UEFA Cup
2007-08 UEFA Cup
Founded
1971
Continent
Europe (UEFA)
Number of Teams
80 (First Round) 8 clubs join after group stage[1] 157 (Total)
Current Champions (2006-07)
Sevilla FC
2008 final to be held in
City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
Most successful club
Juventus FC (3 time champions, 1 time runner-up)
Website
UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League. Clubs qualify for the UEFA Cup based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions.

It began in 1971 and replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In 1999 the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered a pre-cursor to the UEFA Cup for records purposes, this does not apply to the Cup Winners' Cup.

Sevilla FC are the current holders of the UEFA Cup having won the competition for the second year in a row with their latest triumph occurring in Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, on 16 May 2007. They beat fellow Spaniards RCD Espanyol on penalties.

The final for the 2007-08 season will be hosted by Manchester City F.C.

History

The UEFA Cup was first played in 1971 with English team Tottenham Hotspur F.C. being the first winner. The 'one club per city' rule, inherited from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, was dropped in 1975. English club Everton F.C. had finished fourth in the English league and could thus qualify but were barred from entry because city rivals Liverpool F.C. had also qualified by coming second. Everton appealed, saying the rule was an unfair anachronism, and UEFA agreed to overturn it.

The competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues but in 1999 the competition was merged with UEFA's third European competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three Fair Play representatives, eleven UEFA Intertoto Cup winners, and winners of some selected domestic league cup competitions.

The winners keep the trophy for a year and after handing it back they can keep a replica which is four-fifths the size of the original trophy. The regulations also state that the original trophy is handed to any club that wins the UEFA Cup three times in a row or five times overall though this has yet to occur as of 2007. Four teams have achieved the great accomplishment of winning their domestic league, domestic cup and the UEFA Cup in the same season, those being IFK Göteborg in 1982 Galatasaray in 2000, F.C. Porto in 2003 and PFC CSKA Moskva in 2005.

Qualification

Qualification for the competition is based on UEFA coefficients with more places being offered to the more successful nations. Usually places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions but the only countries which currently grant a UEFA Cup place to their secondary cup winners are England and France.

If the previous UEFA Cup title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup) by virtue of their domestic form, the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Cup competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association.

Qualification can be quite complicated if one team qualifies for European competition through two different routes. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the UEFA Champions League then the Champions League place takes preference and the club does not enter the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the "spare" UEFA Cup place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association.

Qualification for the UEFA Cup can also be attained in two other ways:

• The eleven winners in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup enter the UEFA Cup at the second qualifying round stage from the 2006-07 season.
• Three more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table. The top-placed federation automatically receives a Fair Play entry and two other federations gain berths via a draw among all other federations that meet qualifying criteria. In all cases, the recipient of a country's Fair Play entry is the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe.

More recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Cup, at different stages (see below).

Competition format

The current competition format was first adopted for the 2004-05 season. The major change was the introduction of a group stage and two qualifying rounds instead of one. Additional changes were introduced for 2006-07 season due to the changes in the UEFA Intertoto Cup format.

Current format

The UEFA Cup starts with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower enter the first qualifying round, and participants from associations ranked 9-18 join them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round are reserved for the Fair Play winners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round are reserved for the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners.

Winners of the qualifying rounds join teams from the associations ranked 1-13 in the first round proper. In addition, losers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also enter this round, and another place is reserved for the title-holders. There are 80 teams total in this round.

After the first round proper, the 40 survivors enter a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase is played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each of the eight groups advance, 24 in total, where they are joined by the eight third-place teams in the Champions League group phase.

After the group stage there is a winter break. From this point, knockout play resumes, with two-legged ties leading to the one-off final, which is held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's criteria for a .

Seeding is used to protect stronger teams in the qualifying rounds, first round and group stage.

Historical formats

The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the 1998 event, the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged.

Before the 2004-05 season, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The 16 losers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors would be joined by third-place finishers in the group phase of the Champions League.

UEFA Cup Finals

Main article: UEFA Cup finals

Single match finals

Season	Winner	Goals	Score	Goals	Runner-up	Venue
2008/09 Details			-v-			Şkr Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
2007/08 Details			-v-			City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
2006/07 Details	Sevilla	Adriano 18' Kanout 105'	2 - 2 aet	Riera 28' Jonatas 115'	Espanyol	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Sevilla won 3-1 in penalty shootout
2005/06 Details	Sevilla	Fabiano 28' Maresca 78', 84' Kanout 89'	4 - 0		Middlesbrough	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
2004/05 Details	CSKA Moscow	A. Berezoutski 57' Zhirkov 66' Vgner Love 75'	3 - 1	Rogrio 28'	Sporting Lisbon	Jos Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon
2003/04 Details	Valencia	Vicente (pen) 45' Mista 58'	2 - 0		Marseille	Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
2002/03 Details	Porto	Derlei 45', 115' Alenichev 54'	3 - 2 aet	Larsson 47', 57'	Celtic	Estadio Olmpico de Sevilla, Seville
	Match decided by silver goal
2001/02 Details	Feyenoord	van Hooijdonk (pen) 33', 40' Tomasson 50'	3 - 2	Amoroso (pen) 47' Koller 58'	</includeonly> Borussia Dortmund	De Kuip, Rotterdam
2000/01 Details	Liverpool	Babbel 4' Gerrard 16' McAllister (pen) 41' Fowler 73' Gel (OG) 116'	5 - 4 aet	Alonso 27' Moreno 48', 51' Cruyff 89'	Deportivo Alavs	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
	Match decided by golden goal
1999/2000 Details	Galatasaray		0 - 0 aet		Arsenal	Parken, Copenhagen
	Galatasaray won 4-1 in penalty shootout
1998/99 Details	Parma	Crespo 26' Vanoli 36' Chiesa 55'	3 - 0		Marseille	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
1997/98 Details	Internazionale	Zamorano 5' Zanetti 60' Ronaldo 70'	3 - 0		Lazio	Parc des Princes, Paris

Two-legged finals

Season	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Referee
1996/97 Details	FC Schalke 04 (GER)	1 - 0	Inter Milan (ITA)	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen	Marc Batta
	Inter Milan (ITA)	1 - 0 aet	FC Schalke 04 (GER)	San Siro, Milan	Jose Garcia-Aranda
	Aggregate: 1-1 FC Schalke 04 won 4-1 in penalty shootout
1995/96 Details	Bayern Munich (GER)	2 - 0	Bordeaux (FRA)	Olympiastadion, Munich	Serge Muhmenthaler
	Bordeaux (FRA)	1 - 3	Bayern Munich (GER)	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	Vladim Zhuk
Bayern Munich won 5-1 on aggregate
1994/95 Details	Parma (ITA)	1 - 0	Juventus (ITA)	Ennio Tardini, Parma	Antonio Lopez-Nieto
	Juventus (ITA)	1 - 1	Parma (ITA)	San Siro, Milan	Frans Van Der Wijngaert
	Parma won 2-1 on aggregate
1993/94 Details	Casino Salzburg (AUT)	0 - 1	Inter Milan (ITA)	Ernst Happel, Vienna	Kim Milton Nielsen
	Inter Milan (ITA)	1 - 0	Casino Salzburg (AUT)	San Siro, Milan	James McCluskey
	Inter Milan won 2-0 on aggregate
1992/93 Details	Borussia Dortmund (GER)	1 - 3	Juventus (ITA)	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund	Sandor Puhl
	Juventus (ITA)	3 - 0	Borussia Dortmund (GER)	Delle Alpi, Turin	John Blankenstein
	Juventus won 6-1 on aggregate
1991/92 Details	Torino (ITA)	2 - 2	Ajax (NED)	Delle Alpi, Turin	Joe Worrall
	Ajax (NED)	0 - 0	Torino (ITA)	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam	Zoran Petrovic
	Aggregate: 2-2 Ajax won on away goals
1990/91 Details	Inter Milan (ITA)	2 - 0	Roma (ITA)	San Siro, Milan
	Roma (ITA)	1 - 0	Inter Milan (ITA)	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Inter Milan won 2-1 on aggregate
1989/90 Details	Juventus (ITA)	3 - 1	Fiorentina (ITA)	Stadio Comunale, Turin
	Fiorentina (ITA)	0 - 0	Juventus (ITA)	Stadio Partenio, Avellino
	Juventus won 3-1 on aggregate
1988/89 Details	Napoli (ITA)	2 - 1	Stuttgart (FRG)	San Paolo Stadium, Naples
	Stuttgart (FRG)	3 - 3	Napoli (ITA)	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
	Napoli won 5-4 on aggregate
1987/88 Details	Espanyol (ESP)	3 - 0	Bayer Leverkusen (FRG)	Sarria Stadium, Barcelona
	Bayer Leverkusen (FRG)	3 - 0 aet	Espanyol (ESP)	Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen
	Aggregate: 3-3 Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 in penalty shootout
1986/87 Details	IFK Gteborg (SWE)	1 - 0	Dundee United (SCO)	Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
	Dundee United (SCO)	1 - 1	IFK Gteborg (SWE)	Tannadice Park, Dundee
	IFK Gteborg won 2-1 on aggregate
1985/86 Details	Real Madrid| (ESP)	5 - 1	1. FC Kln (FRG)	Santiago Bernabu, Madrid
	1. FC Kln (FRG)	2 - 0	Real Madrid (ESP)	Olympiastadion, Berlin
	Real Madrid won 5-3 on aggregate
1984/85 Details	Videoton (HUN)	0 - 3	Real Madrid (ESP)	Stadion Ssti, Szkesfehrvr
	Real Madrid (ESP)	0 - 1	Videoton (HUN)	Santiago Bernabu, Madrid
	Real Madrid won 3-1 on aggregate
1983/84 Details	Anderlecht (BEL)	1 - 1	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	Parc Astride, Brussels
	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	1 - 1 aet	Anderlecht (BEL)	White Hart Lane, London
	Aggregate: 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur won 4-3 in penalty shootout
1982/83 Details	Anderlecht (BEL)	1 - 0	Benfica (POR)	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
	Benfica (POR)	1 - 1	Anderlecht (BEL)	Estdio da Luz, Lisbon
	Anderlecht won 2-1 on aggregate
1981/82 Details	IFK Gteborg (SWE)	1 - 0	Hamburg (FRG)	Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
	Hamburg (FRG)	0 - 3	IFK Gteborg (SWE)	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
	IFK Gteborg won 4-0 on aggregate
1980/81 Details	Ipswich Town (ENG)	3 - 0	AZ Alkmaar (NED)	Portman Road, Ipswich
	AZ Alkmaar (NED)	4 - 2	Ipswich Town (ENG)	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
	Ipswich Town won 5-4 on aggregate
1979/80 Details	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	3 - 2	Eintracht Frankfurt (FRG)	Bkelbergstadion, Mnchengladbach
	Eintracht Frankfurt (FRG)	1 - 0	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
	Aggregate: 3-3 Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals
1978/79 Details	Red Star Belgrade (YUG)	1 - 1	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	1 - 0	Red Star Belgrade (YUG)	Rheinstadion, Dsseldorf
	Borussia Mnchengladbach won 2-1 on aggregate
1977/78 Details	Bastia (FRA)	0 - 0	PSV Eindhoven (NED)	Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia
	PSV Eindhoven (NED)	3 - 0	Bastia (FRA)	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
	PSV Eindhoven won 3-0 on aggregate
1976/77 Details	Juventus (ITA)	1 - 0	Athletic Bilbao (ESP)	Stadio Comunale, Turin
	Athletic Bilbao (ESP)	2 - 1	Juventus (ITA)	San Mams, Bilbao
	Aggregate: 2-2 Juventus won on away goals
1975/76 Details	Liverpool (ENG)	3 - 2	Club Brugge (BEL)	Anfield, Liverpool
	Club Brugge (BEL)	1 - 1	Liverpool (ENG)	Olympiastadion, Brugge
	Liverpool won 4-3 on aggregate
1974/75 Details	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	0 - 0	Twente (NED)	Rheinstadion, Dsseldorf
	Twente (NED)	1 - 5	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	Diekman Stadion, Enschede
	Borussia Mnchengladbach won 5-1 on aggregate
1973/74 Details	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	2 - 2	Feyenoord (NED)	White Hart Lane, London
	Feyenoord (NED)	2 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	De Kuip, Rotterdam
	Feyenoord won 4-2 on aggregate
1972/73 Details	Liverpool (ENG)	3 - 0	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	Anfield, Liverpool
	Borussia M'gladbach (FRG)	2 - 0	Liverpool (ENG)	Bkelbergstadion, Mnchengladbach
	Liverpool won 3-2 on aggregate
1971/72 Details	Wolverhampton Wanderers (ENG)	1 - 2	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	Molineux, Wolverhampton
	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	1 - 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (ENG)	White Hart Lane, London
	Tottenham Hotspur won 3-2 on aggregate

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until 1997. The first final was played on 5 March 1958 in London and 1 May 1958 in Barcelona. The first leg between London XI and FC Barcelona was drawn 2-2, but in the return match Barça triumphed 6-0.

The one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. The venue must meet or exceed UEFA 4-star standards to host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions the final was played at a finalist's home ground: Feyenoord defeated Borussia Dortmund at De Kuip, Rotterdam in 2002, and Sporting Portugal lost to CSKA Moskva at their own José Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon in 2005.

The 2007-08 UEFA Cup Final will be played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, and the 2008-09 UEFA Cup Final will be played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Finals

Season	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
1971 Trophy Play-Off	CF Barcelona (ESP)	2 - 1	Leeds United (ENG)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Single match play-off
1970/71 Details	Juventus (ITA)	2 - 2	Leeds United (ENG)	Stadio Comunale, Turin
	Leeds United (ENG)	1 - 1	Juventus (ITA)	Elland Road, Leeds
	Aggregate: 3-3 Leeds United won on away goals
1969/70 Details	Anderlecht (BEL)	3 - 1	Arsenal (ENG)	Parc Astrid, Brussels
	Arsenal (ENG)	3 - 0	Anderlecht (BEL)	Arsenal Stadium, London
	Arsenal won 4-3 on aggregate
1968/69 Details	Newcastle United (ENG)	3 - 0	Újpest FC (HUN)	St James' Park, Newcastle
	Újpest FC (HUN)	2 - 3	Newcastle United (ENG)	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest
	Newcastle United won 6-2 on aggregate
1967/68 Details	Leeds United (ENG)	1 - 0	Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)	Elland Road, Leeds
	Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)	0 - 0	Leeds United (ENG)	Népstadion, Budapest
	Leeds United won 1-0 on aggregate
1966/67 Details	Dinamo Zagreb (YUG)	2 - 0	Leeds United (ENG)	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
	Leeds United (ENG)	0 - 0	Dinamo Zagreb (YUG)	Elland Road, Leeds
	Dinamo Zagreb won 2-0 on aggregate
1965/66 Details	CF Barcelona (ESP)	0 - 1	Real Zaragoza (ESP)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Real Zaragoza (ESP)	2 - 4 aet	CF Barcelona (ESP)	La Romareda, Zaragoza
	Barcelona won 4-3 on aggregate
1964/65 Details	Juventus (ITA)	0 - 1	Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)	Stadio Comunale, Turin
	Single match played
1963/64 Details	Real Zaragoza (ESP)	2 - 1	Valencia CF (ESP)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Single match played
1962/63 Details	Dinamo Zagreb (YUG)	1 - 2	Valencia CF (ESP)	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
	Valencia CF (ESP)	2 - 0	Dinamo Zagreb (YUG)	Estadio Luís Casanova, Valencia
	Valencia CF won 4-1 on aggregate
1961/62 Details	Valencia CF (ESP)	6 - 2	CF Barcelona (ESP)	Estadio Luís Casanova, Valencia
	CF Barcelona (ESP)	1 - 1	Valencia CF (ESP)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Valencia CF won 7-3 on aggregate
1960/61 Details	Birmingham City (ENG)	2 - 2	Roma (ITA)	St Andrews, Birmingham
	Roma (ITA)	2 - 0	Birmingham City (ENG)	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Roma won 4-2 on aggregate
1958/60 Details	Birmingham City (ENG)	0 - 0	CF Barcelona (ESP)	St Andrews, Birmingham
	CF Barcelona (ESP)	4 - 1	Birmingham City (ENG)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	CF Barcelona won 4-1 on aggregate
1955/58 Details	London XI (ENG)	2 - 2	CF Barcelona (ESP)	Stamford Bridge, London
	CF Barcelona (ESP)	6 - 0	London XI (ENG)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	CF Barcelona won 8-2 on aggregate

aet - after extra time

Records and statistics

Main article: UEFA Cup records and statistics

Notes and references

See also

• UEFA Cup finals
• UEFA Cup records and statistics
• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

External links

• Official UEFA Cup website
• UEFA European Cup Football - independent site with regularly updated statistics including club and country rankings, tournament seedings, and match results.
• UEFA Cup final 1966/67

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