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	Parma
2	Barcelona
3	Paris Saint-Germain
4	Bayer Leverkusen
5	Feyenoord
6	Sporting CP
7	Newcastle United
8	Galatasaray
8	Beşiktaş
9	Olympiacos
10	Wüstenrot Salzburg
11	Spartak Moscow
12	Lierse
13	Brøndby
14	IFK Göteborg
15	Rosenborg
16	Sparta Prague

First qualifying round
Assoc.	Team
17	Sion
18	Widzew Łódź
19	Rangers
20	Steaua București
21	Croatia Zagreb
22	Dynamo Kyiv
23	Anorthosis Famagusta
24	Beitar Jerusalem
25	MTK
26	Dinamo Tbilisi
27	Košice
28	Skonto
29	Maribor
30	Jazz
31	MPKC Mozyr
32	ÍA
33	CSKA Sofia
34	Sileks
35	Kareda
36	Constructorul Chișinău
37	Crusaders
39	Barry Town
40	Partizan
41	Lantana
42	Valletta
43	Derry City
44	Pyunik
45	Jeunesse Esch
46	GÍ
48	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
Sion Widzew Łódź Rangers Steaua București Croatia Zagreb Dynamo Kyiv Anorthosis Famagusta Beitar Jerusalem	MTK Dinamo Tbilisi Košice Skonto Maribor Jazz MPKC Mozyr	ÍA CSKA Sofia Sileks Kareda Constructorul Chișinău Crusaders Barry Town Partizan	Lantana Valletta Derry City Pyunik Jeunesse Esch GÍ Neftçi

Summary

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	0–2	0–1
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

Matches

23 July 1997

20:30

Derry City	0–2	Maribor
	Report	Židan 57' Gajser 75'

Brandywell Stadium, Derry

Attendance: 3,120

Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

30 July 1997

20:15

Maribor	1–0	Derry City
Drobne 49'	Report

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 5,463

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

16:00

Pyunik	0–2	MTK
	Report	Illés 82' Preisinger 89'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

30 July 1997

20:30

MTK	4–3	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.

23 July 1997

20:30

Crusaders	1–3	Dinamo Tbilisi
Baxter 71'	Report	Kiknadze 31' Gogichaishvili 50' Mujiri 65'

Seaview, Belfast

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

30 July 1997

17:00

Dinamo Tbilisi	5–1	Crusaders
Iashvili 20', 34' Mujiri 44', 59' Khomeriki 79'	Report	G. Hunter 57'

Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–2 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

17:00

Košice	3–0	ÍA
Semeník 29' Tóth 47' Sovič 64'	Report

Štadión Lokomotívy, Košice

Attendance: 5,747

Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)

30 July 1997

20:30

ÍA	0–1	Košice
	Report	Faktor 66'

Akranesvöllur, Akranes

Attendance: 600

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

19:30

Partizan	1–0	Croatia Zagreb
Isailović 84'	Report

Stadion Partizan, Belgrade

Attendance: 25,534

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

30 July 1997

20:00

Croatia Zagreb	5–0	Partizan
Marić 12', 42' I. Cvitanović 15', 68' Viduka 23'	Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

20:00

Valletta	1–0	Skonto
Galea 15'	Report

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 3,535

Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Greece)

30 July 1997

17:30

Skonto	2–0	Valletta
Astafjevs 12' Miholaps 26'	Report

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

17:30

Sileks	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem
Karanfilovski 54' (pen.)	Report

Gradski Stadion Kratovo, Kratovo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

30 July 1997

17:00

Beitar Jerusalem	3–0	Sileks
Sallói 5' Ohana 34' Hamar 76'	Report

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

19:15

Steaua București	3–3	CSKA Sofia
Rotariu 8' Lăcătuș 72' Munteanu 83'	Report	Andonov 47' Nankov 49', 68'

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

30 July 1997

19:30

CSKA Sofia	0–2	Steaua București
	Report	Șerban 34' Reghecampf 49'

Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

18:30

Constructorul Chișinău	1–1	MPKC Mozyr
Apachiței 18'	Report	Berishvili 23' (pen.)

Stadionul Republican, Chișinău

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

30 July 1997

17:30

MPKC Mozyr	3–2	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.

23 July 1997

17:00

Lantana	0–2	Jazz
	Report	Nieminen 5', 77'

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 466

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

30 July 1997

17:30

Jazz	1–0	Lantana
Marco 59'	Report

Porin stadion, Pori

Attendance: 3,760

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

20:00

GÍ	0–5	Rangers
	Report	Negri 18' Durie 25', 80' McCoist 57', 90'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

30 July 1997

20:45

Rangers	6–0	GÍ
Durie 22' Negri 42', 90' McCoist 48' Albertz 58' I. Ferguson 85'	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,433

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

23 July 1997

15:00

Neftçi	0–2	Widzew Łódź
	Report	Terlecki 21' Dembiński 44'

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

30 July 1997

20:00

Widzew Łódź	8–0	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.

23 July 1997

19:00

Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Barry Town
Rebrov 19' Maksymov 79'	Report

Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

30 July 1997

19:30

Barry Town	0–4	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.

23 July 1997

20:00

Sion	4–0	Jeunesse Esch
Lipawsky 5', 45' Seoane 15' Derivaz 61'	Report

Stade de Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)

30 July 1997

18:30

Jeunesse Esch	0–1	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.

23 July 1997

17:00

Anorthosis Famagusta	3–0	Kareda
Krčmarević 21' Okkas 50', 81'	Report

Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 5,457

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

30 July 1997

16:30

Kareda	1–1	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
Parma Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain Bayer Leverkusen Feyenoord Sporting CP Newcastle United Galatasaray	Beşiktaş Olympiacos Wüstenrot Salzburg Spartak Moscow Lierse Brøndby IFK Göteborg Rosenborg	Sparta Prague Sion^[†] Widzew Łódź^[†] Rangers^[†] Steaua București^[†] Croatia Zagreb^[†] Dynamo Kyiv^[†] Anorthosis Famagusta^[†]	Beitar Jerusalem^[†] MTK^[†] Dinamo Tbilisi^[†] Košice^[†] Skonto^[†] Maribor^[†] Jazz^[†] MPKC Mozyr^[†]

Notes

^† 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 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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.

Matches

13 August 1997

20:00

Beşiktaş	0–0	Maribor
	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 11,034

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

27 August 1997

20:30

Maribor	1–3	Beşiktaş
Židan 86'	Report	Özdilek 45' Amokachi 60' Havutçu 62'

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:30^[4]

MTK	Abandoned^{[note 1]} (3–2)	Rosenborg
Egressy 10', 45' Kenesei 49'	Report	Rushfeldt 14' Brattbakk 30'

Hungária körúti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

14 August 1997

18:00

MTK	0–1	Rosenborg
	Report	Rushfeldt 87'

Hungária körúti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

27 August 1997

20:30

Rosenborg	3–1	MTK
Jakobsen 14' (pen.), 17' Brattbakk 83'	Report	Kuttor 77'

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 15,014

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:00

Sion	1–4	Galatasaray
Lonfat 32'	Report	Hagi 5' Erdem 9' Ilie 61' Kaya 86'

Stade de Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

27 August 1997

15:30 (16:30 UTC+3)

Galatasaray	4–1	Sion
Ilie 41', 52', 56' Akyel 61'	Report	Ouattara 90'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Galatasaray won 8–2 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:15

Olympiacos	5–0	MPKC Mozyr
Niniadis 51' Gogić 61', 68' Georgatos 76' Alexandris 88'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 27,470

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

27 August 1997

15:30

MPKC Mozyr	2–2	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.

13 August 1997

19:00

Wüstenrot Salzburg	0–0	Sparta Prague
	Report

Lehener Stadion, Salzburg

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

27 August 1997

20:30

Sparta Prague	3–0	Wüstenrot Salzburg
Baranek 28' Lokvenc 42' Z. Svoboda 66'	Report

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 15,628

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

18:00

IFK Göteborg	3–0	Rangers
Petterson 55' Karlsson 57' Eriksson 89'	Report

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 23,126

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

27 August 1997

19:45

Rangers	1–1	IFK Göteborg
Miller 23'	Report	R. Andersson 49'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,585

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

21:30

Barcelona	3–2	Skonto
Giovanni 27', 70' Stoichkov 90' (pen.)	Report	Babičevs 26' Miholaps 46'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)

27 August 1997

20:00

Skonto	0–1	Barcelona
	Report	Anderson 50'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:05

Brøndby	2–4	Dynamo Kyiv
Bagger 21' Daugaard 88' (pen.)	Report	Husin 7' Shevchenko 34' Rebrov 76' Holovko 78'

Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester

Attendance: 10,318

Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

27 August 1997

19:00

Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	Brøndby
	Report	Colding 18'

Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

21:05

Newcastle United	2–1	Croatia Zagreb
Beresford 22', 76'	Report	I. Cvitanović 52'

St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Attendance: 34,465

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

27 August 1997

20:15

Croatia Zagreb	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle United
D. Šimić 58' I. Cvitanović 90+2'	Report	Asprilla 44' (pen.) Ketsbaia 119'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:00

Feyenoord	6–2	Jazz
Van Gastel 14' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Vos 22', 39' Sánchez 57' Van Bronckhorst 85'	Report	Marco 29', 70'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 24,330

Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

27 August 1997

20:00

Jazz	1–2	Feyenoord
Laaksonen 37'	Report	Boateng 21' Van Gastel 90'

Tampereen stadion, Tampere

Attendance: 2,720

Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)

Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:30

Bayer Leverkusen	6–1	Dinamo Tbilisi
Lehnhoff 5' Ramelow 44' Meijer 47', 62' Kirsten 56' Rink 85'	Report	Iashvili 59'

Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

27 August 1997

17:45

Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Mujiri 11'	Report

Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

19:00

Košice	2–1	Spartak Moscow
Kožlej 15' I. Kozák 42' (pen.)	Report	Dmitriyev 37'

Štadión Lokomotívy, Košice

Attendance: 9,270

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

27 August 1997

17:00

Spartak Moscow	0–0	Košice
	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

18:30

Steaua București	3–0 Awarded^{[note 2]}	Paris Saint-Germain
Rotariu 53' (pen.) Șerban 70' Lăcătuș 77'	Report	Guérin 18' Maurice 64'

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

27 August 1997

20:45

Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Steaua București
Raí 2' (pen.), 21', 55' Simone 30' Maurice 40'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 42,585

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Paris Saint-Germain won 5–3 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:30

Widzew Łódź	1–3	Parma
Mikhalchuk 52'	Report	Chiesa 27', 47', 49'

Widzew Łódź Stadium, Łódź

Attendance: 12,453

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

27 August 1997

21:00

Parma	4–0	Widzew Łódź
Pedros 36' Sensini 41', 52' Adaílton 78'	Report

Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

17:00

Beitar Jerusalem	0–0	Sporting CP
	Report

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Attendance: 7,400

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

27 August 1997

22:00

Sporting CP	3–0	Beitar Jerusalem
Yordanov 4' Leandro 55', 68'	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Sporting CP won 3–0 on aggregate.

13 August 1997

20:00

Anorthosis Famagusta	2–0	Lierse
Okkas 43' Mihajlović 89'	Report

Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 7,456

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

27 August 1997

20:30

Lierse	3–0	Anorthosis Famagusta
Van Meir 21' (pen.) Hasenhüttl 47' Tomić 84' (o.g.)	Report

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.

Notes

↑ 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.

References

↑ "Champions League Qual. 1997/1998 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
1 2 3 "UEFA Country Ranking 1997". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
1 2 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.

External links

[cnote_†_grp_Q2] † Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

[table_note_leg1_2_0.84275008823851-4] 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.

[table_note_leg1_13_0.84275008823851-5] The match was awarded to Steaua București after Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.

[8] 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]

[9] 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.

[1] "Champions League Qual. 1997/1998 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[country_ranking-2] 1 2 3 "UEFA Country Ranking 1997". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

[seeding-3] 1 2 Protzen, Martin (29 July 1994). "FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

[6] "Kassa és Budapest bizakodik..." [Košice and Budapest are hopeful...]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). 13 August 1997. p. 11. Retrieved 13 February 2025.

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