UEFA Cup Final 2008

UEFA Cup Final 2008
UEFA Cup Final 2008
	2008 UEFA Cup Final
	; Cover of the official program for the match
Tournament	UEFA Cup 2007/2008
date	May 14, 2008
Stadium	City of Manchester , Manchester
Match player	Andrey Arshavin; ( Zenith )
Arbitrator	Peter Freudfeldt
Attendance	43,878

The 2008 UEFA Cup Final is the final match of the UEFA Cup 2007/08 , the 37th season in the history of the UEFA Cup . This football match was held on May 14, 2008 , at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester . The match met the Russian Zenit and the Scottish Rangers . This match was the second European Cup final (after the UEFA Cup Final 2005), which reached the Russian football club.

Content

The Way to the Finale

Zenith

Rangers

UEFA Cup

Round

UEFA Champions League

Opponent

Result

Games

Qualification round

Opponent

Result

Games

ViOn

5: 0

2-0 away 3-0 at home

2nd qual. round

Zeta

3-0

2-0 at home; 1: 0 away

Standard Liege

4: 1

3-0 at home; 1: 1 away

3rd qual. round

Crvena Star

1-0

1-0 at home; 0: 0 away

Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	±	ABOUT
Everton	four	four	0	0	9	3	+6	12
Nuremberg	four	2	one	one	7	6	+1	7
Zenith	four	one	2	one	6	6	0	five
AZ	four	one	one	2	five	6	−1	four
Larisa	four	0	0	four	four	ten	−6	0

Group stage

Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	±	ABOUT
Barcelona	6	four	2	0	12	3	+9	14
Lyon	6	3	one	2	eleven	ten	+1	ten
Rangers	6	2	one	3	7	9	−2	7
Stuttgart	6	one	0	five	7	15	−8	3

UEFA Cup

Opponent

Result

Games

Playoffs

Opponent

Result

Games

Villarreal

2: 2 ( in )

1-0 at home; 1: 2 away

1/16 finals

Panathinaikos

1: 1 ( in )

0-0 at home; 1: 1 away

Marseilles

3: 3 ( in )

1: 3 away; 2-0 at home

1/8 finals

Werder

2: 1

2-0 at home; 0: 1 away

Bayer 04

4: 2

4: 1 away; 0: 1 at home

1/4 finals

Sporting Lisbon

2-0

0-0 at home; 2: 0 away

Bayern Munich

5: 1

1: 1 away; 4: 0 at home

1/2 finals

Fiorentina

0: 0 (4: 2 pen. )

0-0 at home; Away: 0: 0 ( a.m. )

Match Report

May 14, 2008
20:45 UTC + 1

Zenith	2-0	Rangers
Denisov 72 ' Zyryanov 90 + 4 '	(report)

City of Manchester , Manchester
Spectators: 43 878
Judge: Peter Freudfeldt

Zenith

Rangers


Zenith:
AT	sixteen	Vyacheslav Malafeev	90 + 2 '
3	22	Alexander Anyukov
3	four	Ivica Krizhanac
3	15	Roman Shirokov
3	eleven	Radek Shirl
P	44	Anatoly Timoshchuk ( k )
P	18	Konstantin Zyryanov
P	27	Igor Denisov	72 '
P	20	Victor Fayzulin		90 + 3 '
N	ten	Andrey Arshavin
N	9	Fatih Tekke
Spare:
AT	one	Camille Chontofalski
3	five	Kim dong jin		90 + 3 '
P	2	Vladislav Radimov
P	25	Fernando Rixen
P	57	Alexey Ionov
P	88	Alexander Gorshkov
N	7	Alejandro Dominguez
Main coach:
Dick Lawyer


Rangers:
AT	13	Neil Alexander
3	21	Kirk Broadfoot	90 + 4 '
3	3	David weir
3	25	Carlos Cuellar
3	five	Sasha Papac		77 '
P	7	Brahim Hemdani		80 '
P	28	Stephen Whittaker		86 '
P	6	Barry Ferguson ( C )
P	eight	Kevin Thomson
P	35	Stephen Davis
N	nineteen	Jean-Claude Darshville
Spare:
AT	sixteen	Graham Smith
3	thirty	Christian Daylli
P	eleven	Charlie adam
P	39	Amdi faye
N	9	Chris Boyd		86 '
P	ten	Nacho Novo		77 '
N	27	Lee McCullough		80 '
Main coach:
Walter Smith

Player of the match:
Andrey Arshavin ( Zenit )
Assistant Judges:
Stefan Wittberg
Henrik Andren
Fourth referee:
Martin Ingvarsson

Match Schedule:

90 minutes of regular time.
Penalty shoot-outs , if necessary.
Seven spare on each side.
The maximum number of substitutions is three on each side.

Links

Tournament official site (eng.)
Official website of the tournament (Russian)

UEFA Cup Final 2008

Content

The Way to the Finale

Match Report

See also

Links

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