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Revision as of 20:49, 23 October 2007

The 2007-08 UEFA Champions League 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 21 May 2008. However, due to an upcoming review of venues eligible to host the Champions League Final (announced by UEFA President Michel Platini on 6 June 2007) this decision could be reversed, and a stadium with enhanced turnstile and ticketing technology chosen instead.[1]

Rinat Dasayev is appointed as the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final Ambassador.

Qualification

76 teams will participate in the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League from UEFA's 53 member associations. Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient; 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 1 team qualify, with the exception of 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:[2]

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

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 (AC 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
Group stage
Spain Real Madrid England Manchester United Germany VfB Stuttgart Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Spain Barcelona England Chelsea Germany Schalke 04 Greece Olympiacos
Italy Internazionale France Lyon Portugal Porto Russia CSKA Moskva
Italy Roma France Marseille Portugal Sporting CP Italy AC MilanTH
Third qualifying round
Spain Sevilla France Toulouse Russia Spartak Moskva Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Spain Valencia Germany Werder Bremen Romania Dinamo Bucureşti Czech Republic Sparta Praha
Italy Lazio Greece AEK Athens Scotland Celtic Turkey Fenerbahçe
England Liverpool Netherlands Ajax Belgium Anderlecht Switzerland FC Zürich
England Arsenal Portugal Benfica
Second qualifying round
Norway Rosenborg Israel Beitar Jerusalem Romania Steaua Czech Republic Slavia Praha
Austria Red Bull Salzburg Denmark F.C. København Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Turkey Beşiktaş
Scotland Rangers Belgium Genk Poland Zagłębie Lubin Hungary Debrecen
Serbia Crvena Zvezda Bulgaria Levski Sofia
First qualifying round
Cyprus APOEL Nicosia Finland Tampere United Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Slovakia MŠK Žilina
Belarus BATE Borisov Iceland FH Hafnarfjörður Andorra Rànger's Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi
Sweden Elfsborg Lithuania FBK Kaunas Malta Marsaxlokk Azerbaijan Khazar Lenkoran
Latvia Ventspils Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo
Estonia Levadia Tallinn Republic of Ireland Derry City Luxembourg F91 Dudelange Montenegro FK Zeta
Armenia Pyunik Northern Ireland Linfield Albania SK Tirana San Marino SS Murata
Kazakhstan FC Astana Wales The New Saints Slovenia NK Domžale North Macedonia FK Pobeda
TH: The champions of 2006-07 edition will go through group stage directly.

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows that the dates of the rounds and draw.

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 1
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

1 Group D will play their Matchday 6 fixtures on 4 December due to AC Milan's participation in 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan on 13 and 16 December.

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 were played on 17/18 July and 24/25 July 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Khazar Lenkoran Azerbaijan 2-4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 1-3 (aet)
APOEL Nicosia Cyprus 2-3 Belarus BATE Borisov 2-0 0-3 (aet)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 5-0 Andorra Rànger's 2-0 3-0
FH Hafnarfjörður Iceland 4-1 Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 4-1 0-0
The New Saints Wales 4-4(a) Latvia Ventspils 3-2 1-2
FK Pobeda North Macedonia 0-1 Estonia Levadia Tallinn 0-1 0-0
Olimpi Rustavi Georgia (country) 0-3 Kazakhstan Astana 0-0 0-3
FK Zeta Montenegro 5-4 Lithuania FBK Kaunas 3-1 2-3
SS Murata San Marino 1-4 Finland Tampere United 1-2 0-2
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 5-7 Slovakia MŠK Žilina 1-2 4-5
Linfield Northern Ireland 0-1 Sweden Elfsborg 0-0 0-1
Derry City[3] Republic of Ireland 0-2 Armenia Pyunik 0-0 0-2
Marsaxlokk Malta 1-9 Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo 0-6 1-3
NK Domžale Slovenia 3-1 Albania SK Tirana 1-0 2-1

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 were played on 31 July/1 August and 7/8 August 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyunik Armenia 1-4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0-2 1-2
Crvena Zvezda Serbia (a)2-2 Estonia Levadia Tallinn 1-0 1-2
Rangers Scotland 3-0 Montenegro FK Zeta 2-0 1-0
Debrecen Hungary 0-1 Sweden Elfsborg 0-1 0-0
Zagłębie Lubin Poland 1-3 Romania Steaua 0-1 1-2
Genk Belgium 2-2(a) Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo 1-2 1-0
Ventspils Latvia 0-7 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0-3 0-4
Astana Kazakhstan 2-10 Norway Rosenborg 1-3 1-7
FH Hafnarfjörður Iceland 2-4 Belarus BATE Borisov 1-3 1-1
F.C. København Denmark 2-1 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 1-0 1-1(aet)
MŠK Žilina Slovakia 0-0(3-4p) Czech Republic Slavia Praha 0-0 0-0(aet)
Tampere United Finland 2-0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1-0 1-0
NK Domžale Slovenia 2-5 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1-2 1-3
Beşiktaş Turkey 4-0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1-0 3-0

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The matches were played on 14/15 August and 28/29 August 2007. Winners in this round qualify for the group stage, while the losing clubs will be entered in 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 Belarus 2-4 Romania Steaua 2-2 0-2
Tampere United Finland 0-5 Norway Rosenborg 0-3 0-2
Spartak Moskva Russia 2-2(3-4p) Scotland Celtic 1-1 1-1(aet)
Werder Bremen Germany 5-3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 3-2
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 2-3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 1-3
Ajax Netherlands 1-3 Czech Republic Slavia Praha 0-1 1-2
Valencia Spain 5-1 Sweden Elfsborg 3-0 2-1
FK Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0-1 0-3
Fenerbahçe Turkey 3-0 Belgium Anderlecht 1-0 2-0
Rangers Scotland 1-0 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 1-0 0-0
Toulouse France 0-5 England Liverpool 0-1 0-4
Benfica Portugal 3-1 Denmark F.C. København 2-1 1-0
Lazio Italy 4-2 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 1-1 3-1
Sparta Praha Czech Republic 0-5 England Arsenal 0-2 0-3
Zürich Switzerland 1-3 Turkey Beşiktaş 1-1 0-2
Sevilla Spain 6-1 Greece AEK Athens 2-0 4-1

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Champions League 2007-08 group stage

The draw was held on Thursday, 30 August 2007 at 16:00 CET at 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 will be played from 18 September-12 December 2007.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 4.05 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:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Key to colours in group tables
     Teams highlighted in green have qualified for the knockout stage
     Teams highlighted in blue have qualified for the UEFA Cup at the round of 32
     Fourth place is eliminated from European competition for the season

In results tables, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Marseille 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
Portugal Porto 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
England Liverpool 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
Turkey Beşiktaş 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0
  BJK LIV OM POR
Beşiktaş – 24 Oct 28 Nov 0–1
Liverpool 6 Nov – 0–1 28 Nov
Marseille 2–0 11 Dec – 24 Oct
Porto 11 Dec 1–1 6 Nov –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Chelsea 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Spain Valencia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Germany Schalke 04 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
Norway Rosenborg 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
  CHL RBK SCH VAL
Chelsea – 1–1 24 Oct 11 Dec
Rosenborg 28 Nov – 0–2 24 Oct
Schalke 04 6 Nov 11 Dec – 0–1
Valencia 1–2 6 Nov 28 Nov –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Greece Olympiacos 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
Spain Real Madrid 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
Italy Lazio 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
Germany Werder Bremen 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0
  LAZ OLY RM BRM
Lazio – 28 Nov 2–2 6 Nov
Olympiacos 1–1 – 6 Nov 11 Dec
Real Madrid 11 Dec 24 Oct – 2–1
Werder Bremen 24 Oct 1–3 6 Nov –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
Scotland Celtic 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3
Italy AC Milan 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Portugal Benfica 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
  BEN CEL MIL SHK
Benfica – 24 Oct 28 Nov 0–1
Celtic 6 Nov – 2–1 28 Nov
AC Milan 2–1 4 Dec – 24 Oct
Shakhtar Donetsk 4 Dec 2–0 6 Nov –

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
Scotland Rangers 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
Germany Stuttgart 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
France Lyon 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 0
  BAR LYO RGR STU
Barcelona – 3–0 7 Nov 12 Dec
Lyon 27 Nov – 0–3 7 Nov
Rangers 0-0 12 Dec – 2–1
Stuttgart 0–2 23 Oct 27 Nov –

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester United 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6
Italy Roma 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
Portugal Sporting CP 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
  DYN MU ROM SCP
Dynamo Kyiv – 23 Oct 27 Nov 1–2
Manchester United 7 Nov – 1–0 27 Nov
Roma 2–0 12 Dec – 23 Oct
Sporting CP 12 Dec 0–1 7 Nov –

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Internazionale 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
Turkey Fenerbahçe 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3
Russia CSKA Moskva 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 1
  CSK FEN INT PSV
CSKA Moskva – 2–2 1-2 27 Nov
Fenerbahçe 12 Dec – 1–0 7 Nov
Internazionale 7 Nov 27 Nov – 2–0
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 23 Oct 12 Dec –

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Arsenal 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9
Spain Sevilla 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 3
Czech Republic Slavia Praha 3 1 0 2 4 12 -8 3
Romania Steaua 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
  ARS SEV SLV STE
Arsenal – 3–0 7-0 12 Dec
Sevilla 27 Nov – 4–2 23 Oct
Slavia Praha 7 Nov 12 Dec – 2–1
Steaua 0–1 7 Nov 27 Nov –

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League (group stage and knockout stage only) are as follows:[4]

Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Spain Real Madrid 3 180'
2 Brazil Deivid de Souza Turkey Fenerbahçe 2 180'
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Italy Internazionale 180'
Brazil Vágner Love Russia CSKA Moskva 180'
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 178'
North Macedonia Goran Pandev Italy Lazio 180'
Netherlands Robin van Persie England Arsenal 178'
Spain David Villa Spain Valencia 180'

See also

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Top scorers". uefa.com. Retrieved 2007-10-03.

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