# 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage

The 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage began on 19 October and ended on 14 December 2006. Forty teams were divided into eight groups, with the top three teams of each group advancing to the knockout stage.

## Teams

The group stage draw took place on 3 October 2006 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The forty teams were divided into five pots of eight teams based on the UEFA club coefficient rankings.
* Key to colours
* Group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advanced to round of 32
Pot 1 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Sevilla | 61.006 |
| Newcastle United | 75.950 |
| Panathinaikos | 66.587 |
| Parma | 63.020 |
| Ajax | 60.640 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 57.960 |
| Feyenoord | 54.640 |
| Auxerre | 53.757 |
Pot 2 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Club Brugge | 49.981 |
| Basel | 49.537 |
| AZ | 48.640 |
| Sparta Prague | 44.769 |
| Rangers | 43.023 |
| Celta Vigo | 43.006 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 41.757 |
| Lens | 39.757 |
Pot 3 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Beşiktaş | 38.634 |
| Palermo | 36.020 |
| Espanyol | 33.006 |
| Heerenveen | 30.640 |
| Partizan | 30.600 |
| Rapid București | 30.381 |
| Wisła Kraków | 29.104 |
| Slovan Liberec | 28.769 |
Pot 4 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Fenerbahçe | 28.634 |
| Austria Wien | 27.723 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26.108 |
| Osasuna | 25.006 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 23.950 |
| Grasshopper | 23.537 |
| Dinamo București | 22.381 |
| Livorno | 22.020 |
Pot 5 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 20.950 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 19.108 |
| Braga | 17.533 |
| Nancy | 16.757 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 15.960 |
| Zulte Waregem | 9.981 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 8.769 |
| Odense | 8.593 |
Notes
* $^{TH}$ Title holders

## 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:
* superior goal difference from all group matches played;
* higher number of goals scored;
* higher number of goals scored away;
* higher number of wins;
* higher number of away wins;
* higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

## Groups

All times are CET, as listed by UEFA.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAN | MHA | LIV | AUX | PTZ |
| 1 | Rangers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Livorno | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Auxerre | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Partizan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | DB | LEV | BJK | BRU |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | — | — | 3–1 |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | | 0–2 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | SEV | BRA | LIB | GRA |
| 1 | AZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | — |
| 2 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Braga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Slovan Liberec | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | — | 0–0 | — | — | 4–1 |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | | 2–5 | 0–4 | — | — | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | OSA | LEN | ODE | HVN |
| 1 | Parma | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–3 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 2 | Osasuna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Lens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Odense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | | — | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BLB | NAN | FEY | WIS | BSL |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Nancy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | — | 3–1 | — |
| 4 | Wisła Kraków | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| 5 | Basel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | AJX | ZWA | PRA | AUS |
| 1 | Espanyol | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 6–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | — |
| 4 | Sparta Prague | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | | — | — | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAN | PSG | HTA | RAP | MLA |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 4–0 | — | 2–4 | — | — |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Rapid București | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEW | CEL | FEN | PAL | EIN |
| 1 | Newcastle United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Celta Vigo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| 4 | Palermo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | | 0–0 | — | — | 1–2 | — |