Founded:1971Region: Europe (UEFA)Number of teams: 80 (First round)
+8 clubs join after Champions League group stage[1]
157 (Total)Current champions:
Zenit St. PetersburgHistoryPrevious seasons / Winners* 2007 - 2008 Zenit St. Petersburg
* 2006 - 2007 Sevilla FC
* 2005 - 2006 Sevilla FC
* 2004 - 2005 PFC CSKA Moskva
* 2003 - 2004 Valencia CF
* 2002 - 2003 FC Porto
* 2001 - 2002 Feyenoord
* 2000 - 2001 Liverpool FC
* 1999 - 2000 Galatasaray AS
* 1998 - 1999 Parma FC
* 1997 - 1998 FC Internazionale Milano
* 1996 - 1997 FC Schalke 04
* 1995 - 1996 FC Bayern München
* 1994 - 1995 Parma FC
* 1993 - 1994 FC Internazionale Milano
* 1992 - 1993 Juventus
* 1991 - 1992 AFC Ajax
* 1990 - 1991 FC Internazionale Milano
* 1989 - 1990 Juventus
* 1988 - 1989 SSC Napoli
* 1987 - 1988 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
* 1986 - 1987 IFK Göteborg
* 1985 - 1986 Real Madrid CF
* 1984 - 1985 Real Madrid CF
* 1983 - 1984 Tottenham Hotspur FC
* 1982 - 1983 RSC Anderlecht
* 1981 - 1982 IFK Göteborg
* 1980 - 1981 Ipswich Town FC
* 1979 - 1980 Eintracht Frankfurt
* 1978 - 1979 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
* 1977 - 1978 PSV Eindhoven
* 1976 - 1977 Juventus
* 1975 - 1976 Liverpool FC
* 1974 - 1975 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
* 1973 - 1974 Feyenoord
* 1972 - 1973 Liverpool FC
* 1971 - 1972 Tottenham Hotspur FC
Qualification * Associations 1-6 each have 3 teams qualify
* Associations 7-8 each have 4 teams qualify
* Associations 9-15 each have 2 teams qualify
* Associations 16-21 each have 3 teams qualify
* Associations 22-37 and 39-50 have 2 teams qualify
* Associations 38,51,52 have 1 team qualify
* Association 53 (Montenegro) have 2 teams qualify
plus
* 3 UEFA Fair Play entries
* 11 Winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
* 16 Losers from the UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round
* 8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League Group Stage
First Qualifying Round: (74 teams) * 33 Cup-winners from associations 21-53
* 32 runners-up from associations 19-37, 39-50 and 53
* 6 third-place finishers from associations 16-21
* 3 entries through UEFA Fair Play
Cherno More
Bellinzona
Viking Stavanger
Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Vojvodina, Borac Čačak
Copenhagen, Brøndby IF, FC Midtjylland, FC Nordsjælland
Red Bull Salzburg, Austria Wien
Legia Warsaw, Lech Poznań
Győri ETO FC, Debreceni VSC
MŠK Žilina, Spartak Trnava
Slaven Belupo, Hajduk Split
APOEL, Omonia Nicosia
Kalmar, Djurgården
Interblock Ljubljana, FC Koper
Zrinjski Mostar, Široki Brijeg
Liepājas Metalurgs, Olimps
Sūduva, Vėtra Vilnius
Haka, Honka
Dacia Chişinău, Nistru Otaci
Cork City, St Patrick's Athletic
FC Zestaponi, WIT Georgia Tbilsi
FC Vaduz
Milano, Pelister
Hafnarfjarðar, Akranes
MTZ-RIPO, Gomel
Vllaznia Shkodër, KF Partizani
Flora Tallinn, TVMK Tallinn
Ararat Yerevan, Banants Yerevan
Khazar Lenkoran, Olimpik Baku
Tobol Kostanay, Shakhter Karagandy
Glentoran, Cliftonville
Bangor City, The New Saints
EB/Streymur, B36 Tórshavn
CS Grevenmacher, Racing
Birkirkara FC, Marsaxlokk FC
Sant Julià
A.C. Juvenes/Dogana
Mogren, Zeta
Manchester City
Hertha BSCSecond Qualifying Round: (64 teams) * 37 winners from the First Qualifying Round
* 6 Cup-winners from associations 15-20
* 7 third-place finishers from associations 9-15
* 3 runners-up from associations 16-18
* 11 entries from UEFA Intertoto Cup
FC Moscow
Queen of the South
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Gent
Slovan Liberec
Beşiktaş
AEK Athens, Aris Thessaloniki
Litex Lovech, Lokomotiv Sofia
Young Boys Berne, Zürich
Lillestrøm, Stabæk
Maccabi Netanya
Red Star BelgradeFirst Round: (80 teams) * 32 winners from the Second Qualifying Round
* 14 National cup-winners from associations 1-14
* 2 third-place finishers from associations 7-8
* 5 fourth-place finishers from associations 4-8
* 7 fifth-place finishers from associations 1-3, 5-8
* 2 sixth-place finishers from associations 1-2
* 2 League cup-winners from associations 3-4
* 16 entries from UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round
Valencia, Sevilla, Racing Santander
Portsmouth, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur
Milan, Sampdoria, Udinese
Nancy, Saint-Etienne, Paris St-Germain
Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund
Benfica, Marítimo, Vitória Setúbal
Rapid Bucharest, Dinamo Bucharest, Unirea Urziceni, Politehnica
Feyenoord, Ajax, Heerenveen, NEC
CSKA Moscow
Motherwell
Metalist Kharkiv
Club Brugge
Baník Ostrava
KayserisporGroup Stage: (40 teams)40 winners from the First RoundKnockout Round: (32 teams) * 24 top-three finishers from the Group Stage
* 8 entries from UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Round and draw dates 1 July 2008 Draw for first qualifying round
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17 July 2008 First qualifying round, first leg
31 July 2008 First qualifying round, second leg
1 August 2008 Draw for second qualifying round
14 August 2008 Second qualifying round, first leg
28 August 2008 Second qualifying round, second leg
29 August 2008 Draw for first round
18 September 2008 First round, first leg
2 October 2008 First round, second leg
7 October 2008 Draw for group stage
23 October 2008 Group stage, Matchday 1
6 November 2008 Group stage, Matchday 2
27 November 2008 Group stage, Matchday 3
3 - 4 December 2008 Group stage, Matchday 4
17 - 18 December 2008 Group stage, Matchday 5
19 December 2008 Draw for Round of 32 and Round of 16
18 - 19 February 2009 Round of 32, first leg
26 February 2009 Round of 32, second leg
12 March 2009 Round of 16, first leg
18 - 19 March 2009 Round of 16, second leg
20 March 2009 Draw for remaining rounds
9 April 2009 Quarter-finals, first leg
16 April 2009 Quarter-finals, second leg
30 April 2009 Semi-finals, first leg
7 May 2009 Semi-finals, second leg
20 May 2009 Final in Istanbul, Turkey
FinаlŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Kadıköy, İstanbul, Turkey
Broke ground 1907
Opened 1907
1999 to 2006
Tenants Fenerbahçe SK
Capacity 50,509
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