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

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
Aktobe Central Stadium, Aktobe
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
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
Generali Arena, Prague
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
Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
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
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

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
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 1,500
HJK 2–1 Rabotnički
Lod  22'
Moren  26'		 Report Vujčić  47'
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
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
Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad
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'
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
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.

Strømsgodset 0–1 Steaua București
Report Iancu  49'
Attendance: 5,056
Steaua București 2–0 Strømsgodset
Râpă  72'
Stanciu  84'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

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
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Qarabağ
Hinteregger  18', 34' Report
Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
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'
Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg
Attendance: 9,438
Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 AaB
Report Jacobsen  36', 85'
Attendance: 8,235
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

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'
Aktobe Central Stadium, Aktobe
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
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Maribor
Ben Haim  42'
Ben Basat  54'		 Report Ibraimi  36', 55'
Attendance: 752

Maribor won 3–2 on aggregate.

HJK 2–2 APOEL
Savage  11', 45+1' (pen.) Report De Vincenti  71'
Sheridan  74'
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
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'
Generali Arena, Prague
Attendance: 12,833
Malmö 2–0 Sparta Prague
Rosenberg  35', 55' Report
Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 19,322
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

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

Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 Partizan
Report
Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad
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 3–0 AEL Limassol
Rondón  55'
Danny  88'
Kerzhakov  90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 15,417

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'
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
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'
Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Attendance: 29,110[21]
Malmö 3–0 Red Bull Salzburg
Rosenberg  11' (pen.), 84'
Eriksson  19'		 Report
Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 20,361[22]

Malmö won 4–2 on aggregate.

AaB 1–1 APOEL
Thomsen  16' Report Vinícius  54'
Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg
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.

Slovan Bratislava 1–1 BATE Borisov
Vittek  80' Report Jablonský  44' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,461[19]
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.

Standard Liège 0–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Report Shatov  16'
Attendance: 14,435[19]
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]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

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
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2014/15 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2014.
  2. "Competition format". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.
  3. "Draws for 2014/15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League". UEFA.org. 16 June 2014.
  4. "Draws for the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League". UEFA.org. 11 July 2014.
  5. "Champions League, Europa League play-off draws". UEFA.org. 31 July 2014.
  6. "Club coefficients 2013/14". UEFA.com.
  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.
  18. "Draws — Play-off round". UEFA.com. 8 August 2014.
  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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