UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup is European football’s second-tier intercontinental club competition. While lacking the prestige and money of the Champions League, the UEFA Cup is still an excellent opportunity for the smaller clubs to make a name for themselves, and as a result provides a more competitive contest, with less tense and more entertaining football. A number of eventually great players have all made a name for themselves in this contest before breaking onto the bigger stage of the Champions League – Zinedine Zidane was a losing finalist with Bordeaux in 1995, Thierry Henry lost the final in his first with Arsenal in 2000, and Deco won it 2003. The UEFA Cup has involved from a purely knockout tournament into one that involves an initial qualifying and knockout stage, after which teams are then sorted into groups, with the top teams going on to the final knockout phase of 32 teams. Winners of domestic cups, and teams finishing below Champions League places in domestic leagues are eligible for this tournament (depending on the country), as well teams that enter the Intertoto Cup, and ones that are selected through the UEFA confederation's Fair Play table.

Consolation for Champions League losers

An interesting feature of the UEFA Cup since the reorganization of the Champions League into multiple stages has been entering of the 3rd place UCL group team into the UEFA Cup. The teams that finish third in their respective groups after the group stages have ended are given automatic entry into the later stages of the UEFA Cup. This is beneficial to the UEFA Cup, as they receive a number of generally big teams in the latter part of the competition (recent years have included Arsenal and Barcelona), as well to the teams, who get a further opportunity to win a trophy and earn TV and match revenue after their Champions League disappointments.

UEFA Cup 2008/2009

The UEFA Cup, also known as Copa UEFA, is a professional football competition in Europe and the final this year will be hosted by Turkey. The UEFA Cup is overseen and managed by UEFA. This community on OleOle will keep you up to date on everything happening in UEFA Cup - this is right place to interact with other fans, contribute your opinion, and discuss everything from player rumours and transfers to match previews, match analysis and match results! Drag widgets to move them around the page, change the settings on each widget and choose how much UEFA Cup news or information to display.

UEFA CUP News

Fans can discuss UEFA CUP news, comment on the fan wall, and comment and vote on blogs, news, gossip or any media – UEFA Cup photos, videos and more! Fans can start and write their own football blog dedicated to the UEFA Cup. If you’re breaking news or want to write a pre-match or post-match commentary, your blog might even get featured on the OleOle home page for everyone to read. Any fan can also browse or upload UEFA Cup photos and videos and desktop wallpapers and vote for their favourites.

Live UEFA Cup Scores and Results

You’ll find UEFA Cup results and live football scores here, too. The Scores and Results widget lists the match schedule and you can also find past match results and current standings. Check the UEFA Cup schedule and follow teams as they progress from qualification to group to final stages of the tournament. Click through to the OleOle MatchCentre to follow live matches and discuss the play by play with other fans in real-time! Anyone can be a match commentator on OleOle – it’s your change to give other fans your take on the match you see it. Live football scores will keep you updated with the latest results in real-time, all the time.

UEFA Cup Facts and History

The history of the UEFA Cup can also be found here, and you can help to write it! Using an open collaboration system called a wiki, you can document past teams, players, tournament champions, most goals scored, awards, trophies, and results on the League history wiki. Find out about the UEFA Cup, its officials and executives, president and their predecessors. Help other users understand how the tournament works through qualifying, how venues are selected, who manages the tournament and more on the UEFA CUP Facts wiki.

Buy UEFA CUP Tickets

UEFA Cup tickets are always in high demand and are usually sold out months before the semi-final and final matches. OleOle can secure great seats for just about any match, including the final on May 2009 at Fenerbahçe Saracoğlu stadium where we have category 1, 2, and category 3 tickets available for pre-purchase. OleOle is the place to go to buy match tickets online for the UEFA Cup - you can be at the matches there to experience it in person and support your team with UEFA CUP tickets. Visit our Tickets and Travel section to find the latest tickets, tickets and travel packages, Istanbul city accommodations and hospitality packages and programmes. Just choose the match you want to see, pick your seats or category, and make your travel arrangements to get to Istanbul. Order your UEFA Cup tickets today.