2007–08 UEFA Champions League

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53rd season of the UEFA club football tournament

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

final was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 17 July – 29 August 2007 Competition proper: 18 September 2007 – 21 May 2008
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 76
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 (Manchester United) 8 goals
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

International football competition

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.

Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Arsenal

in the first knockout round.

Qualification

76 teams participated in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League from 52 UEFA member associations (not including Liechtenstein). Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league

Andorra also entered from this year onwards. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2007–08 Champions League:^[2]

• Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
• Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
• Associations 16–53 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2006

UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.^[3]

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1 Spain 72.748 4 2 Italy 66.731 3 England 63.486 4 France 50.781 3 5 Germany 48.364 6 Portugal 44.041 7 Netherlands 41.331 2 8 Greece 32.081 9 Russia 31.833 10 Romania 31.457 11 Scotland 30.375 12 Belgium 30.250 13 Ukraine 26.600 14 Czech Republic 26.575 15 Turkey 26.166 16 Switzerland 25.875 1 17 Bulgaria 24.290 18 Israel 21.541

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 19 Norway 20.975 1 20 Austria 20.375 21 Serbia 19.999 22 Poland 18.500 23 Denmark 16.950 24 Hungary 14.665 25 Croatia 14.083 26 Sweden 13.249 27 Slovakia 12.332 28 Cyprus 10.165 29 Slovenia 10.165 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.165 31 Finland 7.373 32 Latvia 7.164 33 Moldova 6.832 34 Georgia 6.331 35 Lithuania 5.832 36 Macedonia 5.331

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 37 Iceland 4.832 1 38 Liechtenstein 4.500 0 39 Belarus 4.415 1 40 Republic of Ireland 4.331 41 Albania 3.665 42 Armenia 2.998 43 Estonia 2.665 44 Malta 2.665 45 Wales 2.332 46 Northern Ireland 2.332 47 Azerbaijan 1.999 48 Luxembourg 1.832 49 Kazakhstan 1.666 50 Faroe Islands 1.665 51 San Marino 0.000 52 Andorra 0.000 53 Montenegro 0.000

Distribution

Since the title holders (

Milan) qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round through their domestic league and entered the group stage automatically, their spot in the third qualifying round is vacated, and the following changes to the default access list are made:^[4]

• The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
• The champions of associations 23 and 24 (Denmark and Hungary) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (28 teams)	28 champions from associations 25–53 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round (28 teams)	8 champions from associations 17–24 6 runners-up from associations 10–15	14 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (32 teams)	7 champions from associations 10–16 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3 (except title holders Milan)	14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage (32 teams)	1 current Champions League holder 9 champions from associations 1–9 6 runners-up from associations 1–6	16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase (16 teams)		8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

Group stage
Real Madrid (1st )	Manchester United (1st)	Stuttgart (1st)	PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Barcelona (2nd)	Chelsea (2nd)	Schalke 04 (2nd)	1st )
Internazionale (1st)	Lyon (1st)	Porto (1st)	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Roma (2nd )	Marseille (2nd )	Sporting CP (2nd )	MilanTH(4th )
Third qualifying round
Sevilla (3rd)	Toulouse (3rd)	Spartak Moscow (2nd)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Valencia (4th)	Werder Bremen (3rd)	Dinamo București (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)
Lazio (3rd )	Benfica (3rd)	Celtic (1st)	Fenerbahçe (1st)
Liverpool (3rd)	Ajax (PO)	Anderlecht (1st)	Zürich (1st)
Arsenal (4th)	2nd )
Second qualifying round
Steaua București (2nd )	Slavia Prague (2nd)	Rosenborg (1st)	Zagłębie Lubin (1st)
Rangers (2nd)	Beşiktaş (2nd)	Red Bull Salzburg (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)
Genk (2nd)	Levski Sofia (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)	Debrecen (1st)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)	Beitar Jerusalem (1st)
First qualifying round
Dinamo Zagreb (1st )	Ventspils (1st)	Derry City (2nd)[Note IRL]	Khazar Lenkoran (1st )
Elfsborg (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	1st )	F91 Dudelange (1st)
Žilina (1st)	Olimpi Rustavi (1st )	Pyunik (1st)	Astana (1st )
APOEL (1st)	FBK Kaunas (1st)	Levadia Tallinn (1st )	HB (1st)
Domžale (1st)	Pobeda (1st)	Marsaxlokk (1st)	Rànger's (1st)
Sarajevo (1st)	FH (1st)	The New Saints (1st)	Murata (1st )
Tampere United (1st)	BATE Borisov (1st)	Linfield (1st)	Zeta (1st)

Notes

1. ^
   Republic of Ireland (IRL): Second-placed Derry City were admitted to Champions League after last year champions Shelbourne were denied a Premier Division license for 2007 due to financial violations.^[5]

Round and draw dates

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	29 June 2007	17–18 July 2007	24–25 July 2007
	Second qualifying round		31 July–1 August 2007	7–8 August 2007
	Third qualifying round	3 August 2007	14–15 August 2007	28–29 August 2007
Group stage	Matchday 1	30 August 2007	18–19 September 2007
	Matchday 2		2–3 October 2007
	Matchday 3		23–24 October 2007
	Matchday 4		6–7 November 2007
	Matchday 5		27–28 November 2007
	Matchday 6		11–12 December 20071
Knockout phase	Round of 16	21 December 2007	19–20 February 2008	4–11 March 20082
	Quarter-finals	14 March 2008	1–2 April 2008	8–9 April 2008
	Semi-finals		22–23 April 2008	29–30 April 2008
	Final		21 May 2008 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

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 San Siro as their home pitch, and both teams were seeded and scheduled to host the second leg of the first knockout round at home, Internazionale's home leg against Liverpool was postponed by one week to 11 March 2008 to accommodate AC Milan

, who were the title holders.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The draw was held on Friday, 29 June 2007 in

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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Khazar Lenkoran	2–4	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	1–3 (aet)
APOEL	2–3	BATE Borisov	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[6]	0–2	Pyunik	0–0	0–2
Marsaxlokk	1–9	Sarajevo	0–6	1–3
Domžale	3–1	KF Tirana	1–0	2–1

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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pyunik	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2	1–2
Red Star Belgrade	2–2 (a)	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 București	0–1	1–2
Genk	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 Borisov	1–3	1–1
Copenhagen	2–1	Beitar Jerusalem	1–0	1–1 (aet)
Žilina	0–0 (3–4 p)	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

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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BATE Borisov	2–4	Steaua București	2–2	0–2
Tampere United	0–5	Rosenborg	0–3	0–2
Spartak Moscow	2–2 (3–4 p)	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 București	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

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

Steaua

CSKA

Celtic

Rangers

Fenerbahçe

Beşiktaş

Shakhtar

Dynamo

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Location of teams of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G;

Pink: Group H.

The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. 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:

1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

In results tables, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	LIV	OM	BJK
1	Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	2–1	2–0
2	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	+13	10			4–1	—	0–1	8–0
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–1	0–4	—	2–0
4	Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6			0–1	2–1	2–1	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	SCH	ROS	VAL
1	Chelsea	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	1–1	0–0
2	Schalke 04	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8			0–0	—	3–1	0–1
3	Rosenborg	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–4	0–2	—	2–0
4	Valencia	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	5			1–2	0–0	0–2	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RM	OLY	BRM	LAZ
1	Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	4–2	2–1	3–1
2	Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11			0–0	—	3–0	1–1
3	Werder Bremen	6	2	0	4	8	13	−5	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup		3–2	1–3	—	2–1
4	Lazio	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5			2–2	1–2	2–1	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	CEL	BEN	SHA
1	Milan	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–1	4–1
2	Celtic	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9			2–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–1	1–0	—	0–1
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6			0–3	2–0	1–2	—

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	OL	RAN	STU
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–0	3–1
2	Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10			2–2	—	0–3	4–2
3	Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–0	0–3	—	2–1
4	Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3			0–2	0–2	3–2	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MU	ROM	SCP	DK
1	Manchester United	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–1	4–0
2	Roma	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11			1–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	2–2	—	3–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	0	6	4	19	−15	0			2–4	1–4	1–2	—

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	FEN	PSV	CSK
1	Internazionale	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–0	4–2
2	Fenerbahçe	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11			1–0	—	2–0	3–1
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	0	1	5	7	14	−7	1			1–2	2–2	0–1	—

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEV	ARS	SLV	STE
1	Sevilla	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	4–2	2–1
2	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13			3–0	—	7–0	2–1
3	Slavia Prague	6	1	2	3	5	16	−11	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–3	0–0	—	2–1
4	Steaua București	6	0	1	5	4	10	−6	1			0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Knockout phase

From the last 16 through to the semi-finals, clubs play two matches against each other on a home and away basis with the same rules as the qualifying rounds applied. In the last 16, group winners play runners-up other than teams from their own pool or nation.

The draw for the first knockout round was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary

The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were both held on Friday, 14 March 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Schalke 04 (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	Porto	0	1	1 (1)
							Schalke 04	0	0	0
							Barcelona	1	1	2
	Celtic	2	0	2
	Barcelona	3	1	4
													Barcelona	0	0	0
													Manchester United	0	1	1
	Roma	2	2	4
	Real Madrid	1	1	2
							Roma	0	0	0
							Manchester United	2	1	3
	Lyon	1	0	1
	Manchester United	1	1	2
																			Manchester United (p)	1 (6)
																			Chelsea	1 (5)
	Arsenal	0	2	2
	Milan	0	0	0
							Arsenal	1	2	3
							Liverpool	1	4	5
	Liverpool	2	1	3
	Internazionale	0	0	0
													Liverpool	1	2	3
													Chelsea (aet)	1	3	4
	Fenerbahçe (p)	3	2	5 (3)
	Sevilla	2	3	5 (2)
							Fenerbahçe	2	0	2
							Chelsea	1	2	3
	Olympiacos	0	0	0
	Chelsea	0	3	3

Round of 16

The first leg matches were played on 19 February and 20 February, while the second legs were played on 4 March and 5 March 2008. Due to a

was held on 11 March.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	2–4	Barcelona	2–3	0–1
Lyon	1–2	Manchester United	1–1	0–1
Schalke 04	1–1 (4–1 p)	Porto	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Liverpool	3–0	Internazionale	2–0	1–0
Roma	4–2	Real Madrid	2–1	2–1
Arsenal	2–0	Milan	0–0	2–0
Olympiacos	0–3	Chelsea	0–0	0–3
Fenerbahçe	5–5 (3–2 p)	Sevilla	3–2	2–3 (aet)

Quarter-finals

The first leg matches were played on 1 April and 2 April, while the second leg matches were played on 8 April and 9 April 2008.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	3–5	Liverpool	1–1	2–4
Roma	0–3	Manchester United	0–2	0–1
Schalke 04	0–2	Barcelona	0–1	0–1
Fenerbahçe	2–3	Chelsea	2–1	0–2

Semi-finals

The first leg matches were played on 22 April and 23 April, while the second leg matches were played on 29 April and 30 April 2008.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	3–4	Chelsea	1–1	2–3 (aet)
Barcelona	0–1	Manchester United	0–0	0–1

Final

The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The final was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, representing the first time the final had been contested by two teams from England.

United won the match 6–5 on penalties after the game had ended in a 1–1 draw. Cristiano Ronaldo had given the eventual victors the lead after 26 minutes, only for Frank Lampard to equalise immediately before half-time. Ryan Giggs came on as a substitute late in the second half to make his 759th appearance for Manchester United, a new club record. Early in extra time, Giggs had a shot cleared off the Chelsea goal-line by John Terry, whilst Chelsea twice hit the Manchester United woodwork. A melée involving most of the 22 players ensued midway through the second half of extra time, with Didier Drogba being sent off for a slap on Nemanja Vidić right in front of the referee.

The scores level at full-time, the match went to penalties. Chelsea took the upper hand in the third round of the shoot-out as Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty was saved by Petr Čech, handing John Terry the chance to win the cup with Chelsea's fifth penalty. However, Chelsea's captain lost his footing as he went to kick the ball,^[8] and his shot hit the post. Ryan Giggs stepped up for United's seventh penalty, and scored, before Edwin van der Sar saved the following kick from Nicolas Anelka to crown Manchester United as the champions of Europe for the third time.

As winners of the competition, Manchester United went on to represent Europe at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

21 May 2008

22:45 MSD

Manchester United	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea
Ronaldo 26'	Report MatchCentre	Lampard 45'
Penalties
Tevez Carrick Ronaldo Hargreaves Nani Anderson Giggs	6–5	Ballack Belletti Lampard A. Cole Terry Kalou Anelka

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 67,310

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)^[9]

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	8	1,062
2	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	6	755
	Fernando Torres	Liverpool		905
	Didier Drogba	Chelsea		1,071
	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool		1,144
6	Ryan Babel	Liverpool	5	619
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Internazionale		625
	Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla		714
	Raúl	Real Madrid		715
	Deivid	Fenerbahçe		844
	Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool		892

Source: UEFA Champions League Press Release - Top Scorers - Final - Wednesday 21 May 2008 (after match)

See also

• 2007–08 UEFA Cup
• 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 2008 UEFA Super Cup
• 2008 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup

References

External links

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