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
TeamCoeff.
Liverpool112.618
Arsenal104.618
Valencia99.374
Sevilla87.374
Benfica67.107
Ajax65.995
Werder Bremen63.640
Celtic62.064
Lazio51.808
Anderlecht41.594
Dynamo Kyiv38.726
Sparta Prague37.851
Fenerbahçe36.791
AEK Athens36.415
Dinamo București34.255
Spartak Moscow27.920
Toulouse17.706
Zürich9.869
Second qualifying round
TeamCoeff.
Steaua București55.255
Rangers47.064
Shakhtar Donetsk44.726
Beşiktaş43.791
Levski Sofia38.112
Slavia Prague32.851
Rosenborg31.509
Red Star Belgrade19.256
Copenhagen19.129
Genk15.594
Debrecen11.675
Red Bull Salzburg9.104
Beitar Jerusalem6.338
Zagłębie Lubin5.609
First qualifying round
TeamCoeff.
Dinamo Zagreb17.533
APOEL6.492
Domžale5.272
Elfsborg4.478
Sarajevo4.190
Ventspils3.860
Žilina3.575
Derry City3.145
FH2.650
FBK Kaunas2.420
Tampere United2.420
Sheriff Tiraspol2.365
Olimpi Rustavi2.035
Pobeda1.925
BATE Borisov1.540
Tirana1.265
Levadia Tallinn1.210
Pyunik1.155
Khazar Lankaran1.045
Astana0.770
Linfield0.715
The New Saints0.660
HB Tórshavn0.550
F91 Dudelange0.550
Marsaxlokk0.550
Rànger's0.000
Murata0.000
Zeta0.000

First qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 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
Elfsborg
Sarajevo
Ventspils
Žilina

Derry City
FH
FBK Kaunas
Tampere United
Sheriff Tiraspol
Olimpi Rustavi
Pobeda

BATE Borisov
Tirana
Levadia Tallinn
Pyunik
Khazar Lankaran
Astana
Linfield

The New Saints
HB Tórshavn
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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Khazar Lankaran 2–4 Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 1–3 (aet)
APOEL 2–3 BATE Borisov 2–0 0–3 (aet)
Sheriff Tiraspol 5–0 Rànger's 2–0 3–0
FH 4–1 HB Tórshavn 4–1 0–0
The New Saints 4–4 (a) Ventspils 3–2 1–2
Pobeda 0–1 Levadia Tallinn 0–1 0–0
Olimpi Rustavi 0–3 Astana 0–0 0–3
Zeta 5–4 FBK Kaunas 3–1 2–3
Murata 1–4 Tampere United 1–2 0–2
F91 Dudelange 5–7 Žilina 1–2 4–5
Linfield 0–1 Elfsborg 0–0 0–1
Derry City 0–2 Pyunik 0–0 0–2
Marsaxlokk 1–9 Sarajevo 0–6 1–3
Domžale 3–1 Tirana 1–0 2–1

Matches

Khazar Lankaran 1–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Ramazanov 58' Report Etto 63'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)
Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 (a.e.t.) Khazar Lankaran
Vugrinec 56'
Mandžukić 99'
Tadić 116'
Report Juninho 16'
Attendance: 9,240
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.


APOEL 2–0 BATE Borisov
Michael 42'
Machlas 61'
Report
Attendance: 10,971
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
BATE Borisov 3–0 (a.e.t.) APOEL
Stasevich 14'
Platonaw 74'
Bliznyuk 104'
Report
Attendance: 5,000

BATE won 3–2 on aggregate.


Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 Rànger's
Kuchuk 45+7'
Gorodețchi 79'
Report
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Rànger's 0–3 Sheriff Tiraspol
Report Balima 68'
Kajkut 77'
Suvorov 89'
Attendance: 280
Referee: Fariz Yusifov (Azerbaijan)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–0 on aggregate.


FH 4–1 HB Tórshavn
Bjarnason 14'
Vilhjálmsson 16', 58'
Ólafsson 52'
Report Nielsen 44' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,422
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)
HB Tórshavn 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 Rimkus 26', 89'
Ventspils 2–1 The New Saints
Ndeki 17'
Kačanovs 53'
Report Naylor 90+2'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)

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


Pobeda 0–1 Levadia Tallinn
Report Nahk 53'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Levadia Tallinn 0–0 Pobeda
Report
Attendance: 2,297
Referee: Mihály Fábián (Hungary)

Levadia won 1–0 on aggregate.


Olimpi Rustavi 0–0 Astana
Report
Attendance: 2,900
Astana 3–0 Olimpi Rustavi
Kuchma 12'
Tlekhugov 55'
Zhalmagambetov 84'
Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Astana won 3–0 on aggregate.


Zeta 3–1 FBK Kaunas
Korać 34' (pen.)
Tumbasević 36'
Stjepanović 59'
Report Kvaratskhelia 68'
FBK Kaunas 3–2 Zeta
Beniušis 6'
Kvaratskhelia 16'
Kšanavičius 20'
Report Stjepanović 34'
Ćetković 89'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

Zeta won 5–4 on aggregate.


Murata 1–2 Tampere United
Protti 43' Report Niemi 68', 88'
Tampere United 2–0 Murata
Petrescu 7'
Niemi 21'
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 Jež 48' (pen.)
Lietava 73'
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Alexander Gonchar (Russia)
Žilina 5–4 F91 Dudelange
Devátý 8'
Lietava 11'
Štyvar 29', 75'
Vomáčka 66'
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 Elfsborg
Report
Attendance: 2,009
Elfsborg 1–0 Linfield
M. Svensson 32' Report
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.


Derry City 0–0 Pyunik
Report
Attendance: 2,285
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Pyunik 2–0 Derry City
Avetisyan 28'
Ghazaryan 67'
Report
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Pyunik won 2–0 on aggregate.


Marsaxlokk 0–6 Sarajevo
Report Raščić 5', 9'
Obuća 20', 65'
Maksimović 42'
Bučan 87'
Attendance: 321
Referee: Mario Vlk (Slovakia)
Sarajevo 3–1 Marsaxlokk
Mešić 42'
Šaraba 60'
Turković 76'
Report Frendo 65'

Sarajevo won 9–1 on aggregate.


Domžale 1–0 Tirana
Janković 44' Report
Attendance: 824
Tirana 1–2 Domžale
K. Duro 74' Report Ljubijankić 30', 77'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mechalis Germanakos (Greece)

Domžale won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 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[†]
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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyunik 1–4 Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2 1–2
Red Star Belgrade 2–2 (a) Levadia 1–0 1–2
Rangers 3–0 Zeta 2–0 1–0
Debrecen 0–1 Elfsborg 0–1 0–0
Zagłębie Lubin 1–3 Steaua București 0–1 1–2
Genk 2–2 (a) Sarajevo 1–2 1–0
Ventspils 0–7 Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–4
Astana 2–10 Rosenborg 1–3 1–7
FH 2–4 BATE Borisov 1–3 1–1
Copenhagen 2–1 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 1–1 (aet)
Žilina 0–0 (3–4 p) Slavia Prague 0–0 0–0 (aet)
Tampere United 2–0 Levski Sofia 1–0 1–0
Domžale 2–5 Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 1–3
Beşiktaş 4–0 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 3–0

Matches

Pyunik 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Hladkyy 45'
Brandão 48'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Pyunik
Brandão 40'
Hladkyy 49'
Report Ghazaryan 31'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: João Lopes Ferreira (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade 1–0 Levadia Tallinn
Koroman 35' Report
Attendance: 18,886
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Levadia Tallinn 2–1 Red Star Belgrade
Malov 43'
Nahk 67'
Report Burzanović 37'
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

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


Rangers 2–0 Zeta
Weir 55'
McCulloch 73'
Report
Attendance: 36,145
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Zeta 0–1 Rangers
Report Beasley 81'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.


Debrecen 0–1 Elfsborg
Report Mobaeck 65'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Elfsborg 0–0 Debrecen
Report
Attendance: 11,952

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.


Zagłębie Lubin 0–1 Steaua București
Report Goian 55'
Attendance: 7,300
Steaua București 2–1 Zagłębie Lubin
Nicoliță 37'
Zaharia 83'
Report Stasiak 29'
Attendance: 16,287

Steaua won 3–1 on aggregate.


Genk 1–2 Sarajevo
Cornelis 28' Report Raščić 15'
Muharemović 86'
Attendance: 11,090
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Sarajevo 0–1 Genk
Report Mikulić 58'

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


Ventspils 0–3 Red Bull Salzburg
Report Aufhauser 20', 27', 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)
Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Ventspils
Aufhauser 9'
Dudić 48'
Ilić 77'
Leitgeb 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 11,665

Red Bull Salzburg won 7–0 on aggregate.


Astana 1–3 Rosenborg
Kuchma 30' Report Koné 6', 67'
Iversen 63'
Rosenborg 7–1 Astana
Koné 1', 33'
Iversen 7'
Traoré 17', 50', 53'
Sapara 62'
Report Suchkov 22'
Attendance: 12,827
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Rosenborg won 10–2 on aggregate.


FH 1–3 BATE Borisov
Ólafsson 4' Report Likhtarovich 31'
Rodionov 50'
Bliznyuk 61'
Attendance: 1,587
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
BATE Borisov 1–1 FH
D. Platonaw 90+3' Report T. Guðmundsson 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

BATE won 4–2 on aggregate.


Copenhagen 1–0 Beitar Jerusalem
Allbäck 9' Report
Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 (a.e.t.) Copenhagen
Yitzhaki 60' Report Allbäck 97'
Attendance: 16,800

Copenhagen won 2–1 on aggregate.


Žilina 0–0 Slavia Prague
Report

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


Tampere United 1–0 Levski Sofia
Petrescu 15' Report
Attendance: 8,126
Levski Sofia 0–1 Tampere United
Report Niemi 40'

Tampere United won 2–0 on aggregate.


Domžale 1–2 Dinamo Zagreb
Žeželj 87' Report Šokota 7'
Modrić 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,787
Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 Domžale
Vukojević 18'
Šokota 22'
Sammir 60'
Report Zahora 27'
Attendance: 14,550
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.


Beşiktaş 1–0 Sheriff Tiraspol
İbrahim Toraman 73' Report
Attendance: 17,871
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–3 Beşiktaş
Report Bobô 58', 69'
Koray 90'
Attendance: 13,000

Beşiktaş won 4–0 on aggregate.


Third qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 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[†]
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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
BATE Borisov 2–4 Steaua București 2–2 0–2
Tampere United 0–5 Rosenborg 0–3 0–2
Spartak Moscow 2–2 (3–4 p) Celtic 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Werder Bremen 5–3 Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 3–2
Red Bull Salzburg 2–3 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 1–3
Ajax 1–3 Slavia Prague 0–1 1–2
Valencia 5–1 Elfsborg 3–0 2–1
Sarajevo 0–4 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–3
Fenerbahçe 3–0 Anderlecht 1–0 2–0
Rangers 1–0 Red Star Belgrade 1–0 0–0
Toulouse 0–5 Liverpool 0–1 0–4
Benfica 3–1 Copenhagen 2–1 1–0
Lazio 4–2 Dinamo București 1–1 3–1
Sparta Prague 0–5 Arsenal 0–2 0–3
Zürich 1–3 Beşiktaş 1–1 0–2
Sevilla 6–1 AEK Athens 2–0 4–1

Matches

BATE Borisov 2–2 Steaua București
Radzkow 39'
Bliznyuk 90+2'
Report Goian 60'
Dică 85'
Attendance: 5,300
Steaua București 2–0 BATE Borisov
Zaharia 12'
Neaga 54'
Report
Attendance: 24,254

Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.


Tampere United 0–3 Rosenborg
Report Koppinen 19'
Koné 20', 81'
Attendance: 16,800
Rosenborg 2–0 Tampere United
Sapara 45'
Ya Konan 48'
Report
Attendance: 14,123

Rosenborg won 5–0 on aggregate.


Spartak Moscow 1–1 Celtic
Pavlyuchenko 42' Report Hartley 21'
Attendance: 5,000

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


Werder Bremen 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Almeida 46'
Jensen 85'
Report Balaban 45+1'
Attendance: 25,474
Dinamo Zagreb 2–3 Werder Bremen
Vukojević 21'
Modrić 40' (pen.)
Report Diego 15' (pen.), 70' (pen.)
Sanogo 38'
Attendance: 34,175
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.


Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Zickler 10' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 23,690
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Lucarelli 9'
Castillo 79' (pen.)
Brandão 87'
Report Meyer 5'
Attendance: 26,000

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate.


Ajax 0–1 Slavia Prague
Report Kalivoda 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,000
Slavia Prague 2–1 Ajax
Vlček 23', 87' Report Suárez 34'

Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.


Valencia 3–0 Elfsborg
Vicente 6'
Silva 58'
Morientes 70'
Report
Attendance: 46,320
Elfsborg 1–2 Valencia
Alexandersson 31' Report Helguera 4'
Villa 90'
Attendance: 13,148

Valencia won 5–1 on aggregate.


Sarajevo 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Report Shatskikh 13'
Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 Sarajevo
Bangoura 3'
Milošević 75' (o.g.)
Rebrov 90+2' (pen.)
Report

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate.


Fenerbahçe 1–0 Anderlecht
Alex 32' Report
Anderlecht 0–2 Fenerbahçe
Report Kežman 4'
Alex 73'

Fenerbahçe won 3–0 on aggregate.


Rangers 1–0 Red Star Belgrade
Novo 90' 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 Voronin 43'
Attendance: 30,380
Liverpool 4–0 Toulouse
Crouch 19'
Hyypiä 49'
Kuyt 87', 90+1'
Report
Attendance: 43,118

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.


Benfica 2–1 Copenhagen
Rui Costa 25', 85' Report Hutchinson 35'
Attendance: 55,722
Copenhagen 0–1 Benfica
Report Katsouranis 17'

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.


Lazio 1–1 Dinamo București
Mutarelli 54' Report Dănciulescu 22'
Attendance: 35,172
Dinamo București 1–3 Lazio
Bratu 27' Report Rocchi 47' (pen.), 66'
Pandev 53'

Lazio won 4–2 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague 0–2 Arsenal
Report Fàbregas 72'
Hleb 90+2'
Attendance: 19,856
Arsenal 3–0 Sparta Prague
Rosický 7'
Fàbregas 82'
Eduardo 89'
Report
Attendance: 58,462

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.


Zürich 1–1 Beşiktaş
Alphonse 90+7' Report Delgado 3'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Beşiktaş 2–0 Zürich
Delgado 56', 64' Report

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sevilla 2–0 AEK Athens
Luís Fabiano 48'
Kanouté 67'
Report
AEK Athens 1–4 Sevilla
Rivaldo 82' (pen.) Report Luís Fabiano 31' (pen.), 45'
Keita 40'
Kerzhakov 53'
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 Tórshavn 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. 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. 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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