The
2008 UEFA Cup Final was the 37th final of the
UEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is a competition for eligible European football clubs; the second most prestigious European football contest after the UEFA Champions League. It is an annual football cup competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations...
,
UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA ....
's second tier club football tournament. The match was played at the
City of Manchester StadiumThe City of Manchester Stadium, also known as COMS or Eastlands, is a stadium in Manchester, England. Originally designed as part of Manchester's failed bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the stadium was built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games at a cost of £110 million...
, home ground of
Manchester City F.C.Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. The team is currently a member of the Premier League.The first known competitive fixture was played in November 1880, when the side was known as St...
, in
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, at 20:45
CESTCentral European Summer Time is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European and some North African countries...
(19:45 local time) on 14 May 2008.
The match was contested by Zenit St. Petersburg of
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and
RangersRangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
of
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was billed as a battle of Rangers managerial staff, with ex-boss
Dick AdvocaatDirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football former player and current coach of the Belgian national football team....
, currently the manager of Zenit, pitted against current boss Walter Smith, who has had two stints as manager of Rangers, with both completing the Scottish domestic treble; Smith in 1993, Advocaat in 1999.
Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals coming from
Igor DenisovIgor Vladimirovich Denisov is a Russian football midfielder. He currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and represents Russia at international level but he refused to be called up for the provisional 25-man squad of players for the Euro 2008.Denisov was part of the 2008 UEFA Cup winning team,...
and
Konstantin ZyryanovKonstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov is a Russian footballer who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russian national team.- Club career :...
, to win Zenit their first UEFA Cup title, and make them only the second
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n side to win the competition, after
CSKA MoscowPFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia.- History :...
in 2004–05.
The logo of the final shows a picture of the City of Manchester Stadium, created by English artist
Liam SpencerLiam Spencer is a British artist. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England and a lot of his paintings focus on Greater Manchester and North West England, such as Crown Chippy, Rawtenstall , "Salford Panorama" , "Time Square, New York"...
.
The
2008 UEFA Cup Final was the 37th final of the
UEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is a competition for eligible European football clubs; the second most prestigious European football contest after the UEFA Champions League. It is an annual football cup competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations...
,
UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA ....
's second tier club football tournament. The match was played at the
City of Manchester StadiumThe City of Manchester Stadium, also known as COMS or Eastlands, is a stadium in Manchester, England. Originally designed as part of Manchester's failed bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the stadium was built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games at a cost of £110 million...
, home ground of
Manchester City F.C.Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. The team is currently a member of the Premier League.The first known competitive fixture was played in November 1880, when the side was known as St...
, in
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, at 20:45
CESTCentral European Summer Time is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European and some North African countries...
(19:45 local time) on 14 May 2008.
The match was contested by Zenit St. Petersburg of
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and
RangersRangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
of
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was billed as a battle of Rangers managerial staff, with ex-boss
Dick AdvocaatDirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football former player and current coach of the Belgian national football team....
, currently the manager of Zenit, pitted against current boss Walter Smith, who has had two stints as manager of Rangers, with both completing the Scottish domestic treble; Smith in 1993, Advocaat in 1999.
Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals coming from
Igor DenisovIgor Vladimirovich Denisov is a Russian football midfielder. He currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and represents Russia at international level but he refused to be called up for the provisional 25-man squad of players for the Euro 2008.Denisov was part of the 2008 UEFA Cup winning team,...
and
Konstantin ZyryanovKonstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov is a Russian footballer who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russian national team.- Club career :...
, to win Zenit their first UEFA Cup title, and make them only the second
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n side to win the competition, after
CSKA MoscowPFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia.- History :...
in 2004–05.
The logo of the final shows a picture of the City of Manchester Stadium, created by English artist
Liam SpencerLiam Spencer is a British artist. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England and a lot of his paintings focus on Greater Manchester and North West England, such as Crown Chippy, Rawtenstall , "Salford Panorama" , "Time Square, New York"...
. It was unveiled at a ceremony in the stadium on December 6.
Knockout stage
| Zenit St. Petersburg | |Rangers |
|---|
ESP VillarrealVillarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Villarreal, a small town in the province of Castellón...
H
1–0 |
Pogrebnyak Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian international footballer. The striker earned his place in the national team while playing for Tom Tomsk. On 28 November 2006, Zenit Saint Petersburg announced athree-year contract with Pogrebnyak...
63' |
Round of 32
First leg |
GRE PanathinaikosPanathinaikos FC , is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest clubs in Greek football history...
H
0–0 |
|
ESP Villarreal
A
1–2
Zenit St. Petersburg won on away goals |
Pogrebnyak Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian international footballer. The striker earned his place in the national team while playing for Tom Tomsk. On 28 November 2006, Zenit Saint Petersburg announced athree-year contract with Pogrebnyak...
31' |
Second leg |
GRE Panathinaikos
A
1–1
Rangers won on away goals |
Novo Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo , simply known as Nacho Novo, is a Spanish professional association football player who currently plays for Rangers....
81' |
FRA MarseilleOlympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (also known as l'OM, is a professional French football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, they play in Ligue 1 and have spent most of their history in the top tier of French football...
A
1–3 |
Arshavin 82' |
Round of 16
First leg |
GER Werder BremenWerder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize of sports...
H
2–0 |
CousinDaniel Cousin is a Gabonese international footballer who plays for Hull City as a striker.-In France:Born in Libreville, Estuaire Province, the Cousin family moved to France when Daniel was three. He played in the lower leagues in France for Martigues and Niort before moving to Le Mans Union Club...
45'
DavisSteven Davis is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team.-Aston Villa:...
47' |
FRA Marseille
H
2–0
Zenit St. Petersburg won on away goals |
Pogrebnyak Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian international footballer. The striker earned his place in the national team while playing for Tom Tomsk. On 28 November 2006, Zenit Saint Petersburg announced athree-year contract with Pogrebnyak...
39', 78' |
Second leg |
GER Werder Bremen
A
0–1 |
|
GER Bayer Leverkusen
A
4–1 |
Arshavin 20'
PogrebnyakPavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian international footballer. The striker earned his place in the national team while playing for Tom Tomsk. On 28 November 2006, Zenit Saint Petersburg announced athree-year contract with Pogrebnyak...
52'
AnyukovAleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov is a Russian international football defender. He plays and is the current club captain for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg....
61'
DenisovIgor Vladimirovich Denisov is a Russian football midfielder. He currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and represents Russia at international level but he refused to be called up for the provisional 25-man squad of players for the Euro 2008.Denisov was part of the 2008 UEFA Cup winning team,...
64' |
Quarter-finals
First leg |
POR Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal , also known as Sporting CP, Sporting, and often referred to mistakenly in the English speaking world as Sporting Lisbon, is a Portuguese sports club based in Portugal's capital city of Lisbon. The club is particularly renowned for its football department...
H
0–0 |
|
GER Bayer Leverkusen
H
0–1 |
|
Second leg |
POR Sporting CP
A
2–0 |
DarchevilleJean-Claude Ducan Darcheville is a French football striker currently playing for Ligue 2 side Nantes and the French Guiana national team.-Early career:...
60'
WhittakerSteven Gordon Whittaker is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League....
90+2' |
GER Bayern MunichFC Bayern Munich is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful club in German football, having won 21 German titles and 14 cups....
A
1–1 |
Lúcio Lucimar Ferreira da Silva , commonly known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Internazionale and the Brazilian national team, of which he is the captain. He is widely considered as Brazil's best central defender and a key member of the Brazilian...
60' (o.g.An own goal occurs in association football and other goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team...
) |
Semi-finals
First leg |
ITA FiorentinaACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons...
H
0–0 |
|
GER Bayern Munich
H
4–0 |
Pogrebnyak Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian international footballer. The striker earned his place in the national team while playing for Tom Tomsk. On 28 November 2006, Zenit Saint Petersburg announced athree-year contract with Pogrebnyak...
4', 73'
ZyryanovKonstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov is a Russian footballer who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russian national team.- Club career :...
39'
FayzulinViktor Igorevich Fayzulin is a Russian football midfielder, who currently plays for Zenit.A graduate of CYSS based in his hometown Nahodka, he started his professional career with Okean. Later he played for SKA-Energia and Spartak Nalchik. In December 2007 he signed a contract with Zenit until...
54' |
Second leg |
ITA Fiorentina
A
0–0
(a.e.t.Extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time. In score notation, it is often denoted by the letters ET or AET, the latter of which stands for "after extra time"....
)
Rangers won 4–2 on penalties |
|
Pre-match
Zenit and
Michel PlatiniMichel François Platini is a French former football player, manager and current president of UEFA. Platini was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was voted the best player and top goalscorer...
asked the British government to ease
visaA visa is an indication that a person is authorized to enter the country which "issued" the visa, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
procedures for Russian fans, despite Russia having cancelled visas for British fans travelling to
2008 UEFA Champions League FinalThe 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 at 19:45 BST . The match was played at the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League...
in
MoscowMoscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and ranks among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world, a...
. However, the Director for British Visa Services for the CIS, Mandy Ivemy, said that "for the U.K. government, visas and biometric checks are a vital part of immigration policy, and we are not prepared to waive them".
Meanwhile, there was a mass flow of Rangers fans into
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
. Over a hundred thousand supporters 'invaded' the city despite the club's official ticket allocation being just 13,000 and police requests for fans to stay at home. The influx of people resulted in there being no vacant hotel rooms in a twenty mile radius of the city and the total amount of money that was ploughed into the local encomy was estimated to be around £25 million.
Team news
Zenit St. Petersburg were without the competition's top scorer,
Pavel PogrebnyakPavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian international footballer. The striker earned his place in the national team while playing for Tom Tomsk. On 28 November 2006, Zenit Saint Petersburg announced athree-year contract with Pogrebnyak...
, who had picked up two bookings in the knockout stages of the tournament and was therefore suspended. However, they were able to call upon their other star names such as attacking midfielders Andrei Arshavin and
Konstantin ZyryanovKonstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov is a Russian footballer who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russian national team.- Club career :...
, as well as holding midfielder
Anatoliy TymoschukAnatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk , is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Ukrainian national team. In 2008, Tymoshchuk won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup as the captain of Zenit St...
.
Rangers manager Walter Smith started with
Jean-Claude DarchevilleJean-Claude Ducan Darcheville is a French football striker currently playing for Ligue 2 side Nantes and the French Guiana national team.-Early career:...
on his own up-front, with a five man midfield supporting him comprising
Steven DavisSteven Davis is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team.-Aston Villa:...
,
Kevin ThomsonKevin Thomson is a professional Scottish association footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and also the Scotland national football team.- Early life :...
,
Steven WhittakerSteven Gordon Whittaker is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League....
,
Barry FergusonBarry Ferguson, MBE is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He plays for English Premier League club Birmingham City....
and
Brahim HemdaniBrahim Hemdani is a French-born Algerian professional football player who is currently a free agent.-Club career:...
.
Neil AlexanderNeil Alexander is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who is currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers.-Early career:...
was making only his 10th start in goal for Rangers, first choice keeper
Allan McGregorAllan James McGregor is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and formerly the Scotland national football team...
was injured.
Match details
| ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG: |
| | |
|---|
| GK |
16 |
RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev |
|
| RB |
22 |
RUS Aleksandr Anyukov Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov is a Russian international football defender. He plays and is the current club captain for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg....
|
| CB |
4 |
CRO Ivica Križanac Ivica Križanac is a Croatian football defender who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Career :He previously played for Górnik Zabrze of Poland where he became one of Polish league's best players. Since joining FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Ivica has been a major player. He is a consistent...
|
| CB |
15 |
RUS Roman Shirokov Roman Nikolayevich Shirokov is a Russian football player. He is a midfielder but he often plays as centre-back, seemingly against his will, for Zenit because of numerous recent injuries in that squad...
|
| LB |
11 |
CZE Radek ŠírlRadek Šírl is a Czech football midfielder. He currently plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. His former clubs include AC Sparta Praha and Bohemians Praha. He plays as a left midfielder or left back. He has been called up to the Czech Republic national football team...
|
| DM |
44 |
UKR Anatoliy TymoschukAnatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk , is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Ukrainian national team. In 2008, Tymoshchuk won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup as the captain of Zenit St...
(cThe team captain of a football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team: it is often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game...
) |
| RM |
18 |
RUS Konstantin ZyryanovKonstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov is a Russian footballer who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russian national team.- Club career :...
|
| LM |
27 |
RUS Igor Denisov Igor Vladimirovich Denisov is a Russian football midfielder. He currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and represents Russia at international level but he refused to be called up for the provisional 25-man squad of players for the Euro 2008.Denisov was part of the 2008 UEFA Cup winning team,...
|
|
| RW |
20 |
RUS Viktor Fayzulin Viktor Igorevich Fayzulin is a Russian football midfielder, who currently plays for Zenit.A graduate of CYSS based in his hometown Nahodka, he started his professional career with Okean. Later he played for SKA-Energia and Spartak Nalchik. In December 2007 he signed a contract with Zenit until...
|
|
|
| LW |
10 |
RUS Andrei Arshavin |
| CF |
9 |
TUR Fatih TekkeFatih Tekke is a Turkish football player. He is a Turkish international, a striker, and one of the most recognisable and popular sportsmen in Turkey today. Having spent most of his career at Trabzonspor, he transferred to Russian team Zenit St...
|
| Substitutes: |
| GK |
1 |
SVK Kamil ČontofalskýKamil Čontofalský is a Slovak international footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Zenit Saint Petersburg.-Club career:...
|
| DF |
5 |
KOR Kim Dong-Jin Kim Dong-Jin is a South Korean footballer who plays left back for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Korea Republic national team...
|
|
|
| MF |
2 |
RUS Vladislav RadimovVladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired Russian football midfielder. As of 2009, he works as team director with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided midfielder or playmaker...
|
| MF |
25 |
NED Fernando Ricksen Fernando Ricksen is a Dutch defender/midfielder who last played for Zenit St Petersburg. He plays on the right side of midfield or as a central holding player...
|
| MF |
57 |
RUS Aleksei IonovAleksei Sergeyevich Ionov is a Russian football midfielder, who currently plays for Zenit.He started playing football at the age of six. Later he graduated from SCYSSOR Zenit, and started playing for Zenit Reserves in 2007. He played for Zenit three times in UEFA Cup...
|
| MF |
88 |
UKR Olexandr GorshkovAleksandr Gorshkov is a Ukrainian football coach anad former midfielder. As of October 2009, he is an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg.-International career:...
|
| FW |
7 |
ARG Alejandro DomínguezAlejandro Damían Domínguez is an Argentine football player, who plays as a striker for FC Rubin Kazan.- Career :...
|
| Manager: |
NED Dick AdvocaatDirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football former player and current coach of the Belgian national football team....
|
|
|
| RANGERS: |
| | |
|---|
| GK |
13 |
SCO Neil Alexander Neil Alexander is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who is currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers.-Early career:...
|
| RB |
21 |
SCO Kirk Broadfoot Kirk Broadfoot is a Scottish professional association football player who plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers. He has played mainly as a centre back during his career but has been playing regularly as a right back and sometimes as a left back...
|
|
| CB |
3 |
SCO David Weir |
| CB |
24 |
ESP Carlos Cuéllar Carlos Javier Cuéllar Jiménez is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Aston Villa. He is primarily a central defender, however under Martin O'Neill he has been known to operate as a right-back....
|
| LB |
5 |
BIH Saša Papac Saša Papac is a Bosnia and Herzegovina association footballer who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League...
|
|
|
| DM |
7 |
ALG Brahim HemdaniBrahim Hemdani is a French-born Algerian professional football player who is currently a free agent.-Club career:...
|
|
|
| RM |
28 |
SCO Steven Whittaker Steven Gordon Whittaker is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League....
|
|
|
| CM |
6 |
SCO Barry FergusonBarry Ferguson, MBE is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He plays for English Premier League club Birmingham City....
(cThe team captain of a football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team: it is often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game...
) |
| CM |
8 |
SCO Kevin Thomson Kevin Thomson is a professional Scottish association footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and also the Scotland national football team.- Early life :...
|
| LM |
35 |
NIR Steven DavisSteven Davis is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team.-Aston Villa:...
|
| CF |
19 |
FRA Jean-Claude DarchevilleJean-Claude Ducan Darcheville is a French football striker currently playing for Ligue 2 side Nantes and the French Guiana national team.-Early career:...
|
| Substitutes: |
| GK |
16 |
SCO Graeme Smith Graeme Smith is a Scottish association footballer, currently playing as a goalkeeper for St. Johnstone in the Scottish Premier League...
|
| DF |
30 |
SCO Christian Dailly Christian Edward Dailly is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently playing for Charlton Athletic. He is a versatile player, often seen in defence or defensive midfield, but has played in most outfield positions during his career.Dailly is Scotland's sixth-most capped player, having won...
|
| MF |
11 |
SCO Charlie Adam |
| MF |
39 |
SEN Amdy Faye |
| FW |
9 |
SCO Kris Boyd Kris Boyd is a Scottish professional association footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers. He plays as a centre forward, wearing the club's number 9 shirt....
|
|
|
| FW |
10 |
ESP Nacho Novo Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo , simply known as Nacho Novo, is a Spanish professional association football player who currently plays for Rangers....
|
|
|
| FW |
27 |
SCO Lee McCulloch Lee Henry McCulloch is a Scottish professional association football player who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League...
|
|
|
| Manager: |
| SCO Walter Smith |
|
Man of the Match:
RUS Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Assistant referees:
SWE Stefan Wittberg
SWE Henrik Andren
Fourth official:
SWE Martin Ingvarsson |
Match statistics
| Zenit |
Rangers |
| Goals scored |
2 |
0 |
| Total shots |
19 |
8 |
| Shots on target |
8 |
3 |
| Ball possession |
56% |
44% |
| Corner kicks |
9 |
2 |
| Fouls committed |
12 |
12 |
| Offsides |
3 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
2 |
1 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
Fan violence
The event was marred by fans rioting in Manchester city centre, with
BBC News 24BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom. The channel launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30 as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989...
interrupting normal programming to broadcast the riots live on television and ITN's flagship
News at TenNews at Ten is the flagship news programme on British television network ITV, produced by ITN and founded by news editor Geoffrey Cox. It was originally planned as a thirteen week project in July 1967, because senior figures at ITV refused to believe that a 30 minute late night news bulletin would...
programme giving extensive coverage to the riots.
A Zenit fan was also attacked and stabbed. Six Rangers fans were arrested on suspicion of grevious bodily harm, but all were released without charges being brought.
See also
- UEFA Cup 2007-08
- UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 was the 19th and penultimate edition of the competition and took 50 entries. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 April 2007...
- 2008 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 at 19:45 BST . The match was played at the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League...