2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 26 June and ended on 29 August 2018.[1]

A total of 53 teams competed in the qualifying system of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, which includes the qualifying phase and the play-off round,[2] 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 entered in the group stage.[3]

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 2018 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round enter Europa League group stage
Losers of third qualifying round enter Europa League play-off round
Losers of second qualifying round (and 1 loser of first qualifying round) enter Europa League third qualifying round
Losers of the preliminary round and first qualifying round enter Europa League second qualifying round
Play-off round
Team Coeff.[4]
PSV Eindhoven 36.000
Young Boys 20.500
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Red Bull Salzburg 55.500
AEK Athens 10.000
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
BATE Borisov 20.500
Dinamo Zagreb 17.500
Midtjylland 11.500
CFR Cluj 4.090
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Ludogorets Razgrad 37.000
Celtic 31.000
APOEL 27.000
Legia Warsaw 24.500
Astana 21.750
Qarabağ 20.500
Sheriff Tiraspol 14.750
Malmö FF 14.000
Red Star Belgrade 10.750
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10.000
Rosenborg 9.000
HJK 8.000
The New Saints 5.000
Vidi 4.250
Kukësi 4.250
Zrinjski Mostar 3.750
Shkëndija 3.500
F91 Dudelange 3.500
Spartak Trnava 3.500
Valletta 3.250
Víkingur Gøta 3.000
Crusaders 3.000
Olimpija Ljubljana 2.900
Alashkert 2.500
Sutjeska Nikšić 2.500
Sūduva Marijampolė 2.000
Spartaks Jūrmala 1.750
Cork City 1.750
Valur 1.650
Flora Tallinn 1.250
Torpedo Kutaisi 1.000
Preliminary round
Team Coeff.[4]
FC Santa Coloma 2.750
Lincoln Red Imps 2.750
La Fiorita 1.750
Drita 0.000

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:

Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients),[4] grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to colours
Winners of play-off round advance to group stage
Losers of play-off round and third qualifying round enter Europa League group stage
Losers of second qualifying round enter Europa League third qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Benfica 80.000
Dynamo Kyiv 62.000
Fenerbahçe 23.500
Spartak Moscow 13.500
Standard Liège 12.500
Slavia Prague 7.500
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.[4]
Basel 71.000
Ajax 53.500
PAOK 29.500
Sturm Graz 6.570

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.[3]

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.[3]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Qualifying phase and play-off round schedule
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 12 June 2018 26 June 2018 (semi-final round) 29 June 2018 (final round)
First qualifying round 19 June 2018 10–11 July 2018 17–18 July 2018
Second qualifying round 24–25 July 2018 31 July – 1 August 2018
Third qualifying round 23 July 2018 7–8 August 2018 14 August 2018
Play-off round 6 August 2018 21–22 August 2018 28–29 August 2018

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 June 2018, 12:00 CEST, to determine the matchups of the semi-finals and the administrative "home" team of each semi-final and final.[5]

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.

Seeded Unseeded

Bracket
 
Semi-final roundFinal round
 
      
 
26 June – Gibraltar
 
 
 La Fiorita0
 
29 June – Gibraltar
 
 Lincoln Red Imps2
 
 Lincoln Red Imps1
 
26 June – Gibraltar
 
 Drita (a.e.t.)4
 
 FC Santa Coloma0
 
 
 Drita (a.e.t.)2
 

Summary

The semi-final round was played on 26 June, and the final round on 29 June 2018, both at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar.[6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Semi-final round
FC Santa Coloma 0–2 (a.e.t.) Drita
La Fiorita 0–2 Lincoln Red Imps
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Final round
Lincoln Red Imps 1–4 (a.e.t.) Drita

Semi-final round
FC Santa Coloma 0–2 (a.e.t.) Drita
Report
Attendance: 288[7]
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)
La Fiorita 0–2 Lincoln Red Imps
Report
Attendance: 840[7]
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

Final round
Lincoln Red Imps 1–4 (a.e.t.) Drita
  • Corral  61'
 Report
Attendance: 468[7]
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018, 12:00 CEST.[8]

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 of ten teams, where five teams were seeded and five teams were unseeded, and one of twelve teams, where six teams were seeded and six teams were unseeded.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the preliminary round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary
Alashkert vs Celtic, 1st leg match in Yerevan of the First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 10 and 11 July, and the second legs on 17 and 18 July 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–4 Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–3
Shkëndija 5–4 The New Saints 5–0 0–4
Sūduva Marijampolė 3–2 APOEL 3–1 0–1
Olimpija Ljubljana 0–1 Qarabağ 0–1 0–0
F91 Dudelange 2–3 Vidi 1–1 1–2
Drita 0–5 Malmö FF 0–3 0–2
Víkingur Gøta 2–5[upper-alpha 1] HJK 1–2 1–3
Ludogorets Razgrad 9–0 Crusaders 7–0 2–0
Cork City 0–4[upper-alpha 2] Legia Warsaw 0–1 0–3
Valur 2–3 Rosenborg 1–0 1–3
Kukësi 1–1 (a) Valletta 0–0 1–1
Flora Tallinn 2–7 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–4 1–3
Spartaks Jūrmala 0–2 Red Star Belgrade 0–0 0–2
Alashkert 0–6 Celtic 0–3 0–3
Spartak Trnava 2–1 Zrinjski Mostar 1–0 1–1
Astana 3–0 Sutjeska Nikšić 1–0 2–0

Notes

  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.
  2. Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa League third qualifying round.

Matches
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–1 Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Attendance: 7,251[9]
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 Torpedo Kutaisi
 Report
Attendance: 5,740[9]
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 4–2 on aggregate.

Shkëndija 5–0 The New Saints
 Report
Attendance: 2,700[9]
The New Saints 4–0 Shkëndija
 Report
Attendance: 756[9]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Shkëndija won 5–4 on aggregate.

Sūduva Marijampolė 3–1 APOEL
 Report
Attendance: 3,378[9]
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
APOEL 1–0 Sūduva Marijampolė
 Report
Attendance: 12,149[9]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Sūduva Marijampolė won 3–2 on aggregate.

Olimpija Ljubljana 0–1 Qarabağ
Report
Attendance: 5,248[9]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Qarabağ 0–0 Olimpija Ljubljana
Report
Attendance: 21,520[9]
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

Qarabağ won 1–0 on aggregate.

F91 Dudelange 1–1 Vidi
 Report
Attendance: 1,057[9]
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Vidi 2–1 F91 Dudelange
 Report
Attendance: 2,514[9]

Vidi won 3–2 on aggregate.

Drita 0–3 Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 9,780[9]
Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)
Malmö FF 2–0 Drita
 Report
Attendance: 10,623[9]
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Malmö FF won 5–0 on aggregate.

Víkingur Gøta 1–2 HJK
 Report
Attendance: 300[9]
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
HJK 3–1 Víkingur Gøta
 Report
Attendance: 5,125[9]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

HJK won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad 7–0 Crusaders
 Report
Attendance: 4,597[9]
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
Crusaders 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad
Report
Attendance: 1,116[9]
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 9–0 on aggregate.

Cork City 0–1 Legia Warsaw
Report
Attendance: 5,795[9]
Legia Warsaw 3–0 Cork City
 Report
Attendance: 14,576[9]
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)

Legia Warsaw won 4–0 on aggregate.

Valur 1–0 Rosenborg
 Report
Attendance: 1,088[9]
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
Rosenborg 3–1 Valur
 Report
Attendance: 10,604[9]
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

Rosenborg won 3–2 on aggregate.

Kukësi 0–0 Valletta
Report
Attendance: 350[9]
Referee: Þóroddur Hjaltalín (Iceland)
Valletta 1–1 Kukësi
 Report
Attendance: 1,307[9]
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

1–1 on aggregate. Kukësi won on away goals.

Flora Tallinn 1–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
 Report
Attendance: 1,106[9]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–1 Flora Tallinn
 Report
Attendance: 11,850[9]
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 7–2 on aggregate.

Spartaks Jūrmala 0–0 Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 2,068[9]
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Red Star Belgrade 2–0 Spartaks Jūrmala
 Report
Attendance: 23,868[9]
Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

Red Star Belgrade won 2–0 on aggregate.

Alashkert 0–3 Celtic
Report
Attendance: 4,948[9]
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Celtic 3–0 Alashkert
 Report
Attendance: 59,047[9]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Celtic won 6–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava 1–0 Zrinjski Mostar
 Report
Attendance: 0[9] (No-crowd match)
Zrinjski Mostar 1–1 Spartak Trnava
 Report
Attendance: 5,100[9]
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.

Astana 1–0 Sutjeska Nikšić
 Report
Attendance: 20,500[9]
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Sutjeska Nikšić 0–2 Astana
Report
Attendance: 3,200[9]

Astana won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018, 14:00 CEST.[8]

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 Path League Path
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the first qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 24 and 25 July, and the second legs on 31 July and 1 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Astana 2–1 Midtjylland 2–1 0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 Vidi 0–0 0–1
Kukësi 0–3 Qarabağ 0–0 0–3
CFR Cluj 1–2 Malmö FF 0–1 1–1
Dinamo Zagreb 7–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 2–2
Red Star Belgrade 5–0 Sūduva Marijampolė 3–0 2–0
BATE Borisov 2–1 HJK 0–0 2–1
Shkëndija 1–0 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 0–0
Legia Warsaw 1–2 Spartak Trnava 0–2 1–0
Celtic 3–1 Rosenborg 3–1 0–0
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
PAOK 5–1 Basel 2–1 3–0
Ajax 5–1 Sturm Graz 2–0 3–1

Champions Path
Astana 2–1 Midtjylland
 Report
Attendance: 23,010[11]
Midtjylland 0–0 Astana
Report
Attendance: 8,731[11]
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 Vidi
Report
Attendance: 5,327[11]
Vidi 1–0 Ludogorets Razgrad
 Report
Attendance: 2,878[11]

Vidi won 1–0 on aggregate.

Kukësi 0–0 Qarabağ
Report
Attendance: 700[11]
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)
Qarabağ 3–0 Kukësi
 Report
Attendance: 25,030[11]
Referee: Peter Kralovič (Slovakia)

Qarabağ won 3–0 on aggregate.

CFR Cluj 0–1 Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 6,950[11]
Malmö FF 1–1 CFR Cluj
 Report
Attendance: 18,153[11]

Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 5–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
 Report
Attendance: 9,099[11]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–2 Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 10,181[11]

Dinamo Zagreb won 7–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade 3–0 Sūduva Marijampolė
 Report
Attendance: 23,218[11]
Sūduva Marijampolė 0–2 Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 4,020[11]

Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.

BATE Borisov 0–0 HJK
Report
Attendance: 11,567[11]
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
HJK 1–2 BATE Borisov
 Report
Attendance: 10,210[11]

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

Shkëndija 1–0 Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Attendance: 3,696[11]
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 Shkëndija
Report
Attendance: 6,319[11]
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

Shkëndija won 1–0 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw 0–2 Spartak Trnava
Report
Attendance: 15,527[11]
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Spartak Trnava 0–1 Legia Warsaw
Report
Attendance: 17,204[11]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.

Celtic 3–1 Rosenborg
 Report
Attendance: 51,184[11]
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Rosenborg 0–0 Celtic
Report
Attendance: 14,263[11]

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

League Path
PAOK 2–1 Basel
 Report
Attendance: 24,670[11]
Basel 0–3 PAOK
Report
Attendance: 14,328[11]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ajax 2–0 Sturm Graz
 Report
Attendance: 53,106[11]
Sturm Graz 1–3 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 15,172[11]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 2018, 12:00 CEST.[12]

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 Path League Path
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Notes
  1. † Winners of the second qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 7 and 8 August, and the second legs on 14 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Celtic 2–3 AEK Athens 1–1 1–2
Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Shkëndija 3–0 1–0
Red Star Belgrade 3–2 Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Qarabağ 1–2 BATE Borisov 0–1 1–1
Astana 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 0–1
Malmö FF 1–1 (a) Vidi 1–1 0–0
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Standard Liège 2–5 Ajax 2–2 0–3
Benfica 2–1 Fenerbahçe 1–0 1–1
Slavia Prague 1–3 Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 0–2
PAOK 3–2 Spartak Moscow 3–2 0–0

Champions Path
Celtic 1–1 AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 54,370[13]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
AEK Athens 2–1 Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 32,300[13]

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 Shkëndija
 Report
Attendance: 10,050[13]
Shkëndija 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Attendance: 3,213[13]

Red Bull Salzburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Spartak Trnava
 Report
Attendance: 37,112[13]
Spartak Trnava 1–2 (a.e.t.) Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 18,032[13]

Red Star Belgrade won 3–2 on aggregate.

Qarabağ 0–1 BATE Borisov
Report
Attendance: 29,000[13]
BATE Borisov 1–1 Qarabağ
 Report
Attendance: 12,489[13]

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

Astana 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 26,500[13]
Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 Astana
 Report
Attendance: 11,903[13]

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

Malmö FF 1–1 Vidi
 Report
Attendance: 17,209[13]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Vidi 0–0 Malmö FF
Report
Attendance: 3,432[13]

1–1 on aggregate. Vidi won on away goals.

League Path
Standard Liège 2–2 Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 20,355[13]
Ajax 3–0 Standard Liège
 Report
Attendance: 51,841[13]

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

Benfica 1–0 Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 57,878[13]
Fenerbahçe 1–1 Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 42,245[13]

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 19,370[13]
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Slavia Prague
 Report
Attendance: 39,318[13]

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.

PAOK 3–2 Spartak Moscow
 Report
Attendance: 24,463[13]
Spartak Moscow 0–0 PAOK
Report
Attendance: 40,385[13]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

PAOK won 3–2 on aggregate.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 6 August 2018, 12:00 CEST.[14]

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.
  • League Path: the four winners of the third qualifying round League Path. Two teams were seeded and two teams were unseeded. Teams from Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn into the same tie, and to prevent such a potential pairing, the four teams were divided into two pairings prior to the draw.
Champions Path League Path
Pairing 1 Pairing 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Benfica[†] PAOK[†] Dynamo Kyiv[†] Ajax[†]
Notes
  1. † Winners of the third qualifying round. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their opponent in the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 21 and 22 August, and the second legs on 28 and 29 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Red Star Belgrade 2–2 (a) Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 2–2
BATE Borisov 2–6 PSV Eindhoven 2–3 0–3
Young Boys 3–2 Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–1
Vidi 2–3 AEK Athens 1–2 1–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Benfica 5–2 PAOK 1–1 4–1
Ajax 3–1 Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 0–0

Champions Path
Red Star Belgrade 0–0 Red Bull Salzburg
Report
Attendance: 0[15][note 9]
Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 26,500[17]

2–2 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

BATE Borisov 2–3 PSV Eindhoven
 Report
Attendance: 9,284[18]
PSV Eindhoven 3–0 BATE Borisov
 Report
Attendance: 34,200[19]

PSV Eindhoven won 6–2 on aggregate.

Young Boys 1–1 Dinamo Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 21,463[20]
Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 Young Boys
 Report
Attendance: 28,137[21]

Young Boys won 3–2 on aggregate.

Vidi 1–2 AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 10,681[22]
AEK Athens 1–1 Vidi
 Report
Attendance: 29,774[23]

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

League Path
Benfica 1–1 PAOK
 Report
Attendance: 44,084[24]
PAOK 1–4 Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 26,725[25]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ajax 3–1 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 52,706[26]
Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 40,131[27]

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

There were 211 goals scored in 91 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.32 goals per match.[28]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 El Fardou Ben Nabouhane Red Star Belgrade 6
2 Besart Ibraimi Shkëndija 5
3 Moanes Dabour Red Bull Salzburg 4
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax
Aleksandar Prijović PAOK
Nemanja Radonjić Red Star Belgrade
Jakub Świerczok Ludogorets Razgrad
8 Rigino Cicilia Sūduva Marijampolė 3
Odsonne Édouard Celtic
Izet Hajrović Dinamo Zagreb
Carlos Strandberg Malmö FF
Dušan Tadić Ajax
13 29 players 2

Source:[29]

Notes
  1. Shkëndija played their home matches at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Ecolog Arena, Tetovo, due to renovation.
  2. Qarabağ played their home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku.
  3. Vidi played their qualifying rounds home matches at Pancho Aréna, Felcsút and play-off round home match at Groupama Arena, Budapest,[10] instead of their regular stadium Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár, due to reconstruction.
  4. Drita played their home match at Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari, Mitrovica, instead of their regular stadium Gjilan City Stadium, Gjilan.
  5. Víkingur Gøta played their home match at Svangaskarð, Toftir, instead of their regular stadium Sarpugerði, Norðragøta.
  6. Kukësi played their home matches at Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, instead of their regular stadium Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës.
  7. Spartaks Jūrmala played their home match at Skonto Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala.
  8. Alashkert played their home match at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan.
  9. The Red Star Belgrade v Red Bull Salzburg match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[16]

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