UEFA Champions League play-off draw
The 20 teams opposed for a 10 accessible places in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre have detected who lies between them and a desired mark in Europe’s chosen bar competition.
Among a highlights are a assembly of dual of Europe’s good entertainers, Napoli and Nice, while Liverpool trainer Jürgen Klopp earnings to Germany to face Hoffenheim. Celtic, European champions in 1967, will have a 10,000km round-trip to take on Kazakhstan’s Astana – a side they edged past 3-2 on total in a third subordinate turn 12 months ago.
Champions route
Qarabağ (AZE) v København (DEN)
APOEL (CYP) v Slavia Praha (CZE)
Olympiacos (GRE) v Rijeka (CRO)
Celtic (SCO) v Astana (KAZ)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) v Maribor (SVN)
League route
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir (TUR) v Sevilla (ESP)
Young Boys (SUI) v CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Napoli (ITA) v Nice (FRA)
Hoffenheim (GER) v Liverpool (ENG)
Sporting CP (POR) v FCSB (ROU)
Ties will be played on 15/16 and 22/23 August. Seeded teams in bold.
The 10 winners acquire a place in a draw for a UEFA Champions League organisation stage – live on UEFA.com on Thursday 24 August – with a degraded teams transferring to a UEFA Europa League organisation stage.
Who’s already in a organisation stage?
Pot 1: Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Bayern München (GER), Juventus (ITA), Benfica (POR), Chelsea (ENG), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Monaco (FRA), Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Other pots: Anderlecht (BEL), Atlético Madrid (ESP), Barcelona (ESP), Basel (SUI), Beşiktaş (TUR), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Feyenoord (NED), RB Leipzig (GER), Manchester City (ENG), Manchester United (ENG), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Porto (POR), Roma (ITA), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
What’s a highway to a final?
Group stage
Matchday one: 12/13 September
Matchday two: 26/27 Septemer
Matchday three: 17/18 October
Matchday four: 31 October/1 November
Matchday five: 21/22 November
Matchday six: 5/6 December
Top dual in all 8 groups go into a knockout phase.
Knockout phase
Round of 16 draw: 11 December
Round of 16, initial leg: 13/14 20/21 February
Round of 16, second leg: 6/7 13/14 March
Quarter-final draw: 16 March
Quarter-finals, initial leg: 3/4 April
Quarter-finals, second leg: 10/11 April
Semi-final draw: 13 April
Semi-final, initial leg: 24/25 April
Semi-final, second leg: 1/2 May
Final: 26 May (NSK Olimpiyski, Kyiv)
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