Group A | Schalke '04 | Paris St. Germain | Manchester City | Racing Santander | Twente |
Group B | Benfica | Olympiacos | Galatasaray | Hertha Berlin | Metalist Kharkiv |
Group C | Sevilla | Stuttgart | Sampdoria | Partizan Belgrade | Standard Liège |
Group D | Tottenham Hotspur | Spartak Moscow | Udinese | Dynamo Zagreb | NEC Nimega |
Group E | AC Milan | Heerenveen | Braga | Portsmouth | Wolfsburg |
Group F | Hamburg | Ajax | Sparta Prague | Aston Villa | MSK Zilina |
Group G | Valencia | Club Brugge | Rosenborg | Copenhagen | Saint Etienne |
Group H | CSKA Moscow | Deportivo La Coruña | Feyenoord | Nancy | Lech Poznan |
Sevilla, Racing Santander and Spanish cup winners Valencia qualified for this year's UEFA Cup competition, which will continue with the league format in the second round. All the Spanish sides enter at the first round, and their opponents will be known in August once the preliminary rounds have taken place. (30.06.08)
Deportivo La Coruña will be joining the competition as well after they won through their Intertoto Cup final. They will however have to play a qualifying round in August. (26.07.08)
2nd qualifying round | 14 Aug / 28 Aug |
First round | 18 Sept / 2 Oct |
Second
round (league stage) |
23 Oct / 6 Nov / 27 Nov / 4 Dec / 18 Dec |
Third round | 18/19 Feb / 26 Feb |
Fourth round | 12 Mar / 19 Mar |
Quarter-finals | 9 Apr / 16 Apr |
Semi-finals | 30 Apr / 7 May |
Final | 20 May |