Champions League play-off number crunching

Key facts
• Twice teams have gone from the play-offs to the semis: Bayern in 2012 and Lyon in 2010
• APOEL in 2012 are the only side to reach the quarter-finals from the champions route
• Celtic in 2013 are the most recent of four teams to make the last 16 from the champions route
• Astana hope to be the first Kazakh club to win in the play-offs
• 27 different countries have had play-off winners – five for England, Germany and Spain

The ties
Astana v APOEL, Skënderbeu v Dinamo Zagreb, Celtic v Malmö, Basel v Maccabi Tel-Aviv, BATE v Partizan, Lazio v Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester United v Club Brugge, Sporting CP v CSKA Moskva, Rapid v Shakhtar, Valencia v Monaco.

Best performing play-off winners each season
2014/15: Arsenal/Bayer Leverkusen, round of 16
2013/14: AC Milan/Arsenal/Schalke 04/Zenit, round of 16
2012/13: Málaga, quarter-finals
2011/12: Bayern München, semi-finals
2010/11: Tottenham Hotspur, quarter-finals
2009/10: Olympique Lyonnais, semi-finals

Best performing champions route teams each season
2014/15: All 5 teams finished fourth in group
2013/14: FC Basel, group stage third place/UEFA Europa League quarter-finals
2012/13: Celtic, round of 16
2011/12: APOEL, quarter-finals
2010/11: FC København, round of 16
2009/10: Olympiacos, round of 16

Play-offs: best and worst seasons
2011/12: Five of ten sides got past group stage, four as group winners
2009/10, 2013/14: Four league route teams made it to the round of 16
2010/11, 2012/13: Only two clubs (one from each route) advanced out of their groups
2014/15: All five champions route winners finished fourth in their groups

Arsenal secured a fourth play-off win last season©Getty Images

Most play-off wins by club (max 6)
Arsenal 4
APOEL, FC Basel, BATE Borisov 3

Most goals
Arsenal 14

Penalty shoot-outs
2014/15: Ludogorets Razgrad 6-5 Steaua Bucureşti (after two 1-0 home wins)
2012/13: Udinese 4-5 Braga (after two 1-1 draws)
2011/12: Genk 4-1 Maccabi Haifa (after two 2-1 home wins)
2010/11: Anderlecht 2-3 Partizan (after two 2-2 draws)

FCK fell to Leverkusen 12 months ago©Getty Images

Most play-off participations by club
Celtic*, FC København 5
APOEL*, Arsenal, Basel*, Dinamo Zagreb* 4

League stats:
Most different national representatives
Spain 7*
Germany*, Italy* 6
Portugal* 5

Most participations by nation
Denmark, Portugal*, France*, Germany*, Italy*, Spain*, Switzerland* 7
Austria*, Belgium*, England*, Russia* 6

Málaga beat Panathinaikos and made the 2011/12 last eight©AFP/Getty Images

Most play-off wins by nation
England, Germany, Spain 5
France, Portugal 4
Belarus, Cyprus, Russia, Switzerland 3
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Romania, Scotland 2
Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine 1

Entries in play-offs without victory
Turkey 3
Poland 2
Kazakhstan, Latvia 1

Player stats:
Most appearances
Mathias Jørgensen (FC København/PSV Einhdoven) 8

Most goals
Lisandro (Lyon) 4

*Includes 2015/16