UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw

The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw was held at 12:00 CET on Monday 22 July at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. Fixtures will take place on 6/7 and 13 August.

2024/25 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw

Champions Path

Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) or Qarabağ FK (AZE) vs PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) or FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
NK Celje (SVN) or ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) vs APOEL FC (CYP) or FC Petrocub (MDA)
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) or AC Sparta Praha (CZE) vs Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) or Maccabi Tel Aviv FC (ISR)
Malmö FF (SWE) or KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) vs PAOK FC (GRE) or FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
UE Santa Coloma (AND) or FC Midtjylland (DEN) vs Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) or The New Saints FC (WAL)
FK Panevėžys (LTU) or Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) vs FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) or FC RFS (LVA)

League Path

SK Slavia Praha (CZE) vs R. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
LOSC Lille (FRA) vs FC Lugano (SUI) or Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) or FK Partizan (SRB) vs Rangers FC (SCO)
FC Salzburg (AUT) vs FC Twente (NED)

Seeded teams in bold.

Match dates and kick-off times to be announced by: 26 July (first and second legs)

DRAW PROCEDURE

Based on Article 14 of the UEFA Champions League Regulations (UCL Regulations), the following draw procedure was adopted by the Club Competitions Committee.

Match system

The qualifying phase and play-offs follow the knockout system, whereby each team plays each opponent twice, in home and away matches.

Draw system and conditions

A draw between the same number of seeded and unseeded clubs determines the ties for the qualifying phase and play-offs. Clubs are seeded for these draws in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season and with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. If, for any reason, any of the participants in the round in question are not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the club with the higher coefficient of the two clubs involved in an undecided tie is used for the purposes of the draw.

The UEFA administration may form groups for the draw in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

A draw is conducted to determine the ties of each match and which team plays the first-leg match at home.

In accordance with the relevant decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from the following associations may not be drawn against each other:

Armenia – Azerbaijan
Gibraltar – Spain
Kosovo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo – Serbia
Kosovo – Russia*
Ukraine – Russia*
Ukraine – Belarus

* All teams from Russia are suspended until further notice by the decision of the Executive Committee of 28 February 2022, and as confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July 2022.

Draw system (Champions Path)

The 12 teams (12 winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path) ties, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winners of Pairings 1 to 12) were divided into two groups of six pairings.

Within each of the two groups, the pairings were divided into an equal number of seeded and unseeded pairings.

As the teams qualifying from the second qualifying round were not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the higher coefficient of the two teams involved in each undecided tie was used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw. Therefore, if a team in a second qualifying round tie had a coefficient which would entitle it to be seeded for the third qualifying round draw, the winner of that tie was automatically seeded for the draw.

Groupings (Champions Path)

Group 1

Seeded
Winners of Pairing 1: Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) or Maccabi Tel Aviv FC (ISR)
Winners of Pairing 2: Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) or Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Winners of Pairing 3: NK Celje (SVN) or ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Unseeded
Winners of Pairing 4: PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) or FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Winners of Pairing 5: Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) or AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Winners of Pairing 6: APOEL FC (CYP) or FC Petrocub (MDA)

Group 2

Seeded
Winners of Pairing 7: PAOK FC (GRE) or FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Winners of Pairing 8: Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) or The New Saints FC (WAL)
Winners of Pairing 9: FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) or FC RFS (LVA)

Unseeded
Winners of Pairing 10: UE Santa Coloma (AND) or FC Midtjylland (DEN)
Winners of Pairing 11: Malmö FF (SWE) or KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Winners of Pairing 12: FK Panevėžys (LTU) or Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)

Draw procedure (Champions Path)

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the names of the seeded and unseeded pairings placed in the corresponding marked bowls.

One ball was then taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The first pairing then drawn from this bowl was considered the home team for the first leg of the first tie, which they will play against the second pairing drawn.

The process was then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all the ties.

Draw system (League Path)

The eight teams (six that enter the competition at this stage and the two winners of the second qualifying round ties, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winners of Pairings 1 to 2) were divided equally into four seeded teams and four unseeded teams.

As the teams qualifying from the second qualifying round were not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the higher coefficient of the two teams involved in each undecided tie was used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw. Therefore, if a team in a second qualifying round tie had a coefficient that would entitle it to be seeded for the third qualifying round draw, the winner of that tie was automatically seeded for the draw.

Groupings (League Path)

Seeded
Rangers FC (SCO)
SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
FC Salzburg (AUT)
LOSC Lille (FRA)

Unseeded
Winners of Pairing 1: FC Lugano (SUI) or Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
R. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
Winners of Pairing 2: FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) or FK Partizan (SRB)
FC Twente (NED)

Draw procedure (League Path)

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the names of the seeded and unseeded teams and/or pairings placed in the corresponding marked bowls.

One ball was then taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The first team and/or pairing then drawn from this bowl was considered the home team for the first leg of the first tie, which they will play against the second team and/or pairing drawn.

The process was then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all the ties.

Draw explanation (Champions Path and League Path)

A video explaining the draw procedure was shown prior to the draw.

Calendar elaboration

The stadiums, dates and kick-off times for all qualifying matches are fixed by the home clubs in consultation with their respective associations and must be confirmed to the UEFA administration by the deadline set by the UEFA administration. The UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

If two or more clubs from the same city, within a radius of 50km of each other and/or playing in the same stadium, take part in any of the UEFA club competitions, and if the association and the clubs concerned explicitly declare when entering the clubs that their matches cannot be played on the same day or on consecutive days, the UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

The UEFA administration decides on match dates and fixture reversals on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the applicable principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In any case, the UEFA administration reserves the right to impose a match date if the circumstances so require.

Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to the clubs and their respective associations by 15:00 CET on 23 July 2024.