Play-off sides' European records
Friday, August 7, 2015
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UEFA.com looks at the European records of the 20 play-off contenders, with Manchester United and Valencia back and Astana in their third continental campaign.
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Astana v APOEL
Astana
Play-off record: W0 L0
• This is just Astana's third European campaign, and their first in the UEFA Champions League.
APOEL
Play-off record: W3 L0
• APOEL have been in the group stage three times in the past six seasons.
Skënderbeu v Dinamo Zagreb
Skënderbeu
Play-off record: W0 L0
• The first Albanian side in this round, Skënderbeu had won only one of their five UEFA Champions League ties before this season.
Dinamo Zagreb
Play-off record: W2 L1
• Dinamo reached the group stage in 2011/12 and 2012/13, but have lost in qualifying in the last two seasons.
Celtic v Malmö
Celtic
Play-off record: W2 L2
• Celtic lost in the play-offs in 2009/10 and 2014/15 but won through in 2012/13 and 2013/14.
Malmö
Play-off record: W1 L1
• Malmö made their group stage debut in 2014/15, finishing bottom of Group A.
Basel v Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Basel
Play-off record: W2 L1
• Basel have reached the group stage in four of the past five seasons and went on to the last 16 in 2011/12 and 2014/15; they lost in the play-offs in 2012/13.
Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Play-off record: W0 L0
• This is the first time Maccabi have reached the play-offs, having lost in the third qualifying round in 2013/14 and 2014/15; their sole group stage appearance came in 2004/05 (before the play-offs were introduced).
BATE Borisov v Partizan
BATE
Play-off record: W3 L0
• BATE's two heaviest European defeats – 6-0 at Porto and 7-0 at home to Shakhtar Donetsk – both came in the 2014/15 group stage.
Partizan
Play-off record: W1 L0
• Partizan last reached the group stage in 2010/11; their last four UEFA Champions League campaigns have all ended in the third qualifying round.
Lazio v Bayer Leverkusen
Lazio
Play-off record: W0 L0
• Lazio, who were not involved in European competition last season, have not reached the group stage since 2007/08.
Leverkusen
Play-off record: W1 L0
• Leverkusen have reached the round of 16 in three of the last four seasons and have never lost a UEFA Champions League qualifying tie.
Manchester United v Club Brugge
Manchester United
Play-off record: W0 L0
• United were not involved in European competition last season, for the first time since 1989/90.
Club Brugge
Play-off record: W0 L0
• Club Brugge have not been involved in the UEFA Champions League group stage since 2005/06.
Sporting CP v CSKA Moskva
Sporting CP
Play-off record: W0 L1
• Sporting finished third in their group in 2014/15, their first campaign in the UEFA Champions League proper since 2007/08.
CSKA Moskva
Play-off record: W0 L0
• The Russian club have been in the group stage in five of the last eight seasons, including the last two, and went on to the 2009/10 quarter-finals.
Rapid Wien v Shakhtar Donetsk
Rapid Wien
Play-off record: W0 L0
• Rapid have been in the group stage twice (1996/97, 2005/06) but failed to win a game on either occasion. They lost all six matches in the latter campaign.
Shakhtar
Play-off record: W0 L0
• Shakhtar's 2014/15 UEFA Champions League featured their joint biggest home win (5-0 v BATE), biggest away win (7-0 v BATE) and biggest away defeat (7-0 v Bayern).
Valencia v Monaco
Valencia
Play-off record: W0 L0
• Valencia missed out on European competition in 2014/15, the first time since 1997/98 they had not been involved.
Monaco
Play-off record: W0 L0
• Monaco reached the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in 2014/15
– the club's first European campaign in nine years.