# 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League began on 12 July and ended on 23 August 2000. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

## 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. |
| Internazionale | 79.964 |
| Valencia | 69.799 |
| Porto | 61.275 |
| Lyon | 60.364 |
| Feyenoord | 60.333 |
| Milan | 53.964 |
| Galatasaray | 51.925 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 51.583 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 48.638 |
| Panathinaikos | 44.433 |
| Leeds United | 43.728 |
| Sparta Prague | 43.562 |
| Hamburger SV | 30.201 |
| 1860 Munich | 29.201 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 26.062 |
| Tirol Innsbruck | 11.250 |
| St. Gallen | 10.500 |
| Herfølge | 9.087 |
Second qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Slavia Prague | 56.562 |
| Rosenborg | 51.050 |
| Brøndby | 34.088 |
| Rangers | 32.250 |
| Anderlecht | 27.525 |
| Beşiktaş | 26.925 |
| Sturm Graz | 26.250 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 16.766 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 15.583 |
| Dinamo București | 10.917 |
| Maribor | 10.916 |
| Inter Bratislava | 10.416 |
| Hajduk Split | 10.062 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 9.000 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 8.749 |
| Dunaferr | 7.708 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6.771 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 4.833 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| First qualifying round ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 12.708 |
| Levski Sofia | 9.270 |
| Skonto | 9.166 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 8.167 |
| KR | 4.166 |
| Haka | 4.021 |
| BATE Borisov | 3.792 |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 2.540 |
| Kaunas | 2.332 |
| Levadia Maardu | 1.291 |
| Total Network Solutions | 1.166 |
| Shirak | 1.125 |
| Shelbourne | 0.832 |
| Birkirkara | 0.749 |
| Linfield | 0.749 |
| KÍ | 0.707 |
| F91 Dudelange | 0.666 |
| Shamkir | 0.625 |
| Tirana | 0.416 |
| Brotnjo | 0.250 |

## First qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Unseeded |
| Red Star Belgrade Levski Sofia Skonto Zimbru Chișinău KR Haka BATE Borisov Sloga Jugomagnat Kaunas Levadia Maardu | Total Network Solutions Shirak Shelbourne Birkirkara Linfield KÍ F91 Dudelange Shamkir Tirana Brotnjo |

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Birkirkara | 2–6 | KR | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| F91 Dudelange | 0–6 | Levski Sofia | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Haka | 2–2 (a) | Linfield | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| KÍ | 0–5 | Red Star Belgrade | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Total Network Solutions | 2–6 | Levadia Maardu | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Shirak | 2–3 | BATE Borisov | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Skonto | 3–5 | Shamkir | 2–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 1–2 | Shelbourne | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Tirana | 4–6 | Zimbru Chișinău | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Kaunas | 4–3 | Brotnjo | 4–0 | 0–3 |

### Matches

KR won 6–2 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 6–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Haka won on away goals.
Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.
Levadia Maardu won 6–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
Shamkir won 5–3 on aggregate.
Shelbourne won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zimbru Chișinău won 6–4 on aggregate.
Kaunas won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Second qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Slavia Prague Rosenborg Brøndby Rangers Anderlecht Beşiktaş Sturm Graz | Helsingborgs IF Shakhtar Donetsk Red Star Belgrade Dinamo București Maribor Inter Bratislava Hajduk Split | Levski Sofia Shamkir Polonia Warsaw Anorthosis Famagusta Zimbru Chișinău Dunaferr Hapoel Tel Aviv | Torpedo Kutaisi KR Haka BATE Borisov Shelbourne Kaunas Levadia Maardu |

#### 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. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Anderlecht | 4–2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 2–1 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Brøndby | 3–1 | KR | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo București | 4–7 | Polonia Warsaw | 3–4 | 1–3 |
| Rangers | 4–1 | Kaunas | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Haka | 0–1 | Inter Bratislava | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Helsingborgs IF | 3–0 | BATE Borisov | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 9–2 | Levadia Maardu | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 5–1 | Shamkir | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Shelbourne | 2–4 | Rosenborg | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Sturm Graz | 5–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2–1 | Maribor | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 2–4 | Dunaferr | 0–2 | 2–2 |

### Matches

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 3–1 on aggregate.
Polonia Warsaw won 7–4 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–1 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 1–0 on aggregate.
Helsingborgs IF won 3–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 9–2 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.
Zimbru Chișinău won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dunaferr won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Third qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 21 July 2000 in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Internazionale Valencia Porto Lyon Feyenoord Slavia Prague Milan Galatasaray | Dynamo Kyiv Rosenborg Lokomotiv Moscow Panathinaikos Leeds United Sparta Prague Brøndby Rangers | Hamburger SV 1860 Munich Anderlecht Beşiktaş Sturm Graz Dinamo Zagreb Helsingborgs IF Shakhtar Donetsk | Red Star Belgrade Tirol Innsbruck Polonia Warsaw Zimbru Chișinău St. Gallen Inter Bratislava Dunaferr Herfølge |

#### 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 losing teams advanced to the first round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tirol Innsbruck | 1–4 | Valencia | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0–2 | Sparta Prague | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Brøndby | 0–2 | Hamburger SV | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 1–0 | Internazionale | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 6–1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 2–4 | Lyon | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Anderlecht | 1–0 | Porto | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Herfølge | 0–6 | Rangers | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 (a) | Red Star Belgrade | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 3–4 | Panathinaikos | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Leeds United | 3–1 | 1860 Munich | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Sturm Graz | 3–2 | Feyenoord | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Dunaferr | 3–4 | Rosenborg | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| St. Gallen | 3–4 | Galatasaray | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Milan | 6–1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–1 | Slavia Prague | 0–1 | 2–0 (a.e.t.) |

### Matches

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hamburger SV won 2–0 on aggregate.
Helsingborgs IF won 1–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 6–1 on aggregate.
Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 6–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Dynamo Kyiv won on away goals.
Panathinaikos won 4–3 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 3–2 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 4–3 on aggregate.
Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 2–1 on aggregate.