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The knockout stage of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup began on 13 February 2008. It was completed on 14 May 2008 with the final at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester. The knockout stage involves the 24 teams who finished in the top three in each of their groups in the group stage, along with the eight third-placed clubs from the Champions League group stage.

Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs will progress to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs will progress. If away goals are equal too, 30 minutes of extra time are played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if scores are still level.

In the final, the tie is played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores are level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time is played, followed by penalties if scores remain tied.

Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg won the final 2–0 against Scottish side Rangers, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov coming in the last 20 minutes of the game to give Zenit their first UEFA Cup title.

Bracket

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Anderlecht	2	1	3
Bordeaux	1	1	2	Anderlecht	0	2	2
Aberdeen	2	1	3	Bayern Munich	5	1	6
Bayern Munich	2	5	7					Bayern Munich (a)	1	3	4
Benfica	1	2	3					Getafe	1	3	4
1. FC Nürnberg	0	2	2	Benfica	1	0	1
AEK Athens	1	0	1	Getafe	2	1	3
Getafe	1	3	4									Bayern Munich	1	0	1
Galatasaray	0	1	1									Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	4	5
Bayer Leverkusen	0	5	5	Bayer Leverkusen (a)	1	2	3
Zürich	1	0	1	Hamburger SV	0	3	3
Hamburger SV	3	0	3					Bayer Leverkusen	1	1	2
Marseille	3	0	3					Zenit Saint Petersburg	4	0	4
Spartak Moscow	0	2	2	Marseille	3	0	3
Zenit Saint Petersburg (a)	1	1	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg (a)	1	2	3
Villarreal	0	2	2													Zenit Saint Petersburg	2
Rangers (a)	0	1	1													Rangers	0
Panathinaikos	0	1	1	Rangers	2	0	2
Werder Bremen	3	1	4	Werder Bremen	0	1	1
Braga	0	0	0					Rangers	0	2	2
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	1					Sporting CP	0	0	0
Atlético Madrid	0	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	1
Sporting CP	2	3	5	Sporting CP	1	1	2
Basel	0	0	0									Rangers (p)	0	0	0(4)
Rosenborg	0	1	1									Fiorentina	0	0	0(2)
Fiorentina	1	2	3	Fiorentina (p)	2	0	2(4)
Brann	0	1	1	Everton	0	2	2(2)
Everton	2	6	8					Fiorentina	1	2	3
Slavia Prague	1	1	2					PSV Eindhoven	1	0	1
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	1(5)
PSV Eindhoven	2	2	4	PSV Eindhoven (p)	1	0	1(6)
Helsingborgs IF	0	1	1

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together.

The first legs were played on 13 and 14 February 2008. The second legs were played on 21 February 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aberdeen	3–7	Bayern Munich	2–2	1–5
AEK Athens	1–4	Getafe	1–1	0–3
Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–0
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–2 (a)	Villarreal	1–0	1–2
Galatasaray	1–5	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	1–5
Anderlecht	3–2	Bordeaux	2–1	1–1
Brann	1–8	Everton	0–2	1–6
Zürich	1–3	Hamburger SV	1–3	0–0
Rangers	1–1 (a)	Panathinaikos	0–0	1–1
PSV Eindhoven	4–1	Helsingborgs IF	2–0	2–1
Slavia Prague	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	1–1
Rosenborg	1–3	Fiorentina	0–1	1–2
Sporting CP	5–0	Basel	2–0	3–0
Werder Bremen	4–0	Braga	3–0	1–0
Benfica	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	2–2
Marseille	3–2	Spartak Moscow	3–0	0–2

First leg

All times CET

13 February 2008

18:00

Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Villarreal
Pogrebnyak 63'	Report

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 21,300

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

13 February 2008