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UEFA Cup
« on: July 20, 2006, 09:15:14 AM »
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The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It began in 1971 and replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It is the second most important European competition for club teams, after the UEFA Champions League. Football clubs qualify for the UEFA Cup based on their performance in national leagues and national cup competitions.
History
The UEFA Cup, was first played in 1971, with Tottenham Hotspur F.C being the first winner. However, the 'one club per city', inherited from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, rule was ended in 1975; Everton F.C. from Liverpool, England, had finished fourth in the English league and could thus qualify, but were barred from entry because Liverpool F.C. had also qualified by coming second. Everton appealed, saying the rule was an unfair anachronism, and UEFA agreed to overturn it.
The competition was traditionally open to the runners-up of domestic leagues, but in 1999, the competition was merged with UEFA's third European competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Since then, the winners of domestic cup competitions have also entered the UEFA Cup. Also, clubs eliminated in the third round of the UEFA Champions League and the third placed teams at the end of the group phase could go on to compete in the UEFA Cup. Also admitted to the competition are three Fair Play representatives, the UEFA Intertoto Cup ‘winners’ and winners of some selected domestic league cup competitions.
The winners keep the trophy for a year, and after handing it back, they can keep a four fifths size replica permanently. The regulations also states that the original trophy is handed to any club that wins the UEFA Cup three times in a row, or five times overall, though this has not happened yet.
Qualification
Qualification for the competition is based on UEFA coefficients, with more places being offered to the more successful nations. Usually places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe, and the winners of the main cup competitions. A few countries have secondary cup competitions, but the only countries which grant a UEFA Cup place to their secondary cup winners are England and France.
First of all, if the previous UEFA Cup title-holders are not eligible to take part in either of the current UEFA club competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup), the UEFA Administration may, at the request of the association of the club concerned, admit this club to the current UEFA Cup competition. Its participation will not be at the expense of the contingent of its association.
Qualification can be quite complicated if one team qualifies for European competition through two different routes. In all cases, if a club is eligible to enter the UEFA Champions League, then the Champions League place takes preference and the club do not enter the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Cup place is then granted to another club. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the "spare" UEFA Cup place will go to either the cup runners-up or the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association.
Qualification for the UEFA Cup can also be attained in two other ways:
The eleven winners in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup enter the UEFA Cup at the second qualifying round stage from the 2006-07 season.
Three more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table. The top-placed federation automatically receives a Fair Play entry, and two other federations gain berths via a draw among all other federations that meet qualifying criteria. In all cases, the recipient of a country's Fair Play entry is the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that country's top league that has not already qualified for Europe.
More recently, clubs that are knocked out of the qualifying round and the group stage of the Champions League can also join the UEFA Cup, at different stages (see below).
Competition format
The current competition format was first adopted for the 2004-05 season. The major change was the introduction of a group stage and two qualifying rounds instead of one. Additional changes were introduced for 2006-07 season due to the changes in the UEFA Intertoto Cup format.
Current format
The UEFA Cup starts with two knockout qualifying rounds held in July and August. Participants from associations ranked 18 and lower enter the first qualifying round, and participants from associations ranked 9-18 join them in the second qualifying round. In addition, three places in the first qualifying round are reserved for the Fair Play winners, and eleven places in the second qualifying round are reserved for the UEFA Intertoto Cup winners.
Winners of the qualifying rounds join teams from the associations ranked 1-13 in the first round proper. In addition, losers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League also enter this round, and another place is reserved for the title-holders. There are 80 teams total in this round.
After the first round proper, the 40 survivors enter a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase is played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each group advance, where they are joined by the eight third-place teams in the Champions League group phase.
After the group stage there is a winter break. From this point, knockout play resumes, with two-legged ties leading to the one-off final, which is held at a neutral ground meeting UEFA's criteria for a four star stadium.
Seeding is used to protect stronger teams in the qualifying rounds, first round and group stage.
Historical formats
The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the 1998 event, the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged.
Before the 2004-05 season, the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The 16 losers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors would be joined by third-place finishers in the group phase of the Champions League.
UEFA Cup Finals
Main article: UEFA Cup Finals
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup finals were played over two legs until 1997. The first final was played on 5 March 1958 in London and 1 May 1958 in Barcelona. The first leg between London XI and FC Barcelona was drawn 2-2, but in the return match Barça triumphed 6-0.
The one-match finals in pre-selected venues were introduced in 1998. Only 4-star stadiums can host UEFA Cup finals. On two occasions the final was played at a finalist's home ground: Feyenoord defeated Borussia Dortmund at De Kuip, Rotterdam in 2002, and Sporting Lisbon lost to CSKA Moscow at José Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon in 2005.
The 2006/2007 UEFA Cup Final will be played on 16 May 2007 at Hampden Park, Glasgow.
UEFA Cup records and statistics
The following lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in the UEFA Cup (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup also included). England, Italy, and Spain are leading the field with 10 titles each. 30 of 48 editions were won by teams from these three countries. Teams from a total of 12 countries have won the UEFA Cup.
Nation Winners Runners-up
England 10 8
Italy 10 8
Spain 10 6
Germany 6 7
Netherlands 4 2
Sweden 2 0
Belgium 1 3
Hungary 1 3
Portugal 1 2
Yugoslavia 1 2
Russia 1 0
Turkey 1 0
France 0 4
Scotland 0 2
Austria 0 1
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Re:UEFA Cup
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2006, 12:18:08 PM »
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there's no indication if Fiorentina and Lazio become eligible to take part in the UEFA cup, or Livorno and Parma remain in there. Anybody knows which is the determination on this issue?
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Re:UEFA Cup
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2006, 12:25:36 PM »
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there's no indication if Fiorentina and Lazio become eligible to take part in the UEFA cup, or Livorno and Parma remain in there. Anybody knows which is the determination on this issue?
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I think here is the pecking order
1) AC Milan (CL)
2) Inter Milan (CL)
3) Fiorentina (CL Qualifier)
4) Roma (CL Qualifier)
5) Lazio (UEFA)
6) Chievo Verona (UEFA)
7) Palermo (UEFA)
I am not 100% positive. Can anyone else confirm this?
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Re:UEFA Cup
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2006, 08:35:59 PM »
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there's no indication if Fiorentina and Lazio become eligible to take part in the UEFA cup, or Livorno and Parma remain in there. Anybody knows which is the determination on this issue?
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I think here is the pecking order
1) AC Milan (CL)
2) Inter Milan (CL)
3) Fiorentina (CL Qualifier)
4) Roma (CL Qualifier)
5) Lazio (UEFA)
6) Chievo Verona (UEFA)
7) Palermo (UEFA)
I am not 100% positive. Can anyone else confirm this?
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Here is the actual pecking order thanks to a fellow Azzuri...
Automatic Champions League
1.Inter
2.Roma
Qualifying Rounds Champions League
3.ACMilan
4.Chievo
Palermo, Livorno and Parma in UEFA Cup
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Newcastle draw Latvian club in UEFA Cup
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2006, 11:59:12 PM »
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Newcastle draw Latvian club in UEFA Cup
Newcastle have been paired with Ventspils in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round.
The Magpies will play in Latvia on August 10, with the return taking place at St James' Park on August 24.
Gretna - Tennent's Scottish Cup finalists - will face Derry over two legs, the eircom League side securing their place last night with a 2-0 aggregate success over IFK Gothenburg.
Welsh Premier League Llanelli face Odense, while another Danish side - Start - provide the opposition for eircom League Drogheda, who saw off HJK Helsinki 4-2 on aggregate last night.
Southern - Mediterranean
Apoel Nicosia v Trabzonspor
Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Domzale
CSKA Sofia v Hajduk Kula
Roeselare v Ethnikos Achnas
OFK Belgrade v Auxerre
Dinamo Bucuresti v Beitar Jerusalem
Partizan Belgrade v Maribor PL
FK Sarajevo v Rapid Bucuresti
Bnei Yehuda v Lokomotiv Sofia
Omonia Nicosia v Litex Lovech
SK Tirana v Kayserispor
Central - East
Artmedia Bratislava v Dinamo Minsk
SV Ried v FC Sion
Videoton FC Fehervar v Grasshoppers
Karvan Evlakh v Slavia Prague
Chornomorets v Wisla Plock
Basle v FC Vaduz
CSF Zimbru v Metallurg Zaporizhzhya
SV Mattersburg v Wisla Krakow
Hertha Berlin v Ameri Tbilisi
Rubin Kazan v BATE
Marseille v Young Boys
Northern IK Start v Drogheda Utd
Odense BK v Llanelli
FBK Kaunas v Randers FC
FC Twente v Levadia Tallinn
FK Ventspils v Newcastle
SK Brann v Atvidabergs FF
Molde v Skonto Riga
Flora Tallinn v Brondby
FK Suduva v Club Brugge
Gretna v Derry City
Ties to be played
First leg 10th August
Second leg 24th August
Source: ESPN
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Dinamo Bucharest want Israel trip switched
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2006, 10:57:41 PM »
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Dinamo Bucharest want Israel trip switched
BUCHAREST, July 31 (Reuters) - Dinamo Bucharest want UEFA to switch their UEFA Cup tie at Beitar Jerusalem to a neutral venue because of the security situation in Israel.
The Romanians are due to travel to face Beitar in the second leg of the second qualifying round on August 24.
Security fears have increased in the Jewish state as a result of the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah which began earlier this month.
'We'll ask UEFA soon to move Dinamo Bucharest's match against Beitar out of Israel,' Dinamo president Nicolae Badea told Reuters on Monday.
'Beitar is the strongest team we could meet at this level of the UEFA Cup so we cannot risk that our players think about war rather than playing soccer,' Badea said.
European soccer's governing body has written to the Israeli FA asking them to provide added safety assurances for clubs due to visit the country to face local opponents in European competitions.
Source: ESPN
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Israeli teams must play UEFA Cup games abroad
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2006, 11:20:27 PM »
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Israeli teams must play UEFA Cup games abroad
JERUSALEM, July 31 (Reuters) - Israel will not be allowed to host UEFA Cup second qualifying round first-leg matches which must instead be staged in a neutral country due to the security situation in the region, UEFA said on Monday.
Israel launched an onslaught on Lebanon after Shi'ite guerrilla group Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid on July 12. Hizbollah has since fired more than 1,600 rockets into Israel.
Hapoel Tel Aviv are due to play their home tie against NK Domzale of Slovenia on Aug. 8 while Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv are scheduled to host Bulgaria's Lokomotiv Sofia on Aug. 10.
Israeli FA chairman Iche Menahem reacted angirly to the news and said the IFA would 'respond severely and will not let the decision pass unchallenged'.
UEFA said it would make a decision next Monday on Maccabi Haifa's Champions League third qualifying round home leg with Liverpool set for Aug. 22 or 23 and Beitar Jerusalem's UEFA Cup second qualifying round clash with Dinamo Bucharest on Aug. 24.
Menahem called on UEFA officials to come to Israel to review the situation and see that it is safe to stage matches.
'I would like UEFA (officials) to take this decision while they are here in Israel and not from their offices in Switzerland,' Menahem said in a statement.
Last week UEFA's Emergency Panel asked the IFA to provide added safety assurances for clubs due to visit the country in light of the conflict in Lebanon and the firing of rockets into the north of the country.
At least 598 people have been killed in Lebanon, although the health minister puts the toll at 750 including bodies still buried under rubble. Fifty-one Israelis have been killed.
On Sunday, Israeli Sports Minister Ofir Pines-Paz wrote to UEFA saying the Jewish state 'is committed to provide all necessary security to visiting national teams, clubs and officials'.
International soccer returned to Israel in April 2004 after a 25-month ban due to the worsening security situation in the country. Matches can only be played in the Tel Aviv area.
Between March 2002 and April 2004 Israeli clubs and teams were forced to host their opponents at a number of European venues including Cyprus, Turkey, Italy and Bulgaria.
UEFA said on Monday it had asked the IFA to submit back-up plans for when teams involved in European games are required to play matches outside the country.
The IFA was also asked by the governing body to submit written guarantees from any potential host association and the public authorities involved as soon as possible.
Source: ESPN
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Newcastle's UEFA Cup away match against FK Ventspils moved
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2006, 09:51:37 AM »
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Newcastle's UEFA Cup away match against FK Ventspils moved
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - Newcastle's UEFA Cup second-round away match against Latvian side FK Ventspils will be played at the national stadium in Riga.
The move to the nearly 9,000-capacity Skonto Stadium was made because Ventspils' home ground has a capacity of only 3,000.
The Magpies will travel to Riga for the first leg of the tie on Aug. 10, with the return game to be played at St. James' Park on Aug. 24.
Source: Fox Sports
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