UEFA Cup 2007–08
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 The poster of the final |
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 88 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Zenit St. Petersburg (1st title) |
Runners-up  |
 Rangers |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 221 |
| Goals scored | 563 (2.55 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Pavel Pogrebnyak (10 goals) Luca Toni (10 goals) |
The UEFA Cup 2007–08 was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's 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 St. 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 123 football clubs took part in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds).
Each European football nation is represented by a different number of its associate clubs, depending on the UEFA coefficients. One new nation has entered their Cup winner and second-placed football team: Montenegro.
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[edit] Round and draw dates
The calendar from UEFA.com.
| 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 |
[edit] Qualifying stage
[edit] 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 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 ajudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble.[2], but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed.[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.
[edit] 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]
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[edit] 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]
