-            text_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='text', encoding='utf-8').strip()
-            html_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='html', encoding='utf-8')
-            yield anchor, text_str, html_str
+            footnote.text = None
+            if len(footnote) and footnote[-1].tail == '\n':
+                footnote[-1].tail = None
+            text_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='text', encoding=unicode).strip()
+            html_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='html', encoding=unicode).strip()
+
+            match = re_qualifier.match(text_str)
+            if match:
+                qualifier_str = match.group(1)
+                qualifiers = []
+                for candidate in re.split('[;,]', qualifier_str):
+                    candidate = candidate.strip()
+                    if candidate in FN_QUALIFIERS:
+                        qualifiers.append(candidate)
+                    elif candidate.startswith('z '):
+                        subcandidate = candidate.split()[1]
+                        if subcandidate in FN_QUALIFIERS:
+                            qualifiers.append(subcandidate)
+            else:
+                qualifiers = []
+
+            yield anchor, fn_type, qualifiers, text_str, html_str