2007–08 UEFA Cup

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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).

2007–08 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 September 2007 – 14 May 2008
Teams80
Final positions
ChampionsRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st title)
Runners-upScotland Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played221
Goals scored563 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)
10 goals each

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.[1][2][3]

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.[4]

Round and draw dates edit

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

Teams edit

Round of 32
  Marseille (CL GS)   Sporting CP (CL GS)   PSV Eindhoven (CL GS)   Rosenborg (CL GS)
  Werder Bremen (CL GS)   Benfica (CL GS)   Rangers (CL GS)   Slavia Prague (CL GS)
First round
  Villarreal (5th)   Nürnberg (CW)   Aris (4th)   Dinamo București (CL Q3)
  Zaragoza (6th)   Bayern Munich (4th)   Panionios (5th)   Anderlecht (CL Q3)
  Getafe (CR)   Bayer Leverkusen (5th)   Lokomotiv Moscow (CW)   Sparta Prague (CL Q3)
  Palermo (5th)   Braga (4th)   Rapid București (CW)   Zürich (CL Q3)
  Fiorentina (6th)   Belenenses (5th)   Aberdeen (3rd)   Red Bull Salzburg (CL Q3)
  Empoli (7th)   Paços de Ferreira (6th)   Club Brugge (CW)   Red Star Belgrade (CL Q3)
  Tottenham Hotspur (5th)   AZ Alkmaar (PO)   Metalist Kharkiv (3rd)   Copenhagen (CL Q3)
  Everton (6th)   Twente (PO)   Mladá Boleslav (3rd)   Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)
  Bolton Wanderers (7th)   Heerenveen (PO)   Toulouse (CL Q3)   Elfsborg (CL Q3)
  Sochaux (CW)   Groningen (PO)   Ajax (CL Q3)   Sarajevo (CL Q3)
  Rennes (4th)   AEL (CW)   AEK Athens (CL Q3)   Tampere United (CL Q3)
  Bordeaux (LC)   Panathinaikos (3rd)   Spartak Moscow (CL Q3)   BATE Borisov (CL Q3)
Second qualifying round
  Zenit Saint Petersburg (4th)   Kayseri Erciyesspor (CR)   Fredrikstad (CW)   Leiria (IC)
  CFR Cluj (3rd)   Basel (CW)   Austria Wien (CW)   Oțelul Galați (IC)
  Dunfermline (CR)   Sion (3rd)   Atlético Madrid (IC)   Rapid Wien (IC)
  Standard Liège (3rd)   CSKA Sofia (2nd)   Sampdoria (IC)   AaB (IC)
  Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)   Lokomotiv Sofia (3rd)   Blackburn Rovers (IC)   Hammarby (IC)
  Jablonec (CR)   Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)   Lens (IC)   Tobol Kostanay (IC)
  Galatasaray (3rd)   Maccabi Netanya (2nd)   Hamburg (IC)
First qualifying round
  Young Boys (4th)   AIK (2nd)   Vardar (CW)   Rhyl (2nd)
  Litex Lovech (4th)   Zlaté Moravce (CW)   Rabotnički (2nd)   Glentoran (2nd)
  Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd)   Artmedia Bratislava (2nd)   Keflavík (CW)   Dungannon Swifts (CR)
  Brann (2nd)   Anorthosis Famagusta (CW)   KR Reykjavík (2nd)   Neftçi Baku (2nd)
  Vålerenga (3rd)   Omonia (2nd)   Vaduz (CW)   MKT Araz (CR)
  Ried (2nd)   Koper (CW)   Dinamo Brest (CW)   Etzella Ettelbruck (2nd)
  Mattersburg (3rd)   Gorica (2nd)   Dinamo Minsk (2nd)   Käerjéng 97 (CR)
  Partizan (2nd)   Široki Brijeg (CW)   Drogheda United (3rd)   Alma-Ata (CW)
  Vojvodina (3rd)   Zrinjski Mostar (2nd)   St Patrick's Athletic (CR)[Note IRL]   Aktobe (3rd)
  Bežanija (4th)   HJK Helsinki (CW)   Besa (CW)   B36 Tórshavn (CW)
  Dyskobolia (CW)   Haka (3rd)   Teuta (2nd)   EB/Streymur (2nd)
  GKS Bełchatów (2nd)   Liepājas Metalurgs (CW)   Banants (CW)   Libertas (CR)
  Odense BK (CW)   Skonto (3rd)   Mika (3rd)   FC Santa Coloma (CW)
  Midtjylland (2nd)   Zimbru Chișinău (CW)   Narva Trans (2nd)   Rudar Pljevlja (CW)
  Budapest Honvéd (CW)   Nistru Otaci (3rd)   Flora Tallinn (3rd)   Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)
  MTK Budapest (2nd)   Ameri Tbilisi (CW)   Hibernians (CW)   Häcken (FP)
  Hajduk Split (2nd)   Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd)   Sliema Wanderers (2nd)   Lillestrøm (FP)
  Slaven Belupo (CR)   Sūduva (CW)   Carmarthen Town (CW)   MYPA (FP)
  Helsingborg (CW)   Ekranas (2nd)
Notes
  1. ^
    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 license for 2007 due to financial violations. FAI Cup runners-up St Patrick's Athletic were added to UEFA to fill for Derry City.[5]

Qualifying rounds edit

First qualifying round edit

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 13:30 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 19 July and 2 August 2007.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
Budućnost Podgorica   1–2   Hajduk Split 1–1 0–1
Omonia Nicosia   4–0   Rudar Pljevlja 2–0 2–0
Slaven Koprivnica   8–4   Teuta 6–2 2–2
Bežanija   2–2 (a)   Besa 2–21 0–0
Sliema Wanderers   0–7   Litex Lovech 0–3 0–4
Vojvodina   7–1   Hibernians 5–1 2–0
FC Santa Coloma   1–4   Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 0–4
Široki Brijeg   6–3   Koper 3–1 3–2
Vardar Skopje   0–2   Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 0–1
Gorica   2–4   Rabotnički 1–2 1–2
Zrinjski Mostar   1–112   Partizan 1–6 0–5
Central-East region
ViOn Zlaté Moravce   4–2   Alma-Ata 3–1 1–1
MTK Budapest   2–2 (a)   Mika 2–13 0–1
MKT Araz   0–1   Dyskobolia Grodzisk 0–0 0–1
GKS Bełchatów   2–2 (4–2p)   Ameri Tbilisi 2–0 0–2 (aet)
Artmedia Bratislava   3–3 (a)   Zimbru Chişinău 1–1 2–2
Banants   1–5   Young Boys 1–1 0–4
Nistru Otaci   2–2 (4–5p)   Budapest Honvéd 1–14 1–1 (aet)
Ried   4–3   Neftchi 3–1 1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi   2–0   Vaduz 2–0 0–0
Aktobe   3–4   Mattersburg 1–0 2–4
Northern region
B36 Tórshavn   3–6   Ekranas 1–3 2–3
Libertas   1–4   Drogheda United 1–1 0–3
Rhyl   3–3 (a)   Haka 3–1 0–2
Carmarthen Town   3–14   Brann 0–8 3–6
Flora Tallinn   0–2   Vålerenga 0–1 0–1
MyPa   2–1   EB/Streymur 1–0 1–1
Dungannon Swifts   1–4   Sūduva 1–0 0–4
Lillestrøm   2–2 (a)   Käerjéng 97 2–1 0–1
Liepājas Metalurgs   3–2   Dinamo Brest 1–1 2–1
Helsingborg   9–0   Narva Trans 6–0 3–0
Keflavík   4–4 (a)   Midtjylland 3–2 1–2
Häcken   2–1   KR Reykjavík 1–1 1–0
St Patrick's Athletic   0–5   Odense Boldklub 0–0 0–5
HJK   3–0   Etzella Ettelbrück 2–0 1–0
Glentoran   0–9   AIK 0–5 0–4
Skonto Riga   1–3   Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–2

1 This match was played at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade.
2 UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007–08 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA adjudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble,[7] but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed.[8] However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified.[9]
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 edit

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football, was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches were played on 16 and 30 August 2007.[10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
Lokomotiv Sofia   3–1   Oţelul Galaţi 3–1 0–0
CFR Cluj   1–3   Anorthosis Famagusta 1–3 0–0
Rabotnički   2–1   Zrinjski Mostar 0–0 2–1
Slaven Koprivnica   2–4   Galatasaray 1–2 1–2
União de Leiria   1–0   Maccabi Netanya 0–0 1–0
Hajduk Split   1–2   Sampdoria 0–1 1–1
Besa   0–6   Litex Lovech 0–3 0–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv   2–4   Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–1 1–3
Atlético Madrid   5–1   Vojvodina 3–0 2–1
Široki Brijeg   0–6   Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–3 0–3
Omonia Nicosia   2–3   CSKA Sofia 1–1 1–2
Central-East region
Basel   6–1   Mattersburg 2–1 4–0
Ried   1–4   Sion 1–1 0–3
Mika   2–3   Artmedia Bratislava 2–1 0–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk   5–3   GKS Bełchatów 1–1 4–2
Budapest Honvéd   0–4   Hamburg 0–0 0–4
Young Boys   2–6   Lens 1–1 1–5
Tobol Kostanay   0–3   Dyskobolia Grodzisk 0–1 0–2
Austria Wien   5–4   Jablonec 97 4–3 1–1
Zlaté Moravce   0–5   Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–2 0–3
Dinamo Tbilisi   0–8   Rapid Wien 0–3 0–5
Northern region
MyPa   0–3   Blackburn Rovers 0–1 0–2
Drogheda United   1–4   Helsingborg 1–1 0–3
Liepājas Metalurgs   3–4   AIK 3–2 0–2
HJK Helsinki   2–4   AaB 2–1 0–3
Ekranas   1–7   Vålerenga 1–1 0–6
Dunfermline Athletic   1–2   BK Häcken 1–1 0–1
Brann   6–4   Sūduva 2–1 4–3
Haka   3–7   Midtjylland 1–2 2–5
Dinamo Minsk   1–5   Odense 1–1 0–4
Käerjéng 97   0–4   Standard Liège 0–3 0–1
Hammarby   3–2   Fredrikstad 2–1 1–1

First round edit

The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Gérard Houllier, the winning coach in the 2000–01 tournament, was held on Friday, 31 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Monaco. The matches were played on 20 September and 4 October 2007.[11]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Group 1
Midtjylland   1–5   Lokomotiv Moscow 1–3 0–2
Groningen   2–2 (3–4p)   Fiorentina 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Rabotnički   1–2   Bolton Wanderers 1–1 0–1
AEK Athens   3–1   Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 0–1
Nürnberg   2–2 (a)   Rapid București 0–0 2–2
Group 2
Everton   4–3   Metalist Kharkiv 1–1 3–2
Zenit Saint Petersburg   4–1   Standard Liège 3–0 1–1
Bayer Leverkusen   5–4   União de Leiria 3–1 2–3
Villarreal   6–1   BATE Borisov 4–1 2–0
Sion   4–7   Galatasaray 3–2 1–5
Group 3
Atlético Madrid   9–0   Kayseri Erciyesspor 4–0 5–0
Tampere United   3–4   Bordeaux 2–3 1–1
Artmedia Bratislava   1–5   Panathinaikos 1–2 0–3
Sparta Prague   0–0 (4–3p)   Odense Boldklub 0–0 0–0 (aet)
Empoli   2–4   Zürich 2–1 0–3
Group 4
Sochaux   1–2   Panionios 0–2 1–0
Anderlecht   2–1   Rapid Wien 1–1 1–0
Paços de Ferreira   0–1   AZ 0–1 0–0
Sampdoria   2–2 (a)   AaB 2–2 0–0
Spartak Moscow   8–1   Häcken 5–0 3–1
Group 5
Hammarby   2–5   Braga 2–1 0–4
AEL   3–2   Blackburn Rovers 2–01 1–2
Mladá Boleslav   1–1 (4–2p)   Palermo 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Dinamo Zagreb   3–3 (a)   Ajax 0–1 3–2 (aet)
Lokomotiv Sofia   3–4   Rennes 1–3 2–1
Group 6
Brann   2–2 (a)   Club Brugge 0–1 2–1
Bayern Munich   3–0   Os Belenenses 1–0 2–0
Aberdeen   1–1 (a)   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–0 1–1
Heerenveen   6–8   Helsingborg 5–3 1–5
Toulouse   1–1 (a)   CSKA Sofia 0–0 1–1
Group 7
Litex Lovech   1–4   Hamburg 0–1 1–3
Sarajevo   1–8   Basel 1–2 0–6
Austria Wien   4–2   Vålerenga 2–0 2–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv   1–0   AIK 0–0 1–0
Aris   2–2 (a)   Real Zaragoza 1–0 1–2
Group 8
Dinamo București   2–2 (a)   Elfsborg 1–2 1–0
Tottenham Hotspur   7–2   Anorthosis Famagusta 6–1 1–1
Lens   2–3   Copenhagen 1–1 1–2 (aet)
Getafe   3–3 (a)   Twente 1–0 2–3 (aet)
Dyskobolia Grodzisk   0–2   Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–1

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

Group stage edit

Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup
  Red: Group A;   Yellow: Group B;   Green: Group C;   Black: Group D;
  Purple: Group E;   Pink: Group F;   Blue: Group G;   Orange: Group H.

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:[12]

  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).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EVE NÜR ZEN AZ AEL
1   Everton 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 3–1
2   Nürnberg 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 0–2 2–1
3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5 2–2 1–1
4   AZ 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 2–3 1–0
5   AEL 4 0 0 4 4 10 −6 0 1–3 2–3

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL PAN ABE FCK LOK
1   Atlético Madrid 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 2–0
2   Panathinaikos 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 3–0 2–0
3   Aberdeen 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 4–0 1–1
4   Copenhagen 4 1 0 3 1 7 −6 3 0–2 0–1
5   Lokomotiv Moscow 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 3–3 0–1

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL FIO AEK MLA ELF
1   Villarreal 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 2–0
2   Fiorentina 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8 2–1 6–1
3   AEK Athens 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 1–2 1–1
4   Mladá Boleslav 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1 3 1–2 0–1
5   Elfsborg 4 0 1 3 3 12 −9 1 1–1 1–3

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HSV BAS BRA DZ REN
1   Hamburg 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 3–0
2   Basel 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8 1–0 1–0
3   Brann 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 0–1 2–1
4   Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 0–2 0–0
5   Rennes 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2 1–1 1–1

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEV SPM ZÜR PRA TOU
1   Bayer Leverkusen 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 1–0
2   Spartak Moscow 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 2–1 1–0
3   Zürich 4 2 0 2 4 7 −3 6 0–5 2–0
4   Sparta Prague 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4 0–0 1–2
5   Toulouse 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 2–1 2–3

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY BRA BOL ARI RSB
1   Bayern Munich 4 2 2 0 12 5 +7 8 Advance to knockout stage 2–2 6–0
2   Braga 4 1 3 0 5 3 +2 6 1–1 2–0
3   Bolton Wanderers 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 6 1–1 1–1
4   Aris 4 1 2 1 5 8 −3 5 1–1 3–0
5   Red Star Belgrade 4 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0 2–3 0–1

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GET TOT AND AAB HTA
1   Getafe 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 1–2
2   Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 1–2 3–2
3   Anderlecht 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5 1–1 2–0
4   AaB 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4 1–2 1–1
5   Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 3 0–2 1–3

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BDX HEL GAL PAN AUS
1   Bordeaux 4 4 0 0 9 5 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 2–1
2   Helsingborg 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7 1–1 3–0
3   Galatasaray 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 4 2–3 0–0
4   Panionios 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4 2–3 0–3
5   Austria Wien 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1 1–2 0–1

Knockout stage edit

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 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Anderlecht 2 1 3
  Bordeaux 1 1 2   Anderlecht 0 2 2
  Aberdeen 2 1 3   Bayern Munich 5 1 6
  Bayern Munich 2 5 7   Bayern Munich (a) 1 3 4
  Benfica 1 2 3   Getafe 1 3 4
  Nürnberg 0 2 2   Benfica 1 0 1
  AEK Athens 1 0 1   Getafe 2 1 3
  Getafe 1 3 4   Bayern Munich 1 0 1
  Galatasaray 0 1 1   Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 4 5
  Bayer Leverkusen 0 5 5   Bayer Leverkusen (a) 1 2 3
  Zürich 1 0 1   Hamburg 0 3 3
  Hamburg 3 0 3   Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 2
  Marseille 3 0 3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 4 0 4
  Spartak Moscow 0 2 2   Marseille 3 0 3
  Zenit Saint Petersburg (a) 1 1 2   Zenit Saint Petersburg (a) 1 2 3
  Villarreal 0 2 2   Zenit Saint Petersburg 2
  Rangers (a) 0 1 1   Rangers 0
  Panathinaikos 0 1 1   Rangers 2 0 2
  Werder Bremen 3 1 4   Werder Bremen 0 1 1
  Braga 0 0 0   Rangers 0 2 2
  Bolton Wanderers 1 0 1   Sporting CP 0 0 0
  Atlético Madrid 0 0 0   Bolton Wanderers 1 0 1
  Sporting CP 2 3 5   Sporting CP 1 1 2
  Basel 0 0 0   Rangers (p) 0 0 0(4)
  Rosenborg 0 1 1   Fiorentina 0 0 0(2)
  Fiorentina 1 2 3   Fiorentina (p) 2 0 2(4)
  Brann 0 1 1   Everton 0 2 2(2)
  Everton 2 6 8   Fiorentina 1 2 3
  Slavia Prague 1 1 2   PSV Eindhoven 1 0 1
  Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 3   Tottenham Hotspur 0 1 1(5)
  PSV Eindhoven 2 2 4   PSV Eindhoven (p) 1 0 1(6)
  Helsingborg 0 1 1

Round of 32 edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aberdeen   3–7   Bayern Munich 2–2 1–5
AEK Athens   1–4   Getafe 1–1 0–3
Bolton Wanderers   1–0   Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–0
Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–2 (a)   Villarreal 1–0 1–2
Galatasaray   1–5   Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 1–5
Anderlecht   3–2   Bordeaux 2–1 1–1
Brann   1–8   Everton 0–2 1–6
Zürich   1–3   Hamburg 1–3 0–0
Rangers   1–1 (a)   Panathinaikos 0–0 1–1
PSV Eindhoven   4–1   Helsingborg 2–0 2–1
Slavia Prague   2–3   Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 1–1
Rosenborg   1–3   Fiorentina 0–1 1–2
Sporting CP   5–0   Basel 2–0 3–0
Werder Bremen   4–0   Braga 3–0 1–0
Benfica   3–2   Nürnberg 1–0 2–2
Marseille   3–2   Spartak Moscow 3–0 0–2

Round of 16 edit

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht   2–6   Bayern Munich 0–5 2–1
Rangers   2–1   Werder Bremen 2–0 0–1
Bolton Wanderers   1–2   Sporting CP 1–1 0–1
Bayer Leverkusen   3–3 (a)   Hamburg 1–0 2–3
Benfica   1–3   Getafe 1–2 0–1
Fiorentina   2–2 (4–2p)   Everton 2–0 0–2 (aet)
Tottenham Hotspur   1–1 (5–6p)   PSV Eindhoven 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Marseille   3–3 (a)   Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–1 0–2

Quarter-finals edit

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayer Leverkusen   2–4   Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–4 1–0
Rangers   2–0   Sporting CP 0–0 2–0
Bayern Munich   4–4 (a)   Getafe 1–1 3–3 (aet)
Fiorentina   3–1   PSV Eindhoven 1–1 2–0

Semi-finals edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich   1–5   Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–1 0–4
Rangers   0–0 (4–2p)   Fiorentina 0–0 0–0 (aet)

Final edit

The final was contested by Russian side Zenit Saint 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.

Zenit Saint Petersburg  2–0  Rangers
Denisov   72'
Zyryanov   90+4'
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Top goalscorers edit

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

Rank Name Team Goals Appearances
1   Pavel Pogrebnyak   Zenit Saint Petersburg 10 13
  Luca Toni   Bayern Munich 10 11
3   Stefan Kießling   Bayer Leverkusen 7 12
4   Adrian Mutu   Fiorentina 6 10
  Henrik Larsson   Helsingborg 6 8
  Razak Omotoyossi   Helsingborg 6 8
7   Sergio Agüero   Atlético Madrid 5 7
  Dimitar Berbatov   Tottenham Hotspur 5 8
  Fernando Cavenaghi   Bordeaux 5 7
  Miroslav Klose   Bayern Munich 5 12
  Roland Linz   Braga 5 8
  Dimitrios Papadopoulos   Panathinaikos 5 7
  Lukas Podolski   Bayern Munich 5 12
  Jon Dahl Tomasson   Villarreal 5 8

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

See also edit

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