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*{{flagicon|SCO}} Runners-up of [[Scottish Premier League 2007-08]]<ref name="Scotland">[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] and [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] have qualified for UEFA Champions League.</ref>
*{{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic Glasgow/Glasgow Rangers ]]<ref name="Scotland">[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] and [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] have qualified for UEFA Champions League.</ref>
*{{flagicon|UKR}} Runners-up of [[Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08]]<ref name="Ukraine">[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] and [[Dynamo Kyiv]] have qualified for UEFA Champions League.</ref>
*{{flagicon|UKR}} Runners-up of [[Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08]]<ref name="Ukraine">[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] and [[Dynamo Kyiv]] have qualified for UEFA Champions League.</ref>
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*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]

Revision as of 13:32, 13 May 2008

Template:Future sport The UEFA Champions League 2008-09 will be the 54th edition of the European Club Championship football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The Final will be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome[1] on 27 May 2009.

The Stadium for the Final

The final itself will be the 7th time the UEFA Champions League Final has been held in Italy and the 4th time it is to be held at the Stadio Olimpico. The previous 3 finals held there were:

Association Team Allocation

A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2008-2009 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their UEFA league co-efficient.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008-2009 Champions League:

  • Associations 1-3 (Spain, England, and Italy) each have 4 teams qualify
  • Associations 4-6 (France, Germany, and Portugal) each have 3 teams qualify
  • Associations 7-15 (Romania, Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, Belgium, Czech Republic, Turkey, and Greece) each have 2 teams qualify
  • Associations 16-53 each have 1 team qualify


First Qualifying Round: (28 teams)

  • 28 champions from associations 25-53

Second Qualifying Round: (28 teams)

  • 14 winners from the First Qualifying Round
  • 8 champions from associations 17-24 (Switzerland, Norway, Israel, Serbia, Denmark, Austria, Poland and Hungary)
  • 6 runners-up from associations 10-15

Third Qualifying Round: (32 teams)

  • 14 winners from the Second Qualifying Round
  • 6 champions from associations 11-16
  • 3 runners-up from associations 7-9
  • 6 third-place finishers from associations 1-6
  • 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1-3

Group Stage: (32 teams)

  • 16 winners from the Third Qualifying Round
  • 10 champions from associations 1-10
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1-6

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.

Date Event
27 June 2008 Draw for first and second qualifying rounds
15-16 july 2008 First qualifying round, first leg
22-23 july 2008 First qualifying round, second leg
29-30 july 2008 Second qualifying round, first leg
1 august 2008 Draw for third qualifying round
5-6 august 2008 Second qualifying round, second leg
12-13 august 2008 Third qualifying round, first leg
26-27 august 2008 Third qualifying round, second leg
28 august 2008 Draw for group stage
16-17 september 2008 Group stage, Matchday 1
30 september-1 october 2008 Group stage, Matchday 2
21-22 october 2008 Group stage, Matchday 3
4-5 november 2008 Group stage, Matchday 4
25-26 november 2008 Group stage, Matchday 5
9-10 december 2008 Group stage, Matchday 6
19 december 2008 Draw for First knockout round
18-19 february 2009 First knockout round, 1st leg
10-11 march 2009 First knockout round, 2nd leg
20 march 2009 Draw for remaining rounds
7-8 april 2009 Quarter-finals, 1st leg
14-15 april 2009 Quarter-finals, 2nd leg
28-29 april 2009 Semi-finals, 1st leg
5-6 may 2009 Semi-finals, 2nd leg
27 may 2009 Final in Rome, Italy

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The following teams are certain to compete in the first qualifying round of the Champions League:

Second qualifying round

The following teams are certain to compete in the second qualifying round of the Champions League:

Third qualifying round

The following teams are supposed to compete in the third qualifying round of the Champions League:

Group Stage

The following teams are supposed to compete in the group stage of the Champions League:

See also

Notes and References

  1. ^ "Moscow and Rome feast on finals". UEFA. 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2007-05-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Rangers and Celtic have qualified for UEFA Champions League.
  3. ^ a b Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv have qualified for UEFA Champions League.
  4. ^ a b Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague have qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
  5. ^ a b Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 have qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

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