2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup

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)
The regions in a map

Association team allocation

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 round

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 Albania 1–1 (a) Cyprus Ethnikos Achnas[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1
Čelik Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–4 (a) Montenegro Grbalj 3–2 1–2
Rijeka Croatia 0–2 North Macedonia Renova[3] 0–0 0–2
Hibernians Malta 0–3 Slovenia Gorica 0–3 0–0
Central-East region[2]
Zhetysu Kazakhstan 3–6 Hungary Budapest Honvéd[lower-alpha 2] 1–2 2–4
Mika Armenia 2–2 (a) Moldova Tiraspol 2–2 0–0
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 3–3 (a) Slovakia Nitra 2–0 1–3
Cracovia Poland 1–5 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–2 0–3
Etzella Ettelbruck Luxembourg 2–2 (a) Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi 0–0 2–2
Northern region[2]
Ekranas Lithuania 4–0 Estonia Narva Trans 1–0 3–0
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1–4 Sweden Elfsborg 1–4 0–0
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 9–3 Wales Rhyl 5–1 4–2
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 3–6 Finland TPS Turku 2–3 1–3
Riga Latvia 3–2 Iceland Fylkir 1–2 2–0

First leg
Besa Albania0–0Cyprus Ethnikos Achnas
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)
Čelik Bosnia and Herzegovina3–2Montenegro Grbalj
Karić 30'
Hadžić 59' (pen.)
Novaković 77'		 Report Kasalica 7'
Pavicević 90+2'
Attendance: 6,900
Rijeka Croatia0–0North Macedonia Renova
Report
Attendance: 933
Referee: Hubert Siejewicz (Poland)
Hibernians Malta0–3Slovenia Gorica
Report Xuereb 34' (o.g.)
Cvijanović 56'
Velikonja 58'
Attendance: 496
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)
Mika Armenia2–2Moldova Tiraspol
Veranyan 18'
Hakobyan 41'		 Report Sidorenko 61' (pen.)
Serghei Namaşco 79'
Attendance: 2,110
Referee: Ninoslav Spasić (Serbia)
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan2–0Slovakia Nitra
Sadygov 7'
Sadiqov 10'		 Report
Attendance: 9,500
Cracovia Poland1–2Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Nowak 25' Lyavonchyk 68'
Bychanok 72'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
Etzella Ettelbruck Luxembourg0–0Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi
Attendance: 259
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
Ekranas Lithuania1–0Estonia Narva Trans
Bička 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 540
Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands1–4Sweden Elfsborg
C. Jacobsen 16' Kurbegović 12'
Mobaeck 26', 55'
Sjöhage 50'
Attendance: 320
Bohemians Republic of Ireland5–1Wales Rhyl
J. Byrne 51'
O. Heary 59'
Brennan 63' (pen.)
Fenn 71'
Crowe 80'		 Report Connolly 25'
Attendance: 1,342
Referee: Jöuni Hietala (Finland)
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland2–3Finland TPS Turku
Armour 42', 90+' (pen.) Pertot 68', 88'
Ääritalo 76'
Attendance: 290
Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium)
Riga Latvia1–2Iceland Fylkir
Novikov 76' Gíslason 26'
Gravesen 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Svein Edvartsen (Norway)
Zhetysu Kazakhstan1–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Mikhailov 60' Report Hercegfalvi 66'
Bojtor 75'
Attendance: 5,050
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Croatia)

Second leg
Ethnikos Achnas Cyprus1–1Albania Besa
Manousakis 57' Leçi 90+'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

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

Grbalj Montenegro2–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Čelik
Pavićević 51'
Kasalica 75'		 Hadžić 18'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

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

Renova North Macedonia2–0Croatia Rijeka
Iseni 5', 46'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Renova won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gorica Slovenia0–0Malta Hibernians
report
Attendance: 484

Gorica won 3–0 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd Hungary4–2Kazakhstan Zhetysu
Genito 26'
Smiljanić 45+'
Guie Guie 53'
Bojtor 90+'		 Kiselyov 52', 74'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.

Tiraspol Moldova0–0Armenia Mika
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos (Greece)

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

Nitra Slovakia3–1Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
Semeník 21', 83'
Čeman 46'		 Report José Carlos 84'
Attendance: 2,860
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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

Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus3–0Poland Cracovia
Kavalchuk 71' (pen.)
Krot 90+'
Nikiforenka 90+'
Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Akmalkhan Kholmatov (Kazakhstan)

Shakhtyor Soligorsk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Locomotive Tbilisi Georgia (country)2–2Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck
Chirikashvili 28'
Aleksidze 30'		 Da Luz 21'
F. Leweck 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

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

Narva Trans Estonia0–3Lithuania Ekranas
Bička 35'
Trakys 37'
Matović 79'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Pavel Olšiak (Slovakia)

Ekranas won 4–0 on aggregate.

Elfsborg Sweden0–0Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
Attendance: 2,135

Elfsborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Rhyl Wales2–4Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Connolly 37', 41' O'Donnell 29'
J. Byrne 32' (pen.)
McGuinness 34'
Singh 42'
Attendance: 1,453

Bohemians won 9–3 on aggregate.

TPS Turku Finland3–1Northern Ireland Lisburn Distillery
Ääritalo 42'
Paatelainen 75'
One 86'		 G. Browne 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,783
Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania)

TPS Turku won 6–3 on aggregate.

Fylkir Iceland0–2Latvia Riga
Kalonas 7', 73'
Attendance: 531

Riga won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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 Bulgaria 3–1 Slovenia Gorica 1–1 2–0
Grbalj Montenegro 2–3 Turkey Sivasspor 2–2 0–1
Grasshopper Zürich Switzerland 5–1 Albania Besa 2–1 3–0
Renova North Macedonia 1–3 Israel Bnei Sakhnin 1–2 0–1
OFK Beograd Serbia 2–3 Greece Panionios 1–0 1–3
Central-East region[2]
Germinal Beerschot[4] Belgium 1–2 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku 1–1 0–1
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia 8–1 Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck 7–0 1–1
Tiraspol Moldova 1–3 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 0–0 1–3
Sturm Graz Austria 2–0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 0–0
Teplice[lower-alpha 3] Czech Republic 3–3 (a) Hungary Budapest Honvéd 1–3 2–0
Northern region[2]
TPS Turku Finland 1–4 Denmark Odense 1–2 0–2
Hibernian Scotland 0–4 Sweden Elfsborg 0–2 0–2
Ekranas Lithuania 1–7 Norway Rosenborg 1–3 0–4
Riga Latvia 2–2 (a) Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1–0 1–2

First leg
Chernomorets Burgas Bulgaria1–1Slovenia Gorica
Michel 63' Report Osterc 57'
Attendance: 555
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)
Grbalj Montenegro2–2Turkey Sivasspor
Francišković 23', 34' Mehmet 14', 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000
Grasshopper Zürich Switzerland2–1Albania Besa
Lulić 66', 79' Fortunat 83'
Attendance: 620
Renova North Macedonia1–2Israel Bnei Sakhnin
Angelovski 65' Khalaila 41' (pen.)
Rabah 64'
Attendance: 4,000
OFK Beograd Serbia1–0Greece Panionios
Kaluđerović 69'
Attendance: 700
Germinal Beerschot Belgium1–1Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
Malki 18' Report Adamia 31'
Attendance: 4,410
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia7–0Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck
Kirichenko 2', 35', 70', 71'
Angbwa 13'
Topić 18'
Ivanov 65'
Attendance: 8,750
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Tiraspol Moldova0–0Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Sturm Graz Austria2–0Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Feldhofer 38'
Kienzl 55'
Attendance: 5,680
Teplice Czech Republic1–3Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Lukáš 58' Hercegfalvi 35'
Abraham 81'
Abass 90+'
Attendance: 3,050
TPS Turku Finland1–2Denmark Odense
One 37' Fall 5'
Sørensen 84'
Attendance: 2,245
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
Hibernian Scotland0–2Sweden Elfsborg
Bajrami 17'
Augustsson 65'
Attendance: 7,809
Referee: Abby Toussaint (Luxembourg)
Ekranas Lithuania1–3Norway Rosenborg
Varnas 14' Strand 12'
Lago 35'
Koné 67'
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: Adrian McCourt (Northern Ireland)
Riga Latvia1–0Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Leonov 45'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Second leg
Gorica Slovenia0–2Bulgaria Chernomorets Burgas
Report Remzi 54' (pen.)
Michel 86'
Attendance: 700

Chernomorets Burgas won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sivasspor Turkey1–0Montenegro Grbalj
Diallo 83'
Attendance: 7,477
Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)

Sivasspor won 3–2 on aggregate.

Besa Albania0–3Switzerland Grasshopper Zürich
Šabanović 54', 68'
Zuber 86'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)

Grasshopper Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Bnei Sakhnin Israel1–0North Macedonia Renova
B. Ganayem 17'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: István Vad II (Hungary)

Bnei Sakhnin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Panionios Greece3–1Serbia OFK Beograd
Barkoglou 25'
Choutos 45+', 63' (pen.)		 William 55'
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.

Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan1–0Belgium Germinal Beerschot
Allahverdiyev 57' Report
Attendance: 22,000

Neftchi Baku won 2–1 on aggregate.

Etzella Ettelbruck Luxembourg1–1Russia Saturn Moscow Oblast
Da Luz 70' Kovel 77'
Attendance: 200
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)

Saturn Moscow Oblast won 8–1 on aggregate.

Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine3–1Moldova Tiraspol
Ljubenović 10'
Homenyuk 45+'
Gigiadze 51'		 Bulat 90+'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Tavriya Simferopol won 3–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus0–0Austria Sturm Graz
Attendance: 2,400

Sturm Graz won 2–0 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd Hungary0–2Czech Republic Teplice
Jun 68'
Rosa 71'
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Garðar Hinriksson (Iceland)

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

Odense Denmark2–0Finland TPS Turku
Fall 21', 52'
Attendance: 4,034

Odense won 4–1 on aggregate.

Elfsborg Sweden2–0Scotland Hibernian
M. Florén 20'
Bajrami 80'
Attendance: 3,523

Elfsborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Rosenborg Norway4–0Lithuania Ekranas
Konan Ya 16'
Iversen 48'
Koné 52', 90+'
Attendance: 4,986
Referee: Babak Guliyev (Azerbaijan)

Rosenborg won 7–1 on aggregate.

Bohemians Republic of Ireland2–1Latvia Riga
McGuinness 21'
Brennan 90' (pen.)		 Chirkin 65'
Attendance: 2,395

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

Third round

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 Israel 1–3 Spain Deportivo La Coruña[5] 1–2 0–1
Panionios Greece 0–2 Italy Napoli 0–1 0–1
Sivasspor Turkey 0–5 Portugal Braga 0–2 0–3
Grasshopper Zürich Switzerland 4–0 Bulgaria Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 1–0
Central-East region[2]
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia 1–3 Germany Stuttgart 1–0 0–3 (aet)
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan 2–3 Romania Vaslui 2–1 0–2
Rennes France 1–1 (10–9 p) Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Sturm Graz Austria 2–1 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 0–0 2–1
Northern region[2]
NAC Breda Netherlands 1–2 Norway Rosenborg 1–0 0–2
Odense Denmark 2–3 England Aston Villa 2–2 0–1
Elfsborg Sweden 1–0 Latvia Riga 1–0 0–0

First leg
Bnei Sakhnin Israel1–2Spain Deportivo La Coruña
B. Ganayem 59' Lafita 54'
Riki 57'
Attendance: 2,500
Panionios Greece0–1Italy Napoli
Bogliacino 31'
Attendance: 3,125
Sivasspor Turkey0–2Portugal Braga
Linz 45+'
Moisés 78'
Attendance: 7,454
Grasshopper Zürich Switzerland3–0Bulgaria Chernomorets Burgas
Salatić 21'
Zárate 41'
Šabanović 80'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)
Saturn Moscow Oblast Russia1–0Germany Stuttgart
Kirichenko 4'
Attendance: 10,100
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan2–1Romania Vaslui
Herasymyuk 28'
Sadiqov 84'		 Report Genchev 29'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Rennes France1–0Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol
Fanni 90+'
Attendance: 18,266
Sturm Graz Austria0–0Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Attendance: 5,830
NAC Breda Netherlands1–0Norway Rosenborg
Amoah 19'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)
Odense Denmark2–2England Aston Villa
Sidwell 25' (o.g.)
Møller Christensen 90'		 Carew 7'
Laursen 76'
Attendance: 11,393
Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)
Elfsborg Sweden1–0Latvia Riga
Avdić 18'
Attendance: 3,351

Second leg
Deportivo La Coruña Spain1–0Israel Bnei Sakhnin
Valerón 40'
Attendance: 9,323

Deportivo La Coruña won 3–1 on aggregate.

Napoli Italy1–0Greece Panionios
Hamšík 65'
Attendance: 54,137

Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.

Braga Portugal3–0Turkey Sivasspor
Matheus 45'
Linz 57'
Aguiar 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,014
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.

Chernomorets Burgas Bulgaria0–1Switzerland Grasshopper Zürich
Bobadilla 53'
Attendance: 250

Grasshopper Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.

Stuttgart Germany3–0 (a.e.t.)Russia Saturn Moscow Oblast
Šimák 82'
Marica 107', 110'
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Vaslui Romania2–0Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
Burdujan 30'
Temwanjera 38'		 Report
Attendance: 3,574

Vaslui won 3–2 on aggregate.

Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine1–0 (a.e.t.)France Rennes
Gigiadze 71'
Penalties
Halyuza soccer ball with check mark
Holaydo soccer ball with check mark
Donets' soccer ball with red X
Gigiadze soccer ball with check mark
Ljubenović soccer ball with red X
Zborovskyi soccer ball with check mark
Ilnytskyi soccer ball with check mark
Alunderis soccer ball with check mark
Hajduczek soccer ball with check mark
Kovpak soccer ball with check mark
Dikan soccer ball with check mark
Halyuza soccer ball with red X		 9–10 soccer ball with check mark Leroy
soccer ball with check mark Pagis
soccer ball with red X Thomert
soccer ball with red X Lemoine
soccer ball with check mark Hansson
soccer ball with check mark Sorlin
soccer ball with check mark Fanni
soccer ball with check mark Danzé
soccer ball with check mark Echiéjilé
soccer ball with check mark Dembélé
soccer ball with check mark Douchez
soccer ball with check mark Leroy
Attendance: 15,000

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

Budapest Honvéd Hungary1–2Austria Sturm Graz
Smiljanić 8' Beichler 72'
Haas 77'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Alan Kelly (England)

Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rosenborg Norway2–0Netherlands NAC Breda
Stoor 34'
Iversen 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,815

Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Aston Villa England1–0Denmark Odense
A. Young 50'
Attendance: 34,394

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Riga Latvia0–0Sweden Elfsborg
Attendance: 1,500

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Winners

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:

See also

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

References
  1. "Intertoto Cup 2008". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup – Result of the draws – Rounds 1, 2 and 3 – House of European Football, 21 april 2008, Nyon
  3. Vardar did not gain a UEFA licence
  4. "Cercle laat Intertoto-ticket aan G.Beerschot" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  5. "El Deportivo no cumplió con su parte, pero estará en la Intertoto" (in Spanish). as.com. 2008-05-18.
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