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.
Teams
Key to colours |
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Qualify for the group stage |
Eliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round |
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding
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Summary
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 |
FC Santa Coloma ![]() |
2–7 | ![]() |
1–4 | 1–3 |
Murata ![]() |
0–9 | ![]() |
0–5 | 0–4 |
Llanelli ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 |
Anorthosis ![]() |
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 Borisov ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Matches
Linfield ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Mandžukić ![]() Drpić ![]() |
Dinamo Zagreb ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Mandžukić ![]() |
Report | Gault ![]() |
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
Valletta ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Cišovský ![]() |
Artmedia Petržalka ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Farkaš ![]() |
Report |
Artmedia Petržalka won 3–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Kashia ![]() Gvelesiani ![]() Odikadze ![]() |
Report |
NSÍ Runavík ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Elttør ![]() |
Report |
Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.
FC Santa Coloma ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Álvarez ![]() |
Report | Pilibaitis ![]() Gaúcho ![]() |
FBK Kaunas ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Pilibaitis ![]() Zelmikas ![]() |
Report | N. Urbani ![]() |
FBK Kaunas won 7–2 on aggregate.
Göteborg won 9–0 on aggregate.
Ventspils ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Kosmačovs ![]() Rimkus ![]() Butriks ![]() |
Report |
Ventspils won 4–1 on aggregate.
Anorthosis ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Frousos ![]() |
Report |
Pyunik ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Tsitaishvili ![]() Frousos ![]() |
Anorthosis won 3–0 on aggregate.
Inter Baku ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Rabotnički ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Velkoski ![]() |
Report | Červenka ![]() |
1–1 on aggregate; Inter Baku won on away goals.
Tampere United ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Niemi ![]() James ![]() |
Report | Bećiraj ![]() |
Budućnost Podgorica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bećiraj ![]() |
Report | Myntti ![]() |
Tampere United won 3–2 on aggregate.
F91 Dudelange ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Benko ![]() |
Domžale ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Žinko ![]() |
Report |
Domžale won 3–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tirana ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Miljković ![]() Stokić ![]() |
Modriča ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Zafirović ![]() Bojić ![]() |
Report | Xhafaj ![]() |
Modriča won 4–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff won 4–1 on aggregate.
Drogheda United ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Cahill ![]() Kuduzović ![]() |
Report | Kink ![]() |
Levadia Tallinn ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Gartland ![]() |
Drogheda United won 3–1 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Bliznyuk ![]() |
Report |
Valur ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Stasevich ![]() |
BATE won 3–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round took place on 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding
Seeded | Unseeded | ||
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- Notes
- † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.
Summary
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rangers ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Brann ![]() |
(a) 2–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Inter Baku ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 |
Tampere United ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
1–3 | 2–4 |
Anorthosis ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–3 |
Domžale ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
0–3 | 2–3 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–0 |
Göteborg ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–4 |
Sheriff Tiraspol ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Drogheda United ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 |
Anderlecht ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 |
Beitar Jerusalem ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–5 |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–0 |
Aalborg BK ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
5–0 | 2–1 |
Matches
Rangers ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
FBK Kaunas ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Radžius ![]() Pilibaitis ![]() |
Report | Thomson ![]() |
FBK Kaunas won 2–1 on aggregate.
Brann ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Demba-Nyrén ![]() |
Report |
2–2 on aggregate; Brann won on away goals.
Inter Baku ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Zlatinov ![]() |
Report | Bogunović ![]() |
Partizan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Juca ![]() Diarra ![]() |
Report |
Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Tampere United ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Niemi ![]() |
Report | Pospěch ![]() Obžera ![]() Piroska ![]() |
Artmedia Petržalka ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Kozák ![]() Pospěch ![]() Halenár ![]() Piroska ![]() |
Report | James ![]() Hjelm ![]() |
Artmedia Petržalka won 7–3 on aggregate.
Anorthosis ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Skopelitis ![]() Sosin ![]() |
Report |
Rapid Wien ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Hoffer ![]() Maierhofer ![]() |
Report | Laban ![]() |
Anorthosis won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Ivanschitz ![]() Salpingidis ![]() |
Report |
Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Voříšek ![]() Slepička ![]() |
Report |
Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.
Drogheda United ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Hughes ![]() |
Report | Mykhalyk ![]() Aliyev ![]() |
Dynamo Kyiv ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Aliyev ![]() Milevskyi ![]() |
Report | Robinson ![]() Gartland ![]() |
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Gillet ![]() |
Report | Krivets ![]() Nyakhaychyk ![]() |
BATE Borisov ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Bliznyuk ![]() Rodionov ![]() |
Report | Biglia ![]() Polák ![]() |
BATE won 4–3 on aggregate.
Beitar Jerusalem ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Baruchyan ![]() |
Report | Brożek ![]() |
Wisła Kraków ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Cantoro ![]() Cléber ![]() Brożek ![]() Díaz ![]() Niedzielan ![]() |
Report |
Wisła Kraków won 6–2 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Roberto Carlos ![]() Şahin ![]() |
Report |
MTK Budapest ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Şentürk ![]() Belözoğlu ![]() |
Fenerbahçe won 7–0 on aggregate.
Modriča ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Bojić ![]() |
Report | Due ![]() Risgård ![]() |
Aalborg BK won 7–1 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round round took place on 1 August 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding
Seeded | Unseeded | ||
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- Notes
- † Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.
Summary
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Anorthosis ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Vitória de Guimarães ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 |
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–1 |
Schalke 04 ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 |
Aalborg BK ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 |
Barcelona ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–1 |
Levski Sofia ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 (aet) |
Partizan ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
Twente ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–4 |
Spartak Moscow ![]() |
2–8 | ![]() |
1–4 | 1–4 |
Juventus ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–1 |
Brann ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–2 |
Fiorentina ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Galatasaray ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–1 |
Sparta Prague ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Matches
Anorthosis ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Torosidis ![]() Sosin ![]() Laban ![]() |
Report |
Olympiacos ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Belluschi ![]() |
Report |
Anorthosis won 3–1 on aggregate.
Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Srna ![]() Jádson ![]() |
Report |
Dinamo Zagreb ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Balaban ![]() |
Report | Luiz Adriano ![]() Brandão ![]() Willian ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pander ![]() |
Report |
Atlético Madrid ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Agüero ![]() Forlán ![]() L. García ![]() Rodríguez ![]() |
Report |
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Aalborg BK ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Cacá ![]() Curth ![]() |
Report |
FBK Kaunas ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Risgård ![]() |
Aalborg BK won 4–0 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cléber ![]() |
Report |
Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Rzhevsky ![]() |
BATE Borisov ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Sosnovski ![]() |
Report | Gadzhev ![]() |
BATE won 2–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Kuyt ![]() |
Report |
Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 6–0 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Bazhenov ![]() |
Report | Bangoura ![]() Milevskyi ![]() |
Dynamo Kyiv ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Aliyev ![]() Bangoura ![]() Milevskyi ![]() |
Report | Dzyuba ![]() |
Dynamo Kyiv won 8–2 on aggregate.
Juventus ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Camoranesi ![]() Del Piero ![]() Chiellini ![]() Legrottaglie ![]() |
Report |
Artmedia Petržalka ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Fodrek ![]() |
Report | Amauri ![]() |
Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.
Marseille ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Niang ![]() |
Report | Sigurðsson ![]() |
Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.
Fiorentina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Mutu ![]() Gilardino ![]() |
Report |
Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.
Galatasaray ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Nonda ![]() |
Report | Moreno ![]() Nicoliță ![]() |
Steaua București ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Nicoliță ![]() |
Report |
Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Kulič ![]() |
Report | Kučera ![]() Simão ![]() |
Panathinaikos ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Souza ![]() |
Report |
Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.
Notes
- 1 2 3 Artmedia Petržalka played their First and Second qualifying round home matches at Národné tréningové centrum in Senec and Third qualifying round home match at Tehelné pole in Bratislava as their regular home venue Štadión Petržalka in Petržalka did not meet UEFA criteria.
- ↑ Match played at Gundadalur Stadium in Tórshavn, instead of NSÍ Runavík regular home venue Við Løkin in Runavík.
- ↑ Match played at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, instead of Anorthosis regular home venue Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca.
- ↑ Match played at Abovyan City Stadium in Abovyan, instead of Pyunik regular home venue Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works.
- 1 2 Inter Baku played their home games at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium instead of their regulat venue Shafa Stadium.
- 1 2 Modriča played their home matches at Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica, instead of their regular home venue Maxima Stadium in Modriča.
- 1 2 Played in Dublin at Dalymount Park as Drogheda's United Park did not meet UEFA criteria.
- ↑ Match played at Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Újpest, instead of MTK Budapest regular home venue Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion in Budapest.