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

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 VfB 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 Hamburger SV 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 VfL 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

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

Group A

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




Group B

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




Group C

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 VfB 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




Group D

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




Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL ACM BRA POR HVN
1 Germany VfL 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

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Attendance: 10,608



Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HSV AJA AST ZIL SLA
1 Germany Hamburger SV 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




Group G

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
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Group H

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




References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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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