Overview over the participants in the 1998/99 European Competitions
===============================================================================

This is a list of prospective participants in next season's European
Competitions.  

Standings as of Jul 10

Seeding (preliminary)

Champions' Cup: 
seeded for league stage (8 teams): 
	Real Madrid and champions of countries 1 through 7 (Italy - Portugal)

seeded for qualification round (16 teams):
	second placed teams from countries 1 through 8 (Italy - Greece)
	champions from countries 8 - 15 (Greece - Denmark)

preliminary round (32 teams):
	champions from countries 16 - 48 w/o Liechtenstein (Switzerland - Azerbaidjan)

Cup Winners' Cup:
seeded for first round (15 teams):
        Chelsea + teams from countries 1 - 14 (Italy - Turkey)
 
qualification round (34 teams):
        teams from countries 15 - 48 (Denmark - Azerbadjan)
 
UEFA Cup:
seeded for first round (44 teams):
	25 teams from countries 1 - 7 (Italy - Portugal)
	16 losers from the Champions' Cup qualification round
	 3 teams from the Intertoto competition

seeded for qualification round (20 teams):
	teams from countries 9 - 16 (Greece - Switzerland)

qualification round (40 teams)
	teams from countries 17 - 50 (Ukraine and lower)


%   - CWC berth went to losing Cup finalist
%%  - CWC berth went to winner of play-off between losing semifinalists
$   - berth earned through League Cup
#   - UC berth earned via the Fair Play ranking
&   - extra berth for defending trophy holder
@   - UIC berth earned as higher placed teams did not apply

Champions           Cup Winners         UEFA                Intertoto
===============================================================================

--- Italy       ---------------------------------------------------------------
Juventus            Lazio               FC Udinese          FC Bologna
Inter                                   AS Roma             Sampdoria
                                        Fiorentina  
                                        AC Parma
--- Germany     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Kaiserslautern      Duisburg %          Leverkusen          Hansa Rostock
Bayern                                  VfB Stuttgart       Werder Bremen
                                        Schalke 04          
--- Spain       ---------------------------------------------------------------
Barcelona           RCD Mallorca %      San Sebastian       FC Valencia
Athletic Bilbao                         Atletico Madrid     Espanyol Barcelona
Real Madrid &                           Celta de Vigo       
                                        Real Betis
--- France      ---------------------------------------------------------------
RC Lens             Paris SG            AS Monaco           AJ Auxerre
FC Metz                                 Olymp. Marseilles   SC Bastia 
                                        Gir. Bordeaux       
                                        Olymp. Lyon
--- Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ajax                Heerenveen %%       Vitesse             Fortuna Sittard
PSV                                     Feyenoord           FC Twente @
                                        Willem II           
--- England     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Arsenal             Newcastle %         Liverpool           Chrystal Palace @
Manchester United   Chelsea &           Leeds United        -
                                        Blackburn           
                                        Aston Villa #
--- Portugal    ---------------------------------------------------------------
Porto               Braga %             Vitoria Guimaraes   Estrela Amadora @
Benfica                                 Sporting            -
                                        Maritimo Funchal 
--- Greece      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Olimpiakos          Panionios           AEK                 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Panathinaikos                           PAOK Saloniki       -
	AEK has not been admitted to the UC as it is owned by an investment
	group which also owns Slavia Praha.  They can be replaced by another
	Greek team (Ionikos Nikea).
--- Czech Rep.  ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sparta Praha        FK Jablonec         Slavia Praha        FC Boby Brno @
                                        Sigma Olomouc       SK Hradec Kralovi @
--- Norway      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Rosenborg           Valerengen IF       Brann               Stabaek
                                        Stroemsgodset       Kongsvinger IL
                                        Molde #
--- Austria     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sturm Graz          SV Ried             Rapid               Austria Salzburg 
                                        Grazer AK           Austria Wien @
--- Russia      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Spartak Moskva      Lokomotiv %         Rotor Volgograd     Shinnik Yaroslavl
                                        Dynamo Moskva       Baltika Kalinigrad @
--- Croatia     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Croatia             Varteks Varazdin %  Hajduk              Hr.dragovoljac
                                        Osijek
--- Turkey      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Galatasaray         Besiktas            Fenerbahce          Samsunspor
                                        Trabzonspor         Altay Izmir
                                        Istanbulspor  
--- Denmark     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Broendby            FC Koebnhavn %      Silkeborg           AB Koebnhavn
                                        Vejle               Lyngby 
--- Switzerland ---------------------------------------------------------------
Grasshopper         Lausanne Sports     Servette            FC Sion  
                                        FC Zurich           FC St. Gallen
--- Ukraina     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Dynamo Kyiv         CSKA Kyiv %         Shakhtar Donetsk    Vorskla Poltava @
                                                            -
--- Poland      ---------------------------------------------------------------
LKS Lodz            Amica Wronki        Polonia Warzaw      Ruch Chorzow @
                                        Wisla Krakow
--- Hungary     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ujpest              MTK                 Ferencvaros         Debreceni VSC @
                                                            Dissgyori FC @
--- Belgium     ---------------------------------------------------------------
FC Brugge           RC Genk             Germinal Ekeren     RC Harelbeke
                                        RSC Anderlecht      Lommel $
--- Slovakia    ---------------------------------------------------------------
1. FC Kosice        Spartak Trnava      Inter Bratislava    OD Trencin 
                                                            Rimavska Sobota @
		(reason for inclusion of Subota unclear)
--- Romania     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Steaua Bucuresti    Rapid Bucuresti     Arges Pitesti       National Bucuresti
                                        Otelul Galati       
--- Sweden      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Halmstad            Helsingborg IF      IFK Goeteborg       Oerebro
                                        Malmoe FF           Oergryte
--- Georgia     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Dinamo Tbilisi      Dinamo Batumi       Kolkheti Poti       Torpedo Kutaisi  
--- Cyprus      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Anorthosis          Apollon %           Omonia              Ethnikos Achna
--- Scotland    ---------------------------------------------------------------
Celtic              Hearts              Rangers             n/p
                                        Kilmarnock
--- Israel      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Beitar Jerusalem    Maccabi Haifa       Hapoel Tel Aviv     Hapoel Haifa
--- Slovenia    ---------------------------------------------------------------
Maribor Teatanic    Rudar Velenje       Mura Murska         Olimpija Ljubljana @
--- Belarus     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Dinamo Minsk        Lok-96 Vitebsk      Belshina Bobruisk   Dnepr Mogilyov
--- Iceland     ---------------------------------------------------------------
IBV                 Keflavik            IA Akranes          Leiftur
--- Finland     ---------------------------------------------------------------
HJK                 Haka Valkeakoski    Vaasan PS           TPS Turku
                                        FinnPa Helsinki #
--- Latvia      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Skonto              Liepaja Metalurgs % Daugava             Dinaburga 
--- Bulgaria    ---------------------------------------------------------------
Litex Lovetch       Levski              CSKA                Spartak Varna @
--- Macedonia   ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sileks Kratovo      Vardar Skopje       Sloga-Jugomagnat    Makedonija Skopje
--- Lithuania   ---------------------------------------------------------------
Kareda Siauliai     Ekranas Panevezys   Zalgiris Vilnius    Inkaras Kaunas
--- Yugoslavia  ---------------------------------------------------------------
FK Obilic           Partizan            Crvena zvezda       Vojvodina Novi Sad
--- Moldova     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Zimbru Chisinau     Constructorul %     Tiligul Tiraspol    n/p
--- Estonia     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Flora Tallinn       Lantana Tallinn %   Sadam Tallinn       Tulevik Viljandi @  
--- Liechtenstein  ------------------------------------------------------------
-                   FC Vaduz            -                   -
--- Armenia     ---------------------------------------------------------------
FK Yerevan          Tsement Ararat      Shirak Gyumri       Erebuni Yerevan
--- Nth.Ireland ---------------------------------------------------------------
Cliftonville        Glentoran           Linfield            Omagh Town @
--- Malta       ---------------------------------------------------------------
Valletta            Hibernians          Birkirkara          Sliema Wanderers
--- Ireland     ---------------------------------------------------------------
St Patrick's Ath.   Cork                Shelbourne          Shamrock Rovers   
--- Wales       ---------------------------------------------------------------
Barry Town          Bangor City         Newtown             Ebbw Vale
--- Faroe Islands -------------------------------------------------------------
B 36 Thorshavn      Gotu Itrottarfelag  Havnar Boltfelag    VB 
--- Albania     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Vllaznia Shkodkr    Apolonia Fier       SK Tirana           -
--- Luxembourg  ---------------------------------------------------------------
Jeunesse Esch       CS Grevenmacher     Union Luxembourg    CS Hobscheid @
--- Azerbaidchan --------------------------------------------------------------
Kapaz Ganja         Karabakh Agdam %    Dinamo Baku         Baki Fahlasi @
--- Andorra     ------------ ??? ----------------------------------------------
Charlot Principat   ?                   Santa Coloma        -
	only CE Principat plays in the UC (like last year)
--- Bosnia      ---------------------------------------------------------------
Zeljesnicar         (FK Sarajevo)       FK Sarajevo         -
	Zeljesnicar and Sarajevo play in the UC
                    no team will enter the CWC since the three regional
                    federations failed to agree on a playoff.
--- San Marino  ------------ ??? ----------------------------------------------
Folgore             ?                   Folgore             -
	has not been admitted to the competitions (like last year)



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Prepared and maintained by Martin Protzen for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Martin Protzen
Last updated: 10 Jul 1998

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