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
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

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

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 4–2 Tampere United
Kozák  9' (pen.)
Pospěch  35'
Halenár  45'
Piroska  78'		 Report James  72' (pen.)
Hjelm  79'
Attendance: 1,981

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
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 2–2 Drogheda United
Aliyev  13'
Milevskyi  73' (pen.)		 Report Robinson  42' (pen.)
Gartland  88'
Attendance: 11,400

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 1–2 BATE Borisov
Gillet  66' Report Krivets  69' (pen.)
Nyakhaychyk  88'
Attendance: 18,909
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.

Fenerbahçe 2–0 MTK Budapest
Roberto Carlos  15'
Şahin  58'		 Report
Attendance: 33,591
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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