UEFA Champions League play-off draw

Play-off draw
League route
Steaua București (ROU) v Manchester City (ENG) – 16 & 24 August
Porto (POR) v Roma (ITA) – 17 & 23 August
Ajax (NED) v Rostov (RUS) – 16 & 24 August
Young Boys (SUI) v Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) – 16 & 24 August
Villarreal (ESP) v Monaco (FRA) – 17 & 23 August

Champions route
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) – 17 & 23 August
Celtic (SCO) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) – 17 & 23 August
FC København (DEN) v APOEL (CYP) – 16 & 24 August
Dundalk (IRL) v Legia Warszawa (POL) – 17 & 23 August
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v Salzburg (AUT) – 16 & 24 August

• The defeated teams will transfer to the UEFA Europa League group stage

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12:00CET, 5 August, Nyon

Who is in the play-off draw?
Champions route:
Seeded
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) coefficient 44.585
FC Salzburg (AUT) 42.520
Celtic (SCO) 40.460
APOEL (CYP) 35.935
Legia Warszawa (POL) 28.000

Unseeded
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 25.775
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 25.625
FC København (DEN) 24.720
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 4.725
Dundalk (IRL) 2.590

Dundalk hope to be Ireland's first group entrants©Sportsfile

League route:
Seeded
Manchester City* (ENG) 99.256
Porto* (POR) 92.616
Villarreal* (ESP) 60.142
Ajax (NED) 58.112
Borussia Mönchengladbach* (GER) 42.035

Unseeded
Roma* (ITA) 41.587
Steaua București (ROU) 36.576
Monaco (FRA) 36.549
Young Boys (SUI) 24.755
Rostov (RUS) 11.716

*Automatic entrants

How does it work?
The clubs with the five highest coefficients in each route – this applies to both League and Champions – have been seeded and will be drawn against the other five teams in that route. There will therefore be ten ties in total. Any changes or further restrictions will be announced ahead of the draw.

When and where is the draw?
The draw is made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Proceedings begin at 12:00CET and will be streamed live on UEFA.com.

When are the ties?
The first legs will be played on 16/17 August, with the returns taking place on 23/24 August.

What next?
The ten play-off winners will join 22 automatic entrants in the group stage. The draw will be made in Monaco, on Thursday 25 August.

Who is already in the group stage?
Pot 1 (holders & champions of top 7 ranked nations)
Real Madrid (ESP, holders) 176.142
Barcelona (ESP) 159.142
Leicester City (ENG) 15.256
Bayern München (GER) 163.035
Juventus (ITA) 107.087
Benfica (POR) 116.616
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 112.549
CSKA Moskva (RUS) 48.716

Other pots
Atlético Madrid (ESP) 144.142
Borussia Dortmund (GER) 110.035
Arsenal (ENG) 105.256
Sevilla (ESP) 95.642
Napoli (ITA) 90.087
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 89.035
Basel (SUI) 87.755
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 74.256
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 65.976
Lyon (FRA) 63.049
PSV Eindhoven (NED) 57.112
Sporting CP (POR) 51.616
Club Brugge (BEL) 43.000
Beşiktaş (TUR) 34.920