1997–98 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds - Wikipedia
- ️Wed Jul 23 1997
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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]
The national champions from associations 8 and below, along with all league runners-up, entered the qualifying rounds.[2]
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| Winners of second qualifying round advanced to group stage |
| Losers of second qualifying round entered UEFA Cup first round |
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First qualifying round
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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 | ||
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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  | 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 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.
MTK won 6–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–2 on aggregate.
Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.
Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.
Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.
Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.
MPKC Mozyr won 4–3 on aggregate.
Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.
Widzew Łódź won 10–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.
Sion won 5–0 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
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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 | ||
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† Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.
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 |
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Beşiktaş  | 3–1 | Maribor | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| MTK | 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 (a.e.t.) |
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:
- ^ The original first leg of the MTK v Rosenborg tie was abandoned in the 68th minute with MTK leading 3–2, and replayed from scratch a day later.
- ^ The match was awarded to Steaua București after Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.
Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 8–2 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 7–2 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.
Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.
Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 5–3 on aggregate.
Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 3–0 on aggregate.
Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Champions League Qual. 1997/1998 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ a b c "UEFA Country Ranking 1997". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ a b Protzen, Martin (29 July 1994). "FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Kassa és Budapest bizakodik..." [Košice and Budapest are hopeful...]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). 13 August 1997. p. 11. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ 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.