UEFA Champions League 2007–08
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Manchester United (3rd title) |
Runners-up  |
Chelsea |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 125 |
| Goals scored | 330 (2.64 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,380,947 (43,048 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Cristiano Ronaldo (8 goals) |
| Best player | Cristiano Ronaldo |
The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall.
The final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, where Manchester United played against Chelsea, making it an all-English final for the first time in the history of the European Cup. Manchester United won the match 6–5 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time.
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[edit] Qualification
Seventy-six teams participated in the 2007–08 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 one team qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein, which competes in the Swiss league system, but has no team in the Swiss Super League. One new nation entered their league champion in this year's tournament: Montenegro, following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. The champions from San Marino and Andorra also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007–08 Champions League:[1]
- Associations 1-3 (Spain, Italy, and England): 4 teams
- Associations 4-6 (France, Germany, and Portugal): 3 teams
- Associations 7-15: 2 teams
- Associations 16-53: 1 team
First qualifying round: (28 teams)
- 28 champions from associations 25-53 (not including Liechtenstein)
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 (Romania, Scotland, Belgium, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Turkey, Switzerland)
- 3 runners-up from associations 7-9 (Netherlands, Greece, Russia)
- 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
- TH: The champions of the 2006-07 competition went through to the group stage directly.
[edit] Round and draw dates
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 29 June 2007 | Draw for first and second qualifying rounds |
| 17-18 July 2007 | First qualifying round, first leg |
| 24-25 July 2007 | First qualifying round, second leg |
| 31 July-1 August 2007 | Second qualifying round, first leg |
| 3 August 2007 | Draw for third qualifying round |
| 7-8 August 2007 | Second qualifying round, second leg |
| 14-15 August 2007 | Third qualifying round, first leg |
| 28-29 August 2007 | Third qualifying round, second leg |
| 30 August 2007 | Draw for group stage |
| 18-19 September 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 1 |
| 2-3 October 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 2 |
| 23-24 October 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 3 |
| 6-7 November 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 4 |
| 27-28 November 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 5 |
| 11-12 December 2007 | Group stage, Matchday 6 1 |
| 21 December 2007 | Draw for First knockout round |
| 19-20 February 2008 | First knockout round, 1st leg |
| 4-11 March 2008 | First knockout round, 2nd leg 2 |
| 14 March 2008 | Draw for remaining rounds |
| 1-2 April 2008 | Quarter-finals, 1st leg |
| 8-9 April 2008 | Quarter-finals, 2nd leg |
| 22-23 April 2008 | Semi-finals, 1st leg |
| 29-30 April 2008 | Semi-finals, 2nd leg |
| 21 May 2008 | Final in Moscow, Russia |
1 Group D teams played their Matchday 6 fixtures on 4 December due to Milan's participation in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan on 13 and 16 December.
2 As both Milan and Internazionale use the Stadio San Siro as their home pitch, and both were scheduled to play at home for the second leg of the first knockout round, Internazionale's home leg against Liverpool was postponed by one week to 11 March 2008.
[edit] Qualifying rounds
[edit] First qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 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. 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. | Team #2 | Home leg | Away leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Khazar Lenkoran  |
2–4 |  Dinamo Zagreb |
1–1 | 1–3 (aet) |
APOEL  |
2–3 |  BATE |
2–0 | 0–3 (aet) |
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 |  FC Levadia |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Olimpi Rustavi  |
0–3 |  Astana |
0–0 | 0–3 |
Zeta  |
5–4 |  FBK 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 |  Elfsborg |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Derry City[2]  |
0–2 |  Pyunik |
0–0 | 0–2 |
Marsaxlokk  |
1–9 |  Sarajevo |
0–6 | 1–3 |
Domžale  |
3–1 |  KF Tirana |
1–0 | 2–1 |
[edit] Second qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 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. 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. | Team #2 | Home leg | Away leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyunik |
1–4 |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
0–2 | 1–2 |
Red Star Belgrade  |
(a) 2–2 | FC Levadia |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Rangers  |
3–0 | Zeta |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Debrecen  |
0–1 | Elfsborg |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Zagłębie Lubin  |
1–3 |  Steaua |
0–1 | 1–2 |
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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 |
1–3 | 1–1 |
Copenhagen  |
2–1 |  Beitar Jerusalem |
1–0 | 1–1 (aet) |
| Žilina |
0–0 (3–4p) |  Slavia Prague |
0–0 | 0–0 (aet) |
| 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 |
[edit] Third qualifying round
The draw was held on Friday, 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. 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. | Team #2 | Home leg | Away leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE |
2–4 | Steaua |
2–2 | 0–2 |
| Tampere United |
0–5 | Rosenborg |
0–3 | 0–2 |
Spartak Moscow  |
2–2 (3–4p) | Celtic |
1–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
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 | 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 Bucharest |
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 |
[edit] Group stage
The draw was held on Thursday, 30 August 2007 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The draw was hosted by Pedro Pinto and conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions. The matches were played between 18 September and 12 December 2007.
[edit] Tie-breaking criteria
Based on paragraph 6.05 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:
- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- superior goal difference from all group matches played;
- higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
- higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
| Key to colours in group tables |
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| 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 |
In results tables, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.
[edit] Group A
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[edit] Group B
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[edit] Group C
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