Overall Winners
The overall winners concept was introduced since 2006. It determines by the team that advances the farthest in the UEFA Cup. Eight of the eleven which entered the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup won their qualifying ties and progressed to the first round proper. Half of these eight survived the first round and entered the group stages, only Newcastle United secured a place in the UEFA Cup Round of 32 and were the last remaining team from the Intertoto Cup - rendering them the overall winner. They then went onto qualify for the last 16. Captain Scott Parker lifted the trophy at St James Park before their tie with AZ.
- Newcastle United (Overall winners) (Round of 16, lost to AZ)
- Auxerre (Group stage, fourth in Group A)
- Grasshopper Zürich (Group stage, fifth in Group C)
- Odense (Group stage, fourth in Group D)
- Marseille (First round, lost to Mladá Boleslav)
- Hertha Berlin (First round, lost to Odense)
- Kayserispor (First round, lost to AZ)
- Ethnikos Achna (First round, lost to Lens)
- Twente (Second qualifying round, lost to Levadia Tallinn)
- Ried (Second qualifying round, lost to Sion)
- Maribor (Second qualifying round, lost to Partizan)
Read more about this topic: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
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