2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-offs

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The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-offs began on 26 June and ended on 29 August 2018. A total of 57 teams are expected to compete to decide six of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.

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

Teams[]

Champions Path[]

The Champions Path includes all league champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

Preliminary round (4 teams playing one-legged semi-finals and final): 4 teams which enter in this round.
First qualifying round (32 teams): 31 teams which enter in this round, and 1 winner of the preliminary round.
Second qualifying round (20 teams): 4 teams which enter in this round, and 16 winners of the first qualifying round.
Third qualifying round (12 teams): 2 teams which enter in this round, and 10 winners of the second qualifying round.
Play-off round (8 teams): 2 teams which enter in this round, and 6 winners of the third qualifying round.

The 4 Champions Path winners of play-off round advance to the group stage to join the 26 teams which enter in the group stage, and the 2 League Path winners of the play-off round.

All teams eliminated from the Champions Path enter the Europa League:

The 3 losers of the preliminary round and the 16 losers of the first qualifying round enter the Champions Path second qualifying round.
The 10 losers of the second qualifying round enter the Champions Path third qualifying round.
The 6 losers of the third qualifying round enter the Champions Path play-off round.
The 4 losers of the play-off round enter the group stage.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round enter Europa League group stage
Losers of third qualifying round enter Europa League play-off round
Losers of second qualifying round enter Europa League third qualifying round
Losers of the preliminary round and first qualifying round enter Europa League second qualifying round

Play-off round
Team	Coeff.
PSV Eindhoven	36.000
Young Boys	20.500

Third qualifying round
Team	Coeff.
Red Bull Salzburg	55.500
AEK Athens	10.000

Second qualifying round
Team	Coeff.
BATE Borisov	20.500
Dinamo Zagreb	17.500
Midtjylland	11.500
CFR Cluj	4.090

First qualifying round
Team	Coeff.
Ludogorets Razgrad	37.000
Celtic	31.000
APOEL	27.000
Legia Warsaw	24.500
Astana	21.750
Qarabağ	20.500
Sheriff Tiraspol	14.750
Malmö FF	14.000
Red Star Belgrade	10.750
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	10.000
Rosenborg	9.000
HJK	8.000
The New Saints	5.000
MOL Vidi	4.250
Kukësi	4.250
Zrinjski Mostar	3.750
Shkëndija	3.500
F91 Dudelange	3.500
Spartak Trnava	3.500
Valletta	3.250
Víkingur Gøta	3.000
Crusaders	3.000
Olimpija Ljubljana	2.900
Alashkert	2.500
Sutjeska Nikšić	2.500
Sūduva Marijampolė	2.000
Spartaks Jūrmala	1.750
Cork City	1.750
Valur	1.650
Flora Tallinn	1.250
Torpedo Kutaisi	1.000

Preliminary round
Team	Coeff.
FC Santa Coloma	2.750
Lincoln Red Imps	2.750
La Fiorita	1.750
Drita	0.000

League Path[]

The League Path includes all league non-champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage, and consists of the following rounds:

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

The 2 League Path winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage to join the 26 teams which enter in the group stage, and the 4 Champions Path winners of the play-off round.

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

The 2 losers of the second qualifying round enter the Main Path third qualifying round.
The 4 losers of the third qualifying round and the 2 losers of the play-off round enter the group stage.

Below are the participating teams (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round and third qualifying round enter Europa League group stage
Losers of second qualifying round enter Europa League third qualifying round

Third qualifying round
Team	Coeff.
Benfica	80.000
Dynamo Kyiv	62.000
Fenerbahçe	23.500
Spartak Moscow	13.500
Standard Liège	12.500
Slavia Prague	7.500

Second qualifying round
Team	Coeff.
Basel	71.000
Ajax	53.500
PAOK	29.500
Sturm Graz	6.570

Format[]

Each tie, apart from the preliminary round, 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 advance 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 extra time is played. 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 preliminary round, where single-match semi-finals and final are hosted by one of the participating teams, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.

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 containing the same number of teams. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs (or the administrative "home" team) in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round is not known at the time of the draws, 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 take 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 do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie.

Schedule[]

The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	12 June 2018	26 June 2018 (semi-final round)	29 June 2018 (final round)
First qualifying round	19 June 2018	10–11 July 2018	17–18 July 2018
Second qualifying round	19 June 2018	24–25 July 2018	31 July – 1 August 2018
Third qualifying round	23 July 2018	7–8 August 2018	14 August 2018
Play-off round	6 August 2018	21–22 August 2018	28–29 August 2018

Preliminary round[]

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018, 12:00 CEST, to determine the matchups of the semi-finals and the administrative "home" team of each semi-final and final.

Seeding[]

A total of four teams were involved in the preliminary round draw. Two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded for the semi-final round draw.

Seeded	Unseeded
FC Santa Coloma Lincoln Red Imps	La Fiorita Drita

Bracket[]

Semi-final round

Final round

26 June

La Fiorita

0

Gibraltar

Lincoln Red Imps

2

29 June

Lincoln Red Imps

1

Gibraltar

Drita (a.e.t.)

4

26 June

FC Santa Coloma

0

Gibraltar

Drita (a.e.t.)

2

Summary[]

The semi-final round was played on 26 June, and the final round on 29 June 2018, both at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Semi-final round
FC Santa Coloma	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Drita
La Fiorita	0–2	Lincoln Red Imps
Final round
Lincoln Red Imps	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Drita

Semi-final round[]

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) 17:00	FC Santa Coloma	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Drita	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 288 Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)
		Report	Shabani 99' Gërbeshi 105+3' (pen.)

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) 21:00	La Fiorita	0–2	Lincoln Red Imps	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 840< Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
		Report	Hernandez 2' Moreno 51'

Final round[]

29 June 2018 (2018-06-29) 20:30	Lincoln Red Imps	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Drita	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 468 Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
	Corral 61'	Report	Leci 2', 105+3' (pen.) Shabani 120' Neziraj 120+4'

First qualifying round[]

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018, 12:00 CEST.

Seeding[]

A total of 32 teams were involved in the first qualifying round draw: the 31 teams entering in this round, and the winners of the preliminary round. They were divided into three groups: two of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and one of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded.

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
APOEL Qarabağ Sheriff Tiraspol The New Saints Vidi	Shkëndija F91 Dudelange Olimpija Ljubljana Sūduva Marijampolė Torpedo Kutaisi	Ludogorets Razgrad Legia Warsaw Malmö FF Rosenborg HJK	Víkingur Gøta Crusaders Drita^[†] Cork City Valur	Celtic Astana Red Star Belgrade Hapoel Be'er Sheva Kukësi Zrinjski Mostar	Spartak Trnava Valletta Alashkert Sutjeska Nikšić Spartaks Jūrmala Flora Tallinn

Notes

^† Winners of the preliminary round. 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 10 and 11 July, and the second legs were played on 17 and 18 July 2018.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Torpedo Kutaisi	2–4	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	0–3
Shkëndija	5–4	The New Saints	5–0	0–4
Sūduva Marijampolė	3–2	APOEL	3–1	0–1
Olimpija Ljubljana	0–1	Qarabağ	0–1	0–0
F91 Dudelange	2–3	Vidi	1–1	1–2
Drita	0–5	Malmö FF	0–3	0–2
Víkingur Gøta	2–5^[A]	HJK	1–2	1–3
Ludogorets Razgrad	9–0	Crusaders	7–0	2–0
Cork City	0–4	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–3
Valur	2–3	Rosenborg	1–0	1–3
Kukësi	1–1 (a)	Valletta	0–0	1–1
Flora Tallinn	2–7	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–4	1–3
Spartaks Jūrmala	0–2	Red Star Belgrade	0–0	0–2
Alashkert	0–6	Celtic	0–3	0–3
Spartak Trnava	2–1	Zrinjski Mostar	1–0	1–1
Astana	3–0	Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	2–0

Matches[]

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 17:30 (19:30 GET)	Torpedo Kutaisi	2–1	Sheriff Tiraspol	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi Attendance: 7,251 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
	Kimadze 24' Kukhianidze 64' (pen.)	Report	Badibanga 14'

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) 19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	Torpedo Kutaisi	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
	Badibanga 9' Jô Santos 40', 55'	Report

Sheriff Tiraspol won 4–2 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 20:15	Shkëndija	5–0	The New Saints	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)
	Emini 14' Ibraimi 38', 53', 60', 66'	Report

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 20:00 (19:00 BST)	The New Saints	4–0	Shkëndija	Park Hall, Oswestry Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
	Ebbe 15' Redmond 30' Cabango 35' Byrne 90+6'	Report		Park Hall, Oswestry Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Shkëndija won 5–4 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 18:00 (19:00 EEST)	Sūduva Marijampolė	3–1	APOEL	Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė Attendance: 3,378 Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
	Cicilia 9', 13', 19'	Report	Caju 90+4'

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 19:00 (20:00 EEST)	APOEL	1–0	Sūduva Marijampolė	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
	Poté 20'	Report		GSP Stadium, Nicosia Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Sūduva Marijampolė won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 20:00	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–1	Qarabağ	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,248 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
		Report	Guerrier 79'

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) 19:00 (21:00 AZT)	Qarabağ	0–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
		Report

Qarabağ won 1–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 18:00	F91 Dudelange	1–1	Vidi	Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange Attendance: 1,057 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
	Mélisse 58'	Report	Huszti 42'

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 20:15	Vidi	2–1	F91 Dudelange	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
	Lazović 18' Šćepović 58'	Report	Clément 54'	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Vidi won 3–2 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 20:45	Drita	0–3	Malmö FF	Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari, Mitrovica Attendance: 9,780 Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)
		Report	Strandberg 13' Traustason 39' Rosenberg 82'

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 19:00	Malmö FF	2–0	Drita	Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 10,623 Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)
	Strandberg 55' Larsson 60'	Report

Malmö FF won 5–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 20:00 (19:00 WEST)	Víkingur Gøta	1–2	HJK	Svangaskarð, Toftir Attendance: 300 Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
	G. Vatnhamar 51'	Report	Dahlström 9' Gregersen 29' (o.g.)

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 18:00 (19:00 EEST)	HJK	3–1	Víkingur Gøta	Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
	De Mello 1' Mensah 10' Yaghoubi 19'	Report	G. Vatnhamar 21'	Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

HJK won 5–2 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Ludogorets Razgrad	7–0	Crusaders	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 4,597 Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
	Marcelinho 25', 66' Brown 40' (o.g.) Keșerü 53' Świerczok 73', 78', 80'	Report

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 21:00 (20:00 BST)	Crusaders	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Seaview, Belfast Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
		Report	Brown 11' (o.g.) Świerczok 65'	Seaview, Belfast Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 9–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 20:45 (19:45 IST)	Cork City	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Turners Cross, Cork Attendance: 5,795 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
		Report	Kucharczyk 79'

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 20:45	Legia Warsaw	3–0	Cork City	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)
	Kanté 27' Radović 73' (pen.) Carlitos 89'	Report

Legia Warsaw won 4–0 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 22:00 (21:00 WET)	Valur	1–0	Rosenborg	Hlíðarendi, Reykjavík Attendance: 1,088 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
	Sigurbjörnsson 84'	Report

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) 19:45	Rosenborg	3–1	Valur	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)
	Bendtner 55' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) Trondsen 72'	Report	Sigurðsson 85' (pen.)

Rosenborg won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 19:00	Kukësi	0–0	Valletta	Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër Attendance: 350 Referee: Þóroddur Hjaltalín (Iceland)
		Report

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 20:00	Valletta	1–1	Kukësi	National Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)
	Santiago 67'	Report	Dzaria 84'	National Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

1–1 on aggregate. Kukësi won on away goals.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 17:30 (18:30 EEST)	Flora Tallinn	1–4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 1,106 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
	Sappinen 73' (pen.)	Report	Sahar 18' Tzedek 36' (pen.) Maman 53' Ezra 85'

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 19:00 (20:00 IDT)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1	Flora Tallinn	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
	Ezra 15' Maman 27' Melikson 48'	Report	Alliku 86'	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 7–2 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 18:00 (19:00 EEST)	Spartaks Jūrmala	0–0	Red Star Belgrade	Skonto Stadium, Riga Attendance: 2,068 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
		Report

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 20:30	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	Spartaks Jūrmala	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 23,390 Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)
	Ben Nabouhane 78' Krstičić 81'	Report

Red Star Belgrade won 2–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) 18:00 (20:00 AMT)	Alashkert	0–3	Celtic	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 4,948 Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
		Report	Edouard 45+2' Forrest 81' McGregor 90'

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) 20:45 (19:45 BST)	Celtic	3–0	Alashkert	Celtic Park, Glasgow Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
	Dembélé 8', 19' (p) Forrest 35'	Report		Celtic Park, Glasgow Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Celtic won 6–0 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 18:00	Spartak Trnava	1–0	Zrinjski Mostar	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Attendance: 0 (No-crowd match) Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)
	Jirka 79'	Report

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) 19:00	Zrinjski Mostar	1–1	Spartak Trnava	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, Mostar Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
	Todorović 58'	Report	Godál 21'

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 16:00 (20:00 KZT)	Astana	1–0	Sutjeska Nikšić	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
	R. Murtazayev 29' (pen.)	Report

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) 20:00	Sutjeska Nikšić	0–2	Astana	Stadion kraj Bistrice, Nikšić Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
		Report	Despotović 38' Muzhikov 65'

Astana won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round[]

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018, 14:00 CEST.

Seeding[]

The second qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Path (for league champions) and League Path (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw:

Champions Path: four teams entering in this round, and the 16 winners of the first qualifying round. They were divided into two groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded.
League Path: four teams entering in this round. Two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded.

Since the draw for the second qualifying round took place before the results of the previous round were known, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie would advance to this round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.

Champions Path				League Path
Group 1		Group 2		League Path
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Ludogorets Razgrad^[†] Astana^[†] Qarabağ^[†] Dinamo Zagreb Malmö FF^[†]	Midtjylland Hapoel Be'er Sheva^[†] Vidi^[†] Kukësi^[†] CFR Cluj	Celtic^[†] Sūduva Marijampolė^[†] Legia Warsaw^[†] BATE Borisov Sheriff Tiraspol^[†]	Red Star Belgrade^[†] Rosenborg^[†] HJK^[†] Shkëndija^[†] Spartak Trnava^[†]	Basel Ajax	PAOK Sturm Graz

Notes

^† Winners of the first qualifying round. 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 24 and 25 July, and the second legs on 31 July and 1 August 2018.

Champions Path
Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Astana	2–1	Midtjylland	2–1	0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	MOL Vidi	0–0	0–1
Kukësi	0–3	Qarabağ	0–0	0–3
CFR Cluj	1–2	Malmö FF	0–1	1–1
Dinamo Zagreb	7–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5–0	2–2
Red Star Belgrade	5–0	Sūduva Marijampolė	3–0	2–0
BATE Borisov	2–1	HJK	0–0	2–1
Shkëndija	1–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	0–0
Legia Warsaw	1–2	Spartak Trnava	0–2	1–0
Celtic	3–1	Rosenborg	3–1	0–0

League Path
Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	5–1	Basel	2–1	3–0
Ajax	5–1	Sturm Graz	2–0	3–1

Champions Path[]

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 16:00 (20:00 ALMT)	Astana	2–1	Midtjylland	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 23,010 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
	Kleinheisler 31', 90+4'	Report	Wikheim 51'

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 19:00	Midtjylland	0–0	Astana	MCH Arena, Herning Attendance: 8,731 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
		Report

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) 19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	MOL Vidi	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 5,327 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)
		Report

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 20:00	MOL Vidi	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
	Hadžić 45'	Report

MOL Vidi won 1–0 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) 19:00	Kukësi	0–0	Qarabağ	Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër Attendance: 700 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)
		Report

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 19:00 (21:00 AZT)	Qarabağ	3–0	Kukësi	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 25,030 Referee: Peter Kralovič (Slovakia)
	Quintana 24' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Delarge 89'	Report

Qarabağ won 3–0 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 18:00 (19:00 EEST)	CFR Cluj	0–1	Malmö FF	Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 6,950 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
		Report	Strandberg 45'

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 19:15	Malmö FF	1–1	CFR Cluj	Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 18,153 Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)
	Traustason 55'	Report	Djoković 36'

Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 20:00	Dinamo Zagreb	5–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 9,099 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
	Hajrović 22' Oršić 28' Ademi 51', 62' Hodžić 82'	Report

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) 19:00 (20:00 IDT)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Attendance: 10,181 Referee: François Letexier (France)
	Ogu 14' Stojanović 34' (o.g.)	Report	Budimir 49' Hajrović 54'

Dinamo Zagreb won 7–2 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 20:30	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Sūduva Marijampolė	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 23,218 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)
	Ebecilio 23' Radonjić 35', 58'	Report

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 19:30 (20:30 EEST)	Sūduva Marijampolė	0–2	Red Star Belgrade	Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė Attendance: 4,020 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
		Report	Ben Nabouhane 8' Radonjić 38'

Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) 19:00 (20:00 FET)	BATE Borisov	0–0	HJK	Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 11,567 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
		Report

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 18:00 (19:00 EEST)	HJK	1–2	BATE Borisov	Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,210 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
	Yaghoubi 28'	Report	Rafinha 20' (o.g.) Stasevich 24'

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 20:15	Shkëndija	1–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
	Ibraimi 24'	Report

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) 19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	Shkëndija	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol Attendance: 6,319 Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
		Report

Shkëndija won 1–0 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 21:00	Legia Warsaw	0–2	Spartak Trnava	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 15,527 Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
		Report	Grendel 16' Vlasko 90+3'

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) 20:30	Spartak Trnava	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Attendance: 17,204 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
		Report	Astiz 63'

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) 20:45 (19:45 BST)	Celtic	3–1	Rosenborg	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,184 Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
	Édouard 43', 75' Ntcham 46'	Report	Meling 16'

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 20:45	Rosenborg	0–0	Celtic	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Attendance: 14,263 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
		Report

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

League Path[]

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 19:30 (20:30 EEST)	PAOK	2–1	Basel	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 24,670 Referee: Bobby Madley (England)
	Cañas 32' Prijović 80'	Report	Ajeti 82'

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 20:00	Basel	0–3	PAOK	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
		Report	Varela 7' Prijović 52' El Kaddouri 60'

PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) 20:30	Ajax	2–0	Sturm Graz	Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 53,106 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
	Ziyech 15' Schöne 57'	Report

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) 20:30	Sturm Graz	1–3	Ajax	Liebenauer Stadium, Graz Attendance: 15,172 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
	Onana 89' (o.g.)	Report	Huntelaar 39', 77' Tadić 48'

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round[]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 2018, 12:00 CEST.

Seeding[]

A total of 20 teams were involved in the third qualifying round draw.

Champions Path: two teams entering in this round, and the 10 winners of the second qualifying round Champions Path. Six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded.
League Path: six teams entering in this round, and the two winners of the second qualifying round League Path. Four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded. Teams from Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn into the same tie, and if such a pairing was drawn or was set to be drawn in the final tie, the second team drawn in the current tie would be moved to the next tie.

Champions Path		League Path
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Red Bull Salzburg MOL Vidi^[†] Celtic^[†] Spartak Trnava^[†] Astana^[†] Qarabağ^[†]	BATE Borisov^[†] Dinamo Zagreb^[†] Shkëndija^[†] Malmö FF^[†] Red Star Belgrade^[†] AEK Athens	Benfica PAOK^[†] Dynamo Kyiv Ajax^[†]	Fenerbahçe Spartak Moscow Standard Liège Slavia Prague

Notes

^† Winners of the second qualifying round. 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 7 and 8 August, and the second legs on 14 August 2018.

Champions Path
Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	2–3	AEK Athens	1–1	1–2
Red Bull Salzburg	4–0	Shkëndija	3–0	1–0
Red Star Belgrade	3–2	Spartak Trnava	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Qarabağ	1–2	BATE Borisov	0–1	1–1
Astana	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	0–1
Malmö FF	1–1 (a)	MOL Vidi	1–1	0–0

League Path
Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Standard Liège	2–5	Ajax	2–2	0–3
Benfica	2–1	Fenerbahçe	1–0	1–1
Slavia Prague	1–3	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	0–2
PAOK	3–2	Spartak Moscow	3–2	0–0

Champions Path[]

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08) 20:45 (19:45 BST)	Celtic	1–1	AEK Athens	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 54,370 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
	McGregor 17'	Report	Klonaridis 44'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 20:00 (21:00 EEST)	AEK Athens	2–1	Celtic	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 32,300 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
	Galo 6' Livaja 50'	Report	Sinclair 78'

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08) 19:00	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Shkëndija	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 10,050 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
	Dabour 16' (pen.), 45+3' Samassékou 81' (pen.)	Report

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 20:15	Shkëndija	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 3,213 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
		Report	Minamino 90+2'

Red Bull Salzburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 20:30	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Spartak Trnava	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 37,112 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
	Ben Nabouhane 23' (pen.)	Report	Grendel 25'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 20:30	Spartak Trnava	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Red Star Belgrade	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava Attendance: 18,032 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Bakoš 6'	Report	Ben Nabouhane 7' Radonjić 98'

Red Star Belgrade won 3–2 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 19:00 (21:00 AZT)	Qarabağ	0–1	BATE Borisov	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
		Report	Drahun 36'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 19:00 (20:00 FET)	BATE Borisov	1–1	Qarabağ	Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 12,489 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
	Ivanić 20'	Report	Míchel 54'

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 16:00 (20:00 ALMT)	Astana	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 26,500 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
		Report	Budimir 39' Olmo 84'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 20:00	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Astana	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 11,903 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
	Gavranović 74'	Report

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 19:15	Malmö FF	1–1	MOL Vidi	Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 17,209 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
	Christiansen 62'	Report	Nego 71'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 20:00	MOL Vidi	0–0	Malmö FF	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Attendance: 3,432 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
		Report

1–1 on aggregate. MOL Vidi won on away goals.

League Path[]

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 20:00	Standard Liège	2–2	Ajax	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 20,355 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
	Carcela-González 67' Emond 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Huntelaar 19' Tadić 34'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 20:30	Ajax	3–0	Standard Liège	Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 51,841 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
	Huntelaar 30' De Ligt 34' Neres 46'	Report

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 21:00 (20:00 WEST)	Benfica	1–0	Fenerbahçe	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 57,878 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
	Cervi 69'	Report

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 20:00 (21:00 TRT)	Fenerbahçe	1–1	Benfica	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 42,245 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Potuk 45+1'	Report	Fernandes 26'

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 19:30	Slavia Prague	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Eden Arena, Prague Attendance: 19,370 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
	Hušbauer 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Verbič 82'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 18:30 (19:30 EEST)	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Slavia Prague	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Attendance: 39,318 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
	Verbič 11' Besyedin 74'	Report

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08) 19:00 (20:00 EEST)	PAOK	3–2	Spartak Moscow	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 24,463 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
	Prijović 29' (pen.) Limnios 37' Pelkas 44'	Report	Popov 7' Promes 17'

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) 19:30 (20:30 MSK)	Spartak Moscow	0–0	PAOK	Otkritie Arena, Moscow Attendance: 40,385 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
		Report

PAOK won 3–2 on aggregate.

Play-off round[]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018, 12:00 CEST.

Seeding[]

A total of 12 teams were involved in the play-off round draw.

Champions Path: two teams entering in this round, and the six winners of the third qualifying round Champions Path. Four teams were seeded and four teams were unseeded.
League Path: the four winners of the third qualifying round League Path. Two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded. Teams from Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn into the same tie, and to prevent such a potential pairing, the four teams were divided into two pairings prior to the draw.

Champions Path		League Path
Champions Path		Pairing 1		Pairing 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Red Bull Salzburg^[†] PSV Eindhoven AEK Athens^[†] Dinamo Zagreb^[†]	BATE Borisov^[†] Young Boys MOL Vidi^[†] Red Star Belgrade^[†]	Benfica^[†]	PAOK^[†]	Dynamo Kyiv^[†]	Ajax^[†]

Notes

^† Winners of the third qualifying round. 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 will be played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs will be played on 28 and 29 August 2018.

Champions Path
Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade	1	Red Bull Salzburg	21 Aug	29 Aug
BATE Borisov	2	PSV Eindhoven	21 Aug	29 Aug
Young Boys	3	Dinamo Zagreb	22 Aug	28 Aug
MOL Vidi	4	AEK Athens	22 Aug	28 Aug

League Path
Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	1	PAOK	21 Aug	29 Aug
Ajax	2	Dynamo Kyiv	22 Aug	28 Aug

Champions Path[]

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 21:00	Red Star Belgrade	v	Red Bull Salzburg	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
		Report		Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) 21:00	Red Bull Salzburg	v	Red Star Belgrade	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
		Report		Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 21:00 (22:00 FET)	BATE Borisov	v	PSV Eindhoven	Borisov Arena, Barysaw
		Report		Borisov Arena, Barysaw

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) 21:00	PSV Eindhoven	v	BATE Borisov	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
		Report		Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 21:00	Young Boys	v	Dinamo Zagreb	Stade de Suisse, Bern
		Report		Stade de Suisse, Bern

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 21:00	Dinamo Zagreb	v	Young Boys	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
		Report		Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 21:00	MOL Vidi	v	AEK Athens	Groupama Arena, Budapest
		Report		Groupama Arena, Budapest

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 21:00 (22:00 EEST)	AEK Athens	v	MOL Vidi	Olympic Stadium, Athens
		Report		Olympic Stadium, Athens

League Path[]

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 21:00 (20:00 WEST)	Benfica	v	PAOK	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
		Report		Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) 21:00 (22:00 EEST)	PAOK	v	Benfica	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
		Report		Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 21:00	Ajax	v	Dynamo Kyiv	Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam
		Report		Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 21:00 (22:00 EEST)	Dynamo Kyiv	v	Ajax	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev
		Report		Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev

External links[]

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[cnote_†_grp_1] † Winners of the preliminary round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

[cnote_†_grp_1] † Winners of the first qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

[cnote_†_grp_3] † Winners of the second qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

[cnote_†_grp_4] † Winners of the third qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

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