus 4–1 North Macedonia Milano 2–0 2–1
    Marsaxlokk Malta 0–8 Croatia Slaven Belupo 0–4 0–4
    Central-East region
    Red Bull Salzburg Austria 10–0
    Banants Yerevan
    		 7–0 3–0
    Győri ETO Hungary 3–2
    Zestaponi
    		 1–1 2–1
    Ararat Yerevan Armenia 1–4 Switzerland Bellinzona 0–1 1–3
    Dacia Chișinău Moldova 2–4 Serbia Borac Čačak 1–1 1–3[5]
    Tobol Kazakhstan 1–2 Austria Austria Wien 1–0 0–2
    Hertha BSC Germany 8–1 Moldova Nistru Otaci 8–1[6] 0–0[7]
    Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan
    		 1–5 Poland Lech Poznań 0–1 1–4
    Legia Warsaw Poland 4–1 Belarus Gomel 0–0 4–1
    Spartak Trnava Slovakia 2–3 Georgia (country) WIT Georgia 2–2 0–1
    MTZ-RIPO Minsk Belarus 2–3 Slovakia Žilina 2–2 0–1
    Shakhter Karagandy Kazakhstan 1–2 Hungary Debrecen 1–1 0–1
    Vojvodina Serbia 2–1
    Olimpik Baku
    		 1–0 1–1
    Northern region
    FH Iceland 8–3 Luxembourg Grevenmacher 3–2 5–1
    Vėtra Lithuania 1–2 Norway Viking 1–0 0–2
    Racing Luxembourg 1–10 Sweden Kalmar FF 0–3 1–7
    Honka Finland 4–2 Iceland ÍA 3–0 1–2
    Glentoran Northern Ireland 1–3 Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs 1–1 0–2
    Brøndby Denmark 3–0 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1–0 2–0
    TVMK Estonia
    		 0–8 Denmark Nordsjælland 0–3 0–5
    EB/Streymur Faroe Islands 0–4 England Manchester City 0–2[8] 0–2[9]
    Olimps Latvia
    		 0–3 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 0–1 0–2
    Djurgården Sweden 2–2 (a)
    Flora
    		 0–0[10] 2–2
    Sūduva Lithuania
    		 2–0 Wales The New Saints 1–0 1–0
    Cliftonville Northern Ireland 0–11 Denmark Copenhagen 0–4 0–7
    Cork City Republic of Ireland 2–6 Finland Haka 2–2 0–4
    Bangor City Wales 1–10[11] Denmark Midtjylland 0–4 1–6[12]
  • Olympiastadion was occupied by another event.[18]
  • home ground
    did not meet UEFA criteria.
  • ^
    Played at Tórsvøllur as EB/Streymur's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.
  • Oakwell Stadium, home of Barnsley, because the pitch at their home ground needed to be relaid after a Bon Jovi concert.[19]