2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League began on 17 July 2007. 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.
Liverpool 112.618
Arsenal 104.618
Valencia 99.374
Sevilla 87.374
Benfica 67.107
Ajax 65.995
Werder Bremen 63.640
Celtic 62.064
Lazio 51.808
Anderlecht 41.594
Dynamo Kyiv 38.726
Sparta Prague 37.851
Fenerbahçe 36.791
AEK Athens 36.415
Dinamo București 34.255
Spartak Moscow 27.920
Toulouse 17.706
Zürich 9.869
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Steaua București 55.255
Rangers 47.064
Shakhtar Donetsk 44.726
Beşiktaş 43.791
Levski Sofia 38.112
Slavia Prague 32.851
Rosenborg 31.509
Red Star Belgrade 19.256
Copenhagen 19.129
Genk 15.594
Debrecen 11.675
Red Bull Salzburg 9.104
Beitar Jerusalem 6.338
Zagłębie Lubin 5.609
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Dinamo Zagreb 17.533
APOEL 6.492
Domžale 5.272
IF Elfsborg 4.478
Sarajevo 4.190
Ventspils 3.860
Žilina 3.575
Derry City 3.145
FH 2.650
Kaunas 2.420
Tampere United 2.420
Sheriff Tiraspol 2.365
Olimpi Rustavi 2.035
Pobeda 1.925
BATE Borisov 1.540
Tirana 1.265
Levadia Tallinn 1.210
Pyunik 1.155
Khazar Lankaran 1.045
Astana 0.770
Linfield 0.715
The New Saints 0.660
HB 0.550
F91 Dudelange 0.550
Marsaxlokk 0.550
Rànger's 0.000
Murata 0.000
Zeta 0.000

First qualifying round

The draw was held on 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Dinamo Zagreb
APOEL
Domžale
IF Elfsborg
Sarajevo
Ventspils
Žilina

Derry City
FH
Kaunas
Tampere United
Sheriff Tiraspol
Olimpi Rustavi
Pobeda

BATE Borisov
Tirana
Levadia Tallinn
Pyunik
Khazar Lankaran
Astana
Linfield

The New Saints
HB
F91 Dudelange
Marsaxlokk
Rànger's
Murata
Zeta

Summary

The first leg matches were held on 17 July and 18 July, while the second legs were played on 24 July and 25 July 2007.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Khazar Lankaran 2–4 Dinamo Zagreb1–11–3 (a.e.t.)
APOEL 2–3 BATE Borisov2–00–3 (a.e.t.)
Sheriff Tiraspol 5–0 Rànger's2–03–0
FH 4–1 HB4–10–0
The New Saints 4–4 (a) Ventspils3–21–2
Pobeda 0–1 Levadia Tallinn0–10–0
Olimpi Rustavi 0–3 Astana0–00–3
Zeta 5–4 Kaunas3–12–3
Murata 1–4 Tampere United1–20–2
F91 Dudelange 5–7 Žilina1–24–5
Linfield 0–1 IF Elfsborg0–00–1
Derry City 0–2 Pyunik0–00–2
Marsaxlokk 1–9 Sarajevo0–61–3
Domžale 3–1 Tirana1–02–1

Matches

Khazar Lankaran 1–1 Dinamo Zagreb
  • Ramazanov 58'
 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)
Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 (a.e.t.) Khazar Lankaran
 Report
Attendance: 9,240
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.

APOEL 2–0 BATE Borisov
 Report
Attendance: 10,971
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
BATE Borisov 3–0 (a.e.t.) APOEL
 Report
Attendance: 5,000

BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 Rànger's
 Report
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Rànger's 0–3 Sheriff Tiraspol
Report
Attendance: 280
Referee: Fariz Yusifov (Azerbaijan)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–0 on aggregate.

FH 4–1 HB
 Report
Attendance: 1,422
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)
HB 0–0 FH
Report
Attendance: 655
Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

FH won 4–1 on aggregate.

The New Saints 3–2 Ventspils
  • Wilde 14'
  • Baker 54'
  • Hogan 90'
 Report
Attendance: 649
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
Ventspils 2–1 The New Saints
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)

4–4 on aggregate; Ventspils won on away goals.

Pobeda 0–1 Levadia Tallinn
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Levadia Tallinn 0–0 Pobeda
Report
Attendance: 2,297
Referee: Mihály Fábián (Hungary)

Levadia Tallinn won 1–0 on aggregate.

Olimpi Rustavi 0–0 Astana
Report
Attendance: 2,900
Astana 3–0 Olimpi Rustavi
 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Astana won 3–0 on aggregate.

Zeta 3–1 Kaunas
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Kaunas 3–2 Zeta
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

Zeta won 5–4 on aggregate.

Murata 1–2 Tampere United
  • Protti 43'
 Report
Attendance: 2,686
Tampere United 2–0 Murata
 Report
Attendance: 5,638
Referee: Luc Wilmes (Luxembourg)

Tampere United won 4–1 on aggregate.

F91 Dudelange 1–2 Žilina
  • Di Gregorio 45' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Alexander Gonchar (Russia)
Žilina 5–4 F91 Dudelange
 Report
  • Di Gregorio 40'
  • Hammami 49'
  • Guthleber 71'
  • Lukić 82'
Attendance: 5,822
Referee: Paolo Paraty da Silva (Portugal)

Žilina won 7–5 on aggregate.

Linfield 0–0 IF Elfsborg
Report
Attendance: 2,009
IF Elfsborg 1–0 Linfield
 Report
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

IF Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Derry City 0–0 Pyunik
Report
Attendance: 2,285
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Pyunik 2–0 Derry City
 Report
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Pyunik won 2–0 on aggregate.

Marsaxlokk 0–6 Sarajevo
Report
Attendance: 321
Referee: Mario Vlk (Slovakia)
Sarajevo 3–1 Marsaxlokk
 Report
Attendance: 5,000

Sarajevo won 9–1 on aggregate.

Domžale 1–0 Tirana
 Report
Attendance: 824
Tirana 1–2 Domžale
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mechalis Germanakos (Greece)

Domžale won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Steaua București
Rangers
Shakhtar Donetsk
Beşiktaş
Levski Sofia
Slavia Prague
Rosenborg

Red Star Belgrade
Copenhagen
Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Genk
Debrecen
Red Bull Salzburg
BATE Borisov[†]

Beitar Jerusalem
Zagłębie Lubin
Domžale[†]
IF Elfsborg[†]
Sarajevo[†]
Ventspils[†]
Žilina[†]

Pyunik[†]
FH[†]
Zeta[†]
Tampere United[†]
Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
Astana[†]
Levadia Tallinn[†]

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 leg matches were played on 31 July and 1 August, while the second legs were played on 7 August and 8 August 2007.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Pyunik 1–4 Shakhtar Donetsk0–21–2
Red Star Belgrade 2–2 (a) Levadia Tallinn1–01–2
Rangers 3–0 Zeta2–01–0
Debrecen 0–1 IF Elfsborg0–10–0
Zagłębie Lubin 1–3 Steaua București0–11–2
Genk 2–2 (a) Sarajevo1–21–0
Ventspils 0–7 Red Bull Salzburg0–30–4
Astana 2–10 Rosenborg1–31–7
FH 2–4 BATE Borisov1–31–1
Copenhagen 2–1 Beitar Jerusalem1–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Žilina 0–0 (3–4 p) Slavia Prague0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
Tampere United 2–0 Levski Sofia1–01–0
Domžale 2–5 Dinamo Zagreb1–21–3
Beşiktaş 4–0 Sheriff Tiraspol1–03–0

Matches

Pyunik 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Pyunik
 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: João Lopes Ferreira (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade 1–0 Levadia Tallinn
 Report
Attendance: 18,886
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Levadia Tallinn 2–1 Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

2–2 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

Rangers 2–0 Zeta
 Report
Attendance: 36,145
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Zeta 0–1 Rangers
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.

Debrecen 0–1 IF Elfsborg
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
IF Elfsborg 0–0 Debrecen
Report
Attendance: 11,952

IF Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Zagłębie Lubin 0–1 Steaua București
Report
Attendance: 7,300
Steaua București 2–1 Zagłębie Lubin
 Report
Attendance: 16,287

Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.

Genk 1–2 Sarajevo
 Report
Attendance: 11,090
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Sarajevo 0–1 Genk
Report
Attendance: 32,000

2–2 on aggregate; Sarajevo won on away goals.

Ventspils 0–3 Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)
Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Ventspils
 Report
Attendance: 11,665

Red Bull Salzburg won 7–0 on aggregate.

Astana 1–3 Rosenborg
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Rosenborg 7–1 Astana
 Report
Attendance: 12,827
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Rosenborg won 10–2 on aggregate.

FH 1–3 BATE Borisov
 Report
Attendance: 1,587
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
BATE Borisov 1–1 FH
 Report
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

BATE Borisov won 4–2 on aggregate.

Copenhagen 1–0 Beitar Jerusalem
 Report
Attendance: 21,336
Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 (a.e.t.) Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 16,800

Copenhagen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Žilina 0–0 Slavia Prague
Report
Attendance: 9,600

0–0 on aggregate; Slavia Prague won 4–3 on penalties.

Tampere United 1–0 Levski Sofia
 Report
Attendance: 8,126
Levski Sofia 0–1 Tampere United
Report
Attendance: 11,704

Tampere United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Domžale 1–2 Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 2,787
Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 Domžale
 Report
Attendance: 14,550
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş 1–0 Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Attendance: 17,871
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–3 Beşiktaş
Report
Attendance: 13,000

Beşiktaş won 4–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 3 August 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Liverpool
Arsenal
Valencia
Sevilla
Benfica
Ajax
Werder Bremen
Celtic

Steaua București[†]
Lazio
Rangers[†]
Shakhtar Donetsk[†]
Beşiktaş[†]
Anderlecht
Dynamo Kyiv
Tampere United[†]

Sparta Prague
Fenerbahçe
AEK Athens
Dinamo București
Slavia Prague[†]
Spartak Moscow
Rosenborg[†]
Red Star Belgrade[†]

Copenhagen[†]
Toulouse
Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Sarajevo[†]
IF Elfsborg[†]
Zürich
Red Bull Salzburg[†]
BATE Borisov[†]

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 leg matches were played on 14 August and 15 August, while the second legs were played on 28 August and 29 August 2007. Winners in this round qualified for the group stage, while the losing clubs entered the first round of the UEFA Cup. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
BATE Borisov 2–4 Steaua București2–20–2
Tampere United 0–5 Rosenborg0–30–2
Spartak Moscow 2–2 (3–4 p) Celtic1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Werder Bremen 5–3 Dinamo Zagreb2–13–2
Red Bull Salzburg 2–3 Shakhtar Donetsk1–01–3
Ajax 1–3 Slavia Prague0–11–2
Valencia 5–1 IF Elfsborg3–02–1
Sarajevo 0–4 Dynamo Kyiv0–10–3
Fenerbahçe 3–0 Anderlecht1–02–0
Rangers 1–0 Red Star Belgrade1–00–0
Toulouse 0–5 Liverpool0–10–4
Benfica 3–1 Copenhagen2–11–0
Lazio 4–2 Dinamo București1–13–1
Sparta Prague 0–5 Arsenal0–20–3
Zürich 1–3 Beşiktaş1–10–2
Sevilla 6–1 AEK Athens2–04–1

Matches

BATE Borisov 2–2 Steaua București
 Report
Attendance: 5,300
Steaua București 2–0 BATE Borisov
 Report
Attendance: 24,254

Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tampere United 0–3 Rosenborg
Report
Attendance: 16,800
Rosenborg 2–0 Tampere United
 Report
Attendance: 14,123

Rosenborg won 5–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow 1–1 Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 5,000

2–2 on aggregate; Celtic won 4–3 on penalties.

Werder Bremen 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 25,474
Dinamo Zagreb 2–3 Werder Bremen
 Report
Attendance: 34,175
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Attendance: 23,690
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Red Bull Salzburg
 Report
Attendance: 26,000

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ajax 0–1 Slavia Prague
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Slavia Prague 2–1 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 17,330

Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.

Valencia 3–0 IF Elfsborg
 Report
Attendance: 46,320
IF Elfsborg 1–2 Valencia
 Report
Attendance: 13,148

Valencia won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sarajevo 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 Sarajevo
 Report
Attendance: 16,100

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe 1–0 Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 37,919
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Anderlecht 0–2 Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 20,722

Fenerbahçe won 3–0 on aggregate.

Rangers 1–0 Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 35,364
Red Star Belgrade 0–0 Rangers
Report
Attendance: 40,104

Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate.

Toulouse 0–1 Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 30,380
Liverpool 4–0 Toulouse
 Report
Attendance: 43,118

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.

Benfica 2–1 Copenhagen
 Report
Attendance: 55,722
Copenhagen 0–1 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 39,711

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lazio 1–1 Dinamo București
 Report
Attendance: 35,172
Dinamo București 1–3 Lazio
 Report
Attendance: 40,164

Lazio won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 0–2 Arsenal
Report
Attendance: 19,856
Arsenal 3–0 Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 58,462

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Zürich 1–1 Beşiktaş
 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Beşiktaş 2–0 Zürich
 Report
Attendance: 22,773

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sevilla 2–0 AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 34,852
AEK Athens 1–4 Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 37,777

Sevilla won 6–1 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ Khazar Lankaran played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku as their regular home venue Khazar Lankaran Central Stadium in Lankaran did not meet UEFA criteria.
  2. ^ HB played their home match at Tórsvøllur stadium, instead of their regular home venue Gundadalur stadium.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Astana played their home matches at Central Stadium in Kostanay as their regular home venue Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana did not meet UEFA criteria.
  5. ^ a b Zeta played their home matches at City Stadium, Podgorica as their regular home venue Stadion Trešnjica in Golubovci did not meet UEFA criteria.
  6. ^ Ventspils played their Second round home match at Skonto Stadium in Riga as their regular home venue Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils did not meet UEFA criteria.
  7. ^ Zürich played their home match at Hardturm as their regular home venue Letzigrund was closed for renovation.
  8. ^ The second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September due to the death of Antonio Puerta.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Bayern and Ajax given tough ties". UEFA. 31 August 2007.
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