2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

The qualifying phase and play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League will be played from 1 July to 27 August 2014, to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage.

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates
All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Format
In the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

In the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round is not known at the time of the draw), the seeding is carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient is to advance, it simply takes the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association are not drawn against each other, and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

Teams
There are two routes which the teams are separated into during qualifying:
 * Champions Route, which include all domestic champions which do not automatically qualify for the group stage.
 * League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which include all domestic non-champions which do not automatically qualify for the group stage.

A total of 55 teams (40 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) are involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 from Champions Route, 5 from League Route) advance to the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The 15 losers of the third qualifying round enter the Europa League play-off round, and the 10 losers of the play-off round enter the Europa League group stage.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2014 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Seeding
A total of six teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 23 June 2014.

Matches
The first legs were played on 1 and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2014.


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Second leg
''3–3 on aggregate. FC Santa Coloma won on away goals.''

Levadia Tallinn won 8–0 on aggregate.

HB won 6–3 on aggregate.

Seeding
A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round: 31 teams which entered in this round, and the three winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 23 June 2014.


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Matches
The first legs were played on 15 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2014.


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Second leg
 Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–0 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 8–1 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad won 5–1 on aggregate.

 Qarabağ won 5–0 on aggregate.

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–0 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 3–0 on aggregate.

 ''1–1 on aggregate. BATE Borisov won on away goals''

Partizan won 6–1 on aggregate.

 Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.

Debrecen won 2–0 on aggregate.

Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.

Aktobe won 4–0 on aggregate.

 Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

 HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

 Steaua București won 3–0 on aggregate.

Maribor won 2–0 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw won 6–1 on aggregate.


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Seeding
A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round: The draw was held on 18 July 2014.
 * Champions Route: three teams which entered in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.
 * League Route: ten teams which entered in this round.


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Matches
The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 August 2014.

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First leg




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Second leg
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.

Maribor won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Lille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

APOEL won 4–2 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.

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<div id="Steaua București v Aktobe"/> Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Copenhagen won 2–0 on aggregate.

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AaB won 2–1 on aggregate.

''4–4 on aggregate. Celtic won on away goals. The second leg originally ended 0–2 but Legia Warsaw were later ruled to have forfeited the match after fielding suspended player Bartosz Bereszyński as a substitute, and Celtic were therefore awarded the second leg 3–0.''

''2–2 on aggregate. Ludogorets Razgrad won on away goals.''


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Seeding
A total of 20 teams play in the play-off round: The draw was held on 8 August 2014.
 * Champions Route: the ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.
 * League Route: five teams which enter in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.


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Matches
The first legs will be played on 19 and 20 August, and the second legs will be played on 26 and 27 August 2014.

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First leg
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Second leg
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