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.[1]

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,[2] 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 in the group stage.[3]

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.

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

  • The 3 losers of the preliminary round and 15 of the 16 losers of the first qualifying round (excluding 1 team which receives a bye to the third qualifying round as decided by an additional draw held after the Champions League first qualifying round draw) enter the Champions Path second qualifying round.
  • The loser of the first qualifying round which receives a bye and 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 of the Champions Path (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients),[4] 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.[4]
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 36.000
Switzerland Young Boys 20.500
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 55.500
Greece AEK Athens 10.000
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Belarus BATE Borisov 20.500
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 17.500
Denmark Midtjylland 11.500
Romania CFR Cluj 4.090
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
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
Republic of 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.[4]
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:

  • 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.

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),[4] 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.[4]
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.[4]
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.[3]

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.[3]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

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.[5]

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
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Bracket

 
Semi-final round Final round
 
           
 
26 June – Gibraltar
 
 
San Marino La Fiorita 0
 
29 June – Gibraltar
 
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2
 
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 1
 
26 June – Gibraltar
 
Kosovo Drita (a.e.t.) 4
 
Andorra FC Santa Coloma 0
 
 
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.[6]

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

Semi-final round


Final round

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018, 12:00 CEST.[8]

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
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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

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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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 2–4 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–3
Shkëndija Republic of 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[upper-alpha 1] 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[upper-alpha 2] 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

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 3–0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024609/index.html

Sheriff Tiraspol won 4–2 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
20:00 (19:00 BST)
The New Saints Wales 4–0 Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024610/index.html
Park Hall, Oswestry
Attendance: 756[9]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Shkëndija won 5–4 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
APOEL Cyprus 1–0 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024611/index.html
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 12,149[9]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Sūduva Marijampolė won 3–2 on aggregate.


18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)
19:00 (21:00 AZT)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 0–0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024612/index.html

Qarabağ won 1–0 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
20:15
Vidi Hungary 2–1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024613/index.html

Vidi won 3–2 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
19:00
Malmö FF Sweden 2–0 Kosovo Drita
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024614/index.html
Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 10,623[9]
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Malmö FF won 5–0 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
HJK Finland 3–1 Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024615/index.html
Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,125[9]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

HJK won 5–2 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
21:00 (20:00 BST)
Crusaders Northern Ireland 0–2 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024616/index.html
Seaview, Belfast
Attendance: 1,116[9]
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 9–0 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
21:00
Legia Warsaw Poland 3–0 Republic of Ireland Cork City
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024617/index.html
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 14,576[9]
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)

Legia Warsaw won 4–0 on aggregate.


18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)
19:45
Rosenborg Norway 3–1 Iceland Valur
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024618/index.html

Rosenborg won 3–2 on aggregate.


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
18:00
Valletta Malta 1–1 Albania Kukësi
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024619/index.html
Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,307[9]
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

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


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
19:00 (20:00 IDT)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 3–1 Estonia Flora Tallinn
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024620/index.html
Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva
Attendance: 11,850[9]
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

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


17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)
20:30
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 2–0 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024621/index.html
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 23,868[9]
Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–0 on aggregate.


18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)
20:45 (19:45 BST)
Celtic Scotland 3–0 Armenia Alashkert
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024622/index.html
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 59,047[9]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Celtic won 6–0 on aggregate.


18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)
19:00
Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 Slovakia Spartak Trnava
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024623/index.html

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.


18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)
20:00
Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro 0–2 Kazakhstan Astana
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000976/match=2024624/index.html

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.[8]

Seeding

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.
Champions Path League Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
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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. 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 Republic of 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. 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

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
19:00
Midtjylland Denmark 0–0 Kazakhstan Astana
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024637/index.html
MCH Arena, Herning
Attendance: 8,731[11]
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.


1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
20:00
Vidi Hungary 1–0 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024638/index.html

Vidi won 1–0 on aggregate.


1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
19:00 (21:00 AZT)
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 3–0 Albania Kukësi
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024639/index.html

Qarabağ won 3–0 on aggregate.


1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
19:15
Malmö FF Sweden 1–1 Romania CFR Cluj
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024640/index.html
Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 18,153[11]
Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.


31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)
19:00 (20:00 IDT)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 2–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024641/index.html

Dinamo Zagreb won 7–2 on aggregate.


1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
19:30 (20:30 EEST)
Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania 0–2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024642/index.html

Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.


1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
HJK Finland 1–2 Belarus BATE Borisov
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024643/index.html
Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,210[11]
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.


31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 0–0 Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024644/index.html

Shkëndija won 1–0 on aggregate.


31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)
20:30
Spartak Trnava Slovakia 0–1 Poland Legia Warsaw
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024645/index.html

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.


1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
20:45
Rosenborg Norway 0–0 Scotland Celtic
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024646/index.html

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

League Path

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
20:00
Basel Switzerland 0–3 Greece PAOK
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024647/index.html
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 14,328[11]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate.


1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)
20:30
Sturm Graz Austria 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000977/match=2024648/index.html
Liebenauer Stadium, Graz
Attendance: 15,172[11]
Referee: 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.[12]

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
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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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celtic Scotland 2–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–1 1–2
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 4–0 Republic of 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. 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

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
20:00 (21:00 EEST)
AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Scotland Celtic
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025317/index.html
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 32,300[13]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
20:15
Shkëndija Republic of Macedonia 0–1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025318/index.html

Red Bull Salzburg won 4–0 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
20:30
Spartak Trnava Slovakia 1–2 (a.e.t.) Serbia Red Star Belgrade
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025319/index.html

Red Star Belgrade won 3–2 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
19:00 (20:00 FET)
BATE Borisov Belarus 1–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025320/index.html
Borisov Arena, Barysaw
Attendance: 12,489[13]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
20:00
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–0 Kazakhstan Astana
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025321/index.html

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
20:00
Vidi Hungary 0–0 Sweden Malmö FF
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025322/index.html

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

League Path

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
20:30
Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Belgium Standard Liège
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025323/index.html

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
20:00 (21:00 TRT)
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–1 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025324/index.html

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
18:30 (19:30 EEST)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025325/index.html

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.


14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)
19:30 (20:30 MSK)
Spartak Moscow Russia 0–0 Greece PAOK
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000978/match=2025326/index.html
Otkritie Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 40,385[13]
Referee: 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.[14]

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
Pairing 1 Pairing 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> 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. 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. 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

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)
21:00
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 2–2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000979/match=2025301/index.html

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


29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)
21:00
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 3–0 Belarus BATE Borisov
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000979/match=2025302/index.html
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 34,200[19]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate.


28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
21:00
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–2 Switzerland Young Boys
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000979/match=2025303/index.html
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 28,137[21]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Young Boys won 3–2 on aggregate.


28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Hungary Vidi
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000979/match=2025304/index.html
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 29,774[23]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

League Path

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
PAOK Greece 1–4 Portugal Benfica
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000979/match=2025305/index.html
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 26,725[25]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.


28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–0 Netherlands Ajax
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000979/match=2025306/index.html

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.[28]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Comoros El Fardou Ben Nabouhane Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6
2 Republic of Macedonia Besart Ibraimi Republic of 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:[29]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shkëndija played their home matches at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Ecolog Arena, Tetovo, due to renovation.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Vidi played their qualifying rounds home matches at Pancho Aréna, Felcsút and play-off round home match at Groupama Arena, Budapest,[10] 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. 6.0 6.1 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.[16]

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