2007–08 UEFA Cup
The UEFA Cup 2007-08 is the 50th edition of the European UEFA Cup football club tournament. The final match will be played at City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on May 14, 2008. The first qualifying games will be played on july 19 2007 and the main tournament will start 20 september 2007. A total of 123 football clubs will participate in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds).
One to four clubs will be represented per European football nation, depending on the UEFA coefficients. One new nation will enter their cup winner and second-placed football team: Montenegro.
Teams
First Qualifying Round
The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 13:30 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches will be played on 19 July and 2 August 2007.[1]
Second Qualifying Round
The following teams are certain to compete in the second qualifying round.[1]
FC Basel
Zenit St Petersburg
Austria Vienna
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Galatasaray
CSKA Sofia
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Standard Liège
CFR Cluj- Lokomotiv Sofia
Dunfermline Athletic- FC Sion
Jablonec- Erciyesspor
Fredrikstad- Maccabi Netanya
They will be joined by the eleven teams to qualify from the UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Chornomorets Odessa/
RC Lens/ 
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 
Blackburn Rovers/ 
Legia Warsaw/ 
FK Vėtra
Hamburg SV/ FC St. Gallen/ 
Dacia Chişinău
Sampdoria/ Cherno More Varna/ 
FK Makedonija Ğorče Petrov
OFI Crete/ FC Slovan Liberec/ 
Tobol Kostanay
Utrecht/ 
Hammarby IF/ 
Cork City
União Leiria/ 
NK Maribor/ 
Hajduk Kula- Oţelul Galaţi/ Trabzonspor/
Slavija Istočno Sarajevo/ 
Vllaznia - Rubin Kazan/ Rapid Vienna/
ŠK Slovan Bratislava/ 
Zalaegerszegi TE - AA Gent/
AaB Aalborg/ 
Cliftonville/ 
Honka Espoo 
Atlético Madrid/ Gloria Bistriţa/ Maccabi Haifa
First Round
The following teams are certain to play in the first round.[1] Teams are placed in seeded order based on UEFA coefficient rankings.
- Villarreal
- Bayern Munich
- AZ Alkmaar
- Panathinaikos
- Bordeaux
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Club Brugge
- Palermo
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Real Zaragoza
- Rapid Bucharest
- Lokomotiv Moscow
- Sochaux
- Heerenveen
- Bolton Wanderers
- Sporting Braga
- Getafe
- Everton
- Fiorentina
- Empoli
- Rennes
- Panionios
- Groningen
- Nürnberg
- Belenenses
- Paços Ferreira
- Mlada Boleslav
- Aris Thessaloniki
- Twente
- Aberdeen
- Metalist Kharkiv
- Larisa
Round and draw dates
The calendar from UEFA.com.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 29 June 2007 | Draw for first qualifying round |
| 19 July 2007 | First qualifying round, first leg |
| 2 August 2007 | First qualifying round, second leg |
| 3 August 2007 | Draw for second qualifying round |
| 16 August 2007 | Second qualifying round, first leg |
| 30 August 2007 | Second qualifying round, second leg |
| 31 August 2007 | Draw for first round |
| 20 September 2007 | First round, first leg |
| 4 October 2007 | First round, second leg |
| 9 October 2007 | Draw for group stage |
| 25 October 2007 | Group stage, 1st matchday |
| 8 November 2007 | Group stage, 2nd matchday |
| 29 November 2007 | Group stage, 3rd matchday |
| 5-6 December 2007 | Group stage, 4th matchday |
| 19-20 December 2007 | Group stage, 5th matchday |
| 21 December 2007 | Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 16 |
| 13-14 February 2008 | Round of 32, first leg |
| 21 February 2008 | Round of 32, second leg |
| 6 March 2008 | Round of 16, first leg |
| 12-13 March 2008 | Round of 16, second leg |
| 14 March 2008 (unconfirmed) | Draw for remaining rounds |
| 3 April 2008 | Quarter-finals, first leg |
| 10 April 2008 | Quarter-finals, second leg |
| 24 April 2008 | Semi-finals, first leg |
| 1 May 2008 | Semi-finals, second leg |
| 14 May 2008 | Final in Manchester |
See also
References
- ^ a b c UEFA (2007-06-29). "Partizan paired with neighbours Zrinjski". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
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