UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

Standard division of the clubs into three groups. In 2007 there were three deviations from this breakdown.

For the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup , 50 nations were each allowed to send one team into the competition. Eleven places were played in three rounds for the second qualifying round of the 2007/08 UEFA Cup .

The associations Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino do not have a regular place in the UI Cup. Andorra lost its regular place from 2006 to the new, 53rd Association of Montenegro, as UEFA still only tolerates 50 participants in the UI Cup. After Scotland and Norway decided not to participate, the two vacancies were reassigned by UEFA. According to the statutes, an association may field a maximum of one second participant in such a case. Andorra got a starting place, and Romania was allowed to offer a second participant.

The associations that occupy the top places in the UEFA five-year ranking only entered the competition later. The ranking positions one to eight only play the final third round, those of the positions nine to 22 play the second and third round. Seats that become free due to the waiver are filled according to the ranking list, so that additional starters generally play in the first round (this rule was deviated from in 2006 when Italy voluntarily withdrew its UI Cup participation at very short notice due to the league scandal there, and AJ Auxerre ( FRA) just like Olympique Marseille (FRA) only had to play the third UI Cup round).

In order to keep travel costs down for the clubs, all teams have been divided into three groups according to geographical and logistical reasons: Northern Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe. In order to compensate for the uneven number of participants in the groups, the following changes applied to the 2007 competition: Luxembourg (from round 1) and Greece (from round 3) belonged to Central Europe and Poland (from round 2) belonged to Northern Europe.

First round

The first UI Cup round took place on 23/24. June (first leg) and on June 30/1. July (second leg).

	total		First leg	Return leg
Northern Europe
Cliftonville FC	2: 1	Dinaburg Daugavpils	1: 1	1-0
Hammarby IF	3: 1	KÍ Klaksvík	1-0	2: 1
FC Honka Espoo	4: 2	FC TVMK Tallinn	0-0	4: 2
Valur Reykjavík	1: 2	Cork City FC	0: 2	1-0
Vėtra Vilnius	( a ) 6: 6(a)	AFC Llanelli	3: 1	3: 5
Central Europe
Tobol Qostanai	3: 2	FC Sestaponi	3-0	0: 2
FK Shakhtsor Salihorsk	4: 3	FC Ararat Yerevan	4: 1	0: 2
FK Baku	2: 2 (1: 3 i.E.)	FC Dacia Chișinău	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
FC Differdange 03	0: 5	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	0: 2	0: 3
Southern Europe
Gloria Bistrița	3: 2	FK Grbalj Radanovići	2: 1	1: 1
NK Zagreb	(a)2: 2 ( a )	KS Vllaznia Shkodra	2: 1	0: 1
Ethnikos Achnas	1: 2	Macedonia Skopje	1-0	0: 2
FC Birkirkara	1: 5	NK Maribor	0: 3	1: 2
UE Sant Julià	4: 6	FK Slavija Sarajevo	2: 3	2: 3

Second round

The second UI Cup round took place on 7./8. July (first leg) and July 14/15. July (second leg).

	total		First leg	Return leg
Northern Europe
FC Honka Espoo	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Aalborg BK	2: 2	1: 1
Vėtra Vilnius	3-0	Legia Warsaw	3: 0 ( 1 )
KAA Gent	6-0	Cliftonville FC	2-0	4-0
Cork City FC	1: 2	Hammarby IF	1: 1	0: 1
Central Europe
FC Dacia Chișinău	1: 1 (3: 0 in good condition)	FC St. Gallen	0: 1	1: 0 a.d.
Zalaegerszegi TE FC	0: 5	Rubin Kazan	0: 3	0: 2
SK Rapid Vienna	3: 2	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	3: 1	0: 1
Chornomorets Odessa	6: 2	FK Shakhtsor Salihorsk	4: 2	2-0
Tobol Qostanai	3: 1	Slovan Liberec	1: 1	2-0
Southern Europe
FK Slavija Sarajevo	0: 3	Oțelul Galați	0-0	0: 3
Macedonia Skopje	0: 7	Cherno More Varna	0: 4	0: 3
NK Maribor	2: 5	FK Hajduk Kula	2-0	0: 5
Trabzonspor	10-0	KS Vllaznia Shkodra	6-0	4-0
Maccabi Haifa	2: 2 (2: 3 i.E.)	Gloria Bistrița	0: 2	2: 0 a.d.

¹ The game was abandoned and Vėtra Vilnius scored 3-0, as hundreds of Legia Warsaw supporters stormed the pitch during half-time (score 2-0) and fought with the police. Legia Warsaw was later excluded from the current and one other international competition by UEFA.

Third round

The third UI Cup round took place on 21./22. July (first leg) and July 28/29. July (second leg). The 11 teams that emerged victorious took part in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Northern Europe
Vėtra Vilnius	0: 6	Blackburn Rovers	0: 2	0: 4
Hammarby IF	( a ) 1: 1(a)	FC Utrecht	0-0	1: 1
KAA Gent	2: 3	Aalborg BK	1: 1	1: 2
Central Europe
Tobol Qostanai	2-0	OFI Crete	1-0	1-0
FC Dacia Chișinău	1: 5	Hamburger SV	1: 1	0: 4
Chornomorets Odessa	1: 3	RC Lens	0-0	1: 3
SK Rapid Vienna	3: 1	Rubin Kazan	3: 1	0-0
Southern Europe
FK Hajduk Kula	2: 4	União Leiria	1-0	1: 4 a.d.
Cherno More Varna	0: 2	Sampdoria Genoa	0: 1	0: 1
Gloria Bistrița	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Atlético Madrid	2: 1	0: 1
Oțelul Galați	4: 2	Trabzonspor	2: 1	2: 1

Because Hamburger SV came the furthest of the winning teams in the third round of the 2007/08 UEFA Cup (round of 16), it was declared the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup winner.

Goal scorers

	Gates	Surname	country	society
1	4th	Steffen Hofmann	Germany	SK Rapid Vienna
	4th	Ersen Martin	Turkey	Trabzonspor
	4th	Adekanmi Olufade	Togo	KAA Gent
	4th	Vitaly Volkov	Russia	Rubin Kazan
5	3	Ruslan Baltiev	Kazakhstan	Tobol Qostanai
	3	Igor Bugaev	Moldova	Chornomorets Odessa
	3	Dominic Foley	Ireland	KAA Gent
	3	Rhys Griffiths	Wales	AFC Llanelli
	3	Emil Jula	Romania	Oțelul Galați
	3	Dimitar Makriev	Bulgaria	NK Maribor
	3	Jami Puustinen	Finland	FC Honka Espoo
	3	Dorel Zaharia	Romania	Gloria Bistrița

See also

• 2007/08 UEFA Champions League
• 2007/08 UEFA Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/uefa-cup-regions.html Map of the three regions (English)

Web links

• Results on RSSSF.com