UEFA Champions League 2016-17 qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 28 June and ended on 24 August 2016. A total of 56 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates[]

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
First qualifying round	20 June 2016, 12:00	28–29 June 2016	5–6 July 2016
Second qualifying round	20 June 2016, 12:00	12–13 July 2016	19–20 July 2016
Third qualifying round	15 July 2016, 12:00	26–27 July 2016	2–3 August 2016
Play-off round	5 August 2016, 12:00	16–17 August 2016	23–24 August 2016

Format[]

In the qualifying phase and play-off round, 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, the away goals rule would be applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule would be again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out.

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. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took 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 were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:

Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which do not qualify directly for the group stage.
League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not qualify directly for the group stage.

A total of 56 teams (41 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) advanced to the group stage to join the 22 teams which enter in the group stage. The 15 losers of the third qualifying round entered 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 2016 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

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

Play-off round
Team	Coeff
League Route
Manchester City	99.256
Porto	92.616
Villarreal	60.142
Borussia Mönchengladbach	42.035
Roma	41.587

Third qualifying round
Team	Coeff
Champions Route
Olympiacos	70.940
Viktoria Plzeň	44.585
Astra Giurgiu	11.076
League Route
Shakhtar Donetsk	81.976
Ajax	58.112
Anderlecht	54.000
Fenerbahçe	40.920
Sparta Prague	40.585
PAOK	37.440
Steaua București	36.576
Monaco	36.549
Young Boys	24.755
Rostov	11.716

Second qualifying round
Team	Coeff
Champions Route
Red Bull Salzburg	42.520
Celtic	40.460
APOEL	35.935
BATE Borisov	34.000
Legia Warsaw	28.000
Dinamo Zagreb	25.775
Ludogorets Razgrad	25.625
Copenhagen	24.720
Qarabağ	13.475
Rosenborg	12.850
Astana	12.575
Sheriff Tiraspol	10.575
Red Star Belgrade	7.175
Dinamo Tbilisi	5.875
FH	5.750
Trenčín	5.400
F91 Dudelange	5.050
Žalgiris Vilnius	4.925
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4.725
Olimpija Ljubljana	4.625
Vardar	4.200
IFK Norrköping	3.975
Ferencváros	3.475
Crusaders	3.400
Zrinjski Mostar	3.175
Dundalk	2.590
Mladost Podgorica	2.475
SJK	1.730
Partizani Tirana^{[[#cnote_ \|[*]]]}	1.575
Liepāja	1.075

First qualifying round
Team	Coeff
Champions Route
The New Saints	5.200
Valletta	4.466
Flora Tallinn	3.350
FC Santa Coloma	2.699
B36 Tórshavn	1.975
Lincoln Red Imps	1.700
Alashkert	1.325
Tre Penne	1.316

Notes

^* Skënderbeu Korçë (Coeff: 7.825) were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing. They appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and UEFA agreed to suspend the exclusion and Skënderbeu Korçë were included in the second qualifying round draw. The final decision to exclude Skënderbeu Korçë was made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 July 2016, before the second qualifying round was played. As a result, the berth was given to the runners-up Partizani Tirana.

First qualifying round[]

Seeding[]

A total of eight teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016.

Seeded	Unseeded
The New Saints Valletta Flora Tallinn FC Santa Coloma	B36 Tórshavn Lincoln Red Imps Alashkert Tre Penne

Summary[]

The first legs were played on 28 June, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 July 2016.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Flora Tallinn	2–3	Lincoln Red Imps	2–1	0–2
The New Saints	5–1	Tre Penne	2–1	3–0
Valletta	2–2 (a)	B36 Tórshavn	1–0	1–2
FC Santa Coloma	0–3	Alashkert	0–0	0–3

Matches[]

28 June 2016 (2016-06-28) 18:00	Flora Tallinn	2–1	Lincoln Red Imps	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 886 Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
	Alliku 35' Sappinen 49'	Report	J. Chipolina 57'

6 July 2016 (2016-07-06) 19:00	Lincoln Red Imps	2–0	Flora Tallinn	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
	J. Chipolina 15' (pen.) Calderón 79'	Report

Lincoln Red Imps won 3–2 on aggregate.

28 June 2016 (2016-06-28) 20:00	The New Saints	2–1	Tre Penne	Park Hall, Oswestry Attendance: 712 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
	Quigley 13' Mullan 40'	Report	Fraternali 16'

5 July 2016 (2016-07-05) 20:30	Tre Penne	0–3	The New Saints	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle Attendance: 743 Referee: Lorenc Jemini (Albania)
		Report	Quigley 45' Edwards 47' Draper 90'

The New Saints won 5–1 on aggregate.

28 June 2016 (2016-06-28) 19:00	Valletta	1–0	B36 Tórshavn	Hibernians Stadium, Paola Attendance: 1,151 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
	Falcone 69'	Report

5 July 2016 (2016-07-05) 19:00	B36 Tórshavn	2–1	Valletta	Gundadalur, Tórshavn Attendance: 850 Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
	Thorleifsson 11' Agnarsson 66'	Report	Falcone 24'

2–2 on aggregate. Valletta won on away goals.

28 June 2016 (2016-06-28) 20:00	FC Santa Coloma	0–0	Alashkert	Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 600 Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)
		Report

5 July 2016 (2016-07-05) 17:00	Alashkert	3–0	FC Santa Coloma	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
	V. Minasyan 12' Gyozalyan 84' Artur Yedigaryan 88'	Report

Alashkert won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round[]

Seeding[]

A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round: 30 teams which entered in this round, and the four winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 20 June 2016.

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Red Bull Salzburg Dinamo Zagreb Qarabağ Sheriff Tiraspol Trenčín	F91 Dudelange Hapoel Be'er Sheva Olimpija Ljubljana Vardar Liepāja	APOEL Legia Warsaw Ludogorets Razgrad Astana Skënderbeu Korçë^[††] Dinamo Tbilisi	The New Saints^[†] Žalgiris Vilnius Ferencváros Zrinjski Mostar Alashkert^[†] Mladost Podgorica	Celtic BATE Borisov Copenhagen Rosenborg Red Star Belgrade FH	Lincoln Red Imps^[†] IFK Norrköping Crusaders Valletta^[†] Dundalk SJK

Notes

^† Winners of the first qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.
^†† Skënderbeu Korçë would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round as the champions of the 2015–16 Albanian Superliga, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing. They were included in the second qualifying round awaiting an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but were later replaced by Partizani Tirana after their appeal was denied.

Summary[]

The first legs were played on 12 and 13 July, and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 July 2016.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Qarabağ	3–1	F91 Dudelange	2–0	1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–2	0–0
Olimpija Ljubljana	6–6 (a)	Trenčín	3–4	3–2
Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Liepāja	1–0	2–0
Vardar	3–5	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	2–3
The New Saints	0–3	APOEL	0–0	0–3
Zrinjski Mostar	1–3	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–2
Ludogorets Razgrad	5–0	Mladost Podgorica	2–0	3–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–1	Alashkert	2–0	1–1
Žalgiris Vilnius	1–2	Astana	0–0	1–2
Partizani Tirana	2–2 (3–1 p)	Ferencváros	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
BATE Borisov	4–2	SJK	2–0	2–2
Valletta	2–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–2	1–2
Rosenborg	5–4	IFK Norrköping	3–1	2–3
Dundalk	3–3 (a)	FH	1–1	2–2
Lincoln Red Imps	1–3	Celtic	1–0	0–3
Crusaders	0–9	Copenhagen	0–3	0–6

Matches[]

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 19:00	Qarabağ	2–0	F91 Dudelange	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)
	Almeida 10' (pen.), 27'	Report

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 18:00	F91 Dudelange	1–1	Qarabağ	Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange Attendance: 891 Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
	N'Diaye 71'	Report	Reynaldo 90+4'

Qarabağ won 3–1 on aggregate.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 19:50	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Attendance: 15,939 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
	Ogu 43' Barda 52' (pen.) Radi 90' (pen.)	Report	Ivančić 22' Brezovec 64'

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 19:00	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol Attendance: 8,184 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
		Report

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 3–2 on aggregate.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 20:30	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–4	Trenčín	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,950 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
	Velikonja 34' Zajc 43' Eleke 89'	Report	Lawrence 4' Kalu 6' Janga 20' Holúbek 32'

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 20:15	Trenčín	2–3	Olimpija Ljubljana	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina] Attendance: 3,750 Referee: João Capela (Portugal)
	Janga 13' Bero 20'	Report	Kelhar 41' Eleke 45' Klinar 79'

6–6 on aggregate. Trenčín won on away goals.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 20:30	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Liepāja	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 6,917 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
	Soriano 83'	Report

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 18:00	Liepāja	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Daugava Stadium, Liepāja Attendance: 3,633 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
		Report	Berisha 35' Bernardo 65'

Red Bull Salzburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 20:45	Vardar	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Bobby Madley (England)
	Hambardzumyan 54'	Report	Mijušković 21' (o.g.) Rog 30'

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 20:45	Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	Vardar	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 10,142 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
	Pjaca 55' (pen.), 70' (pen.) Machado 79'	Report	Velkovski 39', 63'

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–3 on aggregate.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 20:00	The New Saints	0–0	APOEL	Park Hall, Oswestry Attendance: 1,056 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)
		Report

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 19:00	APOEL	3–0	The New Saints	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 10,548 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
	Alexandrou 54' Sotiriou 73' De Vincenti 90+5' (pen.)	Report

APOEL won 3–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 18:30	Zrinjski Mostar	1–1	Legia Warsaw	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, Mostar Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
	Katanec 57'	Report	Nikolić 49'

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 20:45	Legia Warsaw	2–0	Zrinjski Mostar	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 12,784 Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)
	Nikolić 28' (pen.), 62'	Report

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 19:30	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Mladost Podgorica	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)
	Moți 13' (pen.) Lukoki 26'	Report

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 20:45	Mladost Podgorica	0–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
		Report	Lukoki 39', 64' Wanderson 48'

Ludogorets Razgrad won 5–0 on aggregate.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 19:00	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	Alashkert	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 11,769 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)
	Kiteishvili 55' Kvilitaia 69' (pen.)	Report

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 17:00	Alashkert	1–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
	Gyozalyan 51'	Report	Jigauri 21'

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 19:15	Žalgiris Vilnius	0–0	Astana	LFF Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Vlado Glođović (Serbia)
		Report

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 16:00	Astana	2–1	Žalgiris Vilnius	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 18,449 Referee: Sandro Schäfer (Switzerland)
	Aničić 31', 90+2'	Report	Elivelto 57'

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 20:00	Partizani Tirana	1–1	Ferencváros	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Benoît Millot (France)
	Fili 47'	Report	Böde 71'

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 19:30	Ferencváros	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Partizani Tirana	Groupama Arena, Budapest Attendance: 8,752 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
	Gera 14' (pen.)	Report	Hüsing 40' (o.g.)
		Penalties
	Gera Šesták Nagy Ramírez	1–3	Hoxha Vila Trashi Ekuban

2–2 on aggregate. Partizani Tirana won 3–1 on penalties.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 20:00	BATE Borisov	2–0	SJK	Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 9,247 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
	Kendysh 32' Rodionov 68'	Report

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 19:00	SJK	2–2	BATE Borisov	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki Attendance: 5,817 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)
	Ngueukam 44' Riski 61'	Report	Karnitsky 15' Ríos 29'

BATE Borisov won 4–2 on aggregate.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 20:00	Valletta	1–2	Red Star Belgrade	Hibernians Stadium, Paola Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
	Falcone 15'	Report	Katai 66' Sikimić 75'

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 20:30	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	Valletta	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 31,112 Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
	Donald 30' Katai 76'	Report	Caruana 11'

Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 19:15	Rosenborg	3–1	IFK Norrköping	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Attendance: 11,595 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
	Eyjólfsson 48' Helland 62' De Lanlay 65'	Report	Andersson 70'

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 19:15	IFK Norrköping	3–2	Rosenborg	Nya Parken, Norrköping Attendance: 10,372 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
	Andersson 57', 77' Nyman 59'	Report	Gytkjær 36' (pen.) De Lanlay 55'

Rosenborg won 5–4 on aggregate.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 20:45	Dundalk	1–1	FH	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
	McMillan 66'	Report	Lennon 77'

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 21:15	FH	2–2	Dundalk	Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
	Hewson 19' K. F. Finnbogason 78'	Report	McMillan 52', 62'

3–3 on aggregate. Dundalk won on away goals.

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) 20:00	Lincoln Red Imps	1–0	Celtic	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 1,632 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
	L. Casciaro 48'	Report

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) 20:45	Celtic	3–0	Lincoln Red Imps	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 55,632 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
	Lustig 23' Griffiths 25' Roberts 29'	Report

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) 20:00	Crusaders	0–3	Copenhagen	Seaview, Belfast Attendance: 2,069 Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
		Report	Santander 6' Cornelius 40' Falk 53'

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 19:15	Copenhagen	6–0	Crusaders	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,924 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Croatia)
	Pavlović 15' Mitchell 45+1' (o.g.) Cornelius 48', 76' Falk 58' Greguš 68'	Report

Copenhagen won 9–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round[]

Seeding[]

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:

Champions Route: three teams which enter in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.
League Route: ten teams which enter in this round.

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016.

Champions Route				League Route
Group 1		Group 2		League Route
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Olympiacos Celtic^[†] APOEL^[†] Legia Warsaw^[†] Dinamo Zagreb^[†]	Rosenborg^[†] Astana^[†] Hapoel Be'er Sheva^[†] Dinamo Tbilisi^[†] Trenčín^[†]	Viktoria Plzeň Red Bull Salzburg^[†] BATE Borisov^[†] Ludogorets Razgrad^[†] Copenhagen^[†]	Qarabağ^[†] Astra Giurgiu Red Star Belgrade^[†] Dundalk^[†] Partizani Tirana^[†]	Shakhtar Donetsk^[††] Ajax Anderlecht Fenerbahçe Sparta Prague	PAOK Steaua București Monaco Young Boys Rostov^[††]

Notes

^† Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.
^†† On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.

Summary[]

The first legs were played on 26 and 27 July, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 August 2016.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Rosenborg	2–4	APOEL	2–1	0–3
Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	1–0
Olympiacos	0–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	0–1
Astana	2–3	Celtic	1–1	1–2
Trenčín	0–1	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–0
Viktoria Plzeň	1–1 (a)	Qarabağ	0–0	1–1
Astra Giurgiu	1–4	Copenhagen	1–1	0–3
BATE Borisov	1–3	Dundalk	1–0	0–3
Ludogorets Razgrad	6–4	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	4–2 (a.e.t.)
Partizani Tirana	0–3	Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	0–2
League Route
Ajax	3–2	PAOK	1–1	2–1
Sparta Prague	1–3	Steaua București	1–1	0–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (2–4 p)	Young Boys	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Rostov	4–2	Anderlecht	2–2	2–0
Fenerbahçe	3–4	Monaco	2–1	1–3

Matches[]

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) 19:15	Rosenborg	2–1	APOEL	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim Attendance: 13,281 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
	Gytkjær 23' Skjelvik 45+1'	Report	Efrem 67'

2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) 19:00	APOEL	3–0	Rosenborg	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 15,559 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
	Gianniotas 90+1' Vander 90+6' De Vincenti 90+9'	Report

APOEL won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:45	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 10,258 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
	Soudani 39' Ćorić 42'	Report

2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) 19:00	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 21,510 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
		Report	Rog 8'

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) 20:45	Olympiacos	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 20,531 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
		Report

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:00	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–0	Olympiacos	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
	Tzedek 79'	Report

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 1–0 on aggregate.

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) 16:00	Astana	1–1	Celtic	Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)
	Logvinenko 19'	Report	Griffiths 78'

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:45	Celtic	2–1	Astana	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 52,952 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	Griffiths 45+2' (pen.) Dembélé 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Ibraimi 62'

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) 20:30	Trenčín	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina Attendance: 5,866 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
		Report	Nikolić 69'

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:45	Legia Warsaw	0–0	Trenčín	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 21,850 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
		Report

Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:15	Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	Qarabağ	Doosan Arena, Plzeň Attendance: 10,269 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
		Report

2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) 18:30	Qarabağ	1–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 30,792 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
	Muarem 28'	Report	Krmenčík 85'

1–1 on aggregate. Viktoria Plzeň won on away goals.

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) 19:30	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	Copenhagen	Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu Attendance: 2,381 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
	Teixeira 7'	Report	Delaney 64'

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 19:45	Copenhagen	3–0	Astra Giurgiu	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 16,853 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
	Cornelius 14', 45+1' Santander 34'	Report

Copenhagen won 4–1 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:00	BATE Borisov	1–0	Dundalk	Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 11,321 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)
	Gordeichuk 70'	Report

2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) 21:00	Dundalk	3–0	BATE Borisov	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 4,645 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
	McMillan 44', 59' Benson 90'	Report

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:00	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–2	Red Star Belgrade	Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 7,759 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)
	Cafu 43' Keșerü 76'	Report	Katai 48' Kanga 66'

2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) 20:30	Red Star Belgrade	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 50,223 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
	Donald 17' Ibáñez 62' (pen.)	Report	Cafu 24' Wanderson 40', 92', 97'

Ludogorets Razgrad won 6–4 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:15	Partizani Tirana	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
		Report	Soriano 70' (pen.)

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:30	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	Partizani Tirana	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 7,853 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
	Soriano 76' Wanderson 81'	Report

Red Bull Salzburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:45	Ajax	1–1	PAOK	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 45,640 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
	Dolberg 58'	Report	Djalma 27'

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:30	PAOK	1–2	Ajax	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 24,930 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
	Athanasiadis 4'	Report	Klaassen 45+1' (pen.), 88'

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:00	Sparta Prague	1–1	Steaua București	Generali Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,257 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
	Šural 35'	Report	Stanciu 75'

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 19:45	Steaua București	2–0	Sparta Prague	Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 37,127 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	Stanciu 31', 63'	Report

Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:45	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Young Boys	Arena Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 7,477 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Bernard 27' Seleznyov 75'	Report

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:15	Young Boys	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 9,365 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
	Kubo 54', 60'	Report
		Penalties
	Hoarau Kubo Hadergjonaj Rochat Gajić	4–2	Srna Fred Rakitskiy Marlos

2–2 on aggregate. Young Boys won 4–2 on penalties.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) 20:30	Rostov	2–2	Anderlecht	Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 14,770 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
	Ezatolahi 16' Poloz 60' (pen.)	Report	Hanni 3' Tielemans 52'

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:45	Anderlecht	0–2	Rostov	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht Attendance: 19,464 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
		Report	Noboa 28' Azmoun 47'

Rostov won 4–2 on aggregate.

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) 20:30	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Monaco	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 12,223 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
	Emenike 39', 61'	Report	Falcao 42'

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) 20:45	Monaco	3–1	Fenerbahçe	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 8,403 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
	Germain 2', 65' Falcao 18' (pen.)	Report	Emenike 53'

Monaco won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round[]

Seeding[]

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.

A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:

Champions Route: the ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.
League Route: five teams which entered in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2016.

Champions Route		League Route
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Viktoria Plzeň^[†] Red Bull Salzburg^[†] Celtic^[†] APOEL^[†] Legia Warsaw^[†]	Dinamo Zagreb^[†] Ludogorets Razgrad^[†] Copenhagen^[†] Hapoel Be'er Sheva^[†] Dundalk^[†]	Manchester City Porto Villarreal Ajax^[†] Borussia Mönchengladbach	Roma Steaua București^[†] Monaco^[†] Young Boys^[†] Rostov^[†]

Notes

^† Winners of the third qualifying round.

Summary[]

The first legs were played on 16 and 17 August, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 August 2016.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Ludogorets Razgrad	4–2	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	2–2
Celtic	5–4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5–2	0–2
Copenhagen	2–1	APOEL	1–0	1–1
Dundalk	1–3	Legia Warsaw	0–2	1–1
Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
League Route
Steaua București	0–6	Manchester City	0–5	0–1
Porto	4–1	Roma	1–1	3–0
Ajax	2–5	Rostov	1–1	1–4
Young Boys	2–9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	1–6
Villarreal	1–3	Monaco	1–2	0–1

Matches[]

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 20:45	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 11,812 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
	Moți 51' (pen.) Misidjan 64'	Report

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) 20:45	Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Doosan Arena, Plzeň Attendance: 10,312 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
	Ďuriš 7' Matějů 64'	Report	Misidjan 17' Keșerü 90+5'

Ludogorets Razgrad won 4–2 on aggregate.

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 20:45	Celtic	5–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 52,659 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Rogić 9' Griffiths 39', 45+1' Dembélé 73' Brown 85'	Report	Maranhão 55' Melikson 57'

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) 20:45	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0	Celtic	Turner Stadium, Beersheba Attendance: 15,383 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
	Sahar 21' Hoban 48'	Report

Celtic won 5–4 on aggregate.

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:45	Copenhagen	1–0	APOEL	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 20,519 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Pavlović 43'	Report

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) 20:45	APOEL	1–1	Copenhagen	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 17,310 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Sotiriou 69'	Report	Santander 86'

Copenhagen won 2–1 on aggregate.

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 20:45	Dundalk	0–2	Legia Warsaw	Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 30,417 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
		Report	Nikolić 56' (pen.) Prijović 90+4'

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) 20:45	Legia Warsaw	1–1	Dundalk	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 29,066 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
	Kucharczyk 90+2'	Report	Benson 19'

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:45	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 13,784 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
	Rog 76' (pen.)	Report	Lazaro 59'

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) 20:45	Red Bull Salzburg	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 23,451 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
	Lazaro 22'	Report	Fernandes 87' Soudani 95'

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–2 on aggregate.

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:45	Steaua București	0–5	Manchester City	Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 45,327 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
		Report	Silva 13' Agüero 41', 78', 89' Nolito 49'

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) 20:45	Manchester City	1–0	Steaua București	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 40,064 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
	Delph 56'	Report

Manchester City won 6–0 on aggregate.

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 20:45	Porto	1–1	Roma	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 46,310 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Silva 61' (pen.)	Report	Felipe 21' (o.g.)

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) 20:45	Roma	0–3	Porto	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 39,866 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
		Report	Felipe 8' Layún 73' Corona 75'

Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:45	Ajax	1–1	Rostov	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 51,463 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Klaassen 38' (pen.)	Report	Noboa 13'

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) 20:45	Rostov	4–1	Ajax	Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 15,320 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Azmoun 34' Yerokhin 52' Noboa 60' Poloz 66'	Report	Klaassen 84' (pen.)

Rostov won 5–2 on aggregate.

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:45	Young Boys	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 30,224 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Sulejmani 56'	Report	Raffael 11' Hahn 67' Rochat 69' (o.g.)

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) 20:45	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–1	Young Boys	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach Attendance: 43,302 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)
	Hazard 9', 64', 84' Raffael 33', 40', 77'	Report	Ravet 79'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 20:45	Villarreal	1–2	Monaco	El Madrigal, Villarreal Attendance: 19,516 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Pato 36'	Report	Fabinho 3' (pen.) Silva 72'

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) 20:45	Monaco	1–0	Villarreal	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 8,750 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
	Fabinho 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Monaco won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers[]

There have been 239 goals scored in 92 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Andreas Cornelius	Copenhagen	5	434
	Nemanja Nikolić	Legia Warsaw	5	458
	David McMillan	Dundalk	5	486
	Leigh Griffiths	Celtic	5	507
5	Raffael	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4	180
	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	4	360
	Wanderson	Ludogorets Razgrad	4	530

External links[]

UEFA Champions League (official website)

Champions
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Real Madrid
Runners-up
Juventus
Knockout Stage
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
Atlético Madrid · Monaco
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
Leicester City · Borussia Dortmund · Bayern Munich · Barcelona
Eliminated in the in the Last 16
Manchester City · Napoli · Benfica · Arsenal · Porto · Bayer Leverkusen · Paris Saint-Germain · Sevilla
Eliminated in the Group Stage
Ludogorets Razgrad · Basel · Beşiktaş · Dynamo Kyiv · Borussia Mönchengladbach · Celtic · Rostov · PSV Eindhoven · Tottenham Hotspur · CSKA Moscow · Legia Warsaw · Sporting CP · Copenhagen · Brugge · Lyon · Dinamo Zagreb
Eliminated in the play-off round
Viktoria Plzeň · Hapoel Be'er Sheva · APOEL · Dundalk · Red Bull Salzburg · Steaua București · Roma · Ajax · Young Boys · Villarreal
Eliminated in the third qualifying round
Rosenborg · Dinamo Tbilisi · Olympiacos · Astana · Trenčín · Qarabağ · Astra Giurgiu · BATE Borisov · Red Star Belgrade · Partizani Tirana · PAOK · Sparta Prague · Shakhtar Donetsk · Anderlecht · Fenerbahçe
Eliminated in the second qualifying round
F91 Dudelange · Sheriff Tiraspol · Olimpija Ljubljana · Liepāja · Vardar · The New Saints · Zrinjski Mostar · Mladost Podgorica · Alashkert · Žalgiris Vilnius · Ferencváros · SJK · Valletta · IFK Norrköping · FH · Lincoln Red Imps · Crusaders
Eliminated in the first qualifying round
Flora Tallinn · Tre Penne · B36 Tórshavn · FC Santa Coloma

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[cnote__*] * Skënderbeu Korçë (Coeff: 7.825) were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing. They appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and UEFA agreed to suspend the exclusion and Skënderbeu Korçë were included in the second qualifying round draw. The final decision to exclude Skënderbeu Korçë was made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 July 2016, before the second qualifying round was played. As a result, the berth was given to the runners-up Partizani Tirana.

[cnote_†_grp_1] † Winners of the first qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.

[cnote_††_grp_1] †† Skënderbeu Korçë would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round as the champions of the 2015–16 Albanian Superliga, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing. They were included in the second qualifying round awaiting an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but were later replaced by Partizani Tirana after their appeal was denied.

[cnote_†_grp_2] † Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.

[cnote_††_grp_2] †† On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.

[cnote_†_grp_3] † Winners of the third qualifying round.

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