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 coloursWinners of first round advanced to group stage +First round participantsTeamNotes 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 36.398TeamNotes 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 21.197TeamNotes 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 12.610TeamNotes 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

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 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 5Group 6Group 7Group 8SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded

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).

Matches

Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC won 2–0 on aggregate.

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.

Schalke 04 won 5–2 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.

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.

Olympiacos won 7–0 on aggregate.

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References

External links Qualifying Rounds Information