The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 9 July and will end on 28 August 2024.[1]
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.[2]
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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.[3]
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 be 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.
The schedule of the competition is as follows. All matches will be played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.[1]
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | |
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| First qualifying round | 18 June 2024 | 9–10 July 2024 | 16–17 July 2024 | |
| Second qualifying round | 19 June 2024 | 23–24 July 2024 | 30–31 July 2024 | |
| Third qualifying round | 22 July 2024 | 6–7 August 2024 | 13 August 2024 | |
| Play-off round | 5 August 2024 | 20–21 August 2024 | 27–28 August 2024 |
The Champions Path will include all league champions which do not qualify directly for the league phase, and consists of the following rounds:
All teams eliminated from the Champions Path will enter either the Europa League or the Conference League:
Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
| Key to colours | |
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| Winners of play-off round advance to league phase | |
| Losers of play-off round enter Europa League league phase | |
| Losers of third qualifying round enter Europa League play-off round | |
| Losers of second qualifying round enter Europa League third qualifying round | |
| Drawn losers of the first qualifying round enter Conference League third qualifying round | |
| Losers of the first qualifying round enter Conference League second qualifying round |
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The League Path will include all league non-champions which did not qualify directly for the league phase, and consists of the following rounds:
All teams eliminated from the League Path will enter the Europa League:
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2024 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
| Key to colours | |
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| Winners of play-off round advance to league phase | |
| Losers of play-off round enter Europa League league phase | |
| Losers of third qualifying round enter Europa League league phase | |
| Losers of second qualifying round enter Europa League third qualifying round |
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The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 18 June 2024.
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.[4] The first team drawn in each tie was the home team for the first leg.
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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.
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.
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2024.
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.
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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.
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.
Fenerbahçe won 6–4 on aggregate.----Dynamo Kyiv won 9–2 on aggregate.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2024.
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 would be the home team for the first leg.
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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.
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.
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.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.
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.[5] 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.
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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 league phase. The losers will be transferred to the Europa League league phase.
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