Qualification 2008/2009

UEFA European Cup Football
by Bert Kassies

This page shows a list of teams qualified for the 2008/2009 season of the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. In the list below the country coefficients are from the UEFA Country Ranking 2007 and the team coefficients from the UEFA Team Ranking 2008. The team coefficients are used for seeding of draws.

The number of teams of each country is determined by the position in the UEFA Country Ranking 2007, extended with 11 Intertoto + 3 Fair Play teams for the UEFA Cup.

The Champions League cup-holder spot will not be used because Manchester United already qualified for the group stage of the Champions League. This implies that the champions of the 23th and 24th countries on the ranking list (Wisla Kraków, Poland and MTK Budapest, Hungary) gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round, the CL entrant of the 16th country on the ranking list (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria) gains direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the champion of the 10th country on the ranking list (Celtic, Scotland) gains direct access to the group stage.

The UEFA Cup cup-holder spot will not be used because Zenit St. Petersburg qualified for the Champions league. This implies that the cup winner of the 14th country on the country ranking list (Kayserispor, Turkey) will gain direct access to the 1st round round, and that the 1st UEFA Cup entrants of the 19th and 20th countries on the ranking list (Maccabi Netanya, Israel and Red Star Belgrade, Serbia) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

1 Spain 76.891 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Real Madrid 93.837 (cl/R1) CL2=Villarreal 90.837 (cl/R1) CL3=FC Barcelona 117.837 (cl/QR3) CL4=Atlético Madrid 36.837 (cl/QR3) CW=Valencia 83.837 (uc/R1) UC2=Sevilla 102.837 (uc/R1) UC3=Racing Santander 24.837 (uc/R1) IT=Deportivo La Coruña 46.837 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
2 England 68.540 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Manchester United 107.996 (cl/R1) CL2=Chelsea 124.996 (cl/R1) CL3=Arsenal 110.996 (cl/QR3) CL4=Liverpool 118.996 (cl/QR3) CW=Portsmouth FC 24.996 (uc/R1) UC2=Everton 43.996 (uc/R1) UC3=Tottenham Hotspur 55.996 (uc/R1) (league cup) FP=Manchester City 30.996 (uc/QR1) IT=Aston Villa 24.996 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (league cup: rsssf)
3 Italy 66.088 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Internazionale 96.934 (cl/R1) CL2=AS Roma 81.934 (cl/R1) CL3=Juventus 66.934 (cl/QR3) CL4=Fiorentina 40.934 (cl/QR3) UC1=AC Milan 119.934 (uc/R1) UC2=Sampdoria 28.934 (uc/R1) UC3=Udinese 34.934 (uc/R1) IT=Napoli 19.934 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
4 France 53.656 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Olympique Lyon 99.380 (cl/R1) CL2=Girondins Bordeaux 52.380 (cl/R1) CL3=Olympique Marseille 63.380 (cl/QR3) UC1=AS Nancy Lorraine 25.380 (uc/R1) UC2=AS Saint-Étienne 17.380 (uc/R1) UC3=Paris Saint-Germain 37.380 (uc/R1) (league cup) IT=Stade Rennais 24.380 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (league cup: rsssf)
5 Germany 44.364 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Bayern München 92.078 (cl/R1) CL2=Werder Bremen 74.078 (cl/R1) CL3=Schalke 04 67.078 (cl/QR3) UC1=Hamburger SV 52.078 (uc/R1) UC2=VfL Wolfsburg 16.078 (uc/R1) LC=Borussia Dortmund 21.078 (uc/R1) FP=Hertha BSC 27.078 (uc/QR1) IT=VfB Stuttgart 52.078 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
6 Portugal 42.749 ---------------------------------------- CL1=FC Porto 81.176 (cl/R1) CL2=Sporting CP Lisbon 67.176 (cl/R1) CL3=Vitória Guimarães 18.176 (cl/QR3) UC1=Benfica 77.176 (uc/R1) UC2=Maritimo Funchal 15.176 (uc/R1) UC3=Vitória Setúbal 15.176 (uc/R1) IT=Sporting Braga 33.176 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (Porto not admitted to Champions League) (Porto decision deferred) (Porto reinstated to Champions League)
7 Romania 40.165 ---------------------------------------- CL1=CFR Cluj 13.398 (cl/R1) CL2=Steaua Bucuresti 59.398 (cl/QR3) UC1=Rapid Bucuresti 41.398 (uc/R1) UC2=Dinamo Bucuresti 36.398 (uc/R1) UC3=Unirea Urziceni 13.398 (uc/R1) UC4=FC Timisoara 13.398 (uc/R1) IT=FC Vaslui 13.398 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
8 Netherlands 39.379 ---------------------------------------- CL1=PSV Eindhoven 91.610 (cl/R1) CL2=FC Twente Enschede 14.610 (cl/QR3) CW=Feyenoord 33.610 (uc/R1) UC2=Ajax 51.610 (uc/R1) UC3=Heerenveen 35.610 (uc/R1) UC4=NEC Nijmegen 12.610 (uc/R1) ITp=NAC Breda 12.610 (it/R3)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
9 Russia 36.125 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Zenit St. Petersburg 60.437 (cl/R1) CL2=Spartak Moscow 40.437 (cl/QR3) CW=CSKA Moscow 59.437 (uc/R1) UC2=FK Moscow 14.437 (uc/QR2) ITp=Saturn Moscow Oblast 14.437 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
10 Scotland 30.500 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Celtic 52.013 (cl/R1) CL2=Glasgow Rangers 66.013 (cl/QR2) UC1=Motherwell 11.013 (uc/R1) LC=Queen of the South 11.013 (uc/QR2) ITp=Hibernian 12.013 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
11 Ukraine 29.475 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Shakhtar Donetsk 49.932 (cl/QR3) CL2=Dinamo Kiev 34.932 (cl/QR2) UC1=Metalist Kharkiv 10.932 (uc/R1) UC2=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31.932 (uc/QR2) ITp=Tavria Simferopol 9.932 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
12 Belgium 29.075 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Standard Liège 14.810 (cl/QR3) CL2=Anderlecht 41.810 (cl/QR2) UC1=Club Brugge 41.810 (uc/R1) LC=AA Gent 8.810 (uc/QR2) ITp=Germinal Beerschot 10.810 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
13 Czech Republic 26.825 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Slavia Praha 31.496 (cl/QR3) CL2=Sparta Praha 36.496 (cl/QR2) UC1=Baník Ostrava 11.496 (uc/R1) LC=Slovan Liberec 16.496 (uc/QR2) ITp=FK Teplice 18.496 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
14 Turkey 26.641 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Galatasaray 30.469 (cl/QR3) CL2=Fenerbahçe 51.469 (cl/QR2) CW=Kayserispor 11.469 (uc/R1) UC2=Besiktas 40.469 (uc/QR2) ITp=Sivasspor 10.469 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
15 Greece 25.497 ---------------------------------------- CL1=Olympiakos Piraeus 51.525 (cl/QR3) CL2=Panathinaikos 52.525 (cl/QR2) UC1=AEK Athens 31.525 (uc/QR2) LC=Aris Thessaloniki 19.525 (uc/QR2) ITp=Panionios 21.525 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
16 Bulgaria 24.582 ---------------------------------------- CL=Levski Sofia 32.644 (cl/QR3) CW=Litex Lovech 18.644 (uc/QR2) UC2=Lokomotiv Sofia 11.644 (uc/QR2) UC3=Cherno More Varna 7.644 (uc/QR1) ITp=Chernomorets Burgas 7.644 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (no license for CSKA Sofia)
17 Switzerland 23.850 ---------------------------------------- CL=FC Basel 51.993 (cl/QR2) UC1=Young Boys 7.993 (uc/QR2) UC2=FC Zürich 16.993 (uc/QR2) LC=AC Bellinzona 7.993 (uc/QR1) IT=Grasshoppers Zürich 16.993 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
18 Norway 19.725 ---------------------------------------- CL=SK Brann Bergen 12.400 (cl/QR2) CW=Lillestrøm SK 7.400 (uc/QR2) UC2=Stabæk IF 7.400 (uc/QR2) UC3=Viking Stavanger 12.400 (uc/QR1) IT=Rosenborg BK 35.400 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
19 Israel 19.208 ---------------------------------------- CL=Beitar Jerusalem 5.197 (cl/QR2) UC1=Maccabi Netanya 5.197 (uc/QR2) UC2=Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 5.197 (uc/QR1) LC=Hapoel Tel-Aviv 21.197 (uc/QR1) ITp=Bnei Sakhnin 5.197 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
20 Serbia 18.958 ---------------------------------------- CL=Partizan Belgrade 25.527 (cl/QR2) UC1=Red Star Belgrade 18.527 (uc/QR2) UC2=Vojvodina Novi Sad 5.527 (uc/QR1) UC3=Borac Cacak 5.527 (uc/QR1) ITp=OFK Belgrade 5.527 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (no license for Zemun)
21 Denmark 18.575 ---------------------------------------- CL=AaB Aalborg 12.748 (cl/QR2) CW=Brøndby IF 18.748 (uc/QR1) UC2=FC Midtjylland 6.748 (uc/QR1) UC3=FC København 23.748 (uc/QR1) FP=FC Nordsjælland 6.748 (uc/QR1) ITp=OB Odense 15.748 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
22 Austria 18.500 ---------------------------------------- CL=Rapid Wien 10.840 (cl/QR2) UC1=FC Salzburg 10.840 (uc/QR1) UC2=Austria Wien 31.840 (uc/QR1) IT=Sturm Graz 5.840 (it/R2)
(league: rsssf) (no Austrian cup 2007/08)
23 Poland 17.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Wisla Kraków 15.973 (cl/QR2) CW=Legia Warsaw 4.973 (uc/QR1) UC2=Lech Poznan 6.973 (uc/QR1) ITp=Cracovia Krakow 3.973 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (Groclin/Slask not in UEFA Cup)
24 Hungary 14.165 ---------------------------------------- CL=MTK Budapest 4.960 (cl/QR2) CW=DVSC Debrecen 10.960 (uc/QR1) UC2=ETO Györ 3.960 (uc/QR1) ITp=Honvéd Budapest 3.960 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
25 Slovakia 10.832 ---------------------------------------- CL=Petrzalka Bratislava 14.070 (cl/QR1) UC1=MSK Zilina 4.070 (uc/QR1) LC=Spartak Trnava 4.070 (uc/QR1) ITp=FC Nitra 4.070 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
26 Croatia 10.708 ---------------------------------------- CL=Dinamo Zagreb 17.836 (cl/QR1) UC1=Slaven Koprivnica 3.836 (uc/QR1) LC=Hajduk Split 6.836 (uc/QR1) ITp=NK Rijeka 3.836 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
27 Cyprus 10.582 ---------------------------------------- CL=Anorthosis Famagusta 4.327 (cl/QR1) CW=APOEL Nicosia 3.327 (uc/QR1) UC2=Omonia Nicosia 3.327 (uc/QR1) ITp=Ethnikos Achna 4.327 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
28 Sweden 10.541 ---------------------------------------- CL=IFK Göteborg 4.518 (cl/QR1) CW=Kalmar FF 4.518 (uc/QR1) UC2=Djurgårdens IF 6.518 (uc/QR1) IT=IF Elfsborg 8.518 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
29 Slovenia 9.915 ---------------------------------------- CL=NK Domzale 5.272 (cl/QR1) CW=Interblock Ljubljana 3.272 (uc/QR1) UC2=NK Koper 3.272 (uc/QR1) ITp=Nova Gorica 4.272 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
30 Bosnia-Herzegovina 9.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=FK Modrica 2.805 (cl/QR1) CW=Zrinjski Mostar 2.805 (uc/QR1) UC2=Siroki Brijeg 2.805 (uc/QR1) ITp=Celik Zenica 2.805 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
31 Latvia 8.664 ---------------------------------------- CL=FK Ventspils 3.915 (cl/QR1) UC1=Metalurgs Liepaja 2.915 (uc/QR1) LC=JFK Olimps Riga 2.915 (uc/QR1) ITp=FK Riga 2.915 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
32 Lithuania 7.332 ---------------------------------------- CL=FBK Kaunas 2.640 (cl/QR1) UC1=Suduva Marijampole 2.640 (uc/QR1) LC=Vetra Vilnius 2.640 (uc/QR1) ITp=Ekranas Panevezys 2.640 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
33 Finland 7.331 ---------------------------------------- CL=Tampere United 4.176 (cl/QR1) UC1=Haka Valkeakoski 3.176 (uc/QR1) LC=Honka Espoo 3.176 (uc/QR1) ITp=TPS Turku 3.176 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
34 Moldova 7.166 ---------------------------------------- CL=Sheriff Tiraspol 2.475 (cl/QR1) UC1=Dacia Chisinau 2.475 (uc/QR1) LC=Nistru Otaci 2.475 (uc/QR1) ITp=FC Tiraspol 2.475 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
35 Ireland 6.498 ---------------------------------------- CL=Drogheda United 2.420 (cl/QR1) CW=Cork City 2.420 (uc/QR1) UC2=St. Patrick's Athletic 2.420 (uc/QR1) ITp=Bohemians Dublin 2.420 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
36 Georgia 6.164 ---------------------------------------- CL=Dinamo Tbilisi 3.925 (cl/QR1) CW=FC Zestafoni 1.925 (uc/QR1) UC2=Georgia Tbilisi 1.925 (uc/QR1) ITp=Lokomotivi Tbilisi 1.925 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
37 Liechtenstein 6.000 ---------------------------------------- CW=FC Vaduz 1.815 (uc/QR1)
(cup: rsssf)
38 Macedonia 5.831 ---------------------------------------- CL=Rabotnicki Skopje 3.090 (cl/QR1) UC1=Milano Kumanovo 2.090 (uc/QR1) UC2=Pelister Bitola 2.090 (uc/QR1) ITp=FK Renova 2.090 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
39 Iceland 4.999 ---------------------------------------- CL=Valur Reykjavik 1.980 (cl/QR1) CW=FH Hafnarfjardar 2.980 (uc/QR1) UC2=IA Akranes 1.980 (uc/QR1) ITp=Fylkir Reykjavik 1.980 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
40 Belarus 4.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=BATE Borisov 1.760 (cl/QR1) CW=MTZ-Ripo Minsk 1.760 (uc/QR1) UC2=FC Gomel 1.760 (uc/QR1) ITp=Shakhtior Saligorsk 1.760 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
41 Albania 3.832 ---------------------------------------- CL=Dinamo Tirana 1.210 (cl/QR1) CW=Vllaznia Shkodër 1.210 (uc/QR1) UC2=Partizani Tirana 1.210 (uc/QR1) ITp=Besa Kavajë 1.210 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
42 Estonia 3.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=Levadia Tallinn 1.430 (cl/QR1) CW=Flora Tallinn 1.430 (uc/QR1) UC2=TVMK Tallinn 1.430 (uc/QR1) ITp=Trans Narva 1.430 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
43 Armenia 3.498 ---------------------------------------- CL=Pyunik Yerevan 1.210 (cl/QR1) CW=Ararat Yerevan 1.210 (uc/QR1) UC2=Banants Yerevan 1.210 (uc/QR1) ITp=Mika Ashtarak 1.210 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
44 Azerbaijan 3.166 ---------------------------------------- CL=Inter Baku 1.265 (cl/QR1) CW=Khazar Lenkoran 1.265 (uc/QR1) UC2=Olimpik Baku 1.265 (uc/QR1) ITp=Neftchi Baku 1.265 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
45 Kazakhstan 2.332 ---------------------------------------- CL=FK Aktobe 0.852 (cl/QR1) CW=Tobol Kustanai 0.852 (uc/QR1) UC2=Shakhtyor Karaganda 0.852 (uc/QR1) ITp=Zhetysu Taldykorgan 0.852 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
46 Northern Ireland 2.165 ---------------------------------------- CL=Linfield Belfast 0.770 (cl/QR1) UC1=Glentoran 0.770 (uc/QR1) UC2=Cliftonville 0.770 (uc/QR1) ITp=Lisburn Distillery 0.770 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf) (No license for Coleraine)
47 Wales 1.998 ---------------------------------------- CL=Llanelli FC 0.770 (cl/QR1) CW=Bangor City 0.770 (uc/QR1) UC2=The New Saints 0.770 (uc/QR1) ITp=Rhyl FC 0.770 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
48 Faroe Islands 1.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=NSI Runavik 0.605 (cl/QR1) CW=EB Streymur 0.605 (uc/QR1) UC2=B36 Torshavn 0.605 (uc/QR1) ITp=HB Torshavn 0.605 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
49 Luxembourg 1.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=F91 Dudelange 0.495 (cl/QR1) CW=CS Grevenmacher 0.495 (uc/QR1) UC2=Racing Union Luxembourg 0.495 (uc/QR1) ITp=Etzella Ettelbrück 0.495 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
50 Malta 1.665 ---------------------------------------- CL=Valletta FC 0.275 (cl/QR1) CW=Birkirkara 0.275 (uc/QR1) UC2=Marsaxlokk 0.275 (uc/QR1) ITp=Hibernians FC 0.275 (it/R1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
51 Andorra 0.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Santa Coloma 0.165 (cl/QR1) CW=Sant Julià 0.165 (uc/QR1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
52 San Marino 0.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Murata 0.082 (cl/QR1) LC=Juvenes Dogana 0.082 (uc/QR1)
(league: rsssf) (cup: rsssf)
53 Montenegro 0.000 ---------------------------------------- CL=Buducnost Podgorica 0.165 (cl/QR1) CW=Mogren Budva 0.165 (uc/QR1) UC2=Zeta Golubovci 0.165 (uc/QR1) ITp=FK Grbalj 0.165 (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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