European Champions League:
Final Qualifying Results and Group Stage Draw
By Nick Barbaro, 4:43PM, Thu. Aug. 24, 2006
Third Qualifying Round
Second Leg: Results from Aug. 22-23
AEK Athens 3, Hearts 0 (AEK 5-1 on aggregate goals)
Steaua Bucharest 2, Standard Liege 1 (Steaua 4-3 agg.)
Mlada Boleslav 1, Galatasaray 1 (Galatasaray 4-3 agg.)
Ruzomberok 0, CSKA Moscow 2 (CSKA 5-0 agg.)
Rabotnicki 0, Lille 1 (Lille 4-0 agg.)
Spartak Moscow 2, Slovan Liberec 1 (Spartak 2-1 agg.)
Chievo Verona 2, Levski Sofia 2 (Levski 4-2 agg.)
Fenerbahçe 2, Dynamo Kiev 2 (Dynamo 5-3 agg.)
Legia Warsaw 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (Shakhtar 4-2 agg.)
Ajax Amsterdam 0, FC Kobenhavn 2 (Kobenhavn 3-2 agg.)
Maccabi Haifa 1, Liverpool 1 (Liverpool 3-2 agg.)
Red Star Belgrade 1, AC Milan 2 (Milan 3-1 agg.)
Valencia 3, Salzburg 0 (Valencia 3-1 agg.)
Osasuna 1, Hamburg 1 (Hamburg 1-1, away goals)
Arsenal 2, Dinamo Zagreb 1 (Arsenal 5-1 agg.)
Benfica 3, Austria Vienna 0 (Benfica 4-1 agg.)
With Spaniards Osasuna and Italians Chievo Verona losing, England is the only country this season to advance four teams into the CL group stage; Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and Portugal have three apiece, and Greece, Russia, and Ukraine two each. Single entries from Bulgaria, Holland, Turkey, Romania, Denmark, Scotland, and Belgium round out the field.
England and Spain each have three top seeds, and Italy has two. (Presumably, Juventus would've been a top seed, were they not disqualified due to scandolo.)
Group Stage Draw
(Teams listed in order of seedings; group play begins Sept. 12-13)
GROUP A
Barcelona (ESP)
Chelsea (ENG)
Werder Bremen (GER)
Levski Sofia (BUL)
GROUP B
Inter Milan (ITA)
Bayern Munich (GER)
Sporting Lisbon (POR)
Spartak Moscow (RUS)
GROUP C
Liverpool (ENG)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Bordeaux (FRA)
Galatasaray (TUR)
GROUP D
Valencia (ESP)
AS Roma (ITA)
Olympiakos (GRE)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
GROUP E
Real Madrid (ESP)
Lyon (FRA)
Steaua Bucharest (ROM)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR)
GROUP F
Manchester United (ENG)
Celtic Glasgow (SCO)
Benfica (POR)
FC København (DEN)
GROUP G
Arsenal (ENG)
FC Porto (POR)
CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Hamburg (GER)
GROUP H
AC Milan (ITA)
Lille (FRA)
AEK Athens (GRE)
Anderlecht (BEL)
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