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Big names in UEFA Cup reckoning

Wednesday 25 June 2008
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Former European champions AC Milan, SL Benfica and FK Crvena Zvezda are among the entrants for the 2008/09 UEFA Cup along with past trophy winners Valencia CF, Sevilla FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Competitors
In the last edition before the expansion of the competition to a 48-team group stage the following season, 157 sides will compete for FC Zenit St. Petersburg's title, including the last eleven UEFA Intertoto Cup winners and 24 entrants from the UEFA Champions League. Zenit themselves are in the senior competition but the UEFA Cup still has a strong list of competitors, starting from the first qualifying round when Manchester City FC, whose stadium was the venue for the 2007/08 final, are one of three Fair Play entrants.

Road to Istanbul
In all 74 teams will go into the first qualifying round, to be drawn on 1 July and played later that month, with 27 sides including the Intertoto winners joining at the next stage. The 32 second qualifying round winners will join 32 automatic entrants and the 16 teams eliminated in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round in the first round, which will produce the 40 group stage entrants. The final will be played on 20 May at Istanbul's Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. The list of clubs below is still provisional and will be confirmed by UEFA once the entry procedure is finalised.

2008/09 UEFA Cup access list
IOCRoundClubCoefficient
ESP1stValencia CF*83.837
ESP 1stSevilla FC102.837
ESP 1stReal Racing Club Santander24.837
ENG1stPortsmouth FC*24.996
ENG1stEverton FC43.996
ENG1stTottenham Hotspur FC***55.996
ENGQ1Manchester City FC****30.996
ITA1stAC Milan 119.934
ITA1stUC Sampdoria29.834
ITA1stUdinese Calcio34.934
FRA1stAS Nancy-Lorraine25.380
FRA1stAS Saint-Etienne17.380
FRA1stParis Saint-Germain FC***37.380
GER1stHamburger SV52.078
GER1stVfL Wolfsburg16.078
GER1stBV Borussia Dortmund**21.078
GERQ1Hertha BSC Berlin****27.078
POR1stSL Benfica77.176
POR1stCS Marítimo15.176
POR1stVitória FC 15.176
ROU1stFC Rapid Bucureşti41.398
ROU1stFC Dinamo 1848 Bucureşti36.398
ROU1stAFC Unirea Valahorum Urziceni13.398
ROU1stFCU Politehnica Timisoara13.398
NED1stFeyenoord*33.610
NED1stAFC Ajax51.610
NED1stSC Heerenveen35.610
NED1stNEC Nijmegen12.610
RUS1stPFC CSKA Moskva*59.437
RUSQ2FC Moskva14.437
SCO1stMotherwell FC11.013
SCOQ2Queen of the South FC**11.013
UKR1stFC Metalist Kharkiv10.932
UKRQ2FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk31.932
BEL1stClub Brugge KV*41.810
BELQ2KAA Gent**8.810
CZE1stFC Baník Ostrava 11.496
CZEQ2FC Slovan Liberec**16.496
TUR1stKayserispor11.469
TURQ2Beşiktaş JK40.469
GREQ2AEK Athens FC31.525
GREQ2Aris Thessaloniki FC**19.525
BULQ2PFC Litex Lovech*18.644
BULQ2PFC Lokomotiv Sofia11.644
BULQ1PFC Cherno More Varna7.644
SUIQ2BSC Young Boys7.993
SUIQ2FC Zürich16.993
SUIQ1AC Bellinzona**7.993
NORQ2Lillestrøm SK*7.400
NORQ2Stabæk IF7.400
NORQ1Viking FC12.400
ISRQ2Maccabi Netanya FC5.197
ISRQ1Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC5.197
ISRQ1Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC**21.197
SRBQ2FK Crvena Zvezda18.527
SRBQ1FK Vojvodina5.527
SRBQ1FK Borac5.527
DENQ1Brøndby IF*18.748
DENQ1FC Midtjylland6.748
DENQ1FC København23.748
DENQ1FC Nordsjælland****6.748
AUTQ1FC Salzburg10.840
AUTQ1FK Austria Wien31.840
POLQ1Legia Warszawa*4.973
POLQ1KKS Lech Poznań6.973
HUNQ1Debreceni VSC10.960
HUNQ1Győri ETO FC3.960
SVKQ1MŠK Žilina4.070
SVKQ1FC Spartak Trnava**4.070
CROQ1NK Slaven Koprivnica3.836
CROQ1HNK Hajduk Split**6.836
CYPQ1APOEL FC*3.327
CYPQ1AC Omonia3.327
SWEQ1Kalmar FC*4.518
SWEQ1Djurgårdens IF FF6.518
SVNQ1NK IB Ljubljana*3.272
SVNQ1FC Koper3.272
BIHQ1NK Zrinjski*2.805
BIHQ1NK Široki Brijeg2.805
LVAQ1SK Liepájas Metalurgs2.915
LVAQ1JFK Olimps**2.915
LTUQ1FK Suduva2.640
LTUQ1FK Vetra**2.640
FINQ1FC Haka3.176
FINQ1FC Honko Espoo**3.176
MDAQ1FC Dacia Chisinau2.475
MDAQ1FC Nistru Otaci**2.475
IRLQ1Cork City FC*2.420
IRLQ1Saint Patrick's Athletic FC2.420
GEOQ1FC Zestafoni*1.925
GEOQ1FC WIT Georgia1.925
LIEQ1FC Vaduz* 1.815
MKDQ1FK Milano2.090
MKDQ1FK Pelister2.090
ISLQ1FH Hafnarfjördur*2.980
ISLQ1ÍA Akranes1.980
BLRQ1FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk*1.760
BLRQ1FC Gomel1.760
ALBQ1KS Vllaznia*1.210
ALBQ1FK Partizani1.210
ESTQ1FC Flora*1.430
ESTQ1FC TVMK Tallinn1.430
ARMQ1FC Ararat Yerevan*1.210
ARMQ1FC Banants1.210
AZEQ1FK Khazar Lenkoran*1.265
AZEQ1FK Olimpik Baku1.265
KAZQ1FC Tobol Kostanay*0.852
KAZQ1FC Shakhtyor Karagandy0.852
NIRQ1Glentoran FC0.770
NIRQ1Cliftonville FC0.770
WALQ1Bangor City FC0.770
WALQ1The New Saints FC 0.770
FROQ1EB Streymur0.605
FROQ1B36 Tórshavn0.605
LUXQ1CS Grevenmacher*0.495
LUXQ1FC Racing Union Luxembourg0.495
MLTQ1Birkirkara FC*0.275
MLTQ1Marsaxlokk FC0.275
MNEQ1FK Mogren*0.165
MNEQ1FK Zeta0.165
ANDQ1UE Sant Julià*0.165
SMRQ1AC Juvenes-Dogana**0.082
UIC/SUIQ2Grasshopper-Club 
UIC/ROUQ2SC Vaslui 
UIC/AUTQ2SK Sturm Graz 
UIC/FRAQ2Stade Rennais FC 
UIC/ESPQ2RC Deportivo La Coruña 
UIC/ENGQ2Aston Villa FC 
UIC/PORQ2SC Braga 
UIC/ITAQ2SSC Napoli 
UIC/NORQ2Rosenborg BK 
UIC/SWEQ2IF Elfsborg 
UIC/GERQ2VfB Stuttgart 

* domestic cup winners
** losing domestic cup finalists
*** domestic league cup winners
**** Fair Play winners
***** UEFA Intertoto Cup winners

2008/09 UEFA Cup draw schedule
Date
LocationDraw details
01.07.2008, 13.30CETNyonFirst qualifying round
01.08.2008, 13.30CET NyonSecond qualifying round
29.08.2008, 13.00CET MonacoFirst round
07.10.2008, 12.00CETNyonGroup stage
19.12.2008, 13.00CETNyonRound of 32 and Round of 16
20.03.2009, 13.00CETNyonQuarter-finals, semi-finals and final
2008/09 UEFA Cup match calendar
StageDates
First qualifying round, 1st leg17.07.2008
First qualifying round, 2nd leg31.07.2008
Second qualifying round, 1st leg14.08.2008
Second qualifying round, 2nd leg28.08.2008
First round, 1st leg18.09.2008
First round, 2nd leg02.10.2008
Group stage, Matchday 123.10.2008
Group stage, Matchday 206.11.2008
Group stage, Matchday 327.11.2008
Group stage, Matchday 403/04.12.2008
Group stage, Matchday 517/18.12.2008
Round of 32, first leg18/19.02.2009
Round of 32, second leg26.02.2009
Round of 16, first leg12.03.2009
Round of 16, second leg18/19.03.2009
Quarter-finals, first leg09.04.2009
Quarter-finals, second leg16.04.2009
Semi-finals, first leg30.04.2009
Semi-finals, second leg07.05.2009
Final (Şükrü Saraçoglu Stadium, Istanbul)20.05.2009

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