LEAGUE FORMAT

Participants of 2008/09

.

.

Qualified

1 Spain

CL

Real Madrid CF

.

CL

Villarreal CF

.

CL Q3

 

.

CL Q3

 

.

UEFA

Valencia CF (CW)

.

UEFA

FC Barcelona, Club Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla FC

.

UEFA

 

.

.

 

2 England

CL

Manchester United

.

CL

Chelsea

.

CL Q3

Arsenal

.

CL Q3

Liverpool

.

UEFA

Middlesbrough - Cardiff City (CF)

.

UEFA

Everton

.

UEFA

Tottenham Hotspur (LC)

.

.

 

3 Italy

CL

 

.

CL

Internazionale FC 1908, AS Roma

.

CL Q3

Juventus FC

.

CL Q3

 

.

UEFA

AC Fiorentina

.

UEFA

AC Milan 1899

.

UEFA

Udinese Calcio, UC Sampdoria

.

.

 

4 France

CL

 

.

CL

Olympique Lyonnais, FC Girondins de Bordeaux FC

.

CL Q3

 

.

UEFA

Paris Saint-Germain FC (CF)

.

UEFA

AS Nancy-Lorraine

.

UEFA

Olympique de Marseille

.

.

 

5 Germany

CL

FC Bayern München

.

CL

 

.

CL Q3

SV Werder Bremen, FC Schalke 04

.

UEFA

 

.

UEFA

 

.

UEFA

BV 09 Borussia Dortmund (CL)

.

.

 

6 Portugal

CL

FC do Porto

.

CL

Sporting CP

.

CL Q3

Vitória SC Guimarães

.

UEFA

SL Benfica

.

UEFA

CS Marítimo

.

UEFA

Vitória FC Setúbal

.

.

 

7 Romania

CL

CFR 1907 Cluj

.

CL Q3

FC Steaua Bucuresti

.

UEFA

FC Unirea Urziceni (CF)

.

UEFA

UFC Rapid Bucuresti

.

UEFA

FC Dinamo Bucuresti

.

UEFA

FCU Politehnica Timisoara

.

.

 

8 Netherlands

CL

PSV

.

CL Q3

 

.

UEFA

Feyenoord (CW)

.

UEFA

Ajax, FC Twente

.

UEFA

 

.

UEFA

 

.

.

 

9 Russia

CL

FK Zenit Sankt-Peterburg

.

CL Q3

FK Spartak Moskva

.

UEFA

FK Amkar Perm' - CSKA Moskva (CF)

.

UEFA Q2

CSKA Moskva

.

.

 

10 Scotland

CL Q3

 

.

CL Q2

Celtic, Rangers

.

UEFA

Queen of the South (CF)

.

UEFA Q2

Motherwell

.

.

 

11 Ukraine

CL Q3

 

.

CL Q2

FK Shakhtar Donets'k, FK Dynamo Kyiv

.

UEFA

FK Metalist Kharkiv,

.

UEFA Q2

FK Dnipro Dnipropetrovs'k

.

.

 

12 Belgium

CL Q3

R Standard de Liège

.

CL Q2

RSC Anderlecht

.

UEFA

KAA Gent (CF)

.

UEFA Q2

Club Brugge KV

.

.

 

13 Czech Republic

CL Q3

 

.

CL Q2

AC Sparta Praha, SK Slavia Praha

.

UEFA

FC Slovan Liberec (CF)

.

UEFA Q2

 

.

.

 

14 Turkey

CL Q3

Galatasaray SK Istanbul

.

CL Q2

Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul

.

UEFA Q2

Kayserispor K (CW)

.

UEFA Q2

Besiktas JK Istanbul

.

.

 

15 Greece

CL Q3

Olympiakos SF Pireas

.

CL Q2

Panathinaikos AO Athina

.

UEFA Q2

AS Aris Thessaloniki (CF)

.

UEFA Q2

AEK Athina

.

.

 

16 Bulgaria

CL Q2

CSKA Sofia

.

UEFA Q2

FK Cherno More Varna - FC Liteks Lovech (CF)

.

UEFA Q2

 

.

UEFA Q1

PFK Levski Sofia

.

.

 

17 Switzerland

CL Q2

FC Basel

.

UEFA Q2

BSC Young Boys Bern

.

UEFA Q2

FC Zürich

.

UEFA Q1

AC Bellinzona (CL)

.

.

 

18 Norway

CL Q2

SK Brann

.

UEFA Q2

Lillestrøm SK (CW)

.

UEFA Q2

Stabæk IF

.

UEFA Q1

Viking FK

.

.

 

19 Israel

CL Q2

 

.

UEFA Q1

Beitar Jerusalem FC - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

Beitar Jerusalem FC

.

UEFA Q1

 

.

.

 

20 Serbia

CL Q2

 

.

UEFA Q1

FK Partizan Beograd (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

FK Partizan Beograd

.

UEFA Q1

FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd, FK Vojvodina Novi Sad

.

.

 

21 Denmark

CL Q2

 

.

UEFA Q1

Brøndby IF (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

 

.

.

 

22 Austria

CL Q2

SK Rapid Wien

.

UEFA Q1

SV Austria Salzburg

.

UEFA Q1

FK Austria Wien

.

 

no cup competition this season

.

.

 

23 Poland

CL Q1

TS Wisla Kraków

.

UEFA Q1

KP Legia Warszawa (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

KS Groclin Grodzisk

.

.

 

24 Hungary

CL Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

Debreceni VSC - Budapesti Honvéd FC (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

 

.

.

 

25 Slovakia

CL Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

FC Artmedia Bratislava (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

FC Artmedia Bratislava, MSK Zilina

.

.

 

26 Croatia

CL Q1

NK Dinamo Zagreb

.

UEFA Q1

HNK Hajduk Split (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica

.

.

 

27 Cyprus

CL Q1

Anorthosis Famagusta

.

UEFA Q1

APOEL Nicosia

.

UEFA Q1

Omonia Nicosia

.

.

 

28 Sweden

CL Q1

IFK Göteborg

.

UEFA Q1

Kalmar FF (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

Djurgårdens IF

.

.

 

29 Slovenia

CL Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

NK Interblock Ljubljana - NK Maribor (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

NK Domzale, NK Koper

.

.

 

30 Bosnia-Herzegovina

CL Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

FK Sloboda Tuzla - HSK Zrinjski Mostar (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

 

.

.

 

31 Latvia

CL Q1

FK Ventpils

.

UEFA Q1

SK Liepâjas Metalurgs

.

UEFA Q1

Olimps JFK Riga (CL)

.

.

 

32 Lithunia

CL Q1

FKB Kaunus

.

UEFA Q1

FK Vetra Vilnius (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

FK Suduva Marijampole

.

.

 

33 Finland

CL Q1

Tampere United

.

UEFA Q1

FC Haka Valkeakoski

.

UEFA Q1

FC Honka Espoo (CL)

.

.

 

34 Moldova

CL Q1

FC Sheriff Tiraspol

.

UEFA Q1

FC Nistru Otaci (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

FC Dacia Chisinau

.

.

 

35 Ireland

CL Q1

Drogheda United

.

UEFA Q1

Cork City (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

St. Patrick's Athletic

.

.

 

36 Georgia

CL Q1

FC Dinamo Tblisi

.

UEFA Q1

FC Ameri Tblisi - FC Zestafoni (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

FC WIT-Georgia Tblisi

.

.

 

37 Liechtenstein

UEFA Q1

FC Vaduz (CW)

.

.

 

38 Macedonia

CL Q1

AK Rabotniki Skopje

.

UEFA Q1

FK Milano Kumanovo (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

FK Pelister Bitola

.

.

 

39 Iceland

CL Q1

Valur Reykjavík

.

UEFA Q1

FH Hafnarfjördur

.

UEFA Q1

Fjölnir Reykjavík (CL)

.

.

 

40 Belarus

CL Q1

FK BATE Borisov

.

UEFA Q1

FK MTZ-RIPO Minsk - FK Shakhter Soligorsk (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

FC Gomel'

 

.

 

41 Albania

CL Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

KS Vllaznia Shkodër (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

KS Dinamo Tiranë, FK Partizani Tiranë

.

.

 

42 Estonia

CL Q1

FC Levadia Tallinn

.

UEFA Q1

FC Flora Tallinn - Tartu JK Maag Tammeka (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

FC Flora Tallinn

.

.

 

43 Armenia

CL Q1

FC Pyunik Yerevan

.

UEFA Q1

FK Ararat Yerevan (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

Banants Yerevan

.

.

 

44 Azerbaijan

CL Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

FK Inter Baku - FK Khazar Lankaran (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

 

.

.

 

45 Kazakhstan

CL Q1

FK Aktobe

.

UEFA Q1

FK Tobyl Kostonai (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

FK Shakhter IK Karagandy

.

.

 

46 North Ireland

CL Q1

Linfield Belfast

.

UEFA Q1

Glentoran Belfast

.

UEFA Q1

Coleraine FC (CL)

.

.

 

47 Wales

CL Q1

Llanelli AFC

.

UEFA Q1

Bangor City (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

The New Saints

.

.

 

48 Faroe Islands

CL Q1

NSÍ Runavík

.

UEFA Q1

EB/Streymur (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

EB/Streymur

.

.

 

49 Luxembourg

CL Q1

F91 Düdelange

.

UEFA Q1

CS Grevenmacher - FC Victoria Rosport (CF)

.

UEFA Q1

Racing FC Union Luxembourg

.

.

 

50 Malta

CL Q1

Valletta FC

.

UEFA Q1

CW

.

UEFA Q1

 

.

.

 

51 Andorra

CL Q1

 

 

UEFA Q1

CW

.

.

 

52 San Marino

CL Q1

 

 

UEFA Q1

CW

.

.

 

53 Montenegro

CL Q1

 

.

UEFA Q1

FK Mogren Budva (CW)

.

UEFA Q1

FK Buducnost Podgorica

Ranking based on the UEFA Country Ranking 2002-2006.

CL = Champions League first round
Q1,2 or 3 = Champions League qualification round 1,2 or 3

UEFA = UEFA Cup first round
UEFA Q1 = UEFA Cup qualification round 1 or 2

CW = Cup Winner
CL = Cup final loser
CR = Cup finalist replacement (both Cup finalists already qualified for CL)
LC = League Cup Winner (only England and France)