2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage

The group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper. The draw took place on 7 October 2008 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Group stage matches began on 23 October 2008 and concluded on 18 December 2008. 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.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the group stage:

Key to colours
Group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advanced to round of 32
Pot 1
Team Coeff.
Milan 119.934
Sevilla 102.837
Valencia 83.837
Benfica 77.176
Schalke 04 67.078
CSKA Moscow 59.437
Tottenham Hotspur 55.996
Hamburger SV 52.078
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
VfB Stuttgart 52.078
Ajax 51.610
Olympiacos 51.525
Deportivo La Coruña 46.837
Club Brugge 41.810
Spartak Moscow 40.437
Paris Saint-Germain 37.380
Heerenveen 35.610
Pot 3
Team Coeff.
Rosenborg 35.400
Udinese 34.934
Feyenoord 33.610
Braga 33.176
Slavia Prague 31.496
Manchester City 30.996
Galatasaray 30.469
Sampdoria 28.934
Pot 4
Team Coeff.
Hertha BSC 27.078
Partizan 25.527
Nancy 25.380
Portsmouth 24.996
Aston Villa 24.996
Racing Santander 24.837
Copenhagen 23.748
Dinamo Zagreb 17.836
Pot 5
Team Coeff.
Saint-Étienne 17.380
VfL Wolfsburg 16.078
Standard Liège 14.810
Twente 14.610
NEC 12.610
Metalist Kharkiv 10.932
Lech Poznań 6.973
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. 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;
  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 Manchester City 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 0–0 — —
2 Twente 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 6 — — — 1–0 2–1
3 Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5 — 4–0 — 2–2 —
4 Racing Santander 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 3–1 — — — 1–1
5 Schalke 04 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 0–2 — 3–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
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'
Attendance: 15,505
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
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'
Attendance: 18,360

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET GAL OLY HER BEN
1 Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage — — 1–0 0–0 —
2 Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9 0–1 — 1–0 — —
3 Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6 — — — 4–0 5–1
4 Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2 — 0–1 — — 1–1
5 Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1 0–1 0–2 — — —
Source: RSSSF
Hertha BSC 1–1 Benfica
Pantelić 74' Report Di María 51'
Attendance: 26,144
Galatasaray 1–0 Olympiacos
Kewell 25' Report
Attendance: 23,500
Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 Hertha BSC
Report
Attendance: 35,000
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
Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 Olympiacos
Edmar 88' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Hertha BSC 0–1 Galatasaray
Report Baroš 69' (pen.)
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

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STD STU SAM SEV PTZ
1 Standard Liège 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage — — 3–0 1–0 —
2 VfB Stuttgart 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 3–0 — — — 2–0
3 Sampdoria 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7 — 1–1 — 1–0 —
4 Sevilla 4 2 0 2 5 2 +3 6 — 2–0 — — 3–0
5 Partizan 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0 0–1 — 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Sevilla 2–0 VfB Stuttgart
Romaric 15'
Renato 16'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Partizan 1–2 Sampdoria
Diarra 34' Report Bonazzoli 20'
Dessena 55'
Attendance: 23,780
VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Partizan
Gómez 77', 80' Report
Attendance: 20,500
Standard Liège 1–0 Sevilla
Mbokani 38' Report
Attendance: 26,500
Sampdoria 1–1 VfB 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)
VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Standard Liège
Khedira 5'
Hilbert 49'
Marica 72'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UDI TOT NEC SPA DZ
1 Udinese 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 — — 2–1
2 Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 — — — 2–2 4–0
3 NEC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 2–0 0–1 — — —
4 Spartak Moscow 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 1–2 — 1–2 — —
5 Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3 — — 3–2 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF
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'
Attendance: 15,000
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'
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
Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Spartak Moscow
Modrić 67'
Huddlestone 74'		 Report Dzyuba 23', 33'
Attendance: 28,906

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL ACM BRA POR HVN
1 VfL Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage — — — 3–2 5–1
2 Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8 2–2 — 1–0 — —
3 Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 2–3 — — 3–0 —
4 Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4 — 2–2 — — 3–0
5 Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0 — 1–3 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Braga 3–0 Portsmouth
Aguiar 8'
Rentería 46'
Alan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Heerenveen 1–3 Milan
Pranjić 86' (pen.) Report Jong-a-Pin 19' (o.g.)
Gattuso 23'
Inzaghi 69'
Attendance: 25,600
VfL 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 VfL Wolfsburg
Barzagli 6' (o.g.)
Meyong 49'		 Report Džeko 24'
Misimović 83' (pen.), 90+4'
Attendance: 7,294
VfL 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
Portsmouth 3–0 Heerenveen
Crouch 40', 42'
Hreiðarsson 90'		 Report
Attendance: 19,612
Milan 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Ambrosini 17'
Pato 56'		 Report Zaccardo 56'
Sağlık 81'
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HSV AJA AST ZIL SLA
1 Hamburger SV 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage — 0–1 3–1 — —
2 Ajax 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — — 1–0 2–2
3 Aston Villa 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6 — 2–1 — 1–2 —
4 Žilina 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 1–2 — — — 0–0
5 Slavia Prague 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 0–2 — 0–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
Žilina 1–2 Hamburger SV
Rilke 69' Report Petrić 15'
Olić 45+1'
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
Attendance: 24,200
Slavia Prague 0–1 Aston Villa
Report Carew 26'
Attendance: 20,322
Žilina 0–0 Slavia Prague
Report
Attendance: 8,789
Hamburger SV 0–1 Ajax
Report Leonardo 77'
Attendance: 51,200
Slavia Prague 0–2 Hamburger SV
Report Olić 30'
Petrić 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,368
Aston Villa 1–2 Žilina
Delfouneso 28' Report Leitner 16'
Štyvar 19'
Attendance: 28,797
Hamburger SV 3–1 Aston Villa
Petrić 18'
Olić 30', 57'		 Report Delfouneso 83'
Attendance: 49,121
Ajax 2–2 Slavia Prague
Vertonghen 4'
Suárez 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Černý 13'
Jarolím 41'
Attendance: 30,116
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STE VAL FCK BRU ROS
1 Saint-Étienne 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 — — 3–0
2 Valencia 4 1 3 0 8 4 +4 6 — — 1–1 1–1 —
3 Copenhagen 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5 1–3 — — — 1–1
4 Club Brugge 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 1–1 — 0–1 — —
5 Rosenborg 4 0 2 2 1 8 −7 2 — 0–4 — 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Copenhagen 1–3 Saint-Étienne
Santin 59' (pen.) Report Gomis 2'
Perrin 37'
Payet 65'
Attendance: 17,187
Rosenborg 0–0 Club Brugge
Report
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'
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
Saint-Étienne 2–2 Valencia
Ilan 29', 44' Report Morientes 32'
Žigić 72'
Attendance: 28,000

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSK DEP LPO NAN FEY
1 CSKA Moscow 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 2–1 — —
2 Deportivo La Coruña 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — — 1–0 3–0
3 Lech Poznań 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 — 1–1 — 2–2 —
4 Nancy 4 1 1 2 8 7 +1 4 3–4 — — — 3–0
5 Feyenoord 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0 1–3 — 0–1 — —
Source: RSSSF
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'
Attendance: 21,601
Feyenoord 1–3 CSKA Moscow
Van Bronckhorst 29' Report Van Bronckhorst 14' (o.g.)
Vágner Love 40', 81'
Attendance: 25,000
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'
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'
Attendance: 23,000

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