The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League had two qualifying rounds to determine which 16 teams would play in the group stage, along with the eight teams that had qualified automatically. Teams from the higher-ranked UEFA nations received byes to the second qualifying round. Losing teams in the first qualifying round were eliminated from European competition for the season, while the losing teams from the second qualifying round were put into the draw for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup. Matches took place between 23 July and 27 August 1997.
Teams The national champions from associations 8 and below, along with all league runners-up, entered the qualifying rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of second qualifying round advanced to group stageLosers of second qualifying round entered UEFA Cup first round +Second qualifying roundTeam1 Parma2 Barcelona3 Paris Saint-Germain4 Bayer Leverkusen5 Feyenoord6 Sporting CP7 Newcastle United8 Galatasaray Beşiktaş9 Olympiacos10 Wüstenrot Salzburg11 Spartak Moscow12 Lierse13 Brøndby14 IFK Göteborg15 Rosenborg16 Sparta Prague+First qualifying roundTeam17 Sion18 Widzew Łódź19 Rangers20 Steaua București21 Croatia Zagreb22 Dynamo Kyiv23 Anorthosis Famagusta24 Beitar Jerusalem25 MTK26 Dinamo Tbilisi27 Košice28 Skonto29 Maribor30 Jazz31 MPKC Mozyr32 ÍA33 CSKA Sofia34 Sileks35 Kareda36 Constructorul Chișinău37 Crusaders39 Barry Town40 Partizan41 Lantana42 Valletta43 Derry City44 Pyunik45 Jeunesse Esch46 GÍ48 Neftçi
First qualifying round
Seeding The 30 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 15 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.
SeededUnseeded
Summary
Matches
Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.
MTK won 6–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–2 on aggregate.
Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.
Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.
Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.
Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.
MPKC Mozyr won 4–3 on aggregate.
Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.
Widzew Łódź won 10–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.
Sion won 5–0 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
Seeding The 32 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 16 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.
SeededUnseeded
Notes
Summary
The losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.
Matches
Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 8–2 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 7–2 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.
Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.
Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 5–3 on aggregate.
Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 3–0 on aggregate.
Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links First qualifying round Second qualifying round