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 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 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 teams which entered in the group stage. 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

Champions Route

Third qualifying round
Team Coeff
Switzerland Basel 84.875
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 43.135
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 41.825
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff
Romania Steaua București 40.259
Scotland Celtic 39.080
Cyprus APOEL 35.460
Belarus BATE Borisov 35.150
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 25.350
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 24.700
Slovenia Maribor 22.225
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.200
Poland Lech Poznań 17.300
Serbia Partizan 14.775
Sweden Malmö FF 12.545
Azerbaijan Qarabağ 11.500
Finland HJK 11.140
Norway Molde 10.375
Denmark Midtjylland 7.960
Hungary Videoton 7.950
Albania Skënderbeu 5.575
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 5.500
Latvia Ventspils 5.350
Georgia (country) Dila Gori 4.875
Slovakia Trenčín 4.250
Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius 3.900
Kazakhstan Astana 3.825
Moldova Milsami Orhei 3.750
Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 3.375
Republic of Macedonia Vardar 3.175
Iceland Stjarnan 3.100
Luxembourg Fola Esch 2.525
Republic of Ireland Dundalk 2.150
Malta Hibernians 1.591
First qualifying round
Team Coeff
Wales The New Saints 5.575
Estonia Levadia Tallinn 4.200
Armenia Pyunik 3.550
Andorra FC Santa Coloma 2.666
Northern Ireland Crusaders 2.475
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 1.450
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 0.550
San Marino Folgore 0.349

League Route

Play-off round
Team Coeff
England Manchester United 103.078
Spain Valencia 99.999
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 87.883
Portugal Sporting CP 56.276
Italy Lazio 49.102
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 86.033
Netherlands Ajax 66.195
Russia CSKA Moscow 55.599
Belgium Club Brugge 41.440
France Monaco 31.483
Switzerland Young Boys 31.375
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 30.825
Turkey Fenerbahçe 30.020
Greece Panathinaikos 19.880
Austria Rapid Wien 15.635

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

Wales The New Saints
Estonia Levadia Tallinn
Armenia Pyunik
Andorra FC Santa Coloma

Northern Ireland Crusaders
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
San Marino 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 Gibraltar 2–1 Andorra FC Santa Coloma 0–0 2–1
Crusaders Northern Ireland 1–1 (a) Estonia Levadia Tallinn 0–0 1–1
Pyunik Armenia 4–2 San Marino Folgore 2–1 2–1
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2–6 Wales The New Saints 1–2 1–4

Matches

Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 0–0 Andorra FC Santa Coloma
Report
Attendance: 1,520[10]
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 1–2 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
Lima  44' Report Bardon  48'
L. Casciaro  64'
Attendance: 700[10]
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Lincoln Red Imps won 2–1 on aggregate.

Crusaders Northern Ireland 0–0 Estonia Levadia Tallinn
Report
Attendance: 1,748[10]
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Levadia Tallinn Estonia 1–1 Northern Ireland Crusaders
Luts  22' Report Carvill  4'
Attendance: 1,230[10]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

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

Pyunik Armenia 2–1 San Marino Folgore
Satumyan  45+2'
Romero  48'		 Report Hirsch  71'
Attendance: 4,000[10]
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Folgore San Marino 1–2 Armenia Pyunik
Traini  65' Report K. Hovhannisyan  6'
Satumyan  41'
Attendance: 821[10]
Referee: Ignasi Villamayor Rozados (Andorra)

Pyunik won 4–2 on aggregate.

B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1–2 Wales The New Saints
Samuelsen  7' Report Quigley  9'
Wilde  90'
Attendance: 1,050[10]
Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)
The New Saints Wales 4–1 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn
Wilde  15', 27', 47'
Williams  89'		 Report Cieślewicz  90+1'
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

Cyprus APOEL
Slovenia Maribor
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Poland Lech Poznań
Azerbaijan Qarabağ

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Kazakhstan Astana
Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja
Republic of Macedonia Vardar
Malta Hibernians

Scotland Celtic
Belarus BATE Borisov
Sweden Malmö FF
Finland HJK
Norway Molde
Denmark Midtjylland

Latvia Ventspils
Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
Armenia Pyunik[†]
Iceland Stjarnan
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps[†]
Republic of Ireland Dundalk

Romania Steaua București
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Serbia Partizan
Hungary Videoton
Albania Skënderbeu

Wales The New Saints[†]
Georgia (country) Dila Gori
Slovakia Trenčín
Northern Ireland Crusaders[†]
Moldova Milsami Orhei
Luxembourg 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 Malta 3–6 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 1–5
APOEL Cyprus 1–1 (a) Republic of Macedonia Vardar 0–0 1–1
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–0 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 0–0 1–0
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Poland Lech Poznań 0–2 0–1
Maribor Slovenia 2–3 Kazakhstan Astana 1–0 1–3
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 2–1 0–0
Ventspils Latvia 1–4[A] Finland HJK 1–3 0–1
Midtjylland Denmark 3–0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 1–0 2–0
Molde Norway 5–1 Armenia Pyunik 5–0 0–1
Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius 0–0 1–0
Celtic Scotland 6–1 Iceland Stjarnan 2–0 4–1
Trenčín Slovakia 3–4 Romania Steaua București 0–2 3–2
Partizan Serbia 3–0 Georgia (country) Dila Gori 1–0 2–0
Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 1–3 Moldova Milsami Orhei 0–1 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 4–1[A] Luxembourg Fola Esch 1–1 3–0
Skënderbeu Albania 6–4 Northern Ireland Crusaders 4–1 2–3
The New Saints Wales 1–2 Hungary Videoton 0–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Notes
  1. ^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Hibernians Malta 2–1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Jorginho  74'
Lima  85'		 Report Igiebor  22'
Attendance: 1,470[11]
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 5–1 Malta Hibernians
Jorginho  32' (o.g.)
Zahavi  58' (pen.), 90'
Ben Haim II  61'
Igiebor  82'		 Report Soares  52'
Attendance: 13,125[11]

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 6–3 on aggregate.

APOEL Cyprus 0–0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar
Report
Attendance: 14,531[11]
Vardar Republic of Macedonia 1–1 Cyprus APOEL
Ljamčevski  90+4' Report De Vincenti  60'
Attendance: 22,540[11]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

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

Qarabağ Azerbaijan 0–0 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja
Report
Attendance: 28,854[11]
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania)
Rudar Pljevlja Montenegro 0–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
Report Reynaldo  57'
Attendance: 1,400[11]

Qarabağ won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Poland Lech Poznań
Report Hämäläinen  40'
Thomalla  62'
Attendance: 16,500[11]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Lech Poznań Poland 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Douglas  6' Report
Attendance: 22,205[11]

Lech Poznań won 3–0 on aggregate.

Maribor Slovenia 1–0 Kazakhstan Astana
Šuler  5' Report
Attendance: 10,458[11]
Astana Kazakhstan 3–1 Slovenia Maribor
Dzholchiev  12'
Cañas  43'
Twumasi  58'		 Report Rajčević  39'
Attendance: 23,650[11]

Astana won 3–2 on aggregate.

BATE Borisov Belarus 2–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Karnitsky  11'
Yablonskiy  38'		 Report McMillan  32'
Attendance: 11,421[11]
Dundalk Republic of Ireland 0–0 Belarus BATE Borisov
Report
Attendance: 3,103[11]
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Greece)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ventspils Latvia 1–3 Finland HJK
Jemeļins  63' Report Zeneli  75' (pen.)
Jallow  86'
Tanaka  90+2'
Attendance: 2,450[11]
HJK Finland 1–0 Latvia Ventspils
Havenaar  83' Report
Attendance: 6,562[11]

HJK won 4–1 on aggregate.

Midtjylland Denmark 1–0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps
Rasmussen  33' Report
Attendance: 5,291[11]
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Lincoln Red Imps Gibraltar 0–2 Denmark Midtjylland
Report Pušić  44'
Duelund  89'
Attendance: 1,950[11]
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

Midtjylland won 3–0 on aggregate.

Molde Norway 5–0 Armenia Pyunik
Elyounoussi  35', 44'
Kamara  84', 90+2'
Moström  90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 5,650[11]
Pyunik Armenia 1–0 Norway Molde
Badoyan  74' Report
Attendance: 2,500[11]

Molde won 5–1 on aggregate.

Malmö FF Sweden 0–0 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
Report
Attendance: 12,436[11]
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 0–1 Sweden Malmö FF
Report Tinnerholm  55'
Attendance: 4,933[11]

Malmö FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland 2–0 Iceland Stjarnan
Boyata  44'
Johansen  56'		 Report
Attendance: 37,969[11]
Stjarnan Iceland 1–4 Scotland Celtic
Finsen  7' Report Bitton  33'
Mulgrew  49'
Griffiths  88'
Johansen  90+3'
Attendance: 1,022[11]

Celtic won 6–1 on aggregate.

Trenčín Slovakia 0–2 Romania Steaua București
Report Stanciu  63'
Hamroun  70'
Attendance: 6,936[11]
Steaua București Romania 2–3 Slovakia Trenčín
Muniru  57'
Tadé  60' (pen.)		 Report Wesley  13', 84'
Bero  21'
Attendance: 0[note 6]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Partizan Serbia 1–0 Georgia (country) Dila Gori
Babović  83' Report
Attendance: 11,746[11]
Dila Gori Georgia (country) 0–2 Serbia Partizan
Report Brašanac  37'
Oumarou  64'
Attendance: 3,842[11]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Partizan won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 0–1 Moldova Milsami Orhei
Report Antoniuc  41'
Attendance: 5,120[11]
Milsami Orhei Moldova 2–1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Andronic  26'
Racu  89'		 Report Wanderson  25'
Attendance: 2,970[11]

Milsami Orhei won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–1 Luxembourg Fola Esch
Henríquez  36' Report Hadji  25'
Attendance: 9,100[11]
Fola Esch Luxembourg 0–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Report Pjaca  29', 40'
Rog  75'
Attendance: 3,300[11]

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.

Skënderbeu Albania 4–1 Northern Ireland Crusaders
Nimaga  15'
Salihi  34', 83'
Berisha  76'		 Report Owens  48'
Attendance: 5,500[11]
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Crusaders Northern Ireland 3–2 Albania Skënderbeu
O'Flynn  50'
Snoddy  90+2'
Mitchell  90+3'		 Report Berisha  69'
Latifi  77'
Attendance: 1,548[11]
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Skënderbeu won 6–4 on aggregate.

The New Saints Wales 0–1 Hungary Videoton
Report Gyurcsó  77'
Attendance: 1,068[11]
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)
Videoton Hungary 1–1 (a.e.t.) Wales The New Saints
Gyurcsó  107' Report Williams  78'
Attendance: 3,268[11]
Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania)

Videoton won 2–1 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

Switzerland Basel
Romania Steaua București[†]
Scotland Celtic[†]
Moldova Milsami Orhei[†]
Kazakhstan Astana[†]

Poland Lech Poznań[†]
Serbia Partizan[†]
Azerbaijan Qarabağ[†]
Finland HJK[†]
Albania Skënderbeu[†]

Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Cyprus APOEL[†]
Belarus BATE Borisov[†]
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[†]

Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv[†]
Sweden Malmö FF[†]
Norway Molde[†]
Denmark Midtjylland[†]
Hungary Videoton[†]

Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Netherlands Ajax
Russia CSKA Moscow
Belgium Club Brugge
France Monaco

Switzerland Young Boys
Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Greece Panathinaikos
Austria 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 Poland 1–4 Switzerland Basel 1–3 0–1
Milsami Orhei Moldova 0–4 Albania Skënderbeu 0–2 0–2
HJK Finland 3–4 Kazakhstan Astana 0–0 3–4
Celtic Scotland 1–0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 0–0
Steaua București Romania 3–5 Serbia Partizan 1–1 2–4
Midtjylland Denmark 2–2 (a) Cyprus APOEL 1–2 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 3–2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–2 2–0
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 4–4 (a) Norway Molde 1–1 3–3
Videoton Hungary 1–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 1–1 0–1
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 2–3 Sweden Malmö FF 2–0 0–3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Panathinaikos Greece 2–4 Belgium Club Brugge 2–1 0–3
Young Boys Switzerland 1–7 France Monaco 1–3 0–4
CSKA Moscow Russia 5–4 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–2 3–2
Rapid Wien Austria 5–4 Netherlands Ajax 2–2 3–2
Fenerbahçe Turkey 0–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 0–3

Matches

Lech Poznań Poland 1–3 Switzerland Basel
Thomalla  36' Report Lang  34'
Janko  77'
Callà  90+2'
Attendance: 25,478[15]
Basel Switzerland 1–0 Poland Lech Poznań
Bjarnason  90+1' Report
Attendance: 18,196[15]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate.

Milsami Orhei Moldova 0–2 Albania Skënderbeu
Report Salihi  49', 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,227[15]
Skënderbeu Albania 2–0 Moldova Milsami Orhei
Salihi  16'
Progni  55'		 Report
Attendance: 7,800[15]

Skënderbeu won 4–0 on aggregate.

HJK Finland 0–0 Kazakhstan Astana
Report
Attendance: 9,788[15]
Astana Kazakhstan 4–3 Finland HJK
Twumasi  44'
Cañas  47' (pen.)
Shomko  56'
Postnikov  90+3'		 Report Jallow  4'
Baah  42'
Zeneli  86' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,937[15]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Astana won 4–3 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland 1–0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
Boyata  82' Report
Attendance: 43,011[15]
Qarabağ Azerbaijan 0–0 Scotland Celtic
Report
Attendance: 31,850[15]

Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

Steaua București Romania 1–1 Serbia Partizan
Varela  81' Report Vulićević  62'
Attendance: 0[note 10]
Partizan Serbia 4–2 Romania Steaua București
Babović  8'
Jevtović  60'
A. Živković  70'
Trujić  90+1'		 Report Muniru  11'
Hamroun  33'
Attendance: 26,775[15]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Partizan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Midtjylland Denmark 1–2 Cyprus APOEL
Poulsen  88' Report Hansen  30' (o.g.)
De Vincenti  33'
Attendance: 8,253[15]
APOEL Cyprus 0–1 Denmark Midtjylland
Report Sviatchenko  3'
Attendance: 16,070[15]

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

Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Yitzhaki  79' Report Mahmutović  17'
Petržela  21'
Attendance: 13,420[15]
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 0–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Report Zahavi  76' (pen.), 83'
Attendance: 11,242[15]

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–1 Norway Molde
Henríquez  18' Report Kamara  21'
Attendance: 9,327[15]
Molde Norway 3–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Hussain  43'
Elyounoussi  52' (pen.)
Kamara  75'		 Report Pjaca  17'
Ademi  20'
Rog  22'
Attendance: 7,017[15]

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

Videoton Hungary 1–1 Belarus BATE Borisov
Vinícius  89' Report Karnitsky  56'
Attendance: 3,118[15]
BATE Borisov Belarus 1–0 Hungary Videoton
Nikolić  82' Report
Attendance: 12,498[15]
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

Red Bull Salzburg Austria 2–0 Sweden Malmö FF
Ulmer  51'
Hinteregger  89' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 15,027[15]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Malmö FF Sweden 3–0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Đurđić  7'
Rosenberg  14'
Rodić  42'		 Report
Attendance: 19,522[15]

Malmö won 3–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 Belgium Club Brugge
Berg  37'
Karelis  65' (pen.)		 Report Bolingoli-Mbombo  10'
Attendance: 12,874[15]
Club Brugge Belgium 3–0 Greece Panathinaikos
Cools  53'
Vázquez  58'
Oularé  82'		 Report
Attendance: 27,038[15]

Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 France Monaco
Nuzzolo  74' Report Kurzawa  64'
Carrillo  72'
Pašalić  75'
Attendance: 16,079[15]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Monaco France 4–0 Switzerland Young Boys
Cavaleiro  54'
Kurzawa  64'
Martial  70'
El Shaarawy  77'		 Report
Attendance: 10,457[15]

Monaco won 7–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Moscow Russia 2–2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Dzagoev  14'
Tošić  53'		 Report Fatai  15'
Krejčí  57'
Attendance: 10,500[15]
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 2–3 Russia CSKA Moscow
Krejčí  6'
Fatai  16'		 Report Musa  34', 51'
Dzagoev  76'
Attendance: 16,580[15]

CSKA Moscow won 5–4 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria 2–2 Netherlands Ajax
Kainz  48'
Berić  76'		 Report Klaassen  25', 43'
Attendance: 43,200[15]
Ajax Netherlands 2–3 Austria Rapid Wien
Milik  52'
Gudelj  75'		 Report Berić  12'
Schaub  39', 77'
Attendance: 53,502[15]

Rapid Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.

Fenerbahçe Turkey 0–0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Attendance: 37,342[15]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 3–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Hladkyy  25'
Srna  65' (pen.)
Teixeira  68'		 Report
Attendance: 33,179[15]

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–0 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

Switzerland Basel[†]
Scotland Celtic[†]
Cyprus APOEL[†]
Belarus BATE Borisov[†]
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[†]

Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv[†]
Serbia Partizan[†]
Sweden Malmö FF[†]
Albania Skënderbeu[†]
Kazakhstan Astana[†]

England Manchester United
Spain Valencia
Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk[†][‡]
Portugal Sporting CP

Russia CSKA Moscow[†][‡]
Italy Lazio
Belgium Club Brugge[†]
France Monaco[†]
Austria 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 Kazakhstan 2–1 Cyprus APOEL 1–0 1–1
Skënderbeu Albania 2–6 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 1–4
Celtic Scotland 3–4 Sweden Malmö FF 3–2 0–2
Basel Switzerland 3–3 (a) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 1–1
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 (a) Serbia Partizan 1–0 1–2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Route
Lazio Italy 1–3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 0–3
Manchester United England 7–1 Belgium Club Brugge 3–1 4–0
Sporting CP Portugal 3–4 Russia CSKA Moscow 2–1 1–3
Rapid Wien Austria 2–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 2–2
Valencia Spain 4–3 France Monaco 3–1 1–2

Matches

Astana Kazakhstan 1–0 Cyprus APOEL
Dzholchiev  14' Report
Attendance: 30,000[19]
APOEL Cyprus 1–1 Kazakhstan Astana
Štilić  60' Report Maksimović  84'
Attendance: 17,699[20]

Astana won 2–1 on aggregate.

Skënderbeu Albania 1–2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Shkëmbi  37' Report Soudani  66'
Pivarić  90+3'
Attendance: 12,163[21]
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 4–1 Albania Skënderbeu
Soudani  9', 80'
Hodžić  15'
Taravel  55'		 Report Esquerdinha  10'
Attendance: 16,888[22]

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland 3–2 Sweden Malmö FF
Griffiths  3', 61'
Bitton  10'		 Report Berget  52', 90+5'
Attendance: 52,412[21]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Malmö FF Sweden 2–0 Scotland Celtic
Rosenberg  23'
Boyata  54' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 20,500[22]

Malmö FF won 4–3 on aggregate.

Basel Switzerland 2–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Delgado  39' (pen.)
Embolo  88'		 Report Zahavi  31', 90+6'
Attendance: 15,620[21]
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–1 Switzerland Basel
Zahavi  24' Report Zuffi  11'
Attendance: 13,350[22]

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

BATE Borisov Belarus 1–0 Serbia Partizan
Gordeichuk  75' Report
Attendance: 11,628[23]
Partizan Serbia 2–1 Belarus BATE Borisov
Zhavnerchik  74' (o.g.)
Šaponjić  90+3'		 Report Stasevich  25'
Attendance: 27,234[20]

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

Lazio Italy 1–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Keita  77' Report
Attendance: 38,917[23]
Bayer Leverkusen Germany 3–0 Italy Lazio
Çalhanoğlu  40'
Mehmedi  48'
Bellarabi  88'		 Report
Attendance: 28,222[20]

Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1 on aggregate.

Manchester United England 3–1 Belgium Club Brugge
Depay  13', 43'
Fellaini  90+4'		 Report Carrick  8' (o.g.)
Attendance: 75,312[23]
Club Brugge Belgium 0–4 England Manchester United
Report Rooney  20', 49', 57'
Herrera  63'
Attendance: 28,733[20]

Manchester United won 7–1 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal 2–1 Russia CSKA Moscow
Gutiérrez  12'
Slimani  82'		 Report Doumbia  40'
Attendance: 41,826[23]
CSKA Moscow Russia 3–1 Portugal Sporting CP
Doumbia  49', 72'
Musa  85'		 Report Gutiérrez  36'
Attendance: 17,259[20]

CSKA Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria 0–1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Marlos  44'
Attendance: 46,400[21]
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 Austria Rapid Wien
Marlos  10'
Hladkyy  27'		 Report Schaub  13'
S. Hofmann  22'
Attendance: 28,417[22]

Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Valencia Spain 3–1 France Monaco
Rodrigo  4'
Parejo  59'
Feghouli  86'		 Report Pašalić  49'
Attendance: 45,633[21]
Monaco France 2–1 Spain Valencia
Raggi  17'
Elderson  75'		 Report Negredo  4'
Attendance: 13,165[22]

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Statistics

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]

Top goalscorers

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

Source: UEFA.com[25]

Top assists

Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Norway Stefan Johansen Scotland Celtic 4 540
2 Brazil Jairo da Silva Slovakia Trenčín 3 177
Finland Roman Eremenko Russia CSKA Moscow 360
Denmark Jakob Poulsen Denmark Midtjylland 360
Serbia Andrija Živković Serbia Partizan 479
6 23 players 2 N/A

Source: UEFA.com[26]

Notes

  1. ↑ Levadia Tallinn played their home match at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn.
  2. 1 2 Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan.
  3. ↑ B36 Tórshavn played their home match at Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, instead of their regular stadium Gundadalur, Tórshavn.
  4. ↑ Rudar Pljevlja played their home match at Stadion pod Malim Brdom, Petrovac, instead of their regular stadium Gradski stadion, Pljevlja.
  5. ↑ Trenčín played their home match at Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, instead of their regular stadium Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín.
  6. ↑ The Steaua București v Trenčín match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[12]
  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. 1 2 Skënderbeu played their third qualifying round and play-off round home matches at Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, instead of their regular stadium Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë.
  10. ↑ The Steaua București v Partizan match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[12][16]
  11. 1 2 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.

References

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  3. 1 2 3 "First UEFA Champions League draws on Monday". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Third qualifying round draw live on UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "UEFA Champions League play-off draw lineup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Club coefficients 2014/15". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "2015/16 UEFA Champions League participants". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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  9. 1 2 "Qualifying round draws start road to Milan". UEFA.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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  14. ↑ "Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Steaua through to the third preliminary round of the Champions League after dramatic defeat 2-3 vs. AS Trencin". The Romania Journal. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Draws — Play-off round". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "UEFA Champions League play-off draw made". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Summary UEFA Champions League - Play-off round". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd leg – Wednesday 26 August 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Wednesday 19 August 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd leg – Thursday 25 August 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Tuesday 18 August 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Team statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  25. ↑ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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