# 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League began on 17 July 2007. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.

## Teams

* Key to colours
* Qualify for the group stage
* Eliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Liverpool | 112.618 |
| Arsenal | 104.618 |
| Valencia | 99.374 |
| Sevilla | 87.374 |
| Benfica | 67.107 |
| Ajax | 65.995 |
| Werder Bremen | 63.640 |
| Celtic | 62.064 |
| Lazio | 51.808 |
| Anderlecht | 41.594 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 38.726 |
| Sparta Prague | 37.851 |
| Fenerbahçe | 36.791 |
| AEK Athens | 36.415 |
| Dinamo București | 34.255 |
| Spartak Moscow | 27.920 |
| Toulouse | 17.706 |
| Zürich | 9.869 |
Second qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Steaua București | 55.255 |
| Rangers | 47.064 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 44.726 |
| Beşiktaş | 43.791 |
| Levski Sofia | 38.112 |
| Slavia Prague | 32.851 |
| Rosenborg | 31.509 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 19.256 |
| Copenhagen | 19.129 |
| Genk | 15.594 |
| Debrecen | 11.675 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 9.104 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 6.338 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 5.609 |
First qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 17.533 |
| APOEL | 6.492 |
| Domžale | 5.272 |
| IF Elfsborg | 4.478 |
| Sarajevo | 4.190 |
| Ventspils | 3.860 |
| Žilina | 3.575 |
| Derry City | 3.145 |
| FH | 2.650 |
| Kaunas | 2.420 |
| Tampere United | 2.420 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2.365 |
| Olimpi Rustavi | 2.035 |
| Pobeda | 1.925 |
| BATE Borisov | 1.540 |
| Tirana | 1.265 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 1.210 |
| Pyunik | 1.155 |
| Khazar Lankaran | 1.045 |
| Astana | 0.770 |
| Linfield | 0.715 |
| The New Saints | 0.660 |
| HB | 0.550 |
| F91 Dudelange | 0.550 |
| Marsaxlokk | 0.550 |
| Rànger's | 0.000 |
| Murata | 0.000 |
| Zeta | 0.000 |

## 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.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Dinamo Zagreb APOEL Domžale IF Elfsborg Sarajevo Ventspils Žilina | Derry City FH Kaunas Tampere United Sheriff Tiraspol Olimpi Rustavi Pobeda | BATE Borisov Tirana Levadia Tallinn Pyunik Khazar Lankaran Astana Linfield | The New Saints HB F91 Dudelange Marsaxlokk Rànger's Murata Zeta |

### Summary

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 (a.e.t.) |
| APOEL | 2–3 | BATE Borisov | 2–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 5–0 | Rànger's | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| FH | 4–1 | HB | 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 | 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 | IF 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 |

### Matches

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–0 on aggregate.
FH won 4–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Ventspils won on away goals.
Levadia Tallinn won 1–0 on aggregate.
Astana won 3–0 on aggregate.
Zeta won 5–4 on aggregate.
Tampere United won 4–1 on aggregate.
Žilina won 7–5 on aggregate.
IF Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Pyunik won 2–0 on aggregate.
Sarajevo won 9–1 on aggregate.
Domžale won 3–1 on aggregate.

## 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.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Steaua București Rangers Shakhtar Donetsk Beşiktaş Levski Sofia Slavia Prague Rosenborg | Red Star Belgrade Copenhagen Dinamo Zagreb Genk Debrecen Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov | Beitar Jerusalem Zagłębie Lubin Domžale IF Elfsborg Sarajevo Ventspils Žilina | Pyunik FH Zeta Tampere United Sheriff Tiraspol Astana Levadia Tallinn |

#### 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

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 | IF 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 (a.e.t.) |
| Žilina | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Slavia Prague | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| 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 |

### Matches

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.
IF Elfsborg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Sarajevo won on away goals.
Red Bull Salzburg won 7–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 10–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 4–2 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 2–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Slavia Prague won 4–3 on penalties.
Tampere United won 2–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 4–0 on aggregate.

## 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.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Liverpool Arsenal Valencia Sevilla Benfica Ajax Werder Bremen Celtic | Steaua București Lazio Rangers Shakhtar Donetsk Beşiktaş Anderlecht Dynamo Kyiv Tampere United | Sparta Prague Fenerbahçe AEK Athens Dinamo București Slavia Prague Spartak Moscow Rosenborg Red Star Belgrade | Copenhagen Toulouse Dinamo Zagreb Sarajevo IF Elfsborg Zürich Red Bull Salzburg BATE Borisov |

#### 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

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 (a.e.t.) |
| 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 | IF 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 |

### Matches

Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 5–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Celtic won 4–3 on penalties.
Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.
Valencia won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 3–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
Lazio won 4–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 6–1 on aggregate.