2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage

The group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper.^[1] The draw took place on 7 October 2008 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[2] Group stage matches began on 23 October 2008 and concluded on 18 December 2008.^[3] The top three teams in each group progressed to the Round of 32, to be joined by the eight third-place finishers from the Champions League group stage.^[4]

Teams

The following teams qualified for the group stage:^[5]

Key to colours
Group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advanced to round of 32

Pot 1 Team Coeff. Milan 119.934 Sevilla 102.837 Valencia 83.837 Benfica 77.176 Schalke 04 67.078 CSKA Moscow 59.437 Tottenham Hotspur 55.996 Hamburger SV 52.078

Pot 2 Team Coeff. VfB Stuttgart 52.078 Ajax 51.610 Olympiacos 51.525 Deportivo La Coruña 46.837 Club Brugge 41.810 Spartak Moscow 40.437 Paris Saint-Germain 37.380 Heerenveen 35.610

Pot 3 Team Coeff. Rosenborg 35.400 Udinese 34.934 Feyenoord 33.610 Braga 33.176 Slavia Prague 31.496 Manchester City 30.996 Galatasaray 30.469 Sampdoria 28.934

Pot 4 Team Coeff. Hertha BSC 27.078 Partizan 25.527 Nancy 25.380 Portsmouth 24.996 Aston Villa 24.996 Racing Santander 24.837 Copenhagen 23.748 Dinamo Zagreb 17.836

Pot 5 Team Coeff. Saint-Étienne 17.380 VfL Wolfsburg 16.078 Standard Liège 14.810 Twente 14.610 NEC 12.610 Metalist Kharkiv 10.932 Lech Poznań 6.973 Žilina 4.070

Pot 1 contained teams ranked between 2 and 39: Pot 2 held teams ranked 40 to 71, Pot 3 held teams ranked 72 to 88, and Pot 4 teams ranked 91 to 122 together with unranked teams from England and Spain.^[6] Pot 5 held the remaining teams.

Dinamo Zagreb, and all the Pot 5 teams, had beaten higher-ranked teams in the first round. Lech Poznań and Žilina had also beaten higher-ranked teams in the Second Qualifying Round. Seven of the eight teams in Pot 5 qualified for the Round of 32, Žilina being the only exception. In contrast, only five of the eight teams in Pot 1 managed to do the same, as Sevilla, Benfica and Schalke 04 were eliminated.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:^[1]

1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. higher number of goals scored away;
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.

Groups

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MC	TWE	PSG	RSA	SCH
1	Manchester City	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–2	0–0	—	—
2	Twente	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	6			—	—	—	1–0	2–1
3	Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	5			—	4–0	—	2–2	—
4	Racing Santander	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5			3–1	—	—	—	1–1
5	Schalke 04	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4			0–2	—	3–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

18:15

Schalke 04	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain
Mabiala 12' (o.g.) Kurányi 39' Altıntop 70'	Report	Chantôme 90+2'

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 48,919

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:00

Twente	1–0	Racing Santander
Denneboom 7'	Report

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:45

Racing Santander	1–1	Schalke 04
Tchité 57'	Report	Engelaar 61'

Estadio El Sardinero, Santander

Attendance: 15,505

Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Manchester City	3–2	Twente
Wright-Phillips 2' Robinho 57' Benjani 62'	Report	Elia 17' Wielaert 65'

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 21,247

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

19:00

Schalke 04	0–2	Manchester City
	Report	Benjani 32' Ireland 66'

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 54,142

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

20:45

Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Racing Santander
Kežman 5' Luyindula 32'	Report	Traoré 40' (o.g.) Colsa 55'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

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3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Manchester City	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report

City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 25,626

Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

20:45

Twente	2–1	Schalke 04
Wielaert 3' Perez 55'	Report	Asamoah 77'

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

20:45

Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Twente
Luyindula 8', 86' Sessègnon 23' Kežman 84'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Iain Brines (Scotland)

18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

20:45

Racing Santander	3–1	Manchester City
Pereira 20' Serrano 30' Valera 54'	Report	Caicedo 90+2'

Estadio El Sardinero, Santander

Attendance: 18,360

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MET	GAL	OLY	HER	BEN
1	Metalist Kharkiv	4	3	1	0	3	0	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	1–0	0–0	—
2	Galatasaray	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9			0–1	—	1–0	—	—
3	Olympiacos	4	2	0	2	9	3	+6	6			—	—	—	4–0	5–1
4	Hertha BSC	4	0	2	2	1	6	−5	2			—	0–1	—	—	1–1
5	Benfica	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1			0–1	0–2	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:15 (21:15 UTC+3)

Galatasaray	1–0	Olympiacos
Kewell 25'	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 23,500

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:30

Hertha BSC	1–1	Benfica
Pantelić 74'	Report	Di María 51'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 26,144

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Metalist Kharkiv	0–0	Hertha BSC
	Report

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:30 (19:30 UTC+0)

Benfica	0–2	Galatasaray
	Report	Aşık 51' Karan 69'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+2)

Galatasaray	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv
	Report	Edmar 81'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

19:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Olympiacos	5–1	Benfica
Galletti 1' Patsatzoglou 17' Diogo 24', 53' Belluschi 44'	Report	David Luiz 33'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 30,185

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

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3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Olympiacos
Edmar 88'	Report

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

20:45

Hertha BSC	0–1	Galatasaray
	Report	Baroš 69' (pen.)

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 62,612

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

19:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Olympiacos	4–0	Hertha BSC
Dudu 55' Galletti 68' (pen.) Torosidis 87' Diogo 88'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 30,063

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Benfica	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv
	Report	Rykun 84'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 9,570

Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STD	STU	SAM	SEV	PTZ
1	Standard Liège	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	3–0	1–0	—
2	VfB Stuttgart	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7			3–0	—	—	—	2–0
3	Sampdoria	4	2	1	1	4	5	−1	7			—	1–1	—	1–0	—
4	Sevilla	4	2	0	2	5	2	+3	6			—	2–0	—	—	3–0
5	Partizan	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0			0–1	—	1–2	—	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:45

Sevilla	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Romaric 15' Renato 16'	Report

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

21:00

Partizan	1–2	Sampdoria
Diarra 34'	Report	Bonazzoli 20' Dessena 55'

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 23,780

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

18:00

VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Partizan
Gómez 77', 80'	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:45

Standard Liège	1–0	Sevilla
Mbokani 38'	Report

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

20:45

Sampdoria	1–1	VfB Stuttgart
Sammarco 39'	Report	Marica 8'

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

20:45

Partizan	0–1	Standard Liège
	Report	De Camargo 36'

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 14,210

Referee: Mike Dean (England)

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3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

20:45

Standard Liège	3–0	Sampdoria
De Camargo 23' Onyewu 35' Jovanović 43'	Report

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 26,833

Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

20:45

Sevilla	3–0	Partizan
Luís Fabiano 32' (pen.), 73' Renato 46'	Report

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

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18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

20:45

Sampdoria	1–0	Sevilla
Bottinelli 75'	Report

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

20:45

VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Standard Liège
Khedira 5' Hilbert 49' Marica 72'	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UDI	TOT	NEC	SPA	DZ
1	Udinese	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	—	—	2–1
2	Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7			—	—	—	2–2	4–0
3	NEC	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6			2–0	0–1	—	—	—
4	Spartak Moscow	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4			1–2	—	1–2	—	—
5	Dinamo Zagreb	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3			—	—	3–2	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

19:10

Udinese	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Di Natale 24' (pen.) Pepe 86'	Report

Stadio Friuli, Udine

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:45

Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	NEC
Mandžukić 3' Balaban 81' Vrdoljak 84'	Report	Carlos 24' (o.g.) Janssen 78'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Spartak Moscow	1–2	Udinese
Rodríguez 17'	Report	Quagliarella 12', 60' (pen.)

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)

Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Bent 30', 33', 70' Huddlestone 59'	Report

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 16,295

Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

19:00

NEC	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report	O'Hara 14'

Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

20:45

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Spartak Moscow
	Report	Saenko 75'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

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3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Spartak Moscow	1–2	NEC
Covalciuc 2'	Report	Van Beukering 84' Schöne 87'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

3 December 2008 (2008-12-03)

18:00

Udinese	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Quagliarella 5' Obodo 79'	Report	Bišćan 90+3'

Stadio Friuli, Udine

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

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18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

20:45

NEC	2–0	Udinese
John 75' Van Beukering 78'	Report

Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Radek Matejek (Czech Republic)

18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Spartak Moscow
Modrić 67' Huddlestone 74'	Report	Dzyuba 23', 33'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 28,906

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WOL	ACM	BRA	POR	HVN
1	VfL Wolfsburg	4	3	1	0	13	7	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	—	3–2	5–1
2	Milan	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8			2–2	—	1–0	—	—
3	Braga	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6			2–3	—	—	3–0	—
4	Portsmouth	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4			—	2–2	—	—	3–0
5	Heerenveen	4	0	0	4	3	13	−10	0			—	1–3	1–2	—	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:45

Heerenveen	1–3	Milan
Pranjić 86' (pen.)	Report	Jong-a-Pin 19' (o.g.) Gattuso 23' Inzaghi 69'

Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

Attendance: 25,600

Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

21:15 (20:15 UTC+1)

Braga	3–0	Portsmouth
Aguiar 8' Rentería 46' Alan 87'	Report

Estádio AXA, Braga

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

19:45

VfL Wolfsburg	5–1	Heerenveen
Džeko 34', 61' Grafite 39' Misimović 53' Krzynówek 71'	Report	Väyrynen 31'

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 15,615

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:45

Milan	1–0	Braga
Ronaldinho 90+3'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 10,608

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

21:05 (20:05 UTC+0)

Portsmouth	2–2	Milan
Kaboul 62' Kanu 73'	Report	Ronaldinho 84' Inzaghi 90+2'

Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Attendance: 20,403

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

22:30 (21:30 UTC+0)

Braga	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg
Barzagli 6' (o.g.) Meyong 49'	Report	Džeko 24' Misimović 83' (pen.), 90+4'

Estádio AXA, Braga

Attendance: 7,294

Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)

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4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45

VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Portsmouth
Džeko 3' Gentner 23' Misimović 74'	Report	Defoe 11' Mvuemba 14'

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 21,015

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45

Heerenveen	1–2	Braga
Sibon 19'	Report	Rentería 35' Aguiar 56'

Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

Attendance: 25,500

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

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17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Portsmouth	3–0	Heerenveen
Crouch 40', 42' Hreiðarsson 90'	Report

Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Attendance: 19,612

Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45

Milan	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
Ambrosini 17' Pato 56'	Report	Zaccardo 56' Sağlık 81'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 5,420

Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HSV	AJA	AST	ZIL	SLA
1	Hamburger SV	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–1	3–1	—	—
2	Ajax	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7			—	—	—	1–0	2–2
3	Aston Villa	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6			—	2–1	—	1–2	—
4	Žilina	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4			1–2	—	—	—	0–0
5	Slavia Prague	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2			0–2	—	0–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

18:30

Žilina	1–2	Hamburger SV
Rilke 69'	Report	Petrić 15' Olić 45+1'

Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 9,871

Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

21:15 (20:15 UTC+1)

Aston Villa	2–1	Ajax
Laursen 8' Barry 45'	Report	Vermaelen 22'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 36,657

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:30

Ajax	1–0	Žilina
Suárez 41'	Report

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 24,200

Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:45

Slavia Prague	0–1	Aston Villa
	Report	Carew 26'

Synot Tip Arena, Prague

Attendance: 20,322

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

18:30

Žilina	0–0	Slavia Prague
	Report

Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 8,789

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

21:00

Hamburger SV	0–1	Ajax
	Report	Leonardo 77'

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

Attendance: 51,200

Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

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4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45

Slavia Prague	0–2	Hamburger SV
	Report	Olić 30' Petrić 90+4' (pen.)

Synot Tip Arena, Prague

Attendance: 17,368

Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Aston Villa	1–2	Žilina
Delfouneso 28'	Report	Leitner 16' Štyvar 19'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 28,797

Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

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17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45

Hamburger SV	3–1	Aston Villa
Petrić 18' Olić 30', 57'	Report	Delfouneso 83'

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

Attendance: 49,121

Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45

Ajax	2–2	Slavia Prague
Vertonghen 4' Suárez 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Černý 13' Jarolím 41'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 30,116

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STE	VAL	FCK	BRU	ROS
1	Saint-Étienne	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	—	—	3–0
2	Valencia	4	1	3	0	8	4	+4	6			—	—	1–1	1–1	—
3	Copenhagen	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5			1–3	—	—	—	1–1
4	Club Brugge	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3			1–1	—	0–1	—	—
5	Rosenborg	4	0	2	2	1	8	−7	2			—	0–4	—	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:45

Copenhagen	1–3	Saint-Étienne
Santin 59' (pen.)	Report	Gomis 2' Perrin 37' Payet 65'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 17,187

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:45

Rosenborg	0–0	Club Brugge
	Report

Lerkendal stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 12,166

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

20:45

Saint-Étienne	3–0	Rosenborg
Ilan 59' Machado 63' Mirallas 76'	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 24,006

Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

21:30

Valencia	1–1	Copenhagen
Morientes 61'	Report	Santin 85'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

20:45

Club Brugge	1–1	Saint-Étienne
Vargas 50'	Report	Gigliotti 44'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 21,381

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

20:45

Rosenborg	0–4	Valencia
	Report	Mata 21' Hernández 76' Baraja 88' Joaquín 90'

Lerkendal stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 14,549

Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

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4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45

Valencia	1–1	Club Brugge
Žigić 60'	Report	Alcaraz 18'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45

Copenhagen	1–1	Rosenborg
Antonsson 85'	Report	Iversen 33'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 18,184

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45

Club Brugge	0–1	Copenhagen
	Report	Santin 58'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 22,169

Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45

Saint-Étienne	2–2	Valencia
Ilan 29', 44'	Report	Morientes 32' Žigić 72'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CSK	DEP	LPO	NAN	FEY
1	CSKA Moscow	4	4	0	0	12	5	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–1	—	—
2	Deportivo La Coruña	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7			—	—	—	1–0	3–0
3	Lech Poznań	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5			—	1–1	—	2–2	—
4	Nancy	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	4			3–4	—	—	—	3–0
5	Feyenoord	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0			1–3	—	0–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

CSKA Moscow	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña
Dzagoev 9', 12' Vágner Love 61'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 13,060

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)

20:45

Nancy	3–0	Feyenoord
Zerka 47' Féret 53' Hélder Maurílio 84'	Report

Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine

Attendance: 11,512

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

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6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

18:15

Lech Poznań	2–2	Nancy
Peszko 5' Štilić 22'	Report	Malonga 10' Zerka 81'

Stadion Miejski, Poznań

Attendance: 21,601

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06)

19:30

Feyenoord	1–3	CSKA Moscow
Van Bronckhorst 29'	Report	Van Bronckhorst 14' (o.g.) Vágner Love 40', 81'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

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27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

CSKA Moscow	2–1	Lech Poznań
Dzagoev 31' Zhirkov 45+1'	Report	Štilić 66'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

21:00

Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	Feyenoord
Lopo 30' Hofland 50' (o.g.) Guardado 51'	Report

Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

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4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45

Lech Poznań	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña
Rengifo 42'	Report	Colotto 2'

Stadion Miejski, Poznań

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

20:45

Nancy	3–4	CSKA Moscow
Zerka 5' Féret 72' Camerling 79'	Report	Vágner Love 23', 62', 88' Ramón 33'

Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine

Attendance: 14,074

Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

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17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45

Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Nancy
Bodipo 74'	Report

Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)

20:45

Feyenoord	0–1	Lech Poznań
	Report	Đurđević 26'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

Notes

1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 25 October 2008 (matchday 1), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchdays 2–5).