The UEFA Cup Thread

[Punkt]

This thread is to post all things about this year UEFA Cup. I will post all results and scores

1st Round:

1. Grazer AK v PFC Litex Lovech
2. S.S. Lazio v FC Metalurh Donetsk
3. FK Bodø/Glimt v Besiktas JK
4. Shelbourne FC v Lille OSC
5. Heart of Midlothian FC v SC Braga
6. FK Austria Wien v Legia Warszawa
7. FK Dukla Banksá Bystrica v SL Benfica
8. FK Partizan v FC Dinamo Bucuresti
9. Parma FC v NK Maribor
10. Real Zaragoza v SK Sigma Olomouc
11. Sporting Clube de Portugal v SK Rapid Wien
12. Newcastle United FC v Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC
13. FC Steaua Bucuresti v PFC CSKA Sofia
14. Wisla Kraków v FC Dinamo Tbilisi
15. FC Utrecht v Djurgårdens IF
16. Millwall FC v Ferencvárosi TC
17. FC Schalke 04 v FHK Liepajas Metalurgs
18. Maccabi Haifa FC v FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
19. FC Terek Grozny v FC Basel 1893
20. Odd Grenland v Feyenoord
21. Aalborg BK v AJ Auxerre
22. Sevilla FC v CD Nacional
23. NK Gorica v AEK Athens FC
24. R. Standard de Liège v VfL Bochum 1848
25. FK Crvena Zvezda v FC Zenit St. Peterburg
26. Trabzonspor v Athletic Club Bilbao
27. Újpesti TE v VfB Stuttgart
28. Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC v SC Heerenveen
29. Panionios NFC v Udinese Calcio
30. PFC Levski Sofia v KSK Beveren
31. NK Dinamo Zagreb v IF Elfsborg
32. FH Hafnarfjördur v TSV Alemannia Aachen
33. Middlesbrough FC v FC Baník Ostrava
34. Club Brugge KV v LB Châteauroux
35. PAOK FC v AZ Alkmaar
36. FK Ventspils v KS Amica Wronki
37. FC Sochaux-Montbéliard v Stabæk IF
38. Egaleo FC v Gençlerbirligi SK
39. Rangers FC v CS Marítimo
40. Villarreal CF v Hammarby

 

[Mikey]

isnt it a group phase this time? anyways, this competition doesnt really get started until the 3rd place CL teams are added.

Either way, i have little interest anyways cause Italian sides just dont give a sh*t about this competition.

 

[Ubik Valis]

Originally posted by Mikey
isnt it a group phase this time? anyways, this competition doesnt really get started until the 3rd place CL teams are added.

I'm pretty sure there's a new rule saying 3rd placed CL teams do NOT go to the UEFA Cup...

 

[Ubik Valis]

Originally posted by Mikey


Either way, i have little interest anyways cause Italian sides just dont give a sh*t about this competition.

Yeah, that's why several UEFA Cups in the 90's were won by Italian teams....

 

[valioso]

Group stage
From 2004/05, two qualifying rounds are staged each over two legs to find the 40 clubs which advance to the group stage. This comprises eight groups of five, with two home and two away matches per club. The winners, runners-up and third-placed clubs from each group advance to the last 32 where they are joined with the eight third-placed clubs from the UEFA Champions League. At this point, the traditional two-match format is used with the exception of the single-match final.

Knock-out format
For two-legged matches in the knock-out phase, the club scoring the greater aggregate of goals qualifying for the next round. In the event of both teams scoring the same number of goals, the team which scores more goals away qualifies. If this proves inconclusive, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes is played after the second match. If during extra time both teams score the same number of goals, away goals count double (ie. the visiting team advances). If no goals are scored during extra-time, the winner is decided by penalty kicks.

 

[ninobomba]

Originally posted by Mikey
isnt it a group phase this time? anyways, this competition doesnt really get started until the 3rd place CL teams are added.

Either way, i have little interest anyways cause Italian sides just dont give a sh*t about this competition.

your joking right ....

 

[Mikey]

in recent seasons Italian sides have fielded weakened teams in this competition. Im not happy about it. Look at Roma last season, Cassano was often a sub and i dont Totti even played a game the whole campaign (and he was healthy).

I might be wrong, but if i remember correctly, Inter didnt field great sides in the competition either.

 

[valioso]

Totti played against Villarreal..

 

[adialex]

Originally posted by Mikey
in recent seasons Italian sides have fielded weakened teams in this competition. Im not happy about it. Look at Roma last season, Cassano was often a sub and i dont Totti even played a game the whole campaign (and he was healthy).

I might be wrong, but if i remember correctly, Inter didnt field great sides in the competition either.

I hardly can believe that Inter or Roma wanted to be eliminated........

 

[Mikey]

higher priorities.

Inter was trying to get 4th CL spot.

Roma was in scudetto race.

and valioso. i looked up roma-villareal, first leg Totti wasnt in lineup, and cassano started on bench, they lost 2-0

Dellas, Zotti, tomassi and carew all started and they were all reserves for the most part last season.

leg two roma played with there best 11 (with Totti and Cassano) and won 2-1.

why are you guys even debating? this was a story in italy last season. Im not making this up, i wish it wasnt true, but it is.

 

[Vedran-10]

Totti didn't play the UEFA Cup ,which doesn't prove your point ,Mikey.The superior ( ) Italian teams didn't field weaker squads because they had higher priorities ,they did it because they underestimated their opponents.


Anyway ,I am hoping Dinamo Zagreb can go thru to the next rnd but it is doubtful because they have awesome ,but young and unexperienced players and they recently fired their coach so things are looking

 

[Jambo Den]

Well, I hope we can make it into the group stages - it would be absolutely HUGE if we could. Imagine the bounces!

Good luck to all teams concerned in this tournament.

 

[Crusad3r]

Originally posted by valioso
Group stage
From 2004/05, two qualifying rounds are staged each over two legs to find the 40 clubs which advance to the group stage. This comprises eight groups of five, with two home and two away matches per club. The winners, runners-up and third-placed clubs from each group advance to the last 32 where they are joined with the eight third-placed clubs from the UEFA Champions League. At this point, the traditional two-match format is used with the exception of the single-match final.

I guess thats a lot of matches, right ?

2 rounds (4 matches) + Groupstage with 5 teams (8 matches) + Playoffs (8 matches) + The Final (1 match) = 21 matches !!

I hope are 21 matches, more matches more fun

But i think is kinda stupid to do a group stage with 40 teams, if 32 of them reach playoffs (i know that groupstage will do seedings, but...) Anyway I think UEFA Cup is gonna be more funny this year

 

[O Norte]

I think the Group stage is only 4 matches. You don't play home & away to everyone. You play 2 games at home to teams A & C and two games on the road to teams B & D.

 

[Bonzi]

Terek and Zenith will reach at least the top-16 i think

 

[Jambo Den]

Hearts will play one of the following opponents in the UEFA Cup. Portugal or Ireland look like nice destinations.

SC Braga (POR)

PFC Litex Lovech (BUL)

FC Metalurh Donetsk (UKR)

FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Shelbourne FC (IRL)

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Man, if we get Shelbourne

 

[Jambo Den]

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=218624.html

Link for all the rest, any Lazio fans have the same possible opponents as us.

 

[bbranco10]

Portugal has the most teams in the uefa cup.

 

[Punkt]

Pot 1:
S.S. Lazio (ITA)
Besiktas JK (TUR)
Lille OSC (FRA)
Grazer AK (AUT)
Heart of Midlothian (SCO)
SC Braga (POR)
PFC Litex Lovech (BUL)
FC Metalurh Donetsk (UKR)
FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
Shelbourne FC (IRL)

Pot 2:
Parma FC (ITA)
Real Zaragoza (SCO)
SL Benfica (POR)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
FK Partizan (SCG)
SK Sigma Olomouc (CZE)
FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM)
FK Austria Wien (AUT)
NK Maribor (SLO)
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica (SVK)

Pot 3:
Newcastle United FC (ENG)
Sporting Clube de Portugal(POR)
Wisla Kraków (POL)
FC Utrecht (NED)
FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROM)
PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
Djurgårdens IF (SWE)
Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC (ISR)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Pot 4:
Feyenoord (NED)
FC Schalke 04 (GER)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
Millwall FC (ENG)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
Odd Grenland (NOR)
FC Terek Grozny (RUS)
FHK Liepajas Metalurgs (LAT)

Pot 5:
AEK Athens FC (GRE)
AJ Auxerre (FRA)
Sevilla FC (ESP)
FK Crvena Zvezda (SCG)
VfL Bochum 1848 (GER)
CD Nacional (POR)
R. Standard de Liège (BEL)
FC Zenit St. Peterburg (RUS)
Aalborg BK (DEN)
NK Gorica (CRO)

Pot 6:
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
Udinese Calcio (ITA)
Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP)
PFC Levski Sofia (BUL)
SC Heerenveen (NED)
Panionios NFC (GRE)
Trabzonspor (TUR)
KSK Beveren (BEL)
Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC (ISR)
Újpesti TE (HUN)

Pot 7:
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
PAOK FC (GRE)
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Middlesbrough FC (ENG)
TSV Alemannia Aachen (GER)
LB Châteauroux (FRA)
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
FC Baník Ostrava (CZE)
IF Elfsborg (SWE)
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)

Pot 8:
Rangers FC (SCO)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA)
Gençlerbirligi SK (TUR)
KS Amica Wronki (POL)
CS Marítimo (POR)
Egaleo FC (GRE)
Stabæk IF (NOR)
Hammarby (SWE)
FK Ventspils (LAT)

 

[Punkt]

Originally posted by Jambo Den
Hearts will play one of the following opponents in the UEFA Cup. Portugal or Ireland look like nice destinations.

SC Braga (POR)

your dream is near to fulfill, Hearts visit the mountains stadium