2009 UEFA Cup final
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.
| Event | 2008–09 UEFA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 20 May 2009 | ||||||
| Venue | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk) | ||||||
| Referee | Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) | ||||||
| Attendance | 37,357 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy night 18 °C (64 °F) 63% humidity | ||||||
The match was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium – home ground of Fenerbahçe – in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 May 2009. 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.