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2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage

The group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper.[1] The draw took place on 7 October 2008 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2] Group stage matches began on 23 October 2008 and concluded on 18 December 2008.[3] The top three teams in each group progressed to the Round of 32, to be joined by the eight third-place finishers from the Champions League group stage.[4]

Seedings edit

The following teams qualified for the group stage:[5]

Team Coef. Team Coef. Team Coef.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  Milan 119.934   Stuttgart 52.078   Rosenborg 35.400
  Sevilla 102.837   Ajax 51.610   Udinese 34.934
  Valencia 83.837   Olympiacos 51.525   Feyenoord 33.610
  Benfica 77.176   Deportivo La Coruña 46.837   Braga 33.176
  Schalke 04 67.078   Club Brugge 41.810   Slavia Prague 31.496
  CSKA Moscow 59.437   Spartak Moscow 40.437   Manchester City 30.996
  Tottenham Hotspur 55.996   Paris Saint-Germain 37.380   Galatasaray 30.469
  Hamburg 52.078   Heerenveen 35.610   Sampdoria 28.934
Pot 4 Pot 5
  Hertha BSC 27.078   Saint-Étienne 17.380
  Partizan 25.527   Wolfsburg 16.078
  Nancy 25.380   Standard Liège 14.810
  Portsmouth 24.996   Twente 14.610
  Aston Villa 24.996   NEC 12.610
  Racing Santander 24.837   Metalist Kharkiv 10.932
  Copenhagen 23.748   Lech Poznań 6.973
  Dinamo Zagreb 17.836   Žilina 4.070

Pot 1 contained teams ranked between 2 and 39: Pot 2 held teams ranked 40 to 71, Pot 3 held teams ranked 72 to 88, and Pot 4 teams ranked 91 to 122 together with unranked teams from England and Spain.[6] Pot 5 held the remaining teams.

Dinamo Zagreb, and all the Pot 5 teams, had beaten higher-ranked teams in the first round. Lech Poznań and Žilina had also beaten higher-ranked teams in the Second Qualifying Round. Seven of the eight teams in Pot 5 qualified for the Round of 32, Žilina being the only exception. In contrast, only five of the eight teams in Pot 1 managed to do the same, as Sevilla, Benfica and Schalke 04 were eliminated.

Tie-breaking criteria edit

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:[1]

  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.

Groups edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC TWE PSG RSA SCH
1   Manchester City 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 0–0 — —
2   Twente 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 6 — — — 1–0 2–1
3   Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5 — 4–0 — 2–2 —
4   Racing Santander 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 3–1 — — — 1–1
5   Schalke 04 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 0–2 — 3–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
Schalke 04  3–1  Paris Saint-Germain
Mabiala   12' (o.g.)
Kurányi   39'
Altıntop   70'		 Report Chantôme   90+2'
Attendance: 48,919
Twente  1–0  Racing Santander
Denneboom   7' Report
Attendance: 21,000
Racing Santander  1–1  Schalke 04
Tchité   57' Report Engelaar   61'
Attendance: 15,505
Manchester City  3–2  Twente
Wright-Phillips   2'
Robinho   57'
Benjani   62'		 Report Elia   17'
Wielaert   65'
Attendance: 21,247
Schalke 04  0–2  Manchester City
Report Benjani   32'
Ireland   66'
Attendance: 54,142
Paris Saint-Germain  2–2  Racing Santander
Kežman   5'
Luyindula   32'		 Report Traoré   40' (o.g.)
Colsa   55'
Attendance: 25,000
Twente  2–1  Schalke 04
Wielaert   3'
Perez   55'		 Report Asamoah   77'
Attendance: 24,000
Paris Saint-Germain  4–0  Twente
Luyindula   8', 86'
Sessègnon   23'
Kežman   84'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Racing Santander  3–1  Manchester City
Pereira   20'
Serrano   30'
Valera   54'		 Report Caicedo   90+2'
Attendance: 18,360

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET GAL OLY HER BEN
1   Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage — — 1–0 0–0 —
2   Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9 0–1 — 1–0 — —
3   Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6 — — — 4–0 5–1
4   Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2 — 0–1 — — 1–1
5   Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1 0–1 0–2 — — —
Source: RSSSF
Hertha BSC  1–1  Benfica
Pantelić   74' Report Di María   51'
Attendance: 26,144
Galatasaray  1–0  Olympiacos
Kewell   25' Report
Attendance: 23,500
Metalist Kharkiv  0–0  Hertha BSC
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Benfica  0–2  Galatasaray
Report Aşık   51'
Karan   69'
Attendance: 47,000
Galatasaray  0–1  Metalist Kharkiv
Report Edmar   81'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Olympiacos  5–1  Benfica
Galletti   1'
Patsatzoglou   17'
Diogo   24', 53'
Belluschi   44'		 Report David Luiz   33'
Attendance: 30,185
Metalist Kharkiv  1–0  Olympiacos
Edmar   88' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Hertha BSC  0–1  Galatasaray
Report Baroš   69' (pen.)
Attendance: 62,612
Olympiacos  4–0  Hertha BSC
Dudu   55'
Galletti   68' (pen.)
Torosidis   87'
Diogo   88'		 Report
Attendance: 30,063
Benfica  0–1  Metalist Kharkiv
Report Rykun   84'
Attendance: 9,570

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STD STU SAM SEV PTZ
1   Standard Liège 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage — — 3–0 1–0 —
2   Stuttgart 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 3–0 — — — 2–0
3   Sampdoria 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7 — 1–1 — 1–0 —
4   Sevilla 4 2 0 2 5 2 +3 6 — 2–0 — — 3–0
5   Partizan 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0 0–1 — 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Sevilla  2–0  Stuttgart
Romaric   15'
Renato   16'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Partizan  1–2  Sampdoria
Diarra   34' Report Bonazzoli   20'
Dessena   55'
Attendance: 23,780
Stuttgart  2–0  Partizan
Gómez   77', 80' Report
Attendance: 20,500
Standard Liège  1–0  Sevilla
Mbokani   38' Report
Attendance: 26,500
Sampdoria  1–1  Stuttgart
Sammarco   39' Report Marica   8'
Attendance: 15,000
Partizan  0–1  Standard Liège
Report De Camargo   36'
Attendance: 14,210
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Standard Liège  3–0  Sampdoria
De Camargo   23'
Onyewu   35'
Jovanović   43'		 Report
Attendance: 26,833
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Sevilla  3–0  Partizan
Luís Fabiano   32' (pen.), 73'
Renato   46'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Sampdoria  1–0  Sevilla
Bottinelli   75' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Stuttgart  3–0  Standard Liège
Khedira   5'
Hilbert   49'
Marica   72'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UDI TOT NEC SPA DZ
1   Udinese 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 — — 2–1
2   Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 — — — 2–2 4–0
3   NEC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 2–0 0–1 — — —
4   Spartak Moscow 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 1–2 — 1–2 — —
5   Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3 — — 3–2 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF
Udinese  2–0  Tottenham Hotspur
Di Natale   24' (pen.)
Pepe   86'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Dinamo Zagreb  3–2  NEC
Mandžukić   3'
Balaban   81'
Vrdoljak   84'		 Report Carlos   24' (o.g.)
Janssen   78'
Attendance: 15,000
Spartak Moscow  1–2  Udinese
Rodríguez   17' Report Quagliarella   12', 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Tottenham Hotspur  4–0  Dinamo Zagreb
Bent   30', 33', 70'
Huddlestone   59'		 Report
Attendance: 16,295
NEC  0–1  Tottenham Hotspur
Report O'Hara   14'
Attendance: 12,500
Dinamo Zagreb  0–1  Spartak Moscow
Report Saenko   75'
Attendance: 12,000
Spartak Moscow  1–2  NEC
Covalciuc   2' Report Van Beukering   84'
Schöne   87'
Attendance: 12,000
Udinese  2–1  Dinamo Zagreb
Quagliarella   5'
Obodo   79'		 Report Bišćan   90+3'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
NEC  2–0  Udinese
John   75'
Van Beukering   78'		 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Tottenham Hotspur  2–2  Spartak Moscow
Modrić   67'
Huddlestone   74'		 Report Dzyuba   23', 33'
Attendance: 28,906

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL ACM BRA POR HVN
1   Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage — — — 3–2 5–1
2   Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8 2–2 — 1–0 — —
3   Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 2–3 — — 3–0 —
4   Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4 — 2–2 — — 3–0
5   Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0 — 1–3 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Braga  3–0  Portsmouth
Aguiar   8'
Rentería   46'
Alan   87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Heerenveen  1–3  Milan
Pranjić   86' (pen.) Report Jong-a-Pin   19' (o.g.)
Gattuso   23'
Inzaghi   69'
Attendance: 25,600
Wolfsburg  5–1  Heerenveen
Džeko   34', 61'
Grafite   39'
Misimović   53'
Krzynówek   71'		 Report Väyrynen   31'
Attendance: 15,615
Milan  1–0  Braga
Ronaldinho   90+3' Report
Attendance: 10,608
Portsmouth  2–2  Milan
Kaboul   62'
Kanu   73'		 Report Ronaldinho   84'
Inzaghi   90+2'
Attendance: 20,403
Braga  2–3  Wolfsburg
Barzagli   6' (o.g.)
Meyong   49'		 Report Džeko   24'
Misimović   83' (pen.), 90+4'
Attendance: 7,294
Wolfsburg  3–2  Portsmouth
Džeko   3'
Gentner   23'
Misimović   74'		 Report Defoe   11'
Mvuemba   14'
Attendance: 21,015
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Heerenveen  1–2  Braga
Sibon   19' Report Rentería   35'
Aguiar   56'
Attendance: 25,500
Portsmouth  3–0  Heerenveen
Crouch   40', 42'
Hreiðarsson   90'		 Report
Attendance: 19,612
Milan  2–2  Wolfsburg
Ambrosini   17'
Pato   56'		 Report Zaccardo   56'
Sağlık   81'
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HSV AJA AST ZIL SLA
1   Hamburg 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage — 0–1 3–1 — —
2   Ajax 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — — 1–0 2–2
3   Aston Villa 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6 — 2–1 — 1–2 —
4   Žilina 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 1–2 — — — 0–0
5   Slavia Prague 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 0–2 — 0–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
Žilina  1–2  Hamburg
Rilke   69' Report Petrić   15'
Olić   45+1'
Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
Aston Villa  2–1  Ajax
Laursen   8'
Barry   45'		 Report Vermaelen   22'
Attendance: 36,657
Ajax  1–0  Žilina
Suárez   41' Report
Attendance: 24,200
Slavia Prague  0–1  Aston Villa
Report Carew   26'
Attendance: 20,322
Žilina  0–0  Slavia Prague
Report
Attendance: 8,789
Hamburg  0–1  Ajax
Report Leonardo   77'
Attendance: 51,200
Slavia Prague  0–2  Hamburg
Report Olić   30'
Petrić   90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,368
Aston Villa  1–2  Žilina
Delfouneso   28' Report Leitner   16'
Štyvar   19'
Attendance: 28,797
Hamburg  3–1  Aston Villa
Petrić   18'
Olić   30', 57'		 Report Delfouneso   83'
Attendance: 49,121
Ajax  2–2  Slavia Prague
Vertonghen   4'
Suárez   90+1' (pen.)		 Report Černý   13'
Jarolím   41'
Attendance: 30,116
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STE VAL FCK BRU ROS
1   Saint-Étienne 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 — — 3–0
2   Valencia 4 1 3 0 8 4 +4 6 — — 1–1 1–1 —
3   Copenhagen 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5 1–3 — — — 1–1
4   Club Brugge 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 1–1 — 0–1 — —
5   Rosenborg 4 0 2 2 1 8 −7 2 — 0–4 — 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Copenhagen  1–3  Saint-Étienne
Santin   59' (pen.) Report Gomis   2'
Perrin   37'
Payet   65'
Attendance: 17,187
Rosenborg  0–0  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 12,166
Saint-Étienne  3–0  Rosenborg
Ilan   59'
Machado   63'
Mirallas   76'		 Report
Attendance: 24,006
Valencia  1–1  Copenhagen
Morientes   61' Report Santin   85'
Attendance: 20,000
Club Brugge  1–1  Saint-Étienne
Vargas   50' Report Gigliotti   44'
Attendance: 21,381
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Rosenborg  0–4  Valencia
Report Mata   21'
Hernández   76'
Baraja   88'
Joaquín   90'
Attendance: 14,549
Valencia  1–1  Club Brugge
Žigić   60' Report Alcaraz   18'
Attendance: 18,000
Copenhagen  1–1  Rosenborg
Antonsson   85' Report Iversen   33'
Attendance: 18,184
Club Brugge  0–1  Copenhagen
Report Santin   58'
Attendance: 22,169
Saint-Étienne  2–2  Valencia
Ilan   29', 44' Report Morientes   32'
Žigić   72'
Attendance: 28,000

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSK DEP LPO NAN FEY
1   CSKA Moscow 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 2–1 — —
2   Deportivo La Coruña 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — — 1–0 3–0
3   Lech Poznań 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 — 1–1 — 2–2 —
4   Nancy 4 1 1 2 8 7 +1 4 3–4 — — — 3–0
5   Feyenoord 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0 1–3 — 0–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
CSKA Moscow  3–0  Deportivo La Coruña
Dzagoev   9', 12'
Vágner Love   61'		 Report
Attendance: 13,060
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Nancy  3–0  Feyenoord
Zerka   47'
Féret   53'
Hélder Maurílio   84'		 Report
Attendance: 11,512
Lech Poznań  2–2  Nancy
Peszko   5'
Štilić   22'		 Report Malonga   10'
Zerka   81'
Attendance: 21,601
Feyenoord  1–3  CSKA Moscow
Van Bronckhorst   29' Report Van Bronckhorst   14' (o.g.)
Vágner Love   40', 81'
Attendance: 25,000
CSKA Moscow  2–1  Lech Poznań
Dzagoev   31'
Zhirkov   45+1'		 Report Štilić   66'
Attendance: 10,800
Deportivo La Coruña  3–0  Feyenoord
Lopo   30'
Hofland   50' (o.g.)
Guardado   51'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Lech Poznań  1–1  Deportivo La Coruña
Rengifo   42' Report Colotto   2'
Attendance: 21,000
Nancy  3–4  CSKA Moscow
Zerka   5'
Féret   72'
Camerling   79'		 Report Vágner Love   23', 62', 88'
Ramón   33'
Attendance: 14,074
Deportivo La Coruña  1–0  Nancy
Bodipo   74' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Feyenoord  0–1  Lech Poznań
Report Đurđević   26'
Attendance: 23,000

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2008/09" (PDF). UEFA. pp. 8–9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Tough groups for former champions". UEFA. 8 October 2008.
  3. ^ "2008/09 Draw and match calendar". UEFA. 2 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Competition format". UEFA. 13 July 2005.
  5. ^ "Forty teams await UEFA Cup draw". UEFA. 7 October 2008.
  6. ^ "UEFA club coefficients 2008". UEFA. Retrieved 30 June 2008.

External links edit

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