2008–09 UEFA Cup explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Cup
Year:2008–09
Size:275px
Dates:17 July 2008 – 20 May 2009
Num Teams:80 (competition proper)
157 (qualifying)
Champion Other: Shakhtar Donetsk
Count:1
Second Other: Werder Bremen
Matches:221
Goals:572
Top Scorer:Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow)
11 goals
Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason:(Europa League) 2009–10

The 2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Cup football tournament. 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 associations participated in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2007 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]

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Association ranking

RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
176.8913+1(IT)
268.540+1(FP)
+1(IT)
366.088+1(UCL)
+1(IT)
453.656+2(UCL)
+1(IT)
544.364+2(UCL)
+1(IT)
+1(FP)
642.749+1(UCL)
+1(IT)
740.1654+1(IT)
839.379+1(UCL)
936.1252+2(UCL)
1030.500
1129.475+2(UCL)
1229.075+1(UCL)
1326.825+2(UCL)
1426.641+1(UCL)
1525.497+1(UCL)
1624.5823+1(UCL)
1723.850+1(IT)
1819.725+1(UCL)
+1(IT)
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
1919.2083
2018.958+1(UCL)
2118.575+1(UCL)
+1(FP)
2218.5002+1(IT)
2317.000+1(UCL)
2414.165
2510.832+1(UCL)
2610.708+1(UCL)
2710.582
2810.541+1(IT)
299.915
309.665
318.664
327.332+1(UCL)
337.331
347.166
356.498
366.164
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
376.0001
385.8312
394.999
404.665
413.832
423.665
433.498
443.166
452.332
462.165
471.998
481.665
491.665
501.665
510.000
520.0001
530.000
Notes

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]

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions LeagueTeams 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
  • 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third 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]

Teams

Notes

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.

DateEventDateEvent
1 July 2008Draw for first qualifying round17 December 2008Group stage, Matchday 5
17 July 2008First qualifying round, first leg18 December 2008
31 July 2008First qualifying round, second leg19 December 2008Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 16
1 August 2008Draw for second qualifying round18 February 2009Round of 32, first leg
14 August 2008Second qualifying round, first leg19 February 2009
28 August 2008Second qualifying round, second leg26 February 2009Round of 32, second leg
29 August 2008Draw for first round12 March 2009Round of 16, first leg
18 September 2008First round, first leg18 March 2009Round of 16, second leg
2 October 2008First round, second leg19 March 2009
7 October 2008Draw for group stage20 March 2009Draw for remaining rounds
23 October 2008Group stage, Matchday 19 April 2009Quarter-finals, first leg
6 November 2008Group stage, Matchday 216 April 2009Quarter-finals, second leg
27 November 2008Group stage, Matchday 330 April 2009Semi-finals, first leg
3 December 2008Group stage, Matchday 47 May 2009Semi-finals, second leg
4 December 200820 May 2009Final in Istanbul, Turkey

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds.

Second qualifying round

First round

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round.

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 29 August 2008 at 13:00 CET in Monaco.

Group stage

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage.

The draw for the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup was held at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 7 October 2008. The 40 teams in the draw were divided into five pots based on their UEFA coefficients. The eight teams with the highest UEFA coefficient were allocated to Pot 1, the next eight teams to Pot 2, and so on. One team from each pot was drawn for each group, with the restriction that no team could be drawn with one from the same country.[12]

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 are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[5]

  1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  2. higher number of goals scored;
  3. higher number of goals scored away;
  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.

Group H

Knockout stage

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup knockout stage.

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

Final

Top goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Vágner Love CSKA Moscow11
2 Ivica Olić Hamburger SV9
3 Fabio Quagliarella Udinese8
4 Diego Werder Bremen6
Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart6
Luis Aguiar Braga6
Peguy Luyindula Paris Saint-Germain6
8 Milan Baroš Galatasaray5
Diogo Olympiacos5
Ilan Saint-Étienne5
Albert Meyong Braga5
Mladen Petrić Hamburger SV5
Claudio Pizarro Werder Bremen5
Hernán Rengifo Lech Poznań5
Luis Suárez Ajax5

Source: Hammond, Mike, ed (2009). The European Football Yearbook 2009/10. London: Carlton Books. .

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium selected for 2009 UEFA Cup Final . 5 September 2007 . Eugene . Ravdin . Paolo . Menicucci . 5 September 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014542/http://www.fenerbahce.org/eng/detay.asp?ContentID=718. 28 September 2007 . live.
  2. Web site: Competition format . 13 July 2005 . UEFA.com.
  3. Web site: Shakhtar Win Their First Ever European Title . 21 May 2009 . Bleacher Report.
  4. Web site: UEFA Country Ranking 2007. Bert Kassies.
  5. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2008/09 . Union of European Football Associations . Nyon . 28 June 2012 . March 2008.
  6. Web site: England earn Fair Play prize . . 13 May 2008 . 13 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080512145828/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D693443.html . 12 May 2008 . live .
  7. Web site: Fair Play bonus for Germans and Danes . . 13 May 2008 . 13 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514041421/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D695145.html . 14 May 2008 . live .
  8. Web site: Man City claim last Uefa Cup slot . 16 May 2008 . BBC Sport . 30 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318204307/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7392552.stm . 18 March 2009 . live .
  9. News: FC Nordsjælland i UEFA Cup'en. Dansk Boldspil-Union. 25 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080610063923/http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=246581. 10 June 2008 . live.
  10. Web site: Hertha BSC gewinnt nationale Fairplay-Wertung. Bundesliga.de . 18 May 2008. 18 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080612213207/http://bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2007/index.php?f=94357.php&fla=1. 12 June 2008 . live.
  11. Web site: 2008/09 UEFA Cup Access list and calendar. uefa.com . Union of European Football Associations . 22 December 2008.
  12. News: Draw for UEFA Cup Group Stage . Union of European Football Associations . 29 September 2008 . 30 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081001085047/http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/pressrelease/uefa/uefamedia/75/51/72/755172_download.pdf. 1 October 2008 . live.

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