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UEFA Cup Headlines
UEFA
to vote on new name for UEFA Cup
Hughes confident of UEFA Cup success
UEFA
Cup qualifying draw: City head to Faroes
Platini wants UCL exclusion for clubs
in debt
SPL clubs boosted by extra UEFA Cup place
Gers to serve banning
orders on shamed fans
UEFA back 'fantastic' Manchester
Zenit 2-0 Rangers:
Local lad Denisov settles itRangers midfielder Thomson declares himself fit
Smith calm ahead of UEFA Cup final
No old pals act from Zenit boss Advocaat
Zenit and Rangers bid for UEFA Cup glory
Zenit St Petersburg v Rangers:
Preview
Extra UEFA Cup spots for Germany and Denmark
Zenit fans will
behave - Advocaat
Advocaat eyes Premier League challenge
Fulham to be
rewarded with place in UEFA Cup?
Smith happy to keep underdogs tag for final
Zenit bid to emulate CSKA in UEFA Cup final
Zenit fans given UEFA Cup
racism warning
England earn extra place in UEFA Cup on fair play
Rangers
chairman Murray slams SPL chiefs
Zenit to prepare for UEFA Cup final in Holland
UEFA
Cup History & Format
The UEFA Cup began 1971/72
Qualification
Teams finishing in leading positions behind the champions
in their domestic top flights
Winners of national cup competitions
Winners
of the League Cup in certain countries
Eleven winners of the final matches
in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
Three clubs from UEFA's Fair Play League
Eight
third-placed clubs at the end of the UEFA Champions League group stage drop into
the UEFA Cup - tournament knockout phase.
Group stage
Two qualifying rounds produce a first round of 80 teams
who play over two legs to find the 40 clubs that make up the group stage
2004/05
group stage was introduced.
Eight groups of five, with each side playing
four games, two at home and two away.
Winners, runners-up and third-placed
teams from each section advance to the last 32 where they are joined by the eight
third-placed clubs from the UEFA CL
Knockout
format - Two-legged knockout ties, the side scoring the greater aggregate of goals
qualifies for the next round.
Club
Participants by Round
Group stage
AaB Aberdeen AEK Anderlecht Aris
Atlético Austria Wien AZ
Basel Bayern Bolton Bordeaux Braga Brann
Crvena
Zvezda
Dinamo Zagreb
Elfsborg
Everton
Fiorentina
Galatasaray
Getafe
H. Tel-Aviv Hamburg Helsingborg
Křbenhavn
Larissa * Leverkusen
Lokomotiv Moskva
Mladá Boleslav
Nürnberg
Panathinaikos Panionios GS
Rennes
Sparta Spartak Moskva
Tottenham Toulouse
Villarreal
Zenit Zürich
Clubs eliminated in first round
AIK Ajax Anorthosis Artmedia
BATE Belenenses Blackburn
Club Brugge CSKA Sofia
Dinamo Bucuresti Dnipro
Empoli Erciyesspor
Groclin Groningen
Häcken Hammarby Heerenveen
Leiria
Lens Litex Loko Sofia
Metalist Midtjylland
OB
Paços de Ferreira Palermo
Rabotnicki Rapid Bucuresti Rapid Wien
Salzburg Sampdoria Sarajevo Sion Sochaux
Standard
Tampere Twente
Vĺlerenga
Zaragoza
Clubs eliminated
in second qualifying round
Bechatów Besa
CFR 1907 Cluj
Dinamo
Minsk Dinamo Tbilisi Drogheda Dunfermline
Ekranas
Fredrikstad
Hajduk
Haka HJK Honvéd
Jablonec
Käerjéng
M. Netanya M. Tel-Aviv Mattersburg
Metalurgs MIKA MyPa
Omonia Otelul
Ried
iroki Brijeg Slaven Su-duva
Tobol
Vojvodina
Young Boys
Zlaté Moravce Zrinjski
Clubs
eliminated in first qualifying round
Aktobe Alma-Ata Ameri
B36 Banants
Beanija Brest
Buduc'nost Podgorica
Carmarthen
Dungannon
EB/Streymur
Etzella
Flora
Glentoran Gorica
Hibernians
Keflavík Koper KR
Libertas Lillestrřm
MKT Araz MTK
Neftchi Nistru
Partizan
Rhyl
Rudar
Santa Coloma Skonto Sliema St Patrickaposs
Teuta Trans
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