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Revision as of 17:29, 5 August 2008
The UEFA Champions League 2008–09 will be the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final will be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009.[1] It is the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in Italy and the fourth time it has been held at the Stadio Olimpico. Manchester United are the defending champions, having won the trophy the previous season.
Qualification
A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2008-09 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their UEFA league co-efficient. The title holder entry is not used since Manchester United qualified for the group stage as the Premier League (Association 2) champions.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008-09 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 (except Liechtenstein) 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 (the Netherlands enter the winners of a series of play-off games rather than the runners-up automatically qualifying)
- 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
- Template:Fnb Moved up from the lower qualifying round due to the Title Holder entry not being used.
Excluded teams
On 4 June 2008, a decision was taken to exclude Portuguese champions Porto from this year's competition, after the club was found guilty of bribing referees in the Portuguese Liga during the 2003-04 season.[2] As a result, Vitória Guimarães were promoted from the 3rd qualifying round to the group stage and Benfica from the UEFA Cup into the 3rd qualifying round. However, after Porto appealed the decision, the decision was deferred by UEFA's Appeals Body back to the Control & Disciplinary Body for re-assessment.[3] The meeting to re-assess the situation took place on 16 June 2008, with the decision being reversed and Porto being allowed back into the 2008-09 Champions League. The decision was taken due to Porto's disciplinary process in Portugal not yet being complete.[4]
Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia will be excluded from the tournament having failed to secure a UEFA licence due to the club being in debt to various government bodies and creditors.[5] Levski Sofia will take their place in the 3rd qualifying round.
Round and draw dates
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.
Date | Event | Date | Event |
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1 July 2008 | Draw for first and second qualifying rounds | 4 November 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 4 |
15 July 2008 | First qualifying round, first leg | 5 November 2008 | |
16 July 2008 | 25 November 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 5 | |
22 July 2008 | First qualifying round, second leg | 26 November 2008 | |
23 July 2008 | 9 December 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 6 | |
29 July 2008 | Second qualifying round, first leg | 10 December 2008 | |
30 July 2008 | 19 December 2008 | Draw for first knockout round | |
1 August 2008 | Draw for third qualifying round | 24 February 2009 | First knockout round, first leg |
5 August 2008 | Second qualifying round, second leg | 25 February 2009 | |
6 August 2008 | 10 March 2009 | First knockout round, second leg | |
12 August 2008 | Third qualifying round, first leg | 11 March 2009 | |
13 August 2008 | 20 March 2009 | Draw for remaining rounds | |
26 August 2008 | Third qualifying round, second leg | 7 April 2009 | Quarter-finals, first leg |
27 August 2008 | 8 April 2009 | ||
28 August 2008 | Draw for group stage | 14 April 2009 | Quarter-finals, second leg |
16 September 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 1 | 15 April 2009 | |
17 September 2008 | 28 April 2009 | Semi-finals, first leg | |
30 September 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 2 | 29 April 2009 | |
1 October 2008 | 5 May 2009 | Semi-finals, second leg | |
21 October 2008 | Group stage, Matchday 3 | 6 May 2009 | |
22 October 2008 | 27 May 2009 | Final in Rome, Italy |
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on Tuesday, 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. The first leg matches were held on 15 July and 16 July, while the second legs were played on 22 July and 23 July 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Linfield ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–1 |
Valletta ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–1 |
Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Santa Coloma ![]() |
2–7 | ![]() |
1–4 | 1–3 |
Murata ![]() |
0–9 | ![]() |
0–5 | 0–4 |
Llanelli ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 |
Anorthosis Famagusta ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 |
Inter Baku ![]() |
(a)1–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Tampere United ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 |
F91 Dudelange ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Dinamo Tirana ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–2 |
Aktobe ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 |
Drogheda United ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–0 |
BATE ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Second qualifying round
The first leg matches were played on 29 July and 30 July, while the second legs will be held on 5 August and 6 August 2008.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rangers ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0-0 |
Brann ![]() |
(a)2–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Inter Baku ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 6 August |
Tampere United ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 6 August |
Anorthosis Famagusta ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
3–0 | 6 August |
Domžale ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
0–3 | 6 August |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
3–0 | 6 August |
IFK Göteborg ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
1–1 | 6 August |
Sheriff Tiraspol ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
0–1 | 6 August |
Drogheda United ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
1–2 | 6 August |
Anderlecht ![]() |
11 | ![]() |
1–2 | 6 August |
Beitar Jerusalem ![]() |
12 | ![]() |
2–1 | 6 August |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
13 | ![]() |
2–0 | 6 August |
Aalborg BK ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
5–0 | 6 August |
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round took place on 1 August 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.[6] The first leg matches will be played on 12 August and 13 August, while the second leg matches will take place on 26 August and 27 August.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Winner of Match 5 | ![]() |
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Vitória Guimarães ![]() |
Winner of Match 8 | |||
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() |
Winner of Match 6 | |||
Schalke 04 ![]() |
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Winner of Match 14 | Winner of Match 1 | |||
Barcelona ![]() |
Winner of Match 12 | |||
Levski Sofia ![]() |
Winner of Match 11 | |||
Standard Liège ![]() |
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13 August | 27 August | |
Winner of Match 3 | Winner of Match 13 | |||
Twente ![]() |
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Spartak Moscow ![]() |
Winner of Match 10 | |||
Juventus ![]() |
Winner of Match 4 | |||
Brann ![]() |
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Fiorentina ![]() |
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12 August | 26 August | |
Galatasaray ![]() |
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Winner of Match 7 | Winner of Match 9 |
Group stage
The following teams will compete in the group stage of the Champions League along with the winners of the third qualifying round. Clubs except Manchester United, the defending champions, are listed in club coefficient order.
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See also
Notes and references
- ^ Ravdin, Eugene (2006-10-05). "Moscow and Rome feast on finals". UEFA. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
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