2006–07 UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup 2006-07 will be the 49th edition of the European UEFA Cup football club tournament. The final match will be played at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland on May 16, 2007.

Italian Match-Fixing Scandal

¹ Some Italian teams may be replaced depending on the results of the ongoing investigation into the country's current match-fixing scandal. Lazio, as well as three of Italy's four Champions League qualifiers (Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina), were formally indicted on 22 June.[1] On July 14, all four of the indicated clubs were penalized by an Italian court and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Results of the FIGC appeal were announced July 25. Palermo, Livorno, and Parma will represent Italy in the UEFA Cup.

Hellenic Football Federation

² FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of incompatibilities between Greek law and FIFA regulations. However, after the law was amended to address FIFA's objections, FIFA reinstated the HFF on 12 July.[2]

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NK Varteks	1-3	SK Tirana	1-1	0-2
KS Dinamo Tirana	1-5	PFC CSKA Sofia	0-1	1-4
FC Koper	0-6	PFC Litex Lovech	0-1	0-5
FK Sarajevo	5-0	FC Rànger's	3-0	2-0
HNK Orašje	0-7	NK Domžale	0-2	0-5
Hibernians F.C.	1-9	Dinamo Bucureşti	0-4	1-5
APOEL FC	7-1	S.S. Murata	3-1	4-0
NK Rijeka	3-4	AC Omonia	2-2	1-2
PFC Lokomotiv Sofia	3-1	FK Makedonija Gorce Petrov	2-0	1-1
FK Vardar	2-7	K.S.V. Roeselare	1-2	1-5
Rapid Bucureşti	6-0	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	5-0	1-0
Újpest FC	1-4	FC Vaduz	0-4	1-0
FC Zimbru Chişinău	3-2	FK Karabakh	1-1	2-1(aet)
FC MIKA	1-4	BSC Young Boys	1-3	0-1
Videoton FC Fehérvár	(a)2-2	FC Kairat Almaty	1-0	1-2
Zagłębie Lubin	1-1(a)	F.C. Dinamo Minsk	1-1	0-0
FK Karvan	2-0	FC Spartak Trnava	1-0	1-0
FC Ameri Tbilisi	(a)2-2	FC Banants	0-1	2-1
FC BATE	3-0	FC Nistru Otaci	2-0	1-0
FC Basel	3-1	FC Tobol	3-1	0-0
FC Artmedia Bratislava	3-2	FC WIT Georgia	2-0	1-2
HJK Helsinki	2-4	Drogheda United	1-1	1-3 (aet)
Brøndby IF	3-1	Valur	3-1	0-0
Gefle IF	1-2	Llanelli A.F.C.	1-2	0-0
Jeunesse Esch	0-5	Skonto FC	0-2	0-3
Åtvidabergs FF	7-0	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	4-0	3-0
FK Ventspils	4-1	GÍ Gøta	2-1	2-0
Glentoran F.C.	0-2	S.K. Brann	0-1	0-1
Randers FC	(a)2-2	ÍA Akranes	1-0	1-2
Portadown F.C.	1-4	FBK Kaunas	1-3	0-1
Rhyl F.C.	1-2	FK Sūduva	0-0	1-2
FC Levadia Tallinn	2-1	FC Haka	2-0	0-1
Skála ÍF	0-4	I.K. Start	0-1	0-3
F.C. Lyn Oslo	1-1(a)	FC Flora Tallinn	1-1	0-0
IFK Göteborg	0-2	Derry City F.C.	0-1	0-1

Second qualifying round

The matches will be held August 8 and 10 (first leg) and August 24 (second leg), 2006.

Team 1

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1st leg

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Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula²

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Roeselare

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Ethnikos Achna

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OFK Beograd²

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Auxerre

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Dinamo Bucharest

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Beitar Jerusalem¹

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FK Partizan²

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Maribor

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Sarajevo

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Rapid Bucharest

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Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv¹

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Lokomotiv Sofia

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Omonia

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Litex Lovech

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FC Sion

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Metalurh Zaporizhzhya

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BATE

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Kaunas

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Derry City³

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¹Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice.

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.^[1]

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

The draw for this round will be held on August 25, 2006 in Monaco. The matches will be held September 14 and September 28, 2006.

Teams that enter at this stage are:

48 other clubs will also enter the competition:
- The 32 winning clubs from the 2nd qualifying round will enter the first round.
- 16 unsuccessful teams from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round will also enter at this stage:
  - Spartak Moscow or Slovan Liberec
  - Shakhtar Donetsk or Legia Warszawa
  - Salzburg or Valencia
  - Levski Sofia or Chievo
  - Hearts or AEK Athens
  - CSKA Moscow or Ružomberok
  - A.C. Milan or Crvena Zvezda
  - Galatasaray or Mladá Boleslav
  - Standard Liège or Steaua Bucharest
  - Austria Vienna or Benfica
  - Dinamo Zagreb or Arsenal
  - Copenhagen or Ajax
  - Hamburg or Osasuna
  - Dynamo Kiev or Fenerbahçe
  - Liverpool or Maccabi Haifa
  - Lille or Rabotnicki

Seeded teams and teams from the same countries can not be drawn against each other. [3]

Group stage

The draw for this round will be held on October 3, 2006 at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The matchdays for this round will be October 19, November 2, November 23, November 29/November 30, and December 13/December 14, 2006.

Round of 32

The draw for this round will be held on December 15, 2006 at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches will be held February 14/February 15 and February 23, 2007.

8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage join the UEFA Cup at this stage.

Round of 16

The draw for this round will be held on December 15, 2006 at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The matches will be held March 8 and March 14/March 15, 2007.

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round will be held on March 16, 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland. The matches will be held April 5 and April 12, 2007.

Semi-finals

The draw for this round will be held on March 16, 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland. The matches will be held April 26 and May 3, 2007.

Final

The final will be held at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on May 16 2007.

References

^ UEFA Magazine - Farewell to Yugoslavia, by Aleksandar Bošković

External links

Official Site

[1] UEFA Magazine - Farewell to Yugoslavia, by Aleksandar Bošković

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