2006–07 UEFA Cup

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.

2006–07 UEFA Cup
Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final.
Tournament details
Teams80 (competition proper)
131 (qualifying)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Sevilla (2nd title)
Runners-upSpain Espanyol
Tournament statistics
Matches played219
Goals scored565 (2.58 per match)
Attendance3,905,559 (17,834 per match)
Top scorer(s)Walter Pandiani (Espanyol)
11 goals

Walter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goalscorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals scored.

Association team allocation edit

A total of 155 teams from 52 UEFA associations participated in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2005 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2000–01 to 2004–05.[1]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup:[2]

  • Associations 1–6, 16–21 each have three teams qualify
  • Associations 7 and 8 each have four teams qualify
  • Associations 9–15, 22–39, 41-50 each have two teams qualify
  • Associations 40, 51 and 52 each have one team qualify
  • The top three associations of the 2005–06 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
  • Eleven winning teams from the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • 24 teams from the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League (eight third-placed teams from the group stage and the sixteen losers of the third qualifying round)

Association ranking edit

RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
1 Spain73.7173
2 England63.224
3 Italy61.186
4 France49.469
5 Germany48.989
6 Portugal44.666
7 Netherlands39.8314
8 Greece35.498
9 Belgium31.7502+1(FP)
9 Scotland31.7502
11 Turkey29.916
12 Czech Republic27.950
13 Russia25.666
14 Austria24.875
15 Ukraine24.850
16 Israel21.8743
17 Serbia21.249
18 Poland21.000
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
19 Switzerland20.8753
20 Norway20.2003+1(FP)
21 Bulgaria18.5403
22 Croatia18.1252
23 Denmark17.200
24 Hungary16.331
25 Romania15.457
26 Sweden15.3832+1(FP)
27 Slovakia11.6652
28 Slovenia9.665
29 Cyprus8.165
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina7.165
31 Latvia6.664
32 Finland6.540
33 Moldova6.332
34 Georgia6.165
35 Lithuania5.332
36 Iceland4.832
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
37 Macedonia4.4972
38 Republic of Ireland4.164
39 Belarus4.082
40 Liechtenstein4.0001
41 Armenia2.9982
41 Malta2.998
43 Albania2.665
44 Estonia2.498
45 Northern Ireland2.165
46 Wales1.832
47 Luxembourg1.665
48 Azerbaijan1.332
49 Faroe Islands0.999
50 Kazakhstan0.666
51 San Marino0.0001
52 Andorra0.000
Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Norway, Belgium, Sweden).
  • Number of teams do not include teams transferred from the Intertoto Cup.

Distribution edit

The title holder would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through domestic performance; however, this additional entry was not necessary as Sevilla, winners of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, qualified for the UEFA Cup through domestic performance. This means that the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:

  • The first UEFA Cup qualifying entrant of association 14 (Austria) gained direct access to the 1st round – Pasching.
  • The domestic cup winners of associations 19 and 20 (Switzerland and Norway) are moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League
First qualifying round
(70 teams)
  • 2 domestic league champions from associations 51 and 52
  • 31 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–50 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 4 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 18–21
  • 30 domestic cup winning teams from associations 21–50
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankings
Second qualifying round
(64 teams)
  • 6 domestic cup winners from associations 15–20
  • 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
  • 9 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–17
  • 11 Intertoto Cup winners
  • 35 winners from the first qualifying round
First round
(80 teams)
  • 14 domestic cup winners from associations 1–14
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7 and 8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 32 winners from the second qualifying round

16 losers from 2006–07 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round

Group stage
(40 teams)
  • 40 winners from the play-off round
Round 3
(32 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage
  • 8 third-placed teams from the group stage

Teams edit

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
  • IC: Intertoto Cup
  • FP: Fair play
  • CL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Round of 32
Bordeaux (CL GS) Benfica (CL GS) CSKA Moscow (CL GS) Shakhtar Donetsk (CL GS)
Werder Bremen (CL GS) AEK Athens (CL GS) Spartak Moscow (CL GS) Steaua București (CL GS)
First round
Espanyol (CW) Schalke 04 (4th) Skoda Xanthi (5th) Hearts (CL 3Q)
SevillaTH (5th) Bayer Leverkusen (5th) Atromitos (7th)[Note GRE] Fenerbahçe (CL 3Q)
Celta Vigo (6th) Eintracht Frankfurt (CR) Zulte Waregem (CW) Slovan Liberec (CL 3Q)
Tottenham Hotspur (5th) Braga (4th) Rangers (3rd) Mladá Boleslav (CL 3Q)
Blackburn Rovers (6th) Nacional (5th) Beşiktaş (CW) Austria Wien (CL 3Q)
West Ham United (CR) Vitória Setúbal (CR) Sparta Prague (CW) Red Bull Salzburg (CL 3Q)
Palermo (5th)[Note ITA] Groningen (PO) Lokomotiv Moscow (3rd) Maccabi Haifa (CL 3Q)
Livorno (6th)[Note ITA] AZ (PO) Pasching (3rd) Red Star Belgrade (CL 3Q)[Note SRB]
Parma (7th)[Note ITA] Feyenoord (PO) Osasuna (CL 3Q) Legia Warsaw (CL 3Q)
Paris Saint-Germain (CW) Heerenveen (PO) Chievo (CL 3Q)[Note ITA] Dinamo Zagreb (CL 3Q)
Lens (4th) Panathinaikos (3rd) Ajax (CL 3Q) Ružomberok (CL 3Q)
Nancy (LC) Iraklis (4th) Standard Liège (CL 3Q) Rabotnički (CL 3Q)
Second qualifying round
Club Brugge (3rd) Hapoel Tel Aviv (CW) Wisła Kraków (2nd) Twente (IC)
Gretna (CR) Beitar Jerusalem (3rd) Sion (CW) Kayserispor (IC)
Trabzonspor (4th) Bnei Yehuda (4th) Molde (CW) Ried (IC)
Slavia Prague (3rd) Partizan (2nd)[Note SRB] Newcastle United (IC) Grasshopper (IC)
Rubin Kazan (4th) Hajduk Kula (4th)[Note SRB] Marseille (IC) Odense (IC)
Mattersburg (CR) OFK Beograd (CR)[Note SRB] Auxerre (IC) Maribor (IC)
Chornomorets Odesa (3rd) Wisła Płock (CW) Hertha (IC) Ethnikos Achna (IC)
Metalurh Zaporizhya (CR)
First qualifying round
Zagłębie Lubin (3rd) Artmedia Bratislava (2nd) Valur (CW) Glentoran (2nd)
Basel (2nd) Spartak Trnava (3rd) ÍA Akranes (3rd) Portadown (3rd)
Young Boys (3rd) Koper (CW) Makedonija (CW) Rhyl (CW)
Start (2nd) Domžale (2nd) Vardar (3rd) Llanelli (2nd)
Lyn (3rd) APOEL (CW) Drogheda United (CW) Jeunesse Esch (2nd)
CSKA Sofia (CW) Omonia (2nd) Derry City (2nd) Etzella Ettelbruck (3rd)
Litex Lovech (3rd) Orašje (CW) BATE Borisov (CW) Qarabağ (CW)
Lokomotiv Sofia (4th) Sarajevo (2nd) Dinamo Minsk (2nd) Karvan (2nd)
Rijeka (CW) Ventspils (CW) Vaduz (CW) GÍ Gøta (CW)
Varteks (3rd) Skonto (2nd) Mika (CW) Skála (2nd)
Randers (CW) Haka (CW) Banants (3rd) Tobol (2nd)
Brøndby (2nd) HJK Helsinki (2nd) Hibernians (CW) Kairat (CR)[Note KAZ]
Fehérvár (CW) Zimbru Chișinău (2nd) Sliema Wanderers (2nd) Rànger's (1st)
Újpest (2nd) Nistru Otaci (CR) Tirana (CW) Murata (1st)
Rapid București (CW) Ameri Tbilisi (CW) Dinamo Tirana (3rd) Gefle (FP)
Dinamo București (3rd) WIT Georgia (2nd) Levadia Tallinn (2nd) Roeselare (FP)
IFK Göteborg (2nd) FBK Kaunas (CW) Flora Tallinn (CR) Brann (FP)
Åtvidaberg (CR) Sūduva (3rd)
Notes
  1. ^
    Italy (ITA): Based on the initial final league positions, Roma, Lazio and Chievo earned direct entries to the UEFA Cup first round. Following 2006 Italian football scandal investigations (resulting in massive points deductions), Lazio lost their European entry entirely while Roma and Chievo were promoted to Champions League. Three Italian UEFA Cup berths were given to Palermo, Livorno, and Parma.[4]
  2. ^
    Greece (GRE): Greek league 6th-placed team PAOK failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by the 7th-placed team, Atromitos.[5]
  3. ^
    Serbia (SRB): Serbia and Montenegro 3rd-placed team Voždovac failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by the 4th-placed team, Hajduk Kula.[6] All Serbian club qualified for this season's UEFA competitions though Serbia and Montenegro domestic tournaments, but represented its official successor Serbia.[7]
  4. ^
    Kazakhstan (KAZ): Kazakhstan Cup winners Astana failed to obtain UEFA licence and were replaced by Cup runners-up, Kairat.[6]

Early issues edit

Italian match-fixing scandal edit

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.

Lazio, however, 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.[8]

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.

Greek Football Federation edit

FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) 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.[9]

Qualifying rounds edit

First qualifying round edit

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
Varteks 1–3 Tirana1–10–2
Dinamo Tirana 1–5 CSKA Sofia0–11–4
Koper 0–6 Litex Lovech0–10–5
Sarajevo 5–0 Rànger's3–02–0
Orašje 0–7 Domžale0–20–5
Hibernians 1–9 Dinamo București0–41–5
APOEL 7–1 Murata3–14–0
Rijeka 3–4 Omonia2–21–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 Makedonija GP2–01–1
Vardar 2–7 Roeselare1–21–5
Rapid București 6–0 Sliema Wanderers5–01–0
Central-East region
Újpest 1–4 Vaduz0–41–0
Zimbru Chișinău 3–2 Qarabağ1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
MIKA 1–4 Young Boys1–30–1
Videoton 2–2 (a) Kairat1–01–2
Zagłębie Lubin 1–1 (a) Dinamo Minsk1–10–0
Karvan 2–0 Spartak Trnava1–01–0
Ameri Tbilisi 2–2 (a) Banants0–12–1
BATE Borisov 3–0 Nistru Otaci2–01–0
Basel 3–1 Tobol3–10–0
Artmedia 3–2 WIT Georgia2–01–2
Northern region
HJK Helsinki 2–4 Drogheda United1–11–3 (a.e.t.)
Brøndby 3–1 Valur3–10–0
Gefle 1–2 Llanelli1–20–0
Jeunesse Esch 0–5 Skonto0–20–3
Åtvidaberg 7–0 Etzella Ettelbruck4–03–0
Ventspils 4–1 GÍ Gøta2–12–0
Glentoran 0–2 Brann0–10–1
Randers 2–2 (a) ÍA1–01–2
Portadown 1–4 Kaunas1–30–1
Rhyl 1–2 Sūduva0–01–2
Levadia Tallinn 2–1 Haka2–00–1
Skála 0–4 Start0–10–3
Lyn Oslo 1–1 (a) Flora Tallinn1–10–0
IFK Göteborg 0–2 Derry City0–10–1

Second qualifying round edit

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Southern-Mediterranean region
APOEL 1–2 Trabzonspor1–10–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–2 Domžale1–23–0
CSKA Sofia 1–1 (a) Hajduk Kula0–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Roeselare 2–6 Ethnikos Achna2–10–5
OFK Beograd 2–5 Auxerre1–01–5
Dinamo București 2–1 Beitar Jerusalem1–01–1
Partizan 3–2 Maribor2–11–1
Sarajevo 1–2 Rapid București1–00–2
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 0–6 Lokomotiv Sofia0–20–4
Omonia 1–2 Litex Lovech0–01–2
Tirana 1–5 Kayserispor0–21–3
Central-East region
Artmedia 5–3 Dinamo Minsk2–13–2
Ried 0–1 Sion0–00–1
Videoton 1–3 Grasshopper1–10–2
Karvan 0–2 Slavia Prague0–20–0
Chornomorets Odesa 1–1 (a) Wisła Płock0–01–1
Basel 2–2 (a) Vaduz1–01–2
Zimbru Chișinău 0–3 Metalurh Zaporizhya0–00–3
Mattersburg 1–2 Wisła Kraków1–10–1
Hertha BSC 3–2 Ameri Tbilisi1–02–2
Rubin Kazan 5–0 BATE Borisov3–02–0
Young Boys 3–3 (a) Marseille3–30–0
Northern region
Start 1–1 (11–10 p) Drogheda United1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Odense 6–1 Llanelli1–05–1
Randers 3–2 Kaunas3–10–1
Twente 1–2 Levadia Tallinn1–10–1
Ventspils 0–1 Newcastle United0–10–0
Brann 4–4 (a) Åtvidaberg3–31–1
Molde 2–1 Skonto0–02–1
Flora Tallinn 0–4 Brøndby0–00–4
Sūduva 2–7 Club Brugge0–22–5
Gretna 3–7 Derry City1–52–2

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.[10]

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.

First round edit

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa 1–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv40–11–3
Braga 3–2 Chievo2–01–2 (a.e.t.)
Levadia Tallinn 1–3 Newcastle United0–11–2
Molde 0–2 Rangers0–00–2
Standard Liège 0–4 Celta Vigo0–10–3
Maccabi Haifa4 4–2 Litex Lovech1–13–1
Derry City 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain0–00–2
Hertha BSC 2–3 Odense2–20–1
Legia Warsaw 1–2 Austria Wien1–10–1
Panathinaikos 2–1 Metalurh Zaporizhya1–11–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–3 Zulte Waregem2–10–2
Hearts 0–2 Sparta Prague0–20–0
Fenerbahçe 5–1 Randers2–13–0
Red Bull Salzburg 2–4 Blackburn Rovers2–20–2
Schalke 04 2–3 Nancy1–01–3
Ethnikos Achna 1–3 Lens0–01–3
Slovan Liberec 4–1 Red Star Belgrade2–02–1
AZ 4–3 Kayserispor3–21–1
Rubin Kazan 0–2 Parma0–10–1
Atromitos 1–6 Sevilla1–20–4
Eintracht Frankfurt 6–2 Brøndby4–02–2
Beşiktaş 4–2 CSKA Sofia2–02–2 (a.e.t.)
Vitória Setúbal 0–3 Heerenveen0–30–0
Marseille 3–4 Mladá Boleslav1–02–4
Åtvidaberg 0–8 Grasshopper0–30–5
Rapid București 3–1 Nacional1–02–1 (a.e.t.)
Trabzonspor5 2–2 (a) Osasuna2–20–0
Basel 7–2 Rabotnički6–21–0
West Ham United 0–4 Palermo0–10–3
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 (a) Feyenoord2–20–0
Ružomberok 1–2 Club Brugge0–11–1
Sion 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen0–01–3
Partizan 4–3 Groningen4–20–1
Skoda Xanthi 4–8 Dinamo București3–41–4
Slavia Prague 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur0–10–1
Start 2–9 Ajax2–50–4
Artmedia 3–5 Espanyol2–21–3
Wisła Kraków 2–1 Iraklis0–12–0 (a.e.t.)
Livorno 3–0 Pasching2–01–0
Dinamo Zagreb 2–5 Auxerre1–21–3

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.[11] 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.

Group stage edit

Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Black: Group D;
Purple: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H.

The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. 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:[12]

  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).

Group A edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RAN MHA LIV AUX PTZ
1 Rangers431084+410Advance to knockout stage2–01–0
2 Maccabi Haifa421154+173–11–0
3 Livorno412155052–31–1
4 Auxerre411277042–20–1
5 Partizan401327−511–11–4
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification TOT DB LEV BJK BRU
1 Tottenham Hotspur440092+712Advance to knockout stage3–13–1
2 Dinamo București421166072–12–1
3 Bayer Leverkusen411245−140–12–1
4 Beşiktaş410347−330–22–1
5 Club Brugge402247−321–11–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group C edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AZ SEV BRA LIB GRA
1 AZ4310125+710Advance to knockout stage3–02–2
2 Sevilla421172+571–22–0
3 Braga420265+164–02–0
4 Slovan Liberec412167−150–04–1
5 Grasshopper4004315−1202–50–4
Source: [citation needed]

Group D edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PAR OSA LEN ODE HVN
1 Parma43016609Advance to knockout stage0–32–1
2 Osasuna421174+373–10–0
3 Lens411255041–23–1
4 Odense411256−141–21–1
5 Heerenveen411224−241–00–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group E edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BLB NAN FEY WIS BSL
1 Blackburn Rovers431061+510Advance to knockout stage1–03–0
2 Nancy421174+373–02–1
3 Feyenoord412145−150–03–1
4 Wisła Kraków410368−231–23–1
5 Basel402249−522–21–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group F edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ESP AJX ZWA PRA AUS
1 Espanyol4400112+912Advance to knockout stage6–21–0
2 Ajax421162+470–23–0
3 Zulte Waregem4202911−260–33–1
4 Sparta Prague411225−340–20–0
5 Austria Wien400419−801–40–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group G edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PAN PSG HTA RAP MLA
1 Panathinaikos421134−17Advance to knockout stage2–00–0
2 Paris Saint-Germain412164+254–02–4
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv412177052–21–1
4 Rapid București404033040–01–1
5 Mladá Boleslav403123−130–10–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group H edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification NEW CEL FEN PAL EIN
1 Newcastle United431041+310Advance to knockout stage2–11–0
2 Celta Vigo412144051–01–1
3 Fenerbahçe411254+143–02–2
4 Palermo411236−340–11–1
5 Eintracht Frankfurt403145−130–01–2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
CSKA Moscow000
Maccabi Haifa011 Maccabi Haifa000
Livorno101 Espanyol044
Espanyol224 Espanyol303
AEK Athens000 Benfica202
Paris Saint-Germain224 Paris Saint-Germain213
Benfica123 Benfica134
Dinamo București011 Espanyol325
Zulte Waregem101 Werder Bremen011
Newcastle United314 Newcastle United404
Fenerbahçe325 AZ (a)224
AZ (a)325 AZ011
Spartak Moscow112 Werder Bremen044
Celta Vigo123 Celta Vigo000
Werder Bremen314 Werder Bremen123
Ajax033 Espanyol2 (1)
Lens303 Sevilla (p)2 (3)
Panathinaikos101 Lens202
Bayer Leverkusen303 Bayer Leverkusen033
Blackburn Rovers202 Bayer Leverkusen000
Hapoel Tel Aviv202 Osasuna314
Rangers145 Rangers101
Bordeaux000 Osasuna112
Osasuna011 Osasuna101
Steaua București000 Sevilla022
Sevilla213 Sevilla235
Shakhtar Donetsk112 Shakhtar Donetsk224
Nancy101 Sevilla224
Braga112 Tottenham Hotspur123
Parma000 Braga224
Feyenoord Tottenham Hotspur336
Tottenham Hotspur (w/o)

Round of 32 edit

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Zulte Waregem 1–4 Newcastle United1–30–1
Braga 2–0 Parma11–01–0
Lens 3–1 Panathinaikos3–10–0
Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Blackburn Rovers3–20–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–5 Rangers2–10–4
Livorno1 1–4 Espanyol1–20–2
Feyenoord2 (w/o) Tottenham Hotspur
Fenerbahçe 5–5 (a) AZ3–32–2
Werder Bremen 4–3 Ajax3–01–3
Spartak Moscow 2–3 Celta Vigo1–11–2
CSKA Moscow 0–1 Maccabi Haifa0–00–1
AEK Athens 0–4 Paris Saint-Germain0–20–2
Benfica 3–1 Dinamo București1–02–1
Steaua București 0–3 Sevilla0–20–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Nancy1–11–0
Bordeaux 0–1 Osasuna0–00–1 (a.e.t.)

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 disqualified after a member of their crowd threw a glass of beer at Morten Gamst Pedersen in their group stage match at home to Blackburn Rovers. UEFA announced on 25 January that Tottenham Hotspur had received a bye. This was confirmed after a final appeal.

Round of 16 edit

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Newcastle United 4–4 (a) AZ4–20–2
Maccabi Haifa 0–4 Espanyol0–00–4
Rangers 1–2 Osasuna1–10–1
Braga 4–6 Tottenham Hotspur2–32–3
Sevilla 5–4 Shakhtar Donetsk2–23–2 (a.e.t.)
Lens 2–4 Bayer Leverkusen2–10–3
Paris Saint-Germain 3–4 Benfica2–11–3
Celta Vigo 0–3 Werder Bremen0–10–2

Quarter-finals edit

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AZ 1–4 Werder Bremen0–01–4
Bayer Leverkusen 0–4 Osasuna0–30–1
Sevilla 4–3 Tottenham Hotspur2–12–2
Espanyol 3–2 Benfica3–20–0

Semi-finals edit

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Espanyol 5–1 Werder Bremen3–02–1
Osasuna 1–2 Sevilla1–00–2

Final edit

Espanyol 2–2 (a.e.t.) Sevilla
Riera 28'
Jônatas 115'
ReportAdriano 18'
Kanouté 105'
Penalties
L. García
Pandiani
Jônatas
Torrejón
1–3 Kanouté
Dragutinović
Dani Alves
Puerta
Attendance: 47,602

Top goalscorers edit

RankNameTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Walter Pandiani Espanyol111118'
2 Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo București8602'
3 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax7520'
Dimitar Berbatov Tottenham Hotspur7697'
Shota Arveladze AZ7942'
6 Pauleta Paris Saint-Germain6591'
Obafemi Martins Newcastle United6642'
8 Cristiano Lucarelli Livorno5616'
Tim Matthys Zulte Waregem5642'
Coro Espanyol5662'
Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur5708'
Luis García Espanyol51000'

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ Access List for the 2006/07 UEFA Club Competitions
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