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

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 Italy Parma
2 Spain Barcelona
3 France Paris Saint-Germain
4 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
5 Netherlands Feyenoord
6 Portugal Sporting CP
7 England Newcastle United
8 Turkey Galatasaray
Turkey Beşiktaş
9 Greece Olympiacos
10 Austria Wüstenrot Salzburg
11 Russia Spartak Moscow
12 Belgium Lierse
13 Denmark Brøndby
14 Sweden IFK Göteborg
15 Norway Rosenborg
16 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
First qualifying round
Assoc. Team
17 Switzerland Sion
18 Poland Widzew Łódź
19 Scotland Rangers
20 Romania Steaua București
21 Croatia Croatia Zagreb
22 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
23 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
24 Israel Beitar Jerusalem
25 Hungary MTK
26 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
27 Slovakia Košice
28 Latvia Skonto
29 Slovenia Maribor
30 Finland Jazz
31 Belarus MPKC Mozyr
32 Iceland ÍA
33 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
34 North Macedonia Sileks
35 Lithuania Kareda
36 Moldova Constructorul Chișinău
37 Northern Ireland Crusaders
39 Wales Barry Town
40 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
41 Estonia Lantana
42 Malta Valletta
43 Republic of Ireland Derry City
44 Armenia Pyunik
45 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
46 Faroe Islands GÍ
48 Azerbaijan Neftçi

First qualifying round

Seeding

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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Derry City Republic of Ireland0–3Slovenia Maribor0–20–1
Pyunik Armenia3–6Hungary MTK0–23–4
Crusaders Northern Ireland2–8Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi1–31–5
Košice Slovakia4–0Iceland ÍA3–01–0
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–5Croatia Croatia Zagreb1–00–5
Valletta Malta1–2Latvia Skonto1–00–2
Sileks North Macedonia1–3Israel Beitar Jerusalem1–00–3
Steaua București Romania5–3Bulgaria CSKA Sofia3–32–0
Constructorul Chișinău Moldova3–4Belarus MPKC Mozyr1–12–3
Lantana Estonia0–3Finland Jazz0–20–1
GÍ Faroe Islands0–11Scotland Rangers0–50–6
Neftçi Azerbaijan0–10Poland Widzew Łódź0–20–8
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine6–0Wales Barry Town2–04–0
Sion Switzerland5–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch4–01–0
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus4–1Lithuania Kareda3–01–1

Matches

Derry City Republic of Ireland0–2Slovenia Maribor
Report
  • Židan 57'
  • Gajser 75'
Attendance: 3,120
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)
Maribor Slovenia1–0Republic of Ireland Derry City
  • Drobne 49'
 Report
Attendance: 5,463

Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.

Pyunik Armenia0–2Hungary MTK
Report
  • Illés 82'
  • Preisinger 89'
Attendance: 3,000
MTK Hungary4–3Armenia Pyunik
  • Illés 18'
  • Halmai 40'
  • Preisinger 46'
  • Kuttor 73'
 Report
  • Sanamyan 81', 88'
  • Shahgeldyan 87'
Hungária körúti Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: Gary Willard (England)

MTK won 6–3 on aggregate.

Crusaders Northern Ireland1–3Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
  • Baxter 71'
 Report
  • Kiknadze 31'
  • Gogichaishvili 50'
  • Mujiri 65'
Attendance: 1,500
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)5–1Northern Ireland 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 Slovakia3–0Iceland ÍA
  • Semeník 29'
  • Tóth 47'
  • Sovič 64'
 Report
Štadión Lokomotívy, Košice
Attendance: 5,747
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
ÍA Iceland0–1Slovakia Košice
Report
  • Faktor 66'
Akranesvöllur, Akranes
Attendance: 600
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.

Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Croatia Croatia Zagreb
  • Isailović 84'
 Report
Attendance: 25,534
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
Croatia Zagreb Croatia5–0Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.

Valletta Malta1–0Latvia Skonto
  • Galea 15'
 Report
Attendance: 3,535
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Greece)
Skonto Latvia2–0Malta Valletta
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sileks North Macedonia1–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
  • Karanfilovski 54' (pen.)
 Report
Gradski Stadion Kratovo, Kratovo
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
Beitar Jerusalem Israel3–0North Macedonia Sileks
  • Sallói 5'
  • Ohana 34'
  • Hamar 76'
 Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania3–3Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria0–2Romania Steaua București
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.

Constructorul Chișinău Moldova1–1Belarus MPKC Mozyr
  • Apachiței 18'
 Report
  • Berishvili 23' (pen.)
Stadionul Republican, Chișinău
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
MPKC Mozyr Belarus3–2Moldova Constructorul Chișinău
  • Dzenisyuk 7'
  • Lovchev 50'
  • Kushnir 70'
 Report
  • Alexa 32'
  • Comleonoc 69'
Yunost Stadium, Mazyr
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

MPKC Mozyr won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lantana Estonia0–2Finland Jazz
Report
  • Nieminen 5', 77'
Attendance: 466
Jazz Finland1–0Estonia Lantana
  • Marco 59'
 Report
Porin stadion, Pori
Attendance: 3,760
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.

GÍ Faroe Islands0–5Scotland Rangers
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)
Rangers Scotland6–0Faroe Islands GÍ
 Report
Attendance: 44,433
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Neftçi Azerbaijan0–2Poland Widzew Łódź
Report
  • Terlecki 21'
  • Dembiński 44'
Attendance: 5,000
Widzew Łódź Poland8–0Azerbaijan Neftçi
  • Szarpak 6', 70' (pen.), 76'
  • Kobylański 8'
  • Zając 15'
  • Dembiński 25', 30'
  • Curteian 66'
 Report
Widzew Łódź Stadium, Łódź
Attendance: 4,769
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Widzew Łódź won 10–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–0Wales Barry Town
 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Barry Town Wales0–4Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report
  • Byalkevich 52'
  • Maksymov 64', 77'
  • Vashchuk 79'
Jenner Park Stadium, Barry
Attendance: 2,380
Referee: Gylfi Orrason (Iceland)

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.

Sion Switzerland4–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
  • Lipawsky 5', 45'
  • Seoane 15'
  • Derivaz 61'
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–1Switzerland Sion
Report
  • Zambaz 89'
Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Pavlín Jirků (Czech Republic)

Sion won 5–0 on aggregate.

Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus3–0Lithuania Kareda
  • Krčmarević 21'
  • Okkas 50', 81'
 Report
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 5,457
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Kareda Lithuania1–1Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
  • Mikalajūnas 24'
 Report
  • Mihajlović 16'
Šiauliai Central Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

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

The losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Beşiktaş Turkey3–1Slovenia Maribor0–03–1
MTK Hungary1–4Norway Rosenborg0–1[a]1–3
Sion Switzerland2–8Turkey Galatasaray1–41–4
Olympiacos Greece7–2Belarus MPKC Mozyr5–02–2
Wüstenrot Salzburg Austria0–3Czech Republic Sparta Prague0–00–3
IFK Göteborg Sweden4–1Scotland Rangers3–01–1
Barcelona Spain4–2Latvia Skonto3–21–0
Brøndby Denmark3–4Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv2–41–0
Newcastle United England4–3Croatia Croatia Zagreb2–12–2 (a.e.t.)
Feyenoord Netherlands8–3Finland Jazz6–22–1
Bayer Leverkusen Germany6–2Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi6–10–1
Košice Slovakia2–1Russia Spartak Moscow2–10–0
Steaua București Romania3–5France Paris Saint-Germain3–0[b]0–5
Widzew Łódź Poland1–7Italy Parma1–30–4
Beitar Jerusalem Israel0–3Portugal Sporting CP0–00–3
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus2–3Belgium Lierse2–00–3
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The match was awarded to Steaua București after Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.

Matches

Beşiktaş Turkey0–0Slovenia Maribor
Report
Attendance: 11,034
Maribor Slovenia1–3Turkey Beşiktaş
  • Židan 86'
 Report
Attendance: 7,000

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

MTK HungaryAbandoned[note 1]
(3–2)		Norway Rosenborg
  • Egressy 10', 45'
  • Kenesei 49'
 Report
Hungária körúti Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
MTK Hungary0–1Norway Rosenborg
Report
Hungária körúti Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Rosenborg Norway3–1Hungary MTK
 Report
  • Kuttor 77'
Attendance: 15,014

Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sion Switzerland1–4Turkey Galatasaray
  • Lonfat 32'
 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
Galatasaray Turkey4–1Switzerland Sion
 Report
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Galatasaray won 8–2 on aggregate.

Olympiacos Greece5–0Belarus MPKC Mozyr
 Report
Attendance: 27,470
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
MPKC Mozyr Belarus2–2Greece Olympiacos
  • Berishvili 3'
  • Kushnir 19'
 Report
  • Anatolakis 9'
  • Niniadis 53'
Yunost Stadium, Mazyr
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Olympiacos won 7–2 on aggregate.

Wüstenrot Salzburg Austria0–0Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Report
Lehener Stadion, Salzburg
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Sparta Prague Czech Republic3–0Austria Wüstenrot Salzburg
  • Baranek 28'
  • Lokvenc 42'
  • Z. Svoboda 66'
 Report
Attendance: 15,628
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg Sweden3–0Scotland Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 23,126
Rangers Scotland1–1Sweden IFK Göteborg
 Report
  • R. Andersson 49'
Attendance: 45,585

IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona Spain3–2Latvia Skonto
 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)
Skonto Latvia0–1Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

Brøndby Denmark2–4Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
  • Bagger 21'
  • Daugaard 88' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 10,318
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine0–1Denmark Brøndby
Report
Attendance: 17,000

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

Newcastle United England2–1Croatia Croatia Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 34,465
Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)
Croatia Zagreb Croatia2–2 (a.e.t.)England Newcastle United
 Report
Attendance: 34,000

Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Feyenoord Netherlands6–2Finland Jazz
 Report
  • Marco 29', 70'
Attendance: 24,330
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
Jazz Finland1–2Netherlands Feyenoord
  • Laaksonen 37'
 Report
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)

Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.

Bayer Leverkusen Germany6–1Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
 Report
Attendance: 20,500
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)1–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
  • Mujiri 11'
 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.

Košice Slovakia2–1Russia Spartak Moscow
  • Kožlej 15'
  • I. Kozák 42' (pen.)
 Report
  • Dmitriyev 37'
Štadión Lokomotívy, Košice
Attendance: 9,270
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Spartak Moscow Russia0–0Slovakia Košice
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania3–0
Awarded[note 2]		France Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Paris Saint-Germain France5–0Romania Steaua București
 Report
Attendance: 42,585

Paris Saint-Germain won 5–3 on aggregate.

Widzew Łódź Poland1–3Italy Parma
  • Mikhalchuk 52'
 Report
Widzew Łódź Stadium, Łódź
Attendance: 12,453
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Parma Italy4–0Poland Widzew Łódź
 Report
Attendance: 25,000

Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.

Beitar Jerusalem Israel0–0Portugal Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Sporting CP Portugal3–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Sporting CP won 3–0 on aggregate.

Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus2–0Belgium Lierse
  • Okkas 43'
  • Mihajlović 89'
 Report
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7,456
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Lierse Belgium3–0Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
 Report
Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier
Attendance: 6,000

Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.

Notes

  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

  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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