2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup

The UEFA Women's Cup 2008–09 is the eighth edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament (since rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League), the most important trophy in European club football. The first qualifying round started on 4 September 2008 and the final over two legs was held on 16 and 22 May 2009. Duisburg defeated Zvezda Perm 7–1 on aggregate to claim their first UEFA Cup title.^[2]

2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup

Tournament details
Dates	4 September 2008 – 22 May 2009[1]
Teams	43 (from 43 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Duisburg (1st title)
Runners-up	Zvezda Perm
Tournament statistics
Matches played	68
Goals scored	435 (6.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (14)
← 2007–08 2009–10 → All statistics correct as of 18 June 2009.

Teams

Second qualifying round
Frankfurt (TH, CH)	Duisburg (RU)	Umeå (CH)	Arsenal (CH)
Lyon (CH)	Brøndby (CH)	Bardolino (CH)
First qualifying round
Zvezda 2005 Perm (CH)	Røa (CH)	Valur (CH)	AZ (CH)
Universitet Vitebsk (CH)	Levante (CH)	Sparta Praha (CH)	Neulengbach (CH)
Tienen (CH)	Alma (CH)	AZS Wrocław (CH)	Naftokhimik (CH)
Zürich (CH)	Mašinac Niš (CH)	PAOK (CH)	Femina (CH)
Honka (CH)	ZNK-SFK 2000 (CH)	Narta Chişinău (CH)	Maccabi Holon (CH)
CFF Clujana (CH)	Glasgow City (CH)	1° Dezembro (CH)	NSA Sofia (CH)
ŽNK Krka (CH)	Slovan Duslo Sala (CH)	Cardiff City (CW)	Osijek (CH)
Gintra Universitetas (CH)	Skiponjat (CH)	KÍ Klaksvík (CH)	Glentoran (CH)
Galway (CW)	Levadia Tallinn (CH)	Vamos Idaliou (CH)	Iveria Khashuri (CH)

Qualifying round

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup qualifying round

First qualifying round

Group A1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZPE	GUN	FEM	KIK
1	Zvezda Perm	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	8–0	–	8–0
2	Gintra-Universitetas (H)	3	1	1	1	4	10	−6	4			–	—	2–0	–
3	Femina	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3			0–1	–	—	3–1
4	KÍ Klaksvík	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10	1			–	2–2	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group A2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GLA	AZ	MCN	NCH
1	Glasgow City	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	–	11–0
2	AZ	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7			1–1	—	4–1	–
3	Masinac Classic Niš (H)	3	1	0	2	16	9	+7	3			0–4	–	—	15–1
4	Narta Chişinău	3	0	0	3	1	33	−32	0			–	0–7	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group A3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEV	SPR	TIE	SKI
1	Levante	3	2	1	0	18	2	+16	7	Advance to second qualifying round		—	0–0	–	9–0
2	Sparta Prague	3	2	1	0	12	0	+12	7			–	—	3–0	9–0
3	Tienen	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	3			2–9	–	—	–
4	Skiponjat (H)	3	0	0	3	2	26	−24	0			–	–	2–8	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group A4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RØA	HON	NSA	IVE
1	Røa (H)	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Advance to second qualifying round		—	2–0	–	w/o
2	Honka Espoo	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3			–	—	6–0	–
3	NSA Sofia	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0			0–7	–	—	w/o
4	Iveria Khashuri (W)	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0			–	w/o	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts; (W) Withdrew

Group A5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	MHO	SDŠ	CAR
1	Valur	3	3	0	0	23	3	+20	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	6–2	8–1
2	Maccabi Holon	3	1	1	1	3	11	−8	4			0–9	—	1–1	–
3	Slovan Šaľa (H)	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2			–	–	—	0–0
4	Cardiff City	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1			–	1–2	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group A6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALM	CLU	OSI	GLE
1	Alma	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	3–1	8–0
2	Clujana	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6			1–3	—	–	6–0
3	Osijek (H)	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1			–	1–3	—	–
4	Glentoran	3	0	1	2	1	15	−14	1			–	–	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group A7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NEU	DEZ	KRK	VID
1	Neulengbach (H)	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	6–0	8–0
2	1.º de Dezembro	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4			0–4	—	–	7–1
3	KRKA Novo Mesto	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4			–	1–1	—	–
4	Vamos Idaliou	3	0	0	3	1	24	−23	0			–	–	0–9	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group A8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAF	WRO	PAOK	LTA
1	Naftokhimik	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	1–0	–
2	AZS Wrocław (H)	3	2	0	1	8	1	+7	6			0–1	—	–	4–0
3	PAOK	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3			–	0–4	—	3–0
4	Levadia Tallinn	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0			1–2	–	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group A9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZUR	GAL	UVI	SFK
1	Zürich	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to second qualifying round		—	–	–	3–2
2	Galway	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4			0–2	—	–	–
3	Universitet Vitebsk	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4			1–1	0–2	—	–
4	SFK Sarajevo (H)	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1			–	0–0	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Second qualifying round

Group B1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZPE	FRA	RØA	GLA
1	Zvezda Perm	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to quarter-finals		—	–	–	1–0
2	Frankfurt	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6			0–1	—	3–1	–
3	Røa (H)	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3			1–3	–	—	–
4	Glasgow City	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0			–	1–3	1–6	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group B2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UME	BAR	VAL	ALM
1	Umeå (H)	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Advance to quarter-finals		—	–	5–1	6–0
2	Bardolino	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6			0–4	—	–	2–1
3	Valur	3	1	0	2	11	8	+3	3			–	2–3	—	–
4	Alma	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0			–	–	0–8	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group B3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LYO	ARS	NEU	ZUR
1	Lyon (H)	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Advance to quarter-finals		—	3–0	8–0	–
2	Arsenal	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6			–	—	6–0	7–2
3	Neulengbach	3	1	0	2	5	17	−12	3			–	–	—	5–3
4	Zürich	3	0	0	3	6	19	−13	0			1–7	–	–	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Group B4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DUI	BRØ	LEV	NAF
1	Duisburg	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Advance to quarter-finals		—	4–1	–	5–1
2	Brøndby	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6			–	—	1–0	5–1
3	Levante	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3			0–5	–	—	–
4	Naftokhimik (H)	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0			–	–	1–4	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup knockout phase

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Brøndby	2	1	3
	Zvezda Perm	4	3	7
							Zvezda Perm	2	2	4
							Umeå	0	2	2
	Arsenal	3	0	3
	Umeå	2	6	8
													Zvezda Perm	0	1	1
													Duisburg	6	1	7
	Bardolino	0	1	1
	Lyon	5	4	9
							Lyon	1	1	2
							Duisburg	1	3	4
	Frankfurt	1	0	1
	Duisburg	3	2	5

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brøndby	3–7	Zvezda Perm	2–4	1–3
Arsenal	3–8	Umeå	3–2	0–6
Bardolino	1–9	Lyon	0–5	1–4
Frankfurt	1–5	Duisburg	1–3	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zvezda Perm	4–2	Umeå	2–0	2–2
Lyon	2–4	Duisburg	1–1	1–3

Finals

Main article: 2009 UEFA Women's Cup final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zvezda Perm	1–7	Duisburg	0–6	1–1

16 May 2009 (2009-05-16)

17:45 (CET)

Zvezda Perm	0–6	Duisburg
	Report	Maes 42', 82' Grings 64' (pen.), 84', 90+1' Bajramaj 70'

Central Stadium, Kazan

Attendance: 700

Referee: Claudine Brohet

22 May 2009 (2009-05-22)

19:30 (CET)

Duisburg	1–1	Zvezda Perm
Krahn 45'	Report	Apanaschenko 25'

MSV-Arena,^[1], Duisburg

Attendance: 28,112

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist

Duisburg won 7–1 on aggregate

UEFA Women's Cup 2008-09 winners
Duisburg First title

Top goalscorers

(excluding qualifying rounds)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Inka Grings	Duisburg	7
2	Marta	Umeå	4
3	Daryna Apanaschenko	Zvezda Perm	3
	Linda Bresonik	Duisburg	3
	Natalia Barbashina	Zvezda Perm	3
	Vera Djatel	Zvezda Perm	3
	Femke Maes	Duisburg	3