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UEFA Champions League play-off round draw

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Results Procedure

UEFA Champions League play-off round draw

The play-off round consists of two paths: champions and league.

The champions path draw
The champions path draw ©UEFA via Getty Images

12:00 CEST, 5 August, Nyon

Champions path

GNK Dinamo (CRO) / Ferencváros (HUN)* v Maribor (SVN) / Rosenborg (NOR)
CFR Cluj (ROU) / Celtic (SCO)* v Slavia Praha (CZE)
Young Boys (SUI) v Crvena zvezda (SRB) / København (DEN)*
APOEL (CYP) / Qarabağ (AZE) v PAOK (GRE) / Ajax (NED)*

League path

The draw took place in Nyon
The draw took place in Nyon©UEFA via Getty Images

Basel (SUI) / LASK (AUT) v Club Brugge (BEL) / Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)*
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) / Olympiacos (GRE) v Krasnodar (RUS) / Porto (POR)*

*Seeded teams

The first legs are played on 20/21 August, with the return matches on 27/28 August.

Champions path draw procedure

  • The two remaining teams entering at this stage (the champions of the leagues ranked 12th and 13th) were joined by the six third qualifying round winners. The third qualifying round ties take place on 6/7 and 13 August.

  • The four clubs with the highest coefficients were seeded and drawn against the four unseeded sides. The third qualifying round winners take the coefficient of the seeded team from those ties.

  • The play-off winners advance to the UEFA Champions League group stage. Sides defeated in this round transfer to the UEFA Europa League group stage.

League path draw procedure

The play-off ties take place in August
The play-off ties take place in August©UEFA.com
  • The four winners of the third qualifying round League Path ties enter the draw. The third qualifying round ties take place on 6/7 and 13 August.

  • The two clubs with the highest coefficients were seeded and drawn against the two unseeded sides.
  • The play-off winners advance to the UEFA Champions League group stage. Sides defeated in this round transfer to the UEFA Europa League group stage.

Match dates

20/21 August: first leg
27/28 August: second leg

To note

Clubs' coefficients are determined EITHER by the sum of all points won in the previous five years OR by the association coefficient over the same period – WHICHEVER IS THE HIGHER.

The draws are provisional and are subject to the outcome of ongoing investigations and/or legal proceedings and final confirmation by UEFA.

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