2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League began on 15 July 2008. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stages.

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
TeamCoeff.
Liverpool118.996
Barcelona117.837
Arsenal110.996
Schalke 0467.078
Juventus66.934
Marseille63.380
Steaua București59.398
Olympiacos51.525
Shakhtar Donetsk49.932
Fiorentina40.934
Spartak Moscow40.437
Atlético Madrid36.837
Levski Sofia32.644
Slavia Prague31.496
Galatasaray30.469
Vitória de Guimarães18.176
Standard Liège14.810
Twente14.610
Second qualifying round
TeamCoeff.
Rangers66.013
Panathinaikos52.525
Basel51.993
Fenerbahçe51.469
Anderlecht41.810
Sparta Prague36.496
Dynamo Kyiv34.932
Partizan25.527
Wisła Kraków15.973
Aalborg BK12.748
Brann12.400
Rapid Wien10.840
Beitar Jerusalem5.197
MTK Budapest4.960
First qualifying round
TeamCoeff.
Dinamo Zagreb17.836
Artmedia Petržalka14.070
Domžale5.272
Göteborg4.518
Anorthosis4.327
Tampere United4.176
Dinamo Tbilisi3.925
Ventspils3.915
Rabotnički3.090
Modriča2.805
FBK Kaunas2.640
Sheriff Tiraspol2.475
Drogheda United2.420
Valur1.980
BATE Borisov1.760
Levadia Tallinn1.430
Inter Baku1.265
Dinamo Tirana1.210
Pyunik1.210
Aktobe0.852
Linfield0.770
Llanelli0.770
NSÍ Runavík0.605
F91 Dudelange0.495
Valletta0.275
FC Santa Coloma0.165
Budućnost Podgorica0.165
Murata0.082

First qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding
Seeded Unseeded

Dinamo Zagreb
Artmedia Petržalka
Domžale
Göteborg
Anorthosis
Tampere United
Dinamo Tbilisi

Ventspils
Rabotnički
Modriča
FBK Kaunas
Sheriff Tiraspol
Drogheda United
Valur

BATE Borisov
Levadia Tallinn
Inter Baku
Dinamo Tirana
Pyunik
Aktobe
Linfield

Llanelli
NSÍ Runavík
F91 Dudelange
Valletta
FC Santa Coloma
Budućnost Podgorica
Murata

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linfield 1–3 Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 1–1
Valletta 0–3 Artmedia Petržalka 0–2 0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–1 NSÍ Runavík 3–0 0–1
FC Santa Coloma 2–7 FBK Kaunas 1–4 1–3
Murata 0–9 Göteborg 0–5 0–4
Llanelli 1–4 Ventspils 1–0 0–4
Anorthosis 3–0 Pyunik 1–0 2–0
Inter Baku (a) 1–1 Rabotnički 0–0 1–1
Tampere United 3–2 Budućnost 2–1 1–1
F91 Dudelange 0–3 Domžale 0–1 0–2
Dinamo Tirana 1–4 Modriča 0–2 1–2
Aktobe 1–4 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 0–4
Drogheda United 3–1 Levadia 2–1 1–0
BATE Borisov 3–0 Valur 2–0 1–0

Matches
Linfield 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb
Report Mandžukić 19'
Drpić 90'
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)
Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 Linfield
Mandžukić 3' Report Gault 53'
Attendance: 2,835

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

Valletta 0–2 Artmedia Petržalka
Report Cišovský 73', 79'
Attendance: 1,080
Artmedia Petržalka 1–0 Valletta
Farkaš 33' Report
Attendance: 826
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Croatia)

Artmedia Petržalka won 3–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 NSÍ Runavík
Kashia 7'
Gvelesiani 10'
Odikadze 30' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Ninoslav Spasic (Serbia)
NSÍ Runavík 1–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Elttør 16' Report
Attendance: 310
Referee: Tero Nieminen (Finland)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

FC Santa Coloma 1–4 FBK Kaunas
Álvarez 58' (pen.) Report Pilibaitis 12', 41' (pen.)
Gaúcho 28', 79'
Attendance: 444
Referee: Panayiotis Kailis (Cyprus)
FBK Kaunas 3–1 FC Santa Coloma
Pilibaitis 19', 90+2'
Zelmikas 22'		 Report N. Urbani 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000

FBK Kaunas won 7–2 on aggregate.

Murata 0–5 Göteborg
Report Söder 20'
Alexandersson 27'
Wernbloom 32'
Jónsson 57'
Selaković 88'
Attendance: 1,868
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)
Göteborg 4–0 Murata
Johansson 14'
Bärkroth 53', 73'
Wallerstedt 71'		 Report
Attendance: 3,746
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

Göteborg won 9–0 on aggregate.

Llanelli 1–0 Ventspils
S. Jones 12' Report
Attendance: 942
Referee: Petteri Kari (Estonia)
Ventspils 4–0 Llanelli
Kosmačovs 28'
Rimkus 30', 75'
Butriks 69'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ventspils won 4–1 on aggregate.

Anorthosis 1–0 Pyunik
Frousos 71' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 6,685
Pyunik 0–2 Anorthosis
Report Tsitaishvili 29'
Frousos 86'
Attendance: 2,500

Anorthosis won 3–0 on aggregate.

Inter Baku 0–0 Rabotnički
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Rabotnički 1–1 Inter Baku
Velkoski 47' Report Červenka 77'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

1–1 on aggregate. Inter Baku won on away goals.

Tampere United 2–1 Budućnost Podgorica
Niemi 24'
James 51' (pen.)		 Report Bećiraj 88'
Attendance: 5,113
Budućnost Podgorica 1–1 Tampere United
Bećiraj 80' Report Myntti 8'
Attendance: 7,278

Tampere United won 3–2 on aggregate.

F91 Dudelange 0–1 Domžale
Report Benko 47'
Attendance: 1,313
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Domžale 2–0 F91 Dudelange
Žinko 65', 85' Report
Attendance: 615

Domžale won 3–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tirana 0–2 Modriča
Report Miljković 65'
Stokić 79'
Attendance: 2,200
Modriča 2–1 Dinamo Tirana
Zafirović 90'
Bojić 90+2'		 Report Xhafaj 72'
Attendance: 957
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Modriča won 4–1 on aggregate.

Aktobe 1–0 Sheriff
Smakov 47' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium)
Sheriff 4–0 Aktobe
Kuchuk 65'
Alexeev 76'
Yerokhin 78'
Picușceac 90'		 Report
Attendance: 5,715
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Sheriff won 4–1 on aggregate.

Drogheda United 2–1 Levadia Tallinn
Cahill 50'
Kuduzović 68'		 Report Kink 23'
Attendance: 2,135
Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)
Levadia Tallinn 0–1 Drogheda United
Report Gartland 47'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Boško Jovanetic (Serbia)

Drogheda United won 3–1 on aggregate.

BATE Borisov 2–0 Valur
Bliznyuk 73', 78' Report
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
Valur 0–1 BATE Borisov
Report Stasevich 1'
Attendance: 548

BATE won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding
Seeded Unseeded

Rangers
Panathinaikos
Basel
Fenerbahçe
Anderlecht
Sparta Prague
Dynamo Kyiv

Partizan
Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Wisła Kraków
Artmedia Petržalka[†]
Aalborg BK
Brann
Rapid Wien

Domžale[†]
Beitar Jerusalem
MTK Budapest
Göteborg[†]
Anorthosis[†]
Tampere United[†]
Dinamo Tbilisi[†]

Ventspils[†]
Inter Baku[†]
Modriča[†]
FBK Kaunas[†]
Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
Drogheda United[†]
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
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers 1–2 FBK Kaunas 0–0 1–2
Brann (a) 2–2 Ventspils 1–0 1–2
Inter Baku 1–3 Partizan 1–1 0–2
Tampere United 3–7 Artmedia Petržalka 1–3 2–4
Anorthosis 4–3 Rapid Wien 3–0 1–3
Domžale 2–6 Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 2–3
Panathinaikos 3–0 Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 0–0
Göteborg 3–5 Basel 1–1 2–4
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–3 Sparta Prague 0–1 0–2
Drogheda United 3–4 Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 2–2
Anderlecht 3–4 BATE Borisov 1–2 2–2
Beitar Jerusalem 2–6 Wisła Kraków 2–1 0–5
Fenerbahçe 7–0 MTK Budapest 2–0 5–0
Aalborg BK 7–1 Modriča 5–0 2–1

First leg
Rangers 0–0 FBK Kaunas
Report
Attendance: 38,283
FBK Kaunas 2–1 Rangers
Radžius 43'
Pilibaitis 86'		 Report Thomson 33'
Attendance: 5,250

FBK Kaunas won 2–1 on aggregate.

Brann 1–0 Ventspils
Demba-Nyrén 87' Report
Attendance: 5,972
Ventspils 2–1 Brann
Menteshashvili 6'
Rimkus 44'		 Report Björnsson 49'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

2–2 on aggregate. Brann won on the away goals rule.

Inter Baku 1–1 Partizan
Zlatinov 84' Report Bogunović 4'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Partizan 2–0 Inter Baku
Juca 61'
Diarra 83'		 Report
Attendance: 19,221

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Tampere United 1–3 Artmedia Petržalka
Niemi 18' Report Pospěch 10'
Obžera 19'
Piroska 86'
Attendance: 9,228

Artmedia Petržalka won 7–3 on aggregate.

Anorthosis 3–0 Rapid Wien
Skopelitis 35'
Sosin 47', 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Rapid Wien 3–1 Anorthosis
Hoffer 22'
Maierhofer 63', 66'		 Report Laban 13'
Attendance: 16,720

Anorthosis won 4–3 on aggregate.

Domžale 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb
Report Vrdoljak 11'
Sammir 21' (pen.)
Tadić 40'
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
Dinamo Zagreb 3–2 Domžale
Bišćan 17'
Hrgović 50'
Drpić 84'		 Report Brezič 29'
Zec 81'
Attendance: 4,280

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos 3–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Ivanschitz 23'
Salpingidis 45', 74'		 Report
Attendance: 50,864
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 4,200

Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.

Göteborg 1–1 Basel
Olsson 32' Report Huggel 26'
Attendance: 10,914
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)
Basel 4–2 Göteborg
Huggel 26'
Chipperfield 70'
Ergić 83' (pen.), 90+3'		 Report Wernbloom 19'
Söder 53'
Attendance: 18,846

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 Sparta Prague
Report Kladrubský 74'
Attendance: 8,300
Sparta Prague 2–0 Sheriff Tiraspol
Voříšek 45'
Slepička 49'		 Report
Attendance: 11,479

Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.

Drogheda United 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv
Hughes 47' Report Mykhalyk 23'
Aliyev 86'
Attendance: 4,545

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

BATE Borisov 2–2 Anderlecht
Bliznyuk 18'
Rodionov 83'		 Report Biglia 22' (pen.)
Polák 87'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

BATE won 4–3 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 Wisła Kraków
Baruchyan 60', 79' Report Brożek 29'
Attendance: 17,900
Wisła Kraków 5–0 Beitar Jerusalem
Cantoro 9'
Cléber 25' (pen.)
Brożek 36'
Díaz 57'
Niedzielan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 9,500

Wisła Kraków won 6–2 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest 0–5 Fenerbahçe
Report Şentürk 5', 61', 79', 80'
Belözoğlu 66' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,048

Fenerbahçe won 7–0 on aggregate.

Aalborg BK 5–0 Modriča
Johansson 16'
Jakobsen 42'
Bræmer 44'
Due 53'
Cacá 89'		 Report
Attendance: 6,043
Modriča 1–2 Aalborg BK
Bojić 72' Report Due 12'
Risgård 62'
Attendance: 270

Aalborg BK won 7–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 1 August 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding
Seeded Unseeded

Liverpool
Barcelona
Arsenal
Schalke 04
Juventus
FBK Kaunas[†]
Marseille
Steaua București

Panathinaikos[†]
Basel[†]
Olympiacos
Fenerbahçe[†]
Shakhtar Donetsk
BATE Borisov[†]
Fiorentina
Spartak Moscow

Atlético Madrid
Sparta Prague[†]
Dynamo Kyiv[†]
Levski Sofia
Slavia Prague
Galatasaray
Partizan[†]
Vitória de Guimarães

Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Wisła Kraków[†]
Standard Liège
Twente
Artmedia Petržalka[†]
Aalborg BK[†]
Brann[†]
Anorthosis[†]

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
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anorthosis 3–1 Olympiacos 3–0 0–1
Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Basel 0–0 1–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 5–1 Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 3–1
Schalke 04 1–4 Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–4
Aalborg BK 4–0 FBK Kaunas 2–0 2–0
Barcelona 4–1 Wisła Kraków 4–0 0–1
Levski Sofia 1–2 BATE Borisov 0–1 1–1
Standard Liège 0–1 Liverpool 0–0 0–1 (aet)
Partizan 3–4 Fenerbahçe 2–2 1–2
Twente 0–6 Arsenal 0–2 0–4
Spartak Moscow 2–8 Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 1–4
Juventus 5–1 Artmedia Petržalka 4–0 1–1
Brann 1–3 Marseille 0–1 1–2
Fiorentina 2–0 Slavia Prague 2–0 0–0
Galatasaray 2–3 Steaua București 2–2 0–1
Sparta Prague 1–3 Panathinaikos 1–2 0–1

Matches
Anorthosis 3–0 Olympiacos
Torosidis 5' (o.g.)
Sosin 19'
Laban 87'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Olympiacos 1–0 Anorthosis
Belluschi 54' Report
Attendance: 27,922

Anorthosis won 3–1 on aggregate.

Basel 2–1 Vitória de Guimarães
Stocker 11'
Derdiyok 54'		 Report Fajardo 15' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,002

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Srna 3'
Jádson 31'		 Report
Attendance: 24,810
Dinamo Zagreb 1–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Balaban 57' Report Luiz Adriano 42'
Brandão 59'
Willian 70'
Attendance: 13,655
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 1–0 Atlético Madrid
Pander 30' Report
Attendance: 54,142
Atlético Madrid 4–0 Schalke 04
Agüero 18'
Forlán 50'
L. García 82'
Rodríguez 86' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 47,321

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

Aalborg BK 2–0 FBK Kaunas
Cacá 71'
Curth 86'		 Report
Attendance: 6,310
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
FBK Kaunas 0–2 Aalborg BK
Report Risgård 75', 90+1'
Attendance: 3,000

Aalborg BK won 4–0 on aggregate.

Barcelona 4–0 Wisła Kraków
Eto'o 17', 83'
Xavi 24'
Henry 49'		 Report
Attendance: 56,786
Wisła Kraków 1–0 Barcelona
Cléber 52' Report
Attendance: 12,000

Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia 0–1 BATE Borisov
Report Rzhevsky 60'
Attendance: 16,294
BATE Borisov 1–1 Levski Sofia
Sosnovski 14' Report Gadzhev 38'
Attendance: 5,603

BATE won 2–1 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 0–0 Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 26,000
Liverpool 1–0 (a.e.t.) Standard Liège
Kuyt 118' Report
Attendance: 43,889

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.

Partizan 2–2 Fenerbahçe
Paunović 10'
Bogunović 14'		 Report Alex 45' (pen.)
Güiza 50'
Attendance: 22,274
Fenerbahçe 2–1 Partizan
Şentürk 28'
Alex 58'		 Report Tošić 76'
Attendance: 36,765

Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.

Twente 0–2 Arsenal
Report Gallas 63'
Adebayor 82'
Attendance: 26,000
Arsenal 4–0 Twente
Nasri 27'
Gallas 52'
Walcott 66'
Bendtner 89'		 Report
Attendance: 59,583
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Arsenal won 6–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow 1–4 Dynamo Kyiv
Bazhenov 5' Report Bangoura 28', 47'
Milevskyi 45', 86'
Attendance: 32,600
Dynamo Kyiv 4–1 Spartak Moscow
Aliyev 4'
Bangoura 24'
Milevskyi 49', 78'		 Report Dzyuba 47'
Attendance: 15,000

Dynamo Kyiv won 8–2 on aggregate.

Juventus 4–0 Artmedia Petržalka
Camoranesi 8'
Del Piero 26'
Chiellini 39'
Legrottaglie 90'		 Report
Attendance: 23,102
Artmedia Petržalka 1–1 Juventus
Fodrek 13' Report Amauri 25'
Attendance: 13,450

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

Brann 0–1 Marseille
Report Cheyrou 40'
Attendance: 11,197
Marseille 2–1 Brann
Niang 65', 90' Report Sigurðsson 74'
Attendance: 44,641

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 2–0 Slavia Prague
Mutu 3'
Gilardino 57'		 Report
Attendance: 32,146
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Slavia Prague 0–0 Fiorentina
Report
Attendance: 14,943

Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.

Galatasaray 2–2 Steaua București
Nonda 19', 47' Report Moreno 5'
Nicoliță 13'
Attendance: 19,636
Steaua București 1–0 Galatasaray
Nicoliță 57' Report
Attendance: 22,850

Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 1–2 Panathinaikos
Kulič 30' Report Kučera 24' (o.g.)
Simão 60'
Attendance: 14,478
Panathinaikos 1–0 Sparta Prague
Souza 89' Report
Attendance: 59,659

Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.

Notes
  1. Artmedia Petržalka played their First and Second qualifying round home matches at Národné tréningové centrum in Senec and Third qualifying round home match at Tehelné pole in Bratislava as their regular home venue Štadión Petržalka in Petržalka did not meet UEFA criteria.
  2. Match played at Gundadalur Stadium in Tórshavn, instead of NSÍ Runavík regular home venue Við Løkin in Runavík.
  3. Match played at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, instead of Anorthosis regular home venue Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca.
  4. Match played at Abovyan City Stadium in Abovyan, instead of Pyunik regular home venue Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works.
  5. Inter Baku played their home games at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium instead of their regulat venue Shafa Stadium.
  6. Modriča played their home matches at Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica, instead of their regular home venue Maxima Stadium in Modriča.
  7. Played in Dublin at Dalymount Park as Drogheda's United Park did not meet UEFA criteria.
  8. Match played at Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Újpest, instead of MTK Budapest regular home venue Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion in Budapest.
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