The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Sevilla became the first side to win the competition two years in a row since Real Madrid achieved this feat in 1985 and 1986.

[edit] Early issues

[edit] Italian match-fixing scandal

The 2006 Serie A scandal resulted in major changes to the clubs that originally qualified in Italy. Originally, Roma took the cup winners' place as losing finalists in the 2006 Coppa Italia, as the winners, Internazionale finished in the top four in the league and qualified for the Champions League. The other two UEFA Cup places initially went to Lazio and Chievo.

However, Lazio, as well as the remaining three Champions League qualifiers (Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina), were formally indicted on 22 June on charges relating to the scandal.^[1]

On 14 July, all four of the indicated clubs were penalised by an Italian court and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Results of the FIGC appeal were announced on 25 July. The impact on the UEFA Cup was:

• Lazio were barred from European competition.
• Roma and Chievo were promoted to the Champions League.
• Palermo, Livorno, and Parma were granted Italy's places in the UEFA Cup.

[edit] Greek Football Federation

FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of "political interference in sport" after the Greek government passed a law, giving it control of the sports authorities in Greece. After the law was amended to address FIFA's objections, FIFA reinstated the HFF on 12 July. The Greek government in response, decided to withdraw all of its funding to the Hellenic Football Federation.^[2]

[edit] Qualifying rounds

[edit] First qualifying round

These matches were held on 13 July and 27 July 2006.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
Varteks	1–3	Tirana	1–1	0–2
Dinamo Tirana	1–5	CSKA Sofia	0–1	1–4
Koper	0–6	Litex Lovech	0–1	0–5
Sarajevo	5–0	Rànger's	3–0	2–0
Orašje	0–7	Domžale	0–2	0–5
Hibernians	1–9	Dinamo Bucureşti	0–4	1–5
APOEL	7–1	Murata	3–1	4–0
Rijeka	3–4	Omonia	2–2	1–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–1	Makedonija Gjorče Petrov	2–0	1–1
Vardar	2–7	Roeselare	1–2	1–5
Rapid Bucureşti	6–0	Sliema Wanderers	5–0	1–0
Central-East region
Újpest	1–4	Vaduz	0–4	1–0
Zimbru Chişinău	3–2	Karabakh	1–1	2–1(aet)
MIKA	1–4	Young Boys	1–3	0–1
Videoton	(a)2–2	Kairat	1–0	1–2
Zagłębie Lubin	1–1(a)	Dinamo Minsk	1–1	0–0
Karvan	2–0	Spartak Trnava	1–0	1–0
Ameri Tbilisi	(a)2–2	Banants	0–1	2–1
BATE	3–0	Nistru Otaci	2–0	1–0
Basel	3–1	Tobol	3–1	0–0
Artmedia	3–2	WIT Georgia	2–0	1–2
Northern region
HJK Helsinki	2–4	Drogheda United	1–1	1–3 (aet)
Brøndby	3–1	Valur	3–1	0–0
Gefle	1–2	Llanelli	1–2	0–0
Jeunesse Esch	0–5	Skonto	0–2	0–3
Åtvidaberg	7–0	Etzella Ettelbruck	4–0	3–0
Ventspils	4–1	GÍ Gøta	2–1	2–0
Glentoran	0–2	Brann	0–1	0–1
Randers	(a)2–2	ÍA	1–0	1–2
Portadown	1–4	Kaunas	1–3	0–1
Rhyl	1–2	Sūduva	0–0	1–2
Levadia Tallinn	2–1	Haka	2–0	0–1
Skála	0–4	Start	0–1	0–3
Lyn Oslo	1–1(a)	Flora Tallinn	1–1	0–0
IFK Göteborg	0–2	Derry City	0–1	0–1

[edit] Second qualifying round

These matches were held on 8 and 10 August (first leg) and 24 August (second leg) 2006.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
APOEL	1–2	Trabzonspor	1–1	0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv1	4–2	Domžale	1–2	3–0
CSKA Sofia	(a)1–1	Hajduk Kula2	0–0	1–1(aet)
Roeselare	2–6	Ethnikos Achna	2–1	0–5
OFK Beograd2	2–5	Auxerre	1–0	1–5
Dinamo Bucureşti	2–1	Beitar Jerusalem1	1–0	1–1
Partizan2	3–2	Maribor	2–1	1–1
Sarajevo	1–2	Rapid Bucureşti	1–0	0–2
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv1	0–6	Lokomotiv Sofia	0–2	0–4
Omonia	1–2	Litex Lovech	0–0	1–2
Tirana	1–5	Kayserispor	0–2	1–3
Central-East region
Artmedia	5–3	Dinamo Minsk	2–1	3–2
Ried	0–1	Sion	0–0	0–1
Videoton	1–3	Grasshoppers	1–1	0–2
Karvan	0–2	Slavia Prague	0–2	0–0
Chornomorets Odessa	(a)1–1	Wisła Płock	0–0	1–1
Basel	(a)2–2	Vaduz	1–0	1–2
Zimbru Chişinău	0–3	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–0	0–3
Mattersburg	1–2	Wisła Kraków	1–1	0–1
Hertha BSC	3–2	Ameri Tbilisi	1–0	2–2
Rubin Kazan	5–0	BATE	3–0	2–0
Young Boys	3–3(a)	Marseille	3–3	0–0
Northern region
Start	1–1 (11–10p)	Drogheda United	1–0	0–1(aet)
Odense	6–1	Llanelli	1–0	5–1
Randers	3–2	Kaunas	3–1	0–1
Twente	1–2	Levadia Tallinn	1–1	0–1
Ventspils	0–1	Newcastle United	0–1	0–0
Brann	4–4(a)	Åtvidaberg	3–3	1–1
Molde	2–1	Skonto	0–0	2–1
Flora Tallinn	0–4	Brøndby	0–0	0–4
Sūduva	2–7	Club Brugge	0–2	2–5
Gretna	3–7	Derry City3	1–5	2–2

¹Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Hapoel Tel Aviv's home match was moved to Tilburg, Netherlands, Beitar Jerusalem's to Sofia, Bulgaria and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv's to Senec, Slovakia

²These clubs qualified for this season's UEFA competitions as members of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro during the 2005–06 season but are currently members of the Football Association of Serbia which is the official successor of the previous football association.^[3]

³Derry City are a team from Northern Ireland who play in the Republic of Ireland's football league. The flag of the Republic of Ireland is used for the purposes of official records as Derry City are a team representing the Football Association of Ireland.

[edit] First round

The matches were held on 14 September (first leg) and 28 September 2006 (second leg).

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chornomorets Odessa	1–4	Hapoel Tel Aviv4	0–1	1–3
Braga	3–2	Chievo	2–0	1–2(aet)
Levadia Tallinn	1–3	Newcastle United	0–1	1–2
Molde	0–2	Rangers	0–0	0–2
Standard Liège	0–4	Celta Vigo	0–1	0–3
Maccabi Haifa4	4–2	Litex Lovech	1–1	3–1
Derry City	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	0–2
Hertha BSC	2–3	Odense	2–2	0–1
Legia Warsaw	1–2	Austria Wien	1–1	0–1
Panathinaikos	2–1	Metalurh Zaporizhya	1–1	1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–3	Zulte Waregem	2–1	0–2
Hearts	0–2	Sparta Prague	0–2	0–0
Fenerbahçe	5–1	Randers	2–1	3–0
Red Bull Salzburg	2–4	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	0–2
Schalke 04	2–3	Nancy	1–0	1–3
Ethnikos Achna	1–3	Lens	0–0	1–3
Slovan Liberec	4–1	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	2–1
AZ	4–3	Kayserispor	3–2	1–1
Rubin Kazan	0–2	Parma	0–1	0–1
Atromitos	1–6	Sevilla	1–2	0–4
Eintracht Frankfurt	6–2	Brøndby	4–0	2–2
Beşiktaş	4–2	CSKA Sofia	2–0	2–2(aet)
Vitória Setúbal	0–3	Heerenveen	0–3	0–0
Marseille	3–4	Mladá Boleslav	1–0	2–4
Åtvidaberg	0–8	Grasshoppers	0–3	0–5
Rapid Bucureşti	3–1	Nacional	1–0	2–1(aet)
Trabzonspor5	2–2(a)	Osasuna	2–2	0–0
Basel	7–2	Rabotnički	6–2	1–0
West Ham United	0–4	Palermo	0–1	0–3
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–2(a)	Feyenoord	2–2	0–0
Ružomberok	1–2	Club Brugge	0–1	1–1
Sion	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	1–3
Partizan	4–3	Groningen	4–2	0–1
Skoda Xanthi	4–8	Dinamo Bucureşti	3–4	1–4
Slavia Prague	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	0–1
Start	2–9	Ajax	2–5	0–4
Artmedia	3–5	Espanyol	2–2	1–3
Wisła Kraków	2–1	Iraklis	0–1	2–0(aet)
Livorno	3–0	Pasching	2–0	1–0
Dinamo Zagreb	2–5	Auxerre	1–2	1–3

⁴Due to the armed conflict in Israel, UEFA had ruled that European tournament matches could not be played in Israel until further notice. Maccabi Haifa's home leg on 14 September was moved to Nijmegen, Netherlands. On 15 September, UEFA lifted the ban, allowing future matches to be played in the Tel Aviv area.^[4] Hapoel Tel Aviv were able to play their home leg in Tel Aviv on 28 September.

⁵UEFA ordered Trabzonspor's home leg on 14 September to be played behind closed doors after objects were thrown at visiting fans and the fourth official, and a smoke bomb ignited in the stands, during their second qualifying round home leg against Cypriots APOEL. Trabzonspor appealed, and UEFA rejected the appeal on 13 September. Trabzonspor's penalty includes a second closed-doors game, a penalty which has been deferred for two years and will be removed if no further incidents occur.

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
2. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
3. higher number of goals scored away in all group matches played;
4. higher number of wins;
5. higher number of away wins;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations).

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the next round.

[edit] Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rangers 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10 Maccabi Haifa 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Livorno 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 Auxerre 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4 Partizan 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1 19 October 2006 Livorno 2–3 Rangers Maccabi Haifa 3–1 Auxerre 2 November 2006 Rangers 2–0 Maccabi Haifa Partizan 1–1 Livorno 23 November 2006 Auxerre 2–2 Rangers Maccabi Haifa 1–0 Partizan 29 November 2006 Partizan 1–4 Auxerre Livorno 1–1 Maccabi Haifa 14 December 2006 Auxerre 0–1 Livorno Rangers 1–0 Partizan

[edit] Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Tottenham Hotspur 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 12 Dinamo Bucureşti 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7 Bayer Leverkusen 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4 Beşiktaş 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 Club Brugge 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 19 October 2006 Beşiktaş 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Club Brugge 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen 2 November 2006 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Club Brugge Dinamo Bucureşti 2–1 Beşiktaş 23 November 2006 Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Club Brugge 1–1 Dinamo Bucureşti 29 November 2006 Dinamo Bucureşti 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Beşiktaş 2–1 Club Brugge 14 December 2006 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Beşiktaş Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Dinamo Bucureşti

[edit] Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AZ 4 3 1 0 12 5 +7 10 Sevilla 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 7 Braga 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 Slovan Liberec 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 5 Grasshoppers 4 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0 19 October 2006 AZ 3–0 Braga Slovan Liberec 0–0 Sevilla 2 November 2006 Braga 4–0 Slovan Liberec Grasshoppers 2–5 AZ 23 November 2006 Sevilla 2–0 Braga Slovan Liberec 4–1 Grasshoppers 29 November 2006 Grasshoppers 0–4 Sevilla AZ 2–2 Slovan Liberec 14 December 2006 Sevilla 1–2 AZ Braga 2–0 Grasshoppers

[edit] Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Parma 4 3 0 1 6 6 0 9 Osasuna 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 7 Lens 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4 Odense 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 4 Heerenveen 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 4 19 October 2006 Osasuna 0–0 Heerenveen Odense 1–2 Parma 2 November 2006 Heerenveen 0–2 Odense Lens 3–1 Osasuna 23 November 2006 Parma 2–1 Heerenveen Odense 1–1 Lens 29 November 2006 Lens 1–2 Parma Osasuna 3–1 Odense 14 December 2006 Parma 0–3 Osasuna Heerenveen 1–0 Lens

[edit] Group E Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Blackburn Rovers 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10 Nancy 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 Feyenoord 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5 Wisła Kraków 4 1 0 3 6 8 −2 3 Basel 4 0 2 2 4 9 −5 2 19 October 2006 Wisła Kraków 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Basel 1–1 Feyenoord 2 November 2006 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Basel Nancy 2–1 Wisła Kraków 23 November 2006 Feyenoord 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Basel 2–2 Nancy 30 November 2006 Nancy 3–0 Feyenoord Wisła Kraków 3–1 Basel 13 December 2006 Feyenoord 3–1 Wisła Kraków Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Nancy

[edit] Group F Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Espanyol 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 12 Ajax 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 7 Zulte Waregem 4 2 0 2 9 11 −2 6 Sparta Prague 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4 Austria Wien 4 0 0 4 1 9 −8 0 19 October 2006 Austria Wien 1–4 Zulte Waregem Sparta Prague 0–2 Espanyol 2 November 2006 Zulte Waregem 3–1 Sparta Prague Ajax 3–0 Austria Wien 23 November 2006 Espanyol 6–2 Zulte Waregem Sparta Prague 0–0 Ajax 30 November 2006 Ajax 0–2 Espanyol Austria Wien 0–1 Sparta Prague 13 December 2006 Espanyol 1–0 Austria Wien Zulte Waregem 0–3 Ajax

[edit] Group G Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Panathinaikos 4 2 1 1 3 4 −1 7 Paris Saint-Germain 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 5 Rapid Bucureşti 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 4 Mladá Boleslav 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 19 October 2006 Panathinaikos 2–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Rapid Bucureşti 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain 2 November 2006 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–2 Rapid Bucureşti Mladá Boleslav 0–1 Panathinaikos 23 November 2006 Paris Saint-Germain 2–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Rapid Bucureşti 1–1 Mladá Boleslav 30 November 2006 Mladá Boleslav 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain Panathinaikos 0–0 Rapid Bucureşti 13 December 2006 Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Panathinaikos Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Mladá Boleslav

[edit] Group H Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Newcastle United 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Celta Vigo 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 Fenerbahçe 4 1 1 2 5 4 +1 4 Palermo 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 3 19 October 2006 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Palermo Newcastle United 1–0 Fenerbahçe 2 November 2006 Palermo 0–1 Newcastle United Celta Vigo 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt 23 November 2006 Fenerbahçe 3–0 Palermo Newcastle United 2–1 Celta Vigo 30 November 2006 Celta Vigo 1–0 Fenerbahçe Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Newcastle United 13 December 2006 Fenerbahçe 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Palermo 1–1 Celta Vigo

[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] Bracket

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
CSKA Moscow	0	0	0
Maccabi Haifa	1	0	1			Maccabi Haifa	0	0	0
Livorno	1	0	1			Espanyol	0	4	4
Espanyol	2	2	4									Espanyol	3	0	3
AEK Athens	0	0	0									Benfica	2	0	2
Paris Saint-Germain	2	2	4			Paris Saint-Germain	2	1	3
Benfica	1	2	3			Benfica	1	3	4
Dinamo Bucureşti	0	1	1															Espanyol	3	2	5
Zulte Waregem	1	0	1															Werder Bremen	0	1	1
Newcastle United	3	1	4			Newcastle United	4	0	4
Fenerbahçe	3	2	5			AZ(a)	2	2	4
AZ(a)	3	2	5									AZ	0	1	1
Spartak Moscow	1	1	2									Werder Bremen	0	4	4
Celta Vigo	1	2	3			Celta Vigo	0	0	0
Werder Bremen	3	1	4			Werder Bremen	1	2	3
Ajax	0	3	3																					Espanyol	2(3)
Lens	3	0	3																					Sevilla(p)	2(5)
Panathinaikos	1	0	1			Lens	2	0	2
Bayer Leverkusen	3	0	3			Bayer Leverkusen	0	3	3
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	2									Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0
Hapoel Tel-Aviv	2	0	2									Osasuna	3	1	4
Rangers	1	4	5			Rangers	1	0	1
Bordeaux	0	0	0			Osasuna	1	1	2
Osasuna	0	1	1															Osasuna	1	0	1
Steaua Bucureşti	0	0	1															Sevilla	0	2	2
Sevilla	2	1	3			Sevilla	2	3	5
Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	2			Shakhtar Donetsk	2	2	4
Nancy	1	0	1									Sevilla	2	2	4
Braga	1	1	2									Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	3
Parma	2	1	3			Braga	2	2	4
Feyenoord						Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	6
Tottenham Hotspurw/o

[edit] Round of 32

The first legs were held on 14 February and 15 February 2007, while the second legs were held on 22 February 2007.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zulte Waregem	1–4	Newcastle United	1–3	0–1
Braga	2–0	Parma1	1–0	1–0
Lens	3–1	Panathinaikos	3–1	0–0
Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–5	Rangers	2–1	0–4
Livorno1	1–4	Espanyol	1–2	0–2
Feyenoord2	(w/o)	Tottenham Hotspur	–	–
Fenerbahçe	5–5(a)	AZ	3–3	2–2
Werder Bremen	4–3	Ajax	3–0	1–3
Spartak Moscow	2–3	Celta Vigo	1–1	1–2
CSKA Moscow	0–1	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	0–1
AEK Athens	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	0–2
Benfica	3–1	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–0	2–1
Steaua Bucureşti	0–3	Sevilla	0–2	0–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Nancy	1–1	1–0
Bordeaux	0–1	Osasuna	0–0	0–1(aet)

¹ On 7 February, the Italian Government ruled that Parma and Livorno's home fields did not meet requirements following riots held after an Italian Serie A match in Sicily. Livorno played its home leg behind closed doors on 14 February. Parma played its home leg behind closed doors on 22 February.

² On 19 January, UEFA declared that Feyenoord had been thrown out of the competition after crowd misbehaviour in their final group stage match against Nancy. UEFA announced on 25 January that Tottenham Hotspur had received a bye. This was confirmed after the final appeal.

[edit] Round of 16

The first legs were held on 8 March 2007, while the second legs were held on 14 and 15 March 2007.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Newcastle United	4–4(a)	AZ	4–2	0–2
Maccabi Haifa	0–4	Espanyol	0–0	0–4
Rangers	1–2	Osasuna	1–1	0–1
Braga	4–6	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	2–3
Sevilla	5–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	3–2(aet)
Lens	2–4	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	0–3
Paris Saint-Germain	3–4	Benfica	2–1	1–3
Celta Vigo	0–3	Werder Bremen	0–1	0–2

[edit] Quarter-finals

The draw for the final stages, included quarter-finals and semi-finals, was held on 16 March 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland. The quarter-final matches were played on 5 April and 12 April 2007.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZ	1–4	Werder Bremen	0–0	1–4
Bayer Leverkusen	0–4	Osasuna	0–3	0–1
Sevilla	4–3	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	2–2
Espanyol	3–2	Benfica	3–2	0–0

[edit] Semi-finals

The semi-final matches were played on 26 April and 3 May 2007.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Espanyol	5–1	Werder Bremen	3–0	2–1
Osasuna	1–2	Sevilla	1–0	0–2

[edit] Final

2007-05-16 20:45 CEST	Espanyol	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Sevilla	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca
	Riera  28' Jônatas  115'	(Report)	Adriano  18' Kanouté  105'

		Penalties
	Luis García Pandiani Jônatas Torrejón	1 – 3	Kanouté Dragutinović Dani Alves Puerta

UEFA Cup 2006-07 Winner
Sevilla FC Second Title

[edit] See also

• 2006–07 UEFA Champions League
• 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 2007 UEFA Super Cup

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Regulations for current season