# 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round

The first round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup was played from 16 September to 2 October 2008, which narrowed clubs down to 40 teams in preparation for the group stage.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

## Teams

32 teams entered the tournament at the first round, along with the 32 winners from the previous round and the 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round.
* Key to colours
* Winners of first round advanced to group stage
| 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 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 52.078 |
| Ajax | 51.610 |
| Olympiacos | 51.525 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 46.837 |
| Everton | 43.996 |
| Club Brugge | 41.810 |
| Rapid București | 41.398 |
| Beşiktaş | 40.469 |
| Spartak Moscow | 40.437 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 37.380 |
| Sparta Prague | 36.496 |
| Dinamo București | 36.398 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Heerenveen | 35.610 |
| Rosenborg | 35.400 |
| Udinese | 34.934 |
| Feyenoord | 33.610 |
| Braga | 33.176 |
| Levski Sofia | 32.644 |
| Austria Wien | 31.840 |
| Slavia Prague | 31.496 |
| Manchester City | 30.996 |
| Galatasaray | 30.469 |
| Sampdoria | 28.934 |
| Hertha BSC | 27.078 |
| Partizan | 25.527 |
| Nancy | 25.380 |
| Aston Villa | 24.996 |
| Portsmouth | 24.996 |
| Racing Santander | 24.837 |
| Rennes | 24.380 |
| Copenhagen | 23.748 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 21.197 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Borussia Dortmund | 21.078 |
| Napoli | 19.934 |
| Brøndby | 18.748 |
| Litex Lovech | 18.644 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 18.176 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 17.836 |
| Saint-Étienne | 17.380 |
| Zürich | 16.993 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 16.078 |
| Wisła Kraków | 15.973 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 15.176 |
| Marítimo | 15.176 |
| Standard Liège | 14.810 |
| Twente | 14.610 |
| FC Moscow | 14.437 |
| Artmedia Petržalka | 14.070 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 13.398 |
| Vaslui | 13.398 |
| Timișoara | 13.398 |
| NEC | 12.610 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Brann | 12.400 |
| Baník Ostrava | 11.496 |
| Kayserispor | 11.469 |
| Motherwell | 11.013 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 10.932 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 10.840 |
| Young Boys | 7.993 |
| Bellinzona | 7.993 |
| Cherno More | 7.644 |
| Lech Poznań | 6.973 |
| Nordsjælland | 6.748 |
| Borac Čačak | 5.527 |
| Kalmar FF | 4.518 |
| Žilina | 4.070 |
| Slaven Belupo | 3.836 |
| APOEL | 3.327 |
| Omonia | 3.327 |
| Honka | 3.176 |
| Kaunas | 2.640 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2.420 |
Notes
* $^{Q2}$ Winners from the second qualifying round
* $^{CL}$ Losers from the Champions League third qualifying round

## Seeding

The 80 teams were split into eight groups of ten teams; five seeded teams and five unseeded teams. The draw was based on their coefficient ranking with one exception: no country can have multiple teams in any group. Teams ranked 108 or higher were seeded, as were unranked teams from England and Spain. The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 29 August 2008 at 13:00 CET in Monaco.
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 4 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Milan Beşiktaş Spartak Moscow Hertha BSC Partizan | Zürich Timișoara Baník Ostrava Metalist Kharkiv St Patrick's Athletic | Sevilla Rapid București Paris Saint-Germain Sampdoria Portsmouth | Vitória de Guimarães VfL Wolfsburg Kayserispor Red Bull Salzburg Kaunas | Valencia Club Brugge Sparta Prague Manchester City Nancy | Dinamo Zagreb Marítimo Motherwell Young Boys Omonia | Benfica Everton Dinamo București Galatasaray Racing Santander | Napoli Standard Liège NEC Bellinzona Honka |
| Group 5 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 8 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Schalke 04 Deportivo La Coruña Heerenveen Austria Wien Aston Villa | Litex Lovech Vitória de Setúbal Brann Lech Poznań APOEL | CSKA Moscow VfB Stuttgart Rosenborg Slavia Prague Rennes | Brøndby Twente Vaslui Cherno More Slaven Belupo | Tottenham Hotspur Ajax Udinese Levski Sofia Copenhagen | Borussia Dortmund Wisła Kraków FC Moscow Borac Čačak Žilina | Hamburger SV Olympiacos Feyenoord Braga Hapoel Tel Aviv | Saint-Étienne Artmedia Petržalka Unirea Urziceni Nordsjælland Kalmar FF |

## Summary

The matches were played on 18 September and 2 October 2008.
Nine of the 40 ties were won by the unseeded team. The nine seeded losing teams, with their ranking, were: Everton (50), Rapid București (58), Beşiktaş (60), Sparta Prague (68), Dinamo București (69), Levski Sofia (80), Austria Wien (82), Rennes (97) and Hapoel Tel Aviv (108).
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Milan | 4–1 | Zürich | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Timișoara | 1–3 | Partizan | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Hertha BSC | 2–0 | St Patrick's Athletic | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Baník Ostrava | 1–2 | Spartak Moscow | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 2–4 | Metalist Kharkiv | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Portsmouth | 4–2 | Vitória de Guimarães | 2–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Kayserispor | 1–2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Sevilla | 4–0 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Rapid București | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sampdoria | 7–1 | Kaunas | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Marítimo | 1–3 | Valencia | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 3–3 (a) | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| Omonia | 2–4 | Manchester City | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Young Boys | 2–4 | Club Brugge | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Nancy | 3–0 | Motherwell | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Everton | 3–4 | Standard Liège | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Napoli | 3–4 | Benfica | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Bellinzona | 4–6 | Galatasaray | 3–4 | 1–2 |
| NEC | 1–0 | Dinamo București | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Racing Santander | 2–0 | Honka | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| APOEL | 2–5 | Schalke 04 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Litex Lovech | 2–4 | Aston Villa | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Austria Wien | 4–5 | Lech Poznań | 2–1 | 2–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 3–6 | Heerenveen | 1–1 | 2–5 |
| Brann | 2–2 (2–3 p) | Deportivo La Coruña | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Slavia Prague | 1–1 (a) | Vaslui | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Slaven Belupo | 1–3 | CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Brøndby | 3–5 | Rosenborg | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Cherno More | 3–4 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Rennes | 2–2 (a) | Twente | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Borac Čačak | 1–6 | Ajax | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–2 | Wisła Kraków | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| FC Moscow | 2–3 | Copenhagen | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Žilina | 2–1 | Levski Sofia | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Udinese | 0–2 | 2–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Braga | 6–0 | Artmedia Petržalka | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Feyenoord | 2–2 (a) | Kalmar FF | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–0 | Unirea Urziceni | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–4 | Saint-Étienne | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Nordsjælland | 0–7 | Olympiacos | 0–2 | 0–5 |
* 1 2 3 4 Order of legs reversed

## Matches

Hertha BSC won 2–0 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 5–2 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 7–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 5–3 on aggregate.
VfB Stuttgart won 4–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Twente won on away goals.
Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Žilina won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Udinese won 4–3 on penalties.
Braga won 6–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Feyenoord won on away goals.
Hamburger SV won 2–0 on aggregate.
Saint-Étienne won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Lech Poznań won 5–4 on aggregate.
Heerenveen won 6–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Deportivo La Coruña won 3–2 on penalties.
1–1 on aggregate; Slavia Prague won on away goals.
Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Metalist Kharkiv won 4–2 on aggregate.
Portsmouth won 4–2 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 4–0 on aggregate.
VfL Wolfsburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 7–1 on aggregate.
Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals.
Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.
Nancy won 3–0 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 6–4 on aggregate.
NEC won 1–0 on aggregate.
Racing Santander won 2–0 on aggregate.