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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.[1]

Teams

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The national champions from associations 8 and below, along with all league runners-up, entered the qualifying rounds.[2]

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

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Seeding

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The 30 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 15 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.[2][3]

Seeded Unseeded

Summary

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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

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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.

Neftçi  0–2  Widzew Łódź
Report Terlecki   21'
Dembiński   44'
Attendance: 5,000
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  3–0  Kareda Šiauliai
Krčmarević   21'
Okkas   50', 81'		 Report
Attendance: 5,457
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Kareda  1–1  Anorthosis Famagusta
Mikalajūnas   24' Report Mihajlović   16'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

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Seeding

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The 32 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 16 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.[2][3]

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

Summary

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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[a] 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[b] 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

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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[note 1]
(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
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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.

Newcastle United  2–1  Croatia Zagreb
Beresford   22', 76' Report Cvitanović   52'
Attendance: 34,465
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[note 2]		  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  3–0  Anorthosis Famagusta
Van Meir   21' (pen.)
Hasenhüttl   47'
Tomić   84' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 6,000

Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.

Notes

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  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.[5]
  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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  1. ^ "Champions League Qual. 1997/1998 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "UEFA Country Ranking 1997". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b Protzen, Martin (29 July 1994). "FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Kassa és Budapest bizakodik..." [Košice and Budapest are hopeful...]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). 13 August 1997. p. 11. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  5. ^ Csepregi, J. Botond (13 August 2009). "Áramszünet verte ki az MTK-t a BL-ből" [Power outage knocks MTK out of the Champions League]. Index (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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