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| Dates | 17 July 2008 – 20 May 2009 |
| Teams | 80 (competition proper) 157 (qualifying) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Shakhtar Donetsk (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Werder Bremen |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 221 |
| Goals scored | 572 (2.59 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Vágner Love (CSKA Moscow) 11 goals |
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The2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of theUEFA Cupfootball tournament. Thefinal was played at theŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground ofFenerbahçe, inIstanbul on 20 May 2009.[1] It was the last season to use the UEFA Cup format;[2] starting in 2009, the competition was known as theUEFA Europa League. Ukraine'sShakhtar Donetsk defeatWerder Bremen 2–1 afterextra time to win their first European title.[3]Zenit Saint Petersburg the defending champions, were eliminated byUdinese in the Round of 16.
A total of 157 teams from 53UEFA associations participated in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2007UEFA league coefficients, which took into account performances in European competitions from 2002–03 to 2006–07.[4]
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup:[5]
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Since the winners of the2007–08 UEFA Cup,Zenit Saint Petersburg, qualified for the2008–09 UEFA Champions League through domestic performance, the title holder spot reserved for them in the playoff round was vacated. As a result, the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:[11]
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A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualifies for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:[5]
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.[11]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 1 July 2008 | 17 July 2008 | 31 July 2008 |
| Second qualifying round | 1 August 2008 | 14 August 2008 | 28 August 2008 | |
| First round | 29 August 2008 | 18 September 2008 | 2 October 2008 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 7 October 2008 | 23 October 2008 | |
| Matchday 2 | 6 November 2008 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 27 November 2008 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 3–4 December 2008 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 17–18 December 2008 | |||
| Knockout stage | Round of 32 | 19 December 2008 | 18–19 February 2009 | 26 February 2009 |
| Round of 16 | 12 March 2009 | 18–19 March 2009 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 20 March 2009 | 9 April 2009 | 16 April 2009 | |
| Semi-finals | 30 April 2009 | 7 May 2009 | ||
| Final | 20 May 2009 atŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium,Istanbul | |||
The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008.[17] The first legs were played on 17 July 2008 and the second legs were played on 29 and 31 July 2008.Three of the 37 ties were won by the team with the lower UEFA coefficient, all involving teams whose ranking was that of their association:WIT Georgia (Georgia, ranked 38) beatSpartak Trnava (Slovakia, 24);Vllaznia (Albania, 43) beatKoper (Slovenia, 29); andSt Patrick's Athletic (Ireland, 35) beatOlimps/ASK (Latvia, 31).
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 1 August 2008 inNyon, Switzerland,[18] and featured 16 teams entering directly at the second qualifying round, as well as the 37 winners from the previous round and the 11 third round winners of theUEFA Intertoto Cup. The first legs were played on 14 August 2008 and the second leg on 28 August 2008.12 of the 32 ties were won by the team with the lower UEFA coefficient. The 12 teams that lost to a lower team were:AEK Athens,Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk,Aris,Red Star Belgrade,Grasshopper,Slovan Liberec,Viking,Lokomotiv Sofia,IF Elfsborg,Gent,Queen of the South andDebrecen.St Patrick's Athletic were the only team to beat a higher-seeded team in each of the two qualifying rounds.
The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General SecretaryDavid Taylor, was held on 29 August 2008 at 13:00 CET in Monaco.The matches were played on 18 September and 2 October 2008.
Nine of the 40 ties were won by the unseeded team. The nine seeded losing teams, with their ranking, were:Everton (50),Rapid București (58),Beşiktaş (60),Sparta Prague (68),Dinamo București (69),Levski Sofia (80),Austria Wien (82),Rennes (97) andHapoel Tel Aviv (108).
Red: Group A;
Yellow: Group B;
Green: Group C;
Black: Group D;
Purple: Group E;
Pink: Group F;
Blue: Group G;
Orange: Group H.The draw for the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup was held at UEFA Headquarters inNyon, Switzerland, on 7 October 2008. The 40 teams in the draw were divided into five pots based on their UEFA coefficients. The eight teams with the highest UEFA coefficient were allocated to Pot 1, the next eight teams to Pot 2, and so on. One team from each pot was drawn for each group, with the restriction that no team could be drawn with one from the same country.[21]
The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. 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:[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MC | TWE | PSG | RSA | SCH | |
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| 1 |  Manchester City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Advance toknockout 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 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MET | GAL | OLY | HER | BEN | |
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| 1 | Metalist Kharkiv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 10 | Advance toknockout 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 | — | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STD | STU | SAM | SEV | PTZ | |
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| 1 |  Standard Liège | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UDI | TOT | NEC | SPA | DZ | |
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| 1 | Udinese | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WOL | ACM | BRA | POR | HVN | |
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| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | Advance toknockout 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 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HSV | AJA | AST | ZIL | SLA | |
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| 1 | Hamburger SV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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 | — | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STE | VAL | FCK | BRU | ROS | |
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| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | Advance toknockout 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSK | DEP | LPO | NAN | FEY | |
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| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | Advance toknockout 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 | — | — |
In theknockout phase, teams played against each other overtwo legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.The draw mechanism for each round is as follows:
The draw for the round of 32 took place on 19 December 2008, the day after the final round of UEFA Cup group stage matches.[22]The first legs were played on 18 February and 19 February, and the second leg matches were played on 26 February 2009.
Manchester City were the only team from the first qualifying round to reach the round of 16.Braga were the only team from the Intertoto Cup to reach the round of 16 and were therefore awarded the title of Intertoto Cup winners. Of the eight teams who had been placed in Pot 5 of the group stage draw, onlyMetalist Kharkiv andSaint-Étienne reached the round of 16. Of the eight teams that entered the Round of the 32 from theUEFA Champions League group stage, two lost:Fiorentina andBordeaux. Of the eight ties between a third-placed team and a first-placed team from the UEFA Cup group stage, two were won by the third-placed team; the winners wereBraga andParis Saint-Germain.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 5–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Copenhagen | 3–4 | Manchester City | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| NEC | 0–4 | Hamburger SV | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Sampdoria | 0–3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Braga | 4–1 | Standard Liège | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Aston Villa | 1–3 | CSKA Moscow | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Lech Poznań | 3–4 | Udinese | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Olympiacos | 2–5 | Saint-Étienne | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Fiorentina | 1–2 | Ajax | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| AaB | 6–1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 3–3 (a) | Milan | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Bordeaux | 3–4 | Galatasaray | 0–0 | 3–4 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–3 (a) | Valencia | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4–2 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Marseille | 1–1 (7–6p) | Twente | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 | 1–1 |
The draw for the round of 16 took place on 19 December 2008, immediately after the draw for the round of 32.[22]The first leg matches were played on 12 March, and the second leg matches were played on 18 March and 19 March 2009.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Werder Bremen | 3–2 | Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Udinese | 2–1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 | Braga | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–3 (a) | Metalist Kharkiv | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Manchester City | 2–2 (4–3p) | AaB | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Marseille | 4–3 | Ajax | 2–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Hamburger SV | 4–3 | Galatasaray | 1–1 | 3–2 |
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 20 March 2009.The first legs were played on 9 April and the second legs were played on 16 April.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Hamburger SV | 4–3 | Manchester City | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 0–3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4–1 | Marseille | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 6–4 | Udinese | 3–1 | 3–3 |
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 20 March 2009, immediately after the draw for the quarter-finals.The first legs were played on 30 April and the second legs on 7 May.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Werder Bremen | 3–3 (a) | Hamburger SV | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–1 | 1–2 |
The final was played on 20 May 2009 at theŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium inIstanbul, Turkey.
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Werder Bremen |
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Source: Hammond, Mike, ed (2009). The European Football Yearbook 2009/10. London: Carlton Books.ISBN 978-1-84732-360-6.
