2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 30 June and ended on 26 August 2015. A total of 56 teams competed in the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2015–16 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	22 June 2015, 12:00[3]	30 June–1 July 2015	7–8 July 2015
Second qualifying round		14–15 July 2015	21–22 July 2015
Third qualifying round	17 July 2015, 12:00[4]	28–29 July 2015	4–5 August 2015
Play-off round	7 August 2015, 12:00[5]	18–19 August 2015	25–26 August 2015

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 thirty minutes of extra time was played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. 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 by draw. 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 formed "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 had not automatically qualified for the group stage.
• League Route (also called the Non-champions Path or the Best-placed Path), which included all domestic non-champions which had not automatically qualified for the group stage.

A total of 56 teams (41 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 are the participating teams (with their 2015 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

Play-off round Team Coeff League Route Manchester United 103.078 Valencia 99.999 Bayer Leverkusen 87.883 Sporting CP 56.276 Lazio 49.102

Third qualifying round Team Coeff Champions Route Basel 84.875 Red Bull Salzburg 43.135 Viktoria Plzeň 41.825 League Route Shakhtar Donetsk 86.033 Ajax 66.195 CSKA Moscow 55.599 Club Brugge 41.440 Monaco 31.483 Young Boys 31.375 Sparta Prague 30.825 Fenerbahçe 30.020 Panathinaikos 19.880 Rapid Wien 15.635

Second qualifying round Team Coeff Champions Route Steaua București 40.259 Celtic 39.080 APOEL 35.460 BATE Borisov 35.150 Ludogorets Razgrad 25.350 Dinamo Zagreb 24.700 Maribor 22.225 Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.200 Lech Poznań 17.300 Partizan 14.775 Malmö FF 12.545 Qarabağ 11.500 HJK 11.140 Molde 10.375 Midtjylland 7.960 Videoton 7.950 Skënderbeu Korçë 5.575 Sarajevo 5.500 Ventspils 5.350 Dila Gori 4.875 Trenčín 4.250 Žalgiris Vilnius 3.900 Astana 3.825 Milsami Orhei 3.750 Rudar Pljevlja 3.375 Vardar 3.175 Stjarnan 3.100 Fola Esch 2.525 Dundalk 2.150 Hibernians 1.591

First qualifying round Team Coeff Champions Route The New Saints 5.575 Levadia Tallinn 4.200 Pyunik 3.550 FC Santa Coloma 2.666 Crusaders 2.475 B36 Tórshavn 1.450 Lincoln Red Imps 0.550 Folgore 0.349

First qualifying round

Seeding

A total of eight teams played in the first qualifying round.^[3] The draw was held on 22 June 2015.^[8][9]

Seeded	Unseeded
The New Saints Levadia Tallinn Pyunik FC Santa Coloma	Crusaders B36 Tórshavn Lincoln Red Imps Folgore

Summary

The first legs were played on 30 June and 1 July, and the second legs were played on 7 July 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lincoln Red Imps	2–1	FC Santa Coloma	0–0	2–1
Crusaders	1–1 (a)	Levadia Tallinn	0–0	1–1
Pyunik	4–2	Folgore	2–1	2–1
B36 Tórshavn	2–6	The New Saints	1–2	1–4

Matches

Pyunik v Folgore

30 June 2015 18:00

Pyunik	2–1	Folgore
Satumyan  45+2' Romero  48'	Report	Hirsch  71'

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan[note 1] Attendance: 4,000[10] Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Folgore v Pyunik

7 July 2015 20:30

Folgore	1–2	Pyunik
Traini  65'	Report	K. Hovhannisyan  6' Satumyan  41'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle Attendance: 821[10] Referee: Ignasi Villamayor Rozados (Andorra)

Pyunik won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Lincoln Red Imps v FC Santa Coloma

30 June 2015 20:00

Lincoln Red Imps	0–0	FC Santa Coloma
	Report

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 1,520[10] Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)

FC Santa Coloma v Lincoln Red Imps

7 July 2015 20:00

FC Santa Coloma	1–2	Lincoln Red Imps
Lima  44'	Report	Bardon  48' L. Casciaro  64'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 700[10] Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Lincoln Red Imps won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Crusaders v Levadia Tallinn

30 June 2015 20:45

Crusaders	0–0	Levadia Tallinn
	Report

Seaview, Belfast Attendance: 1,748[10] Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Levadia Tallinn v Crusaders

7 July 2015 18:00

Levadia Tallinn	1–1	Crusaders
Luts  22'	Report	Carvill  4'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn[note 2] Attendance: 1,230[10] Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

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

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B36 Tórshavn v The New Saints

1 July 2015 20:00

B36 Tórshavn	1–2	The New Saints
Samuelsen  7'	Report	Quigley  9' Wilde  90'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn[note 3] Attendance: 1,050[10] Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)

The New Saints v B36 Tórshavn

7 July 2015 20:00

The New Saints	4–1	B36 Tórshavn
Wilde  15', 27', 47' Williams  89'	Report	Cieślewicz  90+1'

Park Hall, Oswestry Attendance: 1,148[10] Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

The New Saints won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Seeding

A total of 34 teams played in the second qualifying round: 30 teams which entered in this round, and the four winners of the first qualifying round.^[3] The draw was held on 22 June 2015.^[8][9]

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
APOEL Maribor Maccabi Tel Aviv Lech Poznań Qarabağ	Sarajevo Astana Rudar Pljevlja Vardar Hibernians	Celtic BATE Borisov Malmö FF HJK Molde Midtjylland	Ventspils Žalgiris Vilnius Pyunik^[†] Stjarnan Lincoln Red Imps^[†] Dundalk	Steaua București Ludogorets Razgrad Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Videoton Skënderbeu Korçë	The New Saints^[†] Dila Gori Trenčín Crusaders^[†] Milsami Orhei Fola Esch

Notes

1. ^† Winners of the first 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 first qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for the second qualifying round.

Summary

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 July, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 July 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hibernians	3–6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	1–5
APOEL	1–1 (a)	Vardar	0–0	1–1
Qarabağ	1–0	Rudar Pljevlja	0–0	1–0
Sarajevo	0–3	Lech Poznań	0–2	0–1
Maribor	2–3	Astana	1–0	1–3
BATE Borisov	2–1	Dundalk	2–1	0–0
Ventspils	1–4^[A]	HJK	1–3	0–1
Midtjylland	3–0	Lincoln Red Imps	1–0	2–0
Molde	5–1	Pyunik	5–0	0–1
Malmö FF	1–0	Žalgiris Vilnius	0–0	1–0
Celtic	6–1	Stjarnan	2–0	4–1
Trenčín	3–4	Steaua București	0–2	3–2
Partizan	3–0	Dila Gori	1–0	2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad	1–3	Milsami Orhei	0–1	1–2
Dinamo Zagreb	4–1^[A]	Fola Esch	1–1	3–0
Skënderbeu Korçë	6–4	Crusaders	4–1	2–3
The New Saints	1–2	Videoton	0–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Ventspils v HJK

14 July 2015 17:30

Ventspils	1–3	HJK
Jemeļins  63'	Report	Zeneli  75' (pen.) Jallow  86' Tanaka  90+2'

Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils Attendance: 2,450[11] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

HJK v Ventspils

21 July 2015 18:00

HJK	1–0	Ventspils
Havenaar  83'	Report

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 6,562[11] Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

HJK won 4–1 on aggregate.

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APOEL v Vardar

14 July 2015 19:00

APOEL	0–0	Vardar
	Report

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 14,531[11] Referee: Aliyar Ağayev (Azerbaijan)

Vardar v APOEL

21 July 2015 20:00

Vardar	1–1	APOEL
Ljamčevski  90+4'	Report	De Vincenti  60'

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 22,540[11] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

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

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Midtjylland v Lincoln Red Imps

14 July 2015 19:30

Midtjylland	1–0	Lincoln Red Imps
Rasmussen  33'	Report

MCH Arena, Herning Attendance: 5,291[11] Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Lincoln Red Imps v Midtjylland

21 July 2015 20:00

Lincoln Red Imps	0–2	Midtjylland
	Report	Pušić  44' Duelund  89'

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 1,950[11] Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

Midtjylland won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Ludogorets Razgrad v Milsami Orhei

14 July 2015 19:45

Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	Milsami Orhei
	Report	Antoniuc  41'

Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 5,120[11] Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

Milsami Orhei v Ludogorets Razgrad

21 July 2015 17:00

Milsami Orhei	2–1	Ludogorets Razgrad
Andronic  26' Racu  89'	Report	Wanderson  25'

CSR Orhei, Orhei Attendance: 2,970[11] Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

Milsami Orhei won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Hibernians v Maccabi Tel Aviv

14 July 2015 20:00

Hibernians	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Jorginho  74' Lima  85'	Report	Igiebor  22'

Hibernians Ground, Paola Attendance: 1,470[11] Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hibernians

21 July 2015 19:30

Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–1	Hibernians
Jorginho  32' (o.g.) Zahavi  58' (pen.), 90' Ben Haim II  61' Igiebor  82'	Report	Soares  52'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 13,125[11] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Molde v Pyunik

14 July 2015 20:00

Molde	5–0	Pyunik
Elyounoussi  35', 44' Kamara  84', 90+2' Moström  90+5'	Report

Aker Stadion, Molde Attendance: 5,650[11] Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

Pyunik v Molde

21 July 2015 16:00

Pyunik	1–0	Molde
Badoyan  74'	Report

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan[note 1] Attendance: 2,500[11] Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine)

Molde won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Skënderbeu Korçë v Crusaders

14 July 2015 20:00

Skënderbeu Korçë	4–1	Crusaders
Nimaga  15' Salihi  34', 83' Berisha  76'	Report	Owens  48'

Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë Attendance: 5,500[11] Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Crusaders v Skënderbeu Korçë

21 July 2015 20:45

Crusaders	3–2	Skënderbeu Korçë
O'Flynn  50' Snoddy  90+2' Mitchell  90+3'	Report	Berisha  69' Latifi  77'

Seaview, Belfast Attendance: 1,548[11] Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Skënderbeu Korçë won 6–4 on aggregate.

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The New Saints v Videoton

14 July 2015 20:00

The New Saints	0–1	Videoton
	Report	Gyurcsó  77'

Park Hall, Oswestry Attendance: 1,068[11] Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

Videoton v The New Saints

22 July 2015 20:30

Videoton	1–1 (a.e.t.)	The New Saints
Gyurcsó  107'	Report	Williams  78'

Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár Attendance: 3,268[11] Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania)

Videoton won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Maribor v Astana

14 July 2015 20:30

Maribor	1–0	Astana
Šuler  5'	Report

Ljudski vrt, Maribor Attendance: 10,458[11] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Astana v Maribor

22 July 2015 16:00

Astana	3–1	Maribor
Dzholchiev  12' Cañas  43' Twumasi  58'	Report	Rajčević  39'

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 23,650[11] Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Astana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Trenčín v Steaua București

14 July 2015 20:30

Trenčín	0–2	Steaua București
	Report	Stanciu  63' Hamroun  70'

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina[note 4] Attendance: 6,936[11] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Steaua București v Trenčín

22 July 2015 20:30

Steaua București	2–3	Trenčín
Muniru  57' Tadé  60' (pen.)	Report	Wesley  13', 84' Bero  21'

Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 0[note 5] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Partizan v Dila Gori

14 July 2015 20:45

Partizan	1–0	Dila Gori
Babović  83'	Report

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 11,746[11] Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Dila Gori v Partizan

21 July 2015 14:30

Dila Gori	0–2	Partizan
	Report	Brašanac  37' Oumarou  64'

Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori Attendance: 3,842[11] Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Partizan won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Sarajevo v Lech Poznań

14 July 2015 21:00

Sarajevo	0–2	Lech Poznań
	Report	Hämäläinen  40' Thomalla  62'

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo Attendance: 16,500[11] Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Lech Poznań v Sarajevo

22 July 2015 20:45

Lech Poznań	1–0	Sarajevo
Douglas  6'	Report

INEA Stadion, Poznań Attendance: 22,205[11] Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Lech Poznań won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Qarabağ v Rudar Pljevlja

15 July 2015 18:30

Qarabağ	0–0	Rudar Pljevlja
	Report

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 28,854[11] Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)

Rudar Pljevlja v Qarabağ

22 July 2015 20:45

Rudar Pljevlja	0–1	Qarabağ
	Report	Reynaldo  57'

Stadion pod Malim Brdom, Petrovac[note 6] Attendance: 1,400[11] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Qarabağ won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF v Žalgiris Vilnius

15 July 2015 19:00

Malmö FF	0–0	Žalgiris Vilnius
	Report

Swedbank Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 12,436[11] Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)

Žalgiris Vilnius v Malmö FF

21 July 2015 20:10

Žalgiris Vilnius	0–1	Malmö FF
	Report	Tinnerholm  55'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 4,933[11] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

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BATE Borisov v Dundalk

15 July 2015 19:30

BATE Borisov	2–1	Dundalk
Karnitsky  11' Yablonskiy  38'	Report	McMillan  32'

Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 11,421[11] Referee: Vlado Glođović (Serbia)

Dundalk v BATE Borisov

22 July 2015 20:45

Dundalk	0–0	BATE Borisov
	Report

Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 3,103[11] Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Greece)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic v Stjarnan

15 July 2015 20:45

Celtic	2–0	Stjarnan
Boyata  44' Johansen  56'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 37,969[11] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Stjarnan v Celtic

22 July 2015 21:15

Stjarnan	1–4	Celtic
Finsen  7'	Report	Bitton  33' Mulgrew  49' Griffiths  88' Johansen  90+3'

Stjörnuvöllur, Garðabær Attendance: 1,022[11] Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Celtic won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb v Fola Esch

15 July 2015 21:00

Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Fola Esch
Henríquez  36'	Report	Hadji  25'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 9,100[11] Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

Fola Esch v Dinamo Zagreb

22 July 2015 20:00

Fola Esch	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb
	Report	Pjaca  29', 40' Rog  75'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City[note 7] Attendance: 3,300[11] Referee: Siarhei Tsynkevich (Belarus)

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Seeding

The third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

A total of 30 teams played in the third qualifying round:^[4]

• 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 17 July 2015.^[13][14]

Champions Route				League Route
Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Basel Steaua București^[†] Celtic^[†] Milsami Orhei^[†] Astana^[†]	Lech Poznań^[†] Partizan^[†] Qarabağ^[†] HJK^[†] Skënderbeu Korçë^[†]	Red Bull Salzburg Viktoria Plzeň APOEL^[†] BATE Borisov^[†] Dinamo Zagreb^[†]	Maccabi Tel Aviv^[†] Malmö FF^[†] Molde^[†] Midtjylland^[†] Videoton^[†]	Shakhtar Donetsk Ajax CSKA Moscow Club Brugge Monaco	Young Boys Sparta Prague Fenerbahçe Panathinaikos Rapid Wien

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.

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 and 29 July, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 August 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Lech Poznań	1–4	Basel	1–3	0–1
Milsami Orhei	0–4	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–2	0–2
HJK	3–4	Astana	0–0	3–4
Celtic	1–0	Qarabağ	1–0	0–0
Steaua București	3–5	Partizan	1–1	2–4
Midtjylland	2–2 (a)	APOEL	1–2	1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	2–0
Dinamo Zagreb	4–4 (a)	Molde	1–1	3–3
Videoton	1–2	BATE Borisov	1–1	0–1
Red Bull Salzburg	2–3	Malmö FF	2–0	0–3
League Route
Panathinaikos	2–4	Club Brugge	2–1	0–3
Young Boys	1–7	Monaco	1–3	0–4
CSKA Moscow	5–4	Sparta Prague	2–2	3–2
Rapid Wien	5–4	Ajax	2–2	3–2
Fenerbahçe	0–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	0–3

Matches

CSKA Moscow v Sparta Prague

28 July 2015 18:15

CSKA Moscow	2–2	Sparta Prague
Dzagoev  14' Tošić  53'	Report	Fatai  15' Krejčí  57'

Arena Khimki, Khimki Attendance: 10,500[15] Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Sparta Prague v CSKA Moscow

5 August 2015 18:45

Sparta Prague	2–3	CSKA Moscow
Krejčí  6' Fatai  16'	Report	Musa  34', 51' Dzagoev  76'

Generali Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,580[15] Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

CSKA Moscow won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Milsami Orhei v Skënderbeu Korçë

28 July 2015 19:00

Milsami Orhei	0–2	Skënderbeu Korçë
	Report	Salihi  49', 73' (pen.)

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău[note 8] Attendance: 7,227[15] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Skënderbeu Korçë v Milsami Orhei

5 August 2015 20:45

Skënderbeu Korçë	2–0	Milsami Orhei
Salihi  16' Progni  55'	Report

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan[note 9] Attendance: 7,800[15] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Skënderbeu Korçë won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Midtjylland v APOEL

28 July 2015 19:00

Midtjylland	1–2	APOEL
Poulsen  88'	Report	Hansen  30' (o.g.) De Vincenti  33'

MCH Arena, Herning Attendance: 8,253[15] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

APOEL v Midtjylland

4 August 2015 19:00

APOEL	0–1	Midtjylland
	Report	Sviatchenko  3'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 16,070[15] Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

2–2 on aggregate. APOEL won on away goals.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv v Viktoria Plzeň

28 July 2015 19:30

Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	Viktoria Plzeň
Yitzhaki  79'	Report	Mahmutović  17' Petržela  21'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 13,420[15] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Viktoria Plzeň v Maccabi Tel Aviv

5 August 2015 20:45

Viktoria Plzeň	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Report	Zahavi  76' (pen.), 83'

Doosan Arena, Plzeň Attendance: 11,242[15] Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos v Club Brugge

28 July 2015 20:00

Panathinaikos	2–1	Club Brugge
Berg  37' Karelis  65' (pen.)	Report	Bolingoli-Mbombo  10'

Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 12,874[15] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Club Brugge v Panathinaikos

5 August 2015 20:30

Club Brugge	3–0	Panathinaikos
Cools  53' Vázquez  58' Oularé  82'	Report

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 27,038[15] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Fenerbahçe v Shakhtar Donetsk

28 July 2015 20:00

Fenerbahçe	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 37,342[15] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Fenerbahçe

5 August 2015 20:45

Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Fenerbahçe
Hladkyy  25' Srna  65' (pen.) Teixeira  68'	Report

Arena Lviv, Lviv[note 10] Attendance: 33,179[15] Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Young Boys v Monaco

28 July 2015 20:15

Young Boys	1–3	Monaco
Nuzzolo  74'	Report	Kurzawa  64' Carrillo  72' Pašalić  75'

Stade de Suisse, Bern Attendance: 16,079[15] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Monaco v Young Boys

4 August 2015 20:45

Monaco	4–0	Young Boys
Cavaleiro  54' Kurzawa  64' Martial  70' El Shaarawy  77'	Report

Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 10,457[15] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Monaco won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Videoton v BATE Borisov

28 July 2015 20:30

Videoton	1–1	BATE Borisov
Vinícius  89'	Report	Karnitsky  56'

Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár Attendance: 3,118[15] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

BATE Borisov v Videoton

5 August 2015 19:30

BATE Borisov	1–0	Videoton
Nikolić  82'	Report

Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 12,498[15] Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb v Molde

28 July 2015 21:00

Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Molde
Henríquez  18'	Report	Kamara  21'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 9,327[15] Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Molde v Dinamo Zagreb

4 August 2015 19:00

Molde	3–3	Dinamo Zagreb
Hussain  43' Elyounoussi  52' (pen.) Kamara  75'	Report	Pjaca  17' Ademi  20' Rog  22'

Aker Stadion, Molde Attendance: 7,017[15] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

4–4 on aggregate. Dinamo Zagreb won on away goals.

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HJK v Astana

29 July 2015 18:00

HJK	0–0	Astana
	Report

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 9,788[15] Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Astana v HJK

5 August 2015 16:00

Astana	4–3	HJK
Twumasi  44' Cañas  47' (pen.) Shomko  56' Postnikov  90+3'	Report	Jallow  4' Baah  42' Zeneli  86' (pen.)

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 27,937[15] Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Astana won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Red Bull Salzburg v Malmö FF

29 July 2015 19:00

Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	Malmö FF
Ulmer  51' Hinteregger  89' (pen.)	Report

Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 15,027[15] Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Malmö FF v Red Bull Salzburg

5 August 2015 20:30

Malmö FF	3–0	Red Bull Salzburg
Đurđić  7' Rosenberg  14' Rodić  42'	Report

Swedbank Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 19,522[15] Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Malmö won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Steaua București v Partizan

29 July 2015 20:30

Steaua București	1–1	Partizan
Varela  81'	Report	Vulićević  62'

Arena Națională, Bucharest Attendance: 0[note 11] Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Partizan v Steaua București

5 August 2015 20:30

Partizan	4–2	Steaua București
Babović  8' Jevtović  60' A. Živković  70' Trujić  90+1'	Report	Muniru  11' Hamroun  33'

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 26,775[15] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Partizan won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Lech Poznań v Basel

29 July 2015 20:45

Lech Poznań	1–3	Basel
Thomalla  36'	Report	Lang  34' Janko  77' Callà  90+2'

INEA Stadion, Poznań Attendance: 25,478[15] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Basel v Lech Poznań

5 August 2015 20:15

Basel	1–0	Lech Poznań
Bjarnason  90+1'	Report

St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 18,196[15] Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic v Qarabağ

29 July 2015 20:45

Celtic	1–0	Qarabağ
Boyata  82'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 43,011[15] Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Qarabağ v Celtic

5 August 2015 18:30

Qarabağ	0–0	Celtic
	Report

Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku Attendance: 31,850[15] Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Rapid Wien v Ajax

29 July 2015 21:05

Rapid Wien	2–2	Ajax
Kainz  48' Berić  76'	Report	Klaassen  25', 43'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 43,200[15] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Ajax v Rapid Wien

4 August 2015 20:15

Ajax	2–3	Rapid Wien
Milik  52' Gudelj  75'	Report	Berić  12' Schaub  39', 77'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 53,502[15] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Rapid Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.

Play-off round

Seeding

The play-off round was split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage.

A total of 20 teams played in the play-off round:^[5]

• 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 7 August 2015.^[17][18]

Champions Route		League Route
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Basel^[†] Celtic^[†] APOEL^[†] BATE Borisov^[†] Dinamo Zagreb^[†]	Maccabi Tel Aviv^[†] Partizan^[†] Malmö FF^[†] Skënderbeu Korçë^[†] Astana^[†]	Manchester United Valencia Bayer Leverkusen Shakhtar Donetsk^[†]^[‡] Sporting CP	CSKA Moscow^[†]^[‡] Lazio Club Brugge^[†] Monaco^[†] Rapid Wien^[†]

Notes

1. ^† Winners of the third qualifying round.
2. ^‡ Due to UEFA's decision in preventing Russian and Ukrainian teams playing each other, Shakhtar Donetsk could not be drawn against CSKA Moscow.

Summary

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 August, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 August 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Route
Astana	2–1	APOEL	1–0	1–1
Skënderbeu Korçë	2–6	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	1–4
Celtic	3–4	Malmö FF	3–2	0–2
Basel	3–3 (a)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	1–1
BATE Borisov	2–2 (a)	Partizan	1–0	1–2
League Route
Lazio	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	0–3
Manchester United	7–1	Club Brugge	3–1	4–0
Sporting CP	3–4	CSKA Moscow	2–1	1–3
Rapid Wien	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	2–2
Valencia	4–3	Monaco	3–1	1–2

Matches

Astana v APOEL

18 August 2015 18:00

Astana	1–0	APOEL
Dzholchiev  14'	Report

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 30,000[19] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

APOEL v Astana

26 August 2015 20:45

APOEL	1–1	Astana
Štilić  60'	Report	Maksimović  84'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 17,699[20] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.

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BATE Borisov v Partizan

18 August 2015 20:45

BATE Borisov	1–0	Partizan
Gordeichuk  75'	Report

Borisov Arena, Barysaw Attendance: 11,628[21] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Partizan v BATE Borisov

26 August 2015 20:45

Partizan	2–1	BATE Borisov
Zhavnerchik  74' (o.g.) Šaponjić  90+3'	Report	Stasevich  25'

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 27,234[20] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

2–2 on aggregate. BATE Borisov won on away goals.

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Lazio v Bayer Leverkusen

18 August 2015 20:45

Lazio	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Keita  77'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 38,917[21] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Bayer Leverkusen v Lazio

26 August 2015 20:45

Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Lazio
Çalhanoğlu  40' Mehmedi  48' Bellarabi  88'	Report

BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 28,222[20] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Manchester United v Club Brugge

18 August 2015 20:45

Manchester United	3–1	Club Brugge
Depay  13', 43' Fellaini  90+4'	Report	Carrick  8' (o.g.)

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 75,312[21] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Club Brugge v Manchester United

26 August 2015 20:45

Club Brugge	0–4	Manchester United
	Report	Rooney  20', 49', 57' Herrera  63'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 28,733[20] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Manchester United won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Sporting CP v CSKA Moscow

18 August 2015 20:45

Sporting CP	2–1	CSKA Moscow
Gutiérrez  12' Slimani  82'	Report	Doumbia  40'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 41,826[21] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

CSKA Moscow v Sporting CP

26 August 2015 20:45

CSKA Moscow	3–1	Sporting CP
Doumbia  49', 72' Musa  85'	Report	Gutiérrez  36'

Arena Khimki, Khimki Attendance: 17,259[20] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

CSKA Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Skënderbeu Korçë v Dinamo Zagreb

19 August 2015 20:45

Skënderbeu Korçë	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Shkëmbi  37'	Report	Soudani  66' Pivarić  90+3'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan[note 9] Attendance: 12,163[22] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Dinamo Zagreb v Skënderbeu Korçë

25 August 2015 20:45

Dinamo Zagreb	4–1	Skënderbeu Korçë
Soudani  9', 80' Hodžić  15' Taravel  55'	Report	Esquerdinha  10'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 16,888[23] Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Celtic v Malmö FF

19 August 2015 20:45

Celtic	3–2	Malmö FF
Griffiths  3', 61' Bitton  10'	Report	Berget  52', 90+5'

Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 52,412[22] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Malmö FF v Celtic

25 August 2015 20:45

Malmö FF	2–0	Celtic
Rosenberg  23' Boyata  54' (o.g.)	Report

Swedbank Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 20,500[23] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Malmö FF won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Basel v Maccabi Tel Aviv

19 August 2015 20:45

Basel	2–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Delgado  39' (pen.) Embolo  88'	Report	Zahavi  31', 90+6'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 15,620[22] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Basel

25 August 2015 20:45

Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	Basel
Zahavi  24'	Report	Zuffi  11'

Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 13,350[23] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

3–3 on aggregate. Maccabi Tel Aviv won on away goals.

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Rapid Wien v Shakhtar Donetsk

19 August 2015 20:45

Rapid Wien	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report	Marlos  44'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 46,400[22] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Rapid Wien

25 August 2015 20:45

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	Rapid Wien
Marlos  10' Hladkyy  27'	Report	Schaub  13' S. Hofmann  22'

Arena Lviv, Lviv[note 10] Attendance: 28,417[23] Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Valencia v Monaco

19 August 2015 20:45

Valencia	3–1	Monaco
Rodrigo  4' Parejo  59' Feghouli  86'	Report	Pašalić  49'

Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 45,633[22] Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Monaco v Valencia

25 August 2015 20:45

Monaco	2–1	Valencia
Raggi  17' Elderson  75'	Report	Negredo  4'

Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 13,165[23] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

There were 240 goals in 92 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.61 goals per match.^[24]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Eran Zahavi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	7	450
2	Hamdi Salihi	Skënderbeu Korçë	5	438
3	Ola Kamara	Molde	4	331
	Michael Wilde	The New Saints	4	368
5	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	3	174
	Seydou Doumbia	CSKA Moscow	3	178
	Leigh Griffiths	Celtic	3	268
	Louis Schaub	Rapid Wien	3	284
	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Molde	3	360
	Ahmed Musa	CSKA Moscow	3	360
	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	Dinamo Zagreb	3	479
	Marko Pjaca	Dinamo Zagreb	3	527

Source: UEFA.com^[25]

Notes

1. Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan.
2. Levadia Tallinn played their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn.
3. B36 Tórshavn played their home match at Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, instead of their regular stadium Gundadalur, Tórshavn.
4. Trenčín played their home match at Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, instead of their regular stadium Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín.
5. The Steaua București v Trenčín match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.^[12]
6. Rudar Pljevlja played their home match at Stadion pod Malim Brdom, Petrovac, instead of their regular stadium Gradski stadion, Pljevlja.
7. Fola Esch played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette.
8. Milsami Orhei played their third qualifying round home match at Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, instead of their regular stadium CSR Orhei, Orhei.
9. Skënderbeu Korçë played their third qualifying round and play-off round home matches at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, instead of their regular stadium Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë.
10. Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
11. The Steaua București v Partizan match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.^[12][16]

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External links

• UEFA Champions League (official website)