2008 UEFA Cup Final
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The 2008 UEFA Cup Final was the 37th final of the UEFA Cup. It is UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was played at the City of Manchester Stadium. It is the home stadium of Manchester City F.C., in Manchester, England,[1] at 20:45 CEST (19:45 local time) on 14 May 2008.
Event | 2007–08 UEFA Cup | ||||||
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Date | 14 May 2008 | ||||||
Venue | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester | ||||||
Man of the Match | Andrei Arshavin (Zenit) | ||||||
Referee | Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) | ||||||
Attendance | 43,878 | ||||||
Weather | Sunny 16°C 43% humidity | ||||||
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The match was played by Zenit St. Petersburg of Russia and Rangers of Scotland. It was called a battle of Rangers coaching staff, with ex-boss Dick Advocaat, currently the manager of Zenit against current boss Walter Smith. Smith has had two times as manager of Rangers. Both coaches led the Rangers to the Scottish domestic treble; Smith in 1993 and Advocaat in 1999.
Zenit won the match 2–0. They had goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov. It was their first UEFA Cup title. It made them only the second Russian side to win the competition, after CSKA Moscow in 2004–05.
The logo of the final shows a picture of the City of Manchester Stadium, created by English artist Liam Spencer. It was first shown at a ceremony in the stadium on December 6.[2]