2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup
Tournament details
Dates 21 June 2008 – 27 July 2008
Teams 50[1]
Final positions
Champions Portugal Braga
and 10 others (see below)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 78
Goals scored 186 (2.38 per match)
The regions in a map

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. There were 11 co-winners of the tournament with outright winner of the competition being Braga due to their progress in the subsequent UEFA Cup campaign.

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)

  • 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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region[2]
Besa Kavajë Albania 1–1 (a) Cyprus Ethnikos Achnas[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1
Čelik Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–4 (a) Montenegro Grbalj 3–2 1–2
Rijeka Croatia 0–2 Republic of Macedonia Renova[3] 0–0 0–2
Hibernians Malta 0–3 Slovenia Gorica 0–3 0–0
Central-East region[2]
Zhetysu Kazakhstan 3–6 Hungary Budapest Honvéd[lower-alpha 2] 1–2 2–4
Mika Armenia 2–2 (a) Moldova Tiraspol 2–2 0–0
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 3–3 (a) Slovakia Nitra 2–0 1–3
Cracovia Poland 1–5 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–2 0–3
Etzella Ettelbruck Luxembourg 2–2 (a) Georgia (country) Lokomotivi Tbilisi 0–0 2–2
Northern region[2]
Ekranas Lithuania 4–0 Estonia Narva Trans 1–0 3–0
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1–4 Sweden Elfsborg 1–4 0–0
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 9–3 Wales Rhyl 5–1 4–2
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 3–6 Finland TPS Turku 2–3 1–3
Riga Latvia 3–2 Iceland Fylkir 1–2 2–0

First leg

Besa Kavajë Albania 0–0 Cyprus Ethnikos Achnas
Report
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)
Čelik Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Montenegro Grbalj
Karić  30'
Hadžić  59' (pen.)
Novaković  77'		 Report Kasalica  7'
Pavicević  90+2'
Rijeka Croatia 0–0 Republic of Macedonia Renova
Report
Referee: Hubert Siejewicz (Poland)
Hibernians Malta 0–3 Slovenia Gorica
Report Xuereb  34' (o.g.)
Cvijanović  56'
Velikonja  58'
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)
Mika Armenia 2–2 Moldova Tiraspol
Veranyan  18'
Hakobyan  41'		 Report Sidorenko  61' (pen.)
Serghei Namaşco  79'
Referee: Ninoslav Spasić (Serbia)
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 2–0 Slovakia Nitra
Sadygov  7'
Sadiqov  10'		 Report
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1 – 4 Sweden Elfsborg
C. Jacobsen  16' Kurbegović  12'
Mobaeck  26', 55'
Sjöhage  50'
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 5 – 1 Wales Rhyl
J. Byrne  51'
O. Heary  59'
Brennan  63' (pen.)
Fenn  71'
Crowe  80'		 Report Connolly  25'
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 2 – 3 Finland TPS Turku
Armour  42', 90+' (pen.) Pertot  68', 88'
Ääritalo  76'
Riga Latvia 1 – 2 Iceland Fylkir
Novikov  76' Gíslason  26'
Gravesen  70' (pen.)
Zhetysu Kazakhstan 1–2 Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Mikhailov  60' Report Hercegfalvi  66'
Bojtor  75'
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Croatia)

Second leg

Ethnikos Achnas Cyprus 1 – 1 Albania Besa Kavajë
Manousakis  57' Leçi  90+'

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

Grbalj Montenegro 2 – 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Čelik
Pavicević  51'
Kasalica  75'		 Hadžić  18'

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

Renova Republic of Macedonia 2–0 Croatia Rijeka
Iseni  5', 46'

Renova won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gorica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd Hungary 4 – 2 Kazakhstan Zhetysu
Genito  26'
Smiljanić  45+'
Guie Guie  53'
Bojtor  90+'		 Kiselyov  52', 74'

Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.

Tiraspol Moldova 0 – 0 Armenia Mika

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

Nitra Slovakia 3 – 1 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
Semeník  21', 83'
Čeman  46'		 Report José Carlos  84'

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

Shakhtyor Soligorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Lokomotivi Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2 – 2 Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck
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.

Narva Trans Estonia 0 – 3 Lithuania Ekranas
Bička  35'
Trakys  37'
Matović  79'

Ekranas won 4–0 on aggregate.

Elfsborg Sweden 0 – 0 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn

Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Rhyl Wales 2 – 4 Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Connolly  37', 41' O'Donnell  29'
J. Byrne  32' (pen.)
McGuinness  34'
Singh  42'

Bohemians won 9–3 on aggregate.

TPS Turku Finland 3 – 1 Northern Ireland Lisburn Distillery
Ääritalo  42'
Paatelainen  75'
One  86'		 G. Browne  84' (pen.)

TPS Turku won 6–3 on aggregate.

Fylkir Iceland 0 – 2 Latvia Riga
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[2]
Chernomorets Burgas Bulgaria 3–1 Slovenia Gorica 1–1 2–0
Grbalj Montenegro 2–3 Turkey Sivasspor 2–2 0–1
Grasshopper Zürich Switzerland 5–1 Albania Besa Kavajë 2–1 3–0
Renova Republic of Macedonia 1–3 Israel Bnei Sakhnin 1–2 0–1
OFK Beograd Serbia 2–3 Greece Panionios 1–0 1–3
Central-East region[2]
Germinal Beerschot[4] Belgium 1–2 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku 1–1 0–1
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia 8–1 Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck 7–0 1–1
Tiraspol Moldova 1–3 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 0–0 1–3
Sturm Graz Austria 2–0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 0–0
Teplice[lower-alpha 3] Czech Republic 3–3 (a) Hungary Budapest Honvéd 1–3 2–0
Northern region[2]
TPS Turku Finland 1–4 Denmark Odense 1–2 0–2
Hibernian Scotland 0–4 Sweden Elfsborg 0–2 0–2
Ekranas Lithuania 1–7 Norway Rosenborg 1–3 0–4
Riga Latvia 2–2 (a) Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1–0 1–2

First leg

Grbalj Montenegro 2 – 2 Turkey Sivasspor
Francišković  23', 34' Mehmet  14', 39' (pen.)
Renova Republic of Macedonia 1 – 2 Israel Bnei Sakhnin
Angelovski  65' Khalaila  41' (pen.)
Rabah  64'
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia 7 – 0 Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck
Kirichenko  2', 35', 70', 71'
Angbwa  13'
Topić  18'
Ivanov  65'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Sturm Graz Austria 2 – 0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Feldhofer  38'
Kienzl  55'
Teplice Czech Republic 1 – 3 Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Lukáš  58' Hercegfalvi  35'
Abraham  81'
Abass  90+'
TPS Turku Finland 1 – 2 Denmark Odense
One  37' Fall  5'
Sørensen  84'
Hibernian Scotland 0 – 2 Sweden Elfsborg
Bajrami  17'
Augustsson  65'
Ekranas Lithuania 1 – 3 Norway Rosenborg
Varnas  14' Strand  12'
Lago  35'
Koné  67'
Riga Latvia 1 – 0 Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Leonov  45'

Second leg

Gorica Slovenia 0 – 2 Bulgaria Chernomorets Burgas
report Remzi  54' (pen.)
Michel  86'
Nova Goirca Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Chernomorets Burgas won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sivasspor Turkey 1 – 0 Montenegro Grbalj
Diallo  83'

Sivasspor won 3–2 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Bnei Sakhnin Israel 1 – 0 Republic of Macedonia Renova
B. Ganayem  17'

Bnei Sakhnin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Panionios Greece 3 – 1 Serbia OFK Beograd
Barkoglou  25'
Choutos  45+', 63' (pen.)		 William  55'

Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.

Neftchi Baku won 2–1 on aggregate.

Etzella Ettelbruck Luxembourg 1 – 1 Russia Saturn Moscow Oblast
Da Luz  70' Kovel  77'
Attendance: 300
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)

Saturn Moscow Oblast won 8–1 on aggregate.

Tavriya Simferopol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz won 2–0 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd Hungary 0 – 2 Czech Republic Teplice
Jun  68'
Rosa  71'

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

Odense Denmark 2 – 0 Finland TPS Turku
Fall  21', 52'

Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.

Elfsborg Sweden 2 – 0 Scotland Hibernian
M. Florén  20'
Bajrami  80'

Elfsborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Rosenborg Norway 4 – 0 Lithuania Ekranas
Konan Ya  16'
Iversen  48'
Koné  52', 90+'

Rosenborg won 7–1 on aggregate.

Bohemians Republic of Ireland 2 – 1 Latvia Riga
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[2]
Bnei Sakhnin Israel 1–3 Spain Deportivo La Coruña[5] 1–2 0–1
Panionios Greece 0–2 Italy Napoli 0–1 0–1
Sivasspor Turkey 0–5 Portugal Braga 0–2 0–3
Grasshopper Zürich Switzerland 4–0 Bulgaria Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 1–0
Central-East region[2]
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia 1–3 Germany Stuttgart 1–0 0–3 (aet)
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 2–3 Romania Vaslui 2–1 0–2
Rennes France 1–1 (10–9 p) Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Sturm Graz Austria 2–1 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 0–0 2–1
Northern region[2]
NAC Breda Netherlands 1–2 Norway Rosenborg 1–0 0–2
Odense Denmark 2–3 England Aston Villa 2–2 0–1
Elfsborg Sweden 1–0 Latvia Riga 1–0 0–0

First leg

Bnei Sakhnin Israel 1 – 2 Spain Deportivo La Coruña
B. Ganayem  59' Lafita  54'
Riki  57'
Attendance: 3,000
Panionios Greece 0 – 1 Italy Napoli
Bogliacino  31'
Attendance: 5,000
Sivasspor Turkey 0 – 2 Portugal Braga
Linz  45+'
Moisés  78'
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia 1 – 0 Germany Stuttgart
Kirichenko  4'
Attendance: 11,000
Sturm Graz Austria 0 – 0 Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Attendance: 5,850
NAC Breda Netherlands 1 – 0 Norway Rosenborg
Amoah  19'
Odense Denmark 2 – 2 England Aston Villa
Sidwell  25' (o.g.)
Møller Christensen  90'		 Carew  7'
Laursen  76'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)
Elfsborg Sweden 1 – 0 Latvia Riga
Avdić  18'

Second leg

Deportivo La Coruña Spain 1 – 0 Israel Bnei Sakhnin
Valerón  40'
Attendance: 6,000

Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate.

Napoli Italy 1 – 0 Greece Panionios
Hamšík  65'
Attendance: 54,137

Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.

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

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.

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

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Vaslui won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Budapest Honvéd Hungary 1 – 2 Austria Sturm Graz
Smiljanić  8' Beichler  72'
Haas  77'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alan Kelly (England)

Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Riga Latvia 0 – 0 Sweden Elfsborg

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Winners

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

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ "Intertoto Cup 2008". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.
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