2007–08 UEFA Cup
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The UEFA Cup 2007-08 is the 50th edition of the European UEFA Cup football club tournament. The final match will be played at City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on May 14, 2008. The first qualifying games were played on July 19 2007 and the main tournament will start 20 september 2007. A total of 123 football clubs will participate in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds). Different numbers of clubs will be represented per European football nation, depending on the UEFA coefficients. One new nation has entered their cup winner and second-placed football team: Montenegro.
Round and draw dates
The calendar from UEFA.com.
Date | Event |
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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 2007 | Group stage, 4th matchday |
19 December / 20 2007 | Group stage, 5th matchday |
21 December 2007 | Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 16 |
13 February / 14 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 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
First Qualifying Round
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.[1]
1 This match was played at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade.
2 UEFA has expelled Partizan from UEFA Cup 2007-08 due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA ajudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble.[2], but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while appeal is undergoing.[3] However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified.[4]
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, 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 August and 30 August 2007.[5]
First Round
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.[6]
1 This match was played at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos because AE Larisa's ground (Alkazar Stadium in Larisa) would not meet UEFA standards.
Group stage
Tie-breaking criteria[7]
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 all the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored away in all group matches played;
- higher number of wins;
- higher number of away wins;
- 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 to colors in group tables:
- Teams highlighted in green are certain of qualification for the next round.
- Teams highlighted in red are unable to qualify.
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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AZ Alkmaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zenit St-Peterburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Everton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nürnberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panathinaikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Atlético Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Copenhagen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aberdeen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AEK Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fiorentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mladá Boleslav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elfsborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hamburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rennes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group E
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sparta Prague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spartak Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Toulouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zürich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group F
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sporting Braga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Star Belgrade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aris Thessaloniki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group G
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anderlecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Getafe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aalborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group H
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bordeaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Austria Viena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galatasaray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panionios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Helsingborgs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round of 32
- The eight group winners will be drawn against the eight third-place teams.
- The eight second-place teams will be drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups.
See also
References
- ^ "Partizan paired with neighbours Zrinjski". UEFA.com. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
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(help) - ^ "Partizan disqualified from UEFA Cup". UEFA.com. 2007-07-26.
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(help) - ^ "Partizan decision deferred". UEFA.com. 2007-07-31.
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(help) - ^ "Partizan disqualified from UEFA Cup". UEFA.com. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
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(help) - ^ "Hamburg handed Honvéd encounter". UEFA.com. 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
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(help) - ^ "Bayern and Ajax given tough ties". UEFA.com. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
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(help) - ^ "Regulation". UEFA.com.