2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

European football tournament 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.ENG Liverpool 118.996ESP Barcelona 117.837ENG Arsenal 110.996GER Schalke 04 67.078 ITA Juventus 66.934FRA 1974 Marseille 63.380 ROU Steaua București 59.398GRE Olympiacos 51.525UKR Shakhtar Donetsk 49.932ITA Fiorentina 40.934RUS Spartak Moscow 40.437ESP Atlético Madrid 36.837BUL Levski Sofia 32.644CZE Slavia Prague 31.496TUR Galatasaray 30.469POR Vitória de Guimarães 18.176BEL Standard Liège 14.810NED Twente 14.610 Second qualifying round Team Coeff.SCO Rangers 66.013GRE Panathinaikos 52.525SUI Basel 51.993TUR Fenerbahçe 51.469BEL Anderlecht 41.810CZE Sparta Prague 36.496 UKR Dynamo Kyiv 34.932SRB 2004 Partizan 25.527POL Wisła Kraków 15.973DEN AaB 12.748 NOR Brann 12.400AUT Rapid Wien 10.840ISR Beitar Jerusalem 5.197HUN MTK Budapest 4.960 First qualifying round Team Coeff.CRO Dinamo Zagreb 17.836SVK Artmedia Petržalka 14.070SVN Domžale 5.272SWE IFK Göteborg 4.518CYP 1960 Anorthosis Famagusta 4.327FIN Tampere United 4.176GEO Dinamo Tbilisi 3.925LVA Ventspils 3.915MKD Rabotnicki 3.090BIH Modriča Maxima 2.805LTU Kaunas 2.640MDA Sheriff Tiraspol 2.475IRL Drogheda United 2.420 ISL Valur 1.980BLR 1995 BATE Borisov 1.760EST Levadia Tallinn 1.430AZE Inter Baku 1.265ALB Dinamo Tirana 1.210ARM Pyunik 1.210KAZ Aktobe 0.852NIR Linfield 0.770WAL Llanelli 0.770FRO NSÍ 0.605LUX F91 Dudelange 0.495MLT Valletta 0.275AND FC Santa Coloma 0.165MNE Budućnost Podgorica 0.165SMR 1862 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. SeededUnseededCRO Dinamo Zagreb SVK Artmedia Petržalka SVN Domžale SWE IFK Göteborg CYP 1960 Anorthosis Famagusta FIN Tampere United GEO Dinamo TbilisiLVA Ventspils MKD Rabotnicki BIH Modriča Maxima LTU Kaunas MDA Sheriff Tiraspol IRL Drogheda United ISL ValurBLR 1995 BATE Borisov EST Levadia Tallinn AZE Inter Baku ALB Dinamo Tirana ARM Pyunik KAZ Aktobe NIR LinfieldWAL Llanelli FRO NSÍ LUX F91 Dudelange MLT Valletta AND FC Santa Coloma MNE Budućnost Podgorica SMR 1862 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. main y Linfield NIR 1–3 Dinamo Zagreb CRO 0–2 1–1 Valletta MLT 0–3 Artmedia Petržalka SVK 0–2 0–1 Dinamo Tbilisi GEO 3–1 NSÍ FRO 3–0 0–1 FC Santa Coloma AND 2–7 Kaunas LTU 1–4 1–3 Murata SMR+1862 0–9 IFK Göteborg SWE 0–5 0–4 Llanelli WAL 1–4 Ventspils LVA 1–0 0–4 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 3–0 Pyunik ARM 1–0 2–0 Inter Baku AZE 1–1 (a) Rabotnicki MKD 0–0 1–1 Tampere United FIN 3–2 Budućnost Podgorica MNE 2–1 1–1 F91 Dudelange LUX 0–3 Domžale SVN 0–1 0–2 Dinamo Tirana ALB 1–4 Modriča Maxima BIH 0–2 1–2 Aktobe KAZ 1–4 Sheriff Tiraspol MDA 1–0 0–4 Drogheda United IRL 3–1 Levadia Tallinn EST 2–1 1–0 BATE Borisov BLR+1995 3–0 Valur ISL 2–0 1–0 Matches 2008 7 16 y 20:45 Linfield NIR 0–2 CRO Dinamo Zagreb Mandžukić 19 Drpić 90 Windsor Park, Belfast 2,900 Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303468/ 2008 7 23 y 20:45 Dinamo Zagreb CRO 1–1 NIR Linfield Mandžukić 3 Gault 53 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 2,835 Alfonso Pérez Burrull (Spain) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303482/ Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 20:00 Valletta MLT 0–2 SVK Artmedia Petržalka Cišovský 73 79 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 1,080 Christoforos Zografos (Greece) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303469/ 2008 7 23 y 20:15 Artmedia Petržalka SVK 1–0 MLT Valletta Farkaš 33 Národné tréningové centrum, Senecnote Artmedia 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. 826 Vlado Svilokos (Croatia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303483/ Artmedia Petržalka won 3–0 on aggregate. 2008 7 16 y 16:00 Dinamo Tbilisi GEO 3–0 FRO NSÍ Kashia 7 Gvelesiani 10 Odikadze 30 pen. Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi 1,423 Ninoslav Spasic (Serbia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303470/ 2008 7 22 y 20:00 NSÍ FRO 1–0 GEO Dinamo Tbilisi Elttør 16 Gundadalur Stadium, Tórshavnnote NSI Match played at Gundadalur Stadium in Tórshavn, instead of NSÍ regular home venue Við Løkin in Runavík. 310 Tero Nieminen (Finland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303484/ Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 20:30 FC Santa Coloma AND 1–4 LTU Kaunas Álvarez 58 pen. Pilibaitis 12 41 pen. Gaúcho 28 79 Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella 444 Panayiotis Kailis (Cyprus) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303471/ 2008 7 22 y 18:30 Kaunas LTU 3–1 AND FC Santa Coloma Pilibaitis 19 90+2 Zelmikas 22 N. Urbani 33 pen. Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas 1,000 Vitaliy Hodulian (Ukraine) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303485/ Kaunas won 7–2 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 20:30 Murata SMR 1862 0–5 SWE IFK Göteborg Söder 20 Alexandersson 27 Wernbloom 32 Jónsson 57 Selaković 88 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle 1,868 Draženko Kovačić (Croatia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303472/ 2008 7 23 y 20:00 IFK Göteborg SWE 4–0 SMR 1862 Murata Johansson 14 Bärkroth 53 73 Wallerstedt 71 Ullevi, Gothenburg 3,746 Alan Black (Northern Ireland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303486/ IFK Göteborg won 9–0 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 19:35 Llanelli WAL 1–0 LVA Ventspils S. Jones 12 Stebonheath Park, Llanelli 942 Petteri Kari (Estonia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303473/ 2008 7 22 y 17:00 Ventspils LVA 4–0 WAL Llanelli Kosmačovs 28 Rimkus 30 75 Butriks 69 Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils 2,000 Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303487/ Ventspils won 4–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 19:00 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 1–0 ARM Pyunik Frousos 71 pen. GSP Stadium, Nicosianote Anorthosis Match played at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, instead of Anorthosis regular home venue Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca. 6,685 Jérôme Efong Nzolo (Belgium) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303474/ 2008 7 23 y 15:30 Pyunik ARM 0–2 CYP Anorthosis Famagusta Tsitaishvili 29 Frousos 86 Abovyan City Stadium, Abovyannote Pyunik Match played at Abovyan City Stadium in Abovyan, instead of Pyunik regular home venue Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works. 2,500 Babak Rafati (Germany) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303488/ Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–0 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 18:00 Inter Baku AZE 0–0 MKD Rabotnicki Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Bakunote Inter Baku Inter Baku played their home games at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium instead of their regulat venue Shafa Stadium. 15,000 Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303475/ 2008 7 22 y 17:00 Rabotnicki MKD 1–1 AZE Inter Baku Velkoski 47 Červenka 77 Philip II Arena, Skopje 5,000 Asaf Kenan (Israel) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303489/ 1–1 on aggregate; Inter Baku won on away goals. 2008 7 15 y 18:00 Tampere United FIN 2–1 MNE Budućnost Podgorica Niemi 24 James 51 pen. Bećiraj 88 Tampere Stadium, Tampere 5,113 Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303476/ 2008 7 23 y 20:00 Budućnost Podgorica MNE 1–1 FIN Tampere United Bećiraj 80 Myntti 8 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica 7,278 Jiří Jech (Czech Republic) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303490/ Tampere United won 3–2 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 19:00 F91 Dudelange LUX 0–1 SVN Domžale Benko 47 Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange 1,313 Leontios Trattou (Cyprus) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303477/ 2008 7 23 y 20:45 Domžale SVN 2–0 LUX F91 Dudelange Žinko 65 85 Sports Park, Domžale 615 Valery Vyalichka (Belarus) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303491/ Domžale won 3–0 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 20:00 Dinamo Tirana ALB 0–2 BIH Modriča Maxima Miljković 65 Stokić 79 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 2,200 Saïd Ennjimi (France) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303478/ 2008 7 23 y 20:00 Modriča Maxima BIH 2–1 ALB Dinamo Tirana Zafirović 90 Bojić 90+2 Xhafaj 72 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenicanote Modriča Maxima Modriča Maxima played their home matches at Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica, instead of their regular home venue Maxima Stadium in Modriča. 957 Simon Lee Evans (Wales) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303492/ Modriča Maxima won 4–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 16 y 17:00 Aktobe KAZ 1–0 MDA Sheriff Tiraspol Smakov 47 pen. Aktobe Central Stadium, Aktobe 12,500 Luc Wouters (Belgium) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303479/ 2008 7 22 y 19:00 Sheriff Tiraspol MDA 4–0 KAZ Aktobe Kuchuk 65 Alexeev 76 Yerokhin 78 Picușceac 90 Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol 5,715 Robert Krajnc (Slovenia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303493/ Sheriff Tiraspol won 4–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 16 y 20:45 Drogheda United IRL 2–1 EST Levadia Tallinn Cahill 50 Kuduzović 68 Kink 23 Dalymount Park, Dublinnote Drogheda Played in Dublin at Dalymount Park as Drogheda's United Park did not meet UEFA criteria. 2,135 Gabriele Rossi (San Marino) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303480/ 2008 7 23 y 17:30 Levadia Tallinn EST 0–1 IRL Drogheda United Gartland 47 Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn 1,500 Boško Jovanetic (Serbia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303494/ Drogheda United won 3–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 15 y 18:00 BATE Borisov BLR 1995 2–0 ISL Valur Bliznyuk 73 78 City Stadium, Borisov 5,200 Stefan Messner (Austria) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303481/ 2008 7 23 y 21:15 Valur ISL 0–1 BLR 1995 BATE Borisov Stasevich 1 Vodafonevöllurinn, Reykjavík 548 Hannes Kaasik (Finland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303495/ 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. SeededUnseededSCO Rangers GRE Panathinaikos SUI Basel TUR Fenerbahçe BEL Anderlecht CZE Sparta Prague UKR Dynamo KyivSRB 2004 Partizan CRO Dinamo Zagreb† 1 POL Wisła Kraków SVK Artmedia Petržalka† 1 DEN AaB NOR Brann AUT Rapid WienSVN Domžale† 1 ISR Beitar Jerusalem HUN MTK Budapest SWE IFK Göteborg† 1 CYP 1960 Anorthosis Famagusta† 1 FIN Tampere United† 1 GEO Dinamo Tbilisi† 1LVA Ventspils† 1 AZE Inter Baku† 1 BIH Modriča Maxima† 1 LTU Kaunas† 1 MDA Sheriff Tiraspol† 1 IRL Drogheda United† 1 BLR 1995 BATE Borisov† 1 Notes disc † 0 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 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. main y Rangers SCO 1–2 Kaunas LTU 0–0 1–2 Brann NOR 2–2 (a) Ventspils LVA 1–0 1–2 Inter Baku AZE 1–3 Partizan SRB+2004 1–1 0–2 Tampere United FIN 3–7 Artmedia Petržalka SVK 1–3 2–4 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 4–3 Rapid Wien AUT 3–0 1–3 Domžale SVN 2–6 Dinamo Zagreb CRO 0–3 2–3 Panathinaikos GRE 3–0 Dinamo Tbilisi GEO 3–0 0–0 IFK Göteborg SWE 3–5 Basel SUI 1–1 2–4 Sheriff Tiraspol MDA 0–3 Sparta Prague CZE 0–1 0–2 Drogheda United IRL 3–4 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 1–2 2–2 Anderlecht BEL 3–4 BATE Borisov BLR+1995 1–2 2–2 Beitar Jerusalem ISR 2–6 Wisła Kraków POL 2–1 0–5 Fenerbahçe TUR 7–0 MTK Budapest HUN 2–0 5–0 AaB DEN 7–1 Modriča Maxima BIH 5–0 2–1 Matches 2008 7 30 y 20:45 Rangers SCO 0–0 LTU Kaunas Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 38,283 Kevin Blom (Netherlands) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303496/ 2008 8 5 y 19:05 Kaunas LTU 2–1 SCO Rangers Radžius 43 Pilibaitis 86 Thomson 33 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas 5,250 Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303510/ Kaunas won 2–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 29 y 20:45 Brann NOR 1–0 LVA Ventspils Demba-Nyrén 87 Brann Stadion, Bergen 5,972 Radek Matějek (Czech Republic) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303497/ 2008 8 5 y 17:00 Ventspils LVA 2–1 NOR Brann Menteshashvili 6 Rimkus 44 Björnsson 49 Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils 2,000 Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303511/ 2–2 on aggregate; Brann won on away goals. 2008 7 29 y 16:00 Inter Baku AZE 1–1 SRB 2004 Partizan Zlatinov 84 Bogunović 4 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Bakunote Inter Baku 8,500 Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303498/ 2008 8 6 y 20:45 Partizan SRB 2004 2–0 AZE Inter Baku Juca 61 Diarra 83 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade 19,221 César Muñiz Fernández (Spain) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303512/ Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 18:00 Tampere United FIN 1–3 SVK Artmedia Petržalka Niemi 18 Pospěch 10 Obžera 19 Piroska 86 Tampere Stadium, Tampere 9,228 Peter Sippel (Germany) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303499/ 2008 8 6 y 20:15 Artmedia Petržalka SVK 4–2 FIN Tampere United Kozák 9 pen. Pospěch 35 Halenár 45 Piroska 78 James 72 pen. Hjelm 79 Národné tréningové centrum, Senecnote Artmedia 1,981 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303513/ Artmedia Petržalka won 7–3 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:30 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 3–0 AUT Rapid Wien Skopelitis 35 Sosin 47 90+2 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 8,000 Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303500/ 2008 8 6 y 19:30 Rapid Wien AUT 3–1 CYP Anorthosis Famagusta Hoffer 22 Maierhofer 63 66 Laban 13 Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna 16,720 Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303514/ Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–3 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:45 Domžale SVN 0–3 CRO Dinamo Zagreb Vrdoljak 11 Sammir 21 pen. Tadić 40 Sports Park, Domžale 2,180 Tony Asumaa (Finland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303501/ 2008 8 6 y 20:45 Dinamo Zagreb CRO 3–2 SVN Domžale Bišćan 17 Hrgović 50 Drpić 84 Brezič 29 Zec 81 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 4,280 William Collum (Scotland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303515/ Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:45 Panathinaikos GRE 3–0 GEO Dinamo Tbilisi Ivanschitz 23 Salpingidis 45 74 Olympic Stadium, Athens 50,864 Bruno Paixão (Portugal) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303502/ 2008 8 6 y 18:00 Dinamo Tbilisi GEO 0–0 GRE Panathinaikos Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi 4,200 Cristian Balaj (Romania) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303516/ Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:15 IFK Göteborg SWE 1–1 SUI Basel Olsson 32 Huggel 26 Ullevi, Gothenburg 10,914 Paolo Dondarini (Italy) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303503/ 2008 8 6 y 20:15 Basel SUI 4–2 SWE IFK Göteborg Huggel 26 Chipperfield 70 Ergić 83 pen. 90+3 Wernbloom 19 Söder 53 St. Jakob-Park, Basel 18,846 Charles Richmond (Scotland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303517/ Basel won 5–3 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 19:00 Sheriff Tiraspol MDA 0–1 CZE Sparta Prague Kladrubský 74 Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol 8,300 Espen Berntsen (Norway) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303504/ 2008 8 6 y 20:15 Sparta Prague CZE 2–0 MDA Sheriff Tiraspol Voříšek 45 Slepička 49 AXA Arena, Prague 11,479 Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303518/ Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate. 2008 7 29 y 20:45 Drogheda United IRL 1–2 UKR Dynamo Kyiv Hughes 47 Mykhalyk 23 Aliyev 86 Dalymount Park, Dublinnote Drogheda 4,545 Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303505/ 2008 8 6 y 18:00 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 2–2 IRL Drogheda United Aliyev 13 Milevskyi 73 pen. Robinson 42 pen. Gartland 88 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 11,400 Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303519/ Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:30 Anderlecht BEL 1–2 BLR 1995 BATE Borisov Gillet 66 Krivets 69 pen. Nyakhaychyk 88 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 18,909 Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303506/ 2008 8 6 y 18:00 BATE Borisov BLR 1995 2–2 BEL Anderlecht Bliznyuk 18 Rodionov 83 Biglia 22 pen. Polák 87 City Stadium, Borisov 5,500 Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303520/ BATE Borisov won 4–3 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:00 Beitar Jerusalem ISR 2–1 POL Wisła Kraków Baruchyan 60 79 Brożek 29 Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem 17,900 Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303507/ 2008 8 6 y 20:45 Wisła Kraków POL 5–0 ISR Beitar Jerusalem Cantoro 9 Cléber 25 pen. Brożek 36 Díaz 57 Niedzielan 87 Stadion Miejski, Kraków 9,500 Duarte Gomes (Portugal) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303521/ Wisła Kraków won 6–2 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:00 Fenerbahçe TUR 2–0 HUN MTK Budapest Roberto Carlos 15 Şahin 58 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul 33,591 Serge Gumienny (Belgium) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303508/ 2008 8 6 y 20:45 MTK Budapest HUN 0–5 TUR Fenerbahçe Şentürk 5 61 79 80 Belözoğlu 66 pen. Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapestnote MTK Match played at Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Budapest, instead of MTK Budapest regular home venue Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion in Budapest. 2,048 Martin Atkinson (England) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303522/ Fenerbahçe won 7–0 on aggregate. 2008 7 30 y 20:00 AaB DEN 5–0 BIH Modriča Maxima Johansson 16 Jakobsen 42 Bræmer 44 Due 53 Cacá 89 Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 6,043 Stanislav Sukhina (Russia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303509/ 2008 8 6 y 20:00 Modriča Maxima BIH 1–2 DEN AaB Bojić 72 Due 12 Risgård 62 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenicanote Modriča Maxima 270 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303523/ 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.Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup https://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/pressrelease/uefa/uefamedia/73/42/19/734219_download.pdf UEFA Union of European Football Associations 22 July 2008 22 July 2008 25 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200925015102/https://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/pressrelease/uefa/uefamedia/73/42/19/734219_download.pdf live 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. SeededUnseededENG Liverpool ESP Barcelona ENG Arsenal GER Schalke 04 ITA Juventus LTU Kaunas† 1 FRA 1974 Marseille ROU Steaua BucureștiGRE Panathinaikos† 1 SUI Basel† 1 GRE Olympiacos TUR Fenerbahçe† 1 UKR Shakhtar Donetsk BLR 1995 BATE Borisov† 1 ITA Fiorentina RUS Spartak MoscowESP Atlético Madrid CZE Sparta Prague† 1 UKR Dynamo Kyiv† 1 BUL Levski Sofia CZE Slavia Prague TUR Galatasaray SRB 2004 Partizan† 1 POR Vitória de GuimarãesCRO Dinamo Zagreb† 1 POL Wisła Kraków† 1 BEL Standard Liège NED Twente SVK Artmedia Petržalka† 1 DEN AaB† 1 NOR Brann† 1 CYP 1960 Anorthosis Famagusta† 1 Notes disc † 0 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 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). main y Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 3–1 Olympiacos GRE 3–0 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães POR 1–2 Basel SUI 0–0 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk UKR 5–1 Dinamo Zagreb CRO 2–0 3–1 Schalke 04 GER 1–4 Atlético Madrid ESP 1–0 0–4 AaB DEN 4–0 Kaunas LTU 2–0 2–0 Barcelona ESP 4–1 Wisła Kraków POL 4–0 0–1 Levski Sofia BUL 1–2 BATE Borisov BLR+1995 0–1 1–1 Standard Liège BEL 0–1 Liverpool ENG 0–0 0–1 (aet) Partizan SRB+2004 3–4 Fenerbahçe TUR 2–2 1–2 Twente NED 0–6 Arsenal ENG 0–2 0–4 Spartak Moscow RUS 2–8 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 1–4 1–4 Juventus ITA 5–1 Artmedia Petržalka SVK 4–0 1–1 Brann NOR 1–3 Marseille FRA+1974 0–1 1–2 Fiorentina ITA 2–0 Slavia Prague CZE 2–0 0–0 Galatasaray TUR 2–3 Steaua București ROU 2–2 0–1 Sparta Prague CZE 1–3 Panathinaikos GRE 1–2 0–1 Order of legs reversed after original draw. Matches 2008 8 13 y 20:00 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 3–0 GRE Olympiacos Torosidis 5 o.g. Sosin 19 Laban 87 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 9,000 Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303812/ 2008 8 27 y 20:45 Olympiacos GRE 1–0 CYP Anorthosis Famagusta Belluschi 54 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 27,922 Herbert Fandel (Germany) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303828/ Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 21:30 Vitória de Guimarães POR 0–0 SUI Basel Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães 21,452 Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303813/ 2008 8 27 y 20:15 Basel SUI 2–1 POR Vitória de Guimarães Stocker 11 Derdiyok 54 Fajardo 15 pen. St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,002 Pieter Vink (Netherlands) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303829/ Basel won 2–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 19:00 Shakhtar Donetsk UKR 2–0 CRO Dinamo Zagreb Srna 3 Jádson 31 RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk 24,810 Florian Meyer (Germany) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303814/ 2008 8 27 y 20:45 Dinamo Zagreb CRO 1–3 UKR Shakhtar Donetsk Balaban 57 Luiz Adriano 42 Brandão 59 Willian 70 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 13,655 Mike Riley (England) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303830/ Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 20:45 Schalke 04 GER 1–0 ESP Atlético Madrid Pander 30 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen 54,142 Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303815/ 2008 8 27 y 20:45 Atlético Madrid ESP 4–0 GER Schalke 04 Agüero 18 Forlán 50 L. García 82 Rodríguez 86 pen. Vicente Calderón, Madrid 47,321 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303831/ Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 20:05 AaB DEN 2–0 LTU Kaunas Cacá 71 Curth 86 Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 6,310 Ivan Bebek (Croatia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303816/ 2008 8 27 y 19:00 Kaunas LTU 0–2 DEN AaB Risgård 75 90+1 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas 3,000 Pedro Proença (Portugal) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303832/ AaB won 4–0 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 21:45 Barcelona ESP 4–0 POL Wisła Kraków Eto'o 17 83 Xavi 24 Henry 49 Camp Nou, Barcelona 56,786 Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303817/ 2008 8 26 y 20:45 Wisła Kraków POL 1–0 ESP Barcelona Cléber 52 Stadion Miejski, Kraków 12,000 Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303833/ Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 19:00 Levski Sofia BUL 0–1 BLR 1995 BATE Borisov Rzhevsky 60 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia 16,294 Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303818/ 2008 8 27 y 18:00 BATE Borisov BLR 1995 1–1 BUL Levski Sofia Sosnovski 14 Gadzhev 38 City Stadium, Borisov 5,603 Konrad Plautz (Austria) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303834/ BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 21:05 Standard Liège BEL 0–0 ENG Liverpool Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 26,000 Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303819/ 2008 8 27 y 21:05 Liverpool ENG 1–0 yes BEL Standard Liège Kuyt 118 Anfield, Liverpool 43,889 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303835/ Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 21:00 Partizan SRB 2004 2–2 TUR Fenerbahçe Paunović 10 Bogunović 14 Alex 45 pen. Güiza 50 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade 22,274 Craig Thomson (Scotland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303820/ 2008 8 27 y 20:00 Fenerbahçe TUR 2–1 SRB 2004 Partizan Şentürk 28 Alex 58 Tošić 76 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul 36,765 Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303836/ Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 20:45 Twente NED 0–2 ENG Arsenal Gallas 63 Adebayor 82 GelreDome, Arnhem 26,000 Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303821/ 2008 8 27 y 21:05 Arsenal ENG 4–0 NED Twente Nasri 27 Gallas 52 Walcott 66 Bendtner 89 Emirates Stadium, London 59,583 Terje Hauge (Norway) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303837/ Arsenal won 6–0 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 18:00 Spartak Moscow RUS 1–4 UKR Dynamo Kyiv Bazhenov 5 Bangoura 28 47 Milevskyi 45 86 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow 32,600 Martin Hansson (Sweden) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303822/ 2008 8 27 y 19:45 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 4–1 RUS Spartak Moscow Aliyev 4 Bangoura 24 Milevskyi 49 78 Dzyuba 47 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 15,000 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303838/ Dynamo Kyiv won 8–2 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 20:45 Juventus ITA 4–0 SVK Artmedia Petržalka Camoranesi 8 Del Piero 26 Chiellini 39 Legrottaglie 90 Stadio Olimpico, Turin 23,102 Kyros Vassaras (Greece) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303823/ 2008 8 26 y 20:45 Artmedia Petržalka SVK 1–1 ITA Juventus Fodrek 13 Amauri 25 Tehelné pole, Bratislavanote Artmedia 13,450 Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303839/ Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 20:45 Brann NOR 0–1 FRA 1974 Marseille Cheyrou 40 Brann Stadion, Bergen 11,197 Alexandru Tudor (Romania) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303824/ 2008 8 27 y 20:45 Marseille FRA 1974 2–1 NOR Brann Niang 65 90 Sigurðsson 74 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 44,641 Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303840/ Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate. 2008 8 12 y 20:45 Fiorentina ITA 2–0 CZE Slavia Prague Mutu 3 Gilardino 57 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 32,146 Howard Webb (England) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303825/ 2008 8 27 y 20:45 Slavia Prague CZE 0–0 ITA Fiorentina Synot Tip Arena, Prague 14,943 Bertrand Layec (France) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303841/ Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 20:15 Galatasaray TUR 2–2 ROU Steaua București Nonda 19 47 Moreno 5 Nicoliță 13 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul 19,636 Laurent Duhamel (France) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303826/ 2008 8 27 y 19:45 Steaua București ROU 1–0 TUR Galatasaray Nicoliță 57 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 22,850 Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303842/ Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate. 2008 8 13 y 20:45 Sparta Prague CZE 1–2 GRE Panathinaikos Kulič 30 Kučera 24 o.g. Simão 60 AXA Arena, Prague 14,478 Yuri Baskakov (Russia) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303827/ 2008 8 26 y 20:45 Panathinaikos GRE 1–0 CZE Sparta Prague Souza 89 Olympic Stadium, Athens 59,659 Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/303843/ Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate. Notes note References External links Qualifying Rounds Information *1 2008-09