# 2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League began on 11 July 2006. 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. |
| Milan | 129.020 |
| Liverpool | 105.950 |
| Arsenal | 101.950 |
| Valencia | 95.006 |
| Ajax | 60.640 |
| Lille | 54.757 |
| Benfica | 51.533 |
| CSKA Moscow | 42.504 |
| AEK Athens | 39.587 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 33.777 |
| Galatasaray | 33.634 |
| Hamburger SV | 30.960 |
| Slovan Liberec | 28.769 |
| Austria Wien | 27.723 |
| Osasuna | 25.006 |
| Chievo | 23.020 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 19.108 |
| Standard Liège | 17.981 |
Second qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Steaua București | 46.381 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 36.777 |
| Levski Sofia | 35.016 |
| Fenerbahçe | 28.634 |
| Spartak Moscow | 21.504 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 20.647 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 20.600 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 20.023 |
| Copenhagen | 16.593 |
| Legia Warsaw | 16.104 |
| Debrecen | 13.840 |
| Vålerenga | 11.921 |
| Zürich | 10.537 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 9.372 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 8.769 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 8.723 |
| Ružomberok | 6.070 |
First qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| HIT Gorica | 4.355 |
| MYPA | 3.433 |
| Apollon Limassol | 3.355 |
| Široki Brijeg | 2.695 |
| FH | 2.595 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 2.365 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2.255 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 2.090 |
| Ekranas | 1.925 |
| Birkirkara | 1.880 |
| Rabotnicki | 1.760 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1.457 |
| Cork City | 1.430 |
| Elbasani | 1.210 |
| Pyunik | 0.990 |
| TVMK | 0.880 |
| Linfield | 0.770 |
| The New Saints | 0.770 |
| Baku | 0.660 |
| F91 Dudelange | 0.605 |
| B36 | 0.550 |
| Aktobe | 0.550 |

## First qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| HIT Gorica MYPA Apollon Limassol Široki Brijeg FH Liepājas Metalurgs | Sheriff Tiraspol Sioni Bolnisi Ekranas Birkirkara Rabotnicki | Shakhtyor Soligorsk Cork City Elbasani Pyunik TVMK Linfield | The New Saints Baku F91 Dudelange B36 Aktobe |

### Summary

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 July 2006, with the second legs on 18 and 19 July.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Elbasani | 1–3 | Ekranas | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| TVMK | 3–4 | FH | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 2–1 | Aktobe | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| MYPA | 2–0 | The New Saints | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Cork City | 2–1 | Apollon Limassol | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 2–1 | Baku | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| F91 Dudelange | 0–1 | Rabotnicki | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–2 | Široki Brijeg | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Birkirkara | 2–5 | B36 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Linfield | 3–5 | HIT Gorica | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Pyunik | 0–2 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–0 | 0–2 |

### Matches

Ekranas won 3–1 on aggregate.
FH won 4–3 on aggregate.
Liepājas Metalurgs won 2–1 on aggregate.
MYPA won 2–0 on aggregate.
Cork City won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sioni Bolnisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rabotnicki won 1–0 on aggregate.
Široki Brijeg won 2–0 on aggregate.
B36 won 5–2 on aggregate.
HIT Gorica won 5–3 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.

## Second qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Steaua București Dynamo Kyiv Levski Sofia Fenerbahçe Spartak Moscow Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Belgrade | Heart of Midlothian Copenhagen Legia Warsaw Debrecen Vålerenga Zürich Djurgårdens IF | Mladá Boleslav Red Bull Salzburg Ružomberok HIT Gorica MYPA Cork City Široki Brijeg | FH Liepājas Metalurgs Sheriff Tiraspol Sioni Bolnisi Ekranas B36 Rabotnicki |

#### 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 legs were played on 25 and 26 July 2006, with the second legs on 1 and 2 August.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| HIT Gorica | 0–5 | Steaua București | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Levski Sofia | 4–0 | Sioni Bolnisi | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Zürich | 2–3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2–3 | Ružomberok | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Debrecen | 2–5 | Rabotnicki | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Cork City | 0–4 | Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Fenerbahçe | 9–0 | B36 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 5–3 | Vålerenga | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–1 (a) | Spartak Moscow | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 1–8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| FH | 0–3 | Legia Warsaw | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Copenhagen | 4–2 | MYPA | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Ekranas | 3–9 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–4 | 2–5 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | Široki Brijeg | 3–0 | 0–0 |

### Matches

Steaua București won 5–0 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ružomberok won 3–2 on aggregate.
Rabotnicki won 5–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 9–0 on aggregate.
Mladá Boleslav won 5–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Spartak Moscow won on away goals.
Dynamo Kyiv won 8–1 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 3–0 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 9–3 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 3–0 on aggregate.

## Third qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 28 July 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Milan Liverpool Arsenal Valencia Ajax Lille Benfica Steaua București | CSKA Moscow AEK Athens Dynamo Kyiv Levski Sofia Shakhtar Donetsk Galatasaray Hamburger SV Slovan Liberec | Fenerbahçe Austria Wien Osasuna Chievo Spartak Moscow Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Belgrade Heart of Midlothian | Maccabi Haifa Standard Liège Copenhagen Legia Warsaw Rabotnicki Mladá Boleslav Red Bull Salzburg Ružomberok |

#### 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 legs were played on 8 and 9 August 2006, with the second legs on 22 and 23 August. The teams eliminated in this round qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Slovan Liberec | 1–2 | Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4–2 | Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 1–3 | Valencia | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Levski Sofia | 4–2 | Chievo | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–5 | AEK Athens | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| CSKA Moscow | 5–0 | Ružomberok | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Milan | 3–1 | Red Star Belgrade | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Galatasaray | 6–3 | Mladá Boleslav | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Standard Liège | 3–4 | Steaua București | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Austria Wien | 1–4 | Benfica | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–5 | Arsenal | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Copenhagen | 3–2 | Ajax | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–1 (a) | Osasuna | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 5–3 | Fenerbahçe | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Liverpool | 3–2 | Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Lille | 4–0 | Rabotnicki | 3–0 | 1–0 |

### Matches

Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–2 on aggregate.
Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow won 5–0 on aggregate.
Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 6–3 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Hamburger SV won on away goals.
Dynamo Kyiv won 5–3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lille won 4–0 on aggregate.