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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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]
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored;
- higher number of goals scored away;
- higher number of wins;
- higher number of away wins;
- 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
References
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Tough groups for former champions". UEFA. 8 October 2008.
- ↑ "2008/09 Draw and match calendar". UEFA.com. 2 July 2008.
- ↑ "Competition format". UEFA.com. 13 July 2005.
- ↑ "Forty teams await UEFA Cup draw". UEFA. 7 October 2008.
- ↑ "UEFA club coefficients 2008". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 June 2008.