2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 was the first after a major change of the competition format. There were only three rounds instead of five, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup (instead of three teams qualifying for the first round proper). Also, for the first time in the modern history of the competition,[1] a single overall winner was determined, with that honour going to the final-round Intertoto winner that advanced farthest in the UEFA Cup. This honour went to Newcastle United.
First round
Second round
1FK Zeta qualified for this season's UEFA competitions as member of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro during the 2005/06 season but was at the time of this match already a member of the Football Association of Montenegro.[2]
2played at FK Partizan's ground in Belgrade, Serbia, because FK Zeta's ground in Golubovci doesn't meet UEFA standards
3played in Herzliya because Maccabi Petah Tikva's ground in Petah Tikva is undergoing renovations
Third round
Eleven winning teams qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Cup 2006–07
^played on July 16
1After consultations with UEFA, Italian qualifier Palermo was withdrawn by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on June 6, 2006. Due to the ongoing match-fixing scandal in Italy, the FIGC could not officially confirm the 2005–06 Serie A standings in time for Palermo to compete in the Intertoto Cup and therefore French club Auxerre replaced Palermo, according to UEFA regulations governing the Intertoto Cup.
Overall winners
The overall winners concept was introduced since 2006. It determines by the team that advances the farthest in the UEFA Cup. Eight of the eleven which entered the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup won their qualifying ties and progressed to the first round proper. Half of these eight survived the first round and entered the group stages, only Newcastle United secured a place in the UEFA Cup Round of 32 and were the last remaining team from the Intertoto Cup - rendering them the overall winner. They then went onto qualify for the last 16. Captain Scott Parker lifted the trophy at St James Park before their tie with AZ.
- Newcastle United (Overall winners) (Round of 16, lost to AZ)
- Auxerre (Group stage, fourth in Group A)
- Grasshopper Zürich (Group stage, fifth in Group C)
- Odense (Group stage, fourth in Group D)
- Marseille (First round, lost to Mladá Boleslav)
- Hertha Berlin (First round, lost to Odense)
- Kayserispor (First round, lost to AZ)
- Ethnikos Achna (First round, lost to Lens)
- Twente (Second qualifying round, lost to Levadia Tallinn)
- Ried (Second qualifying round, lost to Sion)
- Maribor (Second qualifying round, lost to Partizan)
See also
Notes and references
- ^ The Intertoto Cup began in 1961, and held a formal final match until 1967, but after this, it did not have a single winner until 2006. It did not come under official UEFA sponsorship until 1995, which is a reasonable date for setting the start of the competition's modern history.
- ^ UEFA Magazine - Farewell to Yugoslavia, by Aleksandar Bošković
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