2008–09 UEFA Cup first round

32 teams entered the tournament at the first round, along with the 32 winners from the previous round and the 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round.{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=727066.html |title=2008/09 Access list |publisher=UEFA |date=25 June 2008 |access-date=5 February 2025 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422012056/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=727066.html |archive-date=22 April 2009}}{{cite web |last=Kassies |first=Bert |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/seeduc2008.html |title=Seeding in the UEFA Cup 2008/2009 |publisher=UEFA European Cup Football |access-date=5 February 2025}}

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Notes

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{{Cnote2|Q2|n=0|^Q2 Winners from the second qualifying round}}

{{Cnote2|CL|n=0|^CL Losers from the Champions League third qualifying round}}

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The 80 teams were split into eight groups of ten teams; five seeded teams and five unseeded teams.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01d0-0e6fc113628d-b4ee82ec5e87/ |title=All-star lineup primed for UEFA Cup draw |publisher=UEFA |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=5 February 2025}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The draw was based on their coefficient ranking with one exception: no country can have multiple teams in any group. Teams ranked 108 or higher were seeded, as were unranked teams from England and Spain. The draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, was held on 29 August 2008 at 13:00 CET in Monaco.

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|time = 18:00

|team1 = Hertha BSC {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|IRL}} St Patrick's Athletic

|goals1 =

• Nicu {{goal|50}}
• Cícero {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Berlin

|attendance = 13,045

|referee = Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303915/

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|date = {{Start date|2008|9|30|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = St Patrick's Athletic {{fbaicon|IRL}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} Hertha BSC

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = RDS Arena, Dublin

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303955/

}}

Hertha BSC won 2–0 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2008|9|16|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP}}

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1 =

• Mirosavljević {{goal|72}}

|goals2 =

• Westermann {{goal|25}}
• Rakitić {{goal|36}}
• Sánchez {{goal|41}}
• Altıntop {{goal|88}}

|stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 6,500

|referee = Robert Małek (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303933/

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|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:15

|team1 = Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL

|goals1 =

• Pander {{goal|58}}

|goals2 =

• Pinto {{goal|6}}

|stadium = Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance = 52,214

|referee = Pedro Proença (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303973/

}}

Schalke 04 won 5–2 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2008|9|16|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Nordsjælland {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Mitroglou {{goal|74}}
• Leto {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = Farum Park, Farum

|attendance = 5,184

|referee = Stefan Messner (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303952/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Olympiacos {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|DEN}} Nordsjælland

|goals1 =

• Torosidis {{goal|11}}
• Diogo {{goal|30||43}}
• Kovačević {{goal|72||80}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

|attendance = 27,000

|referee = Igor Egorov (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303992/

}}

Olympiacos won 7–0 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Slaven Belupo {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow

|goals1 =

• Jurić {{goal|43}}

|goals2 =

• Vágner Love {{goal|81||89|pen.}}

|stadium = Gradski stadion u Koprivnici, Koprivnica

|attendance = 3,000

|referee = David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303939/

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2008|9|30|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = CSKA Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CRO}} Slaven Belupo

|goals1 =

• A. Berezutski {{goal|37}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Iain Brines (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303979/

}}

CSKA Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Brøndby {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg

|goals1 =

• Krohn-Dehli {{goal|63}}

|goals2 =

• Sapara {{goal|29}}
• Skjelbred {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester

|attendance = 11,909

|referee = Michael Weiner (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303940/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:45

|team1 = Rosenborg {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|DEN}} Brøndby

|goals1 =

• Ya Konan {{goal|15}}
• Skjelbred {{goal|74}}
• Sapara {{goal|87|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• M. Rasmussen {{goal|26}}
• Kristiansen {{goal|36}}

|stadium = Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

|attendance = 16,450

|referee = Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303980/

}}

Rosenborg won 5–3 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Cherno More {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 =

• Dyakov {{goal|42}}

|goals2 =

• Gómez {{goal|66||81}}

|stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303941/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:15

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BUL}} Cherno More

|goals1 =

• Hitzlsperger {{goal|83}}
• Gómez {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

• Yurukov {{goal|48}}
• Iliev {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Mike Dean (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303981/

}}

VfB Stuttgart won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:50

|team1 = Rennes {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} Twente

|goals1 =

• Mbia {{goal|36}}
• Bocanegra {{goal|49}}

|goals2 =

• Denneboom {{goal|12}}

|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes

|attendance = 12,893

|referee = Willie Collum (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303942/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Twente {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Rennes

|goals1 =

• Nkufo {{goal|68}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

|attendance = 20,350

|referee = Guenov (Bulgaria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303982/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; Twente won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Borac Čačak {{fbaicon|SRB|2004}}

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|goals1 =

• Milovanović {{goal|50}}

|goals2 =

• Sulejmani {{goal|11}}
• Suárez {{goal|35}}
• Huntelaar {{goal|71||86}}

|stadium = Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303943/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Ajax {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SRB|2004}} Borac Čačak

|goals1 =

• Sarpong {{goal|71}}
• Suárez {{goal|90+5}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

|attendance = 18,150

|referee = Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303983/

}}

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:10

|team1 = Tottenham Hotspur {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POL}} Wisła Kraków

|goals1 =

• Bentley {{goal|33}}
• Bent {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

• Jirsák {{goal|34}}

|stadium = White Hart Lane, London

|attendance = 35,751

|referee = Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303944/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 16:40

|team1 = Wisła Kraków {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur

|goals1 =

• Pa. Brożek {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

• Głowacki {{goal|58|o.g.}}

|stadium = Stadion Wisly Kraków, Kraków

|attendance = 12,900

|referee = Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303984/

}}

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = FC Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|DEN}} Copenhagen

|goals1 =

• Samedov {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

• Nordstrand {{goal|45|pen.}}
• Sionko {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303945/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Copenhagen {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} FC Moscow

|goals1 =

• Sheshukov {{goal|54|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

• Bracamonte {{goal|37}}

|stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance = 18,350

|referee = Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303985/

}}

Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Žilina {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BUL}} Levski Sofia

|goals1 =

• Vladavić {{goal|49|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Joãozinho {{goal|64}}

|stadium = Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina

|attendance = 7,581

|referee = Paulo Costa (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303946/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Levski Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SVK}} Žilina

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Adauto {{goal|61}}

|stadium = Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

|attendance = 10,150

|referee = Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303986/

}}

Žilina won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Borussia Dortmund {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Udinese

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Floro Flores {{goal|8}}
• Inler {{goal|34}}

|stadium = Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

|attendance = 52,400

|referee = Stéphane Lannoy (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303947/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Udinese {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 0–2

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Hajnal {{goal|45+1||90+2}}

|stadium = Stadio Friuli, Udine

|attendance = 13,000

|referee = César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

|penalties1 =

• Domizzi {{penmiss}}
• Quagliarella {{pengoal}}
• Pepe {{pengoal}}
• Inler {{pengoal}}
• Luković {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 4–3

|penalties2 =

• {{penmiss}} Hajnal
• {{pengoal}} Şahin
• {{pengoal}} Kehl
• {{penmiss}} Błaszczykowski
• {{pengoal}} Valdez

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303987/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; Udinese won 4–3 on penalties.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:30

|team1 = Braga {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SVK}} Artmedia Petržalka

|goals1 =

• Evaldo {{goal|3}}
• Meyong {{goal|18||31|pen.|76}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

|attendance = 9,227

|referee = Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303948/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Artmedia Petržalka {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Braga

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Aguiar {{goal|11|pen.|31}}

|stadium = Tehelné pole, Bratislava

|attendance = 1,100

|referee = Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303988/

}}

Braga won 6–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Feyenoord {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SWE}} Kalmar FF

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• V. Elm {{goal|71}}

|stadium = De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303949/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Kalmar FF {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

|goals1 =

• Johansson {{goal|47}}

|goals2 =

• Wijnaldum {{goal|18}}
• Nouri {{goal|52}}

|stadium = Borås Arena, Borås{{refn|group=note|Played at Borås Arena as Kalmar FF's home ground did not meet UEFA criteria.}}

|attendance = 9,000

|referee = Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303989/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; Feyenoord won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Hamburger SV {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Unirea Urziceni

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

|attendance = 39,010

|referee = Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303950/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Unirea Urziceni {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} Hamburger SV

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Petrić {{goal|27||51}}

|stadium = Stadionul Tineretului, Urziceni

|attendance = 5,500

|referee = Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303990/

}}

Hamburger SV won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Saint-Étienne

|goals1 =

• Lala {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

• Payet {{goal|7}}
• Feindouno {{goal|60}}

|stadium = Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303951/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Saint-Étienne {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ISR}} Hapoel Tel Aviv

|goals1 =

• Gomis {{goal|25||76}}

|goals2 =

• Yeboah {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

|attendance = 27,350

|referee = Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303991/

}}

Saint-Étienne won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Milan {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Zürich

|goals1 =

• Stahel {{goal|45+1|o.g.}}
• Pato {{goal|57}}
• Borriello {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

• Djuric {{goal|78}}

|stadium = San Siro, Milan

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303913/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Zürich {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Shevchenko {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Letzigrund, Zürich

|attendance = 24,600

|referee = Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303953/

}}

Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Timișoara {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SRB|2004}} Partizan

|goals1 =

• Bucur {{goal|25}}

|goals2 =

• Tošić {{goal|35}}
• Bogunović {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara

|attendance = 19,000

|referee = Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303914/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Partizan {{fbaicon|SRB|2004}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Timișoara

|goals1 =

• Stevanović {{goal|70}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 15,625

|referee = Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303954/

}}

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:45

|team1 = Litex Lovech {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Aston Villa

|goals1 =

• Popov {{goal|10}}

|goals2 =

• Reo-Coker {{goal|45+1}}
• Barry {{goal|72|pen.}}
• Petrov {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Lovech Stadium, Lovech

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Christoforos Zografos (Greece)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303934/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Aston Villa {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BUL}} Litex Lovech

|goals1 =

• Harewood {{goal|27}}

|goals2 =

• Niflore {{goal|53|pen.}}

|stadium = Villa Park, Birmingham

|attendance = 27,225

|referee = Tony Chapron (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303974/

}}

Aston Villa won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Austria Wien {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POL}} Lech Poznań

|goals1 =

• Schiemer {{goal|64||76}}

|goals2 =

• Rengifo {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna

|attendance = 7,500

|referee = Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303935/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:15

|team1 = Lech Poznań {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score = 4–2

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Austria Wien

|goals1 =

• Rengifo {{goal|10}}
• Peszko {{goal|85}}
• Lewandowski {{goal|99}}
• Murawski {{goal|120+1}}

|goals2 =

• Ačimovič {{goal|63|pen.}}
• Hattenberger {{goal|100}}

|stadium = Stadion Miejski, Poznań

|attendance = 23,650

|referee = Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303975/

}}

Lech Poznań won 5–4 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 22:00

|team1 = Vitória de Setúbal {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} Heerenveen

|goals1 =

• Leandro Carrijo {{goal|67}}

|goals2 =

• Elyounoussi {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon{{refn|group=note|Played at Alvalade XXI, since Vitória FC's home ground at Setúbal does not meet UEFA criteria}}

|attendance = 3,500

|referee = Fredy Fautrel (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303936/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Heerenveen {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 5–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Vitória de Setúbal

|goals1 =

• Paulo Henrique {{goal|4}}
• Sibon {{goal|11||24}}
• Elyounoussi {{goal|50||68}}

|goals2 =

• Gama {{goal|57}}
• Chaves {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

|attendance = 23,000

|referee = Alon Yefet (Israel)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303976/

}}

Heerenveen won 6–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Brann {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Deportivo La Coruña

|goals1 =

• Bjarnason {{goal|25|pen.}}
• Solli {{goal|39}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Brann Stadion, Bergen

|attendance = 8,777

|referee = Johan Verbist (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303937/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Deportivo La Coruña {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 2–0

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NOR}} Brann

|goals1 =

• Colotto {{goal|18||76}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

|penalties1 =

• Sergio {{pengoal}}
• Mista {{penmiss}}
• Guardado {{pengoal}}
• Verdú {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 3–2

|penalties2 =

• {{pengoal}} Bjarnson
• {{penmiss}} Vaagan Moen
• {{penmiss}} Bakke
• {{pengoal}} Austin
• {{penmiss}} Hanstveit

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303977/

}}

2–2 on aggregate; Deportivo La Coruña won 3–2 on penalties.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:15

|team1 = Slavia Prague {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Vaslui

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Synot Tip Arena, Prague

|attendance = 7,781

|referee = Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303938/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Vaslui {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague

|goals1 =

• Burdujan {{goal|21}}

|goals2 =

• Brabec {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui

|attendance = 8,750

|referee = Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303978/

}}

1–1 on aggregate; Slavia Prague won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:45

|team1 = Baník Ostrava {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Fathi {{goal|56}}

|stadium = Bazaly, Ostrava

|attendance = 4,120

|referee = Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303916/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Spartak Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CZE}} Baník Ostrava

|goals1 =

• Bazhenov {{goal|3}}

|goals2 =

• Otepka {{goal|32}}

|stadium = Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 18,000

|referee = Tony Asumaa (Finland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303956/

}}

Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = Beşiktaş {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|UKR}} Metalist Kharkiv

|goals1 =

• Hološko {{goal|51}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 28,500

|referee = Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303917/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Metalist Kharkiv {{fbaicon|UKR}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

|goals1 =

• Jajá {{goal|20||74}}
• Dević {{goal|30}}
• Gancarczyk {{goal|79}}

|goals2 =

• Nobre {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

|attendance = 37,000

|referee = Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303957/

}}

Metalist Kharkiv won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Portsmouth {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Vitória de Guimarães

|goals1 =

• Diarra {{goal|39}}
• Defoe {{goal|60}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Fratton Park, Portsmouth

|attendance = 19,612

|referee = Knut Kircher (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303918/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 22:35

|team1 = Vitória de Guimarães {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 2–2

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Portsmouth

|goals1 =

• Douglas {{goal|19}}
• Alves {{goal|32}}

|goals2 =

• Crouch {{goal|105||111}}

|stadium = Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303958/

}}

Portsmouth won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Kayserispor {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Paris Saint-Germain

|goals1 =

• Toledo {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

• Kežman {{goal|5}}
• Luyindula {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Kayseri Atatürk Stadium, Kayseri

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303919/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Paris Saint-Germain {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Kayserispor

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303959/

}}

Paris Saint-Germain won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Sevilla {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg

|goals1 =

• Capel {{goal|6}}
• Adriano {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville

|attendance = 40,000

|referee = Rob Styles (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303920/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Red Bull Salzburg {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Kanouté {{goal|38||57|pen.}}

|stadium = Red Bull Arena, Salzburg

|attendance = 22,500

|referee = Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303960/

}}

Sevilla won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Rapid București

|goals1 =

• Grafite {{goal|47|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

|attendance = 16,245

|referee = Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303921/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = Rapid București {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Maftei {{goal|70}}

|goals2 =

• Grafite {{goal|15}}

|stadium = Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303961/

}}

VfL Wolfsburg won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Sampdoria {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|LTU}} Kaunas

|goals1 =

• Bonazzoli {{goal|14||22}}
• Cassano {{goal|36||57}}
• Fornaroli {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

|attendance = 16,870

|referee = Steve Tanner (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303922/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Kaunas {{fbaicon|LTU}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Sampdoria

|goals1 =

• Zelmikas {{goal|17}}

|goals2 =

• Fornaroli {{goal|48}}
• Bonazzoli {{goal|60}}

|stadium = S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303962/

}}

Sampdoria won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 22:00

|team1 = Marítimo {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Morientes {{goal|12}}

|stadium = Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal

|attendance = 3,000

|referee = Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303923/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 22:00

|team1 = Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Marítimo

|goals1 =

• Del Horno {{goal|78}}
• Villa {{goal|90+4|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Marcinho {{goal|41}}

|stadium = Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

|attendance = 28,000

|referee = Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303963/

}}

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Dinamo Zagreb {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303924/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = Sparta Prague {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score = 3–3

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CRO}} Dinamo Zagreb

|goals1 =

• Kulič {{goal|19}}
• Kladrubský {{goal|23||82|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Morales {{goal|17}}
• Lovren {{goal|30}}
• Badelj {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Generali Arena, Prague

|attendance = 11,934

|referee = Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303964/

}}

3–3 on aggregate; Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Omonia {{fbaicon|CYP}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|goals1 =

• Duro {{goal|49}}

|goals2 =

• Jô {{goal|59||72}}

|stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance = 15,907

|referee = Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303925/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Manchester City {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} Omonia

|goals1 =

• Elano {{goal|48}}
• Wright-Phillips {{goal|55}}

|goals2 =

• Alabi {{goal|78}}

|stadium = City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

|attendance = 26,600

|referee = Saïd Ennjimi (France)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303965/

}}

Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Young Boys {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1 =

• Schneuwly {{goal|16}}
• Doumbia {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

• Sonck {{goal|36}}
• Clement {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Stade de Suisse, Bern

|attendance = 10,204

|referee = Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303926/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Club Brugge {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Young Boys

|goals1 =

• Akpala {{goal|17}}
• Sonck {{goal|29}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

|attendance = 17,225

|referee = Cristian Balaj (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303966/

}}

Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Nancy {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SCO}} Motherwell

|goals1 =

• Berenguer {{goal|42}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine

|attendance = 16,094

|referee = Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303927/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = Motherwell {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Nancy

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Fortuné {{goal|18}}
• Gavanon {{goal|23}}

|stadium = Fir Park, Motherwell

|attendance = 11,300

|referee = Espen Berntsen (Norway)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303967/

}}

Nancy won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:05

|team1 = Everton {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège

|goals1 =

• Yakubu {{goal|23}}
• Castillo {{goal|38}}

|goals2 =

• Mbokani {{goal|9}}
• Yobo {{goal|35|o.g.}}

|stadium = Goodison Park, Liverpool

|attendance = 28,312

|referee = Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303928/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 19:40

|team1 = Standard Liège {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ENG}} Everton

|goals1 =

• Witsel {{goal|22}}
• Jovanović {{goal|79|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Jagielka {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege

|attendance = 27,150

|referee = Peter Sippel (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303968/

}}

Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = Napoli {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

|goals1 =

• Vitale {{goal|18}}
• Denis {{goal|19}}
• Maggio {{goal|54}}

|goals2 =

• Suazo {{goal|16}}
• Luisão {{goal|59}}

|stadium = Stadio San Paolo, Naples

|attendance = 51,597

|referee = Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303929/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 21:15

|team1 = Benfica {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ITA}} Napoli

|goals1 =

• Reyes {{goal|57}}
• Nuno Gomes {{goal|84}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

|attendance = 56,500

|referee = Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303969/

}}

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Bellinzona {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score = 3–4

|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Galatasaray

|goals1 =

• Lustrinelli {{goal|32}}
• Sermeter {{goal|47}}
• La Rocca {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

• Kewell {{goal|39}}
• Baroš {{goal|61||81}}
• Lincoln {{goal|90+5}}

|stadium = St. Jakob-Park, Basel

|attendance = 12,300

|referee = Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303930/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Galatasaray {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Bellinzona

|goals1 =

• Baroš {{goal|24|pen.}}
• Yıldız {{goal|86}}

|goals2 =

• Sermeter {{goal|52|pen.}}

|stadium = Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 19,850

|referee = Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303970/

}}

Galatasaray won 6–4 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:45

|team1 = NEC {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ROU}} Dinamo București

|goals1 =

• Van Beukering {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen

|attendance = 11,750

|referee = Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303931/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 19:15

|team1 = Dinamo București {{fbaicon|ROU}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} NEC

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303971/

}}

NEC won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|9|18|df=y}}

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Racing Santander {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbaicon|FIN}} Honka

|goals1 =

• Pereira {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estadio El Sardinero, Santander

|attendance = 18,637

|referee = Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303932/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2008|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = Honka {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Racing Santander

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Bedia {{goal|4}}

|stadium = Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

|attendance = 9,100

|referee = Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/303972/

}}

Racing Santander won 2–0 on aggregate.

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