2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (preliminary and first to third rounds) and the play-off round. It began on 25 June and ended on 28 August 2019.
A total of 53 teams compete in the qualifying system of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, 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 enter in 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: 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 2019 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advance to group stageLosers of play-off round enter Europa League group stageLosers of third qualifying round enter Europa League play-off roundLosers of second qualifying round (and 1 loser of first qualifying round) enter Europa League third qualifying roundLosers of the preliminary round and first qualifying round enter Europa League second qualifying round
+Play-off roundTeam Young Boys27.500 Slavia Prague21.500 +Third qualifying roundTeam Ajax70.500 PAOK23.500 +Second qualifying roundTeam Copenhagen31.000 Dinamo Zagreb29.500 APOEL25.500 Maccabi Tel Aviv16.000+First qualifying roundTeam Celtic31.000 BATE Borisov27.500 Astana27.500 Ludogorets Razgrad27.000 Qarabağ22.000 Maribor18.500 Red Star Belgrade16.750 Sheriff Tiraspol12.250 Rosenborg11.500 HJK9.000 Dundalk7.000 F91 Dudelange6.250 Shkëndija6.000 The New Saints6.000 Slovan Bratislava6.000 AIK5.500 Sūduva4.250 Valletta4.250 Sarajevo4.250 Piast Gliwice3.850 CFR Cluj3.500 Ferencváros3.500 Nõmme Kalju3.500 Sutjeska3.000 Partizani3.000 Valur2.750 Linfield2.250 HB1.500 Riga1.125 Ararat-Armenia1.050 Saburtalo Tbilisi0.950+Preliminary roundTeam Lincoln Red Imps4.250 FC Santa Coloma4.000 Tre Penne0.750 Feronikeli0.500
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: The 2 losers of the second qualifying round enter the Main Path third qualifying round. The 4 losers of the third qualifying round and the 2 losers of the play-off round enter the group stage.
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2019 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advance to group stageLosers of play-off round and third qualifying round enter Europa League group stageLosers of second qualifying round enter Europa League third qualifying round
+Third qualifying roundTeam Porto93.000 Dynamo Kyiv65.000 Club Brugge39.500 Krasnodar34.500 İstanbul Başakşehir10.500 LASK6.250+Second qualifying roundTeam Basel54.500 Olympiacos44.000 PSV Eindhoven37.000 Viktoria Plzeň33.000
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 scheduleRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legPreliminary round11 June 201925 June 2019 (semi-final round)28 June 2019 (final round)First qualifying round18 June 20199–10 July 201916–17 July 2019Second qualifying round19 June 201923–24 July 201930–31 July 2019Third qualifying round22 July 20196–7 August 201913 August 2019Play-off round5 August 201920–21 August 201927–28 August 2019
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 June 2019, 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.
SeededUnseeded
Bracket
Summary
The semi-final round was played on 25 June, and the final round on 28 June 2019, both at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina, Kosovo.
Semi-final round
Final round
First qualifying round
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2019, 14:30 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 groups of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded; and one group of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded.
Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 9 and 10 July, and the second legs on 16 and 17 July 2019.
Matches
2–2 on aggregate; Nõmme Kalju won on away goals.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–1 on aggregate.
AIK won 4–3 on aggregate.
CFR Cluj won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.
Qarabağ won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Sutjeska won 3–2 on penalties.
Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.
Saburtalo Tbilisi won 4–3 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Valletta won on away goals.
Rosenborg won 6–0 on aggregate.
Maribor won 5–0 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Dundalk won 5–4 on penalties.
The New Saints won 3–2 on aggregate.
HJK won 5–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2019, 12:00 CEST.
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 PathLeague PathGroup 1Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 23 and 24 July, and the second legs on 30 and 31 July 2019.
Champions Path matches
CFR Cluj won 3–2 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 3–0 on aggregate.
Ferencváros won 4–2 on aggregate.
Qarabağ won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–0 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 3–2 on aggregate.
APOEL won 4–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Maribor won on away goals.
League Path matches
Olympiacos won 4–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Basel won on away goals.
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019, 12:00 CEST.
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 PathLeague PathSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs on 13 August 2019.
Champions Path matches
CFR Cluj won 5–4 on aggregate.
APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5–4 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won 7–6 on penalties.
Rosenborg won 6–2 on aggregate.
League Path matches
Olympiacos won 3–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Krasnodar won on away goals.
Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.
LASK won 5–2 on aggregate.
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019, 12:00 CEST.
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.