2009 UEFA Cup final

2009 UEFA Cup Final
Event2008–09 UEFA Cup
Shakhtar Donetsk Werder Bremen
Ukraine Germany
2 1
After extra time
Date20 May 2009
VenueŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
Man of the MatchDarijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
RefereeLuis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)[1]
Attendance37,357[2]
WeatherPartly cloudy night
18 °C (64 °F)
63% humidity[3]
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The 2009 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the 38th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. It was also the last final to be held under the UEFA Cup name, as the competition was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League from the 2009–10 season. The final was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Werder Bremen, with Shakhtar winning the match 2–1 after extra time. All three goalscorers in the game were Brazilians; lone striker Luiz Adriano opened the scoring for Shakhtar midway through the first half, before Naldo equalised from a free kick ten minutes later. The second half was goalless and the match went to extra time; after only seven minutes, Jádson scored for Shakhtar to secure the club's first major European trophy.[4]

The match was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium – home ground of Fenerbahçe – in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 May 2009.[5] It was the second European football final to be held in Turkey, after the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, which was held in another Istanbul venue, the Atatürk Olympic Stadium. It was also the first European football final to be held outside the geographical Europe, as Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium lies across the Bosphorus from the city centre, and hence, in geographical Asia.

Former Fenerbahçe player Can Bartu was appointed as ambassador of the final.

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  3. ^ "Line-ups" (PDF). UEFA. 20 May 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk claim Uefa Cup final glory over Werder Bremen". The Guardian. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  5. ^ Chaplin, Mark (4 October 2006). "Moscow chosen for 2008 final". UEFA. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2007.