2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage

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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
Italy Milan 119.934 Germany Stuttgart 52.078 Norway Rosenborg 35.400
Spain Sevilla 102.837 Netherlands Ajax 51.610 Italy Udinese 34.934
Spain Valencia 83.837 Greece Olympiacos 51.525 Netherlands Feyenoord 33.610
Portugal Benfica 77.176 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 46.837 Portugal Braga 33.176
Germany Schalke 04 67.078 Belgium Club Brugge 41.810 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 31.496
Russia CSKA Moscow 59.437 Russia Spartak Moscow 40.437 England Manchester City 30.996
England Tottenham Hotspur 55.996 France Paris Saint-Germain 37.380 Turkey Galatasaray 30.469
Germany Hamburg 52.078 Netherlands Heerenveen 35.610 Italy Sampdoria 28.934
Pot 4 Pot 5
Germany Hertha BSC 27.078 France Saint-Étienne 17.380
Serbia Partizan 25.527 Germany Wolfsburg 16.078
France Nancy 25.380 Belgium Standard Liège 14.810
England Portsmouth 24.996 Netherlands Twente 14.610
England Aston Villa 24.996 Netherlands NEC 12.610
Spain Racing Santander 24.837 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 10.932
Denmark Copenhagen 23.748 Poland Lech Poznań 6.973
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 17.836 Slovakia 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 England Manchester City 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 0–0 — —
2 Netherlands Twente 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 6 — — — 1–0 2–1
3 France Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5 — 4–0 — 2–2 —
4 Spain Racing Santander 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 3–1 — — — 1–1
5 Germany Schalke 04 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 0–2 — 3–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
Schalke 04 Germany3–1France Paris Saint-Germain
Mabiala 12' (o.g.)
Kurányi 39'
Altıntop 70'		 Report Chantôme 90+2'
Attendance: 48,919
Twente Netherlands1–0Spain Racing Santander
Denneboom 7' Report
Attendance: 21,000
Racing Santander Spain1–1Germany Schalke 04
Tchité 57' Report Engelaar 61'
Attendance: 15,505
Schalke 04 Germany0–2England Manchester City
Report Benjani 32'
Ireland 66'
Attendance: 54,142
Paris Saint-Germain France2–2Spain Racing Santander
Kežman 5'
Luyindula 32'		 Report Traoré 40' (o.g.)
Colsa 55'
Attendance: 25,000
Twente Netherlands2–1Germany Schalke 04
Wielaert 3'
Perez 55'		 Report Asamoah 77'
Attendance: 24,000
Paris Saint-Germain France4–0Netherlands Twente
Luyindula 8', 86'
Sessègnon 23'
Kežman 84'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Racing Santander Spain3–1England 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 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage — — 1–0 0–0 —
2 Turkey Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9 0–1 — 1–0 — —
3 Greece Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6 — — — 4–0 5–1
4 Germany Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2 — 0–1 — — 1–1
5 Portugal Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1 0–1 0–2 — — —
Source: RSSSF
Hertha BSC Germany1–1Portugal Benfica
Pantelić 74' Report Di María 51'
Attendance: 26,144
Galatasaray Turkey1–0Greece Olympiacos
Kewell 25' Report
Attendance: 23,500
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine0–0Germany Hertha BSC
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Benfica Portugal0–2Turkey Galatasaray
Report Aşık 51'
Karan 69'
Attendance: 47,000
Galatasaray Turkey0–1Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
Report Edmar 81'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Olympiacos Greece5–1Portugal Benfica
Galletti 1'
Patsatzoglou 17'
Diogo 24', 53'
Belluschi 44'		 Report David Luiz 33'
Attendance: 30,185
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine1–0Greece Olympiacos
Edmar 88' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Hertha BSC Germany0–1Turkey Galatasaray
Report Baroš 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 62,612
Olympiacos Greece4–0Germany Hertha BSC
Dudu 55'
Galletti 68' (pen.)
Torosidis 87'
Diogo 88'		 Report
Attendance: 30,063
Benfica Portugal0–1Ukraine 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 Belgium Standard Liège 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage — — 3–0 1–0 —
2 Germany Stuttgart 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 3–0 — — — 2–0
3 Italy Sampdoria 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7 — 1–1 — 1–0 —
4 Spain Sevilla 4 2 0 2 5 2 +3 6 — 2–0 — — 3–0
5 Serbia Partizan 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0 0–1 — 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Sevilla Spain2–0Germany Stuttgart
Romaric 15'
Renato 16'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Partizan Serbia1–2Italy Sampdoria
Diarra 34' Report Bonazzoli 20'
Dessena 55'
Attendance: 23,780
Stuttgart Germany2–0Serbia Partizan
Gómez 77', 80' Report
Attendance: 20,500
Standard Liège Belgium1–0Spain Sevilla
Mbokani 38' Report
Attendance: 26,500
Sampdoria Italy1–1Germany Stuttgart
Sammarco 39' Report Marica 8'
Attendance: 15,000
Partizan Serbia0–1Belgium Standard Liège
Report De Camargo 36'
Attendance: 14,210
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Standard Liège Belgium3–0Italy Sampdoria
De Camargo 23'
Onyewu 35'
Jovanović 43'		 Report
Attendance: 26,833
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Sevilla Spain3–0Serbia Partizan
Luís Fabiano 32' (pen.), 73'
Renato 46'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Sampdoria Italy1–0Spain Sevilla
Bottinelli 75' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Stuttgart Germany3–0Belgium 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 Italy Udinese 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 — — 2–1
2 England Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 — — — 2–2 4–0
3 Netherlands NEC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 2–0 0–1 — — —
4 Russia Spartak Moscow 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 1–2 — 1–2 — —
5 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3 — — 3–2 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF
Udinese Italy2–0England Tottenham Hotspur
Di Natale 24' (pen.)
Pepe 86'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia3–2Netherlands NEC
Mandžukić 3'
Balaban 81'
Vrdoljak 84'		 Report Carlos 24' (o.g.)
Janssen 78'
Attendance: 15,000
Spartak Moscow Russia1–2Italy Udinese
Rodríguez 17' Report Quagliarella 12', 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Tottenham Hotspur England4–0Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Bent 30', 33', 70'
Huddlestone 59'		 Report
Attendance: 16,295
NEC Netherlands0–1England Tottenham Hotspur
Report O'Hara 14'
Attendance: 12,500
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia0–1Russia Spartak Moscow
Report Saenko 75'
Attendance: 12,000
Spartak Moscow Russia1–2Netherlands NEC
Covalciuc 2' Report Van Beukering 84'
Schöne 87'
Attendance: 12,000
Udinese Italy2–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Quagliarella 5'
Obodo 79'		 Report Bišćan 90+3'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
NEC Netherlands2–0Italy Udinese
John 75'
Van Beukering 78'		 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Tottenham Hotspur England2–2Russia 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 Germany Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage — — — 3–2 5–1
2 Italy Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8 2–2 — 1–0 — —
3 Portugal Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 2–3 — — 3–0 —
4 England Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4 — 2–2 — — 3–0
5 Netherlands Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0 — 1–3 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Braga Portugal3–0England Portsmouth
Aguiar 8'
Rentería 46'
Alan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Heerenveen Netherlands1–3Italy Milan
Pranjić 86' (pen.) Report Jong-a-Pin 19' (o.g.)
Gattuso 23'
Inzaghi 69'
Attendance: 25,600
Wolfsburg Germany5–1Netherlands Heerenveen
Džeko 34', 61'
Grafite 39'
Misimović 53'
Krzynówek 71'		 Report Väyrynen 31'
Attendance: 15,615
Milan Italy1–0Portugal Braga
Ronaldinho 90+3' Report
Attendance: 10,608
Portsmouth England2–2Italy Milan
Kaboul 62'
Kanu 73'		 Report Ronaldinho 84'
Inzaghi 90+2'
Attendance: 20,403
Braga Portugal2–3Germany Wolfsburg
Barzagli 6' (o.g.)
Meyong 49'		 Report Džeko 24'
Misimović 83' (pen.), 90+4'
Attendance: 7,294
Wolfsburg Germany3–2England Portsmouth
Džeko 3'
Gentner 23'
Misimović 74'		 Report Defoe 11'
Mvuemba 14'
Attendance: 21,015
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Heerenveen Netherlands1–2Portugal Braga
Sibon 19' Report Rentería 35'
Aguiar 56'
Attendance: 25,500
Portsmouth England3–0Netherlands Heerenveen
Crouch 40', 42'
Hreiðarsson 90'		 Report
Attendance: 19,612
Milan Italy2–2Germany 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 Germany Hamburg 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage — 0–1 3–1 — —
2 Netherlands Ajax 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — — 1–0 2–2
3 England Aston Villa 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6 — 2–1 — 1–2 —
4 Slovakia Žilina 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 1–2 — — — 0–0
5 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 0–2 — 0–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
Žilina Slovakia1–2Germany Hamburg
Rilke 69' Report Petrić 15'
Olić 45+1'
Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
Aston Villa England2–1Netherlands Ajax
Laursen 8'
Barry 45'		 Report Vermaelen 22'
Attendance: 36,657
Ajax Netherlands1–0Slovakia Žilina
Suárez 41' Report
Attendance: 24,200
Slavia Prague Czech Republic0–1England Aston Villa
Report Carew 26'
Attendance: 20,322
Žilina Slovakia0–0Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Report
Attendance: 8,789
Hamburg Germany0–1Netherlands Ajax
Report Leonardo 77'
Attendance: 51,200
Slavia Prague Czech Republic0–2Germany Hamburg
Report Olić 30'
Petrić 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,368
Aston Villa England1–2Slovakia Žilina
Delfouneso 28' Report Leitner 16'
Štyvar 19'
Attendance: 28,797
Hamburg Germany3–1England Aston Villa
Petrić 18'
Olić 30', 57'		 Report Delfouneso 83'
Attendance: 49,121
Ajax Netherlands2–2Czech Republic 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 France Saint-Étienne 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 — — 3–0
2 Spain Valencia 4 1 3 0 8 4 +4 6 — — 1–1 1–1 —
3 Denmark Copenhagen 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5 1–3 — — — 1–1
4 Belgium Club Brugge 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 1–1 — 0–1 — —
5 Norway Rosenborg 4 0 2 2 1 8 −7 2 — 0–4 — 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Copenhagen Denmark1–3France Saint-Étienne
Santin 59' (pen.) Report Gomis 2'
Perrin 37'
Payet 65'
Attendance: 17,187
Rosenborg Norway0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 12,166
Saint-Étienne France3–0Norway Rosenborg
Ilan 59'
Machado 63'
Mirallas 76'		 Report
Attendance: 24,006
Valencia Spain1–1Denmark Copenhagen
Morientes 61' Report Santin 85'
Attendance: 20,000
Club Brugge Belgium1–1France Saint-Étienne
Vargas 50' Report Gigliotti 44'
Attendance: 21,381
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Rosenborg Norway0–4Spain Valencia
Report Mata 21'
Hernández 76'
Baraja 88'
Joaquín 90'
Attendance: 14,549
Valencia Spain1–1Belgium Club Brugge
Žigić 60' Report Alcaraz 18'
Attendance: 18,000
Copenhagen Denmark1–1Norway Rosenborg
Antonsson 85' Report Iversen 33'
Attendance: 18,184
Club Brugge Belgium0–1Denmark Copenhagen
Report Santin 58'
Attendance: 22,169
Saint-Étienne France2–2Spain 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 Russia CSKA Moscow 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 2–1 — —
2 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — — 1–0 3–0
3 Poland Lech Poznań 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 — 1–1 — 2–2 —
4 France Nancy 4 1 1 2 8 7 +1 4 3–4 — — — 3–0
5 Netherlands Feyenoord 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0 1–3 — 0–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
CSKA Moscow Russia3–0Spain Deportivo La Coruña
Dzagoev 9', 12'
Vágner Love 61'		 Report
Attendance: 13,060
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Nancy France3–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Zerka 47'
Féret 53'
Hélder Maurílio 84'		 Report
Attendance: 11,512
Lech Poznań Poland2–2France Nancy
Peszko 5'
Štilić 22'		 Report Malonga 10'
Zerka 81'
Attendance: 21,601
Feyenoord Netherlands1–3Russia CSKA Moscow
Van Bronckhorst 29' Report Van Bronckhorst 14' (o.g.)
Vágner Love 40', 81'
Attendance: 25,000
CSKA Moscow Russia2–1Poland Lech Poznań
Dzagoev 31'
Zhirkov 45+1'		 Report Štilić 66'
Attendance: 10,800
Deportivo La Coruña Spain3–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Lopo 30'
Hofland 50' (o.g.)
Guardado 51'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Lech Poznań Poland1–1Spain Deportivo La Coruña
Rengifo 42' Report Colotto 2'
Attendance: 21,000
Nancy France3–4Russia CSKA Moscow
Zerka 5'
Féret 72'
Camerling 79'		 Report Vágner Love 23', 62', 88'
Ramón 33'
Attendance: 14,074
Deportivo La Coruña Spain1–0France Nancy
Bodipo 74' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Feyenoord Netherlands0–1Poland 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.

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