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Revision as of 20:52, 31 July 2008
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| Dates | 17 July 2008 – 20 May 2009 |
| Teams | 157 |
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| Matches played | 37 |
| Goals scored | 96 (2.59 per match) |

The UEFA Cup 2008-09 will be the 38th edition of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final will be played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul, Turkey on 20 May 2009.[1]
Qualification
119 teams have qualified directly for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup from 53 UEFA associations. An additional three teams qualified via the UEFA Fair Play league, while 35 further teams will qualify from the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Each association enters a certain number of teams to the UEFA Cup based on its league co-efficient. Through domestic competitions (national championships and cups and league cups in certain countries) an association may qualify up to four teams. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup:
- Associations 1-6 each have 3 teams qualify
- Associations 7-8 each have 4 teams qualify
- Associations 9-15 each have 2 teams qualify
- Associations 16-21 each have 3 teams qualify
- Associations 22-37 and 39-50 have 2 teams qualify
- Associations 38, 51 and 52 have 1 team qualify
- Association 53 (Montenegro) have 2 teams qualify
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- 3 UEFA Fair Play entries
- 11 winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
- 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
- 8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage
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)
- 37 winners from the first qualifying round
- 6 Cup-winners from associations 15-20
- 7 third-place finishers from associations 9-15
- 3 runners-up from associations 16-18
- 11 entries from UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round: (80 teams)
- 32 winners from the second qualifying round
- 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
- 16 entries from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage: (40 teams)
- 40 winners from the First Round
Knockout stage: (32 teams)
- 24 top-three finishers from the group stage
- 8 entries from UEFA Champions League group stage
- Template:Fnb UEFA Champions League group stage third-placed team of each group
- Template:Fnb Losers of UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
- Template:Fnb Moved up from the lower qualifiying round due to the Title Holder entry not being used.
- Template:Fnb Third round winners of UEFA Intertoto Cup
Round and draw dates
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.
| Date | Event | Date | Event |
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| 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
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008.[10] The first legs were played on 17 July 2008 and the second legs will be played on 31 July 2008, with the exception of the Nordsjælland vs TVMK match, which was played on 29 July 2008.
- Template:Fnb Played in Smederevo at the Fortress Stadium owing to Borac Čačak's home ground not meeting UEFA criteria.
- Template:Fnb Played at Tórsvøllur owing to Við Margáir not meeting UEFA criteria.
- Template:Fnb Manchester City will play their home game at Oakwell Stadium, home of Barnsley, because the pitch at their home ground will need to be relaid after a Bon Jovi concert.[11]
- Template:Fnb Midtjylland were originally drawn to play at home in the first leg, but the order of the games was reversed. Bangor City's home leg will be played at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, as their own ground does not meet UEFA criteria.
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round will be held on 1 August 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland,[12] and will feature 16 teams entering directly at the second qualifying round, as well as the 37 winners from the previous round and the 11 third round winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
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Central-East region
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Northern region
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Note: There will need to be some adjustments to the groups outlined above as (if winners from the previous round are included) there would be 21 teams in each of the northern and central-east regions, preventing a direct pairing of all teams within their respective regional grouping.
First round
The following 32 teams will enter at the first round. Also entering are the winners from the previous round and the losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
Seeding structure
Seeding is determined by their UEFA Coefficient rating. The 80 teams are then split into 8 groups of 10 teams, 5 seeded teams and 5 unseeded teams. This is also based on their coefficient ranking with the exception, ruling that no country can have two or more of their teams in the same group.[13]
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Final
The final of the UEFA Cup 2008-09 will be held on 20 May 2009 at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. This will be the first time that the UEFA Cup Final has been held in Turkey and follows the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final which was held in Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium.
See also
References
- ^ "Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium selected for 2009 UEFA Cup Final". UEFA. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Cup finalists Coleraine have failed to gain a UEFA licence. With the other finalist, Linfield, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, the 3rd placed team in the league qualifies for the UEFA Cup.
- ^ Although qualified as Serbian Cup runner-up, FK Zemun have not gained a UEFA license because of club's poor finances. Borac Čačak got Zemun's UEFA Cup spot as the 4th placed team in the 2007/08 Serbian Superliga final standings.
- ^ According UEFA coefficients Austrian cup-winner is supposed to play in this round, but as Austrian Cup is reserved only for amateur teams this season, this qualification spot is given to 3rd-placed team from league competition.
- ^ "England earn Fair Play prize". UEFA. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Man City claim last Uefa Cup slot". BBC Sport. 2008-05-16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "Fair Play bonus for Germans and Danes". UEFA. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "FC Nordsjælland i UEFA Cup'en". Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ^ "Hertha BSC gewinnt nationale Fairplay-Wertung". Bundesliga.de. 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ^ "Dates for next season's UEFA Cup". BBC Sport. 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7445562.stm Oakwell to host Man City tie
- ^ "Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup" (PDF). UEFA. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Hopefuls to discover first-round fates". UEFA.com. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
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