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.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.
Teams
Key to coloursQualify for the group stageEliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Liverpool 118.996 Barcelona 117.837 Arsenal 110.996 Schalke 04 67.078 Juventus 66.934 Marseille 63.380 Steaua București 59.398 Olympiacos 51.525 Shakhtar Donetsk 49.932 Fiorentina 40.934 Spartak Moscow 40.437 Atlético Madrid 36.837 Levski Sofia 32.644 Slavia Prague 31.496 Galatasaray 30.469 Vitória de Guimarães 18.176 Standard Liège 14.810 Twente 14.610 Second qualifying round Team Coeff. Rangers 66.013 Panathinaikos 52.525 Basel 51.993 Fenerbahçe 51.469 Anderlecht 41.810 Sparta Prague 36.496 Dynamo Kyiv 34.932 Partizan 25.527 Wisła Kraków 15.973 AaB 12.748 Brann 12.400 Rapid Wien 10.840 Beitar Jerusalem 5.197 MTK Budapest 4.960 First qualifying round Team Coeff. Dinamo Zagreb 17.836 Artmedia Petržalka 14.070 Domžale 5.272 IFK Göteborg 4.518 Anorthosis Famagusta 4.327 Tampere United 4.176 Dinamo Tbilisi 3.925 Ventspils 3.915 Rabotnicki 3.090 Modriča Maxima 2.805 Kaunas 2.640 Sheriff Tiraspol 2.475 Drogheda United 2.420 Valur 1.980 BATE Borisov 1.760 Levadia Tallinn 1.430 Inter Baku 1.265 Dinamo Tirana 1.210 Pyunik 1.210 Aktobe 0.852 Linfield 0.770 Llanelli 0.770 NSÍ 0.605 F91 Dudelange 0.495 Valletta 0.275 FC Santa Coloma 0.165 Budućnost Podgorica 0.165 Murata 0.082
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding In the draw for the first qualifying round, teams were divided into two pots, on the basis of UEFA coefficients. The lower pot contained the 14 teams from associations 40–53: none of these teams had a team ranking.
SeededUnseeded Dinamo Zagreb Artmedia Petržalka Domžale IFK Göteborg Anorthosis Famagusta Tampere United Dinamo Tbilisi Ventspils Rabotnicki Modriča Maxima Kaunas Sheriff Tiraspol Drogheda United Valur BATE Borisov Levadia Tallinn Inter Baku Dinamo Tirana Pyunik Aktobe Linfield Llanelli NSÍ F91 Dudelange Valletta FC Santa Coloma Budućnost Podgorica Murata
Summary
The first legs were held on 15 and 16 July, while the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2008.
Two of the 14 ties were won by the team with the lower UEFA coefficient: Inter Baku (Azerbaijan, country rank 42) beat Rabotnicki (Macedonia, 36); and BATE Borisov (Belarus, 40) beat Valur (Iceland, 37). Of the 28 teams in the first qualifying round, two survived as far as the group stage: Anorthosis Famagusta and BATE Borisov.
Matches
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
Artmedia Petržalka won 3–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
Kaunas won 7–2 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg won 9–0 on aggregate.
Ventspils won 4–1 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Inter Baku won on away goals.
Tampere United won 3–2 on aggregate.
Domžale won 3–0 on aggregate.
Modriča Maxima won 4–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 4–1 on aggregate.
Drogheda United won 3–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland, immediately after the draw for the first qualifying round.
Seeding In the draw for the second qualifying round, teams were divided into two pots, on the basis of UEFA coefficients.
SeededUnseeded Rangers Panathinaikos Basel Fenerbahçe Anderlecht Sparta Prague Dynamo Kyiv Partizan Dinamo Zagreb Wisła Kraków Artmedia Petržalka AaB Brann Rapid Wien Domžale Beitar Jerusalem MTK Budapest IFK Göteborg Anorthosis Famagusta Tampere United Dinamo Tbilisi Ventspils Inter Baku Modriča Maxima Kaunas Sheriff Tiraspol Drogheda United BATE Borisov Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, while the second legs were played on 5 and 6 August 2008.
Three of the 14 ties were won by the team with the lower UEFA coefficient: Kaunas (unranked, coefficient 2.640) beat Rangers (ranked 24, coefficient 66.013); BATE Borisov (unranked, 1.760) beat Anderlecht (56, 41.810); and Anorthosis Famagusta (ranked 193) beat Rapid Wien (ranked 166). Of the 28 teams in the second qualifying round, Panathinaikos were the only one to qualify for the knockout phase of the competition.
Matches
Kaunas won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Brann won on away goals.
Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Artmedia Petržalka won 7–3 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 4–3 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 6–2 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 7–0 on aggregate.
AaB won 7–1 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round took place on 1 August 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding In the draw for the third qualifying round, teams were divided into two pots, on the basis of UEFA coefficients. The higher pot contained teams ranked 61 or higher. However, the draw was held before the second qualifying round was played, which meant that Kaunas and BATE Borisov effectively moved into the higher pot, replacing the teams they eliminated.
SeededUnseeded Liverpool Barcelona Arsenal Schalke 04 Juventus 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 AaB Brann Anorthosis Famagusta Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 12 and 13 August, while the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August. The winners of each tie advanced to the group stage, while the losers were seeded into the 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round.
Four of the 16 ties were won by the team with the lower UEFA coefficient: Anorthosis Famagusta (ranked 193) beat Olympiacos (ranked 44); BATE Borisov (unranked, coefficient 1.760) beat Levski Sofia (ranked 80, coefficient 32.644); Atlético Madrid (ranked 67) beat Schalke 04 (ranked 22) and Dynamo Kyiv (ranked 74) beat Spartak Moscow (ranked 61).
Matches
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–1 on aggregate.
Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
AaB won 4–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 6–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 8–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links Qualifying Rounds Information