1997–98 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League had two qualifying rounds to determine which 16 teams would play in the group stage, along with the eight teams that had qualified automatically. Teams from the higher-ranked UEFA nations received byes to the second qualifying round. Losing teams in the first qualifying round were eliminated from European competition for the season, while the losing teams from the second qualifying round were put into the draw for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup. Matches took place between 23 July and 27 August 1997.

Teams

The national champions from associations 8 and below, along with all league runners-up, entered the qualifying rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of second qualifying round advanced to group stage
Losers of second qualifying round entered UEFA Cup first round
Second qualifying round
Assoc. Team
1 Parma
2 Barcelona
3 Paris Saint-Germain
4 Bayer Leverkusen
5 Feyenoord
6 Sporting CP
7 Newcastle United
8 Galatasaray
Beşiktaş
9 Olympiacos
10 Wüstenrot Salzburg
11 Spartak Moscow
12 Lierse
13 Brøndby
14 IFK Göteborg
15 Rosenborg
16 Sparta Prague
First qualifying round
Assoc. Team
17 Sion
18 Widzew Łódź
19 Rangers
20 Steaua București
21 Croatia Zagreb
22 Dynamo Kyiv
23 Anorthosis Famagusta
24 Beitar Jerusalem
25 MTK
26 Dinamo Tbilisi
27 Košice
28 Skonto
29 Maribor
30 Jazz
31 MPKC Mozyr
32 ÍA
33 CSKA Sofia
34 Sileks
35 Kareda Šiauliai
36 Constructorul Chișinău
37 Crusaders
39 Barry Town
40 Partizan
41 Lantana Tallinn
42 Valletta
43 Derry City
44 Pyunik
45 Jeunesse Esch
46 GÍ
48 Neftçi

First qualifying round

Seeding

The 30 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 15 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.

Seeded Unseeded

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Derry City 0–3 Maribor 0–2 0–1
Pyunik 3–6 MTK 0–2 3–4
Crusaders 2–8 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–3 1–5
Košice 4–0 ÍA 3–0 1–0
Partizan 1–5 Croatia Zagreb 1–0 0–5
Valletta 1–2 Skonto 1–0 0–2
Sileks 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 0–3
Steaua București 5–3 CSKA Sofia 3–3 2–0
Constructorul Chișinău 3–4 MPKC Mozyr 1–1 2–3
Lantana Tallinn 0–3 Jazz 0–1 0–2
GÍ 0–11 Rangers 0–5 0–6
Neftçi 0–10 Widzew Łódź 0–2 0–8
Dynamo Kyiv 6–0 Barry Town 2–0 4–0
Sion 5–0 Jeunesse Esch 4–0 1–0
Anorthosis Famagusta 4–1 Kareda Šiauliai 3–0 1–1

Matches

Derry City 0–2 Maribor
Report Židan 57'
Gajser 75'
Attendance: 3,120
Maribor 1–0 Derry City
Drobne 49' Report
Attendance: 5,463

Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.

Pyunik 0–2 MTK
Report Illés 82'
Preisinger 89'
Attendance: 3,000
MTK 4–3 Pyunik
Illés 18'
Halmai 40'
Preisinger 46'
Kuttor 73'		 Report Sanamyan 81', 88'
Shahgeldyan 87'
Attendance: 1,787

MTK won 6–3 on aggregate.

Crusaders 1–3 Dinamo Tbilisi
Baxter 71' Report Kiknadze 31'
Gogichaishvili 50'
Mujiri 65'
Attendance: 1,500
Dinamo Tbilisi 5–1 Crusaders
Iashvili 20', 34'
Mujiri 44', 59'
Khomeriki 79'		 Report G. Hunter 57'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–2 on aggregate.

Košice 3–0 ÍA
Semeník 29'
Tóth 47'
Sovič 64'		 Report
Attendance: 5,747
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
ÍA 0–1 Košice
Report Faktor 66'
Attendance: 600

Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.

Partizan 1–0 Croatia Zagreb
Isailović 84' Report
Attendance: 25,534
Croatia Zagreb 5–0 Partizan
Marić 12', 42'
I. Cvitanović 15', 68'
Viduka 23'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.

Valletta 1–0 Skonto
Galea 15' Report
Attendance: 3,535
Skonto 2–0 Valletta
Astafjevs 12'
Miholaps 26'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sileks 1–0 Beitar Jerusalem
Karanfilovski 54' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Sileks
Sallói 5'
Ohana 34'
Hamar 76'		 Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.

Steaua București 3–3 CSKA Sofia
Rotariu 8'
Lăcătuș 72'
Munteanu 83'		 Report Andonov 47'
Nankov 49', 68'
Attendance: 10,000
CSKA Sofia 0–2 Steaua București
Report Șerban 34'
Reghecampf 49'
Attendance: 20,000

Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.

MPKC Mozyr 3–2 Constructorul Chișinău
Denisyuk 7'
Lovchev 50'
Kushnir 65'		 Report Alexa 32'
Comleonoc 69'
Attendance: 5,500

MPKC Mozyr won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lantana Tallinn 0–2 Jazz
Report Nieminen 5', 77'
Attendance: 466
Jazz 1–0 Lantana
Marco 65' Report
Attendance: 3,760

Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.

GÍ 0–5 Rangers
Report Negri 18'
Durie 25', 80'
McCoist 57', 90'
Attendance: 2,500
Rangers 6–0 GÍ
Durie 22'
Negri 42', 90'
McCoist 48'
Albertz 58'
Ferguson 85'		 Report
Attendance: 44,433
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Widzew Łódź 8–0 Neftçi
Szarpak 6', 76'
Kobylański 8', 70' (pen.)
Marcin Zając 15'
Dembiński 25', 30'
Curteian 66'		 Report
Attendance: 4,769

Widzew Łódź won 10–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Barry Town
Rebrov 19'
Maksymov 79'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Barry Town 0–4 Dynamo Kyiv
Report Byalkevich 52'
Maksymov 64', 77'
Vashchuk 79'
Attendance: 2,380

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.

Sion 4–0 Jeunesse Esch
Lipawsky 5', 45'
Seoane 15'
Derivaz 61'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)

Sion won 5–0 on aggregate.

Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

The 32 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 16 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.

Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

Summary

The losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beşiktaş 3–1 Maribor 0–0 3–1
MTK Hungária 1–4 Rosenborg 0–1 1–3
Sion 2–8 Galatasaray 1–4 1–4
Olympiacos 7–2 MPKC Mozyr 5–0 2–2
Wüstenrot Salzburg 0–3 Sparta Prague 0–0 0–3
IFK Göteborg 4–1 Rangers 3–0 1–1
Barcelona 4–2 Skonto 3–2 1–0
Brøndby 3–4 Dynamo Kyiv 2–4 1–0
Newcastle United 4–3 Croatia Zagreb 2–1 2–2 (aet)
Feyenoord 8–3 Jazz 6–2 2–1
Bayer Leverkusen 6–2 Dinamo Tbilisi 6–1 0–1
Košice 2–1 Spartak Moscow 2–1 0–0
Steaua București 3–5 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 0–5
Widzew Łódź 1–7 Parma 1–3 0–4
Beitar Jerusalem 0–3 Sporting CP 0–0 0–3
Anorthosis Famagusta 2–3 Lierse 2–0 0–3
Notes
  1. ^ The first leg of the MTK Hungária v Rosenborg was abandoned in the 68th minute with MTK Hungária leading 3–2, and replayed from scratch a day later.
  2. ^ The match was awarded to Steaua București after Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.

Matches

Beşiktaş 0–0 Maribor
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Maribor 1–3 Beşiktaş
Židan 86' Report Özdilek 45'
Amokachi 60'
Havutçu 62'
Attendance: 7,000

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

MTK Hungária Abandoned
(3–2)		 Rosenborg
Egressy 10', 45'
Kenesei 49'		 Report Rushfeldt 14'
Brattbakk 30'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
MTK Hungária 0–1 Rosenborg
Report Rushfeldt 87'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Rosenborg 3–1 MTK Hungária
Jakobsen 14' (pen.), 17'
Brattbakk 83'		 Report Kuttor 77'
Attendance: 15,014
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sion 1–4 Galatasaray
 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Galatasaray 4–1 Sion
 Report
Attendance: 24,000

Galatasaray won 8–2 on aggregate.

Olympiacos 5–0 MPKC Mozyr
Niniadis 51'
Gogić 61', 68'
Georgatos 77'
Alexandris 83'		 Report
Attendance: 42,000
MPKC Mozyr 2–2 Olympiacos
Berishvili 3'
Kushnir 19'		 Report Anatolakis 9'
Niniadis 53'
Attendance: 4,000

Olympiacos won 7–2 on aggregate.

Wüstenrot Salzburg 0–0 Sparta Prague
Report
Attendance: 6,500
Sparta Prague 3–0 Wüstenrot Salzburg
Baranek 28'
Lokvenc 42'
Svoboda 56'		 Report
Attendance: 15,628

Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg 3–0 Rangers
Petterson 55'
Karlsson 57'
Eriksson 89'		 Report
Attendance: 23,126
Rangers 1–1 IFK Göteborg
Miller 23' Report R. Andersson 49'
Attendance: 45,585

IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona 3–2 Skonto
Giovanni 27', 70'
Stoichkov 90' (pen.)		 Report Babičevs 26'
Miholaps 46'
Attendance: 50,000
Skonto 0–1 Barcelona
Report Anderson 50'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

Brøndby 2–4 Dynamo Kyiv
Bagger 21'
Daugaard 88' (pen.)		 Report Husin 7'
Shevchenko 34'
Rebrov 76'
Holovko 78'
Attendance: 10,318
Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 Brøndby
Report Colding 18'
Attendance: 17,000

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

Croatia Zagreb 2–2 (a.e.t.) Newcastle United
Šimić 58'
Cvitanović 90+2'		 Report Asprilla 44' (pen.)
Ketsbaia 119'
Attendance: 34,000

Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Feyenoord 6–2 Jazz
Van Gastel 14' (pen.), 65' (pen.)
Vos 22', 39'
Sanchez 58'
Van Bronckhorst 85'		 Report Marco 28', 70'
Attendance: 24,330
Jazz 1–2 Feyenoord
Laaksonen 37' Report Boateng 21'
Van Gastel 90'
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Aron Husu (Romania)

Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.

Bayer Leverkusen 6–1 Dinamo Tbilisi
Lehnhoff 5'
Ramelow 44'
Meijer 47', 62'
Kirsten 56'
Rink 85'		 Report Iashvili 59'
Attendance: 20,500
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen
Mujiri 11' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.

Košice 2–1 Spartak Moscow
Kožlej 15'
Kozák 42' (pen.)		 Report Dmitriyev 37'
Attendance: 9,270
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Spartak Moscow 0–0 Košice
Report
Attendance: 22,000

Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.

Steaua București 3–0
Awarded		 Paris Saint-Germain
Rotariu 53' (pen.)
Şerban 70'
Lăcătuş 77'		 Report Guérin 18'
Maurice 64'
Attendance: 20,500
Paris Saint-Germain 5–0 Steaua București
Raí 2', 21' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Simone 30'
Maurice 40'		 Report
Attendance: 42,585

Paris Saint-Germain won 5–3 on aggregate.

Widzew Łódź 1–3 Parma
Michalczuk 53' Report Chiesa 28', 47', 49'
Attendance: 12,453
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Parma 4–0 Widzew Łódź
Pedros 37'
Sensini 41', 53'
Adaílton 79'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Sporting CP 3–0 Beitar Jerusalem
Yordanov 5'
Leandro 55', 63'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Sporting CP won 3–0 on aggregate.

Anorthosis Famagusta 2–0 Lierse
Okkas 43'
Mihajlović 89'		 Report
Attendance: 7,456
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ The first match was abandoned after 68 minutes because the lights went out in the stadium. The leg was replayed from scratch a day later.
  2. ^ The Steaua București v Paris Saint-Germain first leg match, which originally finished 3–2 to Steaua București, was awarded 3–0 to Steaua București because Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.

References

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