2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

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The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 26 June and ended on 29 August 2018.

A total of 53 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 43 teams in Champions Path and 10 teams in League Path. The six winners in the play-off round (four from Champions Path, two from League Path) advanced to the group stage, to join the 26 teams that entered the group stage.

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:

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

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (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 (and 1 loser of first 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.
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 36.000
Switzerland Young Boys 20.500
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 55.500
Greece AEK Athens 10.000
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Belarus BATE Borisov 20.500
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 17.500
Denmark Midtjylland 11.500
Romania CFR Cluj 4.090
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 37.000
Scotland Celtic 31.000
Cyprus APOEL 27.000
Poland Legia Warsaw 24.500
Kazakhstan Astana 21.750
Azerbaijan Qarabağ 20.500
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 14.750
Sweden Malmö FF 14.000
Serbia Red Star Belgrade 10.750
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10.000
Norway Rosenborg 9.000
Finland HJK 8.000
Wales The New Saints 5.000
Hungary Vidi 4.250
Albania Kukësi 4.250
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 3.750
North Macedonia Shkëndija 3.500
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 3.500
Slovakia Spartak Trnava 3.500
Malta Valletta 3.250
Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 3.000
Northern Ireland Crusaders 3.000
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 2.900
Armenia Alashkert 2.500
Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić 2.500
Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 2.000
Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala 1.750
Republic of Ireland Cork City 1.750
Iceland Valur 1.650
Estonia Flora Tallinn 1.250
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 1.000
Preliminary round
Team Coeff.
Andorra FC Santa Coloma 2.750
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2.750
San Marino La Fiorita 1.750
Kosovo 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:

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

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (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.
Portugal Benfica 80.000
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 62.000
Turkey Fenerbahçe 23.500
Russia Spartak Moscow 13.500
Belgium Standard Liège 12.500
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 7.500
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Switzerland Basel 71.000
Netherlands Ajax 53.500
Greece PAOK 29.500
Austria 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 the preliminary round matches) 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 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. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie may be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule

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

Qualifying phase and play-off round schedule
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 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

Bracket

 Semi-final roundFinal round
       
 26 June – Gibraltar
 
 San Marino La Fiorita0
 29 June – Gibraltar
 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps2
 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps1
 26 June – Gibraltar
 Kosovo Drita (a.e.t.)4
 Andorra FC Santa Coloma0
 
 Kosovo 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.

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

Semi-final round

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)17:00
FC Santa Coloma Andorra0–2 (a.e.t.)Kosovo Drita
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Victoria Stadium, GibraltarAttendance: 288Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland) 26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)21:00
La Fiorita San Marino0–2Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
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Victoria Stadium, GibraltarAttendance: 840Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

Final round

29 June 2018 (2018-06-29)20:30
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar1–4 (a.e.t.)Kosovo Drita
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Victoria Stadium, GibraltarAttendance: 468Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

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: 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
Notes
  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.

Summary

Alashkert vs Celtic, 1st leg match in Yerevan of the First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs on 17 and 18 July 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 2–4 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–3
Shkëndija North Macedonia 5–4 Wales The New Saints 5–0 0–4
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania 3–2 Cyprus APOEL 3–1 0–1
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 0–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–1 0–0
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 2–3 Hungary Vidi 1–1 1–2
Drita Kosovo 0–5 Sweden Malmö FF 0–3 0–2
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands 2–5 Finland HJK 1–2 1–3
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 9–0 Northern Ireland Crusaders 7–0 2–0
Cork City Republic of Ireland 0–4 Poland Legia Warsaw 0–1 0–3
Valur Iceland 2–3 Norway Rosenborg 1–0 1–3
Kukësi Albania 1–1 (a) Malta Valletta 0–0 1–1
Flora Tallinn Estonia 2–7 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–4 1–3
Spartaks Jūrmala Latvia 0–2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0–0 0–2
Alashkert Armenia 0–6 Scotland Celtic 0–3 0–3
Spartak Trnava Slovakia 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 1–1
Astana Kazakhstan 3–0 Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić 1–0 2–0

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  2. ^ Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa League third qualifying round.

Matches

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)17:30 (19:30 GET)
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)2–1Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
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Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, KutaisiAttendance: 7,251Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia) 18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova3–0Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
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Sheriff Stadium, TiraspolAttendance: 5,740Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 4–2 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)20:15
Shkëndija North Macedonia5–0Wales The New Saints
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Philip II Arena, SkopjeAttendance: 2,700Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)20:00 (19:00 BST)
The New Saints Wales4–0North Macedonia Shkëndija
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Park Hall, OswestryAttendance: 756Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Shkëndija won 5–4 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania3–1Cyprus APOEL
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ARVI Arena, MarijampolėAttendance: 3,378Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)19:00 (20:00 EEST)
APOEL Cyprus1–0Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė
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GSP Stadium, NicosiaAttendance: 12,149Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Sūduva Marijampolė won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)20:00
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia0–1Azerbaijan Qarabağ
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Stožice Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 5,248Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium) 18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)19:00 (21:00 AZT)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan0–0Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
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Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, BakuAttendance: 21,520Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

Qarabağ won 1–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)18:00
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg1–1Hungary Vidi
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Stade Jos Nosbaum, DudelangeAttendance: 1,057Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)20:15
Vidi Hungary2–1Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
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Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 2,514Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Vidi won 3–2 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)20:45
Drita Kosovo0–3Sweden Malmö FF
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Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, MitrovicaAttendance: 9,780Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)19:00
Malmö FF Sweden2–0Kosovo Drita
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Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 10,623Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Malmö FF won 5–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)20:00 (19:00 WEST)
Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands1–2Finland HJK
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Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 300Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)18:00 (19:00 EEST)
HJK Finland3–1Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta
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Telia 5G -areena, HelsinkiAttendance: 5,125Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

HJK won 5–2 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria7–0Northern Ireland Crusaders
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Ludogorets Arena, RazgradAttendance: 4,597Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)21:00 (20:00 BST)
Crusaders Northern Ireland0–2Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
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Seaview, BelfastAttendance: 1,116Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 9–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)20:45 (19:45 IST)
Cork City Republic of Ireland0–1Poland Legia Warsaw
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Turners Cross, CorkAttendance: 5,795Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)21:00
Legia Warsaw Poland3–0Republic of Ireland Cork City
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Polish Army Stadium, WarsawAttendance: 14,576Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)

Legia Warsaw won 4–0 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)22:00 (20:00 WET)
Valur Iceland1–0Norway Rosenborg
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Hlíðarendi, ReykjavíkAttendance: 1,088Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia) 18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)19:45
Rosenborg Norway3–1Iceland Valur
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Lerkendal Stadion, TrondheimAttendance: 10,604Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

Rosenborg won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)19:00
Kukësi Albania0–0Malta Valletta
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Loro Boriçi Stadium, ShkodërAttendance: 350Referee: Þóroddur Hjaltalín (Iceland) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)18:00
Valletta Malta1–1Albania Kukësi
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Centenary Stadium, Ta' QaliAttendance: 1,307Referee: 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 Estonia1–4Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
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A. Le Coq Arena, TallinnAttendance: 1,106Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)19:00 (20:00 IDT)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel3–1Estonia Flora Tallinn
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Turner Stadium, Be'er ShevaAttendance: 11,850Referee: 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 Latvia0–0Serbia Red Star Belgrade
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Skonto Stadium, RigaAttendance: 2,068Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine) 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)20:30
Red Star Belgrade Serbia2–0Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
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Red Star Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 23,868Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–0 on aggregate.

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)18:00 (20:00 AMT)
Alashkert Armenia0–3Scotland Celtic
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Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, YerevanAttendance: 4,948Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia) 18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)20:45 (19:45 BST)
Celtic Scotland3–0Armenia Alashkert
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Celtic Park, GlasgowAttendance: 59,047Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Celtic won 6–0 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)18:00
Spartak Trnava Slovakia1–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, TrnavaAttendance: 0 (No-crowd match)Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus) 18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)19:00
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina1–1Slovakia Spartak Trnava
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Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom, MostarAttendance: 5,100Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)16:00 (20:00 ALMT)
Astana Kazakhstan1–0Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić
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Astana Arena, AstanaAttendance: 20,500Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary) 18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)20:00
Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro0–2Kazakhstan Astana
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Stadion kraj Bistrice, NikšićAttendance: 3,200Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

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

A total of 24 teams were involved in the second qualifying round draw.

Champions Path League Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  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.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Astana Kazakhstan 2–1 Denmark Midtjylland 2–1 0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 0–1 Hungary Vidi 0–0 0–1
Kukësi Albania 0–3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–0 0–3
CFR Cluj Romania 1–2 Sweden Malmö FF 0–1 1–1
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 7–2 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 2–2
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 5–0 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 3–0 2–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–1 Finland HJK 0–0 2–1
Shkëndija North Macedonia 1–0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 0–0
Legia Warsaw Poland 1–2 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 0–2 1–0
Celtic Scotland 3–1 Norway Rosenborg 3–1 0–0
League Path
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK Greece 5–1 Switzerland Basel 2–1 3–0
Ajax Netherlands 5–1 Austria Sturm Graz 2–0 3–1

Champions Path

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)16:00 (20:00 ALMT)
Astana Kazakhstan2–1Denmark Midtjylland
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Astana Arena, AstanaAttendance: 23,010Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)19:00
Midtjylland Denmark0–0Kazakhstan Astana
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MCH Arena, HerningAttendance: 8,731Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria0–0Hungary Vidi
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Ludogorets Arena, RazgradAttendance: 5,327Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)20:00
Vidi Hungary1–0Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
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Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 2,878Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Vidi won 1–0 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)19:00
Kukësi Albania0–0Azerbaijan Qarabağ
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Loro Boriçi Stadium, ShkodërAttendance: 700Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)19:00 (21:00 AZT)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan3–0Albania Kukësi
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Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, BakuAttendance: 25,030Referee: Peter Kralovič (Slovakia)

Qarabağ won 3–0 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)18:00 (19:00 EEST)
CFR Cluj Romania0–1Sweden Malmö FF
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Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-NapocaAttendance: 6,950Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)19:15
Malmö FF Sweden1–1Romania CFR Cluj
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Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 18,153Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)20:00
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia5–0Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
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Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 9,099Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) 31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)19:00 (20:00 IDT)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel2–2Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
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Turner Stadium, Be'er ShevaAttendance: 10,181Referee: François Letexier (France)

Dinamo Zagreb won 7–2 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)20:30
Red Star Belgrade Serbia3–0Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė
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Red Star Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 23,218Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)19:30 (20:30 EEST)
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania0–2Serbia Red Star Belgrade
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Sūduva Stadium, MarijampolėAttendance: 4,020Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)19:00 (20:00 FET)
BATE Borisov Belarus0–0Finland HJK
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Borisov Arena, BarysawAttendance: 11,567Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)18:00 (19:00 EEST)
HJK Finland1–2Belarus BATE Borisov
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Telia 5G -areena, HelsinkiAttendance: 10,210Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)20:15
Shkëndija North Macedonia1–0Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
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Philip II Arena, SkopjeAttendance: 3,696Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark) 31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–0North Macedonia Shkëndija
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Sheriff Stadium, TiraspolAttendance: 6,319Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

Shkëndija won 1–0 on aggregate.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)21:00
Legia Warsaw Poland0–2Slovakia Spartak Trnava
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Polish Army Stadium, WarsawAttendance: 15,527Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary) 31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)20:30
Spartak Trnava Slovakia0–1Poland Legia Warsaw
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, TrnavaAttendance: 17,204Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)20:45 (19:45 BST)
Celtic Scotland3–1Norway Rosenborg
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Celtic Park, GlasgowAttendance: 51,184Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)20:45
Rosenborg Norway0–0Scotland Celtic
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Lerkendal Stadion, TrondheimAttendance: 14,263Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

League Path

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)19:30 (20:30 EEST)
PAOK Greece2–1Switzerland Basel
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Toumba Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 24,670Referee: Bobby Madley (England) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)20:00
Basel Switzerland0–3Greece PAOK
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St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 14,328Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate.

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)20:30
Ajax Netherlands2–0Austria Sturm Graz
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Johan Cruyff Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 53,106Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) 1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)20:30
Sturm Graz Austria1–3Netherlands Ajax
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Liebenauer Stadium, GrazAttendance: 15,172Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

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 League Path
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celtic Scotland 2–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–1 1–2
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 4–0 North Macedonia Shkëndija 3–0 1–0
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 3–2 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 1–1
Astana Kazakhstan 0–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 0–1
Malmö FF Sweden 1–1 (a) Hungary Vidi 1–1 0–0
League Path
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Standard Liège Belgium 2–5 Netherlands Ajax 2–2 0–3
Benfica Portugal 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0 1–1
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 1–3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 0–2
PAOK Greece 3–2 Russia Spartak Moscow 3–2 0–0

Champions Path

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)20:45 (19:45 BST)
Celtic Scotland1–1Greece AEK Athens
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Celtic Park, GlasgowAttendance: 54,370Referee: Luca Banti (Italy) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)20:00 (21:00 EEST)
AEK Athens Greece2–1Scotland Celtic
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Olympic Stadium, AthensAttendance: 32,300Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)19:00
Red Bull Salzburg Austria3–0North Macedonia Shkëndija
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Red Bull Arena, Wals-SiezenheimAttendance: 10,050Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)20:15
Shkëndija North Macedonia0–1Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Philip II Arena, SkopjeAttendance: 3,213Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Red Bull Salzburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)20:30
Red Star Belgrade Serbia1–1Slovakia Spartak Trnava
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Red Star Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 37,112Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)20:30
Spartak Trnava Slovakia1–2 (a.e.t.)Serbia Red Star Belgrade
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, TrnavaAttendance: 18,032Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Red Star Belgrade won 3–2 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)19:00 (21:00 AZT)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan0–1Belarus BATE Borisov
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Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, BakuAttendance: 29,000Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)19:00 (20:00 FET)
BATE Borisov Belarus1–1Azerbaijan Qarabağ
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Borisov Arena, BarysawAttendance: 12,489Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)16:00 (20:00 ALMT)
Astana Kazakhstan0–2Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
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Astana Arena, AstanaAttendance: 26,500Referee: John Beaton (Scotland) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)20:00
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia1–0Kazakhstan Astana
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Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 11,903Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)19:15
Malmö FF Sweden1–1Hungary Vidi
Report
Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 17,209Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)20:00
Vidi Hungary0–0Sweden Malmö FF
Report
Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 3,432Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

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

League Path

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)20:00
Standard Liège Belgium2–2Netherlands Ajax
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Stade Maurice Dufrasne, LiègeAttendance: 20,355Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)20:30
Ajax Netherlands3–0Belgium Standard Liège
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Johan Cruyff Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 51,841Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Benfica Portugal1–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
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Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 57,878Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)20:00 (21:00 TRT)
Fenerbahçe Turkey1–1Portugal Benfica
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Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 42,245Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)19:30
Slavia Prague Czech Republic1–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
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Eden Arena, PragueAttendance: 19,370Referee: Craig Pawson (England) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)18:30 (19:30 EEST)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–0Czech Republic Slavia Prague
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Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, KyivAttendance: 39,318Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)19:00 (20:00 EEST)
PAOK Greece3–2Russia Spartak Moscow
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Toumba Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 24,463Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) 14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)19:30 (20:30 MSK)
Spartak Moscow Russia0–0Greece PAOK
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Otkritie Arena, MoscowAttendance: 40,385Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

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 League Path
Pairing 1 Pairing 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Portugal Benfica Greece PAOK Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Netherlands Ajax
Notes
  1. † 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 were played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs on 28 and 29 August 2018.

Champions Path
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 2–2 (a) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 2–2
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–6 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–3 0–3
Young Boys Switzerland 3–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–1
Vidi Hungary 2–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–2 1–1
League Path
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 5–2 Greece PAOK 1–1 4–1
Ajax Netherlands 3–1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 0–0

Champions Path

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)21:00
Red Star Belgrade Serbia0–0Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Red Star Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 0Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) 29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)21:00
Red Bull Salzburg Austria2–2Serbia Red Star Belgrade
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Red Bull Arena, Wals-SiezenheimAttendance: 26,500Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2–2 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)21:00 (22:00 FET)
BATE Borisov Belarus2–3Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
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Borisov Arena, BarysawAttendance: 9,284Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany) 29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)21:00
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands3–0Belarus BATE Borisov
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Philips Stadion, EindhovenAttendance: 34,200Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate.

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)21:00
Young Boys Switzerland1–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
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Stade de Suisse, BernAttendance: 21,463Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)21:00
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia1–2Switzerland Young Boys
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Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 28,137Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Young Boys won 3–2 on aggregate.

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)21:00
Vidi Hungary1–2Greece AEK Athens
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Groupama Arena, BudapestAttendance: 10,681Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)21:00 (22:00 EEST)
AEK Athens Greece1–1Hungary Vidi
Report
Olympic Stadium, AthensAttendance: 29,774Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

League Path

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)21:00 (20:00 WEST)
Benfica Portugal1–1Greece PAOK
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Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 44,084Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) 29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)21:00 (22:00 EEST)
PAOK Greece1–4Portugal Benfica
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Toumba Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 26,725Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)21:00
Ajax Netherlands3–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
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Johan Cruyff Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 52,706Referee: Clément Turpin (France) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)21:00 (22:00 EEST)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine0–0Netherlands Ajax
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Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, KyivAttendance: 40,131Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

There were 211 goals scored in 91 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.32 goals per match.

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Comoros El Fardou Ben Nabouhane Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6
2 North Macedonia Besart Ibraimi North Macedonia Shkëndija 5
3 Israel Moanes Dabour Austria Red Bull Salzburg 4
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands Ajax
Serbia Aleksandar Prijović Greece PAOK
Serbia Nemanja Radonjić Serbia Red Star Belgrade
Poland Jakub Świerczok Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
8 Curaçao Rigino Cicilia Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 3
France Odsonne Édouard Scotland Celtic
Bosnia and Herzegovina Izet Hajrović Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Sweden Carlos Strandberg Sweden Malmö FF
Serbia Dušan Tadić Netherlands Ajax
13 29 players 2

Source:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Shkëndija played their home matches at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Ecolog Arena, Tetovo, due to renovation.
  2. ^ a b c Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
  3. ^ a b c d Vidi played their qualifying rounds home matches at Pancho Aréna, Felcsút and play-off round home match at Groupama Arena, Budapest, instead of their regular stadium Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár, due to reconstruction.
  4. ^ Drita played their home match at Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica, instead of their regular stadium Gjilan City Stadium, Gjilan.
  5. ^ Víkingur Gøta played their home match at Svangaskarð, Toftir, instead of their regular stadium Sarpugerði, Norðragøta.
  6. ^ a b Kukësi played their home matches at Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, instead of their regular stadium Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës.
  7. ^ Spartaks Jūrmala played their home match at Skonto Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala.
  8. ^ Alashkert played their home match at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan.
  9. ^ The Red Star Belgrade v Red Bull Salzburg match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.

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