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2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying

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2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round. It began on 9 July and ended on 28 August 2024.[1]

A total of 52 teams competed in the qualifying system, with 42 teams in the Champions Path and 10 teams in the League Path. The seven winners in the play-off round (five from Champions Path, two from League Path) advanced to the league phase, to join the 29 teams that entered it.[2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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Format

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The qualifying phase and play-off round was split into two paths – the Champions Path and the League Path. The Champions Path contained teams which qualified as the winners of their domestic league, and the League Path contained teams which qualified as runners-up, third-placed or fourth-placed teams from their domestic league.

Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was determined by a penalty shoot-out.[3]

In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round may not have been known at the time of the draws, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to the subsequent round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient advanced, it would simply take the seeding of its opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA could form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA could not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

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Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.[1]

More information Round, Draw date ...
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Teams

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Champions Path

The Champions Path included all league champions which did not qualify directly for the league phase, and consisted of the following rounds:

  • First qualifying round (28 teams): 28 teams which entered in this round.
  • Second qualifying round (24 teams): 10 teams which entered in this round, and 14 winners of the first qualifying round.
  • Third qualifying round (12 teams): 12 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (10 teams): 4 teams which entered in this round, and 6 winners of the third qualifying round.

All teams eliminated from the Champions Path entered either the Europa League or the Conference League:

Below were the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

More information Key to colours ...
More information Team, Coeff. ...

League Path

The League Path included all league non-champions which did not qualify directly for the league phase, and consisted of the following rounds:

  • Second qualifying round (4 teams): 4 teams which entered in this round.
  • Third qualifying round (8 teams): 6 teams which entered in this round, and 2 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • Play-off round (4 teams): 4 winners of the third qualifying round.

All teams eliminated from the League Path entered the Europa League:

Below were the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

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More information Team, Coeff. ...
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First qualifying round

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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024.

Seeding

A total of 28 teams played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into three groups, two with five seeded and five unseeded teams and one with four seeded and four unseeded team per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.[5] The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

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Summary

The first legs were played on 9 and 10 July, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 July 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. 12 of the 14 losers were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round and 2 were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path qualifying and received a bye to the third qualifying round.

Notes:
  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

More information Slovan Bratislava, 4–2 ...
More information Struga, 1–2 ...

Slovan Bratislava won 6–3 on aggregate.


More information The New Saints, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 810[11]
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
More information Dečić, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 1,400[13]
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

The New Saints won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Borac Banja Luka, 1–0 ...
More information Egnatia, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 2,000[18]
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

2–2 on aggregate; Borac Banja Luka won 4–1 on penalties.


More information Hamrun Spartans, 0–1 ...
More information Lincoln Red Imps, 0–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 720[23]
Referee: Eric Wattellier (France)

1–1 on aggregate; Lincoln Red Imps won 5–4 on penalties.


More information UE Santa Coloma, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 445[25]
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
More information Ballkani, 1–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 1,000[27]
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Ukraine)

3–3 on aggregate; UE Santa Coloma won 6–5 on penalties.


More information Flora, 0–5 ...
Attendance: 2,002[29]
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Spain)
More information Celje, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 2,382[31]
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

Celje won 7–1 on aggregate.


More information KÍ, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 1,161[33]
Referee: David Munro (Scotland)
More information Differdange 03, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 1,950[35]
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas (Spain)

KÍ won 2–0 on aggregate.


More information Panevėžys, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 1,100[37]
Referee: Luca Cibelli (Switzerland)
More information HJK, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 5,292[39]

Panevėžys won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information RFS, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 1,700[41]
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
More information Larne, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 2,030[43]
Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

RFS won 7–0 on aggregate.


More information Víkingur Reykjavík, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 1,108[45]
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)
More information Shamrock Rovers, 2–1 ...

Shamrock Rovers won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Virtus, 1–7 ...
Attendance: 1,863[49]
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
More information FCSB, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 7,262[52]
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)

FCSB won 11–1 on aggregate.


More information Ludogorets Razgrad, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 4,561[54]
Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)
More information Dinamo Batumi, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 14,967[56]
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Ordabasy, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 16,500[58]
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
More information Petrocub Hîncești, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 6,752[60]
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

Petrocub Hîncești won 1–0 on aggregate.


More information Dinamo Minsk, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 0[62][note 8]
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)
More information Pyunik, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 7,400[65]
Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)

Dinamo Minsk won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024.

Seeding

A total of 28 teams played in the second qualifying round – 24 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into three groups of four seeded and four unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

More information Seeded, Unseeded ...
Notes
  1. Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs were played on 30 and 31 July 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.

Champions Path matches

More information Ludogorets Razgrad, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 5,323[67]
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
More information Dinamo Minsk, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 10[69][note 8]
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information APOEL, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 13,801[71]
Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)
More information Petrocub Hîncești, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 7,500[73]
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

APOEL won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Ferencváros, 5–0 ...
More information The New Saints, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 1,022[77]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

Ferencváros won 7–1 on aggregate.


More information PAOK, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 16,135[79]
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
More information Borac Banja Luka, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 9,500[81]
Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)

PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Bodø/Glimt, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 5,427[83]
More information RFS, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 1,678[85]
Referee: Jakob Sundberg (Denmark)

Bodø/Glimt won 7–1 on aggregate.


More information Malmö FF, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 18,432[87]
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)
More information KÍ, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 1,247[89]
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

Malmö FF won 6–4 on aggregate.


More information Shamrock Rovers, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 9,684[91]
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
More information Sparta Prague, 4–2 ...
Attendance: 17,367[93]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Sparta Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.


More information UE Santa Coloma, 0–3 ...
More information Midtjylland, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 7,917[97]
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

Midtjylland won 4–0 on aggregate.


More information Celje, 1–1 ...
More information Slovan Bratislava, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 17,197[101]
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

Slovan Bratislava won 6–1 on aggregate.


More information Panevėžys, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 3,850[103]
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
More information Jagiellonia Białystok, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 17,589[105]
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

Jagiellonia Białystok won 7–1 on aggregate.


More information Lincoln Red Imps, 0–2 ...
More information Qarabağ, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 23,700[109]
Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine)

Qarabağ won 7–0 on aggregate.


More information FCSB, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 26,235[111]
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
More information Maccabi Tel Aviv, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 643[114]
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)

FCSB won 2–1 on aggregate.

League Path matches

More information Lugano, 3–4 ...
More information Fenerbahçe, 2–1 ...

Fenerbahçe won 6–4 on aggregate.


More information Dynamo Kyiv, 6–2 ...
Attendance: 4,712[122]
More information Partizan, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 10[124][note 12]
Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

Dynamo Kyiv won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024.

Seeding

A total of 20 teams played in the third qualifying round – 12 in the Champions Path and 8 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] Prior to the draw, UEFA formed groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

More information Seeded, Unseeded ...
Notes
  1. Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs were played on 13 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective paths. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League league phase.

More information Team 1, Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Champions Path matches

More information Qarabağ, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 29,300[127]
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
More information Ludogorets Razgrad, 2–7 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 7,700[129]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Qarabağ won 8–4 on aggregate.


More information Slovan Bratislava, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 20,404[131]
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
More information APOEL, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 13,507[133]

Slovan Bratislava won 2–0 on aggregate.


More information Sparta Prague, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 17,229[135]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
More information FCSB, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 28,875[137]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Sparta Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.


More information Malmö FF, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 18,658[139]
More information PAOK, 3–4 (a.e.t.) ...

Malmö FF won 6–5 on aggregate.


More information Midtjylland, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 8,449[143]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
More information Ferencváros, 1–1 ...

Midtjylland won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information Jagiellonia Białystok, 0–1 ...
More information Bodø/Glimt, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 7,228[149]

Bodø/Glimt won 5–1 on aggregate.

League Path matches

More information Slavia Prague, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 18,470[151]
More information Union Saint-Gilloise, 0–1 ...

Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Lille, 2–1 ...
More information Fenerbahçe, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...

Lille won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Dynamo Kyiv, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 8,315[160]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
More information Rangers, 0–2 ...

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information Red Bull Salzburg, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 17,381[165]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
More information Twente, 3–3 ...

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.

Seeding

A total of 14 teams played in the play-off round – 10 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients.[4] Before the draw, UEFA could form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

More information Seeded, Unseeded ...
Notes
  1. Winners of the third qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase. The losers were transferred to the Europa League league phase.

More information Team 1, Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Champions Path matches

More information Young Boys, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 31,500[169]
More information Galatasaray, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 46,827[171]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Young Boys won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Dinamo Zagreb, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 14,073[173]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
More information Qarabağ, 0–2 ...

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–0 on aggregate.


More information Midtjylland, 1–1 ...
More information Slovan Bratislava, 3–2 ...

Slovan Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.


More information Bodø/Glimt, 2–1 ...
More information Red Star Belgrade, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 46,167[183]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Red Star Belgrade won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Malmö FF, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 20,589[185]
More information Sparta Prague, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 18,215[187]

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

League Path matches

More information Lille, 2–0 ...
More information Slavia Prague, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 18,848[191]

Lille won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Dynamo Kyiv, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 7,126[193]
More information Red Bull Salzburg, 1–1 ...

Red Bull Salzburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Notes

  1. Struga played their home match at the SRC Biljanini Izvori in Ohrid, instead of their regular stadium, the Gradska Plaža Stadium, in Struga, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  2. Dečić played their home match at the Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica, instead of their regular stadium, the Stadion Tuško Polje, in Tuzi, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. Egnatia played their home match at the Elbasan Arena in Elbasan, instead of their regular stadium, the Egnatia Arena, in Rrogozhinë, due to renovation works.[17]
  4. Lincoln Red Imps played their home matches at Europa Sports Park, instead of the Victoria Stadium, due to renovation works.[22]
  5. Ballkani played their home match at the Zahir Pajaziti Stadium in Podujevo, instead of their regular stadium, the Suva Reka City Stadium, in Suva Reka, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  6. FCSB played their home matches at the Steaua Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, the Arena Națională, as it was being used for a series of concerts including Ed Sheeran.[51]
  7. Petrocub Hîncești played their home matches at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium, the Stadionul Municipal, in Hîncești, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  8. Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.[63]
  9. Due to the Gaza war, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[113]
  10. Lugano played their home match at the Stockhorn Arena, in Thun, instead of their regular stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium, in Lugano, due to renovation works.[116]
  11. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[121]
  12. The Partizan v Dynamo Kyiv match was played behind closed doors due to a punishment by UEFA to Partizan for discriminatory and racist behaviour of their fans during the match against Nordsjælland in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase.[125]
  13. Union Saint-Gilloise played their home match at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, the Joseph Marien Stadium, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  14. Lille played their home matches at the Stade du Hainaut, in Valenciennes, instead of their regular stadium, the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, as it was being used for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[155]
  15. Rangers played their home match at Hampden Park, instead of their regular stadium, Ibrox Stadium, due to renovation works.[162]
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