User:Sergii-rachmonov/2007 European Champions League

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The final is scheduled to be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 21 May 2008.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Qualifying rounds 2.1 First qualifying round 2.2 Second qualifying round 2.3 Third qualifying round 3 Group stage 3.1 Tie-breaking criteria 3.2 Group A 3.3 Group B 3.4 Group C 3.5 Group D 3.6 Group E 3.7 Group F 3.8 Group G 3.9 Group H 4 Knockout stages 4.1 Round of 16 4.2 Quarter-finals 4.3 Semi-finals 5 Final

[edit] Qualification

76 teams will participate in the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League from UEFA's 53 member associations. Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient; associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams. All UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least 1 team qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein, which organizes no league competition). One new nation will enter their league champion in this year's tournament: Montenegro, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. The champions from San Marino and Andorra are also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007-2008 Champions League:^[1]

• Associations 1-3 (Spain, England, and Italy): 4 teams
• Associations 4-6 (France, Germany, and Portugal): 3 teams
• Associations 7-15 (Netherlands, Greece, Russia, Romania, Scotland, Belgium, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Turkey): 2 teams
• Associations 16-53: 1 team

First qualifying round: (28 teams)

• 28 champions from associations 25-53

Second qualifying round: (28 teams)

• 14 winners from the First Qualifying Round
• 8 champions from associations 17-24 (Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Austria, Serbia, Poland, Denmark, and Hungary)
• 6 runners-up from associations 10-15

Third qualifying round: (32 teams)

• 14 winners from the Second Qualifying Round
• 7 champions from associations 10-16
• 3 runners-up from associations 7-9
• 6 third-place finishers from associations 1-6
• 2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1-3 (Milan, the fourth-place finishers from Italy, as holders, qualify automatically for the Group Stage.)

Group stage: (32 teams)

• 1 current Champions League holder
• 16 winners from the Third Qualifying Round
• 9 champions from associations 1-9
• 6 runners-up from associations 1-6

Group Stage
Real Madrid	Manchester United	Stuttgart	PSV Eindhoven
Barcelona	Chelsea	Schalke	Olympiacos
Internazionale	Lyon	Porto	CSKA Moscow
Roma	Marseille	Sporting CP	AC MilanTH
Third qualifying round
Sevilla	Toulouse	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Kiev
Valencia	Werder Bremen	Dinamo Bucharest	Sparta Prague
Lazio	AEK Athens	Celtic	Fenerbahçe
Liverpool	Ajax	Anderlecht	FC Zürich
Arsenal	Benfica
Second qualifying round
Rosenborg	Beitar Jerusalem	Steaua Bucharest	Slavia Prague
Red Bull Salzburg	FC Copenhagen	Shakhtar Donetsk	Beşiktaş
Rangers	Genk	Zagłębie Lubin	Debrecen
Red Star Belgrade	Levski Sofia
First qualifying round
APOEL Nicosia	Tampere United	Dinamo Zagreb	MŠK Žilina
BATE Borisov	FH Hafnarfjörður	Rànger's	Olimpi Rustavi
Elfsborg	FBK Kaunas	Marsaxlokk	Khazar Lenkoran
Ventspils	HB Tórshavn	Sheriff Tiraspol	FK Sarajevo
Levadia Tallinn	Derry City	F91 Dudelange	FK Zeta
Pyunik	Linfield	SK Tirana	SS Murata
FC Astana	The New Saints	NK Domžale	FK Pobeda

^TH: The champions of 2006-07 edition will go through group stage directly.

[edit] Qualifying rounds

[edit] First qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches were played on 17/18 July and 24/25 July 2007.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Khazar Lenkoran	2-4	Dinamo Zagreb	1-1	1-3
APOEL Nicosia	2-3	BATE Borisov	2-0	0-3 (aet)
Sheriff Tiraspol	0-1	Rànger's	0-0	0-1
FH Hafnarfjörður	0-1	HB Tórshavn	0-1	0-0
The New Saints	4-4(a)	Ventspils	3-2	1-2
FK Pobeda	2-1	Levadia Tallinn	0-1	2-0
Olimpi Rustavi	0-3	Astana	0-0	0-3
FK Zeta	5-4	FBK Kaunas	3-1	2-3
SS Murata	1-0	Tampere United	1-0	0-0
F91 Dudelange	5-7	MŠK Žilina	1-2	4-5
Linfield	5-1	Elfsborg	5-0	0-1
Derry City	4-2	Pyunik	4-0	0-2
Marsaxlokk	1-9	FK Sarajevo	0-6	1-3
NK Domžale	3-1	SK Tirana	1-0	2-1

[edit] Second qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches were played on 31 July/1 August and 7/8 August 2007.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Derry City	2-1	Shakhtar Donetsk	1-0	1-1
Red Star Belgrade	2-3	FK Pobeda	1-1	1-2
Rangers	0-3	FK Zeta	0-2	0-1
Debrecen	4-1	Linfield	3-0	1-1
Zagłębie Lubin	4-0	Steaua Bucharest	3-0	1-0
Genk	2-2(a)	FK Sarajevo	1-2	1-0
Ventspils	5-2	Red Bull Salzburg	5-1	0-1
Astana	2-1	Rosenborg	2-0	0-1
HB Tórshavn	2-0	BATE Borisov	1-0	1-0
FC Copenhagen	2-1	Beitar Jerusalem	1-0	1-1(aet)
MŠK Žilina	0-0(4-3p)	Slavia Prague	0-0	0-0
SS Murata	2-0	Levski Sofia	1-0	1-0
NK Domžale	2-5	Dinamo Zagreb	1-2	1-3
Beşiktaş	1-3	Rànger's	1-0	0-3

[edit] Third qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The matches will be played on 14/15 August and 28/29 August 2007. Winners in this round will qualify for the group stage, while the losers will be entered in the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
HB Tórshavn	0-6	Zagłębie Lubin	0-2	0-4
SS Murata	2-3	Astana	0-3	2-0
Spartak Moscow	0-6	Celtic	0-1	0-5
Werder Bremen	3-4	Dinamo Zagreb	2-1	1-3
Ventspils	1-3	Derry City	1-0	0-3
Ajax	1-4	MŠK Žilina	0-1	1-3
Valencia	3-5	Debrecen	3-0	0-5
Sarajevo	0-3	Dynamo Kiev	0-1	0-2
Fenerbahçe	1-2	Anderlecht	1-0	0-2
FK Zeta	1-0	FK Pobeda	1-0	0-0
Toulouse	0-3	Liverpool	0-1	0-2
Benfica	2-3	FC Copenhagen	2-1	0-2
Lazio	1-2	Dinamo Bucharest	1-1	0-1
Sparta Prague	5-2	Arsenal	0-2	5-0
Zürich	2-4	Rànger's	1-1	1-3
Sevilla	2-3	AEK Athens	2-0	0-3

[edit] Group stage

The following teams, joined by winners of the third qualifying round, will compete in the group stage of the Champions League:

• Milan (automatic qualification as title holders)
• Barcelona
• Internazionale
• Real Madrid
• Manchester United
• Chelsea
• Lyon
• Porto
• PSV Eindhoven
• Roma
• Schalke 04
• Stuttgart
• CSKA Moscow
• Sporting Lisbon
• Marseille
• Olympiacos
• Zagłębie Lubin
• Astana
• Celtic
• Dinamo Zagreb
• Derry City
• MŠK Žilina
• Debrecen
• Dynamo Kyiv
• Anderlecht
• FK Zeta
• Liverpool
• FC Copenhagen
• Dinamo Bucharest
• Sparta Prague
• Rànger's
• AEK Athens

The draw for this round was held 20 August, 2007.

[edit] Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 4.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Teams that progressed to the First Knockout Round are indicated in bold type.

Teams that progressed to the UEFA Cup are indicated in bold italics.

Teams eliminated from European competitions for the season are indicated in plain italics.

Key to colours in group tables

	Top two places advance to knockout stage
	Third place enters the UEFA Cup at the round of 32

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Dinamo Bucureşti	11	6	3	2	1	14	5	9
2. Milan	9	6	2	3	1	9	5	4
3. Olympiacos	8	6	2	2	2	6	10	-4
4. Manchester United	7	6	2	1	3	8	17	-9

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Chelsea	13	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8
2. Astana	9	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1
3. Barcelona	7	6	2	1	3	9	9	0
4. Sporting Lisbon	3	6	0	3	3	4	13	-9

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Marseille	13	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6
2. Dinamo Zagreb	8	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
3. Schalke 04	7	6	2	1	3	5	7	-2
4. Internazionale	5	6	1	2	3	6	10	-4

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. FK Zeta	10	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3
2. PSV Eindhoven	8	6	2	2	2	7	7	0
3. Real Madrid	8	6	2	2	2	8	11	-3
4. Porto	7	6	2	1	3	8	8	0

[edit] Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Zagłębie Lubin	14	6	4	2	0	13	3	10
2. Derry City	8	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
3. Anderlecht	7	6	1	4	1	7	7	0
4. CSKA Moscow	2	6	0	2	4	2	12	-10

[edit] Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Sparta Prague	10	6	3	1	2	7	7	0
2. MŠK Žilina	9	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1
3. Roma	7	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1
4. Stuttgart	7	6	2	1	3	4	6	-2

[edit] Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Celtic	12	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5
2. Liverpool	9	6	3	0	3	9	9	0
3. Rànger's	9	6	3	0	3	4	9	-5
4. FC Copenhagen	6	6	2	0	4	9	9	0

[edit] Group H

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Debrecen	11	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5
2. Dynamo Kyiv	11	6	3	2	1	5	4	+1
3. Lyon	7	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3
4. AEK Athens	6	6	2	0	4	4	7	-3

(KEY: Pts= Points; Pld= Matches Played; W= Matches Won; D= Matches Drawn; L= Matches Lost; GF= Goals For; GA= Goals Against; GD= Goal Difference)

[edit] Knockout stages

[edit] Round of 16

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	0-1	Derry City	0-1	0-0
Dinamo Bucharest	3-2	Chelsea	2-1	1-1
PSV Eindhoven	0-2	Zagłębie Lubin	0-1	0-1
Debrecen	2-0	Marseille	1-0	1-0
Celtic	2-3	Astana	2-1	0-2
Liverpool	1-2	Dinamo Zagreb	1-1	0-1
Sparta Prague	1-2	FK Zeta	0-0	1-2
Dynamo Kyiv	2-2(a)	MŠK Žilina	2-1	0-1

[edit] Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Debrecen	4-2	Astana	2-0	2-2
Dinamo Zagreb	4-5	Dinamo Bucharest	4-1	0-4
MŠK Žilina	5-5(a)	Zagłębie Lubin	4-2	1-3
Derry City	3-2	FK Zeta	1-1	2-1

[edit] Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zagłębie Lubin	5-3	Dinamo Bucharest	3-1	2-2
Debrecen	1-0	Derry City	0-0	1-0

[edit] Final

August 22, 2007 20:45 CET	Zagłębie Lubin	4 – 3	Debrecen	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Maitiú Ó Léal
	Michał Chałbiński  12'  18' Maciej Iwański  54' Mateusz Bartczak  89'		Róbert Zsolnai  39' Balázs Dzsudzsák  71' Csaba Szatmári  75'

European Champions League 2007 Winners
Zagłębie Lubin First Title

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