2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Summary

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. Fifty teams were invited, with the eleven winners after the third round then advancing to the second qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 21 April 2008. Based on the subsequent progress of the eleven co-winners in their UEFA Cup efforts, Braga is declared the outright winner of the Intertoto Cup.

UEFA Intertoto Cup
Tournament details
Dates21 June 2008 – 27 July 2008
Teams50[1]
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Braga
and 10 others (see below)
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored186 (2.38 per match)
Attendance409,738 (5,253 per match)
2007
The regions in a map

Association team allocation edit

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):

  • 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 edit

First leg matches were played on 21 and 22 June 2008 and second leg matches were played on 28 and 29 June 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region[2]
Besa   1–1 (a)   Ethnikos Achnas[a] 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[2]
Zhetysu   3–6   Budapest Honvéd[b] 1–2 2–4
Mika   2–2 (a)   Tiraspol 2–2 0–0
Neftchi Baku   3–3 (a)   Nitra 2–0 1–3
Cracovia   1–5   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–2 0–3
Etzella Ettelbruck   2–2 (a)   Locomotive Tbilisi 0–0 2–2
Northern region[2]
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 edit

Besa  0–0  Ethnikos Achnas
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

Čelik  3–2  Grbalj
Karić   30'
Hadžić   59' (pen.)
Novaković   77'
Report Kasalica   7'
Pavicević   90+2'
Attendance: 6,900

Rijeka  0–0  Renova
Report
Attendance: 933
Referee: Hubert Siejewicz (Poland)

Hibernians  0–3  Gorica
Report Xuereb   34' (o.g.)
Cvijanović   56'
Velikonja   58'
Attendance: 496
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

Mika  2–2  Tiraspol
Veranyan   18'
Hakobyan   41'
Report Sidorenko   61' (pen.)
Serghei Namaşco   79'
Attendance: 2,110
Referee: Ninoslav Spasić (Serbia)

Neftchi Baku  2–0  Nitra
Sadygov   7'
Sadiqov   10'
Report
Attendance: 9,500

Cracovia  1–2  Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Nowak   25' Lyavonchyk   68'
Bychanok   72'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)

Etzella Ettelbruck  0–0  Locomotive Tbilisi
Attendance: 259
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Ekranas  1–0  Narva Trans
Bička   88' (pen.)
Attendance: 540
Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)

HB Tórshavn  1–4  Elfsborg
C. Jacobsen   16' Kurbegović   12'
Mobaeck   26', 55'
Sjöhage   50'
Attendance: 320

Bohemians  5–1  Rhyl
J. Byrne   51'
O. Heary   59'
Brennan   63' (pen.)
Fenn   71'
Crowe   80'
Report Connolly   25'
Attendance: 1,342
Referee: Jöuni Hietala (Finland)

Lisburn Distillery  2–3  TPS Turku
Armour   42', 90+' (pen.) Pertot   68', 88'
Ääritalo   76'
Attendance: 290
Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium)

Riga  1–2  Fylkir
Novikov   76' Gíslason   26'
Gravesen   70' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Svein Edvartsen (Norway)

Zhetysu  1–2  Budapest Honvéd
Mikhailov   60' Report Hercegfalvi   66'
Bojtor   75'
Attendance: 5,050
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Croatia)

Second leg edit

Ethnikos Achnas  1–1  Besa
Manousakis   57' Leçi   90+'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

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


Grbalj  2–1  Čelik
Pavićević   51'
Kasalica   75'
Hadžić   18'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

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


Renova  2–0  Rijeka
Iseni   5', 46'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Renova won 2–0 on aggregate.


Gorica  0–0  Hibernians
report

Gorica won 3–0 on aggregate.


Budapest Honvéd  4–2  Zhetysu
Genito   26'
Smiljanić   45+'
Guie Guie   53'
Bojtor   90+'
Kiselyov   52', 74'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.


Tiraspol  0–0  Mika
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos (Greece)

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


Nitra  3–1  Neftchi Baku
Semeník   21', 83'
Čeman   46'
Report José Carlos   84'
Attendance: 2,860
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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


Shakhtyor Soligorsk  3–0  Cracovia
Kavalchuk   71' (pen.)
Krot   90+'
Nikiforenka   90+'
Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Akmalkhan Kholmatov (Kazakhstan)

Shakhtyor Soligorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.


Locomotive Tbilisi  2–2  Etzella Ettelbruck
Chirikashvili   28'
Aleksidze   30'
Da Luz   21'
F. Leweck   81' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

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


Narva Trans  0–3  Ekranas
Bička   35'
Trakys   37'
Matović   79'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Pavel Olšiak (Slovakia)

Ekranas won 4–0 on aggregate.


Elfsborg  0–0  HB Tórshavn

Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.


Rhyl  2–4  Bohemians
Connolly   37', 41' O'Donnell   29'
J. Byrne   32' (pen.)
McGuinness   34'
Singh   42'
Attendance: 1,453

Bohemians won 9–3 on aggregate.


TPS Turku  3–1  Lisburn Distillery
Ääritalo   42'
Paatelainen   75'
One   86'
G. Browne   84' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,783
Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania)

TPS Turku won 6–3 on aggregate.


Fylkir  0–2  Riga
Kalonas   7', 73'

Riga won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round edit

The first leg was held on 5 and 6 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 12 and 13 July 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region[2]
Chernomorets Burgas   3–1   Gorica 1–1 2–0
Grbalj   2–3   Sivasspor 2–2 0–1
Grasshopper Zürich   5–1   Besa 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[2]
Germinal Beerschot[4]   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   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 0–0
Teplice[c]   3–3 (a)   Budapest Honvéd 1–3 2–0
Northern region[2]
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   2–2 (a)   Bohemians 1–0 1–2

First leg edit

Chernomorets Burgas  1–1  Gorica
Michel   63' Report Osterc   57'
Attendance: 555
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

Grbalj  2–2  Sivasspor
Francišković   23', 34' Mehmet   14', 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000

Grasshopper Zürich  2–1  Besa
Lulić   66', 79' Fortunat   83'

Renova  1–2  Bnei Sakhnin
Angelovski   65' Khalaila   41' (pen.)
Rabah   64'

OFK Beograd  1–0  Panionios
Kaluđerović   69'

Germinal Beerschot  1–1  Neftchi Baku
Malki   18' Report Adamia   31'
Attendance: 4,410
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

Saturn Moscow Oblast  7–0  Etzella Ettelbruck
Kirichenko   2', 35', 70', 71'
Angbwa   13'
Topić   18'
Ivanov   65'
Attendance: 8,750
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)

Tiraspol  0–0  Tavriya Simferopol
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)

Sturm Graz  2–0  Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Feldhofer   38'
Kienzl   55'
Attendance: 5,680

Teplice  1–3  Budapest Honvéd
Lukáš   58' Hercegfalvi   35'
Abraham   81'
Abass   90+'
Attendance: 3,050

TPS Turku  1–2  Odense
One   37' Fall   5'
Sørensen   84'
Attendance: 2,245
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

Hibernian  0–2  Elfsborg
Bajrami   17'
Augustsson   65'
Attendance: 7,809
Referee: Abby Toussaint (Luxembourg)

Ekranas  1–3  Rosenborg
Varnas   14' Strand   12'
Lago   35'
Koné   67'
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)

Riga  1–0  Bohemians
Leonov   45'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Second leg edit

Gorica  0–2  Chernomorets Burgas
Report Remzi   54' (pen.)
Michel   86'

Chernomorets Burgas won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sivasspor  1–0  Grbalj
Diallo   83'
Attendance: 7,477
Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)

Sivasspor won 3–2 on aggregate.


Besa  0–3  Grasshopper Zürich
Šabanović   54', 68'
Zuber   86'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)

Grasshopper Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.


Bnei Sakhnin  1–0  Renova
B. Ganayem   17'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: István Vad II (Hungary)

Bnei Sakhnin won 3–1 on aggregate.


Panionios  3–1  OFK Beograd
Barkoglou   25'
Choutos   45+', 63' (pen.)
William   55'
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.


Neftchi Baku  1–0  Germinal Beerschot
Allahverdiyev   57' Report

Neftchi Baku won 2–1 on aggregate.


Etzella Ettelbruck  1–1  Saturn Moscow Oblast
Da Luz   70' Kovel   77'
Attendance: 200
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)

Saturn Moscow Oblast won 8–1 on aggregate.


Tavriya Simferopol  3–1  Tiraspol
Ljubenović   10'
Homenyuk   45+'
Gigiadze   51'
Bulat   90+'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Tavriya Simferopol won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sturm Graz won 2–0 on aggregate.


Budapest Honvéd  0–2  Teplice
Jun   68'
Rosa   71'
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Garðar Hinriksson (Iceland)

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


Odense  2–0  TPS Turku
Fall   21', 52'
Attendance: 4,034

Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.


Elfsborg  2–0  Hibernian
M. Florén   20'
Bajrami   80'
Attendance: 3,523

Elfsborg won 4–0 on aggregate.


Rosenborg  4–0  Ekranas
Konan Ya   16'
Iversen   48'
Koné   52', 90+'
Attendance: 4,986
Referee: Babak Guliyev (Azerbaijan)

Rosenborg won 7–1 on aggregate.


Bohemians  2–1  Riga
McGuinness   21'
Brennan   90' (pen.)
Chirkin   65'
Attendance: 2,395

Bohemians 2–2 Riga on aggregate. Riga advanced on the away goals rule.

Third round edit

The first leg was held on 19 and 20 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 26 and 27 July 2008. The 11 winners entered the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region[2]
Bnei Sakhnin   1–3   Deportivo La Coruña[5] 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[2]
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[2]
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 edit

Bnei Sakhnin  1–2  Deportivo La Coruña
B. Ganayem   59' Lafita   54'
Riki   57'
Attendance: 2,500

Panionios  0–1  Napoli
Bogliacino   31'
Attendance: 3,125

Sivasspor  0–2  Braga
Linz   45+'
Moisés   78'

Grasshopper Zürich  3–0  Chernomorets Burgas
Salatić   21'
Zárate   41'
Šabanović   80'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)


Neftchi Baku  2–1  Vaslui
Herasymyuk   28'
Sadiqov   84'
Report Genchev   29'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Rennes  1–0  Tavriya Simferopol
Fanni   90+'

Sturm Graz  0–0  Budapest Honvéd
Attendance: 5,830

NAC Breda  1–0  Rosenborg
Amoah   19'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

Odense  2–2  Aston Villa
Sidwell   25' (o.g.)
Møller Christensen   90'
Carew   7'
Laursen   76'
Attendance: 11,393
Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)

Elfsborg  1–0  Riga
Avdić   18'
Attendance: 3,351

Second leg edit

Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate.


Napoli  1–0  Panionios
Hamšík   65'

Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.


Braga  3–0  Sivasspor
Matheus   45'
Linz   57'
Aguiar   70' (pen.)

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.


Grasshopper Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.


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

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.


Vaslui  2–0  Neftchi Baku
Burdujan   30'
Temwanjera   38'
Report

Vaslui won 3–2 on aggregate.


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


Budapest Honvéd  1–2  Sturm Graz
Smiljanić   8' Beichler   72'
Haas   77'

Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.


Rosenborg  2–0  NAC Breda
Stoor   34'
Iversen   50' (pen.)

Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.


Aston Villa  1–0  Odense
A. Young   50'
Attendance: 34,394

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.


Riga  0–0  Elfsborg
Attendance: 1,500

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Winners edit

Eight of the eleven Intertoto Cup co-winners entered the UEFA Cup by winning 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.

The 11 co-winners were:

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Apollon Limassol declined the participation, so Ethnikos Achna will participate instead
  2. ^ FC Fehérvár, Újpest FC and Kaposvári Rákóczi FC declined the participation
  3. ^ 1. FC Brno (4th team of Gambrinus liga) did not apply for the Intertoto Cup.

References edit

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080520054703/https://as.com/futbol/articulo/deportivo-cumplio-parte-estara-intertoto/dasftb/20080518dasdasftb_25/Tes/
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup – Result of the draws – Rounds 1, 2 and 3 – House of European Football, 21 april 2008, Nyon
  3. ^ Vardar did not gain a UEFA licence
  4. ^ "Cercle laat Intertoto-ticket aan G.Beerschot" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  5. ^ "El Deportivo no cumplió con su parte, pero estará en la Intertoto" (in Spanish). as.com. 2008-05-18. Archived from the original on 2008-05-20.

External links edit

  • Official UEFA site