UEFA Cup 2008-09

UEFA Cup 2008-09

(From 17-07-2008 to 20-05-2009)

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 157 teams (best qualified clubs in domestic leagues, domestic Cup winners, title holder, and extra participants) play three qualifying rounds on a home and away basis. The access of participants in these rounds depends on how their country is ranked in UCR (direct berths) or other factors (extra berths). The aggregate score of both games decides the winner. Ties are resolved with: 1) the “away goals double value” rule; 2) a 30 minutes extra-time after regulation; 3) a penalty shoot-out (pk).

· The 40 surviving teams after the last qualifying round participate in a Group Stage, divided in 8 groups of 5 teams each. The champions, runners-up, and third-ranked teams of these groups qualify for a First Knock-Out Round, with winners advancing further to Second Knock-Out Round, Quarterfinals and Semifinals. The criteria to determine the final classification within the groups are (in this order): 1) total points earned; 2) goal average; 3) away goals; 4) UEFA Country Ranking at the beginning of the season.

· A final game is played at a predetermined venue.

PARTICIPANTS AND BERTH ASSIGNMENT

119 entrants as a result of UEFA Country Ranking (UCR) for the period 2003-2007 and 38 more entrants depending on different factors. The berth assignment is as follows:

Direct berths (119): 2 countries (places 7-8 in UCR) with 4 teams; 12 countries (places 1-6 and 16-21 in UCR) with 3 teams; 36 countries (places 9-15 and 22-53 in UCR, except Liechtenstein, Andorra, and San Marino) with 2 teams; 3 countries (Liechtenstein, Andorra, and San Marino) with 1 team.

Extra berths (38): 11 teams qualified via Intertoto Cup 2008 (IC). 3 teams qualified via Fair Play (ranking of countries whose teams receive the fewest number of yellow and red cards). 24 teams qualified via Champions League 2008-09 (16 losers of Third Qualifying Round and 8 third-placed teams after the League Stage).

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
74 TEAMS. Runners-up in Leagues of countries ranked 19-52 in UCR 2003-2007 (except Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino), plus the runner-up of the newly created federation of Montenegro. Third-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 16-21 in UCR. Cup champions of countries ranked 21-52 in UCR (in green), plus the newly created federation of Montenegro. 3 teams qualified via Fair Play (in pink).
NORTHERN SECTION
*FH (Hafnarfjörður) (ICE)* - CS Grevenmacher (LUX)	3-2	5-1 (a)
FK Vėtra (LIT) - Viking FK (NOR)	1-0	0-2
Racing FC Union Luxembourg (LUX) - Kalmar FF (SWE)	0-3	1-7
FC Honka (FIN) - ÍA (Akranes) (ICE)	3-0 (b)	1-2
Glentoran FC (NIR) - FK Liepājas Metalurgs (LAT)	1-1	0-2
Brøndby IF (DEN) - B36 (Tórshavn) (FAR)	1-0	2-0
TVMK (Tallinn) (EST) - FC Nordsjælland (DEN)	0-3	0-5
EB/Streymur (FAR) - Manchester City FC (ENG)	0-2 (c)	0-2 (d)
JFK Olimps Rīga (LAT) - St. Patrick’s Athletic FC (IRL)	0-1	0-2
Djurgårdens IF (SWE) - FC Flora (EST)	0-0	2-2
FK Sūduva (LIT) - The New Saints FC (WAL)	1-0	1-0 (e)
Cliftonville FC (NIR) - FC København (DEN)	0-4 (f)	0-7
Cork City FC (IRL) - FC Haka (FIN)	2-2	0-4
Bangor City FC (WAL) - FC Midtjylland (DEN)	1-6 (g)	0-4
CENTRAL-EAST SECTION
FC Salzburg (AUT) - FA Banants (ARM)	7-0	3-0 (h)
Győri ETO FC (HUN) - SK Zestaponi (GEO)	1-1	2-1
FA Ararat (ARM) - AC Bellinzona (SWI)	0-1 (h)	1-3 (i)
FC Dacia (MOL) - FK Borac Čačak (SER)	1-1	1-3 (j)
FK Tobol (KAZ) - FK Austria Wien (AUT)	1-0	0-2
Hertha BSC (GER) - FC Nistru (MOL)	8-1	0-0 (k)
FK Khazar Lankaran (AZE) - KKS Lech Poznań (POL)	0-1 (l)	1-4
Legia Warszawa (POL) - FK Gomel’ (BLR)	0-0	4-1
FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) - SK WIT Georgia (GEO)	2-2	0-1
FK MTZ-RIPO (BLR) - MŠK Žilina (SVK)	2-2	0-1
FK Shakhtjor (KAZ) - Debreceni Vasutas SC (HUN)	1-1	0-1
FK Vojvodina (SER) - FK Olimpik (AZE)	1-0	1-1
SOUTHERN SECTION
FK Cherno More (BUL) - UE Sant Julià (AND)	4-0 (m)	5-0 (n)
FK Pelister (MAC) - *APOEL (Levkosía) (CYP)*	0-0 (o)	0-1
FC Vaduz (LIE) - NK Zrinjski (BOS)	1-2	0-3
NK Široki Brijeg (BOS) - KS Partizani (ALB)	0-0	3-1
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona MK (ISR) - FK Mogren (MON)	1-1 (p)	3-0 (q)
FC Koper (SVN) - KS Vllaznia (ALB)	1-2 (r)	0-0
FK Zeta (MON) - NK Interblock (SVN)	1-1 (s)	0-1 (t)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK (ISR) - AC Juvenes/Dogana (SMR)	3-0 (u)	2-0
HNK Hajduk (CRO) - Birkirkara FC (MAL)	4-0	3-0 (v)
AS Omónia Levkosías (CYP) - FK Milano (MAC)	2-0	2-1
Marsaxlokk FC (MAL) - NK Slaven Belupo (CRO)	0-4 (v)	0-4
(a) Played in Luxembourg City. (b) Played in Vantaa. (c) Played in Tórshavn. (d) Played in Barnsley. (e) Played in Newtown. (f) Played in Lurgan. (g) Played in Wrexham. (h) Played in Abovian. (i) Played in Lugano. (j) Played in Smederevo. (k) Played in Chişinău. (l) Played in Baku. (m) Played in Sofija. (n) Played in Andorra la Vella. (o) Played in Skopje. (p) Played in Haifa. (q) Played in Nikšić. (r) Played in Nova Gorica. (s) Played in Podgorica. (t) Played in Celje. (u) Played in Rishon Le’Ziyon. (v) Played in Ta'Qali.

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND
64 TEAMS. 37 winners of First Qualifying Round. Runners-up in Leagues of countries ranked 16-18 in UCR 2003-2007. Third-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 9-15 in UCR. Cup champions of countries ranked 15-20 in UCR (in green). 11 teams qualified via Intertoto Cup 2008 (in blue).
FK Borac Čačak - FK Lokomotiv (Sofija) (BUL)	1-0 (a)	1-1
Queen of the South FC (SCO) - FC Nordsjælland	1-2 (b)	1-2
KAA Gent (BEL) - Kalmar FF	2-1	0-4
Manchester City FC - FC Midtjylland	0-1	1-0	pk:4-2
FC Honka - Viking FK	0-0	2-1
FC Haka - Brøndby IF	0-4	0-2
Stabæk IF (NOR) - Stade Rennais FC (FRA)	2-1	0-2
FC København - Lillestrøm SK (NOR)	3-1	4-2
IF Elfsborg (SWE) - St. Patrick’s Athletic FC	2-2	1-2
FH (Hafnarfjörður) - Aston Villa FC (ENG)	1-4 (c)	1-1
NK Široki Brijeg - Beşiktaş JK (TUR)	1-2	0-4
SC Braga (POR) - NK Zrinjski	1-0	2-0
FK Vojvodina - Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK	0-0	0-3
AS Áris (GRE) - NK Slaven Belupo	1-0	0-2
FK Liteks (BUL) - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona MK	0-0	2-1 (d)
RC Deportivo de La Coruña (SPA) - HNK Hajduk	0-0	2-0
*APOEL (Levkosía)* - FK Crvena Zvezda (SER)	2-2	3-3
KS Vllaznia - SSC Napoli (ITA)	0-3	0-5
Maccabi Netanya MK (ISR) - FK Cherno More	1-1 (e)	0-2 (f)
AEK (Athína) (GRE) - AS Omónia Levkosías	0-1	2-2
FK Liepājas Metalurgs - FC Vaslui (ROM)	0-2	1-3
FC Zürich (SWI) - SK Sturm (AUT)	1-1	1-1	pk:4-2
VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Győri ETO FC	2-1	4-1
KKS Lech Poznań - Grasshopper-Club (SWI)	6-0	0-0 (g)
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) - MŠK Žilina	1-2	1-2
SK WIT Georgia - FK Austria Wien	(*)	0-2
BSC Young Boys (SWI) - Debreceni Vasutas SC	4-1	3-2
Legia Warszawa - FK Moskva (RUS)	1-2	0-2
FK Dnipro (UKR) - AC Bellinzona	3-2	1-2 (h)
NK Interblock - Hertha BSC	0-2 (i)	0-1
FK Sūduva - FC Salzburg	1-4	1-0
Djurgårdens IF - Rosenborg BK (NOR)	2-1	0-5
* The first leg was cancelled due to the war situation in Georgia, and the tie was re-scheduled as a single-game match in Austria. (a) Played in Smederevo. (b) Played in Airdrie. (c) Played in Reykjavík. (d) Played in Haifa. (e) Played in Tel Avīv. (f) Played in Sofija. (g) Played in St. Gallen. (h) Played in Lugano. (i) Played in Celje.

FIRST ROUND
80 TEAMS. 32 winners of Second Qualifying Round. Third-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 7-8 in UCR 2003-2007. Fourth-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 4-8 in UCR. Fifth-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 1-8 in UCR. Sixth-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 1-3 in UCR. Cup champions of countries ranked 1-14 in UCR (in green) 16 losers of Third Qualifying Round of Champions League 2008-09 (in red).
AC Milan (ITA) - FC Zürich	3-1	1-0
FCU Politehnica Timişoara (ROM) - FK Partizan (SER)	1-2	0-1
Hertha BSC - St. Patrick’s Athletic FC	2-0	0-0
FC Baník Ostrava (CZE) - *FK Spartak (Moskva) (RUS)*	0-1	1-1
Beşiktaş JK - FK Metallist (UKR)	1-0	1-4
Portsmouth FC (ENG) - Vitória SC (POR)	2-0	2-2
Kayserispor Kulübü (TUR) - Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA)	1-2	0-0
Sevilla FC (SPA) - FC Salzburg	2-0	2-0
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) - FC Rapid (ROM)	1-0	1-1
UC Sampdoria (ITA) - FBK Kaunas (LIT)	5-0	2-1
CS Marítimo (POR) - Valencia CF (SPA)	0-1	1-2
NK Dinamo (CRO) - AC Sparta Praha (CZE)	0-0	3-3
AS Omónia Levkosías - Manchester City FC	1-2	1-2
BSC Young Boys - Club Brugge KV (BEL)	2-2	0-2
AS Nancy-Lorraine (FRA) - Motherwell FC (SCO)	1-0 (a)	2-0
Everton FC (ENG) - Royal Standard Club de Liège (BEL)	2-2	1-2
SSC Napoli - SL Benfica (POR)	3-2	0-2
AC Bellinzona - Galatasaray SK (TUR)	3-4 (b)	1-2
*NEC (Nijmegen) (NED)* - FC Dinamo Bucureşti (ROM)	1-0	0-0
Real Racing Club de Santander (SPA) - FC Honka	1-0	1-0 (c)
APOEL (Levkosía) - FC Schalke 04 (GER)	1-4	1-1
FK Liteks - Aston Villa FC	1-3	1-1
FK Austria Wien - KKS Lech Poznań	2-1	2-4
Vitória FC (POR) - SC Heerenveen (NED)	1-1 (d)	2-5
SK Brann (NOR) - RC Deportivo de La Coruña	2-0	0-2	pk:2-3
SK Slavia Praha (CZE) - FC Vaslui	0-0	1-1
NK Slaven Belupo - *CSKA (Moskva) (RUS)*	1-2	0-1
Brøndby IF - Rosenborg BK	1-2	2-3
FK Cherno More - VfB Stuttgart	1-2 (e)	2-2
Stade Rennais FC - FC Twente (NED)	2-1	0-1
FK Borac Čačak - AFC Ajax (NED)	1-4 (f)	0-2
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) - TS Wisła (POL)	2-1	1-1
FK Moskva - FC København	1-2	1-1
MŠK Žilina - FK Levski (BUL)	1-1	1-0
BV Borussia 09 (GER) - Udinese Calcio (ITA)	0-2	2-0	pk:3-4
SC Braga - FC Artmedia Petržalka (SVK)	4-0	2-0
SC Feyenoord (NED) - Kalmar FF	0-1	2-1 (g)
Hamburger SV (GER) - FC Unirea (ROM)	0-0	2-0
Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK - AS Saint-Étienne (FRA)	1-2	1-2
FC Nordsjælland - Olympiakós SFP (GRE)	0-2	0-5
(a) Played in Tomblaine. (b) Played in Basel. (c) Played in Helsinki. (d) Played in Lisboa. (e) Played in Sofija. (f) Played in Beograd. (g) Played in Borås.

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A

GROUP B

Competition Day 1

FC Twente - Racing de Santander

1-0

Hertha BSC - SL Benfica

1-1

FC Schalke 04 - Paris Saint-Germain FC

3-1

Galatasaray SK - Olympiakós SFP

1-0

BYE: Manchester City FC.

BYE: FK Metallist.

Competition Day 2

Racing de Santander - FC Schalke 04

1-1

SL Benfica - Galatasaray SK

0-2

Manchester City FC - FC Twente

3-2

FK Metallist - Hertha BSC

0-0

BYE: Paris Saint-Germain FC.

BYE: Olympiakós SFP.

Competition Day 3

Paris Saint-Germain - Racing Santander

2-2

Olympiakós SFP - SL Benfica

5-1

FC Schalke 04 - Manchester City FC

0-2

Galatasaray SK - FK Metallist

0-1

BYE: FC Twente.

BYE: Hertha BSC.

Competition Day 4

Manchester City FC - Paris Saint-Germain

0-0

FK Metallist - Olympiakós SFP

1-0

FC Twente - FC Schalke 04

2-1

Hertha BSC - Galatasaray SK

0-1

BYE: Real Racing Club de Santander.

BYE: SL Benfica.

Competition Day 5

Paris Saint-Germain FC - FC Twente

4-0

Olympiakós SFP - Hertha BSC

4-0

Racing Santander - Manchester City FC

3-1

SL Benfica - FK Metallist

0-1

BYE: FC Schalke 04.

BYE: Galatasaray SK.

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. Manchester City	4	2	1	1	6	5	7
2. FC Twente	4	2	0	2	5	8	6
3. Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	7	5	5
4. Racing de Santander	4	1	2	1	6	5	5
5. FC Schalke 04	4	1	1	2	5	6	4

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. FK Metallist	4	3	1	0	3	0	10
2. Galatasaray SK	4	3	0	1	4	1	9
3. Olympiakós SFP	4	2	0	2	9	3	6
4. Hertha BSC	4	0	2	2	1	6	2
5. SL Benfica	4	0	1	3	2	9	1

GROUP C

GROUP D

Competition Day 1

Sevilla FC - VfB Stuttgart

2-0

NK Dinamo - NEC

3-2

FK Partizan - UC Sampdoria

1-2

Udinese Calcio - Tottenham Hotspur FC

2-0

BYE: Royal Standard Club de Liège.

BYE: FK Spartak (Moskva).

Competition Day 2

VfB Stuttgart - FK Partizan

2-0

Tottenham Hotspur FC - NK Dinamo

4-0

Royal Standard de Liège - Sevilla FC

1-0

FK Spartak - Udinese Calcio

1-2

BYE: UC Sampdoria.

BYE: NEC.

Competition Day 3

UC Sampdoria - VfB Stuttgart

1-1

NEC - Tottenham Hotspur FC

0-1

FK Partizan - Royal Standard de Liège

0-1

NK Dinamo - FK Spartak

0-1

BYE: Sevilla FC.

BYE: Udinese Calcio.

Competition Day 4

Royal Standard de Liège - UC Sampdoria

3-0

FK Spartak - NEC

1-2

Sevilla FC - FK Partizan

3-0

Udinese Calcio - NK Dinamo

2-1

BYE: VfB Stuttgart.

BYE: Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Competition Day 5

UC Sampdoria - Sevilla FC

1-0

Tottenham Hotspur FC - FK Spartak

2-2

VfB Stuttgart - Royal Standard de Liège

3-0

NEC - Udinese Calcio

2-0

BYE: FK Partizan.

BYE: NK Dinamo.

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. Standard de Liège	4	3	0	1	5	3	9
2. VfB Stuttgart	4	2	1	1	6	3	7
3. UC Sampdoria	4	2	1	1	4	5	7
4. Sevilla FC	4	2	0	2	5	2	6
5. FK Partizan	4	0	0	4	1	8	0

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. Udinese Calcio	4	3	0	1	6	4	9
2. Tottenham Hot.	4	2	1	1	7	4	7
*3. NEC (Nijmegen)*	4	2	0	2	6	5	6
4. FK Spartak	4	1	1	2	5	6	4
5. NK Dinamo	4	1	0	3	4	9	3

GROUP E

GROUP F

Competition Day 1

SC Heerenveen - AC Milan

1-3

Aston Villa FC - AFC Ajax

2-1

SC Braga - Portsmouth FC

3-0

MŠK Žilina - Hamburger SV

1-2

BYE: VfL Wolfsburg.

BYE: SK Slavia Praha.

Competition Day 2

AC Milan - SC Braga

1-0

AFC Ajax - MŠK Žilina

1-0

VfL Wolfsburg - SC Heerenveen

5-1

SK Slavia Praha - Aston Villa FC

0-1

BYE: Portsmouth FC.

BYE: Hamburger SV.

Competition Day 3

Portsmouth FC - AC Milan

2-2

Hamburger SV - AFC Ajax

0-1

SC Braga - VfL Wolfsburg

2-3

MŠK Žilina - SK Slavia Praha

0-0

BYE: SC Heerenveen.

BYE: Aston Villa FC.

Competition Day 4

VfL Wolfsburg - Portsmouth FC

3-2

SK Slavia Praha - Hamburger SV

0-2

SC Heerenveen - SC Braga

1-2

Aston Villa FC - MŠK Žilina

1-2

BYE: AC Milan.

BYE: AFC Ajax.

Competition Day 5

Portsmouth FC - SC Heerenveen

3-0

Hamburger SV - Aston Villa FC

3-1

AC Milan - VfL Wolfsburg

2-2

AFC Ajax - SK Slavia Praha

2-2

BYE: SC Braga.

BYE: MŠK Žilina.

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. VfL Wolfsburg	4	3	1	0	13	7	10
2. AC Milan	4	2	2	0	8	5	8
3. SC Braga	4	2	0	2	7	5	6
4. Portsmouth FC	4	1	1	2	7	8	4
5. SC Heerenveen	4	0	0	4	3	13	0

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. Hamburger SV	4	3	0	1	7	3	9
2. AFC Ajax	4	2	1	1	5	4	7
3. Aston Villa FC	4	2	0	2	5	6	6
4. MŠK Žilina	4	1	1	2	3	4	4
5. SK Slavia Praha	4	0	2	2	2	5	2

GROUP G

GROUP H

Competition Day 1

FC København - AS Saint-Étienne

1-3

AS Nancy-Lorraine - SC Feyenoord

3-0 (x)

Rosenborg BK - Club Brugge KV

0-0

CSKA - RC Deportivo de La Coruña

3-0

BYE: Valencia CF.

BYE: KKS Lech Poznań.

Competition Day 2

AS Saint-Étienne - Rosenborg BK

3-0

SC Feyenoord - CSKA

1-3

Valencia CF - FC København

1-1

KKS Lech Poznań - Nancy-Lorraine

2-2

BYE: Club Brugge KV.

BYE: RC Deportivo de La Coruña.

Competition Day 3

Club Brugge KV - AS Saint-Étienne

1-1

RC Deportivo - SC Feyenoord

3-0

Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF

0-4

CSKA - KKS Lech Poznań

2-1

BYE: FC København.

BYE: AS Nancy-Lorraine.

Competition Day 4

Valencia CF - Club Brugge KV

1-1

AS Nancy-Lorraine - CSKA

3-4 (x)

FC København - Rosenborg BK

1-1

KKS Lech Poznań - RC Deportivo

1-1

BYE: AS Saint-Étienne.

BYE: SC Feyenoord.

Competition Day 5

Club Brugge KV - FC København

0-1

RC Deportivo - AS Nancy-Lorraine

1-0

AS Saint-Étienne - Valencia CF

2-2

SC Feyenoord - KKS Lech Poznań

0-1

BYE: Rosenborg BK.

BYE: CSKA.

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
1. AS Saint-Étienne	4	2	2	0	9	4	8
2. Valencia CF	4	1	3	0	8	4	6
3. FC København	4	1	2	1	4	5	5
4. Club Brugge KV	4	0	3	1	2	3	3
5. Rosenborg BK	4	0	2	2	1	8	2

FINAL STANDING	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pt
*1. CSKA (Moskva)*	4	4	0	0	12	5	12
2. RC Deportivo	4	2	1	1	5	4	7
3. KKS Lech Poznań	4	1	2	1	5	5	5
4. AS Nancy-Lorraine	4	1	1	2	8	7	4
5. SC Feyenoord	4	0	0	4	1	10	0
(x) Played in Tomblaine.

FIRST KNOCK-OUT ROUND
32 TEAMS. 24 qualified teams after Group Stage. 8 third-placed teams after the League Stage of Champions League 2008-09 (in red).
Paris Saint-Germain FC - VfL Wolfsburg	2-0	3-1
FC København - Manchester City FC	2-2	1-2
NEC (Nijmegen) - Hamburger SV	0-3	0-1
UC Sampdoria - FK Metallist	0-1	0-2
SC Braga - Royal Standard Club de Liège	3-0	1-1
Aston Villa FC - *CSKA (Moskva)*	1-1	0-2
KKS Lech Poznań - Udinese Calcio	2-2	1-2
Olympiakós SFP - AS Saint-Étienne	1-3	1-2
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) - AFC Ajax	0-1	1-1
*AaB (Ålborg) (DEN)* - RC Deportivo de La Coruña	3-0	3-1
SV Werder Bremen (GER) - AC Milan	1-1	2-2
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) - Galatasaray SK	0-0	3-4
FK Dynamo (UKR) - Valencia CF	1-1	2-2
FK Zenit (RUS) - VfB Stuttgart	2-1	2-1
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) - FC Twente	0-1	1-0	pk:7-6
FK Shakhtar (UKR) - Tottenham Hotspur FC	2-0	1-1

SECOND KNOCK-OUT ROUND
SV Werder Bremen - AS Saint-Étienne	1-0	2-2
CSKA (Moskva) - FK Shakhtar	1-0	0-2
Udinese Calcio - FK Zenit	2-0	0-1
Paris Saint-Germain FC - SC Braga	0-0	1-0
FK Dynamo - FK Metallist	1-0	2-3
Manchester City FC - AaB (Ålborg)	2-0	0-2	pk:4-3
Olympique de Marseille - AFC Ajax	2-1	2-2
Hamburger SV - Galatasaray SK	1-1	3-2

1/4 FINALS
Hamburger SV - Manchester City FC	3-1	1-2
Paris Saint-Germain FC - FK Dynamo	0-0	0-3
FK Shakhtar - Olympique de Marseille	2-0	2-1
SV Werder Bremen - Udinese Calcio	3-1	3-3

1/2 FINALS
SV Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV	0-1	3-2
FK Dynamo - FK Shakhtar	1-1	1-2

FINAL

STADIUM: Şükrü Saraçoğlu (İstanbul)

DATE: 20-05-2009 (21:45 h)

ATTENDANCE: 53.100

REFEREE: Luis Medina Cantalejo (SPA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Luiz Adriano 25’); 1-1 (Naldo 35’); 2-1 (Jádson 97’)

BOOKED: Srna (57’), Lewandowski (77’), Ilsinho (87’) / Frings (45+’), Fritz (82’), Tziolis (115’), Boenisch (120+’)

MVP: Darijo Srna

[Incidents: Although the official attendance published by UEFA was 37,357 spectators, the actual number of fans in this final clearly surpassed the full capacity of Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium: 50,530. As in some other past editions of Eurocups finals, this discrepancy is attributed to the fact that UEFA computes only the tickets sold through official channels.]

FK Shakhtar - SV Werder Bremen

2-1 (1-1;1-1)

FK Shakhtar (coach: Mircea Lucescu)

Andrij P’jatov

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Darijo Srna (c)

Oleksandr Kucher

Dmytro Chygryns’kyj

Răzvan Raţ

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Ilson Pereira “Ilsinho” (Oleksij Gaj 100’)

Fernando Rosa “Fernandinho”

Mariusz Lewandowski

Willian Borges

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Jádson Rodrigues (Igor Duljaj 112’)

Luiz Adriano de Souza (Oleksandr Gladkyj 90’)

SV Werder Bremen (coach: Thomas Schaaf)

Tim Wiese

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Clemens Fritz (Petri Pasanen 95’)

Sebastian Prödl

Ronaldo Aparecido “Naldo”

Sebastian Boenisch

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Peter Niemeyer (Alexandros Tziolis 103’)

Frank Baumann (c)

Torsten Frings

Mesut Özil

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Markus Rosenberg (Aaron Hunt 78’)

Claudio Pizarro

TOP SCORER: Vágner Love (CSKA [Mosvka]) - 11 goals

ROSTERS (FINALISTS)

FK Shakhtar (ФК Шахтар)

SV Werder Bremen

Goalkeepers

1. Bogdan Shust (Богдан Шуст) (4-03-1986)

12. Rustam Khudzhamov (Рустам Худжамов) (5-10-1982)

30. Andrij P’jatov (Андрій П'ятов) (28-06-1984)

35. Yurij Virt (Юрій Вірт) (4-05-1974)

Defenders

3. Tomáš Hübschman (4-09-1981)

5. Oleksandr Kucher (Олександр Кучер) (22-10-1982)

11. Ilson Pereira Dias Júnior “Ilsinho” (12-10-1985)

13. V’jacheslav Shevchuk (В'ячеслав Шевчук) (13-05-1979)

26. Răzvan Raţ (26-05-1981)

27. Dmytro Chygryns’kyj (Дмитро Чигринський) (7-11-1986)

32. Mykola Ishchenko (Микола Іщенко) (9-03-1983)

36. Oleksandr Chyzhov (Олександр Чижов) (10-08-1986)

55. Volodymyr Ezers’kyj (Володимир Єзерський) (15-11-1976)

Midfielders

4. Igor Duljaj (29-10-1979)

7. Fernando Luiz Rosa “Fernandinho” (4-05-1985)

8. Jádson Rodrigues da Silva (5-10-1983)

9. Nery Alberto Castillo Confalonieri (13-06-1984)

15. Volodymyr Pryjomov (Володимир Прийомов) (2-01-1986)

18. Mariusz Lewandowski (18-05-1979)

19. Oleksij Gaj (Олексій Гай) (6-11-1982)

22. Willian Borges da Silva (9-08-1988)

23. Kostjantyn Kravchenko (Костянтин Кравченко) (24-09-86)

28. Oleksij Poljans’kyj (Олексій Полянський) (12-04-1986)

33. Darijo Srna (1-05-1982)

44. Artem Fedets’kyj (Артем Федецький) (26-04-1985)

Evgen Bredun (Євген Бредун) (10-09-1982)

Forwards

10. Evgen Selezn’ov (Євген Селезньов) (20-07-1985)

17. Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva (12-04-1987)

21. Oleksandr Gladkyj (Олександр Гладкий) (24-08-1987)

24. Ruslan Fomyn (Руслан Фомин) (2-03-1986)

25. Evaeverson Lemos da Silva “Brandão” (16-06-1980)

99. Marcelo Moreno Martins (18-06-1987)

COACH: Mircea Lucescu (29-07-1945)

Goalkeepers

1. Tim Wiese (17-12-1981)

21. Sebastian Mielitz (18-07-1989)

33. Christian Vander (24-10-1980)

40. Nico Pellatz (8-07-1986)

Defenders

2. Sebastian Boenisch (1-02-1987)

3. Petri Pasanen (24-09-1980)

4. Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues “Naldo” (10-09-1982)

5. Duško Tošić (19-01-1985)

8. Clemens Fritz (7-12-1980)

15. Sebastian Prödl (21-06-1987)

25. Peter Niemeyer (22-11-1983)

27. Niklas Andersen (4-08-1988)

29. Per Mertesacker (29-09-1984)

Dominik Schmidt (1-07-1987)

Midfielders

6. Frank Baumann (29-10-1975)

7. Jurica Vranješ (30-01-1980)

10. Diego Ribas da Cunha (28-02-1985)

11. Mesut Özil (15-10-1988)

16. Alexandros Tziolis (Αλέξανδρος Τζιόλης) (13-02-85)

17. Said Husejinović (13-05-1988)

20. Daniel Jensen (25-06-1979)

22. Torsten Frings (22-11-1976)

31. Kevin Artmann (21-04-1986)

32. José-Alex Ikeng (30-01-1988)

36. Max Kruse (19-03-1988)

44. Philipp Bargfrede (3-03-1989)

45. Timo Perthel (11-02-1989)

Carlos Alberto Gomes de Jesus (11-12-1984) (*)

Forwards

9. Markus Rosenberg (27-09-1982)

14. Aaron Hunt (4-09-1986)

18. Boubacar Sanogo (17-12-1982)

23. Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (23-05-1984)

24. Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (3-10-1978)

30. Márkó Futács (22-02-1990)

34. Martin Harnik (10-06-1987)

35. Fabrice Begeorgi (20-04-1987)

47. Torsten Oehrl (7-01-1986)

COACH: Thomas Schaaf (30-04-1961)

* Although Carlos Alberto belonged by contract to Werder Bremen during season 2008-09, he was sent on loan to Botafogo and Vasco da Gama.

RESUMEN DEL PARTIDO (GAME SUMMARY)

En la final de la última edición de la Copa de la UEFA (antes de transformarse en la Liga Europea), el Shakhtar Donetsk se convirtió en el primer equipo ucraniano —desde la independencia de la ex-república soviética— en lograr un título europeo, y lo hizo con un fútbol ofensivo y sin especulaciones, que combina el tradicional orden defensivo de los conjuntos del Este con el talento y la creatividad que aporta el núcleo brasileño de los Ilsinho, Fernandinho, Willian, Jádson y Luiz Adriano. El Werder Bremen, por su parte, notó en exceso la ausencia de Diego, su director y creador de juego, que vio el partido desde la grada por acumulación de amonestaciones.

Tras avisar de sus intenciones ofensivas a los cinco minutos en un disparo de Luiz Adriano desde la frontal del área que se marchó fuera por poco, el Shakhtar inauguró el marcador en el minuto 25 en un pase en profundidad al propio delantero brasileño que rompió el intento de fuera de juego alemán. Ante la desesperada salida de Wiese, Luiz Adriano le batió por alto con un toque sutil y malabarista con el exterior del pie. El Werder Bremen, incapaz de desbordar la zaga ucraniana por falta de velocidad y creatividad en ataque, sufría los peligrosos contragolpes del Shakhtar, en los que Luiz Adriano y Willian estuvieron a punto de lograr el 2-0. Sin embargo, lo que llegó fue el empate alemán, más producto de su insistencia que de su buen juego, aunque contó con la inestimable “ayuda” del portero del Shakhtar. En un libre directo en la frontal del área ucraniana, Naldo sobrepasó la barrera con un potente lanzamiento y P’jatov, en lugar de despejar el balón a córner, intentó atraparlo con tan mala fortuna que el balón le dobló los guantes y se coló en su portería. A raíz del 1-1, el partido se abrió y ambos conjuntos tuvieron ocasiones para haberse puesto en ventaja (primero un cabezazo de Pizarro y posteriormente un disparo de Lewandowski despejado milagrosamente por Wiese).

En la reanudación, el Shakhtar siguió mostrando sus intenciones ofensivas, y llegó más y mejor que el Werder Bremen. Willian fue una constante pesadilla para Fritz y el fútbol samba del conjunto ucraniano se imponía al orden defensivo alemán. Sin embargo, el marcador no se movió en toda la segunda mitad, y con empate a uno se llegó a la prórroga. A poco de iniciarse el periodo extra, un centro del incansable capitán Srna al corazón del área fue rematado por Jádson para lograr el 2-1. Los de Bremen no se rindieron, pero entre P’jatov (que se redimió de su error anterior con acertadas intervenciones) y un par de decisiones polémicas de Medina Cantalejo (posible penalti no señalado de Srna a Prödl y gol anulado a Pizarro) evitaron el empate.

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