2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage

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
Milan 119.934 Stuttgart 52.078 Rosenborg 35.400
Sevilla 102.837 Ajax 51.610 Udinese 34.934
Valencia 83.837 Olympiacos 51.525 Feyenoord 33.610
Benfica 77.176 Deportivo La Coruña 46.837 Braga 33.176
Schalke 04 67.078 Club Brugge 41.810 Slavia Prague 31.496
CSKA Moscow 59.437 Spartak Moscow 40.437 Manchester City 30.996
Tottenham Hotspur 55.996 Paris Saint-Germain 37.380 Galatasaray 30.469
Hamburg 52.078 Heerenveen 35.610 Sampdoria 28.934
Pot 4 Pot 5
Hertha BSC 27.078 Saint-Étienne 17.380
Partizan 25.527 Wolfsburg 16.078
Nancy 25.380 Standard Liège 14.810
Portsmouth 24.996 Twente 14.610
Aston Villa 24.996 NEC 12.610
Racing Santander 24.837 Metalist Kharkiv 10.932
Copenhagen 23.748 Lech Poznań 6.973
Dinamo Zagreb 17.836 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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Manchester City 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
Twente 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 6
Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5
Racing Santander 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5
Schalke 04 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
Source:
Schalke 04 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain
Mabiala  12' (o.g.)
Kurányi  39'
Altıntop  70'		 Report Chantôme  90+2'
Attendance: 48,919
Twente 1–0 Racing Santander
Denneboom  7' Report
Attendance: 21,000
Racing Santander 1–1 Schalke 04
Tchité  57' Report Engelaar  61'
Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
Attendance: 15,505
Manchester City 3–2 Twente
Wright-Phillips  2'
Robinho  57'
Benjani  62'		 Report Elia  17'
Wielaert  65'
Attendance: 21,247
Schalke 04 0–2 Manchester City
Report Benjani  32'
Ireland  66'
Attendance: 54,142
Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 Racing Santander
Kežman  5'
Luyindula  32'		 Report Traoré  40' (o.g.)
Colsa  55'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
Twente 2–1 Schalke 04
Wielaert  3'
Perez  55'		 Report Asamoah  77'
Attendance: 24,000
Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Twente
Luyindula  8', 86'
Sessègnon  23'
Kežman  84'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Racing Santander 3–1 Manchester City
Pereira  20'
Serrano  30'
Valera  54'		 Report Caicedo  90+2'
Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
Attendance: 18,360

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10
Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9
Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6
Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2
Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
Source:
Hertha BSC 1–1 Benfica
Pantelić  74' Report Di María  51'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 26,144
Galatasaray 1–0 Olympiacos
Kewell  25' Report
Attendance: 23,500
Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 Hertha BSC
Report
Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Benfica 0–2 Galatasaray
Report Aşık  51'
Karan  69'
Attendance: 47,000
Galatasaray 0–1 Metalist Kharkiv
Report Edmar  81'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Olympiacos 5–1 Benfica
Galletti  1'
Patsatzoglou  17'
Diogo  24', 53'
Belluschi  44'		 Report David Luiz  33'
Attendance: 30,185
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 Olympiacos
Edmar  88' Report
Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Hertha BSC 0–1 Galatasaray
Report Baroš  69' (pen.)
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 62,612
Olympiacos 4–0 Hertha BSC
Dudu  55'
Galletti  68' (pen.)
Torosidis  87'
Diogo  88'		 Report
Attendance: 30,063
Benfica 0–1 Metalist Kharkiv
Report Rykun  84'
Attendance: 9,570
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Standard Liège 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9
Stuttgart 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7
Sampdoria 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7
Sevilla 4 2 0 2 5 2 +3 6
Partizan 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0
Source:
Sevilla 2–0 Stuttgart
Romaric  15'
Renato  16'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Partizan 1–2 Sampdoria
Diarra  34' Report Bonazzoli  20'
Dessena  55'
Attendance: 23,780
Stuttgart 2–0 Partizan
Gómez  77', 80' Report
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
Standard Liège 1–0 Sevilla
Mbokani  38' Report
Attendance: 26,500
Sampdoria 1–1 Stuttgart
Sammarco  39' Report Marica  8'
Attendance: 15,000
Partizan 0–1 Standard Liège
Report De Camargo  36'
Attendance: 14,210
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Standard Liège 3–0 Sampdoria
De Camargo  23'
Onyewu  35'
Jovanović  43'		 Report
Attendance: 26,833
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
Sevilla 3–0 Partizan
Luís Fabiano  32' (pen.), 73'
Renato  46'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Sampdoria 1–0 Sevilla
Bottinelli  75' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Stuttgart 3–0 Standard Liège
Khedira  5'
Hilbert  49'
Marica  72'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Udinese 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
NEC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
Spartak Moscow 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3
Source:
Udinese 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
Di Natale  24' (pen.)
Pepe  86'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Dinamo Zagreb 3–2 NEC
Mandžukić  3'
Balaban  81'
Vrdoljak  84'		 Report Carlos  24' (o.g.)
Janssen  78'
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Spartak Moscow 1–2 Udinese
Rodríguez  17' Report Quagliarella  12', 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Bent  30', 33', 70'
Huddlestone  59'		 Report
Attendance: 16,295
NEC 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur
Report O'Hara  14'
Attendance: 12,500
Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 Spartak Moscow
Report Saenko  75'
Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 12,000
Spartak Moscow 1–2 NEC
Covalciuc  2' Report Van Beukering  84'
Schöne  87'
Attendance: 12,000
Udinese 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Quagliarella  5'
Obodo  79'		 Report Bišćan  90+3'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
NEC 2–0 Udinese
John  75'
Van Beukering  78'		 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Radek Matejek (Czech Republic)
Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Spartak Moscow
Modrić  67'
Huddlestone  74'		 Report Dzyuba  23', 33'
Attendance: 28,906

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10
Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0
Source:
Braga 3–0 Portsmouth
Aguiar  8'
Rentería  46'
Alan  87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)
Heerenveen 1–3 Milan
Pranjić  86' (pen.) Report Jong-a-Pin  19' (o.g.)
Gattuso  23'
Inzaghi  69'
Attendance: 25,600
Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain)
Wolfsburg 5–1 Heerenveen
Džeko  34', 61'
Grafite  39'
Misimović  53'
Krzynówek  71'		 Report Väyrynen  31'
Attendance: 15,615
Milan 1–0 Braga
Ronaldinho  90+3' Report
Attendance: 10,608
Portsmouth 2–2 Milan
Kaboul  62'
Kanu  73'		 Report Ronaldinho  84'
Inzaghi  90+2'
Attendance: 20,403
Braga 2–3 Wolfsburg
Barzagli  6' (o.g.)
Meyong  49'		 Report Džeko  24'
Misimović  83' (pen.), 90+4'
Attendance: 7,294
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
Wolfsburg 3–2 Portsmouth
Džeko  3'
Gentner  23'
Misimović  74'		 Report Defoe  11'
Mvuemba  14'
Attendance: 21,015
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Heerenveen 1–2 Braga
Sibon  19' Report Rentería  35'
Aguiar  56'
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Portsmouth 3–0 Heerenveen
Crouch  40', 42'
Hreiðarsson  90'		 Report
Attendance: 19,612
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)
Milan 2–2 Wolfsburg
Ambrosini  17'
Pato  56'		 Report Zaccardo  56'
Sağlık  81'
Attendance: 5,420

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Hamburg 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9
Ajax 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
Aston Villa 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
Žilina 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
Slavia Prague 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
Source:
Žilina 1–2 Hamburg
Rilke  69' Report Petrić  15'
Olić  45+1'
Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina
Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
Aston Villa 2–1 Ajax
Laursen  8'
Barry  45'		 Report Vermaelen  22'
Attendance: 36,657
Ajax 1–0 Žilina
Suárez  41' Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 24,200
Slavia Prague 0–1 Aston Villa
Report Carew  26'
Synot Tip Arena, Prague
Attendance: 20,322
Žilina 0–0 Slavia Prague
Report
Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina
Attendance: 8,789
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Hamburg 0–1 Ajax
Report Leonardo  77'
HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 51,200
Slavia Prague 0–2 Hamburg
Report Olić  30'
Petrić  90+4' (pen.)
Synot Tip Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,368
Aston Villa 1–2 Žilina
Delfouneso  28' Report Leitner  16'
Štyvar  19'
Attendance: 28,797
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
Hamburg 3–1 Aston Villa
Petrić  18'
Olić  30', 57'		 Report Delfouneso  83'
HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 49,121
Ajax 2–2 Slavia Prague
Vertonghen  4'
Suárez  90+1' (pen.)		 Report Černý  13'
Jarolím  41'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 30,116
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saint-Étienne 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8
Valencia 4 1 3 0 8 4 +4 6
Copenhagen 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5
Club Brugge 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
Rosenborg 4 0 2 2 1 8 −7 2
Source:
Copenhagen 1–3 Saint-Étienne
Santin  59' (pen.) Report Gomis  2'
Perrin  37'
Payet  65'
Attendance: 17,187
Rosenborg 0–0 Club Brugge
Report
Lerkendal stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 12,166
Saint-Étienne 3–0 Rosenborg
Ilan  59'
Machado  63'
Mirallas  76'		 Report
Attendance: 24,006
Valencia 1–1 Copenhagen
Morientes  61' Report Santin  85'
Attendance: 20,000
Club Brugge 1–1 Saint-Étienne
Vargas  50' Report Gigliotti  44'
Attendance: 21,381
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Rosenborg 0–4 Valencia
Report Mata  21'
Hernández  76'
Baraja  88'
Joaquín  90'
Lerkendal stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 14,549
Valencia 1–1 Club Brugge
Žigić  60' Report Alcaraz  18'
Attendance: 18,000
Copenhagen 1–1 Rosenborg
Antonsson  85' Report Iversen  33'
Attendance: 18,184
Club Brugge 0–1 Copenhagen
Report Santin  58'
Attendance: 22,169
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)
Saint-Étienne 2–2 Valencia
Ilan  29', 44' Report Morientes  32'
Žigić  72'
Attendance: 28,000

Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
CSKA Moscow 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12
Deportivo La Coruña 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
Lech Poznań 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
Nancy 4 1 1 2 8 7 +1 4
Feyenoord 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Source:
CSKA Moscow 3–0 Deportivo La Coruña
Dzagoev  9', 12'
Vágner Love  61'		 Report
Attendance: 13,060
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Nancy 3–0 Feyenoord
Zerka  47'
Féret  53'
Hélder Maurílio  84'		 Report
Attendance: 11,512
Lech Poznań 2–2 Nancy
Peszko  5'
Štilić  22'		 Report Malonga  10'
Zerka  81'
Stadion Miejski, Poznań
Attendance: 21,601
Feyenoord 1–3 CSKA Moscow
Van Bronckhorst  29' Report Van Bronckhorst  14' (o.g.)
Vágner Love  40', 81'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
CSKA Moscow 2–1 Lech Poznań
Dzagoev  31'
Zhirkov  45+1'		 Report Štilić  66'
Attendance: 10,800
Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 Feyenoord
Lopo  30'
Hofland  50' (o.g.)
Guardado  51'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Lech Poznań 1–1 Deportivo La Coruña
Rengifo  42' Report Colotto  2'
Stadion Miejski, Poznań
Attendance: 21,000
Nancy 3–4 CSKA Moscow
Zerka  5'
Féret  72'
Camerling  79'		 Report Vágner Love  23', 62', 88'
Ramón  33'
Attendance: 14,074
Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 Nancy
Bodipo  74' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Feyenoord 0–1 Lech Poznań
Report Đurđević  26'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

References
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