In aceasta etapa din Cupa UEFA, doar trei jucatori romani au fost titulari la echipele lor de club: Sorin Botis (Ferencvaros), care s-a ales si cu un cartonas galben, Daniel Chirita (Zenit St. Petersburg) si portarul Sorin Colceag (Panionios Atena). Sa remarcam remiza obtinuta de Ferencvaros in disputa cu Feyenoord, 1-1, si infringerea suferita de Auxerre, 0-2, pe terenul echipei olandeze AZ Alkmaar.
Iata rezultatele inregistrate in runda a doua a fazei grupelor Cupei UEFA:
Grupa A
Heart of Midlothian – Schalke 04 0-1 (Lincoln ’73), Ferencvaros Budapesta – Feyenoord Rotterdam 1-1 (Tozser ’27 / Kalou ’63). Clasament: 1. Feyenoord – 4 puncte, 2. Schalke – 4 p, 3. Basel – 1 p, 4. Ferencvaros – 1 p, 5. Hearts – 0 p. Urmatoarele meciuri (joi, 25 noiembrie): Basel – Hearts, Schalke 04 – Ferencvaros.
Grupa C
Utrecht – Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 1-2 (Douglas ’88 / Rotan ’12, Semociko ’83), Austria Viena – Real Zaragoza 1-0 (Gilewicz ’71). Clasament: 1. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk – 6 puncte, 2. Austria Viena – 3 p, 3. Real Zaragoza – 3 p, 4. FC Bruges – 0 p, 5. Utrecht – 0 p. Urmatoarele partide: FC Bruges – Utrecht, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk – Austria Viena.
Grupa D
Newcastle United – Dinamo Tbilisi 2-0 (Shearer ’38, Bellamy ’56), Sporting Lisabona – Panionios Atena 4-1 (Castro ‘4, Douala ’38, Liedson ’79, Viana ’81 / Marcora ’35). Clasament: 1. Newcastle United – 6 puncte, 2. Sporting – 3 p, 3. Sochaux – 3 p, 4. Panionios – 0 p, 5. Dinamo Tbilisi – 0 p. Urmatoarele jocuri: Sochaux – Newcastle United, Dinamo Tbilisi – Sporting.
Grupa E
Partizan Belgrad – Egaleo Atena 4-0 (Ilic ’23, ’56, ’61, Vukcevic ’69), Middlesbrough – Lazio Roma 2-0 (Zenden ’16, ’71).
Clasament: 1. Middlesbrough – 6 puncte, 2. Partizan Belgrad – 3 p, 3. Villarreal – 1 p, 4. Lazio – 1 p, 5. Egaleo – 0 p. Urmatoarele intilniri: Villarreal – Middlesbrough, Lazio – Partizan Belgrad.
Grupa F
Grazer AK – Amica Wronki 3-1 (Kollmann ’31, ’61 – p, ’70 / Dembinski ’26), AZ Alkmaar – AJ Auxerre 2-0 (Huysegems ‘4, ’18). Clasament: 1. Grazer AK – 4 puncte, 2. Rangers – 3 p, 3. AZ Alkmaar – 3 p, 4. AJ Auxerre – 1 p, 5. Amica Wronki- 0 p. Urmatoarele dispute: Glasgow Rangers – Grazer AK, Amica Wronki – AZ Alkmaar.
Grupa G
VfB Stuttgart – Benfica Lisabona 3-0 (Cacau ’31, Meissner ’52, Kuranyi ’72), Dinamo Zagreb – Beveren 6-1 (Da Silva ’16, A. Mijatovic ’21, Zahora ’35, ’41, Kranjcar ’55, Mujcin ’87 / Vieminckx ’81). Clasament: 1. VfB Stuttgart – 6 puncte, 2. Dinamo Zagreb – 3 p, 3. Benfica – 3 p, 4. Heerenveen – 0 p, 5. Beveren – 0 p. Urmatoarele confruntari: Heerenveen – VfB Stuttgart, Benfica – Dinamo Zagreb.
Grupa H
Lille – Zenit St. Petersburg 2-1 (Tafforeau ’35, Moussilou ’42 / Kerjakov ’39), FC Sevilla – Alemannia Aachen 2-0 (Aranda ‘8, Baptista ’78 – p). Clasament: 1. Lille – 3 puncte, 2. Zenit – 3 p, 3. Sevilla – 3 p, 4. Alemannia – 3 p, 5. AEK Atena – 0 p. Urmatoarele meciuri: AEK Atena – Lille, Zenit St. Petersburg – Sevilla.
