2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round were played from 1 July to 27 August 2014. A total of 55 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[1]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
First qualifying round 23 June 2014, 12:00[3] 1–2 July 2014 8–9 July 2014
Second qualifying round 15–16 July 2014 22–23 July 2014
Third qualifying round 18 July 2014, 12:00[4] 29–30 July 2014 5–6 August 2014
Play-off round 8 August 2014, 12:00[5] 19–20 August 2014 26–27 August 2014

Format

In the qualifying phase and play-off round, 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, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.[1]

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. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known. For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.[1]

Teams

There were two routes which the teams were separated into during qualifying:

  • Champions Route, which included all domestic champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
  • League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

A total of 55 teams (40 in Champions Route, 15 in League Route) were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round. The 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route) advanced to the group stage to join the 22 automatic qualifiers. The 15 losers of the third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round, and the 10 losers of the play-off round entered the Europa League group stage.[1]

Below were the participating teams (with their 2014 UEFA club coefficients),[6] grouped by their starting rounds.[7]

Key to colours
Winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage
Losers of the play-off round entered the Europa League group stage
Losers of the third qualifying round entered the Europa League play-off round

Champions Route
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff
Red Bull Salzburg 46.185
APOEL 37.650
AaB 5.260
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff
Steaua București 39.451
Celtic 36.813
BATE Borisov 33.725
Sparta Prague 28.870
Dinamo Zagreb 23.925
Ludogorets Razgrad 18.125
Maccabi Tel Aviv 17.875
Sheriff Tiraspol 17.075
Maribor 16.200
Legia Warsaw 15.275
Partizan 14.825
Debrecen 10.325
Slovan Bratislava 8.700
Aktobe 8.150
Ventspils 7.750
Qarabağ 7.575
HJK 7.435
Dinamo Tbilisi 6.975
Malmö 6.265
KR 5.350
F91 Dudelange 4.975
Strømsgodset 4.855
The New Saints 4.850
St Patrick's Athletic 4.775
Skënderbeu 4.600
Rabotnički 4.550
Valletta 4.466
Zrinjski Mostar 4.000
Cliftonville 3.225
Žalgiris Vilnius 3.050
Sutjeska Nikšić 2.450
First qualifying round
Team Coeff
Levadia Tallinn 4.575
HB 3.175
FC Santa Coloma 2.166
Banants 1.325
La Fiorita 0.699
Lincoln Red Imps 0.000

League Route
Play-off round
Team Coeff
Arsenal 112.949
Porto 105.459
Bayer Leverkusen 70.328
Napoli 61.387
Athletic Bilbao 54.542
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff
Zenit Saint Petersburg 73.899
Lille 45.300
Copenhagen 45.260
Standard Liège 38.260
Beşiktaş 32.840
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 32.193
Panathinaikos 30.220
Feyenoord 13.362
Grasshoppers 9.645
AEL Limassol 7.650

First qualifying round

Seeding

A total of six teams played in the first qualifying round.[8] The draw was held on 23 June 2014.[9]

Seeded Unseeded

Levadia Tallinn
HB
FC Santa Coloma

Banants
La Fiorita
Lincoln Red Imps

Summary

The first legs were played on 1 and 2 July, and the second legs were played on 8 July 2014.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Santa Coloma 3–3 (a) Banants 1–0 2–3
Lincoln Red Imps 3–6 HB 1–1 2–5
La Fiorita 0–8 Levadia Tallinn 0–1 0–7

Matches
FC Santa Coloma 1–0 Banants
Pujol 5' Report
Attendance: 323
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Banants 3–2 FC Santa Coloma
R. Hovsepyan 29', 56' (pen.)
Mashumyan 47'		 Report Lima 20'
Casals 90+4'
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Bulgaria)

3–3 on aggregate. FC Santa Coloma won on away goals.

Lincoln Red Imps 1–1 HB
J. Chipolina 18' (pen.) Report Hanssen 71'
Attendance: 1,821
HB 5–2 Lincoln Red Imps
Hanssen 11', 81'
Jensen 25'
Edmundsson 34'
Benjaminsen 88'		 Report Cabrera 50'
J. Duarte 77'
Attendance: 1,068
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

HB won 6–3 on aggregate.

La Fiorita 0–1 Levadia Tallinn
Report Tamm 90+3'
Attendance: 438
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Levadia Tallinn 7–0 La Fiorita
Kulinitš 7'
Subbotin 30', 72'
Elhussieny 48'
Artjunin 75', 90+2'
Tipurić 85'		 Report
Attendance: 1,455
Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)

Levadia Tallinn won 8–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round:[8] 31 teams which entered in this round, and the three winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 23 June 2014.[9]

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

BATE Borisov
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Sheriff Tiraspol
Maribor
Aktobe

Dinamo Tbilisi
Skënderbeu
Zrinjski Mostar
Sutjeska Nikšić
FC Santa Coloma[†]

Celtic
Sparta Prague
Partizan
Debrecen
Slovan Bratislava
Ventspils

Malmö
KR
The New Saints
Levadia Tallinn[†]
Cliftonville
HB[†]

Steaua București
Dinamo Zagreb
Ludogorets Razgrad
Legia Warsaw
Qarabağ
HJK

F91 Dudelange
Strømsgodset
St Patrick's Athletic
Rabotnički
Valletta
Žalgiris Vilnius

Notes
  1. † Winners of the first qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 July, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 July 2014.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
BATE Borisov 1–1 (a) Skënderbeu 0–0 1–1
FC Santa Coloma 0–3[A] Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 0–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–4 Aktobe 0–1 0–3
Zrinjski Mostar 0–2 Maribor 0–0 0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol 5–0 Sutjeska Nikšić 2–0 3–0
Sparta Prague 8–1 Levadia Tallinn 7–0 1–1
Malmö 1–0 Ventspils 0–0 1–0
Slovan Bratislava 3–0 The New Saints 1–0 2–0
KR 0–5[B] Celtic 0–1 0–4
Cliftonville 0–2 Debrecen 0–0 0–2
Partizan 6–1 HB 3–0 3–1
Legia Warsaw 6–1 St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 5–0
Rabotnički 1–2 HJK 0–0 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb 4–0 Žalgiris Vilnius 2–0 2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad 5–1 F91 Dudelange 4–0 1–1
Valletta 0–5 Qarabağ 0–1 0–4
Strømsgodset 0–3 Steaua București 0–1 0–2
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw, due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[10]
  2. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches
BATE Borisov 0–0 Skënderbeu
Report
Attendance: 12,671
Skënderbeu 1–1 BATE Borisov
Radaš 67' Report Khagush 29'
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia)

1–1 on aggregate. BATE Borisov won on away goals.

FC Santa Coloma 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Report Prica 64'
Attendance: 494
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 FC Santa Coloma
Zahavi 62' (pen.)
Ben Haim 90'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi 0–1 Aktobe
Report Danilo Neco 51'
Attendance: 10,100
Aktobe 3–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Antonov 75'
Zyankovich 82'
Aimbetov 90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 12,100

Aktobe won 4–0 on aggregate.

Maribor 2–0 Zrinjski Mostar
Vršič 45'
Ibraimi 57' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 7,500

Maribor won 2–0 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 Sutjeska Nikšić
Mureșan 71'
Isa 87'		 Report
Attendance: 6,351
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
Sutjeska Nikšić 0–3 Sheriff Tiraspol
Report Benson 5'
Luvannor 35'
Isa 54'
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 5–0 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 7–0 Levadia Tallinn
Lafata 22', 44', 45+4' (pen.), 57', 60'
Tipurić 55' (o.g.)
Přikyl 84'		 Report
Attendance: 10,152
Levadia Tallinn 1–1 Sparta Prague
Teever 68' Report Mareček 38'
Attendance: 1,150

Sparta Prague won 8–1 on aggregate.

Malmö 0–0 Ventspils
Report
Attendance: 8,831
Ventspils 0–1 Malmö
Report Kiese Thelin 19'
Attendance: 3,000

Malmö won 1–0 on aggregate.

The New Saints 0–2 Slovan Bratislava
Report Milinković 74', 89'
Attendance: 1,140

Slovan Bratislava won 3–0 on aggregate.

KR 0–1 Celtic
Report McGregor 84'
Attendance: 1,520
Referee: Andreas Pappas (Greece)
Celtic 4–0 KR
Van Dijk 13', 20'
Pukki 27', 71'		 Report
Attendance: 39,099

Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.

Cliftonville 0–0 Debrecen
Report
Attendance: 1,750
Debrecen 2–0 Cliftonville
Mihelič 55'
Sidibe 79'		 Report
Attendance: 9,457

Debrecen won 2–0 on aggregate.

Partizan 3–0 HB
Lazović 14', 64'
Škuletić 71'		 Report
Attendance: 11,758
Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)
HB 1–3 Partizan
Wardum 35' Report Ninković 49'
Lazović 75'
Grbić 90+1'
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

Partizan won 6–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw 1–1 St Patrick's Athletic
Radović 90+1' Report Fagan 38'
Attendance: 11,075
St Patrick's Athletic 0–5 Legia Warsaw
Report Radović 25', 82'
Żyro 69'
Saganowski 87'
Byrne 90+2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,500

Legia Warsaw won 6–1 on aggregate.

Rabotnički 0–0 HJK
Report
Attendance: 1,500
HJK 2–1 Rabotnički
Lod 22'
Moren 26'		 Report Vujčić 47'
Attendance: 10,153

HJK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 Žalgiris Vilnius
Soudani 58'
Antolić 70'		 Report
Attendance: 4,211
Žalgiris Vilnius 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb
Report Soudani 46'
Šimunić 49'
Attendance: 4,000

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad 4–0 F91 Dudelange
Dani Abalo 35'
Bezjak 43'
Anicet 65'
Espinho 68'		 Report
Attendance: 4,104
Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)
F91 Dudelange 1–1 Ludogorets Razgrad
Turpel 81' Report Bezjak 51'
Attendance: 842
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

Ludogorets Razgrad won 5–1 on aggregate.

Valletta 0–1 Qarabağ
Report Chumbinho 18'
Attendance: 1,200
Qarabağ 4–0 Valletta
Reynaldo 15'
Chumbinho 48'
Dias 57'
George 80'		 Report
Attendance: 23,350

Qarabağ won 5–0 on aggregate.

Steaua București 2–0 Strømsgodset
Râpă 72'
Stanciu 84'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)

Steaua București won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:[12]

  • Champions Route: three teams which entered in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.
  • League Route: ten teams which entered in this round.

The draw was held on 18 July 2014.[13]

Champions Route League Route
Group 1 Group 2
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Red Bull Salzburg
Celtic[†]
BATE Borisov[†]
Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Sheriff Tiraspol[†]

Legia Warsaw[†]
Debrecen[†]
Slovan Bratislava[†]
Qarabağ[†]
AaB

Steaua București[†]
APOEL
Sparta Prague[†]
Ludogorets Razgrad[†]
Maccabi Tel Aviv[†]

Maribor[†]
Partizan[†]
Aktobe[†]
Malmö[†]
HJK[†]

Zenit Saint Petersburg[‡]
Lille
Copenhagen
Standard Liège
Beşiktaş

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[‡]
Panathinaikos
Feyenoord
Grasshoppers
AEL Limassol

Notes
  1. † Winners of the second qualifying round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the second qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the third qualifying round.
  2. ‡ On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.[11] Therefore, Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk could not be drawn into the same tie.

Summary

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 July, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 August 2014.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Qarabağ 2–3 Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 0–2
Debrecen 2–3 BATE Borisov 1–0 1–3
Slovan Bratislava 2–1 Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–0
AaB 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 2–0
Legia Warsaw 4–4 (a) Celtic 4–1 0–3[E]
Aktobe 3–4 Steaua București 2–2 1–2
Maribor 3–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 2–2
HJK 2–4 APOEL 2–2 0–2
Sparta Prague 4–4 (a) Malmö 4–2 0–2
Ludogorets Razgrad 2–2 (a) Partizan 0–0 2–2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
AEL Limassol 1–3 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–0 0–3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–2 Copenhagen 0–0 0–2
Feyenoord 2–5 Beşiktaş 1–2 1–3
Grasshoppers 1–3 Lille 0–2 1–1
Standard Liège 2–1 Panathinaikos 0–0 2–1
Notes
  1. ^
    Because of a clerical error by Legia Warsaw involving Bartosz Bereszyński, suspended three matches as a result of in the last match of the club's 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage participation, UEFA awarded Celtic a 3–0 win. The clerical error involved Legia Warsaw not registering the suspended player for the St. Patrick's Athletic tie the previous round, which meant those two matches did not count towards suspension. The original match had ended in a 2–0 win for Legia Warsaw.[14]

Matches
Qarabağ 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg
Dias 2'
Reynaldo 86'		 Report Soriano 77'
Attendance: 31,000
Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Qarabağ
Hinteregger 18', 34' Report
Attendance: 20,716

Red Bull Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

Debrecen 1–0 BATE Borisov
Sidibe 56' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 10,191
BATE Borisov 3–1 Debrecen
A. Valadzko 39'
Rodionov 66'
Krivets 90+4'		 Report Sidibe 20' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,788

BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 Slovan Bratislava
Report
Attendance: 8,753
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.

AaB 0–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Report Brozović 49'
Attendance: 9,438
Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 AaB
Report Jacobsen 36', 85'
Attendance: 8,235

AaB won 2–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw 4–1 Celtic
Radović 10', 36'
Żyro 84'
Kosecki 90+1'		 Report McGregor 8'
Attendance: 22,265
Celtic 3–0
Awarded		 Legia Warsaw
Report Żyro 36'
Kucharczyk 61'
Attendance: 35,000

4–4 on aggregate. Celtic won on away goals. Second leg forfeited because of clerical error by Legia Warsaw regarding Bartosz Bereszyński, suspended three UEFA European competition matches as a result of a 69th minute send off during the 12 December 2013 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage match against Apollon Limassol. Normally, he would have been suspended for the two legs against St. Patrick's Athletic and the first leg of the Celtic. However, a clerical error by Legia Warsaw failed to register Bereszyński for the St. Patrick's Athletic matches, meaning he would have had to sit out both legs of this match and the first leg of the next UEFA match. Bereszyński entered the second leg in the 86th minute as an illegal substitute because his suspension had not been legally served; Celtic were therefore awarded the second leg 3–0.

Aktobe 2–2 Steaua București
Korobkin 58'
Arzumanyan 87'		 Report Keșerü 44'
Prepeliță 78'
Attendance: 12,200
Steaua București 2–1 Aktobe
Chipciu 3'
Stanciu 39'		 Report Kapadze 85'
Attendance: 24,386

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Maribor 1–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bohar 90+4' Report
Attendance: 8,120

Maribor won 3–2 on aggregate.

HJK 2–2 APOEL
Savage 11', 45+1' (pen.) Report De Vincenti 71'
Sheridan 74'
Attendance: 10,189
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
APOEL 2–0 HJK
Sheridan 17'
De Vincenti 43' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 14,271
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

APOEL won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague 4–2 Malmö
Lafata 22', 51', 70'
Kováč 52'		 Report Forsberg 17'
Kiese Thelin 27'
Attendance: 12,833
Malmö 2–0 Sparta Prague
Rosenberg 35', 55' Report
Attendance: 19,322
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

4–4 on aggregate. Malmö won on away goals.

Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 Partizan
Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Partizan 2–2 Ludogorets Razgrad
Škuletić 30', 35' Report Marcelinho 19', 21'
Attendance: 18,504

2–2 on aggregate. Ludogorets Razgrad won on away goals.

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–0[F] Copenhagen
Report
Attendance: 23,410
Copenhagen 2–0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Cornelius 36'
Kadrii 52'		 Report
Attendance: 18,875

Copenhagen won 2–0 on aggregate.

Feyenoord 1–2 Beşiktaş
Te Vrede 90+5' (pen.) Report Pektemek 13'
Kerim 71'
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Beşiktaş 3–1 Feyenoord
Ba 28', 80', 86' Report Manu 74'
Attendance: 40,489

Beşiktaş won 5–2 on aggregate.

Grasshoppers 0–2 Lille
Report Corchia 29'
Mendes 49'
Attendance: 7,700
Lille 1–1 Grasshoppers
Balmont 19' Report Abrashi 33'
Attendance: 24,882

Lille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 0–0 Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 18,483
Panathinaikos 1–2 Standard Liège
Arslanagić 17' (o.g.) Report Mbombo 36'
M'Poku 42'
Attendance: 14,227

Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes
  1. ^
    The match was delayed for 15 minutes before the start of the second half due to fan violence.[16]

Play-off round

Seeding

A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:[17]

  • Champions Route: the ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.
  • League Route: five teams which entered in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.

The draw was held on 8 August 2014.[18]

Champions Route League Route
Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded

Red Bull Salzburg
Steaua București
APOEL
Celtic
BATE Borisov

Ludogorets Razgrad
Maribor
Slovan Bratislava
Malmö
AaB

Arsenal
Porto
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Bayer Leverkusen
Napoli

Athletic Bilbao
Lille
Copenhagen
Standard Liège
Beşiktaş

Summary

The first legs were played on 19 and 20 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2014.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Route
Maribor 2–1 Celtic 1–1 1–0
Red Bull Salzburg 2–4 Malmö 2–1 0–3
AaB 1–5 APOEL 1–1 0–4
Steaua București 1–1 (5–6 p) Ludogorets Razgrad 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Slovan Bratislava 1–4 BATE Borisov 1–1 0–3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Beşiktaş 0–1 Arsenal 0–0 0–1
Standard Liège 0–4 Zenit Saint Petersburg 0–1 0–3
Copenhagen 2–7 Bayer Leverkusen 2–3 0–4
Lille 0–3 Porto 0–1 0–2
Napoli 2–4 Athletic Bilbao 1–1 1–3

Matches
Maribor 1–1 Celtic
Bohar 14' Report McGregor 6'
Attendance: 11,025[19]
Celtic 0–1 Maribor
Report Tavares 75'
Attendance: 55,415[20]

Maribor won 2–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Malmö
Schiemer 16'
Soriano 54'		 Report Forsberg 90'
Attendance: 29,110[21]
Malmö 3–0 Red Bull Salzburg
Rosenberg 11' (pen.), 84'
Eriksson 19'		 Report
Attendance: 20,361[22]

Malmö won 4–2 on aggregate.

AaB 1–1 APOEL
Thomsen 16' Report Vinícius 54'
Attendance: 9,663[19]
APOEL 4–0 AaB
Vinícius 29'
De Vincenti 44'
Aloneftis 64'
Sheridan 75'		 Report
Attendance: 18,746[20]

APOEL won 5–1 on aggregate.

Steaua București 1–0 Ludogorets Razgrad
Chipciu 88' Report
Attendance: 35,342[21]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

1–1 on aggregate. Ludogorets Razgrad won 6–5 on penalties.

BATE Borisov 3–0 Slovan Bratislava
Gordeichuk 41'
Krivets 84'
Rodionov 85'		 Report
Attendance: 12,970[20]

BATE Borisov won 4–1 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş 0–0 Arsenal
Report
Attendance: 41,531[21]
Arsenal 1–0 Beşiktaş
Sánchez 45+1' Report
Attendance: 59,946[22]

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–0 Standard Liège
Rondón 30'
Hulk 54' (pen.), 58'		 Report
Attendance: 16,017[20]

Zenit Saint Petersburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Bayer Leverkusen 4–0 Copenhagen
Son Heung-min 2'
Çalhanoğlu 7'
Kießling 31' (pen.), 65'		 Report
Attendance: 23,321[22]

Bayer Leverkusen won 7–2 on aggregate.

Lille 0–1 Porto
Report Herrera 61'
Attendance: 33,853[19]
Porto 2–0 Lille
Brahimi 49'
Martínez 69'		 Report
Attendance: 45,208[20]

Porto won 3–0 on aggregate.

Napoli 1–1 Athletic Bilbao
Higuaín 68' Report Muniain 41'
Attendance: 49,872[21]
Athletic Bilbao 3–1 Napoli
Aduriz 61', 69'
Ibai 74'		 Report Hamšík 47'
Attendance: 49,017[22]

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

There were 212 goals in 90 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.36 goals per match.[23]

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 David Lafata Sparta Prague 8 262
2 Miroslav Radović Legia Warsaw 5 358
3 Markus Rosenberg Malmö 4 540
4 Stefan Kießling Bayer Leverkusen 3 163
Levi Hanssen HB 3 270
Demba Ba Beşiktaş 3 298
Danko Lazović Partizan 3 305
Cillian Sheridan APOEL 3 329
Tomás De Vincenti APOEL 3 330
Petar Škuletić Partizan 3 343
Ibrahima Sidibe Debrecen 3 353
Michał Żyro Legia Warsaw 3 354
Agim Ibraimi Maribor 3 519
Callum McGregor Celtic 3 540

Source: UEFA.com[24]

Top assists
Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Michał Kucharczyk Legia Warsaw 3 234
Josef Hušbauer Sparta Prague 3 249
Marat Khairullin Aktobe 3 296
Domagoj Antolić Dinamo Zagreb 3 311
Tomás De Vincenti APOEL 3 330
Darko Brašanac Partizan 3 353
Michał Żyro Legia Warsaw 3 354
Anderson Mineiro Aktobe 3 360
Alexandru Chipciu Steaua București 3 445
Adrian Popa Steaua București 3 448

Source: UEFA.com[25]

Notes
  1. On 17 July 2014, the UEFA Emergency Panel decided that Israeli clubs must play their home legs outside of the country "until further notice" due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[11]
  2. The New Saints played their home match at Belle Vue, Rhyl, instead of their regular stadium Park Hall, Oswestry.
  3. The match was played at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh as Celtic's home stadium, Celtic Park, Glasgow, was used for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  4. St Patrick's Athletic played their home match at Tallaght Stadium, instead of their regular stadium Richmond Park.
  5. The match was played at Olympic Stadium, Kiev instead of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's home stadium, Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, due to the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.[15]
  6. Match played their at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, instead of Ludogorets' regular stadium Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.

References
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  2. "Competition format". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.
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  7. "2014/15 UEFA Champions League participants". UEFA.com.
  8. "Seedings confirmed for live qualifying draws". UEFA.com. 23 June 2014.
  9. "Draws — First & second qualifying rounds". UEFA.com. 23 June 2014.
  10. "Maccabi Tel Aviv's Champions League qualifier changed due to rocket fire". The Jerusalem Post. 10 July 2014.
  11. "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.org. 17 July 2014.
  12. "Seeding pots for live draw". UEFA.com. 17 July 2014.
  13. "Draws — Third qualifying round". UEFA.com. 18 July 2014.
  14. "Celtic reinstated to Champions League". BBC Sport. 8 August 2014.
  15. "Dnipro says UEFA has moved its Champions League match against FC Copenhagen to Kiev". The Associated Press. Fox News. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  16. "Uefa investigates crowd trouble at Dnipro's draw with Copenhagen". The Associated Press. The Guardian. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  17. "Lineup confirmed for play-offs". UEFA.com. 7 August 2014.
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  19. "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Wednesday 20 August 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. 20 August 2014.
  20. "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Tuesday 26 August 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. 26 August 2014.
  21. "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Tuesday 19 August 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. 19 August 2014.
  22. "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Wednesday 27 August 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. 27 August 2014.
  23. "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Team statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  24. "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  25. "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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