2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying

2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying was the preliminary phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, prior to the competition proper. Qualification consisted of the qualifying phase (first to third rounds) and the play-off round. It began on 9 July and ended on 28 August 2024.

A total of 52 teams competed in the qualifying system, with 42 teams in the Champions Path and 10 teams in the League Path. The seven winners in the play-off round (five from Champions Path, two from League Path) advanced 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 was split into two paths – the Champions Path and the League Path. The Champions Path contained teams which qualified as the winners of their domestic league, and the League Path contained teams which qualified as runners-up, third-placed or fourth-placed teams from their domestic league.

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

In the draws for each round, teams were 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 was 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 have been known at the time of the draws, the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to the subsequent round, which meant if the team with the lower coefficient advanced, it would simply take the seeding of its opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA could 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 could not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. All matches were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

+Schedule for 2024–25 UEFA Champions LeagueRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst qualifying round18 June 20249–10 July 202416–17 July 2024Second qualifying round19 June 202423–24 July 202430–31 July 2024Third qualifying round22 July 20246–7 August 202413 August 2024Play-off round5 August 202420–21 August 202427–28 August 2024

Teams Champions Path The Champions Path included all league champions which did not qualify directly for the league phase, and consisted of the following rounds: First qualifying round (28 teams): 28 teams which entered in this round. Second qualifying round (24 teams): 10 teams which entered 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 entered in this round, and 6 winners of the third qualifying round.

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

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

Key to coloursWinners of play-off round advanced to league phaseLosers of play-off round entered Europa League league phaseLosers of third qualifying round entered Europa League play-off roundLosers of second qualifying round entered Europa League third qualifying roundLosers of the first qualifying round that received a bye entered Conference League third qualifying roundLosers of the first qualifying round entered Conference League second qualifying round +Play-off roundTeam Dinamo Zagreb50.000 Red Star Belgrade40.000 Young Boys34.500 Galatasaray31.500 +Second qualifying roundTeam PAOK37.000 Maccabi Tel Aviv35.500 Ferencváros35.000 Qarabağ33.000 Bodø/Glimt28.000 Midtjylland25.500 Sparta Prague22.500 Malmö FF18.500 APOEL14.500 Jagiellonia Białystok5.075+First qualifying roundTeam Slovan Bratislava30.500 Ludogorets Razgrad26.000 HJK11.500 Flora11.000 FCSB10.500 KÍ10.000 Shamrock Rovers9.500 Lincoln Red Imps9.000 The New Saints8.500 Pyunik8.000 RFS8.000 Petrocub Hîncești7.000 Ballkani6.000 Borac Banja Luka5.500 Dinamo Batumi5.500 Celje4.500 Hamrun Spartans4.500 Larne4.500 Dinamo Minsk4.500 Panevėžys4.000 Ordabasy4.000 Víkingur Reykjavík4.000 Struga3.500 Differdange 033.500 Dečić2.000 Egnatia1.475 UE Santa Coloma1.199 Virtus0.366

League Path The League Path included all league non-champions which did not qualify directly for the league phase, and consisted of the following rounds: Second qualifying round (4 teams): 4 teams which entered in this round. Third qualifying round (8 teams): 6 teams which entered 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 entered the Europa League: The 2 losers of the second qualifying round entered the Main Path third qualifying round. The 4 losers of the third qualifying round entered the league phase. The 2 losers of the play-off round entered the league phase.

Below were 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 played in the first qualifying round. Seeding of the teams was 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 was the home team for the first leg.

Group 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded

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 were transferred to the Conference League Champions Path second qualifying round and 2 were 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 won 7–1 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 played in the second qualifying round – 24 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams was 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 was the home team for the first leg. +Champions PathGroup 1Group 2Group 3SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded

+League PathSeededUnseeded

Notes

Summary

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

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

Champions Path matches

Ludogorets Razgrad won 2–1 on aggregate.

APOEL won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ferencváros won 7–1 on aggregate.

PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bodø/Glimt won 7–1 on aggregate.

Malmö FF won 6–4 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.

Midtjylland won 4–0 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 6–1 on aggregate.

Jagiellonia Białystok won 7–1 on aggregate.

Qarabağ won 7–0 on aggregate.

FCSB won 2–1 on aggregate.

League Path matches

Fenerbahçe won 6–4 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv won 9–2 on aggregate.

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

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

+Champions PathGroup 1Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded

+League PathSeededUnseeded

Notes

Summary

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

The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective paths. The Champions Path losers were transferred to the Europa League play-off round, while the League Path losers were transferred to the Europa League league phase.

Champions Path matches

Qarabağ won 8–4 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 2–0 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

Malmö FF won 6–5 on aggregate.

Midtjylland won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bodø/Glimt won 5–1 on aggregate.

League Path matches

Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

Lille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

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

Seeding A total of 14 teams played in the play-off round – 10 in the Champions Path and 4 in the League Path. Seeding of the teams was based on their 2024 UEFA club coefficients. The teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots. The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.

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+League PathSeededUnseeded

Notes

Summary

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

The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase. The losers were transferred to the Europa League league phase.

Champions Path matches

Young Boys won 4–2 on aggregate.

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