UEFA Champions League 2008-2009 - Qualifying

UEFA Champions League 2008-2009 - Qualifying

I know I'm probably the only one who cares about the qualifying rounds for the Champions League (at least the first two rounds, before 'big' clubs join in), but I thought I'd open this thread anyway in case anyone else wants to cast an eye on the results and developments.
The draw for the first two qualifying rounds was made yesterday:

First qualifying round draw
First leg: 15/16 July
Second leg: 22/23 July

� 1 Linfield FC (NIR) v NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
� 2 Valetta FC (MAL) v FC Artmedia Petr~alka (SVK)
� 3 FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v NS� Runav�k (FRO)
� 4 FC Santa Coloma (AND) v FBK Kaunus (LIT)
� 5 S.S. Murata (SMR) v IFK G�teborg (SWE)
� 6 Llanelli AFC (WAL) v FK Ventspils (LAT)
� 7 Anorthosis Famugusta (CYP) v FC Pyunik (ARM)
� 8 FK Inter Baki (AZE) v FK Rabotnicki (MAC)
� 9 Tampere United (FIN) v FK Buducnost Podgorica (MON)
� 10 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v NK Dom~ale (SVN)
� 11 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FK Modrica (BIH)
� 12 FK Aktobe (KAZ) v FC Sheriff (MOL)
� 13 Drogheda United FC (IRL) v FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
� 14 FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v Valur Reykjav�k (ISL)

Second qualifying round draw
First leg: 29/30 July
Second leg: 5/6 August

� Rangers FC (SCO) v Winners Match 4
� SK Brann (NOR) v Winners Match 6
� Winners Match 8 v FK Partizan (SRB)
� Winners Match 9 v Winners Match 2
� Winners Match 7 v SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
� Winners Match 10 v Winners Match 1
� Panathinaikos FC (GRE) v Winners Match 3
� Winners Match 5 v FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
� Winners Match 12 v AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
� Winners Match 13 v FC Dinamo Kyiv (UKR)
� RSC Anderlecht (BEL) v Winners Match 14
� Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR) v Wisla Krak�w (POL)
� Fenerbah�e SK (TUR) v MTK Budapest (HUN)
� Aalborg BK (DEN) v Winners Match 11

I'll keep updating the results as the qualifying progresses.

I can almost guarantee Arsenal will end up playing a team from Zagreb, Prague or a former state of the USSR.

Results from the First Qualifying Round, 1st Leg, from this morning:

Inter Baki (Azerbeijan) 0-0 Rabotnicki (Macedonia)
Llanelli AFC (Wales) 1-0 FK Ventspils (Latvia)
Tampere United (Finland) 2-1 Buducnost (Montenegro)
Valleta FC (Malta) 0-2 Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia)
BATE Borisov (Belarus) 2-0 Valur Reykjavik (Iceland)
Dinamo Tirana (Albania) 0-2 FK Modrica (Bosnia)
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 1-0 Pyunik (Armenia)
Santa Coloma (Andorra) 1-4 FBK Kaunas (Lithuania)
F91 Dudelange (Luxemburg) 0-1 Domzale (Slovenia)
S.S. Murata (San Marino) 0-5 IFK Goteborg (Sweden)

The rest of the 1st leg games are tomorrow morning our time.el grapadura2008-07-16 11:48:21

Tampere United (Finland) 2-1 Buducnost (Montenegro) Chris James scored the 2nd of Tampere Untds 2 goals from the penalty spot

Results from 1st Qualifying Round, 1st Leg, from this morning:

Linfield (N. Ireland) 0-2 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) 3-0 NSI Runavik (Faroe Islands)
Aktobe Lento (Kazakhstan) 1-0 Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)
Drogheda United (Ireland) 2-1 Levadia Tallinn (Estonia)

Return legs are next week.

Vamos la Zagreb!!! Thanks for the results man, interesting stuff

Yep, another heroic campaign is on the cards...

how did they go last year. My team won 4-0 yesterday!!!

Lost in the 3rd qualifying round, 5-3 on aggregate to Werder Bremen.

1st Qualifying Round, 2nd Leg, results from this morning (aggregate score in brackets):

FK Ventspils (Latvia) 4 (4) - 0 (1) Llanelli (Wales)

Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) 4 (4) - 0 (1) Aktobe Lento (Kazakhstan)

Rabotnicki (Macedonia) 1 (1) - 1 (1) Inter Baku (Azerbeijan) (Inter on away goals)

NSI Runavik (Faroe Islands) 1 (1) - 0 (3) Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)

FBK Kaunas (Lithuania) 3 (7) - 1 (2) Santa Coloma (Andorra)

The remaining 2nd leg games are tomorrow morning.

Go the team from Azerbaijan!!!

1st qualifying round, 2nd leg, results from this morning (aggregate score in brackets):

Pyunik (Armenia) 0 (0) - 2 (3) Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)

Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia) 1 (3) - 0 (0) Valleta FC (Malta)

FC Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) 0 (1) - 1 (3) Drogheda United (Ireland)

Domzale (Slovenia) 2 (3) - 0 (0) F91 Dudelange (Luxemburg)

Buducnost (Montenegro) 1 (2) - 1 (3) Tampere United (Finland)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 1 (3) - 1 (1) Linfield (Northern Ireland)

FK Modrica (Bosnia) 2 (4) - 1 (1) Dinamo Tirana (Albania)

Valur Reykjavik (Iceland) 0 (0) - 1 (3) BATE Borisov (Belarus)

IFK Goteborg (Sweden) 4 (9) - 0 (0) S. S. Murata (San Marino)

Draw for the 2nd Qualifying Round (1st leg 29/30 July, 2nd leg 5/6 August):

Anorthosis Famugusta (Cyprus) v Rapid Vienna (Austria)

Drogheda United (Ireland) v Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)

IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) v Basel (Switzerland)

Tampere United (Finland) v Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)

AaB Aalborg (Denmark) v Modrica (Bosnia)

Domzale (Slovenia) v Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Anderlecht (Belgium) v BATE Borisov (Belarus)

Fenerbahce (Turkey) v MTK Hungaria (Hungary)

Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) v Wisla Krakow (Poland)

Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) v Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)

Brann Bergen (Norway) v Ventspils (Latvia)

Rangers (Scotland) v Kaunas (Lithuania)

Panathinaikos (Greece) v Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)

Sheriff (Moldova) v Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

Tough draw for my Azebaijanis. If they can hold out away from home they might stand a chance though.

2nd Qualifying Round, 1st Leg, results from this morning:

Inter Baku (Azerbeijan) 1-1 Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)

SK Brann Bergen (Norway) 1-0 FK Ventspils (Latvia)

Drogheda United (Ireland) 1-2 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)

Hmmm, decent result for the Azerbaijanis. Gonna be extremely tough away from home though.

Guess they're still in with a decent shout. Can't see teams like Barcelona/Arsenal/Juventus looking forward to a trip to Azerbeijan in the next round if they make it...

2nd Qualifying Round, 1st Leg, results from this morning:

Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 3-0 Rapid Vienna (Austria)

IFK Goteborg (Sweden) 1-1 FC Basel (Switzerland)

Anderlecht (Belgium) 1-2 BATE Borisov (Belarus)

Tampere United (Finland) 1-3 Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia)

AaB Aalborg (Denmark) 5-0 Modrica (Bosnia)

Domzale (Slovenia) 0-3 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Fenerbahce (Turkey) 2-0 MTK Hungaria (Hungary)

Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) 2-1 Wisla Krakow (Poland)

Rangers FC (Scotland) 0-0 FBK Kaunas (Lithuania)

Panathinaikos (Greece) 3-0 Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)

Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) 0-1 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)


Poor result for the Rangers, Dinamo pretty much through already...Return legs are next week.

Draw for the 3rd Qualifying Round (first leg 12/13 August, 2nd leg 26/27 August):

Anorthosis/Rapid Vienna v Olympiakos


Vitoria Guimaraes v Gothenburg/Basel


Shakhtar Donetsk v Domzale/Dinamo Zagreb


Schalke 04 v Atletico Madrid


Aalborg/Modrica v Rangers/Kaunas


Barcelona v Beitar Jerusalem/Wisla Krakow


Levski Sofia v Anderlecht/BATE


Standard Liege v Liverpool


Inter Baku/Partizan v Fenerbahce/MTK Hungaria


Twente Enschede v Arsenal


Spartak Moscow v Drogheda/Dinamo Kiev


Juventus v Tampere/Artmedia


Brann/Ventspils v Marseille


Fiorentina v Slavia Prague


Galatasaray v Steaua Bucharest


Panathinaikos/Dinamo Tbilisi v Sheriff Tiraspol/Sparta Prague




Arsenal get McLaren's team, pretty rough for Atletico Madrid and Schalke 04.
Dinamo in with a shout, but it's gonna be difficult.

Results from 2nd Qualifying Round, 2nd Leg, from this morning:

FK Ventspils (Latvia) 2-1 SK Brann Bergen (Norway) (2-2 aggregate, Brann advances on away goals)

FBK Kaunas (Lithuania) 2-1 FC Rangers (Scotland) (2-1 aggregate)

LOL at Rangers being knocked out. No more European football for the this season, not even UEFA Cup.

that's karma on rangers for playing such crap 'football' last season. praise to the football gods.

I was on a Croatian forum earlier, and there was about 2 pages on the CL thread saying the exact same thing.

And I couldn't agree more.

Is there anywhere i can follow the Inter Baku game online?

haha, huns..

2nd Qualifying Round, 2nd Leg, results from this morning:

Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 2-2 Drogheda United (Ireland) (aggregate 4-3)

Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 2-0 Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) (aggregate 3-0)

BATE Borisov (Belarus) 2-2 Anderlecht (Belgium) (aggregate: 4-3)

FC Basel (Switzerland) 4-2 IFK Goteborg (Sweden) (aggregate: 5-3)

Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) 0-0 Panathinaikos (Greece) (aggregate: 0-3)

Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) 2-0 Inter Baku (Azerbeijan) (aggregate: 3-1)

Rapid Vienna (Austria) 3-1 Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)
(aggregate: 4-3)

Wisla Krakow (Poland) 5-0 Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) (aggregate: 6-2)

FK Modrica (Bosnia) 1-2 AaB Aalborg (Denmark) (aggregate: 1-7)

MTK Hungaria (Hungary) 0-5 Fenerbahce (Turkey) (aggregate: 0-7)

Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia) 4-2 Tampere United (Finland) (aggregate: 7-3)

NK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 3-2 NK Domzale (Slovenia) (aggregate: 6-2)


Inter Baku out, sorry Buffy....

Draw for the 3rd Qualifying Round (first leg 12/13 August, 2nd leg 26/27 August):

Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) v Olympiakos (Greece)


Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal) v FC Basel (Switzerland)


Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) v NK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)


Schalke 04 (Germany) v Atletico Madrid (Spain)


AaB Aalborg (Denmark) v FBK Kaunas (Lithuania)


Barcelona (Spain) v Wisla Krakow (Poland)


Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) v BATE Borisov (Belarus)


Standard Liege (Belgium) v Liverpool (England)


Partizan (Serbia) v Fenerbahce (Turkey)


Twente Enschede (The Netherlands) v Arsenal (England)


Spartak Moscow (Russia) v Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)


Juventus (Italy) v Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia)


SK Brann Bergen (Norway) v Marseille (France)


Fiorentina (Italy) v Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)


Galatasaray (Turkey) v Steaua Bucharest (Romania)


Panathinaikos (Greece) v Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

Meh, it was a good run anyhow. Kept me entertained until my proper team starts playing anyway.

let all laugh at ranger lets all laugh at rangers a ha ha ha a ha ha ha

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this may sound a tad stupid but why are arsenal in the qualifying rounds? doesnt top 3 spots in the EPL get automatic entry? im sure arsenal finished 3rd?

Nope only the top 2 get automatic spots rod. And yes we did finish 3rd.

In case anyone missed it, the first game of the 3rd Qualifying Round, 1st Leg, was played this morning:

Fiorentina (Italy) 2-0 Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)


All the other games are tomorrow morning.

3rd Quailifying Round, 1st Leg:

Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 3-0 Olympiakos (Greece)


Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal) 0-0 FC Basel (Switzerland)


Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 2-0 NK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)


Schalke 04 (Germany) 1-0 Atletico Madrid (Spain)


AaB Aalborg (Denmark) 2-0 FBK Kaunas (Lithuania)


Barcelona (Spain) 4-0 Wisla Krakow (Poland)


Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 0-1 BATE Borisov (Belarus)


Standard Liege (Belgium) 0-0 Liverpool (England)


Partizan (Serbia) 2-2 Fenerbahce (Turkey)


Twente Enschede (The Netherlands) 0-2 Arsenal (England)


Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1-4 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)


Juventus (Italy) 4-0 Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia)


SK Brann Bergen (Norway) 0-1 Marseille (France)


Galatasaray (Turkey) 2-2 Steaua Bucharest (Romania)


Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 1-2 Panathinaikos (Greece)

EG i think you got the Cyprus score the wrong way round.

Results from this morning:

Panathinaikos (Greece) 1-0 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) (3-1 aggreggate)

Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia) 1-1 Juventus (Italy) (1-5 aggreggate)

Wisla Krakow (Poland) 1-0 Barcelona (Spain) (1-4 aggregate)


The other games are tomorrow morning.

3rd Qualifying Round, 2nd Leg from this morning:

BATE Borisov (Belarus) 1-1 Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) (2-1 aggreggate)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 1-3 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) (1-5 aggreggate)

FBK Kaunas (Lithuania) 0-2 AaB Aalborg (Denmark) (0-4 aggreggate)

Olympiakos (Greece) 1-0 Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) (1-3 aggreggate)

Steaua Bucuresti (Romania) 1-0 Galatasaray (Turkey) (3-2 aggreggate)

Olimpique Marseille (France) 2-1 SK Brann Bergen (Norway) (3-1 aggreggate)

Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 4-1 Spartak Moscow (Russia) (8-2 aggreggate)

Atletico Madrid (Spain) 4-0 Schalke 04 (Germany) (4-1 aggreggate)

Fenerbahce (Turkey) 2-1 Partizan (Serbia) (4-3 aggreggate)

FC Basel (Switzerland) 2-1 Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal) (2-1 aggreggate)

Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) 0-0 Fiorentina (Italy) (0-2 aggreggate)

Arsenal (England) 4-0 Twente Enschede (The Netherlands) (6-0 aggreggate)

Liverpool (England) 1-0 (aet) Standard Liege (Belgium) (1-0 aggreggate)

Cypriot and Belarus teams make the group stages of Champions League for the first time.

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Very Prophetic!