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			{{Short description\|53rd season of the UEFA club football tournament}}
	{{current sport}}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2020}}
	The '''UEFA Champions League 2007-08''' is the 53rd edition of the European championship ] tournament and the 16th edition under the current ] format.
			{{Infobox international football competition
			\| tourney_name = UEFA Champions League
			\| year = 2007–08
			\| image = Luzhniki stadium - Moscow.jpg
			\| size = 300px
			\| caption = The ] in ] hosted the final
			\| dates = ''Qualifying:''<br />17 July – 29 August 2007<br />''Competition proper:''<br />18 September 2007 – 21 May 2008
			\| num_teams = ''Competition proper:'' 32<br />''Total:'' 76
			\| champion_other = {{fbaicon\|ENG}} ]
			\| count = 3
			\| second_other = {{fbaicon\|ENG}} ]
			\| matches = 125
			\| goals = 330
			\| attendance = 5380947
			\| top_scorer = ] (Manchester United)<br />8 goals
			\| player =
			\| prevseason = ]
			\| nextseason = ]
			}}
			The '''2007–08 UEFA Champions League''' was the 16th season of ]'s premier European club ] tournament, the ], since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall.

			The ] was played on 21 May 2008 at the ] in Moscow, Russia, where ] played against ], making it an all-English final for the first time in the history of the European Cup. Manchester United won the match 6–5 on ], following a 1–1 draw after ].
	The ] is scheduled to be played at the ] in ] on ] ].

			] were the defending champions, but were eliminated by ] in the first knockout round.
	However, due to an upcoming review of venues eligible to host the Champions League Final (announced by UEFA President ] on ] ]) this decision could be reversed, and a stadium with enhanced turnstile and ticketing technology chosen instead.<ref>{{cite news \|author=David Bond \|title=Platini admits stadium security at fault \|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=JPYUYYPJEJ0K1QFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/sport/2007/06/06/sfnliv06.xml \|publisher=The Telegraph \|date=] \|accessdate=2007-06-20 }}</ref>

			==Qualification==
	==Association team allocation==
	76 teams ~~will participate~~ in the ~~2007-2008~~ Champions League from 53 UEFA associations. Each association ~~qualifies~~ a certain number of ~~teams~~ to the Champions League based on its league ~~co-efficient~~ ~~with~~ ~~those~~ associations with ~~the~~ ~~highest~~ league ~~co-efficients~~ ~~qualifying~~ more ~~teams.~~ An association may ~~qualify~~ up to 4 teams. All UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least 1 team qualify. ~~(The~~ exception ~~to this is~~ Liechtenstein, which ~~organizes~~ no league ~~competition~~.) One new nation ~~will enter~~ their league champion in this year's tournament: ], following the dissolution of ]. The champions from ] and ] ~~are~~ also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the ~~2007-2008~~ Champions League:<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/access2007.html \|title=The access list from UEFA European Cup Football \|~~accessdate=2007-06~~-20 \|~~author~~=Bert ~~Kassies~~ \|~~year~~=~~2007~~ \|~~month~~=February \|publisher=UEFA European Cup Football }}</ref>		76 teams participated in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League from 52 UEFA member associations (not including Liechtenstein). Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league ] which takes into account the performance of its clubs in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.;<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/season=2006/index.html\|title=Country coefficients 2005/06\|publisher=UEFA}}</ref> associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams. All UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least one team qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein, which competes in the Swiss league system, but has no team in the ]. One new nation entered their league champion in this year's tournament: ], following the dissolution of ]. The champions from ] and ] also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007–08 Champions League:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/access2007.html \|title=The access list from UEFA European Cup Football \|access-date=20 June 2007 \|first=Bert \|last=Kassies \|date=February 2007 \|publisher=UEFA European Cup Football \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607184714/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/access2007.html \|archive-date=7 June 2007 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	*Associations ~~1-3 (Spain, England, and Italy)~~ each have 4 teams qualify		*Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
	*Associations ~~4-6 (France, Germany, and Portugal)~~ each have 3 teams qualify		*Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
	*Associations ~~7-15 (Netherlands, Greece, Russia, Romania, Scotland, Belgium, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Turkey)~~ each have 2 teams qualify		*Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
	*Associations ~~16-53~~ each have 1 team qualify		*Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.

			===Association ranking===
	'''First qualifying round: (28 teams)'''
			For the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2006 ]s, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method3/crank2007.html\|title=UEFA Country Ranking 2007\|publisher=Bert Kassies}}</ref>
	*28 champions from associations 25-53

			{\|
	'''Second qualifying round: (28 teams)'''
			\|-valign=top style="font-size:90%"
	*14 winners from the First Qualifying Round
			\|
	*8 champions from associations 17-24 (Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Austria, Serbia, Poland, Denmark, and Hungary)
			{\| class="wikitable"
	*6 runners-up from associations 10-15
			\|-
			!Rank
			!Association
			!Coeff.
			!Teams
			\|-
			!1
			\|{{fba\|ESP}}
			\|align=right\|72.748
			\|align=center rowspan=3\|4
			\|-
			!2
			\|{{fba\|ITA}}
			\|align=right\|66.731
			\|-
			!3
			\|{{fba\|ENG}}
			\|align=right\|63.486
			\|-
			!4
			\|{{fba\|FRA\|1974}}
			\|align=right\|50.781
			\|align=center rowspan=3\|3
			\|-
			!5
			\|{{fba\|GER}}
			\|align=right\|48.364
			\|-
			!6
			\|{{fba\|POR}}
			\|align=right\|44.041
			\|-
			!7
			\|{{fba\|NED}}
			\|align=right\|41.331
			\|align=center rowspan=9\|2
			\|-
			!8
			\|{{fba\|GRE}}
			\|align=right\|32.081
			\|-
			!9
			\|{{fba\|RUS}}
			\|align=right\|31.833
			\|-
			!10
			\|{{fba\|ROU}}
			\|align=right\|31.457
			\|-
			!11
			\|{{fba\|SCO}}
			\|align=right\|30.375
			\|-
			!12
			\|{{fba\|BEL}}
			\|align=right\|30.250
			\|-
			!13
			\|{{fba\|UKR}}
			\|align=right\|26.600
			\|-
			!14
			\|{{fba\|CZE}}
			\|align=right\|26.575
			\|-
			!15
			\|{{fba\|TUR}}
			\|align=right\|26.166
			\|-
			!16
			\|{{fba\|SUI}}
			\|align=right\|25.875
			\|align=center rowspan=3\|1
			\|-
			!17
			\|{{fba\|BUL}}
			\|align=right\|24.290
			\|-
			!18
			\|{{fba\|ISR}}
			\|align=right\|21.541
			\|}
			\|
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			!Rank
			!Association
			!Coeff.
			!Teams
			\|-
			!19
			\|{{fba\|NOR}}
			\|align=right\|20.975
			\|align=center rowspan=18\|1
			\|-
			!20
			\|{{fba\|AUT}}
			\|align=right\|20.375
			\|-
			!21
			\|{{fba\|SRB\|2004}}
			\|align=right\|19.999
			\|-
			!22
			\|{{fba\|POL}}
			\|align=right\|18.500
			\|-
			!23
			\|{{fba\|DEN}}
			\|align=right\|16.950
			\|-
			!24
			\|{{fba\|HUN}}
			\|align=right\|14.665
			\|-
			!25
			\|{{fba\|CRO}}
			\|align=right\|14.083
			\|-
			!26
			\|{{fba\|SWE}}
			\|align=right\|13.249
			\|-
			!27
			\|{{fba\|SVK}}
			\|align=right\|12.332
			\|-
			!28
			\|{{fba\|CYP}}
			\|align=right\|10.165
			\|-
			!29
			\|{{fba\|SVN}}
			\|align=right\|10.165
			\|-
			!30
			\|{{fba\|BIH}}
			\|align=right\|8.165
			\|-
			!31
			\|{{fba\|FIN}}
			\|align=right\|7.373
			\|-
			!32
			\|{{fba\|LVA}}
			\|align=right\|7.164
			\|-
			!33
			\|{{fba\|MDA}}
			\|align=right\|6.832
			\|-
			!34
			\|{{fba\|GEO}}
			\|align=right\|6.331
			\|-
			!35
			\|{{fba\|LTU}}
			\|align=right\|5.832
			\|-
			!36
			\|{{fba\|MKD\|name=Macedonia}}
			\|align=right\|5.331
			\|}
			\|
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			!Rank
			!Association
			!Coeff.
			!Teams
			\|-
			!37
			\|{{fba\|ISL}}
			\|align=right\|4.832
			\|align=center rowspan=1\|1
			\|-
			!38
			\|{{fba\|LIE}}
			\|align=right\|4.500
			\|align=center\|0
			\|-
			!39
			\|{{fba\|BLR\|1995}}
			\|align=right\|4.415
			\|align=center rowspan=15\|1
			\|-
			!40
			\|{{fba\|IRL}}
			\|align=right\|4.331
			\|-
			!41
			\|{{fba\|ALB}}
			\|align=right\|3.665
			\|-
			!42
			\|{{fba\|ARM}}
			\|align=right\|2.998
			\|-
			!43
			\|{{fba\|EST}}
			\|align=right\|2.665
			\|-
			!44
			\|{{fba\|MLT}}
			\|align=right\|2.665
			\|-
			!45
			\|{{fba\|WAL}}
			\|align=right\|2.332
			\|-
			!46
			\|{{fba\|NIR}}
			\|align=right\|2.332
			\|-
			!47
			\|{{fba\|AZE}}
			\|align=right\|1.999
			\|-
			!48
			\|{{fba\|LUX}}
			\|align=right\|1.832
			\|-
			!49
			\|{{fba\|KAZ}}
			\|align=right\|1.666
			\|-
			!50
			\|{{fba\|FRO}}
			\|align=right\|1.665
			\|-
			!51
			\|{{fba\|SMR\|1862}}
			\|align=right\|0.000
			\|-
			!52
			\|{{fba\|AND}}
			\|align=right\|0.000
			\|-
			!53
			\|{{fba\|MNE}}
			\|align=right\|0.000
			\|}
			\|}

			===Distribution===
	'''Third qualifying round: (32 teams)'''
			Since the title holders (]) qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round through their domestic league and entered the group stage automatically, their spot in the third qualifying round is vacated, and the following changes to the default access list are made:<ref>{{cite web \|title=2007/08 UEFA Champions League access list \|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=551776.html \|publisher=UEFA \|date=17 August 2007 }}</ref>
	*14 winners from the Second Qualifying Round
			*The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
	*7 champions from associations 10-16
			*The champions of associations 23 and 24 (Denmark and Hungary) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
	*3 runners-up from associations 7-9
	*6 third-place finishers from associations 1-6
	*2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1-3 (Milan, the fourth-place finishers from Italy, as holders, qualify automatically for the Group Stage.)

			{\| class="wikitable"
	'''Group stage: (32 teams)'''
			\|-
			!
			!Teams entering in this round
			!Teams advancing from previous round
			\|-
			!First qualifying round<br />(28 teams)
			\|
			*28 champions from associations 25–53 (except Liechtenstein)
			\|
			\|-
			!Second qualifying round<br />(28 teams)
			\|
			*8 champions from associations 17–24
			*6 runners-up from associations 10–15
			\|
			*14 winners from the first qualifying round
			\|-
			!Third qualifying round<br />(32 teams)
			\|
			*7 champions from associations 10–16
			*3 runners-up from associations 7–9
			*6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6
			*2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3 (except title holders ])
			\|
			*14 winners from the second qualifying round
			\|-
			!Group stage<br />(32 teams)
			\|
	*1 current Champions League holder		*1 current Champions League holder
			*9 champions from associations 1–9
	*16 winners from the Third Qualifying Round
	*9 ~~champions~~ from associations ~~1-9~~		*6 runners-up from associations 1–6
			\|
	*6 runners-up from associations 1-6
			*16 winners from the third qualifying round

			\|-
	==Qualifying rounds==
			!Knockout phase<br />(16 teams)
	===First qualifying round===
			\|
	The draw was held on Friday, ] ] at 12:00 CET in ], ]. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary ] and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches will be played on ]/] and ]/] ].
			\|

			*8 group winners from the group stage
	{{TwoLegStart}}
			*8 group runners-up from the group stage
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|AZE\|2-4 (])\|''']'''\|CRO\|1-1\|1-3}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|CYP\|2-3 (])\|''']'''\|BLR\|2-0\|0-3}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|''']'''\|MDA\|5-0\|]\|AND\|2-0\|3-0}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|''']'''\|ISL\|4-1\|]\|FRO\|4-1\|0-0}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|WAL\|4-4(])\|''']'''\|LVA\|3-2\|1-2}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|MKD\|0-1\|''']'''\|EST\|0-1\|0-0}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|GEO\|0-3\|''']'''\|KAZ\|0-0\|0-3}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|''']'''\|MNE\|5-4\|]\|LTU\|3-1\|2-3}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|SMR\|1-4\|''']'''\|FIN\|1-2\|0-2}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|LUX\|5-7\|''']'''\|SVK\|1-2\|4-5}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|NIR\|0-1\|''']'''\|SWE\|0-0\|0-1}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]<ref>] won the ] but did not apply for a UEFA License to take part in the UEFA Champions League. {{cite web \|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0330/shelbourne.html \|title=Shels relinquish Champions League place \|accessdate=2007-06-20 \|date=] \|publisher=RTÉ Sport }}</ref>\|IRL\|0-2\|''']'''\|ARM\|0-0\|0-2}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|MLT\|1-9\|''']'''\|BIH\|0-6\|1-3}}
	{{TwoLegResult\|''']'''\|SVN\|3-1\|]\|ALB\|1-0\|2-1}}
	\|}		\|}

	===~~Second qualifying round~~===		===Teams===
			{\| class="wikitable"
	The draw was held on Friday, ] ] at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary ] and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches will be played on ]/] and ]/] ].
			!colspan="4"\|Group stage

			\|-
	{{TwoLegStart}}
			\|{{fbaicon\|ESP}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|GER}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|NED}} ] <small>(])</small>
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|ARM\|\|]\|UKR\|\|}}
			\|-
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|SRB\|\|]\|EST\|\|}}
			\|{{fbaicon\|ESP}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|GER}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|GRE}} ] <small>(])</small>
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|SCO\|\|]\|MNE\|]\|]}}
			\|-
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|HUN\|\|]\|SWE\|\|}}
			\|{{fbaicon\|ITA}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|FRA\|1974}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|POR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|RUS}} ] <small>(])</small>
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|POL\|\|]\|ROM\|]\|]}}
			\|-
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|BEL\|\|]\|BIH\|\|\|}}
			\|{{fbaicon\|ITA}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|FRA\|1974}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|POR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ITA}} ]<sup>]</sup><small>(])</small>
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|LVA\|\|]\|AUT\|\|}}
			\|-
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|KAZ\|\|]\|NOR\|\|}}
			!colspan="4"\|Third qualifying round
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|ISL\|\|]\|BLR\|\|\|}}
			\|-
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|DEN\|\|]\|ISR\|]\|]}}
			\|{{fbaicon\|ESP}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|FRA\|1974}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|RUS}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|UKR}} ] <small>(])</small>
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|SVK\|\|]\|CZE\|\|}}
			\|-
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|FIN\|\|]\|BUL\|]\|]}}
			\|{{fbaicon\|ESP}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|GER}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ROU}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|CZE}} ] <small>(])</small>
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|SVN\|\|]\|CRO\|\|\|}}
			\|-
	{{TwoLegResult\|]\|TUR\|\|]\|MDA\|\|\|}}
			\|{{fbaicon\|ITA}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|POR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|SCO}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|TUR}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|NED}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|BEL}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|SUI}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|GRE}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|colspan="2"\|
			\|-
			!colspan="4"\|Second qualifying round
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|ROU}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|CZE}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|NOR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|POL}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|SCO}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|TUR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|AUT}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|DEN}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|BEL}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|BUL}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|SRB\|2004}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|HUN}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|UKR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ISR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|colspan="2"\|
			\|-
			!colspan="4"\|First qualifying round
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|CRO}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|LVA}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|IRL}} ] <small>(])</small>{{Cref2\|Note IRL}}\|\|{{fbaicon\|AZE}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|SWE}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|MDA}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ALB}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|LUX}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|SVK}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|GEO}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ARM}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|KAZ}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|CYP}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|LTU}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|EST}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|FRO}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|SVN}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|MKD}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|MLT}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|AND}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|BIH}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|ISL}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|WAL}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|SMR\|1862}} ] <small>(])</small>
			\|-
			\|{{fbaicon\|FIN}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|BLR\|1995}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|NIR}} ] <small>(])</small>\|\|{{fbaicon\|MNE}} ] <small>(])</small>
	\|}		\|}
			;Notes
			{{Cnote2 Begin}}
			{{Cnote2\|Note IRL\|'''Republic of Ireland (IRL)''': Second-placed ] were admitted to Champions League after last year champions ] were denied a Premier Division license for 2007 due to financial violations.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0330/216108-shelbourne/\|publisher=]\|title=Shels relinquish Champions League place}}</ref>}}
			{{Cnote2 End}}

			==Round and draw dates==
	===Third qualifying round===
			The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.
	The following teams, joined by winners of the second qualifying round, will compete in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, to be played on ]/] and ]/] ].
	Winners in this round will qualify for the group stage, while teams which lose will be entered in the first round of the ].

	*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]<!-- The UEFA Cup triumph is unrelated to their qualification for this tournament. -->
	*{{flagicon\|POR}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|NED}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|BEL}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|UKR}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|CZE}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|TUR}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|GRE}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ROM}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|RUS}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|SUI}} ]
	<small>Sorted by .</small>

	==Group stage==
	The following teams, joined by winners of the third qualifying round, will compete in the group stage of the Champions League:
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ] ''(automatic qualification as title holders)''
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|POR}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|NED}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|RUS}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|POR}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|GRE}} ]
	<small>Sorted by .</small>

	==Round and draw dates==
	The calendar from .
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	\|~~Draw~~ ~~for first and second~~ qualifying ~~rounds~~		\| First qualifying round
			\|rowspan=2\| 29 June 2007
			\| 17–18 July 2007
			\| 24–25 July 2007
	\|-		\|-
			\| Second qualifying round
	\|]-] ]
			\| 31 July–1 August 2007
	\|First qualifying round, first leg
			\| 7–8 August 2007
	\|-		\|-
			\| Third qualifying round
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			\| 3 August 2007
	\|First qualifying round, second leg
			\| 14–15 August 2007
			\| 28–29 August 2007
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	\|]-] ]
			\| Matchday 1
	\|Second qualifying round, first leg
			\|rowspan=6\| 30 August 2007
			\|colspan=2\| 18–19 September 2007
	\|-		\|-
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	\|] ]
			\|colspan=2\| 2–3 October 2007
	\|Draw for third qualifying round
	\|-		\|-
			\| Matchday 3
	\|]-] ]
			\|colspan=2\| 23–24 October 2007
	\|Second qualifying round, second leg
	\|-		\|-
			\| Matchday 4
	\|]-] ]
			\|colspan=2\| 6–7 November 2007
	\|Third qualifying round, first leg
	\|-		\|-
			\| Matchday 5
	\|]-] ]
			\|colspan=2\| 27–28 November 2007
	\|Third qualifying round, second leg
	\|-		\|-
			\| Matchday 6
	\|] ]
			\|colspan=2\| 4 & 11–12 December 2007{{efn\|Group D teams played their Matchday 6 fixtures on 4 December due to ]'s participation in the ] in Japan on 13 and 16 December.}}
	\|Draw for group stage
	\|-		\|-
			\|rowspan=4\| Knockout phase
	\|]-] ]
			\| Round of 16
	\|Group stage, Matchday 1
			\| 21 December 2007
			\| 19–20 February 2008
			\| 4–5 & 11 March 2008{{efn\|As both ] and ] use the ] as their home pitch, and both teams were seeded and scheduled to host the second leg of the first knockout round at home, Internazionale's home leg against ] was postponed by one week to 11 March 2008 to accommodate ], who were the title holders.}}
	\|-		\|-
			\| Quarter-finals
	\|]-] ]
			\|rowspan=3\| 14 March 2008
	\|Group stage, Matchday 2
			\| 1–2 April 2008
			\| 8–9 April 2008
	\|-		\|-
			\| Semi-finals
	\|]-] ]
			\| 22–23 April 2008
	\|Group stage, Matchday 3
			\| 29–30 April 2008
	\|-		\|-
			\| Final
	\|]-] ]
			\|colspan="2"\| 21 May 2008 at ], Moscow
	\|Group stage, Matchday 4
			\|}
			'''Notes'''
			{{notelist}}

			==Qualifying rounds==
			{{main\|2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds}}

			===First qualifying round===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds\|Q1}}

			===Second qualifying round===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds\|Q2}}

			===Third qualifying round===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds\|Q3}}

			==Group stage==
			{{main\|2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage}}
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			The draw was held on Thursday, 30 August 2007 at the ] in ]. The draw was hosted by ] and conducted by UEFA General Secretary ] and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches were played between 18 September and 12 December 2007.

			The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Based on paragraph 6.05 in the for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
			#higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
			#superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
			#higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
			#superior goal difference from all group matches played;
			#higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
			#higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

			] and ] made their debut appearance in the group stage.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Excitement builds as draw nears \|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=576667.html \|publisher=UEFA \|date=30 August 2007 }}</ref>

			===Group A===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group A\|show_matches=y}}

			===Group B===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group B\|show_matches=y}}

			===Group C===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group C\|show_matches=y}}

			===Group D===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group D\|show_matches=y}}

			===Group E===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group E\|show_matches=y}}

			===Group F===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group F\|show_matches=y}}

			===Group G===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group G\|show_matches=y}}

			===Group H===
			{{:2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage\|transcludesection=Group H\|show_matches=y}}

			==Knockout phase==
			{{main\|2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage}}

			In the ], teams played against each other over ] on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
			The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
			*In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
			*In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

			===Bracket===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\|Bracket}}

			===Round of 16===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\|R16}}

			===Quarter-finals===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\|QF}}

			===Semi-finals===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\|SF}}

			===Final===
			{{#lst:2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\|F}}

			==Statistics==
			Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

			===Top goalscorers===
			{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	\|-		\|-
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	\|]-] ]
			!Player
	\|Group stage, Matchday 5
			!Team
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			!Minutes played
	\|-		\|-
			\|1
	\|]-] ]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|POR}} ]
	\|Group stage, Matchday 6 <sup>1</sup>
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			\|8
			\|1,062
	\|-		\|-
			\|rowspan=4\|2
	\|] ]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]
	\|Draw for First knockout round
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ESP}} ]
			\|rowspan=4\|6
			\|755
	\|-		\|-
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	\|]-] ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ]
	\|First knockout round, 1st leg
			\|905
	\|-		\|-
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	\|]-] ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ]
	\|First knockout round, 2nd leg
			\|1,071
	\|-		\|-
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	\|] ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ]
	\|Draw for remaining rounds
			\|1,144
	\|-		\|-
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	\|]-] ]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|NED}} ]
	\|Quarter-finals, 1st leg
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ]
			\|rowspan=6\|5
			\|619
	\|-		\|-
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	\|]-] ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ITA}} ]
	\|Quarter-finals, 2nd leg
			\|625
	\|-		\|-
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	\|]-] ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ESP}} ]
	\|Semi-finals, 1st leg
			\|714
	\|-		\|-
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	\|]-] ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ESP}} ]
	\|Semi-finals, 2nd leg
			\|715
	\|-		\|-
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	\|] ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|TUR}} ]
	\|Final in ], ]
			\|844
			\|-
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|NED}} ]
			\|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} ]
			\|892
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	<sup>1</sup> ] group will play their Matchday 6 fixtures on ] due to their participation in ] in ] later in mid-December.

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53rd season of the UEFA club football tournament

2007–08 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow hosted the final
Dates	Qualifying: 17 July – 29 August 2007 Competition proper: 18 September 2007 – 21 May 2008
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 76
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (3rd title)
Runners-up	Chelsea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	330 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	5,380,947 (43,048 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 8 goals
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

International football competition

The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall.

The final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, where Manchester United played against Chelsea, making it an all-English final for the first time in the history of the European Cup. Manchester United won the match 6–5 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time.

Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Arsenal in the first knockout round.

Qualification

76 teams participated in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League from 52 UEFA member associations (not including Liechtenstein). Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient which takes into account the performance of its clubs in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.; associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams. All UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least one team qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein, which competes in the Swiss league system, but has no team in the Swiss Super League. One new nation entered their league champion in this year's tournament: Montenegro, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. The champions from San Marino and Andorra also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007–08 Champions League:

Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2006 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	Spain	72.748	4
2	Italy	66.731
3	England	63.486
4	France	50.781	3
5	Germany	48.364
6	Portugal	44.041
7	Netherlands	41.331	2
8	Greece	32.081
9	Russia	31.833
10	Romania	31.457
11	Scotland	30.375
12	Belgium	30.250
13	Ukraine	26.600
14	Czech Republic	26.575
15	Turkey	26.166
16	Switzerland	25.875	1
17	Bulgaria	24.290
18	Israel	21.541

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
19	Norway	20.975	1
20	Austria	20.375
21	Serbia	19.999
22	Poland	18.500
23	Denmark	16.950
24	Hungary	14.665
25	Croatia	14.083
26	Sweden	13.249
27	Slovakia	12.332
28	Cyprus	10.165
29	Slovenia	10.165
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.165
31	Finland	7.373
32	Latvia	7.164
33	Moldova	6.832
34	Georgia	6.331
35	Lithuania	5.832
36	Macedonia	5.331

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
37	Iceland	4.832	1
38	Liechtenstein	4.500	0
39	Belarus	4.415	1
40	Republic of Ireland	4.331
41	Albania	3.665
42	Armenia	2.998
43	Estonia	2.665
44	Malta	2.665
45	Wales	2.332
46	Northern Ireland	2.332
47	Azerbaijan	1.999
48	Luxembourg	1.832
49	Kazakhstan	1.666
50	Faroe Islands	1.665
51	San Marino	0.000
52	Andorra	0.000
53	Montenegro	0.000

Distribution

Since the title holders (Milan) qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round through their domestic league and entered the group stage automatically, their spot in the third qualifying round is vacated, and the following changes to the default access list are made:

The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
The champions of associations 23 and 24 (Denmark and Hungary) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (28 teams)	28 champions from associations 25–53 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round (28 teams)	8 champions from associations 17–24 6 runners-up from associations 10–15	14 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (32 teams)	7 champions from associations 10–16 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3 (except title holders Milan)	14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage (32 teams)	1 current Champions League holder 9 champions from associations 1–9 6 runners-up from associations 1–6	16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase (16 teams)		8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

Group stage
Real Madrid (1st)	Manchester United (1st)	VfB Stuttgart (1st)	PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Barcelona (2nd)	Chelsea (2nd)	Schalke 04 (2nd)	Olympiacos (1st)
Internazionale (1st)	Lyon (1st)	Porto (1st)	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Roma (2nd)	Marseille (2nd)	Sporting CP (2nd)	Milan(4th)
Third qualifying round
Sevilla (3rd)	Toulouse (3rd)	Spartak Moscow (2nd)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Valencia (4th)	Werder Bremen (3rd)	Dinamo București (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)
Lazio (3rd)	Benfica (3rd)	Celtic (1st)	Fenerbahçe (1st)
Liverpool (3rd)	Ajax (PO)	Anderlecht (1st)	Zürich (1st)
Arsenal (4th)	AEK Athens (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Steaua București (2nd)	Slavia Prague (2nd)	Rosenborg (1st)	Zagłębie Lubin (1st)
Rangers (2nd)	Beşiktaş (2nd)	Red Bull Salzburg (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)
Genk (2nd)	Levski Sofia (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)	Debrecen (1st)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)	Beitar Jerusalem (1st)
First qualifying round
Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Ventspils (1st)	Derry City (2nd)	Khazar Lenkoran (1st)
Elfsborg (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	KF Tirana (1st)	F91 Dudelange (1st)
Žilina (1st)	Olimpi Rustavi (1st)	Pyunik (1st)	Astana (1st)
APOEL (1st)	FBK Kaunas (1st)	Levadia Tallinn (1st)	HB (1st)
Domžale (1st)	Pobeda (1st)	Marsaxlokk (1st)	Rànger's (1st)
Sarajevo (1st)	FH (1st)	The New Saints (1st)	Murata (1st)
Tampere United (1st)	BATE Borisov (1st)	Linfield (1st)	Zeta (1st)

Notes

Republic of Ireland (IRL): Second-placed Derry City were admitted to Champions League after last year champions Shelbourne were denied a Premier Division license for 2007 due to financial violations.

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	29 June 2007	17–18 July 2007	24–25 July 2007
	Second qualifying round	29 June 2007	31 July–1 August 2007	7–8 August 2007
	Third qualifying round	3 August 2007	14–15 August 2007	28–29 August 2007
Group stage	Matchday 1	30 August 2007	18–19 September 2007
	Matchday 2		2–3 October 2007
	Matchday 3		23–24 October 2007
	Matchday 4		6–7 November 2007
	Matchday 5		27–28 November 2007
	Matchday 6		4 & 11–12 December 2007
Knockout phase	Round of 16	21 December 2007	19–20 February 2008	4–5 & 11 March 2008
	Quarter-finals	14 March 2008	1–2 April 2008	8–9 April 2008
	Semi-finals		22–23 April 2008	29–30 April 2008
	Final		21 May 2008 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Notes

Group D teams played their Matchday 6 fixtures on 4 December due to Milan's participation in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan on 13 and 16 December.
As both Milan and Internazionale use the San Siro as their home pitch, and both teams were seeded and scheduled to host the second leg of the first knockout round at home, Internazionale's home leg against Liverpool was postponed by one week to 11 March 2008 to accommodate Milan, who were the title holders.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The draw was held on 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The first leg matches were held on 17 July and 18 July, while the second legs were played on 24 July and 25 July 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Khazar Lankaran	2–4	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	1–3 (aet)
APOEL	2–3	BATE Borisov	2–0	0–3 (aet)
Sheriff Tiraspol	5–0	Rànger's	2–0	3–0
FH	4–1	HB Tórshavn	4–1	0–0
The New Saints	4–4 (a)	Ventspils	3–2	1–2
Pobeda	0–1	Levadia Tallinn	0–1	0–0
Olimpi Rustavi	0–3	Astana	0–0	0–3
Zeta	5–4	FBK Kaunas	3–1	2–3
Murata	1–4	Tampere United	1–2	0–2
F91 Dudelange	5–7	Žilina	1–2	4–5
Linfield	0–1	Elfsborg	0–0	0–1
Derry City	0–2	Pyunik	0–0	0–2
Marsaxlokk	1–9	Sarajevo	0–6	1–3
Domžale	3–1	Tirana	1–0	2–1

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 29 June 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The first leg matches were played on 31 July and 1 August, while the second legs were played on 7 August and 8 August 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pyunik	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2	1–2
Red Star Belgrade	2–2 (a)	Levadia Tallinn	1–0	1–2
Rangers	3–0	Zeta	2–0	1–0
Debrecen	0–1	Elfsborg	0–1	0–0
Zagłębie Lubin	1–3	Steaua București	0–1	1–2
Genk	2–2 (a)	Sarajevo	1–2	1–0
Ventspils	0–7	Red Bull Salzburg	0–3	0–4
Astana	2–10	Rosenborg	1–3	1–7
FH	2–4	BATE Borisov	1–3	1–1
Copenhagen	2–1	Beitar Jerusalem	1–0	1–1 (aet)
Žilina	0–0 (3–4 p)	Slavia Prague	0–0	0–0 (aet)
Tampere United	2–0	Levski Sofia	1–0	1–0
Domžale	2–5	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	1–3
Beşiktaş	4–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	3–0

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 3 August 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The first leg matches were played on 14 August and 15 August, while the second legs were played on 28 August and 29 August 2007. Winners in this round qualified for the group stage, while the losing clubs entered the first round of the UEFA Cup. Due to the death of Antonio Puerta, the second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BATE Borisov	2–4	Steaua București	2–2	0–2
Tampere United	0–5	Rosenborg	0–3	0–2
Spartak Moscow	2–2 (3–4 p)	Celtic	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Werder Bremen	5–3	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	3–2
Red Bull Salzburg	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	1–3
Ajax	1–3	Slavia Prague	0–1	1–2
Valencia	5–1	Elfsborg	3–0	2–1
Sarajevo	0–4	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–3
Fenerbahçe	3–0	Anderlecht	1–0	2–0
Rangers	1–0	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–0
Toulouse	0–5	Liverpool	0–1	0–4
Benfica	3–1	Copenhagen	2–1	1–0
Lazio	4–2	Dinamo București	1–1	3–1
Sparta Prague	0–5	Arsenal	0–2	0–3
Zürich	1–3	Beşiktaş	1–1	0–2
Sevilla	6–1	AEK Athens	2–0	4–1

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

Dynamo class=notpageimage| Location of teams of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Brown: Group A;

Red: Group B;

Orange: Group C;

Yellow: Group D;

Green: Group E;

Blue: Group F;

Purple: Group G;

Pink: Group H.

The draw was held on Thursday, 30 August 2007 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The draw was hosted by Pedro Pinto and conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches were played between 18 September and 12 December 2007.

The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Based on paragraph 6.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from all group matches played;
higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Sevilla and Slavia Prague made their debut appearance in the group stage.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	LIV	MAR	BES
1	Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	2–1	2–0
2	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	+13	10	Advance to knockout stage	4–1	—	0–1	8–0
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–1	0–4	—	2–0
4	Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6		0–1	2–1	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	SCH	ROS	VAL
1	Chelsea	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	1–1	0–0
2	Schalke 04	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	3–1	0–1
3	Rosenborg	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–4	0–2	—	2–0
4	Valencia	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	5		1–2	0–0	0–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	OLY	BRM	LAZ
1	Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	4–2	2–1	3–1
2	Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	3–0	1–1
3	Werder Bremen	6	2	0	4	8	13	−5	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup	3–2	1–3	—	2–1
4	Lazio	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5		2–2	1–2	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	CEL	BEN	SHK
1	Milan	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	2–1	4–1
2	Celtic	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9	Advance to knockout stage	2–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–1	1–0	—	0–1
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6		0–3	2–0	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	LYO	RAN	STU
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	2–0	3–1
2	Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	0–3	4–2
3	Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–0	0–3	—	2–1
4	VfB Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3		0–2	0–2	3–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	ROM	SPO	DKV
1	Manchester United	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	16	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	2–1	4–0
2	Roma	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–1	2–2	—	3–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	0	6	4	19	−15	0		2–4	1–4	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	INT	FEN	PSV	CSKA
1	Internazionale	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	2–0	4–2
2	Fenerbahçe	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–0	—	2–0	3–1
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	0	1	5	7	14	−7	1		1–2	2–2	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SEV	ARS	SLP	STE
1	Sevilla	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–1	4–2	2–1
2	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to knockout stage	3–0	—	7–0	2–1
3	Slavia Prague	6	1	2	3	5	16	−11	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–3	0–0	—	2–1
4	Steaua București	6	0	1	5	4	10	−6	1		0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

In the knockout stage, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Bracket


Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Schalke 04 (p)	1	0	1 (4)

Porto	0	1	1 (1)
				Schalke 04	0	0	0

				Barcelona	1	1	2
Celtic	2	0	2

Barcelona	3	1	4
								Barcelona	0	0	0

								Manchester United	0	1	1
Roma	2	2	4

Real Madrid	1	1	2
				Roma	0	0	0

				Manchester United	2	1	3
Lyon	1	0	1
												21 May – Moscow
Manchester United	1	1	2
												Manchester United (p)	1 (6)

												Chelsea	1 (5)
Arsenal	0	2	2

Milan	0	0	0
				Arsenal	1	2	3

				Liverpool	1	4	5
Liverpool	2	1	3

Internazionale	0	0	0
								Liverpool	1	2	3

								Chelsea (a.e.t.)	1	3	4
Fenerbahçe (p)	3	2	5 (3)

Sevilla	2	3	5 (2)
				Fenerbahçe	2	0	2

				Chelsea	1	2	3
Olympiacos	0	0	0

Chelsea	0	3	3

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 December 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 19 and 20 February, while the second legs were played on 4 and 5 March 2008. Due to a stadium clash with the match between Milan and Arsenal, the second leg of Internazionale's tie against Liverpool was held on 11 March.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	2–4	Barcelona	2–3	0–1
Lyon	1–2	Manchester United	1–1	0–1
Schalke 04	1–1 (4–1 p)	Porto	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Liverpool	3–0	Internazionale	2–0	1–0
Roma	4–2	Real Madrid	2–1	2–1
Arsenal	2–0	Milan	0–0	2–0
Olympiacos	0–3	Chelsea	0–0	0–3
Fenerbahçe	5–5 (3–2 p)	Sevilla	3–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 14 March 2008 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 1 and 2 April, while the second legs were played on 8 and 9 April 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	3–5	Liverpool	1–1	2–4
Roma	0–3	Manchester United	0–2	0–1
Schalke 04	0–2	Barcelona	0–1	0–1
Fenerbahçe	2–3	Chelsea	2–1	0–2

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 14 March 2008 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland, after the quarter-final draw. The first legs were played on 22 and 23 April, while the second legs were played on 29 and 30 April 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	3–4	Chelsea	1–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Barcelona	0–1	Manchester United	0–0	0–1

Final

Main article: 2008 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. A draw was held on 14 March 2008, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes. The final was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, representing the first time the final had been contested by two teams from England.

United won the match 6–5 on penalties after the game had ended in a 1–1 draw. Cristiano Ronaldo had given the eventual victors the lead after 26 minutes, only for Frank Lampard to equalise immediately before half-time. Ryan Giggs came on as a substitute late in the second half to make his 759th appearance for Manchester United, a new club record. Early in extra time, Giggs had a shot cleared off the Chelsea goal-line by John Terry, whilst Chelsea twice hit the Manchester United woodwork. A melée involving most of the 22 players ensued midway through the second half of extra time, with Didier Drogba being sent off for a slap on Nemanja Vidić right in front of the referee.

The scores level at full-time, the match went to penalties. Chelsea took the upper hand in the third round of the shoot-out as Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty was saved by Petr Čech, handing John Terry the chance to win the cup with Chelsea's fifth penalty. However, Chelsea's captain lost his footing as he went to kick the ball, and his shot hit the post. Ryan Giggs stepped up for United's seventh penalty, and scored, before Edwin van der Sar saved the following kick from Nicolas Anelka to crown Manchester United as the champions of Europe for the third time.

As winners of the competition, Manchester United went on to represent UEFA at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

21 May 200822:45 MSD

Manchester United	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea
Ronaldo 26'	Report	Lampard 45'
Penalties
Tevez Carrick Ronaldo Hargreaves Nani Anderson Giggs	6–5	Ballack Belletti Lampard A. Cole Terry Kalou Anelka

Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 67,310Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	8	1,062
2	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	6	755
	Fernando Torres	Liverpool		905
	Didier Drogba	Chelsea		1,071
	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool		1,144
6	Ryan Babel	Liverpool	5	619
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Internazionale		625
	Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla		714
	Raúl	Real Madrid		715
	Deivid	Fenerbahçe		844
	Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool		892

Source: UEFA Champions League Press Release - Top Scorers - Final - Wednesday 21 May 2008 (after match)

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External links

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