2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League began on 11 July 2006. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.

Teams

Key to colours
Qualify for the group stage
Eliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Milan 129.020
Liverpool 105.950
Arsenal 101.950
Valencia 95.006
Ajax 60.640
Lille 54.757
Benfica 51.533
CSKA Moscow 42.504
AEK Athens 39.587
Shakhtar Donetsk 33.777
Galatasaray 33.634
Hamburger SV 30.960
Slovan Liberec 28.769
Austria Wien 27.723
Osasuna 25.006
Chievo 23.020
Maccabi Haifa 19.108
Standard Liège 17.981
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Steaua București 46.381
Dynamo Kyiv 36.777
Levski Sofia 35.016
Fenerbahçe 28.634
Spartak Moscow 21.504
Dinamo Zagreb 20.647
Red Star Belgrade 20.600
Heart of Midlothian 20.023
Copenhagen 16.593
Legia Warsaw 16.104
Debrecen 13.840
Vålerenga 11.921
Zürich 10.537
Djurgårdens IF 9.372
Mladá Boleslav 8.769
Red Bull Salzburg 8.723
Ružomberok 6.070
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.
HIT Gorica 4.355
MYPA 3.433
Apollon Limassol 3.355
Široki Brijeg 2.695
FH 2.595
Liepājas Metalurgs 2.365
Sheriff Tiraspol 2.255
Sioni Bolnisi 2.090
Ekranas 1.925
Birkirkara 1.880
Rabotnicki 1.760
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1.457
Cork City 1.430
Elbasani 1.210
Pyunik 0.990
TVMK 0.880
Linfield 0.770
The New Saints 0.770
Baku 0.660
F91 Dudelange 0.605
B36 0.550
Aktobe 0.550

First qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

HIT Gorica
MYPA
Apollon Limassol
Široki Brijeg
FH
Liepājas Metalurgs

Sheriff Tiraspol
Sioni Bolnisi
Ekranas
Birkirkara
Rabotnicki

Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Cork City
Elbasani
Pyunik
TVMK
Linfield

The New Saints
Baku
F91 Dudelange
B36
Aktobe

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 July 2006, with the second legs on 18 and 19 July.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Elbasani 1–3 Ekranas1–00–3
TVMK 3–4 FH2–31–1
Liepājas Metalurgs 2–1 Aktobe1–01–1
MYPA 2–0 The New Saints1–01–0
Cork City 2–1 Apollon Limassol1–01–1
Sioni Bolnisi 2–1 Baku2–00–1
F91 Dudelange 0–1 Rabotnicki0–10–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–2 Široki Brijeg0–10–1
Birkirkara 2–5 B360–32–2
Linfield 3–5 HIT Gorica1–32–2
Pyunik 0–2 Sheriff Tiraspol0–00–2

Matches

Elbasani 1–0 Ekranas
  • Trojku 75'
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
Ekranas 3–0 Elbasani
Report
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

Ekranas won 3–1 on aggregate.


TVMK 2–3 FH
Report
FH 1–1 TVMK
Report
Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

FH won 4–3 on aggregate.


Liepājas Metalurgs 1–0 Aktobe
Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Alojzije Supraha (Croatia)
Aktobe 1–1 Liepājas Metalurgs
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

Liepājas Metalurgs won 2–1 on aggregate.


MYPA 1–0 The New Saints
Report
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Dejan Stanišic (Serbia)
The New Saints 0–1 MYPA
Report
Attendance: 864
Referee: Peter Vervecken (Belgium)

MYPA won 2–0 on aggregate.


Cork City 1–0 Apollon Limassol
Report
Attendance: 3,882
Apollon Limassol 1–1 Cork City
Report

Cork City won 2–1 on aggregate.


Sioni Bolnisi 2–0 Baku
  • Boyomo 69'
  • Ugrekhelidze 88'
Report
Baku 1–0 Sioni Bolnisi
Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)

Sioni Bolnisi won 2–1 on aggregate.


F91 Dudelange 0–1 Rabotnicki
Report
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)
Rabotnicki 0–0 F91 Dudelange
Report
Attendance: 2,000

Rabotnicki won 1–0 on aggregate.


Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 Široki Brijeg
Report
  • Bubalo 28'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ian Stokes (Republic of Ireland)
Široki Brijeg 1–0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tiziano Pieri (Italy)

Široki Brijeg won 2–0 on aggregate.


Birkirkara 0–3 B36
Report
  • Sylla 15', 32'
  • Thorleifson 90+2'
Attendance: 805
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)
B36 2–2 Birkirkara
Report

B36 won 5–2 on aggregate.


Linfield 1–3 HIT Gorica
Report
Attendance: 1,906
Referee: Bruno Coue (France)
HIT Gorica 2–2 Linfield
Report
Attendance: 1,391
Referee: Cem Papila (Turkey)

HIT Gorica won 5–3 on aggregate.


Pyunik 0–0 Sheriff Tiraspol
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 Pyunik
Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Steaua București
Dynamo Kyiv
Levski Sofia
Fenerbahçe
Spartak Moscow
Dinamo Zagreb
Red Star Belgrade

Heart of Midlothian
Copenhagen
Legia Warsaw
Debrecen
Vålerenga
Zürich
Djurgårdens IF

Mladá Boleslav
Red Bull Salzburg
Ružomberok
HIT Gorica[†]
MYPA[†]
Cork City[†]
Široki Brijeg[†]

FH[†]
Liepājas Metalurgs[†]
Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
Sioni Bolnisi[†]
Ekranas[†]
B36 [†]
Rabotnicki[†]

Notes
  1. Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

Summary

The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July 2006, with the second legs on 1 and 2 August.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
HIT Gorica 0–5 Steaua București0–20–3
Levski Sofia 4–0 Sioni Bolnisi2–02–0
Zürich 2–3 Red Bull Salzburg2–10–2
Djurgårdens IF 2–3 Ružomberok1–01–3
Debrecen 2–5 Rabotnicki1–11–4
Cork City 0–4 Red Star Belgrade0–10–3
Fenerbahçe 9–0 B364–05–0
Mladá Boleslav 5–3 Vålerenga3–12–2
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 (a) Spartak Moscow1–10–0
Liepājas Metalurgs 1–8 Dynamo Kyiv1–40–4
FH 0–3 Legia Warsaw0–10–2
Copenhagen 4–2 MYPA2–02–2
Ekranas 3–9 Dinamo Zagreb1–42–5
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Široki Brijeg3–00–0

Matches

HIT Gorica 0–2 Steaua București
Report
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
Steaua București 3–0 HIT Gorica
Report

Steaua București won 5–0 on aggregate.


Levski Sofia 2–0 Sioni Bolnisi
Report
Attendance: 11,075
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Sioni Bolnisi 0–2 Levski Sofia
Report

Levski Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.


Zürich 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Zürich
Report
Attendance: 16,168

Red Bull Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.


Djurgårdens IF 1–0 Ružomberok
Report
Ružomberok 3–1 Djurgårdens IF
Report

Ružomberok won 3–2 on aggregate.


Debrecen 1–1 Rabotnicki
Report
Rabotnicki 4–1 Debrecen
Report
Attendance: 5,500

Rabotnicki won 5–2 on aggregate.


Cork City 0–1 Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 5,442
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Red Star Belgrade 3–0 Cork City
Report
Attendance: 25,858

Red Star Belgrade won 4–0 on aggregate.


Fenerbahçe 4–0 B36
Report
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)
B36 0–5 Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

Fenerbahçe won 9–0 on aggregate.


Mladá Boleslav 3–1 Vålerenga
Report
Vålerenga 2–2 Mladá Boleslav
Report
Attendance: 9,639

Mladá Boleslav won 5–3 on aggregate.


Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Spartak Moscow 0–0 Sheriff Tiraspol
Report
Attendance: 22,000

1–1 on aggregate; Spartak Moscow won on away goals.


Liepājas Metalurgs 1–4 Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Attendance: 4,573
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
Dynamo Kyiv 4–0 Liepājas Metalurgs
Report

Dynamo Kyiv won 8–1 on aggregate.


FH 0–1 Legia Warsaw
Report
Legia Warsaw 2–0 FH
Report
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

Legia Warsaw won 3–0 on aggregate.


Copenhagen 2–0 MYPA
Report
Attendance: 17,523
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)
MYPA 2–2 Copenhagen
Report
Attendance: 2,443
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate.


Ekranas 1–4 Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Dinamo Zagreb 5–2 Ekranas
Report
Attendance: 6,270
Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Dinamo Zagreb won 9–3 on aggregate.


Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Široki Brijeg
Report
Široki Brijeg 0–0 Heart of Midlothian
Report

Heart of Midlothian won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 28 July 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Milan
Liverpool
Arsenal
Valencia
Ajax
Lille
Benfica
Steaua București[†]

CSKA Moscow
AEK Athens
Dynamo Kyiv[†]
Levski Sofia[†]
Shakhtar Donetsk
Galatasaray
Hamburger SV
Slovan Liberec

Fenerbahçe[†]
Austria Wien
Osasuna
Chievo
Spartak Moscow[†]
Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Red Star Belgrade[†]
Heart of Midlothian[†]

Maccabi Haifa
Standard Liège
Copenhagen[†]
Legia Warsaw [†]
Rabotnicki[†]
Mladá Boleslav[†]
Red Bull Salzburg[†]
Ružomberok[†]

Notes
  1. Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

Summary

The first legs were played on 8 and 9 August 2006, with the second legs on 22 and 23 August. The teams eliminated in this round qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Slovan Liberec 1–2 Spartak Moscow0–01–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–2 Legia Warsaw1–03–2
Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Valencia1–00–3
Levski Sofia 4–2 Chievo2–02–2
Heart of Midlothian 1–5 AEK Athens1–20–3
CSKA Moscow 5–0 Ružomberok3–02–0
Milan 3–1 Red Star Belgrade1–02–1
Galatasaray 6–3 Mladá Boleslav5–21–1
Standard Liège 3–4 Steaua București2–21–2
Austria Wien 1–4 Benfica1–10–3
Dinamo Zagreb 1–5 Arsenal0–31–2
Copenhagen 3–2 Ajax1–22–0
Hamburger SV 1–1 (a) Osasuna0–01–1
Dynamo Kyiv 5–3 Fenerbahçe3–12–2
Liverpool 3–2 Maccabi Haifa2–11–1
Lille 4–0 Rabotnicki3–01–0

Matches

Slovan Liberec 0–0 Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 8,130
Spartak Moscow 2–1 Slovan Liberec
Report
Attendance: 35,000

Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.


Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 Legia Warsaw
Report
Attendance: 24,000
Legia Warsaw 2–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–2 on aggregate.


Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 Valencia
Report
Attendance: 18,000
Valencia 3–0 Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Attendance: 50,283

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.


Levski Sofia 2–0 Chievo
Report
Attendance: 18,949
Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)
Chievo 2–2 Levski Sofia
Report

Levski Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.


Heart of Midlothian 1–2 AEK Athens
Report
AEK Athens 3–0 Heart of Midlothian
Report
Attendance: 42,925

AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.


CSKA Moscow 3–0 Ružomberok
Report
Ružomberok 0–2 CSKA Moscow
Report

CSKA Moscow won 5–0 on aggregate.


Milan 1–0 Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 70,510
Red Star Belgrade 1–2 Milan
Report
Attendance: 49,604

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.


Galatasaray 5–2 Mladá Boleslav
Report
Attendance: 17,715
Mladá Boleslav 1–1 Galatasaray
Report

Galatasaray won 6–3 on aggregate.


Standard Liège 2–2 Steaua București
Report
Steaua București 2–1 Standard Liège
Report
Attendance: 44,234
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.


Austria Wien 1–1 Benfica
Report
Benfica 3–0 Austria Wien
Report
Attendance: 58,110
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 Arsenal
Report
Attendance: 31,120
Arsenal 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 52,498

Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.


Copenhagen 1–2 Ajax
Report
Ajax 0–2 Copenhagen
Report
Attendance: 35,617

Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.


Hamburger SV 0–0 Osasuna
Report
Osasuna 1–1 Hamburger SV
Report

1–1 on aggregate; Hamburger SV won on away goals.


Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 Fenerbahçe
Report
Fenerbahçe 2–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Report

Dynamo Kyiv won 5–3 on aggregate.


Liverpool 2–1 Maccabi Haifa
Report
Attendance: 40,058
Maccabi Haifa 1–1 Liverpool
Report

Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.


Lille 3–0 Rabotnicki
Report
Rabotnicki 0–1 Lille
Report
Attendance: 6,500

Lille won 4–0 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ The New Saints played their home match at Latham Park in Newtown as their regular home venue Park Hall in Oswestry did not meet UEFA criteria.
  2. ^ Apollon Limassol played their home match at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium, Tsirio Stadium in Limassol.
  3. ^ a b Sioni Bolnisi played their home matches at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi as their regular home venue Tamaz Stepania Stadium in Bolnisi did not meet UEFA criteria.
  4. ^ Shakhtyor Soligorsk played their home match at Central Stadium, Gomel as their regular home venue Stroitel Stadium in Soligorsk did not meet UEFA criteria.
  5. ^ a b B36 played their home matches at Tórsvøllur stadium, instead of their regular home venue Gundadalur stadium.
  6. ^ Zürich played their home match at Hardturm as their regular home venue Letzigrund was closed for renovation.
  7. ^ Djurgårdens IF played their home match at Råsunda Stadium in Solna as their regular home venue Stockholm Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
  8. ^ a b Heart of Midlothian played their home matches at Murrayfield Stadium as their regular home venue Tynecastle Park did not meet UEFA criteria.
  9. ^ CSKA Moscow played their home match at Lokomotiv Stadium instead of their regular home venue Dynamo Stadium.
  10. ^ Austria Wien played their home match at Ernst-Happel-Stadion instead of their regular home venue Franz Horr Stadium.
  11. ^ Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice.[1] The match was played at Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, instead of Maccabi Haifa regular home venue Kiryat Eliezer Stadium in Haifa.[2]

References

  1. ^ "UEFA decision on Israel". UEFA. 7 August 2006. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
  2. ^ "Liverpool to play Haifa in Kyiv". BBC Sport. 14 August 2006. Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2006.