Romania win a group stage bonus

Improvement
FC Steaua Bucureşti picked up five points in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stage before transferring to the UEFA Cup, where they were beaten by eventual winners Sevilla FC in the last 32. FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti also reached that stage of the latter competition, losing to SL Benfica, and although Romania failed to replicate their achievement of getting two teams to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals as in 2005/06, those campaigns further boosted the country's coefficient.

Olympiacos task
The Romanian Liga 1 champions, CFR 1907 Cluj, will therefore take their place in the UEFA Champions League group stage, with runners-up Steaua Bucureşti lining up in the third qualifying round. Greece enjoyed a similar entry for 2007/08 but champions Olympiacos CFP will have to come through qualifying if they are to take their seat in the group stage for the 12th successive season.

Rome date
All who enter September's UEFA Champions League group stage will be aiming to make it to the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in May 2009. The Italian capital has held three European Champion Clubs' Cup finals, in 1977, 1984 and 1996, and was the scene of the 1990 FIFA World Cup final between West Germany and Argentina.

TH – title-holder
CH – domestic champion club
RU – domestic runner-up
N3 – domestic third-placed club
N4 – domestic fourth-placed club

NB: The information included in these lists is provisional and will be confirmed by UEFA in mid-June following the receipt of the official entry documents from each of the national associations.