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ROUND OF 16 (16 TEAMS)

Quoting Bert Kassies, the eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the second round. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their group move into the third round of the current UEFA Cup. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group are eliminated.

The draw for the 2nd round takes the following rules into account:
a) Clubs from the same association must not be drawn against each other,
b) The winners and runners-up of the same group must not be drawn against each other,
c) The group winners must not be drawn against each other,
d) The runners up must not be drawn against each other,
e) The runners up must play the first leg at home.

The group winners are seeded above the runners-up.

The 16 teams qualified for the second round are : Bayern, Arsenal, Liverpool, Leverkusen, PSV, Monaco, Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, Chelsea, Bremen, Lyon, Manchester United, Milan, Porto and Internazionale.

First leg of the the round of 16

Second leg of the round of 16

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GROUP STAGE (32 TEAMS)

Between the 16 winners of 3rd round:

Liverpool (England/4), Anderlecht (Belgium/1), M. Tel-Aviv (Israel/2), Juventus (Italy/3), CSKA Moskva (Russia/1), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine/1), Rosenborg (Norway/1), Monaco (France/3), Deportivo (Spain/3), Iternazionale (Italy/4), Real Madrid (Spain/4), Leverkusen (Germany/3), Sparta (Czech Republic/2), PSV (Holland/2), Manchester U (England/3) and Shaktar (Ukraine/2)

and the following teams:

Valencia (Spain/1), FC Barcelona (Spain/2), AC Milan (Italy/1), AS Roma (Italy/2), Arsenal (England/1), Chelsea (England/2), Werder Bremen (Germany/1), Bayern Munchen (Germany/2), Olympique Lyon (France/1), Paris St. Germain (France/2), Panathinaikos (Greece/1), Olympiakos (Greece/2), Porto (Portugal/1), Ajax (Netherlands/1), Celtic (Scotland/1) and Fenerbahce (Turkey/1)

These 32 clubs are drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country will not be drawn into the same group.

A computer draw determines the final position of the teams within their group. These positions determine the order of the home and away matches. The following match sequence applies:

For the 1st match day, the results are:

For the 2nd match day, the results are:

For the 3rd match day, we have:

And for the 4th match day, we have:

The 5th match day brought:

And finally, the final 6th match day produced:

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3RD ROUND (32 TEAMS -> 16 WINNERS)

Between the 14 winners of the 2nd round, 3 fourth (England, Italy, Spain), 6 third (England, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Greece), 3 second (Portugal, Scotland, Holland) and 6 league champions (Austria, Belgium, Ukraine, Israel, Switzerland, Czech Republic)

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