UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
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UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon
Nyon
Nyon is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva, and is the seat of the district of...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
on 21 April 2008. The final winner of the competition was Braga.
Association team allocation
50 teams participated in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup from 50 UEFA associations. Below is the scheme for the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The rankings throughout are based on the 2007 UEFA coefficientsUEFA coefficients
In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions.The coefficients are calculated by UEFA, who administer football within Europe...
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First round: (28 teams)
- 28 from associations 23-36, 38-50 and 53
Second round: (28 teams)
- 14 winners from the First Round
- 14 from associations 9-22
Third round: (22 teams)
- 14 winners from the Second Round
- 8 from associations 1-8
First round
First leg matches were played on June 21 and 22 2008 and second leg matches were played on June 28 and 29 2008.!colspan="5"|Southern-Mediterranean region
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First leg
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Second leg
Ethnikos Achnas 1–1 Besa Kavajë on aggregate. Besa Kavajë won on away goals rule.----
Grbalj 4–4 Čelik on aggregate. Grbalj won on away goals rule.
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Renova won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Gorica won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Tiraspol 2–2 Mika on aggregate. Tiraspol won on away goals rule.
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Nitra 3–3 Neftchi Baku on aggregate. Neftchi Baku won on away goals rule.
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Shakhtsyor Salihorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Lokomotivi Tbilisi 2–2 Etzella Ettelbruck on aggregate. Etzella Ettelbruck won on away goals rule.
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Ekranas won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Bohemians won 9–3 on aggregate.
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TPS Turku won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Riga won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
The first leg was held on 5 and 6 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 12 July and 13 July 2008.!colspan="5"|Southern-Mediterranean region
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Second leg
Chernomorets Burgas won 3–1 on aggregate.----
Sivasspor won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Grasshopper Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Bnei Sakhnin won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Neftchi Baku won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Saturn Moscow Oblast won 8–1 on aggregate.
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Tavriya Simferopol won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Sturm Graz won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Budapest Honvéd 3–3 Teplice on aggregate. Budapest Honvéd advanced on away goals rule.
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Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Elfsborg won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Rosenborg won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Bohemians 2–2 Riga on aggregate. Riga advanced on the away goals rule.
Third round
The first leg was held on 19 and 20 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 26 July and 27 July 2008. The 11 winners enter the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.!colspan="5"|Southern-Mediterranean region
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Second leg
Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate.----
Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Grasshopper Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Vaslui won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 Rennes on aggregate. Rennes won in a penalty shootout.
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Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Overall winners
Eight of the eleven sides who entered the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup won their qualifying ties and progressed to the First Round. Five of those eight sides survived the First Round and entered the Group Stage. Four of those five qualified for the Round of 32. Only Braga progressed to the Round of 16, making them the overall winners.Braga (Overall winners) (Round of 16, lost to Paris Saint-Germain) Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
(Round of 32, lost to CSKA Moscow) Deportivo La Coruña
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...
(Round of 32, lost to AaB
AaB Football
AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies.AaB became the first Danish...
) Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
(Round of 32, lost to Zenit Saint Petersburg
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
) Rosenborg (Group stage, fifth in Group G) Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....
(First round, lost to Benfica) Rennes (First round, lost to Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
) Vaslui
FC Vaslui
FC Vaslui is a professional football club from Vaslui, Romania. The club plays in Liga I and was founded in 2002. The best league finishes were achieved in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, when they managed to end up third. Since foundation, they finished each season in a higher rank than in the...
(First round, lost to Slavia Prague) Elfsborg
IF Elfsborg
IF Elfsborg is a Swedish football club located in Borås. The club has won five national championship titles, the latest in 2006, and two national cup titles. Currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Elfsborg is based at Borås Arena...
(Second qualifying round, lost to St Patrick's Athletic
St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
St Patrick's Athletic Football Club is a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded in 1929, they are based in the Dublin suburb of Inchicore and play their home matches at Richmond Park. They have won the League of Ireland title 7 times and...
) Grasshopper Zürich
Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Grasshopper Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. The oldest and best known section of Grasshopper Club Zürich is its football team...
(Second qualifying round, lost to Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
) Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....
(Second qualifying round, lost to Zürich)