The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th edition of the UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Sevilla became the second side to win the competition for two consecutive seasons, following the hiatus of the original record holder Real Madrid achieved in 1985 and 1986.

2006–07 UEFA Cup
Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final.
Tournament details
Teams80 (competition proper)
131 (qualifying)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Sevilla (2nd title)
Runners-upSpain Espanyol
Tournament statistics
Matches played219
Goals scored565 (2.58 per match)
Attendance3,905,559 (17,834 per match)
Top scorer(s)Walter Pandiani (Espanyol)
11 goals

Walter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goals scorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals.

Association team allocation

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A total of 155 teams from 52 UEFA associations competed for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2005 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2000–01 to 2004–05.[1]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup:[2]

  • Associations 1–6, 16–21 each have three teams qualify
  • Associations 7 and 8 each have four teams qualify
  • Associations 9–15, 22–39, 41-50 each have two teams qualify
  • Associations 40, 51 and 52 each have one team qualify
  • The top three associations of the 2005–06 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
  • Eleven winning teams from the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • 24 teams from the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League (eight third-placed teams from the group stage and the sixteen losers of the third qualifying round)

Association ranking

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Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1   Spain 73.717 3
2   England 63.224
3   Italy 61.186
4   France 49.469
5   Germany 48.989
6   Portugal 44.666
7   Netherlands 39.831 4
8   Greece 35.498
9   Belgium 31.750 2+1(FP)
9   Scotland 31.750 2
11   Turkey 29.916
12   Czech Republic 27.950
13   Russia 25.666
14   Austria 24.875
15   Ukraine 24.850
16   Israel 21.874 3
17   Serbia 21.249
18   Poland 21.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19   Switzerland 20.875 3
20   Norway 20.200 3+1(FP)
21   Bulgaria 18.540 3
22   Croatia 18.125 2
23   Denmark 17.200
24   Hungary 16.331
25   Romania 15.457
26   Sweden 15.383 2+1(FP)
27   Slovakia 11.665 2
28   Slovenia 9.665
29   Cyprus 8.165
30   Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.165
31   Latvia 6.664
32   Finland 6.540
33   Moldova 6.332
34   Georgia 6.165
35   Lithuania 5.332
36   Iceland 4.832
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
37   Macedonia 4.497 2
38   Republic of Ireland 4.164
39   Belarus 4.082
40   Liechtenstein 4.000 1
41   Armenia 2.998 2
41   Malta 2.998
43   Albania 2.665
44   Estonia 2.498
45   Northern Ireland 2.165
46   Wales 1.832
47   Luxembourg 1.665
48   Azerbaijan 1.332
49   Faroe Islands 0.999
50   Kazakhstan 0.666
51   San Marino 0.000 1
52   Andorra 0.000
Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, Belgium, Sweden).
  • Number of teams do not include teams transferred from the Intertoto Cup.

Distribution

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The title holder would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through domestic performance; however, this additional entry was not necessary as Sevilla, winners of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, qualified for the UEFA Cup through domestic performance. This means that the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:

  • The first UEFA Cup qualifying entrant of association 14 (Austria) gained direct access to the 1st round – Pasching.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 19 and 20 (Switzerland and Norway) are moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(70 teams)
  • 2 domestic league champions from associations 51 and 52
  • 31 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–50 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 4 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 18–21
  • 30 domestic cup winning teams from associations 21–50
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankings
Second qualifying round
(64 teams)
  • 6 domestic cup winners from associations 15–20
  • 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 9 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–17
  • 11 Intertoto Cup winners
  • 35 winners from the first qualifying round
First round
(80 teams)
  • 14 domestic cup winners from associations 1–14
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7 and 8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 32 winners from the second qualifying round

16 losers from 2006–07 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round

Group stage
(40 teams)
  • 40 winners from the play-off round
Round 3
(32 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from the group stage

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
  • IC: Intertoto Cup
  • FP: Fair play
  • CL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Round of 32
  Bordeaux (CL GS)   Benfica (CL GS)   CSKA Moscow (CL GS)   Shakhtar Donetsk (CL GS)
  Werder Bremen (CL GS)   AEK Athens (CL GS)   Spartak Moscow (CL GS)   Steaua București (CL GS)
First round
  Espanyol (CW)   Schalke 04 (4th)   Skoda Xanthi (5th)   Heart of Midlothian (CL 3Q)
  SevillaTH (5th)   Bayer Leverkusen (5th)   Atromitos (7th)[Note GRE]   Fenerbahçe (CL 3Q)
  Celta Vigo (6th)   Eintracht Frankfurt (CR)   Zulte Waregem (CW)   Slovan Liberec (CL 3Q)
  Tottenham Hotspur (5th)   Braga (4th)   Rangers (3rd)   Mladá Boleslav (CL 3Q)
  Blackburn Rovers (6th)   Nacional (5th)   Beşiktaş (CW)   Austria Wien (CL 3Q)
  West Ham United (CR)   Vitória Setúbal (CR)   Sparta Prague (CW)   Red Bull Salzburg (CL 3Q)
  Palermo (5th)[Note ITA]   Groningen (PO)   Lokomotiv Moscow (3rd)   Maccabi Haifa (CL 3Q)
  Livorno (6th)[Note ITA]   AZ (PO)   Pasching (3rd)   Red Star Belgrade (CL 3Q)[Note SRB]
  Parma (7th)[Note ITA]   Feyenoord (PO)   Osasuna (CL 3Q)   Legia Warsaw (CL 3Q)
  Paris Saint-Germain (CW)   Heerenveen (PO)   Chievo (CL 3Q)[Note ITA]   Dinamo Zagreb (CL 3Q)
  Lens (4th)   Panathinaikos (3rd)   Ajax (CL 3Q)   Ružomberok (CL 3Q)
  Nancy (LC)   Iraklis (4th)   Standard Liège (CL 3Q)   Rabotnički (CL 3Q)
Second qualifying round
  Club Brugge (3rd)   Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW)   Wisła Kraków (2nd)   Twente (IC)
  Gretna (CR)   Beitar Jerusalem (3rd)   Sion (CW)   Kayserispor (IC)
  Trabzonspor (4th)   Bnei Yehuda (4th)   Molde (CW)   Ried (IC)
  Slavia Prague (3rd)   Partizan (2nd)[Note SRB]   Newcastle United (IC)   Grasshopper (IC)
  Rubin Kazan (4th)   Hajduk Kula (4th)[Note SRB]   Marseille (IC)   Odense (IC)
  Mattersburg (CR)   OFK Beograd (CR)[Note SRB]   Auxerre (IC)   Maribor (IC)
  Chornomorets Odesa (3rd)   Wisła Płock (CW)   Hertha BSC (IC)   Ethnikos Achna (IC)
  Metalurh Zaporizhya (CR)
First qualifying round
  Zagłębie Lubin (3rd)   Artmedia Bratislava (2nd)   Valur (CW)   Glentoran (2nd)
  Basel (2nd)   Spartak Trnava (3rd)   ÍA Akranes (3rd)   Portadown (3rd)
  Young Boys (3rd)   Koper (CW)   Makedonija (CW)   Rhyl (CW)
  Start (2nd)   Domžale (2nd)   Vardar (3rd)   Llanelli (2nd)
  Lyn (3rd)   APOEL (CW)   Drogheda United (CW)   Jeunesse Esch (2nd)
  CSKA Sofia (CW)   Omonia (2nd)   Derry City (2nd)   Etzella Ettelbruck (3rd)
  Litex Lovech (3rd)   Orašje (CW)   BATE Borisov (CW)   Qarabağ (CW)
  Lokomotiv Sofia (4th)   Sarajevo (2nd)   Dinamo Minsk (2nd)   Karvan (2nd)
  Rijeka (CW)   Ventspils (CW)   Vaduz (CW)   GÍ Gøta (CW)
  Varteks (3rd)   Skonto (2nd)   Mika (CW)   Skála (2nd)
  Randers (CW)   Haka (CW)   Banants (3rd)   Tobol (2nd)
  Brøndby (2nd)   HJK Helsinki (2nd)   Hibernians (CW)   Kairat (CR)[Note KAZ]
  Fehérvár (CW)   Zimbru Chișinău (2nd)   Sliema Wanderers (2nd)   Rànger's (1st)
  Újpest (2nd)   Nistru Otaci (CR)   Tirana (CW)   Murata (1st)
  Rapid București (CW)   Ameri Tbilisi (CW)   Dinamo Tirana (3rd)   Gefle IF (FP)
  Dinamo București (3rd)   WIT Georgia (2nd)   Levadia Tallinn (2nd)   Roeselare (FP)
  IFK Göteborg (2nd)   FBK Kaunas (CW)   Flora Tallinn (CR)   Brann (FP)
  Åtvidabergs FF (CR)   Sūduva (3rd)
Notes
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    Italy (ITA): Based on the initial final league positions, Roma, Lazio and Chievo earned direct entries to the UEFA Cup first round. Following 2006 Italian football scandal investigations (resulting in massive points deductions), Lazio lost their European entry entirely while Roma and Chievo were promoted to Champions League. Three Italian UEFA Cup berths were given to Palermo, Livorno, and Parma.[4]
  2. ^
    Greece (GRE): Greek league 6th-placed team PAOK failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by the 7th-placed team, Atromitos.[5]
  3. ^
    Serbia (SRB): Serbia and Montenegro 3rd-placed team Voždovac failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by the 4th-placed team, Hajduk Kula.[6] All Serbian club qualified for this season's UEFA competitions though Serbia and Montenegro domestic tournaments, but represented its official successor Serbia.[7]
  4. ^
    Kazakhstan (KAZ): Kazakhstan Cup winners Astana failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by Cup runners-up, Kairat.[6]

Early issues

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Italian match-fixing scandal

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The 2006 Serie A scandal resulted in major changes to the clubs that originally qualified in Italy. Originally, Roma took the cup winners' place as losing finalists in the 2006 Coppa Italia, as the winners, Internazionale finished in the top four in the league and qualified for the Champions League. The other two UEFA Cup places initially went to Lazio and Chievo.

Lazio, however, as well as the remaining three Champions League qualifiers (Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina), were formally indicted on 22 June on charges relating to the scandal.[8]

On 14 July, all four of the indicated clubs were penalised by an Italian court and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Results of the FIGC appeal were announced on 25 July. The impact on the UEFA Cup was:

  • Lazio were barred from European competition.
  • Roma and Chievo were promoted to the Champions League.
  • Palermo, Livorno and Parma were granted Italy's places in the UEFA Cup.

Greek Football Federation

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FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of "political interference in sport" after the Greek government passed a law, giving it control of the sports authorities in Greece. After the law was amended to address FIFA's objections, FIFA reinstated the HFF on 12 July. The Greek government in response, decided to withdraw all of its funding to the Hellenic Football Federation.[9]

Qualifying rounds

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First qualifying round

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These matches were held on 13 July and 27 July 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
Varteks   1–3   Tirana 1–1 0–2
Dinamo Tirana   1–5   CSKA Sofia 0–1 1–4
Koper   0–6   Litex Lovech 0–1 0–5
Sarajevo   5–0   Rànger's 3–0 2–0
Orašje   0–7   Domžale 0–2 0–5
Hibernians   1–9   Dinamo București 0–4 1–5
APOEL   7–1   Murata 3–1 4–0
Rijeka   3–4   Omonia 2–2 1–2
Lokomotiv Sofia   3–1   Makedonija GP 2–0 1–1
Vardar   2–7   Roeselare 1–2 1–5
Rapid București   6–0   Sliema Wanderers 5–0 1–0
Central-East region
Újpest   1–4   Vaduz 0–4 1–0
Zimbru Chișinău   3–2   Qarabağ 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
MIKA   1–4   Young Boys 1–3 0–1
Fehérvár   2–2 (a)   Kairat 1–0 1–2
Zagłębie Lubin   1–1 (a)   Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0
Karvan   2–0   Spartak Trnava 1–0 1–0
Ameri Tbilisi   2–2 (a)   Banants 0–1 2–1
BATE Borisov   3–0   Nistru Otaci 2–0 1–0
Basel   3–1   Tobol 3–1 0–0
Artmedia   3–2   WIT Georgia 2–0 1–2
Northern region
HJK Helsinki   2–4   Drogheda United 1–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Brøndby   3–1   Valur 3–1 0–0
Gefle IF   1–2   Llanelli 1–2 0–0
Jeunesse Esch   0–5   Skonto 0–2 0–3
Åtvidabergs FF   7–0   Etzella Ettelbruck 4–0 3–0
Ventspils   4–1   GÍ Gøta 2–1 2–0
Glentoran   0–2   Brann 0–1 0–1
Randers   2–2 (a)   ÍA 1–0 1–2
Portadown   1–4   Kaunas 1–3 0–1
Rhyl   1–2   Sūduva 0–0 1–2
Levadia Tallinn   2–1   Haka 2–0 0–1
Skála   0–4   Start 0–1 0–3
Lyn Oslo   1–1 (a)   Flora Tallinn 1–1 0–0
IFK Göteborg   0–2   Derry City 0–1 0–1

Second qualifying round

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These matches were held on 8 and 10 August (first leg) and 24 August (second leg) 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
APOEL   1–2   Trabzonspor 1–1 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv   4–2   Domžale 1–2 3–0
CSKA Sofia   1–1 (a)   Hajduk Kula 0–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Roeselare   2–6   Ethnikos Achna 2–1 0–5
OFK Beograd   2–5   Auxerre 1–0 1–5
Dinamo București   2–1   Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 1–1
Partizan   3–2   Maribor 2–1 1–1
Sarajevo   1–2   Rapid București 1–0 0–2
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv   0–6   Lokomotiv Sofia 0–2 0–4
Omonia   1–2   Litex Lovech 0–0 1–2
Tirana   1–5   Kayserispor 0–2 1–3
Central-East region
Artmedia   5–3   Dinamo Minsk 2–1 3–2
Ried   0–1   Sion 0–0 0–1
Fehérvár   1–3   Grasshopper 1–1 0–2
Karvan   0–2   Slavia Prague 0–2 0–0
Chornomorets Odesa   1–1 (a)   Wisła Płock 0–0 1–1
Basel   2–2 (a)   Vaduz 1–0 1–2
Zimbru Chișinău   0–3   Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–0 0–3
Mattersburg   1–2   Wisła Kraków 1–1 0–1
Hertha BSC   3–2   Ameri Tbilisi 1–0 2–2
Rubin Kazan   5–0   BATE Borisov 3–0 2–0
Young Boys   3–3 (a)   Marseille 3–3 0–0
Northern region
Start   1–1 (11–10 p)   Drogheda United 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Odense   6–1   Llanelli 1–0 5–1
Randers   3–2   Kaunas 3–1 0–1
Twente   1–2   Levadia Tallinn 1–1 0–1
Ventspils   0–1   Newcastle United 0–1 0–0
Brann   4–4 (a)   Åtvidabergs FF 3–3 1–1
Molde   2–1   Skonto 0–0 2–1
Flora Tallinn   0–4   Brøndby 0–0 0–4
Sūduva   2–7   Club Brugge 0–2 2–5
Gretna   3–7   Derry City 1–5 2–2

1Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Hapoel Tel Aviv's home match was moved to Tilburg, Netherlands, Beitar Jerusalem's to Sofia, Bulgaria and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv's to Senec, Slovakia

First round

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The matches were held on 14 September (first leg) and 28 September 2006 (second leg).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa   1–4   Hapoel Tel Aviv4 0–1 1–3
Braga   3–2   Chievo 2–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Levadia Tallinn   1–3   Newcastle United 0–1 1–2
Molde   0–2   Rangers 0–0 0–2
Standard Liège   0–4   Celta Vigo 0–1 0–3
Maccabi Haifa4   4–2   Litex Lovech 1–1 3–1
Derry City   0–2   Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 0–2
Hertha BSC   2–3   Odense 2–2 0–1
Legia Warsaw   1–2   Austria Wien 1–1 0–1
Panathinaikos   2–1   Metalurh Zaporizhya 1–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow   2–3   Zulte Waregem 2–1 0–2
Heart of Midlothian   0–2   Sparta Prague 0–2 0–0
Fenerbahçe   5–1   Randers 2–1 3–0
Red Bull Salzburg   2–4   Blackburn Rovers 2–2 0–2
Schalke 04   2–3   Nancy 1–0 1–3
Ethnikos Achna   1–3   Lens 0–0 1–3
Slovan Liberec   4–1   Red Star Belgrade 2–0 2–1
AZ   4–3   Kayserispor 3–2 1–1
Rubin Kazan   0–2   Parma 0–1 0–1
Atromitos   1–6   Sevilla 1–2 0–4
Eintracht Frankfurt   6–2   Brøndby 4–0 2–2
Beşiktaş   4–2   CSKA Sofia 2–0 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Vitória Setúbal   0–3   Heerenveen 0–3 0–0
Marseille   3–4   Mladá Boleslav 1–0 2–4
Åtvidabergs FF   0–8   Grasshopper 0–3 0–5
Rapid București   3–1   Nacional 1–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Trabzonspor5   2–2 (a)   Osasuna 2–2 0–0
Basel   7–2   Rabotnički 6–2 1–0
West Ham United   0–4   Palermo 0–1 0–3
Lokomotiv Sofia   2–2 (a)   Feyenoord 2–2 0–0
Ružomberok   1–2   Club Brugge 0–1 1–1
Sion   1–3   Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 1–3
Partizan   4–3   Groningen 4–2 0–1
Skoda Xanthi   4–8   Dinamo București 3–4 1–4
Slavia Prague   0–2   Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 0–1
Start   2–9   Ajax 2–5 0–4
Artmedia   3–5   Espanyol 2–2 1–3
Wisła Kraków   2–1   Iraklis 0–1 2–0 (a.e.t.)
Livorno   3–0   Pasching 2–0 1–0
Dinamo Zagreb   2–5   Auxerre 1–2 1–3

4Due to the armed conflict in Israel, UEFA had ruled that European tournament matches could not be played in Israel until further notice. Maccabi Haifa's home leg on 14 September was moved to Nijmegen, Netherlands. On 15 September, UEFA lifted the ban, allowing future matches to be played in the Tel Aviv area.[10] Hapoel Tel Aviv were able to play their home leg in Tel Aviv on 28 September.

5UEFA ordered Trabzonspor's home leg on 14 September to be played behind closed doors after objects were thrown at visiting fans and the fourth official, and a smoke bomb ignited in the stands, during their second qualifying round home leg against Cypriots APOEL. Trabzonspor appealed, and UEFA rejected the appeal on 13 September. Trabzonspor's penalty includes a second closed-doors game, a penalty which has been deferred for two years and will be removed if no further incidents occur.

Group stage

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Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup
  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 top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[11]

  1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  2. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
  3. higher number of goals scored away in all group matches played;
  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 (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAN MHA LIV AUX PTZ
1   Rangers 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 1–0
2   Maccabi Haifa 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 3–1 1–0
3   Livorno 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 2–3 1–1
4   Auxerre 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4 2–2 0–1
5   Partizan 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1 1–1 1–4
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT DB LEV BJK BRU
1   Tottenham Hotspur 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 3–1
2   Dinamo București 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7 2–1 2–1
3   Bayer Leverkusen 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4 0–1 2–1
4   Beşiktaş 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 0–2 2–1
5   Club Brugge 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AZ SEV BRA LIB GRA
1   AZ 4 3 1 0 12 5 +7 10 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 2–2
2   Sevilla 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 7 1–2 2–0
3   Braga 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 4–0 2–0
4   Slovan Liberec 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 5 0–0 4–1
5   Grasshopper 4 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0 2–5 0–4
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR OSA LEN ODE HVN
1   Parma 4 3 0 1 6 6 0 9 Advance to knockout stage 0–3 2–1
2   Osasuna 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 3–1 0–0
3   Lens 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4 1–2 3–1
4   Odense 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 1–2 1–1
5   Heerenveen 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4 1–0 0–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BLB NAN FEY WIS BSL
1   Blackburn Rovers 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 3–0
2   Nancy 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 3–0 2–1
3   Feyenoord 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5 0–0 3–1
4   Wisła Kraków 4 1 0 3 6 8 −2 3 1–2 3–1
5   Basel 4 0 2 2 4 9 −5 2 2–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP AJX ZWA PRA AUS
1   Espanyol 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 12 Advance to knockout stage 6–2 1–0
2   Ajax 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 7 0–2 3–0
3   Zulte Waregem 4 2 0 2 9 11 −2 6 0–3 3–1
4   Sparta Prague 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4 0–2 0–0
5   Austria Wien 4 0 0 4 1 9 −8 0 1–4 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAN PSG HTA RAP MLA
1   Panathinaikos 4 2 1 1 3 4 −1 7 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 0–0
2   Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5 4–0 2–4
3   Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 5 2–2 1–1
4   Rapid București 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 4 0–0 1–1
5   Mladá Boleslav 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 0–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NEW CEL FEN PAL EIN
1   Newcastle United 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 1–0
2   Celta Vigo 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 1–0 1–1
3   Fenerbahçe 4 1 1 2 5 4 +1 4 3–0 2–2
4   Palermo 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4 0–1 1–1
5   Eintracht Frankfurt 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 3 0–0 1–2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  CSKA Moscow 0 0 0
  Maccabi Haifa 0 1 1   Maccabi Haifa 0 0 0
  Livorno 1 0 1   Espanyol 0 4 4
  Espanyol 2 2 4   Espanyol 3 0 3
  AEK Athens 0 0 0   Benfica 2 0 2
  Paris Saint-Germain 2 2 4   Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 3
  Benfica 1 2 3   Benfica 1 3 4
  Dinamo București 0 1 1   Espanyol 3 2 5
  Zulte Waregem 1 0 1   Werder Bremen 0 1 1
  Newcastle United 3 1 4   Newcastle United 4 0 4
  Fenerbahçe 3 2 5   AZ (a) 2 2 4
  AZ (a) 3 2 5   AZ 0 1 1
  Spartak Moscow 1 1 2   Werder Bremen 0 4 4
  Celta Vigo 1 2 3   Celta Vigo 0 0 0
  Werder Bremen 3 1 4   Werder Bremen 1 2 3
  Ajax 0 3 3   Espanyol 2 (1)
  Lens 3 0 3   Sevilla (p) 2 (3)
  Panathinaikos 1 0 1   Lens 2 0 2
  Bayer Leverkusen 3 0 3   Bayer Leverkusen 0 3 3
  Blackburn Rovers 2 0 2   Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0
  Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 0 2   Osasuna 3 1 4
  Rangers 1 4 5   Rangers 1 0 1
  Bordeaux 0 0 0   Osasuna 1 1 2
  Osasuna 0 1 1   Osasuna 1 0 1
  Steaua București 0 0 0   Sevilla 0 2 2
  Sevilla 2 1 3   Sevilla 2 3 5
  Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 2   Shakhtar Donetsk 2 2 4
  Nancy 1 0 1   Sevilla 2 2 4
  Braga 1 1 2   Tottenham Hotspur 1 2 3
  Parma 0 0 0   Braga 2 2 4
  Feyenoord   Tottenham Hotspur 3 3 6
  Tottenham Hotspur (w/o)

Round of 32

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The first legs were held on 14 February and 15 February 2007, while the second legs were held on 22 February 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zulte Waregem   1–4   Newcastle United 1–3 0–1
Braga   2–0   Parma1 1–0 1–0
Lens   3–1   Panathinaikos 3–1 0–0
Bayer Leverkusen   3–2   Blackburn Rovers 3–2 0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv   2–5   Rangers 2–1 0–4
Livorno1   1–4   Espanyol 1–2 0–2
Feyenoord2   (w/o)   Tottenham Hotspur
Fenerbahçe   5–5 (a)   AZ 3–3 2–2
Werder Bremen   4–3   Ajax 3–0 1–3
Spartak Moscow   2–3   Celta Vigo 1–1 1–2
CSKA Moscow   0–1   Maccabi Haifa 0–0 0–1
AEK Athens   0–4   Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 0–2
Benfica   3–1   Dinamo București 1–0 2–1
Steaua București   0–3   Sevilla 0–2 0–1
Shakhtar Donetsk   2–1   Nancy 1–1 1–0
Bordeaux   0–1   Osasuna 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)

1 On 7 February, the Italian government ruled that Parma and Livorno's home fields did not meet safety requirements following riots that occurred after a Serie A match in Sicily. Both sides played their home legs behind closed doors.

2 On 19 January, UEFA declared that Feyenoord had been disqualified after crowd misbehaviour in their final group stage match against Nancy. UEFA announced on 25 January that Tottenham Hotspur had received a bye. This was confirmed after a final appeal.

Round of 16

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The first legs were held on 8 March 2007, while the second legs were held on 14 and 15 March 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Newcastle United   4–4 (a)   AZ 4–2 0–2
Maccabi Haifa   0–4   Espanyol 0–0 0–4
Rangers   1–2   Osasuna 1–1 0–1
Braga   4–6   Tottenham Hotspur 2–3 2–3
Sevilla   5–4   Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Lens   2–4   Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 0–3
Paris Saint-Germain   3–4   Benfica 2–1 1–3
Celta Vigo   0–3   Werder Bremen 0–1 0–2

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the final stages, included quarter-finals and semi-finals, was held on 16 March 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland. The quarter-final matches were played on 5 April and 12 April 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AZ   1–4   Werder Bremen 0–0 1–4
Bayer Leverkusen   0–4   Osasuna 0–3 0–1
Sevilla   4–3   Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 2–2
Espanyol   3–2   Benfica 3–2 0–0

Semi-finals

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The semi-final matches were played on 26 April and 3 May 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espanyol   5–1   Werder Bremen 3–0 2–1
Osasuna   1–2   Sevilla 1–0 0–2

Final

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The final was played on 16 May 2008 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

Espanyol  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Sevilla
Riera   28'
Jônatas   115'
Report Adriano   18'
Kanouté   105'
Penalties
L. García  
Pandiani  
Jônatas  
Torrejón  
1–3   Kanouté
  Dragutinović
  Dani Alves
  Puerta

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1   Walter Pandiani   Espanyol 11 1118'
2   Claudiu Niculescu   Dinamo București 8 602'
3   Klaas-Jan Huntelaar   Ajax 7 520'
  Dimitar Berbatov   Tottenham Hotspur 7 697'
  Shota Arveladze   AZ 7 942'
6   Pauleta   Paris Saint-Germain 6 591'
  Obafemi Martins   Newcastle United 6 642'
8   Cristiano Lucarelli   Livorno 5 616'
  Tim Matthys   Zulte Waregem 5 642'
  Coro   Espanyol 5 662'
  Robbie Keane   Tottenham Hotspur 5 708'
  Luis García   Espanyol 5 1000'

See also

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References

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  1. ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2005 Bert Kassies' Site
  2. ^ Access List for the 2006/07 UEFA Club Competitions
  3. ^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2006/2007". Archived from the original on 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  4. ^ "Punishments cut for Italian clubs". BBC. 25 July 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
  5. ^ "UEFA confirms PAOK absence". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-06. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  6. ^ a b Club Licensing: 10 Years on...
  7. ^ Aleksandar Bošković (30 June 2006). "Farewell to Yugoslavia". Magazine. UEFA. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  8. ^ Owen, Richard (22 June 2006). "Top Italian football teams charged with fraud". London: Times Online. Retrieved 2006-06-22.[dead link]
  9. ^ Greece given suspension by FIFA; BBC Sport, 4 July 2006
  10. ^ UEFA lifts Israel match ban Archived 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine; UEFA.com, 15 September 2006
  11. ^ "Regulations of UEFA CUP 2006–07" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2006.
  12. ^ "4. UEFA Cup Finals" (PDF). UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook 2012/13. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2013. p. 72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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  NODES
Association 30
INTERN 2
Note 13