Soccer Betting - UEFA Cup 2007
History - Facts - Statistics - Winners - 2007/08 Calendar
• The current competition format was first adopted for the 2004-05 season. The major change was the introduction of a group stage and two qualifying rounds instead of one. Additional changes were introduced for 2006-07 season due to the changes in the UEFA Intertoto Cup format.
• Inter, Juventus and Liverpool share the record of three UEFA Cup final successes apiece. But it is Juventus FC the most succesful club, since besides having his 3 champion titles, it reached to be the 3 times runner-up.
• Three teams have achieved the great accomplishment of winning their domestic league, domestic cup and the UEFA Cup in the same season, those being Galatasaray in 2000, F.C. Porto in 2003 and PFC CSKA Moscow in 2005.
• The trophy itself, which weighs 15kg and is silver on a yellow marble plinth, was designed and crafted by the Bertoni workshops in Milan for the 1972 final at a cost of €23,000. The UEFA Cup has no handles, its beauty lying in its simplicity. Just above the plinth, a group of players seem to be jostling for the ball. In fact they are supporting the octagonal cup which is emblazoned with the UEFA emblem.
• The winners keep the trophy for a year and after handing it back they can keep a replica which is four-fifths the size of the original trophy. The regulations also state that the original trophy is handed to any club that wins the UEFA Cup three times in a row or five times overall
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