2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 9 July and will end on 28 August 2024.

A total of 52 teams will compete in the qualifying system of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, which will include the qualifying phase and the play-off round, with 42 teams in Champions Path and 10 teams in League Path. The seven winners in the play-off round (five from Champions Path, two from League Path) will advance to the league phase, to join the 29 teams that entered it.

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

Format
The qualifying phase and play-off round is split into two paths – the Champions Path and the League Path. The Champions Path contains teams which qualify as the winners of their domestic league and the League Path contains teams which qualify as runners-up, third-placed or fourth-placed team from their domestic league.

Each tie will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs will advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time will be played, and if the same number of goals is scored by both teams during extra time, the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

The video assistant referee (VAR) will be used in the third qualifying round and the play-off round.

In the draws for each round, teams will be 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 will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided by draw. As the identity of the winners of the previous round may not known at the time of the draws, the seeding will be carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advances to the subsequent round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient advances, it will simply take the seeding of its opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA can form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee purely for the convenience of the draw and not to resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA can not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie can be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches will be played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Champions Path
The Champions Path will include all league champions which do not qualify directly for the league phase, and consists of the following rounds:
 * First qualifying round (28 teams): 28 teams which enter in this round.
 * Second qualifying round (24 teams): 10 teams which enter in this round, and 14 winners of the first qualifying round.
 * Third qualifying round (12 teams): 12 winners of the second qualifying round.
 * Play-off round (10 teams): 4 teams which enter in this round, and 6 winners of the third qualifying round.

All teams eliminated from the Champions Path will enter either the Europa League or the Conference League:
 * 12 of the 14 losers of the first qualifying round will enter the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round.
 * 2 losers of the first qualifying round will receive a bye and enter the Conference League Champions Path third qualifying round.
 * The 12 losers of the second qualifying round will enter the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round
 * The 6 losers of the third qualifying round will enter the Europa League play-off round.
 * The 5 losers of the play-off round will enter the Europa League league phase.

Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

League Path
The League Path will include all league non-champions which did not qualify directly for the league phase, 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 will enter the Europa League:
 * The 2 losers of the second qualifying round will enter the Main Path third qualifying round.
 * The 4 losers of the third qualifying round will enter the league phase.
 * The 2 losers of the play-off round will enter the league phase.

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024.

Seeding
A total of 28 teams will play in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into three groups, two with five seeded and five unseeded teams and one with four seeded and four unseeded team per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team for the first leg.

Summary
 The first legs were played on 9 and 10 July, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 July 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the Champions Path second qualifying round. 12 of the 14 losers would be transferred to the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round and 2 would be transferred to the Conference League Champions Path qualifying and received a bye to the third qualifying round.



Matches
Slovan Bratislava won 6–3 on aggregate.

The New Saints won 4–1 on aggregate.

''2–2 on aggregate. Borac Banja Luka won 4–1 on penalties.''

''1–1 on aggregate. Lincoln Red Imps won 5–4 on penalties.''

''3–3 on aggregate. UE Santa Coloma won 6–5 on penalties.''

Celje 7–1 won on aggregate.

KÍ won 2–0 on aggregate.

Panevėžys won 4–1 on aggregate.

RFS won 7–0 on aggregate.

Shamrock Rovers won 2–1 on aggregate.

FCSB won 11–1 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad won 3–2 on aggregate.

Petrocub Hîncești won 1–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024.

Seeding
A total of 28 teams will play in the second qualifying round – 24 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. Before the draw, UEFA allocated the teams into three groups of four seeded and four unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.


 * Notes

Summary
 The first legs will be played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs will be played on 30 and 31 July 2024.

The winners of the ties will advance to the third qualifying round of their respective path. The Champions Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League Champions Path third qualifying round, while the League Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League Main Path third qualifying round.



Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round will be held on 22 July 2024.

Seeding
A total of 20 teams will play in the third qualifying round – 12 in the Champions Path and 8 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.


 * Notes

 The first legs will be played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs will be played on 13 August 2024.

The winners of the ties will advance to the play-off round of their respective paths. The Champions Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers will be transferred to the Europa League group stage.

Notes (if needed) 

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Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round will be held on 5 August 2024.

Seeding
A total of 14 teams will play in the play-off round – 10 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams will be based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. Before the draw, UEFA may form groups of seeded and unseeded teams per the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. The first team drawn in each tie will be the home team for the first leg.


 * Notes

 The first legs will be played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs will be played on 27 and 28 August 2024.

The winners of the ties will advance to the group stage. The losers will be transferred to the Europa League group stage.



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