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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

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

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.

Matches

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku[note 1]
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 9,240
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.

GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 10,971
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
City Stadium, Borisov
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 280
Referee: Fariz Yusifov (Azerbaijan)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–0 on aggregate.

Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 1,422
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn[note 2]
Attendance: 655
Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

FH won 4–1 on aggregate.

Latham Park, Newtown[note 3]
Attendance: 649
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Johannes Valgeirsson (Iceland)

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

Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,297
Referee: Mihály Fábián (Hungary)

Levadia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Poladi Stadium, Rustavi
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
Central Stadium, Kostanay[note 4]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Astana won 3–0 on aggregate.

City Stadium, Podgorica[note 5]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

Zeta won 5–4 on aggregate.

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 2,686
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,638
Referee: Luc Wilmes (Luxembourg)

Tampere United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Alexander Gonchar (Russia)
Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
Attendance: 5,822
Referee: Paolo Paraty da Silva (Portugal)

Žilina won 7–5 on aggregate.

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 2,009
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Borås Arena, Borås
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Brandywell Stadium, Derry
Attendance: 2,285
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Pyunik won 2–0 on aggregate.

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 321
Referee: Mario Vlk (Slovakia)
Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

Sarajevo won 9–1 on aggregate.

Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 824
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
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

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.

Matches

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: João Lopes Ferreira (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 18,886
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

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

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 36,145
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
City Stadium, Podgorica[note 5]
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.

Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Borås Arena, Borås
Attendance: 11,952
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Stadion Zagłębia, Lubin
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 16,287
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Steaua won 3–1 on aggregate.

Cristal Arena, Genk
Attendance: 11,090
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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

Skonto Stadium, Riga[note 6]
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)
Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
Attendance: 11,665
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Red Bull Salzburg won 7–0 on aggregate.

Central Stadium, Kostanay[note 4]
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 12,827
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Rosenborg won 10–2 on aggregate.

Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 1,587
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
City Stadium, Borisov
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

BATE Borisov won 4–2 on aggregate.

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 21,336
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Copenhagen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague
Attendance: 11,222
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

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

Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 8,126
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 11,704
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Tampere United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 2,787
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 14,550
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 17,871
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Iain Brines (Scotland)

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

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.

Matches

City Stadium, Borisov
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 24,254
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Attendance: 14,123
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Rosenborg won 5–0 on aggregate.

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 57,644
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate; Celtic won on penalties.

Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 25,474
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 34,175
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.

Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
Attendance: 23,690
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague
Attendance: 17,330
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
Attendance: 46,320
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
Borås Arena, Borås
Attendance: 13,148
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Valencia won 5–1 on aggregate.

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 16,100
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate.

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 37,919
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Attendance: 20,722
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Fenerbahçe won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 35,364
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,104
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate.

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Attendance: 30,380
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 43,118
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 55,722
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 39,711
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 35,172
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Stadionul Național, Bucharest
Attendance: 40,164
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Lazio won 4–2 on aggregate.

Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 19,856
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 58,462
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Hardturm, Zürich[note 7]
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 22,773
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
Attendance: 34,852
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 37,777
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

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. ^ 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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