2006–07 UEFA Cup

Association team allocation

A total of 155 teams from 52 UEFA associations competed for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2005 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2000–01 to 2004–05.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup:

• Associations 1–6, 16–21 each have three teams qualify
• Associations 7 and 8 each have four teams qualify
• Associations 9–15, 22–39, 41-50 each have two teams qualify
• Associations 40, 51 and 52 each have one team qualify
• The top three associations of the 2005–06 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
• Eleven winning teams from the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 24 teams from the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League (eight third-placed teams from the group stage and the sixteen losers of the third qualifying round)

Association ranking

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• (FP): Additional berth via UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking (Norway, Belgium, Sweden)
• (IC): Additional berth via 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Distribution

The title holder would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through domestic performance; however, this additional entry was not necessary as Sevilla, winners of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, qualified for the UEFA Cup through domestic performance. This means that the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:

• The first UEFA Cup qualifying entrant of association 14 (Austria) gained direct access to the 1st round – Superfund.
• The domestic cup winners of associations 19 and 20 (Switzerland and Norway) are moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
• IC: Intertoto Cup
• FP: Fair play
• CL: Relegated from the Champions League
  • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
  • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

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Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

Early issues

Italian match-fixing scandal

The 2006 Serie A scandal resulted in major changes to the clubs that originally qualified in Italy. Originally, Roma took the cup winners' place as losing finalists in the 2006 Coppa Italia, as the winners, Internazionale finished in the top four in the league and qualified for the Champions League. The other two UEFA Cup places initially went to Lazio and Chievo.

Lazio, however, as well as the remaining three Champions League qualifiers (Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina), were formally indicted on 22 June on charges relating to the scandal.

On 14 July, all four of the indicated clubs were penalised by an Italian court and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Results of the FIGC appeal were announced on 25 July. The impact on the UEFA Cup was:

• Lazio were barred from European competition.
• Roma and Chievo were promoted to the Champions League.
• Palermo, Livorno and Parma were granted Italy's places in the UEFA Cup.

Greek Football Federation

FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of "political interference in sport" after the Greek government passed a law, giving it control of the sports authorities in Greece. After the law was amended to address FIFA's objections, FIFA reinstated the HFF on 12 July. The Greek government in response, decided to withdraw all of its funding to the Hellenic Football Federation.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

First round

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup first round

Group stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage

The top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
2. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
3. higher number of goals scored away in all group matches played;
4. higher number of wins;
5. higher number of away wins;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

References

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