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The UEFA Champions League 2007-08 is the 53rd edition of the European championship football tournament and the 16th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format.
The final is scheduled to be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on May 21 2008.
However, due to an upcoming review of venues eligible to host the Champions League Final (announced by UEFA President Michel Platini on June 6 2007) this decision could be reversed, and a stadium with enhanced turnstile and ticketing technology chosen instead.
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: Montenegro, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. The champions from San Marino and Andorra are also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007-2008 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 (Netherlands, Greece, Russia, Romania, Scotland, Belgium, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Turkey) 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 (Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Austria, Serbia, Poland, Denmark, and Hungary)
- 6 runners-up from associations 10-15
Third qualifying round: (32 teams)
- 14 winners from the Second Qualifying Round
- 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 (Milan, the fourth-place finishers from Italy, as holders, qualify automatically for the Group Stage.)
Group stage: (32 teams)
- 1 current Champions League holder
- 16 winners from the Third Qualifying Round
- 9 champions from associations 1-9
- 6 runners-up from associations 1-6
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches will be played on 17/18 July and 24/25 July 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Khazar Lenkoran 
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2-4 (aet) |  Dinamo Zagreb
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1-1 | 1-3 |
APOEL FC 
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2-3 (aet) |  FC BATE
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2-0 | 0-3 |
FC Sheriff 
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5-0 |  FC Rànger's
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2-0 | 3-0 |
FH Hafnarfjördur 
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4 |  HB Tórshavn
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4-1 | 25 July |
The New Saints 
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5 |  FK Ventspils
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3-2 | 25 July |
FK Pobeda 
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6 |  Levadia Tallinn
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0-1 | 25 July |
FC Olimpi Rustavi 
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0-3 |  FC Astana
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0-0 | 0-3 |
FK Zeta 
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5-4 |  FBK Kaunas
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3-1 | 2-3 |
S.S. Murata 
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9 |  Tampere United
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1-2 | 25 July |
F91 Dudelange 
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10 |  MŠK Žilina
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1-2 | 25 July |
Linfield FC 
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11 |  IF Elfsborg
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0-0 | 25 July |
Derry City FC 
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12 |  FC Pyunik
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0-0 | 25 July |
Marsaxlokk FC 
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1-9 |  FK Sarajevo
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0-6 | 1-3 |
NK Domžale 
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14 |  SK Tirana
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1-0 | 25 July |
Second qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches will be played on 31 July/1 August and 7/8 August 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner match 12 |  Shakhtar Donetsk
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Red Star Belgrade 
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Winner match 6 | |||
Rangers 
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FK Zeta
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31 July | 7/8 August | |
Debrecen 
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Winner match 11 | |||
Zagłębie Lubin 
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 Steaua Bucharest
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31 July | 7 August | |
KRC Genk 
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FK Sarajevo
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| Winner match 5 |  Red Bull Salzburg
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| FC Astana
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 Rosenborg
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| Winner match 4 | FC BATE
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Copenhagen 
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 Beitar Jerusalem
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31 July | 7 August | |
| Winner match 10 |  Slavia Prague
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| Winner match 9 |  Levski Sofia
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| Winner match 14 | Dinamo Zagreb
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Beşiktaş 
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FC Sheriff
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Third qualifying round
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 14/15 August and 28/29 August 2007. Winners in this round will qualify for the group stage, while teams which lose will be entered in the first round of the UEFA Cup.
Liverpool- Arsenal
Valencia- Sevilla
Benfica
Ajax
Werder Bremen- Celtic
Lazio- Anderlecht
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Sparta Prague
- Fenerbahçe
AEK Athens- Dinamo Bucharest
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse
Zürich
Sorted by UEFA coefficient.
Group stage
The following teams, joined by winners of the third qualifying round, will compete in the group stage of the Champions League:
- AC Milan (automatic qualification as title holders)
- Barcelona
- Internazionale
- Real Madrid
- Manchester United
- Chelsea
- Lyon
- Porto
- PSV Eindhoven
- Roma
- Schalke 04
- Stuttgart
- CSKA Moscow
- Sporting Lisbon
- Marseille
- Olympiacos
Sorted by UEFA coefficient.
Round and draw dates
The calendar from UEFA.com.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 29 June 2007 | Draw for first and second qualifying rounds |
| 17-18 July 2007 | First qualifying round, first leg |
| 24-25 July 2007 | First qualifying round, second leg |
| 31 July-1 August 2007 | Second qualifying round, first leg |
| 3 August 2007 | Draw for third qualifying round |
| 7-8 August 2007 | Second qualifying round, second leg |
| 14-15 August 2007 | Third qualifying round, first leg |
| 28-29 August 2007 | Third qualifying round, second leg |
| 30 August 2007 | Draw for group stage |
| 18-19 September 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 1 |
| 2-3 October 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 2 |
| 23-24 October 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 3 |
| 6-7 November 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 4 |
| 27-28 November 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 5 |
| 11-12 December 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 6 |
| 21 December 2007 | Draw for First knockout round |
| 19-20 February 2008 | First knockout round, 1st leg |
| 4-5 March 2008 | First knockout round, 2nd leg |
| 7 March 2008 | Draw for remaining rounds |
| 1-2 April 2008 | Quarter-finals, 1st leg |
| 8-9 April 2008 | Quarter-finals, 2nd leg |
| 22-23 April 2008 | Semi-finals, 1st leg |
| 29-30 April 2008 | Semi-finals, 2nd leg |
| 21 May 2008 | Final in Moscow, Russia |
Milan's group will play their Matchday 6 fixtures on 4 December due to their participation in 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan later in mid-December.
See also
References
- David Bond (2007-06-06). "Platini admits stadium security at fault". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Bert Kassies (2007). "The access list from UEFA European Cup Football". UEFA European Cup Football. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Shelbourne won the Football League of Ireland but did not apply for a UEFA License to take part in the UEFA Champions League. "Shels relinquish Champions League place". RTÉ Sport. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
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