Qualification 2007/2008

UEFA European Cup Football
by Bert Kassies

The number of teams of each country is determined by the position in the UEFA Country Ranking 2006, extended with 11 Intertoto + 3 Fair Play teams for the UEFA Cup.

The UEFA Congress at January 26, decided that clubs from Montenegro, UEFA's newest member association, and Andorra and San Marino will play in the 1st qualifying round of the Champions League. Therefore the number of teams in the 1st qualifying round is increased by 6 teams. This implies that the champion of the 25th country on the ranking list (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia) will have to play in the 1st qualifying round.

Since the title holder AC Milan already qualified for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, the champions of the 23th and 24th countries on the ranking list (FC København, Denmark and DVSC Debrecen, Hungary) gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round, and the champion of the 16th country on the ranking list (FC Zürich, Switzerland) has direct access to the 3rd qualifying round.

In the UEFA Cup 1st qualifying round the places of the champions of Andorra and San Marino (which take part in the Champions League) will be taken by the cup-winners of those countries. In order to adapt the schedule to the two new clubs from Montenegro, UEFA's newest member association, the 3rd UEFA Cup team of the 16th and 17th countries on the ranking list (Young Boys, Switzerland and Litex Lovech, Bulgaria) will have to play in the 1st qualifying round.

The UEFA Cup cup-holder spot will not be used because Sevilla qualified for the Champions league. This implies that the 1st UEFA Cup entrant of the 14th country on the country ranking list (Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic) will gain direct access to the 1st round round, and that the cup winners of the 19th and 20th countries on the ranking list (Fredrikstad FK, Norway, and Austria Wien, Austria) will gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Scotland and Norway did not apply for the Intertoto Cup. Therefore Denmark and Hungary may start in round 2, and Romania can sent an extra team to the 1st round. Also Andorra was invited to take part, and starts in round 1.

1 Spain 72.748 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Real Madrid 104.374 (cl/R1) CL2=FC Barcelona 119.374 (cl/R1) CL3=Sevilla 87.374 (cl/QR3) CL4=Valencia 99.374 (cl/QR3) UC1=Villarreal 78.374 (uc/R1) UC2=Real Zaragoza 40.374 (uc/R1) LC=Getafe 25.374 (uc/R1) IT=Atlético Madrid 25.374 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 2 Italy 66.731 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Internazionale 107.808 (cl/R1) CL2=AS Roma 78.808 (cl/R1) CL3=Lazio Roma 51.808 (cl/QR3) CL4=AC Milan 133.808 (cl/R1) (TH) UC1=Palermo 42.808 (uc/R1) UC2=Fiorentina 21.808 (uc/R1) UC3=Empoli 21.808 (uc/R1) IT=Sampdoria 28.808 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 3 England 63.486 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Manchester United 99.618 (cl/R1) CL2=Chelsea 99.618 (cl/R1) CL3=Liverpool 112.618 (cl/QR3) CL4=Arsenal 104.618 (cl/QR3) UC1=Tottenham Hotspur 40.618 (uc/R1) UC2=Everton 24.618 (uc/R1) UC3=Bolton Wanderers 32.618 (uc/R1) IT=Blackburn Rovers 36.618 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (league cup: rsssf) 4 France 50.781 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Olympique Lyon 95.706 (cl/R1) CL2=Olympique Marseille 51.706 (cl/R1) CL3=Toulouse FC 17.706 (cl/QR3) CW=FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 36.706 (uc/R1) UC2=Stade Rennais 20.706 (uc/R1) UC3=Girondins Bordeaux 49.706 (uc/R1) (league cup) IT=RC Lens 51.706 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (league cup: rsssf) 5 Germany 48.364 ---------------------------------------- CL1=VfB Stuttgart 58.640 (cl/R1) CL2=Schalke 04 60.640 (cl/R1) CL3=Werder Bremen 63.640 (cl/QR3) CW=1.FC Nürnberg 14.640 (uc/R1) UC2=Bayern München 73.640 (uc/R1) UC3=Bayer Leverkusen 45.640 (uc/R1) IT=Hamburger SV 34.640 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 6 Portugal 44.041 ---------------------------------------- CL1=FC Porto 89.107 (cl/R1) CL2=Sporting CP Lisbon 52.107 (cl/R1) CL3=Benfica 67.107 (cl/QR3) UC1=Sporting Braga 27.107 (uc/R1) UC2=CF Os Belenenses 14.107 (uc/R1) UC3=Paços de Ferreira 14.107 (uc/R1) IT=União de Leiria 16.107 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 7 Netherlands 41.331 ---------------------------------------- CL1=PSV Eindhoven 81.995 (cl/R1) CL2=Ajax 65.995 (cl/QR3) UC1=AZ Alkmaar 63.995 (uc/R1) UC2=FC Twente Enschede 12.995 (uc/R1) UC3=Heerenveen 35.995 (uc/R1) UC4=FC Groningen 14.995 (uc/R1) ITp=FC Utrecht 19.995 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 8 Greece 32.081 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Olympiakos Piraeus 42.415 (cl/R1) CL2=AEK Athens 36.415 (cl/QR3) CW=AE Larissa 8.415 (uc/R1) UC2=Panathinaikos 55.415 (uc/R1) UC3=Aris Thessaloniki 13.415 (uc/R1) UC4=Panionios 16.415 (uc/R1) ITp=OFI Heraklion 8.415 (it/R3) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 9 Russia 31.833 ---------------------------------------- CL1=CSKA Moscow 53.920 (cl/R1) CL2=Spartak Moscow 27.920 (cl/QR3) CW=Lokomotiv Moscow 38.920 (uc/R1) UC2=Zenit St. Petersburg 38.920 (uc/QR2) ITp=Rubin Kazan 11.920 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 10 Romania 31.457 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Dinamo Bucuresti 34.255 (cl/QR3) CL2=Steaua Bucuresti 55.255 (cl/QR2) CW=Rapid Bucuresti 40.255 (uc/R1) UC2=CFR Cluj 13.255 (uc/QR2) IT1=Otelul Galati 13.255 (it/R2) ITp2=Gloria Bistrita 13.255 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 11 Scotland 30.375 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Celtic 62.064 (cl/QR3) CL2=Glasgow Rangers 47.064 (cl/QR2) UC1=Aberdeen 11.064 (uc/R1) LC=Dunfermline Athletic 10.064 (uc/QR2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 12 Belgium 30.250 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Anderlecht 41.594 (cl/QR3) CL2=Racing Genk 15.594 (cl/QR2) CW=Club Brugge 45.594 (uc/R1) UC2=Standard Liège 14.594 (uc/QR2) ITp=AA Gent 9.594 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 13 Ukraine 26.600 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Dinamo Kiev 38.726 (cl/QR3) CL2=Shakhtar Donetsk 44.726 (cl/QR2) UC1=Metalist Kharkiv 9.726 (uc/R1) UC2=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 29.726 (uc/QR2) ITp=Chernomorets Odesa 9.726 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 14 Czech Republic 26.575 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Sparta Praha 37.851 (cl/QR3) CL2=Slavia Praha 32.851 (cl/QR2) UC1=Mladá Boleslav 13.851 (uc/R1) LC=FK Jablonec 8.851 (uc/QR2) ITp=Slovan Liberec 23.851 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 15 Turkey 26.166 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Fenerbahçe 36.791 (cl/QR3) CL2=Besiktas 43.791 (cl/QR2) UC1=Galatasaray 26.791 (uc/QR2) LC=Erciyesspor 8.791 (uc/QR2) ITp=Trabzonspor 13.791 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 16 Switzerland 25.875 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC Zürich 9.869 (cl/QR3) UC1=FC Basel 54.869 (uc/QR2) UC2=FC Sion 8.869 (uc/QR2) UC3=Young Boys 7.869 (uc/QR1) ITp=FC Sankt Gallen 7.869 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 17 Bulgaria 24.290 ---------------------------------------- CL=Levski Sofia 38.112 (cl/QR2) UC1=CSKA Sofia 20.112 (uc/QR2) UC2=Lokomotiv Sofia 10.112 (uc/QR2) UC3=Litex Lovech 19.112 (uc/QR1) ITp=Cherno More Varna 8.112 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 18 Israel 21.541 ---------------------------------------- CL=Beitar Jerusalem 6.338 (cl/QR2) CW=Hapoel Tel-Aviv 19.338 (uc/QR2) UC2=Maccabi Netanya 6.338 (uc/QR2) UC3=Maccabi Tel-Aviv 14.338 (uc/QR1) ITp=Maccabi Haifa 30.338 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 19 Norway 20.975 ---------------------------------------- CL=Rosenborg BK 31.509 (cl/QR2) CW=Fredrikstad FK 6.509 (uc/QR2) UC2=SK Brann Bergen 6.509 (uc/QR1) UC3=Vålerengen IF 11.509 (uc/QR1) FP=Lillestrøm SK 6.509 (uc/QR1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 20 Austria 20.375 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC Salzburg 9.104 (cl/QR2) CW=Austria Wien 30.104 (uc/QR2) UC2=SV Ried 6.104 (uc/QR1) UC3=SV Mattersburg 6.104 (uc/QR1) IT=Rapid Wien 10.104 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 21 Serbia 19.999 ---------------------------------------- CL=Red Star Belgrade 19.256 (cl/QR2) UC1=Partizan Belgrade 31.256 (uc/QR1) UC2=Vojvodina Novi Sad 6.256 (uc/QR1) UC3=FK Bezanija 6.256 (uc/QR1) ITp=Hajduk Kula 6.256 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 22 Poland 18.500 ---------------------------------------- CL=Zaglebie Lubin 5.609 (cl/QR2) CW=Groclin Grodzisk 11.609 (uc/QR1) UC2=GKS Belchatow 5.609 (uc/QR1) ITp=Legia Warsaw 11.609 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 23 Denmark 16.950 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC København 19.129 (cl/QR2) CW=OB Odense 15.129 (uc/QR1) UC2=FC Midtjylland 9.129 (uc/QR1) IT=AaB Aalborg 7.129 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 24 Hungary 14.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=DVSC Debrecen 11.675 (cl/QR2) CW=Honvéd Budapest 4.675 (uc/QR1) UC2=MTK Budapest 5.675 (uc/QR1) ITp=Zalaegerszeg TE 4.675 (it/R2) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 25 Croatia 14.083 ---------------------------------------- CL=Dinamo Zagreb 17.533 (cl/QR1) UC1=Hajduk Split 7.533 (uc/QR1) LC=Slaven Koprivnica 3.533 (uc/QR1) ITp=NK Zagreb 3.533 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 26 Sweden 13.249 ---------------------------------------- CL=IF Elfsborg 4.478 (cl/QR1) CW=Helsingborg IF 3.478 (uc/QR1) UC2=AIK Stockholm 4.478 (uc/QR1) FP=BK Häcken 3.478 (uc/QR1) IT=Hammarby IF 3.478 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 27 Slovakia 12.332 ---------------------------------------- CL=MSK Zilina 3.575 (cl/QR1) CW=FC Zlaté Moravce 3.575 (uc/QR1) UC2=Petrzalka Bratislava 13.575 (uc/QR1) ITp=Slovan Bratislava 3.575 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 28 Cyprus 10.165 ---------------------------------------- CL=APOEL Nicosia 6.492 (cl/QR1) CW=Anorthosis Famagusta 5.492 (uc/QR1) UC2=Omonia Nicosia 3.492 (uc/QR1) ITp=Ethnikos Achna 4.492 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 29 Slovenia 10.165 ---------------------------------------- CL=NK Domzale 5.272 (cl/QR1) CW=NK Koper 3.272 (uc/QR1) UC2=Nova Gorica 4.272 (uc/QR1) ITp=NK Maribor 4.272 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 30 Bosnia-Herzegovina 8.165 ---------------------------------------- CL=FK Sarajevo 4.190 (cl/QR1) CW=Siroki Brijeg 3.190 (uc/QR1) UC2=Zrinjski Mostar 3.190 (uc/QR1) ITp=Slavija Sarajevo 3.190 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 31 Finland 7.373 ---------------------------------------- CL=Tampere United 2.420 (cl/QR1) CW=HJK Helsinki 2.420 (uc/QR1) UC2=Haka Valkeakoski 2.420 (uc/QR1) FP=MyPa-47 3.420 (uc/QR1) ITp=Honka Espoo 2.420 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 32 Latvia 7.164 ---------------------------------------- CL=FK Ventspils 3.860 (cl/QR1) CW=Metalurgs Liepaja 2.860 (uc/QR1) UC2=Skonto Riga 2.860 (uc/QR1) ITp=Dinaburg Daugavpils 2.860 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 33 Moldova 6.832 ---------------------------------------- CL=Sheriff Tiraspol 2.365 (cl/QR1) CW=Zimbru Chisinau 3.365 (uc/QR1) UC2=Nistru Otaci 2.365 (uc/QR1) ITp=Dacia Chisinau 2.365 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 34 Georgia 6.331 ---------------------------------------- CL=Olimpi Rustavi 2.035 (cl/QR1) CW=Ameri Tbilisi 2.035 (uc/QR1) UC2=Dinamo Tbilisi 4.035 (uc/QR1) ITp=FC Zestafoni 2.035 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 35 Lithuania 5.832 ---------------------------------------- CL=FBK Kaunas 2.420 (cl/QR1) CW=Suduva Marijampole 2.420 (uc/QR1) UC2=Ekranas Panevezys 2.420 (uc/QR1) ITp=Vetra Vilnius 2.420 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 36 Macedonia 5.331 ---------------------------------------- CL=Pobeda Prilep 1.925 (cl/QR1) CW=Vardar Skopje 2.925 (uc/QR1) UC2=Rabotnicki Skopje 1.925 (uc/QR1) ITp=Makedonija Skopje 1.925 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 37 Iceland 4.832 ---------------------------------------- CL=FH Hafnarfjardar 2.650 (cl/QR1) CW=Keflavik 1.650 (uc/QR1) UC2=KR Reykjavik 1.650 (uc/QR1) ITp=Valur Reykjavik 1.650 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 38 Liechtenstein 4.500 ---------------------------------------- CW=FC Vaduz 1.980 (uc/QR1) (cup: rsssf) 39 Belarus 4.415 ---------------------------------------- CL=BATE Borisov 1.540 (cl/QR1) CW=Dinamo Brest 1.540 (uc/QR1) UC2=Dinamo Minsk 1.540 (uc/QR1) ITp=Shakhtior Saligorsk 1.540 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 40 Ireland 4.331 ---------------------------------------- CL=Derry City 3.145 (cl/QR1) UC2=Drogheda United 2.145 (uc/QR1) LC=St. Patrick's Athletic 2.145 (uc/QR1) ITp=Cork City 2.145 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (The champion Shelbourne is replaced by the 2nd in the league Derry City. Shelbourne did not apply for a UEFA license because of financial problems. And as a consequence the cup winner Derry City is replaced by the cup finalist St. Patrick's Athletic. See FAI) 41 Albania 3.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=SK Tirana 1.265 (cl/QR1) CW=Besa Kavajë 1.265 (uc/QR1) UC2=Teuta Durrës 1.265 (uc/QR1) ITp=Vllaznia Shkodër 1.265 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 42 Armenia 2.998 ---------------------------------------- CL=Pyunik Yerevan 1.155 (cl/QR1) CW=Banants Yerevan 1.155 (uc/QR1) UC2=Mika Ashtarak 1.155 (uc/QR1) ITp=Ararat Yerevan 1.155 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 43 Estonia 2.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=Levadia Tallinn 1.210 (cl/QR1) UC1=Trans Narva 1.210 (uc/QR1) UC2=Flora Tallinn 1.210 (uc/QR1) ITp=TVMK Tallinn 1.210 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 44 Malta 2.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=Marsaxlokk 0.550 (cl/QR1) CW=Hibernians FC 0.550 (uc/QR1) UC2=Sliema Wanderers 0.550 (uc/QR1) ITp=Birkirkara 0.550 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 45 Wales 2.332 ---------------------------------------- CL=The New Saints 0.660 (cl/QR1) CW=Carmarthen Town 0.660 (uc/QR1) UC2=Rhyl FC 0.660 (uc/QR1) ITp=Llanelli FC 0.660 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 46 Northern Ireland 2.332 ---------------------------------------- CL=Linfield Belfast 0.715 (cl/QR1) UC1=Glentoran 0.715 (uc/QR1) LC=Dungannon Swifts 0.715 (uc/QR1) ITp=Cliftonville 0.715 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 47 Azerbaijan 1.999 ---------------------------------------- CL=Khazar Lenkoran 1.045 (cl/QR1) UC1=Neftchi Baku 1.045 (uc/QR1) LC=MKT-Araz 1.045 (uc/QR1) ITp=FK Baku 1.045 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 48 Luxembourg 1.832 ---------------------------------------- CL=F91 Dudelange 0.550 (cl/QR1) UC1=Etzella Ettelbrück 0.550 (uc/QR1) LC=UN Käerjeng 0.550 (uc/QR1) ITp=FC Differdange 0.550 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 49 Kazakhstan 1.666 ---------------------------------------- CL=FK Astana 0.770 (cl/QR1) CW=FK Almaty 0.770 (uc/QR1) UC2=FK Aktobe 0.770 (uc/QR1) IT=Tobol Kustanai 0.770 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 50 Faroe Islands 1.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=HB Torshavn 0.550 (cl/QR1) CW=B36 Torshavn 0.550 (uc/QR1) UC2=EB Streymur 0.550 (uc/QR1) ITp=KI Klaksvik 0.550 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 51 Andorra 0.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Ràngers FC 0.000 (cl/QR1) CW=Santa Coloma 0.000 (uc/QR1) ITp=Sant Julià 0.000 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 52 San Marino 0.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Murata 0.000 (cl/QR1) LC=Libertas 0.000 (uc/QR1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) 53 Montenegro 0.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Zeta Golubovci 0.000 (cl/QR1) CW=Rudar Pljevlja 0.000 (uc/QR1) UC2=Buducnost Podgorica 0.000 (uc/QR1) ITp=FK Grbalj 0.000 (it/R1) (league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)

Keys:
 CLx = Champions League spot,
 CW  = cup-winner spot,
 UCx = UEFA Cup spot,
 LC  = losing cup finalist spot
 IT  = Intertoto spot (in UC-QR2)
 ITp = Intertoto participant
 FP  = Fair Play spot (in UC-QR1)
 QR  = Qualifying Round

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