UEFA Cup draw. First round

August 29, 2008

We now know the matches from the first round in the Uefa Cup. Here they are :

AC Milan v FC Zurich

Politehnica Timisoara v Partizan Belgrade

Hertha Berlin v St Patrick’s

Banik Ostrava v Spartak Moscow

Metalist Kharkiv v Besiktas

Portsmouth v Guimaraes

Kayserispor v PSG

Sevilla v SV Red Bull Salzburg

Wolfsburg v Rapid Bucharest

Sampdoria v FBK Kaunas

Maritimo v Valencia

Dinamo Zagreb v Sparta Prague

Man City v Omonia Nicosia

Young Boys v Club Brugge

Nancy v Motherwell

Everton v Standard Liege

Napoli v Benfica

AC Bellinzona v Galatasaray

NEC v Dinamo Bucuresti

Racing Santander v FC Honka

APOEL Nicosia v Schalke

Litex Lovech v Aston Villa

FK Austria Magna v Lech Poznan

Vitoria Setubal v Heerenveen

SK Brann v Deportivo La Coruna

Slavia Prague v Vaslui

Slaven Koprivnica v CSKA Moscow

Brondby v Rosenborg

Cherno More v Stuttgart

Rennes v FC Twente

Ajax v Borac

Tottenham v Wisla Krakow

FC Copenhagen v FC Moscow

MSK Zilina v Levski Sofia

Borussia Dortmund v Udinese

Braga v Artmedia Petrzalka

Feyenoord v Kalmar FF

Hamburg v Unirea Urziceni

Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Saint Etienne

FC Nordsjaelland v Olympiakos

First leg will be on 18th September, while the second on October 2nd. Enjoy :)

First day in the UEFA Cup

July 18, 2008

Yesterday was the first day in the Uefa Cup 2008/2009 season. Hertha Berlin crushed Nistru with a stunning 8-1 and Red Bull Salzburg defeated Banants at a 7 goal difference as well, 7-0. Only one surprise if we can call it that way, Austria Wien lost away at Tobol 1-0. The second leg will be on the 31st July. These are the complete results from the first leg :

 TVMK - Nordsjælland 0-3
Shakhtyor Karagandy - Debrecen 1-1
Ararat - AC Bellinzona 0-1
MTZ-RIPO - Žilina 2-2
Tobol - Austria Wien 1-0
Olimps - St Patrick’s 0-1
Honka - ÍA Akranes 3-0
Vojvodina - Olimpik 1-0
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC - Mogren 1-1
V?tra - Viking 1-0
Pelister - APOEL 0-0
S?duva - TNS 1-0
H. Tel-Aviv - Juvenes/Dogana 3-0
Länkäran - KKS Lech Pozna? 0-1
Dacia Chisinau - Borac 1-1
Omonia - FK Milano 2-0
Djurgården - Flora 0-0
Racing - Kalmar 0-3
Cherno More - Sant Julià 4-0
Gy?r - FC Zestaponi 1-1
Brøndby - B36 1-0
Marsaxlokk - Slaven 0-4
Vaduz - Zrinjski 1-2
EB/Streymur - Man. City 0-2
Spartak Trnava - WIT 2-2
Hertha - Nistru 8-1
Široki Brijeg - Partizani 0-0
Salzburg - Banants 7-0
Bangor - Midtjylland 1-6
Koper - Vllaznia 1-2
Zeta - NK IB Ljubljana 1-1
Glentoran - SK Liepajas Metalurgs 1-1
Cork - Haka 2-2
Legia - Gomel 0-0
Cliftonville - København 0-4
Hajduk - Birkirkara 4-0
FH - Grevenmacher 3-2 

Zenit win the UEFA Cup ! | VIDEO

May 14, 2008

Zenit St. Petersburg is the new winner of the UEFA Cup. The Russians won the final against Glasgow Rangers 2-0 tonight and brought the cup back to Russia after 3 years. With the best striker of the competition suspended, the goals didn’t come as many as in theeir previous games, but Denisov 77′ and Zyrianov in the last minute made the difference in a game that was a bit one-sided. Rangers was the team with the best defence this year but the ambition of the Russians was too much for them :) . Congratulations Zenit ! :D

Bayern humiliated! Zenit - Bayern 4-0

May 1, 2008

Zenit St.Petersburg is in the UEFA Cup Final! The Russians humiliated Bayern Munich 4-0, and left the competition favorites in a state of disappointment. Zenit lost their top scorer Pogrebnyak, that scored two goals today, because of a yellow card received for a useless attack in the air against Lucio. They are now waiting for the other semi-final to end, so they could see who they will meet in the final, Fiorentina or Rangers. These are the highlights:

Rangers-Fiorentina 0-0 | VIDEO

April 25, 2008

Last night in Glasgow , Rangers and Fiorentina ended in a draw the Uefa Cup semi-final. It was a known fact that nobody scored there this season in the Uefa Cup, and although we were all expecting for Fiorentina to be the first, it looks like Rangers had a guardian angel as a goalkeeper :D These are the few highlights :

Leverkusen didn’t make the miracle

April 10, 2008

Bayer Leverkusen won today in St.Petersburg 1-0 against the home team Zenit, but they leave the Uefa Cup competition because of the 4-2 aggregate. Zenit hopes now to repeat the CSKA performance from 2005 when they won the competition. Leverkusen leaves Bayern Munich to be the only German team left in the European competitions who will have a tough match at Getafe :) Zenit will play with the winner from the quarterfinal Getafe - Bayern (1-1 first leg on Allianz Arena).

First leg of the quarterfinals

April 3, 2008

The last 3 games of the UEFA Cup just ended and these are the reuslts:

Bayern - Getafe 1-1 (Toni 26′/ Contra 90′) -it looks like things aren’t so smooth for Bayern now :D

Fiorentina - PSV Eindhoven 1-1 (Mutu 56′/ Koevermans 63′ ) -a boring game in which the injury of Gomes was the notable thing :-P

Glasgow Rangers - Sporting Lisbon 0-0 - Sporting starts favorite in their home game but anything is possible :D

UEFA Cup winners

March 14, 2008

uefacuptrophy_228x342.jpg2006/07

Sevilla Adriano 18′
Kanouté 105′
2-2
aet
Riera 28′
Jonatas 115′
Espanyol Hampden Park,
Glasgow
Sevilla won 3-1 in penalty shootout
2004/05 CSKA Moskva A. Berezoutski 57′
Zhirkov 66′
Vágner Love 75′
3-1 Rogério 28′ Sporting Lisbon José Alvalade Stadium,
Lisbon
2000/01

Liverpool Babbel 4′
Gerrard 16′
McAllister (pen) 41′
Fowler 73′
Gelí (OG) 116′
5-4
aet
Alonso 27′
Moreno 48′, 51′
Cruyff 89′
Deportivo Alavés Westfalenstadion,
Dortmund
Match decided by golden goal
1998/99

Parma Crespo 26′
Vanoli 36′
Chiesa 55′
3-0   Marseille Luzhniki Stadium,
Moscow

Two-legged finals

Season Home Team Score Away Team Venue Referee
1996/97

Schalke 04
(GER)
1 - 0 Internazionale
(ITA)
Parkstadion,
Gelsenkirchen
Marc Batta
Internazionale
(ITA)
1 - 0
aet
Schalke 04
(GER)
San Siro,
Milan
Jose Garcia-Aranda
Aggregate: 1-1
Schalke 04 won 4-1 in penalty shootout
 
1994/95

Parma
(ITA)
1 - 0 Juventus
(ITA)
Stadio Ennio Tardini,
Parma
Antonio López Nieto
Juventus
(ITA)
1 - 1 Parma
(ITA)
San Siro,
Milan
Frans Van Der Wijngaert
Parma won 2-1 on aggregate  
1992/93

Borussia Dortmund
(GER)
1 - 3 Juventus
(ITA)
Westfalenstadion,
Dortmund
Sandor Puhl
Juventus
(ITA)
3 - 0 Borussia Dortmund
(GER)
Stadio delle Alpi,
Turin
John Blankenstein
Juventus won 6-1 on aggregate  
1990/91

Internazionale
(ITA)
2 - 0 Roma
(ITA)
San Siro,
Milan
Roma
(ITA)
1 - 0 Internazionale
(ITA)
Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
Internazionale won 2-1 on aggregate  
1988/89

Napoli
(ITA)
2 - 1 VfB Stuttgart
(FRG)
Stadio San Paolo,
Naples
VfB Stuttgart
(FRG)
3 - 3 Napoli
(ITA)
Neckarstadion,
Stuttgart
Napoli won 5-4 on aggregate  
1986/87

IFK Göteborg
(SWE)
1 - 0 Dundee United
(SCO)
Nya Ullevi,
Gothenburg
Dundee United
(SCO)
1 - 1 IFK Göteborg
(SWE)
Tannadice Park,
Dundee
IFK Göteborg won 2-1 on aggregate  
1984/85

Videoton
(HUN)
0 - 3 Real Madrid
(ESP)
Stadion Sóstói,
Székesfehérvár
Real Madrid
(ESP)
0 - 1 Videoton
(HUN)
Santiago Bernabéu,
Madrid
Real Madrid won 3-1 on aggregate  
1982/83 Anderlecht
(BEL)
1 - 0 Benfica
(POR)
Heysel Stadium,
Brussels
Benfica
(POR)
1 - 1 Anderlecht
(BEL)
Estádio da Luz,
Lisbon
Anderlecht won 2-1 on aggregate  
1980/81

Ipswich Town
(ENG)
3 - 0 AZ
(NED)
Portman Road,
Ipswich
AZ
(NED)
4 - 2 Ipswich Town
(ENG)
Olympisch Stadion,
Amsterdam
Ipswich Town won 5-4 on aggregate  
1978/79

Red Star Belgrade
(YUG)
1 - 1 Borussia M’gladbach
(FRG)
Stadion Crvena Zvezda,
Belgrade
Borussia M’gladbach
(FRG)
1 - 0 Red Star Belgrade
(YUG)
Rheinstadion,
Düsseldorf
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2-1 on aggregate  
1976/77

Juventus
(ITA)
1 - 0 Athletic Bilbao
(ESP)
Stadio Comunale,
Turin
Athletic Bilbao
(ESP)
2 - 1 Juventus
(ITA)
San Mamés,
Bilbao
Aggregate: 2-2
Juventus won on away goals
 
1974/75

Borussia M’gladbach
(FRG)
0 - 0 FC Twente
(NED)
Rheinstadion,
Düsseldorf
FC Twente
(NED)
1 - 5 Borussia M’gladbach
(FRG)
Diekman Stadion,
Enschede
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5-1 on aggregate  
1972/73

Liverpool
(ENG)
3 - 0 Borussia M’gladbach
(FRG)
Anfield,
Liverpool
Borussia M’gladbach
(FRG)
2 - 0 Liverpool
(ENG)
Bökelbergstadion,
Mönchengladbach
Liverpool won 3-2 on aggregate  

A new ball for the Uefa Cup final

March 14, 2008

Today was revealed to the public,on occasion of the draws in Nyon,the official Nike ball for the Uefa Cup final 2008.

History part
The ball has prnted the Uefa Cup trophy and has references to the last 10 cities that hosted the final,including Manchester.It has a high-tech 5 layer design and it’s cross-linked.The nitrogen-expanded foam makes it to stay flexible and makes it good for any weather conditions.For a good release on impact it features a compressed polyethylene layer that stores energy and the stability,as well as the structure are given by the polyester support fabric.Uefa has a partnership contract signed with Nike since 2007.

uefa-cup-ball.jpg The UEFA Cup Conquest Ball will be available in shops from Saturday.

UEFA Cup quarterfinals

March 14, 2008

And this is how the quarterfinals look like:

  • Q1 : Leverkusen - Zenit
  • Q2 : Rangers - Sporting
  • Q3 : Bayern - Getafe
  • Q4 : Fiorentina - PSVuefacuptrophy_228x342.jpg

S1: winner Q3 - winner Q1

S2: winner Q2 - winner Q4

FINAL : winner S1 - winner S2

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