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The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th edition of the
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won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Sevilla became the second side to win the competition for two consecutive seasons, following the hiatus of the original record holder
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achieved in
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. Walter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goals scorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals.


Association team allocation

A total of 155 teams from 52
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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
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each gain an additional berth *Eleven winning teams from the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup *24 teams from the
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(eight third-placed teams from the group stage and the sixteen losers of the third qualifying round)


Association ranking

;Notes *(FP): Additional berth via
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(Norway, Belgium, Sweden) *(IC): Additional berth via 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup *(UCL): Additional teams transferred from the
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Distribution

The title holder would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the
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or UEFA Cup through domestic performance; however, this additional entry was not necessary as
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, winners of the
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, 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 –
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. *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 ;Notes


Round and draw dates

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


Early issues


Italian match-fixing scandal

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resulted in major changes to the clubs that originally qualified in
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. Originally, Roma took the cup winners' place as losing finalists in the 2006
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, 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
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and Chievo. Lazio, however, as well as the remaining three Champions League qualifiers (
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and
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), 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
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(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. *
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and
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were granted Italy's places in the UEFA Cup.


Greek Football Federation

FIFA suspended the
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(HFF) from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of "political interference in sport" after the
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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


First qualifying round


Second qualifying round


First round


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: #superior goal difference from all group matches played; #higher number of goals scored in all group matches played; #higher number of goals scored away in all group matches played; #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 (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


Bracket


Round of 32


Round of 16


Quarter-finals


Semi-finals


Final


Top goalscorers


See also

*
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* 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup * 2007 UEFA Super Cup


References


External links


2006–07 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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