2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League began on 15 July 2008. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stages.

First qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linfield Northern Ireland 1–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 1–1
Valletta Malta 0–3 Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 0–2 0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 3–1 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 3–0 0–1
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 2–7 Lithuania Kaunas 1–4 1–3
Murata San Marino 0–9 Sweden IFK Göteborg 0–5 0–4
Llanelli Wales 1–4 Latvia Ventspils 1–0 0–4
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan 1–0 2–0
Inter Baku Azerbaijan (a) 1–1 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički 0–0 1–1
Tampere United Finland 3–2 Montenegro Budućnost 2–1 1–1
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 0–3 Slovenia Domžale 0–1 0–2
Dinamo Tirana Albania 1–4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Modriča 0–2 1–2
Aktobe Kazakhstan 1–4 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 0–4
Drogheda United Republic of Ireland 3–1 Estonia Levadia 2–1 1–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 3–0 Iceland Valur 2–0 1–0

First leg

15 July 2008
18:00 CET
Tampere Finland 2–1 Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica
Niemi  24'
James  51' (pen.) 		Report Bećiraj  88'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 5,113
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

15 July 2008
18:00 CET
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–0 Iceland Valur
Bliznyuk  73', 78' Report
Haradzki Stadium, Barysaw
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

15 July 2008
19:00 CET
Dudelange Luxembourg 0–1 Slovenia Domžale
Report Benko  47'

15 July 2008
19:35 CET
Llanelli Wales 1–0 Latvia Ventspils
S.Jones  12' Report
Stebonheath Park, Llanelli
Attendance: 942
Referee: Petteri Kari (Estonia)

15 July 2008
20:00 CET
Dinamo Tirana Albania 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Modriča
Report Miljković  65'
Stokić  79'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Said Ennjimi (France)

15 July 2008
20:30 CET
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 1–4 Lithuania Kaunas
Alvarez  58' (pen.) Report Pilibaitis  12', 41' (pen.)
Gaúcho  28', 79'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 444
Referee: Panayiotis Kailis (Cyprus)

15 July 2008
20:30 CET
Murata San Marino 0–5 Sweden IFK Göteborg
Report Söder  20'
Alexandersson  27'
Wernbloom  32'
Jónsson  57'
Selakovic  88'
Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
Attendance: 1,868
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)

15 July 2008
16:00 CET
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 3–0 Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík
Kashia  7'
Gvelesiani  10'
Odikadze  30' (pen.) 		Report
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Ninoslav Spasic (Serbia)

16 July 2008
17:00 CET
Aktobe Kazakhstan 1–0 Moldova Sheriff
Smakov  47' (pen.) Report
Aktobe Central Stadium, Aktobe
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium)

16 July 2008
20:45 CET
Linfield Northern Ireland 0–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report Mandžukić  19'
Drpić  90'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)

16 July 2008
20:45 CET
Drogheda United Republic of Ireland 2–1 Estonia Levadia Tallinn
Cahill  50'
Kudozović  68' 		Report Kink  23'
Dalymount Park, Dublin1
Attendance: 2,135
Referee: Gabriele Rossi (San Marino)
Notes

Second leg

22 July 2008
17:00 CET
Ventspils Latvia 4–0 Wales Llanelli
Kosmačovs  28'
Rimkus  30', 75'
Butriks  69' 		Report
Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ventspils won 4–1 on aggregate.

22 July 2008
17:00 CET
Rabotnički Republic of Macedonia 1–1 Azerbaijan Inter Baku
Velkovski  47' Report Červenka  77'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

Inter Baku 1–1 Rabotnički on aggregate. Inter Baku won on away goals.

22 July 2008
18:30 CET
Kaunas Lithuania 3–1 Andorra FC Santa Coloma
Pilibaitis  19', 90+2'
Zelmikas  22' 		Report N.Urbani  33' (pen.)
S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

Kaunas won 7–2 on aggregate.

22 July 2008
19:00 CET
Sheriff Moldova 4–0 Kazakhstan Aktobe
Kuchuk  65'
Alexeev  76'
Erokhin  78'
Picușceac  90' 		Report
Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
Attendance: 5,715
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Sheriff won 4–1 on aggregate.

22 July 2008
20:00 CET
NSÍ Runavík Faroe Islands 1–0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Elttør  16' Report
Gundadalur Stadium, Tórshavn
Attendance: 310
Referee: Tero Nieminen (Finland)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–0 on aggregate.

23 July 2008
17:30 CET
Levadia Tallinn Estonia 0–1 Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
Report Gartland  47'
Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Boško Jovanetic (Serbia)

Drogheda United won 3–1 on aggregate.

23 July 2008
20:00 CET
IFK Göteborg Sweden 4–0 San Marino Murata
Johansson  14'
Bärkroth  53', 73'
Wallerstedt  71' 		Report
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,746
Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

IFK Göteborg won 9–0 on aggregate.

Tampere won 3–2 on aggregate.

23 July 2008
20:00 CET
Modriča Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Albania Dinamo Tirana
Zafirović  90'
Bojić  90+2' 		Report Xhafaj  72'
Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 957
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Modriča won 4–1 on aggregate.

23 July 2008
20:15 CET
Artmedia Petržalka Slovakia 1–0 Malta Valletta
Farkas  33' Report
Národné tréningové centrum, Senec
Attendance: 826
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Croatia)

Artmedia Petržalka won 3–0 on aggregate.

23 July 2008
20:45 CET
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–1 Northern Ireland Linfield
Mandžukić  3' Report Gault  53'

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

23 July 2008
20:45 CET
Domžale Slovenia 2–0 Luxembourg Dudelange
Žinko  65', 85' Report
Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 615
Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Belarus)

Domžale won 3–0 on aggregate.

23 July 2008
21:15 CET
Valur Iceland 0–1 Belarus BATE Borisov
Report Stasevich  1'

BATE won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers Scotland 1–2 Lithuania Kaunas 0–0 1–2
Brann Norway (a) 2–2 Latvia Ventspils 1–0 1–2
Inter Baku Azerbaijan 1–3 Serbia Partizan 1–1 0–2
Tampere United Finland 3–7 Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 1–3 2–4
Anorthosis Cyprus 4–3 Austria Rapid Wien 3–0 1–3
Domžale Slovenia 2–6 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 2–3
Panathinaikos Greece 3–0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 0–0
IFK Göteborg Sweden 3–5 Switzerland Basel 1–1 2–4
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 0–3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–1 0–2
Drogheda United Republic of Ireland 3–4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 2–2
Anderlecht Belgium 3–4 Belarus BATE Borisov 1–2 2–2
Beitar Jerusalem Israel 2–6 Poland Wisła Kraków 2–1 0–5
Fenerbahçe Turkey 7–0 Hungary MTK Hungária 2–0 5–0
Aalborg BK Denmark 7–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Modriča 5–0 2–1

First leg

29 July 2008
16:00 CET
Inter Baku Azerbaijan 1–1 Serbia Partizan
Zlatinov  84' Report Bogunović  4'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

29 July 2008
20:45 CET
Brann Norway 1–0 Latvia Ventspils
Demba-Nyrén  87' Report

29 July 2008
20:45 CET
Drogheda United Republic of Ireland 1–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Hughes  47' Report Mykhalyk  23'
Aliyev  86'
Dalymount Park, Dublin2
Attendance: 4,545
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

30 July 2008
20:00 CET
Aalborg BK Denmark 5–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Modriča
Johansson  16'
Jakobsen  42'
Bræmer  44'
Due  53'
Cacá  89' 		Report

30 July 2008
20:15 CET
IFK Göteborg Sweden 1–1 Switzerland Basel
Olsson  32' Report Huggel  26'
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,914
Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

30 July 2008
20:30 CET
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–0 Austria Rapid Wien
Skopelitis  35'
Sosin  47', 90+2' 		Report

30 July 2008
20:45 CET
Rangers Scotland 0–0 Lithuania Kaunas
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 38,283
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

30 July 2008
20:45 CET
Domžale Slovenia 0–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report Vrdoljak  11'
Sammir  21' (pen.)
Tadić  40'
Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

30 July 2008
20:45 CET
Panathinaikos Greece 3–0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Ivanschitz  23'
Salpingidis  45', 74' 		Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 50,864
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
Notes

Second leg

5 August 2008
17:00 CET
Ventspils Latvia 2–1 Norway Brann
Menteshashvili  6'
Rimkus  44' 		Report Björnsson  49'
Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Brann 2–2 Ventspils on aggregate. Brann won on the away goals rule.

5 August 2008
19:05 CET
Kaunas Lithuania 2–1 Scotland Rangers
Radžius  43'
Pilibaitis  86' 		Report Thomson  33'

Kaunas won 2–1 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
18:00 CET
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–2 Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
Aliyev  13'
Milevskiy  73' (pen.) 		Report Robinson  42' (pen.)
Gartland  88'

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
18:00 CET
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 Belgium Anderlecht
Bliznyuk  18'
Rodionov  83' 		Report Biglia  22' (pen.)
Polák  87'
Haradzki Stadium, Barysaw
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

BATE won 4–3 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
19:30 CET
Rapid Wien Austria 3–1 Cyprus Anorthosis
Hoffer  22'
Maierhofer  63', 66' 		Report Laban  13'

Anorthosis won 4–3 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
20:00 CET
Modriča Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Denmark Aalborg BK
Bojić  72' Report Due  12'
Risgård  62'
Bilino Polje, Zenica
Attendance: 270
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Aalborg BK won 7–1 on aggregate.

Artmedia Petržalka won 7–3 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
20:15 CET
Basel Switzerland 4–2 Sweden IFK Göteborg
Huggel  26'
Chipperfield  70'
Ergić  83' (pen.), 90+3' 		Report Wernbloom  19'
Söder  53'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 18,846
Referee: Charles Richmond (Scotland)

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
20:45 CET
Partizan Serbia 2–0 Azerbaijan Inter Baku
Juca  61'
Diarra  83' 		Report

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
20:45 CET
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 3–2 Slovenia Domžale
Bišćan  17'
Hrgović  50'
Drpić  84' 		Report Brezič  29'
Zec  81'
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,280
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków won 6–2 on aggregate.

6 August 2008
20:45 CET
MTK Hungária Hungary 0–5 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report Semih  5', 61', 79', 80'
Emre  66' (pen.)
Megyeri út, Újpest
Attendance: 2,048
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Fenerbahçe won 7–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anorthosis Cyprus 3–1 Greece Olympiacos 3–0 0–1
Vitória Guimarães Portugal 1–2 Switzerland Basel 0–0 1–2
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 5–1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 3–1
Schalke 04 Germany 1–4 Spain Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–4
Aalborg BK Denmark 4–0 Lithuania Kaunas 2–0 2–0
Barcelona Spain 4–1 Poland Wisła Kraków 4–0 0–1
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 1–1
Standard Liège Belgium 0–1 England Liverpool 0–0 0–1 (aet)
Partizan Serbia 3–4 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–2 1–2
Twente Netherlands 0–6 England Arsenal 0–2 0–4
Spartak Moscow Russia 2–8 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 1–4
Juventus Italy 5–1 Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 4–0 1–1
Brann Norway 1–3 France Marseille 0–1 1–2
Fiorentina Italy 2–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–0 0–0
Galatasaray Turkey 2–3 Romania Steaua 2–2 0–1
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–3 Greece Panathinaikos 1–2 0–1

First leg

12 August 2008
20:45 CET
Fiorentina Italy 2–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Mutu  3'
Gilardino  57' 		Report
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 32,146
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

13 August 2008
18:00 CET
Spartak Moscow Russia 1–4 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Bazhenov  5' Report Bangoura  28', 47'
Milevskiy  45', 86'
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 32,600
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

13 August 2008
19:00 CET
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–0 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Srna  3'
Jádson  31' 		Report
RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
Attendance: 24,810
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

13 August 2008
20:05 CET
Aalborg BK Denmark 2–0 Lithuania Kaunas
Cacá  71'
Curth  86' 		Report
Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 6,310
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

13 August 2008
20:15 CET
Galatasaray Turkey 2–2 Romania Steaua București
Nonda  19', 47' Report Moreno  5'
Nicoliță  13'

13 August 2008
20:45 CET
Twente Netherlands 0–2 England Arsenal
Report Gallas  63'
Adebayor  82'
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

13 August 2008
20:45 CET
Brann Norway 0–1 France Marseille
Report Cheyrou  40'
Brann Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 11,197
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

13 August 2008
20:45 CET
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–2 Greece Panathinaikos
Kulič  30' Report Kučera  24' (o.g.)
Simão  60'
AXA Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,478
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

13 August 2008
21:00 CET
Partizan Serbia 2–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Paunović  10'
Bogunović  14' 		Report Alex  45' (pen.)
Güiza  50'
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 22,274
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

13 August 2008
21:45 CET
Barcelona Spain 4–0 Poland Wisła Kraków
Eto'o  17', 83'
Xavi  24'
Henry  49' 		Report
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 56,786
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

Second leg

Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

26 August 2008
20:45 CET
Panathinaikos Greece 1–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Souza  89' Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 59,659
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
18:00 CET
BATE Borisov Belarus 1–1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Sasnowski  14' Report Gadzhev  38'
Haradzki Stadium, Barysaw
Attendance: 5,603
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

BATE won 2–1 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
19:00 CET
Kaunas Lithuania 0–2 Denmark Aalborg BK
Report Risgård  75', 90+1'

Aalborg BK won 4–0 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
19:45 CET
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 4–1 Russia Spartak Moscow
Aliyev  4'
Bangoura  24'
Milevskiy  49', 78' 		Report Dzyuba  47'

Dynamo Kyiv won 8–2 on aggregate.

Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
20:00 CET
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–1 Serbia Partizan
Semih  28'
Alex  58' 		Report Tošić  76'

Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
20:15 CET
Basel Switzerland 2–1 Portugal Vitória Guimarães
Stocker  11'
Derdiyok  54' 		Report Fajardo  15' (pen.)
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 30,002
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
20:45 CET
Olympiacos Greece 1–0 Cyprus Anorthosis
Belluschi  54' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 27,922
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Anorthosis won 3–1 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
20:45 CET
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Balaban  57' Report Luiz Adriano  42'
Brandão  59'
Willian  70'
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 13,655
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
20:45 CET
Marseille France 2–1 Norway Brann
Niang  65', 90' Report Sigurðsson  74'

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
20:45 CET
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 0–0 Italy Fiorentina
Report
Synot Tip Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,943
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
21:05 CET
Liverpool England 1–0 (a.e.t.) Belgium Standard Liège
Kuyt  118' Report
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 43,889
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.

27 August 2008
21:05 CET
Arsenal England 4–0 Netherlands Twente
Nasri  27'
Gallas  52'
Walcott  66'
Bendtner  89' 		Report
Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance: 59,583
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Arsenal won 6–0 on aggregate.

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