UEFA Cup 2007–08

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = UEFA Cup
year = 2007-08
other_titles =

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size = 300px
caption = The poster of the final
country =
dates = 20 September 2007 – 14 May 2008
num_teams = 88
confederations =
venues =
cities =
champion_other = flagicon|RUS Zenit St. Petersburg
count = 1
second_other = flagicon|SCO Rangers
matches = 221
goals = 563
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak (10 goals) flagicon|ITA Luca Toni (10 goals)
player =The UEFA Cup 2007–08 was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second tier club football tournament. The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit St. Petersburg of Russia. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov, to claim their first UEFA Cup title. The first qualifying games were played on 19 July 2007 and the main tournament commenced on 20 September 2007. A total of 123 football clubs took part in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds).

Each European football nation is represented by a different number of its associate clubs, depending on the UEFA coefficients. One new nation has entered their Cup winner and second-placed football team: Montenegro.

Round and draw dates

The calendar from [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=551134.html UEFA.com] .

Group B

Group E

Group H

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was also held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 6 March 2008. The second legs were played on 12 March and 13 March 2008. Unlike the previous rounds, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the round of 16 onwards.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Denis Law, the ambassador for the final in Manchester, was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 14:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 3 April and the second legs were played on 10 April 2008.

emi-finals

The semi-final matches were played on 24 April and 1 May 2008.

Final

The final was contested by Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg and Scottish side Rangers on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov coming in the last 20 minutes of the game to give Zenit their first UEFA Cup title.

The event was marred by rioting by Rangers supporters in Manchester city centre, starting before the match and continuing well into the night after the final.

footballbox
date=2008-05-14
time=
team1=Zenit St. Petersburg flagicon|RUS
score=2 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=15124/match=301605/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|SCO Rangers
goals1=Denisov goal|72
Zyryanov goal|90+4
goals2=
stadium=City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
attendance=43,878
referee=Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Top scorers

The top scorers in the 2007-08 UEFA Cup are the following:

Sources: [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/index.html UEFA] , [http://www.soccerassociation.com/UEFA/0708/index.htm SoccerAssociation]

ee also

*UEFA Champions League 2007-08
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/index.html UEFA Cup] at [http://www.uefa.com UEFA.com]