2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage

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The group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper. The draw took place on 7 October 2008 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Group stage matches began on 23 October 2008 and concluded on 18 December 2008. The top three teams in each group progressed to the Round of 32, to be joined by the eight third-place finishers from the Champions League group stage.

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Teams

The following teams qualified for the group stage:⁵

Key to colours
Group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advanced to round of 32

Pot 1

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

Pot 2

Team	Coeff.
VfB Stuttgart	52.078
Ajax	51.610
Olympiacos	51.525
Deportivo La Coruña	46.837
Club Brugge	41.810
Spartak Moscow	40.437
Paris Saint-Germain	37.380
Heerenveen	35.610

Pot 3

Team	Coeff.
Rosenborg	35.400
Udinese	34.934
Feyenoord	33.610
Braga	33.176
Slavia Prague	31.496
Manchester City	30.996
Galatasaray	30.469
Sampdoria	28.934

Pot 4

Team	Coeff.
Hertha BSC	27.078
Partizan	25.527
Nancy	25.380
Portsmouth	24.996
Aston Villa	24.996
Racing Santander	24.837
Copenhagen	23.748
Dinamo Zagreb	17.836

Pot 5

Team	Coeff.
Saint-Étienne	17.380
VfL Wolfsburg	16.078
Standard Liège	14.810
Twente	14.610
NEC	12.610
Metalist Kharkiv	10.932
Lech Poznań	6.973
Žilina	4.070

Pot 1 contained teams ranked between 2 and 39: Pot 2 held teams ranked 40 to 71, Pot 3 held teams ranked 72 to 88, and Pot 4 teams ranked 91 to 122 together with unranked teams from England and Spain.⁶ Pot 5 held the remaining teams.

Dinamo Zagreb, and all the Pot 5 teams, had beaten higher-ranked teams in the first round. Lech Poznań and Žilina had also beaten higher-ranked teams in the Second Qualifying Round. Seven of the eight teams in Pot 5 qualified for the Round of 32, Žilina being the only exception. In contrast, only five of the eight teams in Pot 1 managed to do the same, as Sevilla, Benfica and Schalke 04 were eliminated.

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:⁷

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

Times are CET/CEST,⁸ as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MC	TWE	PSG	RSA	SCH
1	Manchester City	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–2	0–0	—	—
2	Twente	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	6		—	—	—	1–0	2–1
3	Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	5		—	4–0	—	2–2	—
4	Racing Santander	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5		3–1	—	—	—	1–1
5	Schalke 04	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4		0–2	—	3–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)18:15

Schalke 04	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain
Mabiala 12' (o.g.) Kurányi 39' Altıntop 70'	Report	Chantôme 90+2'

Veltins-Arena, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 48,919Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:00

Twente	1–0	Racing Santander
Denneboom 7'	Report

De Grolsch Veste, EnschedeAttendance: 21,000Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:45

Racing Santander	1–1	Schalke 04
Tchité 57'	Report	Engelaar 61'

Estadio El Sardinero, SantanderAttendance: 15,505Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Manchester City	3–2	Twente
Wright-Phillips 2' Robinho 57' Benjani 62'	Report	Elia 17' Wielaert 65'

City of Manchester Stadium, ManchesterAttendance: 21,247Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)19:00

Schalke 04	0–2	Manchester City
	Report	Benjani 32' Ireland 66'

Veltins-Arena, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 54,142Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)20:45

Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Racing Santander
Kežman 5' Luyindula 32'	Report	Traoré 40' (o.g.) Colsa 55'

Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 25,000Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Manchester City	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report

City of Manchester Stadium, ManchesterAttendance: 25,626Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)20:45

Twente	2–1	Schalke 04
Wielaert 3' Perez 55'	Report	Asamoah 77'

De Grolsch Veste, EnschedeAttendance: 24,000Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)20:45

Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Twente
Luyindula 8', 86' Sessègnon 23' Kežman 84'	Report

Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 30,000Referee: Iain Brines (Scotland) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)20:45

Racing Santander	3–1	Manchester City
Pereira 20' Serrano 30' Valera 54'	Report	Caicedo 90+2'

Estadio El Sardinero, SantanderAttendance: 18,360Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MET	GAL	OLY	HER	BEN
1	Metalist Kharkiv	4	3	1	0	3	0	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	1–0	0–0	—
2	Galatasaray	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9		0–1	—	1–0	—	—
3	Olympiacos	4	2	0	2	9	3	+6	6		—	—	—	4–0	5–1
4	Hertha BSC	4	0	2	2	1	6	−5	2		—	0–1	—	—	1–1
5	Benfica	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1		0–1	0–2	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:15 (21:15 UTC+3)

Galatasaray	1–0	Olympiacos
Kewell 25'	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 23,500Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:30

Hertha BSC	1–1	Benfica
Pantelić 74'	Report	Di María 51'

Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 26,144Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Metalist Kharkiv	0–0	Hertha BSC
	Report

Metalist Stadium, KharkivAttendance: 35,000Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:30 (19:30 UTC+0)

Benfica	0–2	Galatasaray
	Report	Aşık 51' Karan 69'

Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 47,000Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)19:00 (20:00 UTC+2)

Galatasaray	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv
	Report	Edmar 81'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 20,000Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)19:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Olympiacos	5–1	Benfica
Galletti 1' Patsatzoglou 17' Diogo 24', 53' Belluschi 44'	Report	David Luiz 33'

Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 30,185Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Olympiacos
Edmar 88'	Report

Metalist Stadium, KharkivAttendance: 15,000Referee: William Collum (Scotland) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)20:45

Hertha BSC	0–1	Galatasaray
	Report	Baroš 69' (pen.)

Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 62,612Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)19:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Olympiacos	4–0	Hertha BSC
Dudu 55' Galletti 68' (pen.) Torosidis 87' Diogo 88'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 30,063Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Benfica	0–1	Metalist Kharkiv
	Report	Rykun 84'

Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 9,570Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STD	STU	SAM	SEV	PTZ
1	Standard Liège	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	3–0	1–0	—
2	VfB Stuttgart	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7		3–0	—	—	—	2–0
3	Sampdoria	4	2	1	1	4	5	−1	7		—	1–1	—	1–0	—
4	Sevilla	4	2	0	2	5	2	+3	6		—	2–0	—	—	3–0
5	Partizan	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0		0–1	—	1–2	—	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:45

Sevilla	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Romaric 15' Renato 16'	Report

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, SevilleAttendance: 45,000Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)21:00

Partizan	1–2	Sampdoria
Diarra 34'	Report	Bonazzoli 20' Dessena 55'

Partizan Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 23,780Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)18:00

VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Partizan
Gómez 77', 80'	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, StuttgartAttendance: 20,500Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:45

Standard Liège	1–0	Sevilla
Mbokani 38'	Report

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, LiègeAttendance: 26,500Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)20:45

Sampdoria	1–1	VfB Stuttgart
Sammarco 39'	Report	Marica 8'

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, GenoaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)20:45

Partizan	0–1	Standard Liège
	Report	De Camargo 36'

Partizan Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 14,210Referee: Mike Dean (England) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)20:45

Standard Liège	3–0	Sampdoria
De Camargo 23' Onyewu 35' Jovanović 43'	Report

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, LiègeAttendance: 26,833Referee: Tony Chapron (France) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)20:45

Sevilla	3–0	Partizan
Luís Fabiano 32' (pen.), 73' Renato 46'	Report

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, SevilleAttendance: 25,000Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)20:45

Sampdoria	1–0	Sevilla
Bottinelli 75'	Report

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, GenoaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Howard Webb (England) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)20:45

VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Standard Liège
Khedira 5' Hilbert 49' Marica 72'	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, StuttgartAttendance: 28,000Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UDI	TOT	NEC	SPA	DZ
1	Udinese	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	—	—	2–1
2	Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7		—	—	—	2–2	4–0
3	NEC	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6		2–0	0–1	—	—	—
4	Spartak Moscow	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4		1–2	—	1–2	—	—
5	Dinamo Zagreb	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3		—	—	3–2	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)19:10

Udinese	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Di Natale 24' (pen.) Pepe 86'	Report

Stadio Friuli, UdineAttendance: 22,000Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:45

Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	NEC
Mandžukić 3' Balaban 81' Vrdoljak 84'	Report	Carlos 24' (o.g.) Janssen 78'

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 15,000Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Spartak Moscow	1–2	Udinese
Rodríguez 17'	Report	Quagliarella 12', 60' (pen.)

Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 12,000Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)

Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Bent 30', 33', 70' Huddlestone 59'	Report

White Hart Lane, LondonAttendance: 16,295Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)19:00

NEC	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report	O'Hara 14'

Stadion de Goffert, NijmegenAttendance: 12,500Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)20:45

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Spartak Moscow
	Report	Saenko 75'

Maksimir Stadium, ZagrebAttendance: 12,000Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Spartak Moscow	1–2	NEC
Covalciuc 2'	Report	Van Beukering 84' Schöne 87'

Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 12,000Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark) 3 December 2008 (2008-12-3)18:00

Udinese	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Quagliarella 5' Obodo 79'	Report	Bišćan 90+3'

Stadio Friuli, UdineAttendance: 18,000Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)20:45

NEC	2–0	Udinese
John 75' Van Beukering 78'	Report

Stadion de Goffert, NijmegenAttendance: 12,500Referee: Radek Matejek (Czech Republic) 18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Spartak Moscow
Modrić 67' Huddlestone 74'	Report	Dzyuba 23', 33'

White Hart Lane, LondonAttendance: 28,906Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	ACM	BRA	POR	HVN
1	VfL Wolfsburg	4	3	1	0	13	7	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—	3–2	5–1
2	Milan	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8		2–2	—	1–0	—	—
3	Braga	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6		2–3	—	—	3–0	—
4	Portsmouth	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4		—	2–2	—	—	3–0
5	Heerenveen	4	0	0	4	3	13	−10	0		—	1–3	1–2	—	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:45

Heerenveen	1–3	Milan
Pranjić 86' (pen.)	Report	Jong-a-Pin 19' (o.g.) Gattuso 23' Inzaghi 69'

Abe Lenstra Stadion, HeerenveenAttendance: 25,600Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)21:15 (20:15 UTC+1)

Braga	3–0	Portsmouth
Aguiar 8' Rentería 46' Alan 87'	Report

Estádio AXA, BragaAttendance: 12,000Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)19:45

VfL Wolfsburg	5–1	Heerenveen
Džeko 34', 61' Grafite 39' Misimović 53' Krzynówek 71'	Report	Väyrynen 31'

Volkswagen Arena, WolfsburgAttendance: 15,615Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:45

Milan	1–0	Braga
Ronaldinho 90+3'	Report

San Siro, MilanAttendance: 10,608Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)21:05 (20:05 UTC+0)

Portsmouth	2–2	Milan
Kaboul 62' Kanu 73'	Report	Ronaldinho 84' Inzaghi 90+2'

Fratton Park, PortsmouthAttendance: 20,403Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)22:30 (21:30 UTC+0)

Braga	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg
Barzagli 6' (o.g.) Meyong 49'	Report	Džeko 24' Misimović 83' (pen.), 90+4'

Estádio AXA, BragaAttendance: 7,294Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45

VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Portsmouth
Džeko 3' Gentner 23' Misimović 74'	Report	Defoe 11' Mvuemba 14'

Volkswagen Arena, WolfsburgAttendance: 21,015Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45

Heerenveen	1–2	Braga
Sibon 19'	Report	Rentería 35' Aguiar 56'

Abe Lenstra Stadion, HeerenveenAttendance: 25,500Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Portsmouth	3–0	Heerenveen
Crouch 40', 42' Hreiðarsson 90'	Report

Fratton Park, PortsmouthAttendance: 19,612Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45

Milan	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
Ambrosini 17' Pato 56'	Report	Zaccardo 56' Sağlık 81'

San Siro, MilanAttendance: 5,420Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HSV	AJA	AST	ZIL	SLA
1	Hamburger SV	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–1	3–1	—	—
2	Ajax	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7		—	—	—	1–0	2–2
3	Aston Villa	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6		—	2–1	—	1–2	—
4	Žilina	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4		1–2	—	—	—	0–0
5	Slavia Prague	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2		0–2	—	0–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)18:30

Žilina	1–2	Hamburger SV
Rilke 69'	Report	Petrić 15' Olić 45+1'

Stadium Pod Dubňom, ŽilinaAttendance: 9,871Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)21:15 (20:15 UTC+1)

Aston Villa	2–1	Ajax
Laursen 8' Barry 45'	Report	Vermaelen 22'

Villa Park, BirminghamAttendance: 36,657Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:30

Ajax	1–0	Žilina
Suárez 41'	Report

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 24,200Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:45

Slavia Prague	0–1	Aston Villa
	Report	Carew 26'

Synot Tip Arena, PragueAttendance: 20,322Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)18:30

Žilina	0–0	Slavia Prague
	Report

Stadium Pod Dubňom, ŽilinaAttendance: 8,789Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)21:00

Hamburger SV	0–1	Ajax
	Report	Leonardo 77'

HSH Nordbank Arena, HamburgAttendance: 51,200Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45

Slavia Prague	0–2	Hamburger SV
	Report	Olić 30' Petrić 90+4' (pen.)

Synot Tip Arena, PragueAttendance: 17,368Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Aston Villa	1–2	Žilina
Delfouneso 28'	Report	Leitner 16' Štyvar 19'

Villa Park, BirminghamAttendance: 28,797Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45

Hamburger SV	3–1	Aston Villa
Petrić 18' Olić 30', 57'	Report	Delfouneso 83'

HSH Nordbank Arena, HamburgAttendance: 49,121Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45

Ajax	2–2	Slavia Prague
Vertonghen 4' Suárez 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Černý 13' Jarolím 41'

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 30,116Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STE	VAL	FCK	BRU	ROS
1	Saint-Étienne	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	—	—	3–0
2	Valencia	4	1	3	0	8	4	+4	6		—	—	1–1	1–1	—
3	Copenhagen	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5		1–3	—	—	—	1–1
4	Club Brugge	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3		1–1	—	0–1	—	—
5	Rosenborg	4	0	2	2	1	8	−7	2		—	0–4	—	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:45

Copenhagen	1–3	Saint-Étienne
Santin 59' (pen.)	Report	Gomis 2' Perrin 37' Payet 65'

Parken Stadium, CopenhagenAttendance: 17,187Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:45

Rosenborg	0–0	Club Brugge
	Report

Lerkendal stadion, TrondheimAttendance: 12,166Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)20:45

Saint-Étienne	3–0	Rosenborg
Ilan 59' Machado 63' Mirallas 76'	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 24,006Referee: Robert Małek (Poland) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)21:30

Valencia	1–1	Copenhagen
Morientes 61'	Report	Santin 85'

Mestalla Stadium, ValenciaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)20:45

Club Brugge	1–1	Saint-Étienne
Vargas 50'	Report	Gigliotti 44'

Jan Breydel Stadium, BrugesAttendance: 21,381Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)20:45

Rosenborg	0–4	Valencia
	Report	Mata 21' Hernández 76' Baraja 88' Joaquín 90'

Lerkendal stadion, TrondheimAttendance: 14,549Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45

Valencia	1–1	Club Brugge
Žigić 60'	Report	Alcaraz 18'

Mestalla Stadium, ValenciaAttendance: 18,000Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45

Copenhagen	1–1	Rosenborg
Antonsson 85'	Report	Iversen 33'

Parken Stadium, CopenhagenAttendance: 18,184Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45

Club Brugge	0–1	Copenhagen
	Report	Santin 58'

Jan Breydel Stadium, BrugesAttendance: 22,169Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45

Saint-Étienne	2–2	Valencia
Ilan 29', 44'	Report	Morientes 32' Žigić 72'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 28,000Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CSK	DEP	LPO	NAN	FEY
1	CSKA Moscow	4	4	0	0	12	5	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	2–1	—	—
2	Deportivo La Coruña	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7		—	—	—	1–0	3–0
3	Lech Poznań	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5		—	1–1	—	2–2	—
4	Nancy	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	4		3–4	—	—	—	3–0
5	Feyenoord	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0		1–3	—	0–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

CSKA Moscow	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña
Dzagoev 9', 12' Vágner Love 61'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 13,060Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) 23 October 2008 (2008-10-23)20:45

Nancy	3–0	Feyenoord
Zerka 47' Féret 53' Hélder Maurílio 84'	Report

Stade Marcel Picot, TomblaineAttendance: 11,512Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)18:15

Lech Poznań	2–2	Nancy
Peszko 5' Štilić 22'	Report	Malonga 10' Zerka 81'

Stadion Miejski, PoznańAttendance: 21,601Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania) 6 November 2008 (2008-11-6)19:30

Feyenoord	1–3	CSKA Moscow
Van Bronckhorst 29'	Report	Van Bronckhorst 14' (o.g.) Vágner Love 40', 81'

Feijenoord Stadion, RotterdamAttendance: 25,000Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

CSKA Moscow	2–1	Lech Poznań
Dzagoev 31' Zhirkov 45+1'	Report	Štilić 66'

Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 10,800Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal) 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)21:00

Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	Feyenoord
Lopo 30' Hofland 50' (o.g.) Guardado 51'	Report

Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45

Lech Poznań	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña
Rengifo 42'	Report	Colotto 2'

Stadion Miejski, PoznańAttendance: 21,000Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland) 4 December 2008 (2008-12-4)20:45

Nancy	3–4	CSKA Moscow
Zerka 5' Féret 72' Camerling 79'	Report	Vágner Love 23', 62', 88' Ramón 33'

Stade Marcel Picot, TomblaineAttendance: 14,074Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45

Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Nancy
Bodipo 74'	Report

Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany) 17 December 2008 (2008-12-17)20:45

Feyenoord	0–1	Lech Poznań
	Report	Đurđević 26'

Feijenoord Stadion, RotterdamAttendance: 23,000Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

Notes

External links

Group stage standings

References

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CEST (UTC+2) for dates up to 25 October 2008 (matchday 1), and CET (UTC+1) for dates thereafter (matchdays 2–5). /wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time ↩