The qualifying rounds for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League began on 11 July 2006. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.
Teams Key to coloursQualify for the group stageEliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Milan 129.020 Liverpool 105.950 Arsenal 101.950 Valencia 95.006 Ajax 60.640 Lille 54.757 Benfica 51.533 CSKA Moscow 42.504 AEK Athens 39.587 Shakhtar Donetsk 33.777 Galatasaray 33.634 Hamburger SV 30.960 Slovan Liberec 28.769 Austria Wien 27.723 Osasuna 25.006 Chievo 23.020 Maccabi Haifa 19.108 Standard Liège 17.981 Second qualifying round Team Coeff. Steaua București 46.381 Dynamo Kyiv 36.777 Levski Sofia 35.016 Fenerbahçe 28.634 Spartak Moscow 21.504 Dinamo Zagreb 20.647 Red Star Belgrade 20.600 Heart of Midlothian 20.023 Copenhagen 16.593 Legia Warsaw 16.104 Debrecen 13.840 Vålerenga 11.921 Zürich 10.537 Djurgårdens IF 9.372 Mladá Boleslav 8.769 Red Bull Salzburg 8.723 Ružomberok 6.070 First qualifying round Team Coeff. HIT Gorica 4.355 MYPA 3.433 Apollon Limassol 3.355 Široki Brijeg 2.695 FH 2.595 Liepājas Metalurgs 2.365 Sheriff Tiraspol 2.255 Sioni Bolnisi 2.090 Ekranas 1.925 Birkirkara 1.880 Rabotnicki 1.760 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1.457 Cork City 1.430 Elbasani 1.210 Pyunik 0.990 TVMK 0.880 Linfield 0.770 The New Saints 0.770 Baku 0.660 F91 Dudelange 0.605 B36 0.550 Aktobe 0.550
First qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded HIT Gorica MYPA Apollon Limassol Široki Brijeg FH Liepājas Metalurgs Sheriff Tiraspol Sioni Bolnisi Ekranas Birkirkara Rabotnicki Shakhtyor Soligorsk Cork City Elbasani Pyunik TVMK Linfield The New Saints Baku F91 Dudelange B36 Aktobe
Summary
The first legs were played on 11 and 12 July 2006, with the second legs on 18 and 19 July.
Matches
Ekranas won 3–1 on aggregate.
FH won 4–3 on aggregate.
Liepājas Metalurgs won 2–1 on aggregate.
MYPA won 2–0 on aggregate.
Cork City won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sioni Bolnisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rabotnicki won 1–0 on aggregate.
Široki Brijeg won 2–0 on aggregate.
B36 won 5–2 on aggregate.
HIT Gorica won 5–3 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded Steaua București Dynamo Kyiv Levski Sofia Fenerbahçe Spartak Moscow Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Belgrade Heart of Midlothian Copenhagen Legia Warsaw Debrecen Vålerenga Zürich Djurgårdens IF Mladá Boleslav Red Bull Salzburg Ružomberok HIT Gorica MYPA Cork City Široki Brijeg FH Liepājas Metalurgs Sheriff Tiraspol Sioni Bolnisi Ekranas B36 Rabotnicki Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July 2006, with the second legs on 1 and 2 August.
Matches
Steaua București won 5–0 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Red Bull Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ružomberok won 3–2 on aggregate.
Rabotnicki won 5–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–0 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 9–0 on aggregate.
Mladá Boleslav won 5–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Spartak Moscow won on away goals.
Dynamo Kyiv won 8–1 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 3–0 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 9–3 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 3–0 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 28 July 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded Milan Liverpool Arsenal Valencia Ajax Lille Benfica Steaua București CSKA Moscow AEK Athens Dynamo Kyiv Levski Sofia Shakhtar Donetsk Galatasaray Hamburger SV Slovan Liberec Fenerbahçe Austria Wien Osasuna Chievo Spartak Moscow Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Belgrade Heart of Midlothian Maccabi Haifa Standard Liège Copenhagen Legia Warsaw Rabotnicki Mladá Boleslav Red Bull Salzburg Ružomberok Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 8 and 9 August 2006, with the second legs on 22 and 23 August. The teams eliminated in this round qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
Matches
Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–2 on aggregate.
Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow won 5–0 on aggregate.
Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 6–3 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Hamburger SV won on away goals.
Dynamo Kyiv won 5–3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lille won 4–0 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook