2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup

2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Tournament details
Dates 21 June – 27 July 2008
Teams 50
Final positions
Champions Braga
Tournament statistics
Matches played 78
Goals scored 186 (2.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dmitri Kirichenko (5 goals)[1]

The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA 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, Switzerland on 21 April 2008. The final winner of the competition was Braga.

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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 coefficients.

First round: (28 teams)

Second round: (28 teams)

Third round: (22 teams)

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.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Southern-Mediterranean region
Besa Kavajë (a) 1–1 Ethnikos Achnas[2] 0–0 1–1
Čelik 4–4 (a) Grbalj 3–2 1–2
Rijeka 0–2 Renova[3] 0–0 0–2
Hibernians 0–3 Gorica 0–3 0–0
Central-East region
Zhetysu 3–6 Budapest Honvéd[4] 1–2 2–4
Mika 2–2 (a) Tiraspol 2–2 0–0
Neftchi Baku (a) 3–3 Nitra 2–0 1–3
Cracovia 1–5 Shakhtsyor Salihorsk 1–2 0–3
Etzella Ettelbruck (a) 2–2 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 0–0 2–2
Northern region
Ekranas 4–0 Narva Trans 1–0 3–0
HB Tórshavn 1–4 Elfsborg 1–4 0–0
Bohemians 9–3 Rhyl 5–1 4–2
Lisburn Distillery 3–6 TPS Turku 2–3 1–3
Riga 3–2 Fylkir 1–2 2–0

First leg

21 June 2008
 Besa Kavajë 0 – 0 Ethnikos Achnas Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
21 June 2008
 Čelik 3 – 2 Grbalj Bilino Polje, Zenica
Karić  30'
Hadžić  59' (pen.)
Novaković  77'		 Kasalica  7'
Pavicević  90+'
21 June 2008
 Rijeka 0 – 0 Renova Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka
21 June 2008
 Hibernians 0 – 3 Gorica Hibernians Ground, Paola
Xuereb  34' (o.g.)
Cvijanovič  56'
Velikonja  58'
22 June 2008
 Zhetysu 1 – 2 Budapest Honvéd Zhetysu Stadium, Taldykorgan
Mikhailov  60' Hercegfalvi  66'
Bojtor  75'
21 June 2008
 Mika 2 – 2 Tiraspol Mika Stadium, Yerevan
Veranyan  18'
Hakobyan  41'		 Sidorenko  61' (pen.)
Serghei Namaşco  79'
21 June 2008
 Neftchi Baku 2 – 0 Nitra Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
R.F. Sadygov  7'
R.A. Sadygov  10'
21 June 2008
 Cracovia 1 – 2 Shakhtsyor Salihorsk Stadion Cracovii, Kraków
Nowak  25' Lyavonchyk  68'
Bychanok  72'
21 June 2008
 Etzella Ettelbruck 0 – 0 Lokomotivi Tbilisi Stade Am Deich, Ettelbruck
22 June 2008
 Ekranas 1 – 0 Narva Trans Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
Bička  88' (pen.)
22 June 2008
 HB Tórshavn 1 – 4 Elfsborg Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
C. Jacobsen  16' Kurbegović  12'
Mobaeck  26', 55'
Sjöhage  50'
21 June 2008
 Bohemians 5 – 1 Rhyl Dalymount Park, Dublin
J. Byrne  51'
O. Heary  59'
Brennan  63' (pen.)
Fenn  71'
Crowe  80'		 Connolly  25'
21 June 2008
 Lisburn Distillery 2 – 3 TPS Turku Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena
Armour  42', 90+' (pen.) Pertot  68', 88'
Ääritalo  76'
21 June 2008
 Riga 1 – 2 Fylkir Daugava Stadium, Liepāja
Novikov  76' Gíslason  26'
Gravesen  70' (pen.)

Second leg

28 June 2008
 Ethnikos Achnas 1 – 1 Besa Kavajë Dasaki Stadium, Akhna
Manousakis  57' Leçi  90+'

Ethnikos Achnas 1–1 Besa Kavajë on aggregate. Besa Kavajë won on away goals rule.

28 June 2008
 Grbalj 2 – 1 Čelik Gradski stadion, Nikšić
Pavicević  51'
Kasalica  75'		 Hadžić  18'

Grbalj 4–4 Čelik on aggregate. Grbalj won on away goals rule.

28 June 2008
 Renova 2 – 0 Rijeka Gradski Stadion, Skopje
Iseni  5', 46'

Renova won 2–0 on aggregate.

28 June 2008
 Gorica 0 – 0 Hibernians Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Gorica won 3–0 on aggregate.

28 June 2008
 Budapest Honvéd 4 – 2 Zhetysu Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
Genito  26'
Smiljanić  45+'
Guie Guie  53'
Bojtor  90+'		 Kiselyov  52', 74'

Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.

28 June 2008
 Tiraspol 0 – 0 Mika Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol

Tiraspol 2–2 Mika on aggregate. Tiraspol won on away goals rule.

28 June 2008
 Nitra 3 – 1 Neftchi Baku Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra
Semeník  21', 83'
Čeman  46'		 José Carlos  84'

Nitra 3–3 Neftchi Baku on aggregate. Neftchi Baku won on away goals rule.

29 June 2008
 Shakhtsyor Salihorsk 3 – 0 Cracovia Stroitel Stadium, Salihorsk
Kavalchuk  71' (pen.)
Krot  90+'
Nikiforenka  90+'

Shakhtsyor Salihorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.

28 June 2008
 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 2 – 2 Etzella Ettelbruck Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Chirikashvili  28'
Aleksidze  30'		 Da Luz  21'
F. Leweck  81' (pen.)

Lokomotivi Tbilisi 2–2 Etzella Ettelbruck on aggregate. Etzella Ettelbruck won on away goals rule.

28 June 2008
 Narva Trans 0 – 3 Ekranas A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Bička  35'
Trakys  37'
Matović  79'

Ekranas won 4–0 on aggregate.

28 June 2008
 Elfsborg 0 – 0 HB Tórshavn Borås Arena, Borås

Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

28 June 2008
 Rhyl 2 – 4 Bohemians Belle Vue, Rhyl
Connolly  37', 41' O'Donnell  29'
J. Byrne  32' (pen.)
McGuinness  34'
Singh  42'

Bohemians won 9–3 on aggregate.

29 June 2008
 TPS Turku 3 – 1 Lisburn Distillery Veritas Stadion, Turku
Ääritalo  42'
Paatelainen  75'
One  86'		 G. Browne  84' (pen.)

TPS Turku won 6–3 on aggregate.

29 June 2008
 Fylkir 0 – 2 Riga Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Kalonas  7', 73'

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.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Southern-Mediterranean region
Chernomorets Burgas 3–1 Gorica 1–1 2–0
Grbalj 2–3 Sivasspor 2–2 0–1
Grasshopper Zürich 5–1 Besa Kavajë 2–1 3–0
Renova 1–3 Bnei Sakhnin 1–2 0–1
OFK Beograd 2–3 Panionios 1–0 1–3
Central-East region
Germinal Beerschot[5] 1–2 Neftchi Baku 1–1 0–1
Saturn Moscow Oblast 8–1 Etzella Ettelbruck 7–0 1–1
Tiraspol 1–3 Tavriya Simferopol 0–0 1–3
Sturm Graz 2–0 Shakhtsyor Salihorsk 2–0 0–0
Teplice[6] 3–3 (a) Budapest Honvéd 1–3 2–0
Northern region
TPS Turku 1–4 Odense 1–2 0–2
Hibernian 0–4 Elfsborg 0–2 0–2
Ekranas 1–7 Rosenborg 1–3 0–4
Riga (a) 2–2 Bohemians 1–0 1–2

First leg

5 July 2008
 Chernomorets Burgas 1 – 1 Gorica Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Michel  63' Osterc  57'
5 July 2008
 Grbalj 2 – 2 Sivasspor Gradski stadion, Nikšić
Francišković  23', 34' Mehmet  14', 39' (pen.)
5 July 2008
 Grasshopper Zürich 2 – 1 Besa Kavajë Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen
Lulić  66', 79' Fortunat  83'
6 July 2008
 Renova 1 – 2 Bnei Sakhnin Gradski Stadion, Skopje
Angelovski  65' Khalaila  41' (pen.)
Rabah  64'
6 July 2008
 OFK Beograd 1 – 0 Panionios Omladinski stadion, Belgrade
Kaluđerović  69'
5 July 2008
 Germinal Beerschot 1 – 1 Neftchi Baku Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp
Malki  18' Adamia  31'
5 July 2008
 Saturn Moscow Oblast 7 – 0 Etzella Ettelbruck Saturn Stadium, Ramenskoye
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Kirichenko  2', 35', 70', 71'
Angbwa  13'
Topić  18'
Ivanov  65'
5 July 2008
 Tiraspol 0 – 0 Tavriya Simferopol Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
5 July 2008
 Sturm Graz 2 – 0 Shakhtsyor Salihorsk UPC-Arena, Graz
Feldhofer  38'
Kienzl  55'
5 July 2008
 Teplice 1 – 3 Budapest Honvéd Na Stínadlech, Teplice
Lukáš  58' Hercegfalvi  35'
Abraham  81'
Abass  90+'
6 July 2008
 TPS Turku 1 – 2 Odense Veritas Stadion, Turku
One  37' Fall  5'
Sørensen  84'
6 July 2008
 Hibernian 0 – 2 Elfsborg Easter Road, Edinburgh
Bajrami  17'
Augustsson  65'
6 July 2008
 Ekranas 1 – 3 Rosenborg Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
Varnas  14' Strand  12'
Lago  35'
Koné  67'
6 July 2008
 Riga 1 – 0 Bohemians Daugava Stadium, Liepāja
Leonov  45'

Second leg

12 July 2008
 Gorica 0 – 2 Chernomorets Burgas Stadion Športni Park, Nova Gorica
Remzi  54' (pen.)
Michel  86'

Chernomorets Burgas won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2008
 Sivasspor 1 – 0 Grbalj Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas
Diallo  83'

Sivasspor won 3–2 on aggregate.

12 July 2008
 Besa Kavajë 0 – 3 Grasshopper Zürich Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës
Šabanović  54', 68'
Zuber  86'

Grasshopper Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.

12 July 2008
 Bnei Sakhnin 1 – 0 Renova Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
B. Ganayem  17'

Bnei Sakhnin won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2008
 Panionios 3 – 1 OFK Beograd Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
Barkoglou  25'
Choutos  45+', 63' (pen.)		 William  55'

Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.

12 July 2008
 Neftchi Baku 1 – 0 Germinal Beerschot Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Allahverdiyev  57'

Neftchi Baku won 2–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2008
 Etzella Ettelbruck 1 – 1 Saturn Moscow Oblast Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 300
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)
Da Luz  70' Kovel  77'

Saturn Moscow Oblast won 8–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2008
 Tavriya Simferopol 3 – 1 Tiraspol Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Ljubenović  10'
Homenyuk  45+'
Gigiadze  51'		 Bulat  90+'

Tavriya Simferopol won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2008
 Shakhtsyor Salihorsk 0 – 0 Sturm Graz Stroitel Stadium, Salihorsk

Sturm Graz won 2–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2008
 Budapest Honvéd 0 – 2 Teplice Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
Jun  68'
Rosa  71'

Budapest Honvéd 3–3 Teplice on aggregate. Budapest Honvéd advanced on away goals rule.

13 July 2008
 Odense 2 – 0 TPS Turku Fionia Park, Odense
Fall  21', 52'

Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.

12 July 2008
 Elfsborg 2 – 0 Hibernian Borås Arena, Borås
M. Florén  20'
Bajrami  80'

Elfsborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

13 July 2008
 Rosenborg 4 – 0 Ekranas Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Konan Ya  16'
Iversen  48'
Koné  52', 90+'

Rosenborg won 7–1 on aggregate.

12 July 2008
 Bohemians 2 – 1 Riga Dalymount Park, Dublin
McGuinness  21'
Brennan  90' (pen.)		 Chirkin  65'

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.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Southern-Mediterranean region
Bnei Sakhnin 1–3 Deportivo La Coruña[7] 1–2 0–1
Panionios 0–2 Napoli 0–1 0–1
Sivasspor 0–5 Braga 0–2 0–3
Grasshopper Zürich 4–0 Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 1–0
Central-East region
Saturn Moscow Oblast 1–3 Stuttgart 1–0 0–3 (aet)
Neftchi Baku 2–3 Vaslui 2–1 0–2
Rennes 1–1 (10–9 p) Tavriya Simferopol 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Sturm Graz 2–1 Budapest Honvéd 0–0 2–1
Northern region
NAC Breda 1–2 Rosenborg 1–0 0–2
Odense 2–3 Aston Villa 2–2 0–1
Elfsborg 1–0 Riga 1–0 0–0

First leg

19 July 2008
 Bnei Sakhnin 1 – 2 Deportivo La Coruña Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
B. Ganayem  59' Lafita  54'
Riki  57'
20 July 2008
 Panionios 0 – 1 Napoli Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
Bogliacino  31'
20 July 2008
 Sivasspor 0 – 2 Braga Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas
Linz  45+'
Moisés  78'
19 July 2008
 Grasshopper Zürich 3 – 0 Chernomorets Burgas Letzigrund, Zürich
Salatić  21'
Zárate  41'
Šabanović  80'
19 July 2008
 Saturn Moscow Oblast 1 – 0 Stuttgart Saturn Stadium, Ramenskoye
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
Kirichenko  4'
19 July 2008
 Neftchi Baku 2 – 1 Vaslui Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Herasymyuk  28'
R.A. Sadiqov  84'		 Genchev  29'
19 July 2008
 Rennes 1 – 0 Tavriya Simferopol Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
Fanni  90+'
19 July 2008
 Sturm Graz 0 – 0 Budapest Honvéd UPC-Arena, Graz
19 July 2008
 NAC Breda 1 – 0 Rosenborg Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda
Amoah  19'
19 July 2008
 Odense 2 – 2 Aston Villa Fionia Park, Odense
Sidwell  25' (o.g.)
Møller Christensen  90'		 Carew  7'
Laursen  76'
19 July 2008
 Elfsborg 1 – 0 Riga Borås Arena, Borås
Avdić  18'

Second leg

26 July 2008
 Deportivo La Coruña 1 – 0 Bnei Sakhnin Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
Valerón  40'

Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 July 2008
 Napoli 1 – 0 Panionios Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Hamšík  65'

Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.

26 July 2008
 Braga 3 – 0 Sivasspor Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
Matheus  45'
Linz  57'
Aguiar  70' (pen.)

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.

26 July 2008
 Chernomorets Burgas 0 – 1 Grasshopper Zürich Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
Bobadilla  53'

Grasshopper Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.

27 July 2008
 Stuttgart 3 – 0 (a.e.t.) Saturn Moscow Oblast Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
Šimák  82'
Marica  107', 110'

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 July 2008
 Vaslui 2 – 0 Neftchi Baku Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui
Burdujan  30'
Temwanjera  38'

Vaslui won 3–2 on aggregate.

26 July 2008
 Tavriya Simferopol 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Rennes Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Gigiadze  71'
  Penalties  
Halyuza
Holaydo
Donets'
Gigiadze
Ljubenović
Zborovskyi
Ilnytskyi
Alunderis
Hajduczek
Kovpak
Dikan
Halyuza		 9 – 10 Leroy
Pagis
Thomert
Lemoine
Hansson
Sorlin
Fanni
Danzé
Echiéjilé
Dembélé
Douchez
Leroy

Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 Rennes on aggregate. Rennes won in a penalty shootout.

26 July 2008
 Budapest Honvéd 1 – 2 Sturm Graz Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
Smiljanić  8' Beichler  72'
Haas  77'

Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.

27 July 2008
 Rosenborg 2 – 0 NAC Breda Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Stoor  34'
Iversen  50' (pen.)

Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.

26 July 2008
 Aston Villa 1 – 0 Odense Villa Park, Birmingham
A. Young  50'

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

27 July 2008
 Riga 0 – 0 Elfsborg Daugava Stadium, Liepāja

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.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Intertoto Cup results, scorers and fixtures
  2. ^ Apollon Limassol declined the participation, so Ethnikos Achna will participate instead
  3. ^ Vardar did not gain a UEFA license
  4. ^ FC Fehérvár, Újpest FC and Kaposvári Rákóczi FC declined the participation
  5. ^ "Cercle laat Intertoto-ticket aan G.Beerschot" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-05-13. http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/voetbal/eersteklasse/Cercle_Brugge/080513_Cercle_geen_Intertoto. 
  6. ^ 1. FC Brno (4th team of Gambrinus liga) did not apply for the Intertoto Cup.
  7. ^ "El Deportivo no cumplió con su parte, pero estará en la Intertoto" (in spanish). as.com. 2008-05-18. http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/deportivo-cumplio-parte-estara-intertoto/dasftb/20080518dasdasftb_25/Tes. 

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