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.

First qualifying round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Derry City 0–3 Maribor Branik0–20–1
Košice 4–0 ÍA3–01–0
Partizan 1–5 Croatia Zagreb1–00–5
Valletta 1–2 Skonto1–00–2
Pyunik 3–6 MTK Hungária0–23–4
Crusaders 2–8 Dinamo Tbilisi1–31–5
Sileks Kratovo 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem1–00–3
Steaua București 5–3 CSKA Sofia3–32–0
Constructorul Chişinău 3–4 MPKC Mozyr1–12–3
Lantana 0–3 Jazz0–10–2
0–11 Rangers0–50–6
Neftchi Baku 0–10 Widzew Łódź0–20–8
Dynamo Kyiv 6–0 Barry Town2–04–0
Sion 5–0 Jeunesse Esch4–01–0
Anorthosis 4–1 Kareda Šiauliai3–01–1

First leg edit

Derry City 0–2 Maribor
ReportŽidan 59'
Gajser 79'
Attendance: 3,120
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Pyunik 0–2 MTK Hungária
ReportIllés 83'
Preisinger 90+2'
Attendance: 3,000


Košice 3–0 ÍA
Semeník 30'
Tóth 40'
Sovič 64'
Report
Attendance: 5,747
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)

Partizan 1–0 Croatia Zagreb
Isailović 84'Report
Attendance: 35,000

Valletta 1–0 Skonto
Galea 15'Report
Attendance: 3,535

Sileks Kratovo 1–0 Beitar Jerusalem
Karanfilovski 54' (pen.)Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

Steaua București 3–3 CSKA Sofia
Rotariu 8'
Lăcătuș 72'
Munteanu 83'
ReportAndonov 47'
Nankov 49', 68'
Attendance: 10,000


Lantana 0–2 FC Jazz Pori
ReportNieminen 4', 76'

0–5 Rangers
ReportNegri 19'
Durie 25', 80'
McCoist 65', 90'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)


Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Barry Town
Rebrov 31'
Maksymov 83'
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

Sion 4–0 Jeunesse Esch
Lipawsky 5', 45'
Seoane 15'
Derivaz 61'
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)

Anorthosis 3–0 Kareda Šiauliai
Krčmarević 20'
Okkas 47', 81'
Report
Attendance: 5,457
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Second leg edit

Maribor 1–0 Derry City
Drobne 49'Report
Attendance: 5,463

Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.


MTK Hungária 4–3 Pyunik
Illés 18', 41'
Preisinger 47'
Kuttor 74'
ReportSanamyan 81', 86'
Shahgeldyan 85'
Attendance: 1,787

MTK Hungária won 6–3 on aggregate.


Dinamo Tbilisi 5–1 Crusaders
Iashvili 20', 34'
Mujiri 44', 59'
Khomeriki 79'
ReportHunter 57'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ahmet Cakar (Turkey)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–2 on aggregate.


ÍA 0–1 Košice
ReportFaktor 66'

Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.


Croatia Zagreb 5–0 Partizan
Marić 12', 42'
Cvitanović 15', 68'
Viduka 23'
Report
Attendance: 40,000

Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.


Skonto 2–0 Valletta
Astafjevs 12'
Miholaps 26'
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Skonto won 2-1 on aggregate.


Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Sileks Kratovo
Sallói 5'
Ohana 34'
Hamar 76'
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.


Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.


MPKC Mozyr won 4–3 on aggregate.


FC Jazz Pori 1–0 FC Lantana
Marco 65'Report
Attendance: 3,760

FC Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.


Rangers 6–0
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.


Widzew Łódź won 10-0 on aggregate.


Barry Town 0–4 Dynamo Kyiv
ReportByalkevich 52'
Maksymov 64', 77'
Vashchuk 79'

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.


Sion won 5–0 on aggregate.


Anorthosis won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round edit

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
MTK Hungária 1–4 Rosenborg0–11–3
Beşiktaş 3–1 Maribor Branik0–03–1
Sion 2–8 Galatasaray1–41–4
Olympiacos 7–2 MPKC Mozyr5–02–2
Wüstenrot Salzburg 0–3 Sparta Praha0–00–3
IFK Göteborg 4–1 Rangers3–01–1
Barcelona 4–2 Skonto3–21–0
Brøndby 3–4 Dynamo Kyiv2–41–0
Newcastle United 4–3 Croatia Zagreb2–12–2 (aet)
Feyenoord 8–3 Jazz6–22–1
Bayer Leverkusen 6–2 Dinamo Tbilisi6–10–1
Košice 2–1 Spartak Moscow2–10–0
Steaua București 3–5 Paris Saint-Germain3–00–5
Widzew Łódź 1–7 Parma1–30–4
Beitar Jerusalem 0–3 Sporting CP0–00–3
Anorthosis Famagusta 2–3 Lierse2–00–3

Note: Winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round. Because of the unequal number of teams (15 and 17), Wüstenrot Salzburg and Sparta Prague had to play against each other.

First leg edit

Beşiktaş 0–0 Maribor Branik
Report

MTK Hungária 3–2 Rosenborg
Egressy 10', 45'
Kenesei 49'
ReportRushfeldt 14'
Brattbakk 30'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
MTK Hungária 0–1 Rosenborg
ReportRushfeldt 87'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Note: 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.


Olympiacos 5–0 MPKC Mozyr
Niniadis 51'
Gogić 61', 68'
Georgatos 77'
Alexandris 83'
Report
Attendance: 42,000

Wüstenrot Salzburg 0–0 Sparta Praha
Report
Attendance: 6,500


Barcelona 3–2 Skonto
Giovanni 27', 70'
Stoichkov 90' (pen.)
ReportBabičevs 26'
Miholaps 46'
Attendance: 50,000

Brøndby 2–4 Dynamo Kyiv
Bagger 21'
Daugaard 88' (pen.)
ReportHusin 7'
Shevchenko 34'
Rebrov 76'
Holovko 78'
Attendance: 10,318


Feyenoord 6–2 FC Jazz Pori
Van Gastel 14' (pen.), 65' (pen.)
Vos 22', 39'
Sanchez 58'
Van Bronckhorst 85'
ReportMarco 28', 70'
Attendance: 24,330


Košice 2–1 Spartak Moscow
Kožlej 15'
Kozák 42' (pen.)
ReportDmitriyev 37'
Attendance: 9,270
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Match awarded because Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.


Widzew Łódź 1–3 Parma
Michalczuk 53'ReportChiesa 28', 47', 49'
Attendance: 12,453
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 Sporting CP
Report
Attendance: 13,000

Second leg edit

Maribor Branik 1–3 Beşiktaş
Židan 86'ReportÖzdilek 45'
Amokachi 60'
Havutçu 62'
Attendance: 7,000

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.


Rosenborg 3–1 MTK Hungária
Jakobsen 14' (pen.), 17'
Brattbakk 83'
ReportKuttor 77'
Attendance: 15,014
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.


Olympiacos won 7–2 on aggregate.


Sparta Praha won 3–0 on aggregate.


Rangers 1–1 IFK Göteborg
Miller 23'ReportR. Andersson 49'
Attendance: 45,585

IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.


Skonto 0–1 Barcelona
ReportAnderson 50'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 Brøndby
ReportColding 18'
Attendance: 17,000

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.


Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.


FC Jazz Pori 1–2 Feyenoord
Laaksonen 37'ReportBoateng 21'
Van Gastel 90'
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Aron Husu (Romania)

Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.


Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.


Spartak Moscow 0–0 Košice
Report
Attendance: 22,000

Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.


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.


Parma 4–0 Widzew Łódź
Pedros 37'
Sensini 41', 53'
Adaílton 79'
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.


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.


Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.

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