2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 21 June – 27 July 2008 |
Teams | 50 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Aston Villa F.C., Grasshopper-Club, IF Elfsborg, RC Deportivo La Coruña, Rosenborg BK, Braga, SC Vaslui, SK Sturm Graz, SSC Napoli, Stade Rennais FC, VfB Stuttgart |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 78 |
Goals scored | 186 (2.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Dmitri Kirichenko (5 goals)[1] |
The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 21 April 2008. There were 11 co-winners of the tournament with outright winner of the competition being Braga due to their progress in the subsequent UEFA Cup campaign.
Contents
Association team allocation
50 teams participated in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup from 50 UEFA associations. Below is the scheme for the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The rankings throughout are based on the 2007 UEFA coefficients.
First round: (28 teams)
- 28 from associations 23-36, 38-50 and 53
Second round: (28 teams)
- 14 winners from the First Round
- 14 from associations 9-22
Third round: (22 teams)
- 14 winners from the Second Round
- 8 from associations 1-8
First round
First leg matches were played on June 21 and 22 2008 and second leg matches were played on June 28 and 29 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Southern-Mediterranean region | ||||
Besa Kavajë | (a) 1–1 | Ethnikos Achnas[2] | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Čelik | 4–4 (a) | Grbalj | 3–2 | 1–2 |
Rijeka | 0–2 | Renova[3] | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Hibernians | 0–3 | Gorica | 0–3 | 0–0 |
Central-East region | ||||
Zhetysu | 3–6 | Budapest Honvéd[4] | 1–2 | 2–4 |
Mika | 2–2 (a) | Tiraspol | 2–2 | 0–0 |
Neftchi Baku | (a) 3–3 | Nitra | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Cracovia | 1–5 | Shakhtsyor Salihorsk | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Etzella Ettelbruck | (a) 2–2 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Northern region | ||||
Ekranas | 4–0 | Narva Trans | 1–0 | 3–0 |
HB Tórshavn | 1–4 | Elfsborg | 1–4 | 0–0 |
Bohemians | 9–3 | Rhyl | 5–1 | 4–2 |
Lisburn Distillery | 3–6 | TPS Turku | 2–3 | 1–3 |
Riga | 3–2 | Fylkir | 1–2 | 2–0 |
First leg
21 June 2008
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Bohemians | 5 – 1 | Rhyl |
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J. Byrne 51' O. Heary 59' Brennan 63' (pen.) Fenn 71' Crowe 80' |
Report | Connolly 25' |
21 June 2008
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Lisburn Distillery | 2 – 3 | TPS Turku |
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Armour 42', 90+' (pen.) | Pertot 68', 88' Ääritalo 76' |
Second leg
Ethnikos Achnas 1–1 Besa Kavajë on aggregate. Besa Kavajë won on away goals rule.
Grbalj 4–4 Čelik on aggregate. Grbalj won on away goals rule.
Renova won 2–0 on aggregate.
Gorica won 3–0 on aggregate.
28 June 2008
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Budapest Honvéd | 4 – 2 | Zhetysu |
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Genito 26' Smiljanić 45+' Guie Guie 53' Bojtor 90+' |
Kiselyov 52', 74' |
Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.
Tiraspol 2–2 Mika on aggregate. Tiraspol won on away goals rule.
Nitra 3–3 Neftchi Baku on aggregate. Neftchi Baku won on away goals rule.
Shakhtsyor Salihorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
28 June 2008
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Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 2 – 2 | Etzella Ettelbruck |
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Chirikashvili 28' Aleksidze 30' |
Da Luz 21' F. Leweck 81' (pen.) |
Lokomotivi Tbilisi 2–2 Etzella Ettelbruck on aggregate. Etzella Ettelbruck won on away goals rule.
Ekranas won 4–0 on aggregate.
Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.
28 June 2008
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Rhyl | 2 – 4 | Bohemians |
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Connolly 37', 41' | O'Donnell 29' J. Byrne 32' (pen.) McGuinness 34' Singh 42' |
Bohemians won 9–3 on aggregate.
29 June 2008
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TPS Turku | 3 – 1 | Lisburn Distillery |
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Ääritalo 42' Paatelainen 75' One 86' |
G. Browne 84' (pen.) |
TPS Turku won 6–3 on aggregate.
Riga won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
The first leg was held on 5 and 6 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 12 July and 13 July 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Southern-Mediterranean region | ||||
Chernomorets Burgas | 3–1 | Gorica | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Grbalj | 2–3 | Sivasspor | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Grasshopper Zürich | 5–1 | Besa Kavajë | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Renova | 1–3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1–2 | 0–1 |
OFK Beograd | 2–3 | Panionios | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Central-East region | ||||
Germinal Beerschot[5] | 1–2 | Neftchi Baku | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Saturn Moscow Oblast | 8–1 | Etzella Ettelbruck | 7–0 | 1–1 |
Tiraspol | 1–3 | Tavriya Simferopol | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Sturm Graz | 2–0 | Shakhtsyor Salihorsk | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Teplice[6] | 3–3 (a) | Budapest Honvéd | 1–3 | 2–0 |
Northern region | ||||
TPS Turku | 1–4 | Odense | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Hibernian | 0–4 | Elfsborg | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Ekranas | 1–7 | Rosenborg | 1–3 | 0–4 |
Riga | (a) 2–2 | Bohemians | 1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
5 July 2008
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Saturn Moscow Oblast | 7 – 0 | Etzella Ettelbruck |
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Kirichenko 2', 35', 70', 71' Angbwa 13' Topić 18' Ivanov 65' |
Second leg
Chernomorets Burgas won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sivasspor won 3–2 on aggregate.
Grasshopper Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.
Bnei Sakhnin won 3–1 on aggregate.
Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.
Neftchi Baku won 2–1 on aggregate.
Saturn Moscow Oblast won 8–1 on aggregate.
Tavriya Simferopol won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 2–0 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd 3–3 Teplice on aggregate. Budapest Honvéd advanced on away goals rule.
Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.
Elfsborg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 7–1 on aggregate.
Bohemians 2–2 Riga on aggregate. Riga advanced on the away goals rule.
Third round
The first leg was held on 19 and 20 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 26 July and 27 July 2008. The 11 winners enter the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Southern-Mediterranean region | ||||
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–3 | Deportivo La Coruña[7] | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Panionios | 0–2 | Napoli | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Sivasspor | 0–5 | Braga | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Grasshopper Zürich | 4–0 | Chernomorets Burgas | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Central-East region | ||||
Saturn Moscow Oblast | 1–3 | Stuttgart | 1–0 | 0–3 (aet) |
Neftchi Baku | 2–3 | Vaslui | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Rennes | 1–1 (10–9 p) | Tavriya Simferopol | 1–0 | 0–1 (aet) |
Sturm Graz | 2–1 | Budapest Honvéd | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Northern region | ||||
NAC Breda | 1–2 | Rosenborg | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Odense | 2–3 | Aston Villa | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Elfsborg | 1–0 | Riga | 1–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
19 July 2008
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Odense | 2 – 2 | Aston Villa |
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Sidwell 25' (o.g.) Møller Christensen 90' |
Carew 7' Laursen 76' |
Second leg
Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.
Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vaslui won 3–2 on aggregate.
26 July 2008
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Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 Rennes on aggregate. Rennes won in a penalty shootout.
Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Winners
Eight of the eleven Intertoto Cup co-winners entered the UEFA Cup by winning their qualifying ties and progressed to the First Round. Five of those eight sides survived the First Round and entered the Group Stage. Four of those five qualified for the Round of 32. Only Braga progressed to the Round of 16, making them the overall winners.
The 11 co-winners were:
- Braga (Overall winners) (Round of 16, lost to Paris Saint-Germain)
- Aston Villa (Round of 32, lost to CSKA Moscow)
- Deportivo La Coruña (Round of 32, lost to AaB)
- Stuttgart (Round of 32, lost to Zenit Saint Petersburg)
- Rosenborg (Group stage, fifth in Group G)
- Napoli (First round, lost to Benfica)
- Rennes (First round, lost to Twente)
- Vaslui (First round, lost to Slavia Prague)
- Elfsborg (Second qualifying round, lost to St Patrick's Athletic)
- Grasshopper Zürich (Second qualifying round, lost to Lech Poznań)
- Sturm Graz (Second qualifying round, lost to Zürich)
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Intertoto Cup results, scorers and fixtures
- ↑ Apollon Limassol declined the participation, so Ethnikos Achna will participate instead
- ↑ Vardar did not gain a UEFA license
- ↑ FC Fehérvár, Újpest FC and Kaposvári Rákóczi FC declined the participation
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- ↑ 1. FC Brno (4th team of Gambrinus liga) did not apply for the Intertoto Cup.
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