2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup


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The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Fifty teams were invited, with the eleven winners after the third round then advancing to the second qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 21 April 2008. Based on the subsequent progress of the eleven co-winners in their UEFA Cup efforts, Braga is declared the outright winner of the Intertoto Cup.

UEFA Intertoto Cup
Tournament details
Dates21 June 2008 – 27 July 2008
Teams50[1]
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Braga
and 10 others (see below)
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored186 (2.38 per match)
Attendance409,738 (5,253 per match)

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The regions in a map

Association team allocation

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50 teams participated in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup from 50 UEFA associations. Below is the scheme for the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The rankings throughout are based on the 2007 UEFA coefficients.

First round (28 teams):

  • 28 from associations 23–36, 38–50, and 53

Second round (28 teams):

  • 14 winners from the first round
  • 14 from associations 9–22

Third round (22 teams):

  • 14 winners from the second round
  • 8 from associations 1–8

First leg matches were played on 21 and 22 June 2008 and second leg matches were played on 28 and 29 June 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region[2]
Besa   1–1 (a)   Ethnikos Achnas[a] 0–0 1–1
Čelik   4–4 (a)   Grbalj 3–2 1–2
Rijeka   0–2   Renova[3] 0–0 0–2
Hibernians   0–3   Gorica 0–3 0–0
Central-East region[2]
Zhetysu   3–6   Budapest Honvéd[b] 1–2 2–4
Mika   2–2 (a)   Tiraspol 2–2 0–0
Neftchi Baku   3–3 (a)   Nitra 2–0 1–3
Cracovia   1–5   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–2 0–3
Etzella Ettelbruck   2–2 (a)   Locomotive Tbilisi 0–0 2–2
Northern region[2]
Ekranas   4–0   Narva Trans 1–0 3–0
HB Tórshavn   1–4   Elfsborg 1–4 0–0
Bohemians   9–3   Rhyl 5–1 4–2
Lisburn Distillery   3–6   TPS Turku 2–3 1–3
Riga   3–2   Fylkir 1–2 2–0

Ethnikos Achnas 1–1 Besa on aggregate. Besa won on away goals rule.

Grbalj 4–4 Čelik on aggregate. Grbalj won on away goals rule.

Renova won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gorica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.

Tiraspol 2–2 Mika on aggregate. Tiraspol won on away goals rule.

Nitra 3–3 Neftchi Baku on aggregate. Neftchi Baku won on away goals rule.

Shakhtyor Soligorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Locomotive Tbilisi 2–2 Etzella Ettelbruck on aggregate. Etzella Ettelbruck won on away goals rule.

Ekranas won 4–0 on aggregate.

Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bohemians won 9–3 on aggregate.

TPS Turku won 6–3 on aggregate.

Riga won 3–2 on aggregate.

The first leg was held on 5 and 6 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 12 and 13 July 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region[2]
Chernomorets Burgas   3–1   Gorica 1–1 2–0
Grbalj   2–3   Sivasspor 2–2 0–1
Grasshopper Zürich   5–1   Besa 2–1 3–0
Renova   1–3   Bnei Sakhnin 1–2 0–1
OFK Beograd   2–3   Panionios 1–0 1–3
Central-East region[2]
Germinal Beerschot[4]   1–2   Neftchi Baku 1–1 0–1
Saturn Moscow Oblast   8–1   Etzella Ettelbruck 7–0 1–1
Tiraspol   1–3   Tavriya Simferopol 0–0 1–3
Sturm Graz   2–0   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 0–0
Teplice[c]   3–3 (a)   Budapest Honvéd 1–3 2–0
Northern region[2]
TPS Turku   1–4   Odense 1–2 0–2
Hibernian   0–4   Elfsborg 0–2 0–2
Ekranas   1–7   Rosenborg 1–3 0–4
Riga   2–2 (a)   Bohemians 1–0 1–2

Chernomorets Burgas won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sivasspor won 3–2 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Bnei Sakhnin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.

Neftchi Baku won 2–1 on aggregate.

Saturn Moscow Oblast won 8–1 on aggregate.

Tavriya Simferopol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz won 2–0 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd 3–3 Teplice on aggregate. Budapest Honvéd advanced on away goals rule.

Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.

Elfsborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Rosenborg won 7–1 on aggregate.

Bohemians 2–2 Riga on aggregate. Riga advanced on the away goals rule.

The first leg was held on 19 and 20 July 2008, while the second leg was held on 26 and 27 July 2008. The 11 winners entered the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region[2]
Bnei Sakhnin   1–3   Deportivo La Coruña[5] 1–2 0–1
Panionios   0–2   Napoli 0–1 0–1
Sivasspor   0–5   Braga 0–2 0–3
Grasshopper Zürich   4–0   Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 1–0
Central-East region[2]
Saturn Moscow Oblast   1–3   Stuttgart 1–0 0–3 (aet)
Neftchi Baku   2–3   Vaslui 2–1 0–2
Rennes   1–1 (10–9 p)   Tavriya Simferopol 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Sturm Graz   2–1   Budapest Honvéd 0–0 2–1
Northern region[2]
NAC Breda   1–2   Rosenborg 1–0 0–2
Odense   2–3   Aston Villa 2–2 0–1
Elfsborg   1–0   Riga 1–0 0–0

Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate.

Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Vaslui won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 Rennes on aggregate. Rennes won in a penalty shootout.

Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Eight of the eleven Intertoto Cup co-winners entered the UEFA Cup by winning their qualifying ties and progressed to the first round. Five of those eight sides survived the first round and entered the Group stage. Four of those five qualified for the round of 32. Only Braga progressed to the round of 16, making them the overall winners.

The 11 co-winners were:

  1. ^ Apollon Limassol declined the participation, so Ethnikos Achna will participate instead
  2. ^ [[[Fehérvár FC|Fehérvár]], Újpest and Kaposvár declined the participation
  3. ^ 1. FC Brno (4th team of Gambrinus liga) did not apply for the Intertoto Cup.